One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book
Directed by Osamu Tezuka
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.
Duration
1h 32m
Released
August 27, 1978
Cast11
Part ofThe 24 Hour Television Specials
Includes One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book (1978), Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979), Fumoon (1980), Bremen 4: Angels in Hell (1981), A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose (1983), Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (1984), The Three-Eyed One: The Prince of Devil Island (1985), Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet (1986), and The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku (1989).
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