One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book

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

Yu Mizushima

as Bandar (voice)

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

as Mimuru (voice)

Kosei Tomita

Kosei Tomita

as King Bolbox (voice)

Tōru Ōhira

Tōru Ōhira

as King Zobi (voice)

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

as Black Jack (voice)

Iemasa Kayumi

Iemasa Kayumi

as Dokudami (voice)

Reiko Mutoh

Reiko Mutoh

as Queen Tasuka (voice)

Kyoji Kobayashi

Kyoji Kobayashi

as Dr. Kudo (voice)

Yukiko Nikaido

Yukiko Nikaido

as Mrs. Kudo (voice)

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Kaneta Kimotsuki

as Dr. Sharaku (voice)

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