Space Travelers: The Animation

Space Travelers The Animation The Animation , Supesutoraberaz The Animation? is a 2000 science fiction and action Japanese straight to video fulllength animated film produced by Fuji Television Network and Robot Films. The anime ties back to 2000s live action comedy film Space Travelers directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro, also produced by Fuji Television Network and Robot Films.

Aiding an underground resistance movement, the Space Travellers risk their lives to transport vital supplies to and from Earth. One day, however, a mysterious gentleman hires them to deliver an unmarked spherical container. Hayabusa accepts the mission, with no idea that this simple package may hold the key to mankinds destinySpace Travelers The Animation began as a throwaway gag in Katsuyuki Motohiros popular liveaction movie Space Travelers 2000 film, in which a Tokyo bank robbery goes disastrously wrong. As the police surround the building, the staff and hostages volunteer to help the robbers bluff their way out each is given a code name based on a character from the robbers favorite cartoon, a nonexistent show called Space Travelershence the ridiculously large cast of anime archetypes. Scraps of animation were made as inserts for the original movie and are reused herehence the strange pacing of the overlong opening credits that were not originally intended to be shown in this manner. An afterthought following the movies success, Space Travelers was reputedly inspired by Motohiros love of Star Blazers, Gundam, and Evangelion. ........

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