| Release Date | 1978-08-27 |
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| Runtime | 92 minutes |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TV Movie |
| Stars | Yu Mizushima, Mami Koyama, Kosei Tomita, Toru Ohira, Masatō Ibu |
| Directors | Osamu Tezuka, Osamu Tezuka, Hisashi Sakaguchi, Hiroshi Nishimura, Keiji Kaneda |
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.
