Twilight Q

Twilight Q (トワイライトQ, Towairaito Kyū) is a Japanese original video animation series released in Japan in 1987 by Network Frontier (now Bandai Namco Arts). The series is similar to The Twilight Zone.^[1] It was aired in Japan on the anime television network Animax on August 5, 2007.^[2]

Twilight Q
Twilight Q DVD cover (Region 2).
トワイライトＱ (Towairaito Kyū)
Created by	Headgear
Original video animation
Time Knot: Reflection
Directed by	Tomomi Mochizuki
Studio	Ajiado
Licensed by	Network Frontier
Released	February 28, 1987
Runtime	30 minutes
Original video animation
Mystery Article File 538
Directed by	Mamoru Oshii
Studio	Studio Deen
Licensed by	Network Frontier
Released	August 28, 1987
Runtime	30 minutes

Story

The first part, Time Knot: Reflection (時の結び目 Reflection, Toki no Musubime  Rifurekushon), has two girls at a beach where one of them finds an old camera. She develops the film and finds that she's in a photo, arm-in-arm with a young man, despite not remembering the picture being taken. She then finds out the camera is a model that has not yet been released.

The second part, Mystery Article File 538 (迷宮物件 File538, Meikyū Bukken Fairu Go San Hachi), follows a detective investigating the mysterious disappearances of airplanes, and his investigation into a father and daughter.

Sources:^[3][4]

Cast

Part 1

• Mayumi: Mako Hyōdō
• Kiwako: Miina Tominaga
• Uemura: Masahiro Anzai
• Hirata: Yasuyuki Hirata
• Dad: Natsuo Tokuhiro
• Mom: Kumiko Takizawa
• Teacher: Rokurō Naya

Part 2

• Man: Tetsuya Kaji
• Young Girl: Mako Hyōdō
• Radio Announcer: Shigeru Chiba

Sources:^[3]

Staff

Part 1

• Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
• Original Story, Screenplay: Kazunori Itō
• Character Design: Akemi Takada
• Animation Director: Masako Gotō
• Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
• Audio Director: Shigeharu Shiba
• Music: Kenji Kawai
• Production: Ajia-do Animation Works

Part 2

• Original Story, Screenplay, Director: Mamoru Oshii
• Producer: Shin Unosawa, Makoto Kubo
• Character Design: Katsuya Kondō
• Animation Director: Shinji Ōtsuka
• Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura
• Camera Director: Seiichi Morishita
• Audio Director: Shigeharu Shiba
• Music: Kenji Kawai
• Key Animation: Kitarō Kōsaka, Katsuya Kondō, Makiko Futaki, Toshio Kawaguchi, Shinji Ōtsuka, Masaaki Endō
• Production: Network Frontier Jigyōbu, Studio Deen

Sources:^[3]