Roots Search (Video 1986)
"Roots Search: Shokushin buttai X" (original title)

Director:

Hisashi Sugai

Writer:

Michiru Shimada (screenplay)

Stars:

Keiko Han, Ken'yû Horiuchi, Kaneto Shiozawa

Cast

Cast overview:
Keiko Han	...	Moira
Ken'yû Horiuchi	...	Buzz
Kaneto Shiozawa	...	Scott
Osamu Kobayashi	...	Marcus
Banjô Ginga	...	Norman
Yûsaku Yara	...	Alien X
Hideyuki Tanaka	...	Sander
Shige Muroi	...	Catherine
Mitsutaka Kabayashi	...	Raymond

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

anime

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Genres:

Animation | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Also Known As:

Roots Search

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hiromedia Co. Ltd., Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd., Studio Live

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"The Labyrinth of Space"
Performed by Kunihiko Yuyama

User Reviews

Worst anime ever? Probably

I do love a lot of anime, but I really hated Roots Search. The voice cast do an okay enough job with what they got, which is not much admittedly, but they aren't enough to save the movie especially when everything else fails abysmally. The animation is pretty much awful, the backgrounds are static, the colours are flat and the designs of the characters are downright ugly and bizarre. The music also feels like it belongs in a different movie and feels dated, the dialogue is inane, the pacing is glacial and plodding and the plot is incomprehensible with phony philosophising and an inconclusive ending that makes you think that's it? The characters are also underdeveloped and difficult to emphasise with. In conclusion, a really awful film with next to no redeeming qualities. 1/10 Bethany Cox