Uchu Enban Daisenso (1975)

Original title

宇宙円盤大戦争

Directed by

Yūgo Serikawa

Genre

drama anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

28 min

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Aliens invade Earth and a male protagonist battles them in a super robot. This short film served as a rough draft for the later series UFO Robot Grendizer.

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What happens

Uchu Enban Daisenso (宇宙円盤大戦争, Uchū Enban Daisensō; "Battlefield of The Space Saucers") is a 1975 Japanese animated short film created by Go Nagai and produced by Toei Doga. It was originally shown along with the short film Great Mazinger tai Getter Robot G: Kuchu Daigekitotsu, also from Toei and Nagai. The film is considered the prototype for the future anime television series UFO Robot Grendizer, which premiered the same year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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