One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book (1978)

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.

Released

1978-08-27

Genres

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

Runtime

92 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Osamu Tezuka

TMDB rating

5.4/10 from 13 votes