Message from Space: Galactic Wars
Message from Space: Galactic Wars (宇宙からのメッセージ・銀河大戦, Uchū kara no Messēji: Ginga Taisen) is a Japanese TV series written by Shotaro Ishinomori, co-produced by Toei Company and TV Asahi and aired on TV Asahi from July 8, 1978 to January 27, 1979, with a total of 27 episodes. It is a spin-off of the 1978 film Message from Space.[1]
| Message from Space: Galactic Wars | |
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| Genre | Tokusatsu, Science fiction |
| Created by | |
| Written by | Masaru Igami |
| Directed by | Minoru Yamada |
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| Narrated by | Asao Koike |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | TV Asahi Toei Company I.D.D.h. |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original release | July 8, 1978 – January 27, 1979 |
Cast
- Hayato Gen/Maboroshi (ゲン・ハヤト/まぼろし, Gen Hayato/Maboroshi): Hiroyuki Sanada (真田広之, Sanada Hiroyuki)
- Ryu/Nagareboshi (リュウ/流れ星, Ryū/Nagareboshi): Akira Oda (織田あきら, Oda Akira)
- Ape-Man Ballou (猿人バルー, Enjin Barū): Ryo Nishida (西田良, Nishida Ryō)
- Tonto (トント) (Voice): Iwao Tabuchi (田渕岩夫, Tabuchi Iwao)
- Sofia (ソフィア): Yoko Akitani (秋谷陽子, Akitani Yōko)
- Narrator (ナレーター, Narētā): Asao Koike (小池朝雄, Koike Asao)
Suit actors
- Maboroshi: Jun Murakami
- Nagareboshi: Osamu Kaneda, Tsutomu Kitagawa
Staff
| Producers | Kanetake Ochiai, Keizo Shichijo, Akimasa Ito, Masahide Shinozuka, Hubert Chonzu |
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| Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
| Serialized in | Shogakukan's "Tv-Kun", Kodansha's "TV Magazine", Tokuma Shoten's "TV Land" |
| Written by | Masaru Igami, Miyoko Nagase, Ayuko Anzai, Taku Eren |
| Music | Shunsuke Kikuchi & Kenichiro Morioka |
| Theme Song | "Oh Braves Cross the Galaxy"
"Love is Beyond the Stars" |
| Lyrics | Shotaro Ishinomori |
| Performed by | Isao Sasaki, Columbia Male Choir |
| Monologue | Asao Koike |
| Theme From "Sankuokai" | Éric Charden |
| Stunts by | Japan Action Enterprises |
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| Directors of Photography | Sakuji Shiomi, Shozo Sakane, Yuhei Harada, Takeharu Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Kitasaka |
| Lighting | Tokuji Wakaki, Keiichi Kano, Yasuo Otani, Yoshikazu Watanabe, Heisaku Kato, Tsuyoshi Muguruma |
| Sound Recordists | Koichi Sakamoto, Masayuki Kato |
| Art | Akira Takahashi (Cosmo Productions) |
| Editing by | Takeo Araki |
| Scripter Girls | Kyoko Kurokawa, Yuko Nishikawa, Yoshiko Ishida, Yoko Miru |
| Equipment and Decorating | Shigekazu Yoshioka, Yoshiaki Shiraishi, Terumasa Tabata, Shigeharu Yamamoto |
| Assistant Directors | Mitsukazu Kawamura, Hideo Suzuki, Kiyomi Yada, Yuji Takakura, Isamu Sone, Kazue Saito, Masaki Godai |
| Beauty & Hairdressing | Towa Beauty |
| Costumes | Tamotsu Iwatuki, Muneyuki Kuroki |
| Acting Officers | Eiji Morimura, Takayasu Kuzuhara, Yoshiaki Yamashita, Masaru Fujiwara, Mamoru Shimokawa |
| VFX | Minoru Nakano |
| Special Video Programming | Commodore Japan |
| Stunt Arrangers | Toshio Sugawara, Ikuo Miyoshi, Junnosuke Doi, Junji Yamaoka (JAC) |
| Chief Managers | Yoshio Yamamoto, Manshu Sugiura, Takahiro Tarayaka, Hiroshi Mazawa, Hiroshi Kanada, Susumu Uji |
| Special Thanks | Nara Dreamland |
| Film Processing | IMAGICA |
| English Dubbing | 3B Productions |
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| Music
Sound Design |
Doug Lackey, Joseph Zappala |
| Associate Producer
Supervising Editor |
Michael Part |
| Written, Produced and Directed by | Bunker Jenkins |
| Editor | Floyd Ingram |
| Additional FX | George Budd |
| Post Production | Gomillion Sound, American Film Factory |
| Another Presentation from | Newhope Entertainment |
| SFX Unit | |
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| SFX Made By | Special Effects Research Laboratory |
| Practical Effects | Subaru Suzuki |
| Director of Photography | Satoru Takanashi |
| Art Director | Tetsuzo Osawa |
| Lighting | Akiyoshi Hiji |
| Produced by | Yoshiyuki Nakamura |
| Director | Nobuo Yajima |
| Directed by | Minoru Yamada, Tomoomi Yoda, Miki Wakabayashi |
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| Produced by | Toei Company, TV Asahi |
| In Association with | IDDH, France 2 |
Songs
- Opening theme
- "Yūsha yo Ginga o Watare" (勇者よ銀河を渡れ)
- Lyrics: Shotaro Ishimori (石森 章太郎, Ishimori Shotaro)
- Composition and Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi (菊池 俊輔, Kikuchi Shunsuke)
- Artist: Isao Sasaki (ささきいさお, Sasaki Isao) with Columbia Male Choir (コロムビア男声合唱団, Koromubia dansei gasshō-dan)
- Ending theme
- "Ai wa Hoshizora no Kanata ni" (愛は星空の彼方に)
- Composition and arrangement: Kenichiro Morioka (森岡賢一郎, Morioka Ken'ichirō)
Manga adaptation
A manga adaptation by Kaoru Shintani was published in Kodansha's TV Magazine from August to December 1978.
International broadcasts
Message from Space: Galactic Battle was broadcast in the Philippines in the early 1980s under the title Space Wars. It also aired in 1979 in parts of Europe under the title San Ku Kaï. It aired in parts of Latin America in the early 80s under the title "Sankuokai". In the United States, the series was retitled Space Ninja and dubbed by 3B Productions (Tranzor Z), but released straight-to-video (there is no documentation, currently, of any television broadcast). 3B produced a compilation feature, Swords of the Space Ark, which was aired on the Christian Broadcasting Network in 1983. Toei promoted the series overseas as Message from Space: Galaxy Wars.
DVD Release
During Otakon 2018, Discotek Media announced that they licensed the show for a one-disc SD on BD release.[2] It was released on October 29, 2019, in Japanese with English subtitles.
References
- Otaphysica - Memories of Message from Space: Galactic Battle
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External links
- Message from Space: Galactic Battle at Toei Tokusatsu BB Archives (in Japanese)