In 1984 the Japanese government approved gene recombination experiments. Baggy is Tezuka’s response. A cute kitten escapes a lab, and is befriended by lonely child Ryosuke. Years later, he joins her in a quest that’s part spaghetti Western, part contemporary adventure.
Direction
Tezuka's experimental visual grammar goes full feral
Writing
Bizarre tonal whiplash between cute and devastating
Production
Made-for-TV budget, auteur ambition
Director
Osamu Tezuka
Saeko Shimazu
Bagi (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Ryosuke Ishigame (voice)
Katsuji Mori
Cemen Bond (voice)
Kosei Tomita
Super Bios Center Chief (voice)
Masako Ikeda
Yoko Ishigami (voice)
Yuzuru Fujimoto
Cucaracha President (voice)
Daisuke Gori
Motorcycle Gang Member (voice)
Kan Tokumaru
Government Official (voice)
Keaton Yamada
Shop Manager (voice)
Kenichi Ogata
Government Official (voice)
Kiyonobu Suzuki
Motorcycle Gang Member (voice)
Masaru Ikeda
Colonel Sado (voice)
Norio Wakamoto
Motorcycle Gang Leader (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
5.11978
7.21979
5.01980
5.21981
6.11983
1984
4.51985
4.31986
6.31989
JP
