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Welcome to the Space Show (2010)

Welcome to the Space Show poster
Original title
宇宙ショーへようこそ
Directed by
Koji Masunari
Genre
science fiction anime and manga
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 16m
Rated
G
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 51 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Five children find an alien dog and get taken on a trip to the moon. When things go wrong they get stranded in space and need to find a way home before their parents notice they are gone.

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What happens

Welcome to the Space Show (Japanese: 宇宙ショーへようこそ, Hepburn: Uchū Shō e Yōkoso) is a 2010 Japanese animated science fiction film produced by A-1 Pictures and distributed by Aniplex. It was directed by Koji Masunari from a script by Hideyuki Kurata, and stars the voices of Tomoyo Kurosawa, Honoka Ikezuki, Shotaro Uzawa, Tamaki Matsumoto, Takuto Yoshinaga, and Keiji Fujiwara. In the film, five children rescue an alien dog, and are rewarded a trip to the Moon in response. After events cause the group to become stranded in space, they must find a way to return to Earth before the kids' parents arrive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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