Terra e... (1980)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Hideo Onchi

Writers:

Hideo Onchi (writer)
Chigusa Shioda (writer)

Release Date:

26 April 1980 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Sci-Fi | War

Plot:

A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.

Plot Keywords:

Space Colony | Space | Japan | Passion | Mutant

Cast

Kumiko Akiyoshi	...	Physis (voice)
Toshiko Fujita	...	Mama (voice)
Tôru Furuya	...	Tony (voice)
Banjô Ginga	...	Papa (voice)
Yasuo Hisamatsu	...	Computer Terra (voice)
Masako Ikeda	...	Computer 'Mother' Eliza (voice)
Junichi Inoue	...	Jomy Mark Shin (voice)
Hiroya Ishimaru	...	Sam Houston (voice)
Akira Kamiya	...	Seki Leigh Shiroei (voice)
Chiyoko Kawashima	...	Tony (child) (voice)
Kyôko Kishida	...	Computer 'Grand Mother' (voice)
Kazuhiko Kishino	...	Man in white (voice)
Mami Koyama	...	Karina (voice)
Eiko Masuyama	...	Computer Terra's No.5 (voice)
Yumi Nakatani	...	Nurse (voice)
Kei'ichi Noda	...	Harley (voice)
Sumie Noguchi	...	Era (voice)
Masaya Oki	...	Keith Anyan (voice)
Masaharu Satô	...	Police officer (voice)
Hidekatsu Shibata	...	Zel (voice)
Taro Shigaki	...	Soldier Blue (voice)
Yoku Shioya	...	Sam Heathton (voice)
Tomiko Suzuki	...	Boy c of mew (voice)
Kôji Totani	...	Admiral kuf (voice)
Hiroko Yakushimaru	...	Jona Macka (voice)
Jôji Yanami	...	Doctor (voice)

Also Known As:

Chikyû e...
To Terra... (International: English title) (literal title)
Toward the Terra... (Japan: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

Japan:113 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Company:

Toei Company

A classic anime, not as well accepted by the western public

Even it is old(1980), even its design is simple( but good), this is one of the best anime-movies, even today, 21 years after its production. The plot is original and well-done, mysteries are being revealed in their time, explaining everything without looking like that were forced (by the director or writer) to give a reason to all the story. The mü species was well created, with no lack of sense. It's a future that shows what can happen to us if we continue to destroy our planet, Earth, Terra! And there, thousand of years passed, they want to come back to this lost world. A master-piece of direction, giving you the suspense in the beginning, the sci-fi elements in the middle( showing the mü in their new planet, and the elite process of being born), and the drama in the end. In no time in the anime-movie you know if it will end happy or sad. You raise with the main character, you believe in his dreams, and get frustrated as himself. The great mama manipulates the human DNA in a space ship traveling to nowhere. People don't have sex anymore. And children do not raise and grow naturally. In this controlled chaos a boy has dreams, dreams about a prohibited civilization, about the only hope to open mankind eyes, about the mü society, those who are weak in health but strong in psychic powers. He, this boy, IS the HOPE to the mü, because he is strong in the 2 attributes. Then he meets the Soldier Blue, leader of the mü and knows his fate, get people TOWARD THE TERRA once again, but will he succeed? Find this movie and discover the answer. 10/10, a classic of anime!