One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book

Synopsis

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

Bandar (voice)

Mami Koyama

Mimuru (voice)

Masatô Ibu

Black Jack (voice)

Iemasa Kayumi

Dokudami (voice)

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Masako Oka

Princess Marina (voice)

Tōru Ōhira

King Zobi (voice)

Reiko Mutoh

Queen Tasuka (voice)

Kyoji Kobayashi

Dr. Kudo (voice)

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Yukiko Nikaido

Mrs. Kudo (voice)

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Dr. Sharaku (voice)

Tetsuya Kaji

President Vitor (voice)

Yoshiko Asai

Nine (voice)

Kosei Tomita

King Bolbox (voice)

Koichi Chiba

Don Dracula (voice)

Hisashi Katsuta

Ed (voice)

Tessyo Genda

Mangan (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Ham Egg (voice)

Keiichi Noda

Capsule Robot (voice)

Osamu Kato

Cyclops (voice)

Shozo Iizuka

Black Jack's Subordinate (voice)

Crew

Art

• Mitsunari Makino Art Direction
• Hisashi Sakaguchi Art Direction

Camera

• Nobuyuki Sugaya Camera Operator

Crew

• Kenji Terada Special Effects

Directing

• Osamu Tezuka Director

Editing

• Harutoshi Ogata Editor
• Ei Itô Editor

Production

• Hidehiko Takei Producer
• Keiji Kaneda Producer
• Akira Yoshikawa Executive Producer

Sound

• Satoshi Kato Sound Director
• Yuji Ohno Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

• Hisashi Sakaguchi Character Designer
• Hiroshi Nishimura Animation Director

Writing

• Osamu Tezuka Writer
• Osamu Tezuka Storyboard

Photos