Based on "Unico and the Kingdom of the Sun," which was newly written as a theater version, this animated film features a battle between the wizard Kukuruku and Unico. Kukuruku builds a castle using dolls transformed from men as building parts. The story revolves around the sorrow and terror of men who have been transfigured into dolls, and a girl named Cherry who wishes to recover the kindness in her brother, who is a student of Kukuruku. This work reminds us of the fact that "transformation" or "transfiguration" - favorite themes of Tezuka Osamu - involves not only material aspects, but also man's immaterial heart.<br><br>
(Source: Tezuka Osamu's Website)


__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Aku Aku in "Crash Bandicoot series" (VG) (Japanese) 
- Azaka in "Tenchi Muyo! Game-Hen" (VG) (Japanese) 
- Brain in "Animaniacs" (animated TV series) (Japanese) 
- Professor Jordan Perry in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze" (live action movie) (Japanese) 
- Television in "The Brave Little Toaster" (Japanese) 
- Van Pelt in "Jumanji" (live-action movie) (Japanese)!~

Jan's voice has been heard on thousands of commercials, films, TV shows and animated films and series. For many years Jan was a member of Johnny Carson's "Mighty Carson Art Players", performing in on-camera sketches as well as providing the voices for answering machines, cash registers and other inaninimate objects for Johnny's sketches. Most recently Jan's voice can be heard in all the Pixar "Carstoon" shorts as well as "Toy Story 3", "Up", "Wall-E" and many more. In some of his anime dubbing and on-camera work, he used the name Stanley Gurd, Jr., and is best known for voicing Tetsuo Shima from Akira (the Streamline dub for Orion Pictures) under that name. He is also the voice of video game character Larry Laffer, of Leisure Suit Larry fame.

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