A 3D Japanese short film based on Toho Planning, Studio Jump, and Yomiko Advertising’s 1988 television series of the same name. It was produced for the “Jump Out! Super Heroes” event at the Takarazuka Family Land theme park, where it premiered on the day of the event’s opening on March 18, 1989.[1] The film is not known to have been released again until almost a full decade later in 1998, when it was included as a bonus feature on the second volume of the series’ LaserDisc releases. It has since been carried over to Toho’s subsequent video releases, including the second volume of their 2005 DVDs, and the fourth volume of the discs’ 2018 Toho Masterpiece Selection reissues.
Category: Science Fiction
Science Fiction
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Kidou Keiji Jiban: Great Explosion at the Monster Factory of Fear
Jiban goes into action to save Yoko and several captured children from Doctor Giba’s plot of creating the ultimate lifeform.
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Terrifying Tales
Terrifying Tales contains three independently-produced shorts running about 20 minutes apiece. Only one of the three; Paul Bunnell’s “Final Destination: Unknown” (copyrighted 1989), is actually horror. The other two; Armand Garabidian’s “Ten Seconds to Countdown” (copyrighted 1986) and Ephraim Schwartz’s “Creatures of Habit” (also 1986), are, respectively, science fiction and drama with only slight mystery components. The three used here are connected only in that they were shorts made by UCLA graduate students. Sadly, none of them is very good. The opening title screens and closing credits have been left intact for each.
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The Witches Cave
An interstellar expedition is sent to study a strange planet. Despite the fact that creatures from various Earth time periods inhabit the world, the natives possess metal swords, even though they should have no knowledge of such weaponry.
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Patlabor: The Movie
A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.
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The Terror Within
Experiments in biological warfare have destroyed all but a few remnants of the human race. Alone in a lab, eight students work feverishly to create a vaccine before they are forced outside in search for food. It is then that the surviving scientists discover creatures mutated by the plague. Now they prepare to do battle against their worst fear: The Terror Within.
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Neo Tokyo
A trilogy of separate stories. In “Labyrinth labyrinthos”, a girl and her cat enter a strange world. In “Running Man”, a racer takes on the ultimate opponent. In “Construction Cancellation Order”, a man must shut down worker robots.
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The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder
S04E06 of “The Ray Bradbury Theater.” A company provides big game hunters with expeditions to the past to kill dinosaurs. They only have one rule that’s there to protect the time line: Never get off the beaten path.
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The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
Sho and his friend Tetsurou stumble upon an odd alien artifact while walking through the woods. Then, the alien artifact breaks free of its metallic bonds and enters Sho’s body, turning him into the Guyver. With this new power, Sho must do battle with the evil Chronos corporation and their genetically enhanced Zoanoids, who seek to get the Guyver back into their labs. No one close to Sho is safe from Chronos. He must fight.
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Deadly Weapon
An experimental gun powered by an atomic reactor is misplaced when the transport carrying it crashes into a river. The weapon soon falls into the hands of a bullied teen named Zeke, who uses it to get even with his persecutors. An army team led by the overzealous Lt. Dalton is sent to recover the weapon before it’s unstable reactor overloads and causes a meltdown.