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One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book

1978 · 1h 32m · Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Bander is a 17-year-old boy from Earth who lives on a distant planet, which is populated by human shape-shifters who feed off of vegetables and animal tails. Violence soon breaks out, as invaders launch an attack on Bander's new planet. This was Japan's first 2-hour animated film for television. The program received high ratings when broadcast as part of a set of 24-hour TV programs called "Ai wa Chikyu wo Sukuu" on Nippon Television. After a long gap since his last animated film for television, this work fully reflects Osamu Tezuka's desire to achieve theatrical quality with this production.

Cast

• Yu Mizushima as Bandar (voice)
• Mami Koyama as Mimuru (voice)
• Masatô Ibu as Black Jack (voice)
• Iemasa Kayumi as Dokudami (voice)
• Masako Oka as Princess Marina (voice)
• Tōru Ōhira as King Zobi (voice)
• Reiko Mutoh as Queen Tasuka (voice)
• Kyoji Kobayashi as Dr. Kudo (voice)
• Yukiko Nikaido as Mrs. Kudo (voice)
• Kaneta Kimotsuki as Dr. Sharaku (voice)
• Tetsuya Kaji as President Vitor (voice)
• Yoshiko Asai as Nine (voice)

Details

Director

Osamu Tezuka

Released

August 27, 1978

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Studio

Tezuka Productions and Nippon Television Network Corporation

Status

Released

TMDB score

5.4 / 10 from 13 votes