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.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Stars: Yu Mizushima, Mami Koyama, Kosei Tomita, Toru Ohira, Masatō Ibu, Iemasa Kayumi
Crew: Osamu Tezuka (Director), Osamu Tezuka (Writer), Hisashi Sakaguchi (Character Designer), Hiroshi Nishimura (Animation Director), Keiji Kaneda (Producer), Akira Yoshikawa (Producer)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Tezuka Productions, Nippon Television Network Corporation
Runtime: 92 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 27, 1978
IMDb: 5.5
Keywords:anime, osamu tezuka
