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Movie poster: One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book (1978)
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One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book

1978 · 92 min Action Adventure Animation Fantasy Science Fiction TV Movie
5.1 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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Original Title 100万年地球の旅 バンダーブック
Year 1978
Country Japan
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Director Osamu Tezuka
Runtime 92 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.1/10 (12 votes)

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The film constructs a rich allegorical world, relying on Tezuka's distinct visual language to explore themes of colonization and coexistence. It builds its narrative on the tension between youthful idealism and the brutal mechanics of interstellar conflict.

What lingers after viewing is the poignant contrast between spectacular action and the quiet question of what it means to belong. A space opera with a thoughtful, human core. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Osamu Tezuka

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