| While Waiting for the Red Spectacles | |
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| Released | September 28, 2000 (Japan) |
| Recorded | January 1987 |
| Genre | Science fiction, drama |
| Length | 37:32 |
| Label | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Producer | Kadokawa Shoten |
While Waiting for the Red Spectacles (紅い眼鏡を待ちつつ, Akai Megane O Machi Tsutsu) is a 1987 science fiction radio drama written and directed by Mamoru Oshii, with music composed and performed by Kenji Kawai. The first work in the Kerberos Saga, it is a prequel and companion piece to the 1987 film The Red Spectacles, and follows police detective Koichi Todome while he is exiled from an alternate history Japan following his involvement in the "Kerberos Riot", a major event in the saga's history.
First recorded in January 1987, it was released in 2000 as a limited CD drama bundled with Kerberos Panzer Cop: Complete Book [Zen] edition.