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created by the

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ese writer and filmmaker

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in 1986. The most famous installment of the franchise, especially outside Japan, is the 1999 anime film '' Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade''. The saga is centered on the fictitious Tokyo police Special Armed Garrison whose emblem and nickname is Kerberos (a.k.a.

Cerberus In Greek mythology, Cerberus (; grc-gre, Κέρβερος ''Kérberos'' ), often referred to as the hound of Hades, is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. He was the offspring of the mo ...

), the mythological three-headed

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. Before it was officially renamed ''Kerberos Saga'' circa 2004, it was known as the or the . The franchise is currently owned by Mamoru Oshii; It consists of works based on Oshii's original story spanning various media including

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s and

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s. Licensed products are mainly Special Armed Garrison powered suit based

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s or

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s called Protect Gears, and ''Kerberos Saga'' episodes derived soundtracks, storyboards, and guidebooks.

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includes posters, folding fans, mousepads,

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busts, tee-shirts, and even bottles of wine with a dedicated

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available on the official website. The most famous paraphernalia of the franchise is the Protect Gears, the

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suits worn by members of the Special Armed Garrison. They were designed by mechanical and character designers and ''

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'' director

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Release chronology

Kerberos story arc

*1987 : '' While Waiting for the Red Spectacles'' (紅い眼鏡を待ちつつ), Radio drama *1987 : '' The Red Spectacles'' (紅い眼鏡), Feature-length

film *1988 : '' Kerberos Panzer Cop - Part I'' (犬狼伝説第一部), Comic book series (''Act1''~''4'') *1990 : '' Kerberos Panzer Cop: Original Edition'' (犬狼伝説オリジナル版), Comic book volume (vol.1) *1991 : '' StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops'' (ケルベロス地獄の番犬), Feature-length tokusatsu film *1999 : '' Kerberos Panzer Cop - Part II'' (犬狼伝説第二部), Comic book series (''Act5''~''8'') *1999 : '' Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade'' (人狼), animated feature film ** 2018 : '' Illang: The Wolf Brigade'' (인랑), Korean live-action remake *2000 : '' Kerberos Panzer Cop: Conclusion'' (犬狼伝説完結篇), Comic book volume (vol.2) *2003 : ''

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'' (キラーズ), Comic book short story *2003 : '' Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs'' (Rainy Dogs 紅い足痕), Comic book series (''Act01''~''08'') *2005 : '' Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs'' (犬狼伝説紅い足痕), graphic collection (with "The Killers" and the previously unreleased "Act00") *2006 : '' Kerberos Panzer Jäger'' (ケルベロス鋼鉄の猟犬), radio drama *2006 : '' Kerberos & Tachiguishi (ケルベロスＸ立喰師腹腹時計の少女), Comic book series (''Act1''~''7'') *2007 : '' Kerberos & Tachiguishi'' (ケルベロスＸ立喰師腹腹時計の少女), Comic book volume *2009 : ''Kerberos Panzer Cops: Tokyo War'' (ケルベロス東京市街戦首都警特機隊全記録), Monograph (with ''Special Issue'') *2009 : '' Kerberos Panzer Cop: Special Issue'' (前夜-ケルベロス騒乱異聞), Comic book short story *2010 : '' Kerberos Panzer Cop: A Revision'' (犬狼伝説 20周年エディション), Graphic collection collecting revised Volume 1 and 2, with ''Special Issue''

Tachiguishi story arc

*1984 : '' Urusei Yatsura: Hisatsu! Tachigui Wars!!'' (うる星やつら ~必殺! 立ち食いウォーズ!!~), TV anime series (episode #99) *1987 : ''While Waiting For The Red Spectacles'' (紅い眼鏡を待ちつつ), Radio drama *2004 : '' Tachiguishi-Retsuden'' (立喰師列伝), novel *2006 : '' Tachiguishi-Retsuden'' (立喰師列伝), live-action/animated hybrid feature adaptation of the novel *2006 : '' Onna Tachiguishi-Retsuden'' (女立喰師外伝　ケツネコロッケのお銀), Short film *2006 : ''Kerberos & Tachiguishi'' (ケルベロスＸ立喰師腹腹時計の少女), Comic book series (''Act1''~''7'') *2007 : ''Kerberos & Tachiguishi''(ケルベロスＸ立喰師腹腹時計の少女), graphic collection *2007 : '' Shin-Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden'' (真女立喰師列伝), Short film

