SUSHI POLICE

  • Whatʼs SUSHI POLICE?

    Feared by sushi establishments everywhere for their ruthless conduct A Japanese Antihero Team Goes Global

    Sushi Police, a 3DCG animated series inspired by the Japanese Government's attempt to regulate global Japanese restaurants, known as the "Sushi Police" incident.*

    *The Sushi Police incident occurred in 2006 when the Japanese Government announced that all Japanese restaurants overseas would have to be authenticated. Triggered a media backlash with their article about "The Sushi Police" in reference to secret visits made by Japanese inspectors to restaurants around the world.

    Winner of the 2015 Cannes Poster Awards given by the Hollywood Reporter

    An animation to mark the 20th Anniversary of TOKYO MX

    Story

    With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games around the corner, there's also a worldwide sushi boom! But what to do with all the bastardized sushi out there?The Japanese Government's urgent response is to team up with other ruling powers around the world to establish the WFCO (World Food-culture Conservation Organization) to protect and promote authentic local cuisine.And so the World Food-Culture Conservation Organization (WFCO), deploys its 9th Division to oversee Japanese cuisine abroad. The 9th Division, a.k.a. Sushi Police, is notorious for their aggressive conduct and they hassle anyone serving unauthentic Japanese food in the U.S., Russia, France, China, etc. They will resort to any means necessary to eliminate bad sushi. Soon they are despised by restaurant proprietors around the world.

     Some want to defend authentic food culture.Others want to restore their right to eat what they like.They are opposite sides of the same sushi.

    Characters

    Organizations

    Carlos

    He's the new Japanese-Brazilian WFCO Director-General.

    Madam Fuji

    She's an experienced secretary who has served every Director-General. Nothing or no one can shake her confidence.

    Sarah

    She's a food reporter with a deep interest in Japanese culture.A hardheaded daredevil.The Sushi Police are her nemesis but their entangled relationship will change as the story unfolds.

    Japanese Restaurants Around the World

    In each country we meet unique Japanese restaurant proprietors anxious to avoid legal complications with the Sushi Police.

    Characters
    Honda
    Sushi Police Captain
    Age, 42 years old / Height, 165 cm / Weight, 85 kilograms / Birthplace, Asakusa, Tokyo
    He has a superhuman ability to hear the voices of sushi. His utmost priority is to correct unauthentic sushi. Regional diversity means little to him. A sushi fundamentalist whose credo is "Condemn the offender, not the offense.” He was once an aspiring sumo wrestler and is still the most athletic of the Sushi Police officers.
    Suzuki
    An intelligence analysis
    Age, 30 / Height, 178 cm / Weight, 58 kilograms / Birthplace, Akihabara, Tokyo
    Highly intelligent Suzuki is in charge of data analysis and weapons development, and is a wimp.He may also be jinxed because he often finds himself in trouble.
    Kawasaki
    An android officer
    Deceptively cheerful and carefree Kawasaki is armed with powerful weapons such as a Bazooka and rotary cannon. Kawasaki's weapon recoils when it discharges causing him to fall with the clink of an empty soda can as he weighs only about 1/10 of the ASIMO robot.

    SUSHI WEAPONS / VEHICLES

    Wasabi Gun

    Its wasabi ammunition makes it non-lethal but it sure burns your nose.

    Wasabi Machine Gun

    Designed to fire successively, it's capable of covering everything in sight with wasabi in a few seconds.

    Wasabi Launcher

    A wasabi weapon with superior fire power. It's Kawasaki's weapon of choice.

    Chopstick Nunchaku

    A pair of over-sized chopsticks connected with a chain. Suzuki is the expert of this.

    Sushi Vacuum Sucker

    Used to confiscate illegal sushi, it's so powerful it sucks out the chef's love for sushi.

    Sushi-Cry Amplifier

    It enhances Honda's special ability to hear the "sushi cry."

    Orbital Soy Sauce Sanitizer (OSSS)

    The Sushi Police's ace in the hole. It disintegrate illegal sushi establishments in a jiffy.

    Rocket Trawler "Suship"

    This is the standard airborne transport vessel for the Sushi Police.

    Sushi Hawk

    It's armed with a sushi chain gun and wasabi napalm.

    Sushi Rover

    This is a green-tea-fueled all-terrain vehicle.

    Staff & Cast

    Cast
    HONDA : Akira YAMASHITA
    SUZUKI : ifMASACA
    KAWASAKI : Hiromitsu OKAMOTO
    SARAH : Yumi KIKUCHI

    Staff
    DIRECTED by Tatsushi MOMEN
    SCREENPLAY by Ichiro KUSUNO, Kotaro ANDO
    Theme song of “SUSHI POLICE” : OK Go×Perfume「I Don’t Understand You」

    EXECTIVE PRODUCER:Toshiaki NAKAZAWA
    PRODUCER:Kensuke ZUSHI, Kouji KAWAHARA
    PRODUCTION MANAGER:Kengo NAKAISHI CHARACTER DESIGN:NURIKABE, Motohiro ICHINOMIYA, TOBI TOREBURUYA
    PRODUCTION DESIGN:OKAMOTO Shota KAWAMURA MUSICcKen INAOKA, Kiminori TAKAKI
    EDITOR:U2
    CO-PRODUCE:GG7, TWIN PLANET
    VISUAL DESIGN:Noriyuki MATSUO
    WEB SITE:coreframe
    PRODUCTION:SEDIC INTERNATIONAL, KOO-KI
    CO-PRODUCTION:i-mage, exsa, Strobolights, DIGITAL MEDIA LAB, TriF studio, Bamboo Mountain, BIGFOOT, RAEN, REDOT, invisible designs lab., noisycroak
    SPECIAL THANKS:intel,box
    PRESENTED by "SUSHI POLICE" Project Partners(SEDIC INTERNATIONAL, DENTSU, SANKYO PLANNING, TOKYO MX, KOO-KI, TOKYU RECREATION, AMUSE)

    ON AIR Schedule

    九州朝日放送
    Every Saturday midnight ON AIR.

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