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.
DirectorOsamu Tezuka
WriterOsamu Tezuka
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Includes: One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book, Undersea Super Train: Marine Express, Fumoon, Bremen 4: Angels in Hell, A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose, Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature, The Three-Eyed One: The Prince of Devil Island, Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet, The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku
