Gokiburi-tachi no Tasogare


Twilight of the Cockroaches

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: ゴキブリたちの黄昏
English: Twilight of the Cockroaches
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Nov 21, 1987
Licensors: Discotek Media
Source: Original
Genre: DramaDrama
Themes: AnthropomorphicAnthropomorphic, MilitaryMilitary
Duration: 1 hr. 45 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 5.841 (scored by 689689 users)
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Ranked: #103932
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Popularity: #10690
Members: 2,400
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Synopsis

Hybrid film with animated cockroaches interacting with live-action actors.

In a trashy bachelor pad lived a colony of roaches who were able to roam freely for food or for games. Because of the homeowner being gentle with the roaches, they have no fear of traps, spray, or being stepped on. However when the homeowner starts bringing over a woman over, life starts to change for the roaches who are already living an easy life.

(Source: ANN)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Hans

Main

Ichirou

Main

Naomi

Main

The Shrine

Supporting

Staff

Maruyama, Masao
Producer
Macek, Carl
Producer, ADR Director
Cano, Caoli
Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance
Amano, Yoshitaka
Art Director


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"Fantasia (ファンタジア)" by Caoli Cano
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Reviews

Mar 23, 2014
It is always interesting when a children’s film attempts to explore deeper subjects thematically, and Twilight of the Cockroaches dares to cover the international relations and economics of Japan at the peak of its economic success in the late eighties. The great nation of Japan, at the time the second most powerful economy in the world, flatteringly portrayed as a colony of cockroaches infesting the apartment of a slobbish Japanese man.

This self-deprecating analogy is quite the contrast to what one might expect from the Japanese, who are usually more closely associated with qualities like ‘honour’, ‘strength’ and ‘tranquility’. Indeed for any group or ...
Jan 25, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Twilight of the Cockroaches is quite possibly the strangest anime I have ever seen in my life. The more I think about it, the more I struggle to believe this thing exists. This is a super ambitious, big budget children's film with seemingly zero audience. I could compare it to Titan AE, which lost 50 million dollars and seemingly wasn't made for any one demographic. However, that would be dishonest. Titan AE could have performed fine targeting the tween market if it were advertised better. Don Bluth was an experienced and highly capable director who had performed well before with unusual films like NIMH. Joss ...
Nov 12, 2018
Mixed Feelings
I had a hard time getting into this one and for good reason. The premise is absurd but not in an endearing way. A society of cockroaches is allowed to live in some guy's apartment because he's too much of an alcoholic slob to do anything about them until he gets a girlfriend or something. A female cockroach falls in love with a random cockroach from another apartment. There's a bit about cockroaches being at war with the humans but it just comes across as odd. It's creepy. The roaches are not endearing and their interactions with humans will make your skin crawl. Think A ...

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