Mr. Driller (1986 anime series)

Mr. Driller (ミスタードリラー) is a 1986 Japanese anime series created and written by Hiroshi Takajima and produced by Drillimation Studios. Other studios such as China's Shanghai Animation Film Studio, North America's Walt Disney Television Animation, and many other studios often collaborated with Drillimation, witzh their characters frequently crossing over in various episodes (SAFS was also one of the main two animation studios working on the series). It premiered on Fuji TV in 1986. It was a rating success for the channel with over 25 million viewers on multiple episodes.

The music was composed by Kraftwerk founding member Florian Schneider, assisted by X Japan rhythm guitarist Tomoaki "Pata" Ishizuka and Drillimation's usual in-house composer Jun'ya "ZUN" Ohta.

The show's English dub, recorded with Canadian actors instead of the usual American cast, featured Ivan Doroschuk of Men Without Hats as the narrator. Men Without Hats also performed the first few English theme songs.

Note(s)

 * 1) Te Wei also directed a few episodes where some of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio characters cross over.
 * 2) Due to budget issues, Canadian voice actors from Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal were used for the English dub instead of the usual non-union Drillimation voice actors.