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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Yu MizushimaBandar (voice)
Mami KoyamaMimuru (voice)
Masatô IbuBlack Jack (voice)
Iemasa KayumiDokudami (voice)
Tōru ŌhiraKing Zobi (voice)
Reiko MutohQueen Tasuka (voice)
Kyoji KobayashiDr. Kudo (voice)
Kaneta KimotsukiDr. Sharaku (voice)
Tetsuya KajiPresident Vitor (voice)
Yoshiko AsaiNine (voice)Explore the crew
- Editor
- Harutoshi Ogata
- Editor
- Ei Itô
- Director
- Osamu Tezuka
- Writer
- Osamu Tezuka
- Producer
- Hidehiko Takei
- Producer
- Keiji Kaneda
- Original Music Composer
- Yuji Ohno