20th anniversary

In order to celebrate ''The Red Spectacles 20-year anniversary (actually the movie's 1986 production since the theatrical release in February 1987), a new Protect Gear armour (Type 34 "Wolfpelz") was designed by Jun Suemi in 2006 as part of a new Kerberos Saga project. This new episode was '' Kerberos Panzer Jäger'' a

series narrating the Protect Gear's roots in the 1940s

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. 2006 was also the opening year for the Kerberos Saga's official website. Kerberos Saga official website owner Raiden (

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Media Bridge Inc.) released a collectible bottle of

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through the official online shop. As a 20th celebration of the '' Kerberos Panzer Cop'' original edition (1990 volume compilation by Nihon Shuppan Sha), the Kerberos Saga's new publisher

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released a collector boxset '' Kerberos Panzer Cop a Revision: 20th edition'' (犬狼伝説 20周年エディション). This boxset features both volumes from ''Kerberos Panzer Cop'' in B5 size original aspect with "digitally refined" graphic arts by

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(original illustrator), a pamphlet and a new Revoltech Yamaguchi Protect Gear figure. In March 2009, a new comic book chapter entitled '' Kerberos Panzer Cop: Special Issue'', was pre-published in Gakken's Kerberos Saga

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Setting

Characters and organizations

As a military science fiction work the Kerberos Saga's main characters are members of the rival military and police services, namely the Shutokei (a.k.a. the "Capital Police" in the English language adaptation), the Self-Police ("Local Police" in the English adaptation) and the

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. However, these conflictual forces have a common foe, Anti-government organizations and terrorists such as The Sect and its factions. Secondary and

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characters introduced by author Mamoru Oshii are taken from his previous works such as

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and

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masters Tachiguishi ("Fast Food Grifters" in the English adaptation) or Detective Matsui from the ''

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'' franchise. Members of the saga's core organisation, the Shutokei's Special Armed Garrison, have an animal counterpart which is an

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and sometimes a

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. This animal can be a

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dog such as

(the garrison's

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) and Laelaps as in the comic book, or it can be a German

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s as in '' Kerberos Panzer Cop'' and its sequel '' Kerberos Saga: Rainy Dogs''; this comic book series original title means "Dog-Wolf Legend" (犬狼伝説, ''kenrou densetsu''). It can be a

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(狼, ''Ookami'') as in ''Jin-Roh'' ("Man-Wolf" in English) and in ''Kerberos & Tachiguishi'' which borrow drama parts to the ''

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'' tale. Also, it can be a stray dog as in the 1991 eponymous movie.

Timeline

The Kerberos Saga is based upon an

with key events called . Altered historical events turned into fiction include Japan siding with the Allies, the Germany-won

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's then-successful assassination attempt on Hitler, the

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by Germany - instead of the United States - called , and the prominent 26 February ''coup d'état'' (a.k.a. "Kerberos Uprising") attempted by the Special Armed Garrison instead of the

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Main locations

Although the saga's plot is mainly located in the Japanese capital (as the Special Armed Garrison jurisdiction is limited to the Tokyo area), some episodes happen in foreign cities including

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and

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('' StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops''),

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(''

'') and

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(''Kerberos Panzer Jäger''). Among the Tokyo landmarks appearing in the saga are

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(''The Red Spectacles''),

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, the

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(''Kerberos Panzer Cop'' Act4), Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters building (''Kerberos Panzer Cop'' Act8), the

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(also known as Kantei) (''Kerberos Panzer Cop'' Act8) and the

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's Yasuda Auditorium (''Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs'' Act3). A recurring location is sewer, it can be the Tokyo sewer as in ''Kerberos Panzer Cop'' (Act 1) and ''Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade'' or abroad sewer as in ''Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs'' (Act 8). In all these works, sewer is the final stage holding the Special Armed Garrison (Kerberos) main character's last fight. In Greek mythology, the ''Kerberos'' (

) watchdog guards the gates of the Underworld, called

Hades Hades (; grc-gre, ᾍδης, Háidēs; ), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also m ...

