The Red Spectacles

The Red Spectacles (紅い眼鏡, Akai Megane) is a 1987 Japanese feature film directed by Mamoru Oshii, co-written with Kazunori Ito, and starring Shigeru Chiba and Mako Hyodo. The Red Spectacles is the Kerberos saga's first movie and last episode in Oshii's Orwellian, dystopian Watchdog of Hell feature trilogy. The second and third feature film of the trilogy are based on the Kerberos Panzer Cop manga series published by Kadokawa Shoten between 1988 an... more

The Red Spectacles (紅い眼鏡, Akai Megane) is a 1987 Japanese feature film directed by Mamoru Oshii, co-written with Kazunori Ito, and starring Shigeru Chiba and Mako Hyodo. The Red Spectacles is the Kerberos saga's first movie and last episode in Oshii's Orwellian, dystopian Watchdog of Hell feature trilogy. The second and third feature film of the trilogy are based on the Kerberos Panzer Cop manga series published by Kadokawa Shoten between 1988 and 1990. This manga is illustrated by Kamui Fujiwara and written by Mamoru Oshii. A sequel, Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs, was launched in 2003 in collaboration with a different illustrator, Mamoru Sugiura. In early April 2006, Mamoru Oshii theatrically released an animation movie, Tachiguishi-Retsuden based on key elements, including characters, from The Red Spectacles. This spin off is part of the Tachiguishi arc. In late April of the same year, the Japanese author launched a radio drama series Kerberos Panzer Jäger. While Waiting For The Red... less