“Moment of truth… Return to countdown!”

Written and directed by Gainax founding member Hiroyuki Yeamaga (Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Gunbuster). Winner of the Japan Anime Award for best anime release of 1987. Originally a box office flop, the film has received cult status and is admired by many including Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Oshii and Roger Ebert.

In the Kingdom of Honnêamise, on an alternate version of Earth, Shirotsugh Lhadatt is an unmotivated young man who once aspired to be a fighter pilot. He instead joined the Royal Space Force, his nation’s fledgling space program where he volunteers for the Space Force’s last attempt to send the world’s first astronaut into orbit.

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