Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare to test the Z-001, a computerized hospital bed with robotic features that allegedly displays more efficiency and skills than any human nurse, but Haruko mistrusts a machine unable to consider human feelings.
Cast
Chisa Yokoyama
Haruko Mitsuhashi (voice)
Hikojiro Matsumura
Kijuro Takazawa (voice), Ache B (voice)
Chie Sato
Nobuko Ohe (voice)
Koji Tsujitani
Mitsuru Maeda (voice)
Masa Saitō
Haru Takazawa / Z-001 (voice)
Rica Matsumoto
Satō Tomoe (voice)
Ryuji Saikachi
Ache A (voice)
Shinji Ogawa
Suguru Terada (voice)
Shinsuke Chikaishi
Yoshihiko Hasegawa (voice)
Takeshi Aono
Ache C (voice)
Kenichi Ogata
Riot Police Inspector (voice)
Kumiko Takizawa
Newscaster (voice)
Noriko Asano
Nurse (voice)
Tamio Ohki
Professor Tachibana (voice)
Teiji Oomiya
Manager Minagawa (voice)
Sho Saito
Unknown
Teiji Ōmiya
Manager Minagawa (voice)
Crew
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Director, Storyboard Artist
Katsuhiro Otomo
Screenplay, Key Animation, Original Story
Eiko Nishide
Editor
Hideo Okazaki
Director of Photography
Toshiaki Motoya
Storyboard
Tatsuyuki Tanaka
Storyboard Artist
Yoshiaki Motoya
Producer
Yasuku Kazama
Producer
Kazufumi Nomura
Producer
Yasuhito Nomura
Producer
Kumiko Kawana
Animation Director, Key Animation
Fumio Iida
Animation Director, Key Animation
Sadami Morikawa
Animation Director
Michiyo Suzuki
Animation Director, Key Animation
Kouichi Hashimoto
Key Animation
Manabu Ohashi
Key Animation
Hiroto Tanaka
Key Animation
Atsuko Ishida
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Morita
Key Animation
Kazuchika Kise
Key Animation
Masahiro Kase
Key Animation
Masahiro Tanaka
Key Animation
Masatsugu Arakawa
Key Animation
Atsuko Fukushima
Key Animation
Kazuto Nakazawa
Key Animation
Masahiro Koyama
Key Animation
Kinji Yoshimoto
Key Animation
Koichi Usami
Key Animation
Koji Morimoto
Key Animation
Kouichi Arai
Key Animation
Atsushi Okuda
Key Animation
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Key Animation, Layout
Masahiro Kimura
Key Animation
Masayuki Kobayashi
Key Animation
Yasumitsu Suetake
Key Animation
Michio Mihara
Key Animation
Fujio Inose
Key Animation
Kōichi Ishihara
Key Animation
Norio Matsumoto
Key Animation
Mariko Aoki
Key Animation
Katsumi Matsuda
Key Animation
Masatomo Sudo
Key Animation
Shunji Suzuki
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Okiura
Key Animation, Layout
Kenichi Shimizu
Key Animation
Satoshi Takabatake
Key Animation
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Key Animation
Yasuhiko Ishitani
Key Animation
Masayoshi Tano
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Key Animation
Satoshi Saga
Key Animation
Akio Uchino
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Okuno
Key Animation
Motoki Yagi
Key Animation
Takeshi Honda
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Yoshihiro Kitano
Key Animation
Satoshi Shishido
Key Animation
Takashi Sasaki
Key Animation
Satoshi Kon
Key Animation, Art Designer
Yasunori Honda
Sound Director
Thomas Chan
Sound Designer
Yukio Abe
Sound Mixer
Bun Itakura
Original Music Composer
Hisashi Eguchi
Character Designer
Yoji Takeshige
Background Designer
Mishio Ogawa
Theme Song Performance
Hiroshi Sasaki
Art Direction
Mitsuo Iso
Mechanical Designer
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