Tachiguishi-Retsuden is a 2006 animated film directed by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii, who also wrote the eponymous novel on which the film was based. Both works are part of the "Kerberos saga". Live-action film and manga adaptations were produced few months later in Japan. The Tachiguishi-Retsuden logo bears the mention "Tachiguishi-Retsuden 1945-2006 A Mamoru Oshii Animation Film". Tachiguishi-Retsuden is a documentary-style animation film created with an innovative technique named "Superlivemation". Oshii first experimented this flat 3D technique in his 2001 live-action feature Avalon... as a visual effect for explosions in Ash's game, then he developed it, the following years, in both the MiniPato short films and PlayStation Portable game. Characters have a tiny body and an oversized head which makes them look funny. They are animated like paper dolls and are evolving in a pictures based environment in the likes of the JibJab Brothers' musical comedy cartoons, e.g. 2・0・5 Year In Review, although Mamoru Oshii stated his own work was a "serious comedy".
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| Release date: | 2006 |
| Directed by: | Mamoru Oshii |
| Runtime: | 104 Minutes |
| Music by: | Kenji Kawai |
| Genre: | Comedy |