Kyoji Kobayashi

Kyoji Kobayashi

Born: September 3, 1931
Died: March 8, 2007

Movies for Kyoji Kobayashi...

Osamu Tezuka's Last Mystery of the 20th Century
Title: Osamu Tezuka's Last Mystery of the 20th Century
Character: Osamu Tezuka (voice)
Released: December 5, 2000
Type: Movie
Osamu Tezuka is going to a 21st Century new year's party with all the characters he made. One thing leads to another and he ends up missing! It's up to his most popular characters to find out what happened to him and get him back safely before the rest of the guests show up.
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The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku
Title: The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku
Character: Adult Osamu Tezuka (voice)
Released: August 27, 1989
Type: Movie
A semi-autobiography of Tezuka Osamu combined with a 30 minute science-fiction setting of Journey to the West.
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Star of the Giants
Title: Star of the Giants
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 21, 1982
Type: Movie
Hyuma Hoshi dreams of becoming a top baseball star like his father, a 3rd baseman who was injured in World War II and forced to retire. Hoshi joins the wildly popular Giants team and soon realizes the difficulty of managing high expectations. From the grueling training to his rivalry with Hanagata of the Hanshin Tigers, Hoshi will need some pitching magic to make it in the big leagues.
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One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book
Title: One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book
Character: Dr. Kudo
Released: August 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Bander is a 17-year-old boy from Earth who lives on a distant planet, which is populated by human shape-shifters who feed off of vegetables and animal tails. Violence soon breaks out, as invaders launch an attack on Bander's new planet. This was Japan's first 2-hour animated film for television. The program received high ratings when broadcast as part of a set of 24-hour TV programs called "Ai wa Chikyu wo Sukuu" on Nippon Television. After a long gap since his last animated film for television, this work fully reflects Osamu Tezuka's desire to achieve theatrical quality with this production.
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Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship
Title: Daitetsujin 17: Aerial Battleship
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 17, 1977
Type: Movie
Captain Gomes uses a flying battleship to battle the giant robot Daitetsujin 17. Theatrically-released abridgement of Episode 15 of the TV series.
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Daitetsujin 17
Title: Daitetsujin 17
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 19, 1977
Type: Movie
Young orphan Saburo uses a special helmet to command the Iron Robot 17 against the forces of the renegade computer Brain. Theatrical release re-edited from the first two episodes of the TV series, which actually preceded the original broadcast of the second episode.
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Title: Thunder Mask
Character: Narrator
Released: October 3, 1972
Type: TV
Thunder Mask (サンダーマスク Sandāmasuku) is a partially lost tokusatsu series produced by Toyo Agency (now Sotsu Co. Ltd) in 1972. Out of the whole series, episodes 1, 3, 6-7, 12-13, 19, and 26 are known to have been preserved. After conquering numerous planets, the evil Devil Dekanda sets his eyes on conquering the earth, but three scientists manage to find a superhero called "Thunder Mask". Thunder Mask goes on to battle the numerous monsters sent down by: Devil Dekanda.
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Title: Spectreman
Character: (voice)
Released: January 2, 1971
Type: TV
Spectreman is the name and title superhero of a tokusatsu sci-fi TV series. Produced by P Productions and created by producer Souji Ushio, this series aired on Fuji TV from January 2, 1971 to March 25, 1972 with a total of 63 episodes, not counting the pre-series pilot episode. This was the first major superhero show of the 1970s.
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Star of the Giants - Bloody Final
Title: Star of the Giants - Bloody Final
Released: July 26, 1969
Type: Movie
"Become the brightest star in the Giants' constellation!" Hyuma was told by his father, Ittetsu. Ittetsu entrusted his child, Hyuma, with a dream he couldn't fulfill. Despite rebelling against his father, Hyuma plays in Koshien through his eternal rival, Mitsuru Hanagata, and his encounter with his partner, Sota Ban.
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A Day in Tokyo
Title: A Day in Tokyo
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A Day in TOKYO in 1968, Nostalgic bygone era. Planned by Japan National Tourism Organization. Produced by Koga Production. This film was produced to explain Tokyo for foreign tourists.
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Title: Princess Knight
Character: King (voice)
Released: April 2, 1967
Type: TV
Princess Sapphire is a girl raised as a Prince. Through the mischief of an angel, the princess is born with both a girl's body and boy's mind. Since there is no boy successor in her kingdom, Sapphire is raised as a boy, but evil ministers try to reveal her secret. Unable to put up with the kind of vicious conduct prevailing in the kingdom, Sapphire disguises herself as "Princess Knight" and wields her sword of justice.