X-Bomber (1980)
- Original title
- Ｘボンバー
- Genre
- science fiction television series
- Country
- Japan
- Length
- 1 season, 24 episodes
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A team of young pilots operate the giant transforming spaceship X-Bomber to defend Earth from an alien empire. They fly missions and battle monster robots in each episode.
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What happens
X Bomber (Ｘボンバー, Ekkusu Bonbā) (released as Star Fleet in the UK) is a Japanese marionette tokusatsu TV series created by manga artist Go Nagai, and produced by Cosmo Productions and Jin Productions. The show aired on Fuji TV from October 4, 1980 (1980-10-04) to March 28, 1981 (1981-03-28), with a total of 25 episodes (including the pre-series pilot episode), and was billed in Japan as being filmed in "Sūpāmariorama" (スーパーマリオラマ), a puppeteering process similar to Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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