Underplayed Gems

Roy del espacio (1983)

Roy del espacio poster
Original title
Roy del Espacio
Directed by
Rafael Angel Gil, Hector Lopez Carmona
Genre
science fiction film, adventure film, family film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 03m
Rated
A
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Mexican animated film from the early 1980s about a spacefaring character named Roy. It was one of the country's first feature-length animated movies.

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What happens

Roy del espacio (English: Roy of Space or Roy from Space) is a 1983 Mexican animated science fiction film produced and directed by Hector López Carmona, Rafael Ángel Gil and Ulises Pérez Aguirre. Produced from 1979 to 1982, it is one of the first feature-length Mexican animated films ever made. Roy del espacio premiered on 3 March 1983, playing in several theatres in Mexico. Retrospective reviews of Roy del espacio have referred to it as "an example of artistic ineptitude" and "a real disaster". It was considered a lost film; from which only still images from the film were known to survive. The film remained in this status until 17 November 2025, when boutique distributor Deaf Crocodile announced it was working on the restoration, to be released on Blu-ray sometime in 2026, alongside a Kickstarter campaign. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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