, to prevent those who have crossed the

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from ever escaping. Hence the sewer can be regarded as an

of the

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; the original title for the 1991 movie '' StrayDog'' is "kerberos: watchdog of ''jigoku''" (ケルベロス地獄の番犬, ''keruberosu: jigoku no banken'') with '' jigoku'' being the realm of the dead in the

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Releases

Japanese releases

The saga started in January 1987 with the Japanese broadcast of the

series '' While Waiting for the Red Spectacles'' (紅い眼鏡を待ちつつ, ''Akai megane o machi tsutsu''), prior to the theatrical release of the live-action film '' The Red Spectacles'' (紅い眼鏡, ''Akai megane''). A manga series adaptation, '' Kerberos Panzer Cop'' (''Kenrou densetsu'') started the following year and was compiled as a single volume (Acts 1~4) in 1990. The following year was released '' StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops'' (ケルベロス地獄の番犬, ''Keruberosu jigoku no banken''), the first theatrical adaptation of the manga. In 1999, the manga series was completed (Acts 5~8) and re-released as two compilation volumes. A few months later was released '' Jin-Roh'' (人狼, ''Jinrou'') the anime adaptation of the first manga. It remains the franchise's most popular work outside Japan until today. '' Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters'' (立喰師外伝, ''Tachiguishi retsuden''), an animation feature spin-off was released in theaters and DVD in 2006.

Asian releases

''Kerclros Panzer Cop 犬狼伝説'', an unlicensed Chinese version of the 1990 manga volume was published in Taiwan in the early 1990s. ''犬狼傳說'', a Chinese version complete volume (Acts 1~8) was available in

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in 2000. A licensed, two volumes, Chinese version of the Japanese 2000 re-edition ("Frozen Version") was issued in

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the same year. A similar edition was available in the Korean language in South Korea the same year. A traditional Chinese 2-volume licensed edition was published in Taiwan in 2002.

North American releases

A six-issues English adaptation of the first manga volume was published in 1994, in the United States and Canada as '' Hellhounds: Panzer Cops''. A compilation volume edition was published in 1997. The English dubbed version of ''Jin-Roh'' was released in North America in 2001. Two years later, the English subtitled version of the 1987 and 1991 live-action films was released on DVD.

European releases

''Hellhounds: Panzer Cops'', the English adaptation of the first manga volume, was translated into German and serialized in a German book from 1996 to 1997. In 1998, the American ''Hellhounds: Panzer Cops'' all-in-one volume was licensed and distributed in the United Kingdom. The following year ''Jin-Roh'' was premiered in France and later released in Germany. It was one year before the Japanese release.

Toy lines

With each new episode release, Japanese toys and model kits manufacturers such as Kaiyodo, Medicom, or

Takara Takara Co., Ltd. (株式会社タカラ) was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955. In March 2006, the company merged with Tomy Co., Ltd. to form Takara Tomy. The Takara motto was 遊びは文化」("playing is culture"). Products Toys In ...

produce Protect-Gear scale models.

Fan works

After the North American release of Jin-Roh, various Kerberos Protect-Gear skins were created by fans to be used in the popular

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FPS, an American video game series (1998~2004). In 2005, ''Images of the Last Battalion'', an independent short anime directed by a student, Koichi Kishita, was released in Japanese film contests. The following year, the bootleg video was edited and projected as an official trailer at Mamoru Oshii's '' Kerberos Panzer Jäger'' launch party and Kishita joined

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's 3DCG team. Japanese and Chinese Protect-Gear fans sculpted, modified, or repainted licensed toys. Some of these "custom" items are released as limited edition garage kits available in conventions and import action figure shops and websites.

References

Sources

Axis Animation
(''English'')
GA Graphic official website
(''Japanese'')

(''Japanese'') * Jin-Roh DTS Edition booklet, Bandai Visual (''Japanese'') * Jin-Roh Maniaxx, Kadokawa Shoten, (''Japanese'')
JOQR Radio
(''Japanese'')

(''English'')
Kenji Kawai's official website
(''Japanese/English'') * Kenrou Densetsu Fukyoban, Nihon Shuppansha, (''Japanese'') * Kenrou Densetsu, Nihon Shuppansha, (''Japanese'')

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'' website (''Japanese'')
Mamoru Oshii's official website
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Production I.G Special Site
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