One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book poster

One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book(1978)

Name: One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book
Director: Osamu Tezuka
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Released: 1978-01-01
Duration: 92 min
Cast: Yu Mizushima, Mami Koyama, Masatô Ibu, Iemasa Kayumi, Masako Oka

Yu Mizushima Mami Koyama Masatô Ibu Iemasa Kayumi Masako Oka

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.