How to watch the 24 Hour Television Specials films in order
There are 9 24 Hour Television Specials films, about 12.8 hours in total. The first was released in 1978, the latest in 1989. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
Features aired during the annual 24 Hour Television: “Love Saves the Earth” telethons on Nippon Television Network.
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One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book (1978)
27 Aug 1978 · 92 min
Bander is a 17-year-old boy from Earth who lives on a distant planet, which is populated by human shape-shifters who feed off of vegetables and animal tails. Violence soon breaks out, as invaders launch an attack on Bander's new planet. This was Japan's first 2-hour animated film for television. The program received high ratings when broadcast as part of a set of 24-hour TV programs called "Ai wa
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Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979)
26 Aug 1979 · 91 min
The plot of Marine Express can be described in two parts. The first part focuses on the people boarding the train and the problems they encounter on it. The second part takes place after the train has stopped at its half-way point, an island that used to be home to an ancient civilization millennia ago and has its fair share of secrets.
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Fumoon (1980)
30 Aug 1980 · 86 min
Nuclear testing has resulted in the abrupt evolution of the Fumoon, a tiny but highly intelligent humanoid race on a small island, who are detected by Dr. Yamadano. The Fumoon are kidnapping animals from around the world to bring with them as they use their space ships to evacuate the earth, because they know Earth is shortly to be destroyed by an enveloping cloud of black gas created by a stellar
- 4
Bremen 4: Angels in Hell (1981)
28 Aug 1981 · 90 min
Cat Coda, donkey Largo, dog Allegro, and hen Minuet are transformed from animals to people with alien technology to form a musical group, the Bremen 4. But when invading forces led by Colonel Presto are slaughtering their peaceful village, the musicians must band together and spread a message of peace with music, might, and a little bit of underground anti-fascist guerrilla warfare.
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A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose (1983)
21 Aug 1983 · 90 min
A powerful entity known as Death Mask hurls Kujukuri City, Japan, and Dallas, Texas 10,000 years into the future, reshaping them into a ruthless battleground where only the strongest survive. Determined to shatter this tyrant's hold on time itself, Gai Tanbara ventures into the dystopian future. Along the way, he meets Emiya, a fierce warrior fighting to reclaim her city from the darkness. Togethe
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Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (1984)
19 Aug 1984 · 90 min
In 1984 the Japanese government approved gene recombination experiments. Baggy is Tezuka’s response. A cute kitten escapes a lab, and is befriended by lonely child Ryosuke. Years later, he joins her in a quest that’s part spaghetti Western, part contemporary adventure.
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The Three-Eyed One: The Prince of Devil Island (1985)
25 Aug 1985 · 85 min
Sharaku and Wato investigate a mysterious old ship, only to find themselves getting involved in a sea voyage around strange islands.
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Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet (1986)
24 Aug 1986 · 73 min
Tezuka Osamu crafts a love story in the time when humans are expanding into space at the end of the 21st century, employing an omnibus form similar to Bradbury's "Martian Chronicle." Leaving the earth after marriage, a woman is left behind in space when her husband suddenly dies of a cosmic disease. Her friends on the Earth head for space to save the woman who was once everyone's ideal lady. Tezuk
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The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku (1989)
27 Aug 1989 · 69 min
A semi-autobiography of Tezuka Osamu combined with a 30 minute science-fiction setting of Journey to the West.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.