{"rewrite":{"id":"r_64f9faa60f44f5ffe744632d","clusterId":"c_dd3ead2ac0bd6fe56c30f923","slug":"roujin-z-4k-remaster-gets-december-theatrical-run-in-japan","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Roujin Z 4K Remaster Gets December Theatrical Run in Japan","summary":"Tokyo Theatres will screen a 4K remaster of Roujin Z for one week at Theatre Shinjuku and Theatre Umeda from December 18, with a nationwide release in spring 2027. The film was written, scripted, and mechanical-designed by Katsuhiro Otomo, with character designs by Hisashi Eguchi and direction by Hiroyuki Kitakubo, and opened in theaters on September 14, 1991.","whyItMatters":"The screening is the third special project for Tokyo Theatres' 80th anniversary, pairing a remaster of a 1991 film with the 35th anniversary of its release.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe run is the third special project marking the 80th anniversary of Tokyo Theatres\u0026#39; founding, and it doubles as the film\u0026#39;s 35th anniversary. Alongside the announcement, the original 1991 special trailer has been released in its original form.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoujin Z follows a nursing student, Haruko, chosen as the first monitor for a fully automated nursing bed, the Unit Z-001. The bed later runs out of control with its elderly patient still aboard and fights combat robots built for military use. The film mixes mechanical action with black humor, and the source describes it as earning praise as cel-animated action drawn frame by frame by animators.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Roujin Z reaches Japanese theaters again 35 years after its 1991 run, but the December week at Theatre Shinjuku and Theatre Umeda comes five months before the nationwide rollout in spring 2027.","twitterPost":"Roujin Z's December run is one week at two theaters. The nationwide release waits until spring 2027.","threadsPost":"Roujin Z gets a 4K remaster in Japanese theaters from December 18, but only for a week at Theatre Shinjuku and Theatre Umeda. The nationwide release is held until spring 2027, so the two-theater window is the whole country's access to this print for months.","newsletterBlurb":"Tokyo Theatres will run a 4K remaster of Roujin Z for one week at Theatre Shinjuku and Theatre Umeda starting December 18, with a nationwide release in spring 2027. The screening is the third project for the company's 80th anniversary and marks 35 years since the film opened on September 14, 1991. Katsuhiro Otomo wrote and mechanical-designed it, Hisashi Eguchi handled character designs, and Hiroyuki Kitakubo directed.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260914h\",\"title\":\"Katsuhiro Otomo's 'Roujin Z' - the SF Anime Film He Wrote, Scripted, and Mechanical-Designed After 'AKIRA' - Gets 4K Remaster Theatrical Release; The Legendary Film First Released 35 Years Ago\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4732,"outputTokens":681,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789358433,"createdAt":"2026-09-14T03:55:48.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-14T03:58:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T03:58:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_dd3ead2ac0bd6fe56c30f923","canonicalTitle":"『AKIRA』大友克洋氏が原作・脚本・メカニックデザインのSFアニメ映画『老人Z』4Kリマスターの劇場公開が決定。35年前に公開された伝説の作品","representativeArticleId":"a_e7f8737b030a142f04d0f0f2","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Roujin Z\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Katsuhiro Otomo\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-14T03:00:16.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-14T03:00:16.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T03:58:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260914h","title":"『AKIRA』大友克洋氏が原作・脚本・メカニックデザインのSFアニメ映画『老人Z』4Kリマスターの劇場公開が決定。35年前に公開された伝説の作品"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Roujin Z"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Katsuhiro Otomo"],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}