Message From Space Galactic Wars: Complete Tv Series

Six hundred fifty minutes of incredible tokusatsu for your enjoyment.

I love classic tokusatsu series like Ultraman and Kamen Rider, but Message From Space TV series was not very good.

Imagine another world where George Lucas had decided to follow up Star Wars with a TV series in which Luke Skywalker travelled around with Han Solo and Chewie in the Millennium Falcon, accompanied by the droids, fighting the Galactic Empire, helped by Princess Leia in her own mysterious ship. But actually it didn't happen in another world, but in another country!The 1978 film 'Message From Space,' the most expensive film made in Japan at the time, has been described as "Japanese Star Wars," but it is this sequel series that really picks up on Star Wars plot ideas. Set a generation after the events of the film, in a solar system colonized by humans that is also the home to an intelligent ape-like race. The Gavanas Empire (now a race of ordinary humanoids and not the metal-skinned beings of the film) invade, easily destroying the system's defence force, and enslave the people. Hayato Gen (played by a young Hiroyuki Sanada), a young space cadet, survives, travelling on a tramp freighter with cynical Ryu and his co-pilot ape-man Ballou. Hayato's father is murdered by the Gavanas before he can communicate a secret to his son, and the mysterious Princess Sofia in her space sailing-ship saves the young man's life, giving him a mysterious ship - the Liabe from the movie. Together with Ryu and Ballou, and joined by the robot Tonto, they must fight the stormtroopers and ninjas of the Gavanas, and foil the evil plans of the mysterious Emperor Rokseia. Thankfully Ryu is in fact secretly a ninja himself - and so is Hayato!Message from Space: Galactic Wars is a classic Tokosatsu series that draws heavily on Star Wars, but with secret ninjas rather than Jedi, and a man in a gorilla suit in the Chewbacca role. It reuses models, costumes, and even some effects footage, from the film, but no prior knowledge of the film is needed. It's a fun romp, with a running plotline (who is Rokseia, and what is the Emperor trying to do?) and lots of action - at least one fight scene per episode, and the episode special villain explodes spectacularly when defeated.Plot is one important pasrt of a film, but casting is key, and 'Galactic Wars' has a top-notch cast. Of course the name that is most recognisable in the cast is the lead, the legendary Hiroyuki Sanada, returning from the film, but playing a completely different character, the show's version of Luke Skywalker. Shinzô Hotta is so goloriously over the top as the Gavanas commander Korgar (effectively the Darth Vader character) that no piece of scenery is left unchewed. Yoko Akitani gives a top-notch performance as the mysterious Princess Sofia, and Akira Oda is perfect in his role as the cynical yet heroic Ryu.It is unashamedly 'Japanese Star Wars: The Series,' but it's not a cynical rip-off, rather an exciting and well-done series that takes the tropes of Star Wars and tells its own story of plucky rebels against a Galactic Empire, while never taking itself entirely seriously.

放送当時以後、見る機会もなく、最近、北米版購入で見ています。ｓWの影響で当時宇宙戦争もの大好きで見ていたのを思い出しました。ガバナス戦艦尾画面上部からアオリで登場するシーンガバナス幹部の甲冑とリュウ・ハヤトの和風忍者のスタイルの対比が好印象だったのを思い出しました。メカのデザインも優秀です。話が面白いので今見ても違和感ないです。現在ではハリウッドで活躍されている真田広之さん主演は知っていましたが石ノ森先生原作原作は初めて知りました。北米版有難いです。

Hiroyuki Sanada is brilliant in this, a must own Blu-ray for fans of Hiroyuki Sanada and/or Tokusatsu (special effects live action) TV shows alike. I have been a fan ofHiroyuki Sanada since I watched him in classics like "Roaring Fire" and "Shogun's Ninja" to name just two. Highly recommended.

san ku kaiでもごぞんじの銀河大戦です(^-^)/やはりDVDよりも遥かに画質は上でした。どうしてもずっと気になっていてやっと購入。これは内容も上質のドラマですね。驚いたんですがプログラミングは当時、パソコンやゲームマシンを作ってたコモドールの日本法人、コモドールジャパンがオープニングのクレジットに記載されています。STAR WARSのマネとか揶揄されていますがこういう事実を知ると作り手の熱の入り方が40年の時を越えて見えてきます。本当にBlu-ray版を購入して良かったと思います(^-^)/確かこの後に宇宙刑事ギャバンとかの宇宙刑事シリーズが登場したと記憶しています。この作品は大人のドラマ作品ですね(^-^)/中学生くらいで敢えて話が分かるくらいになってたようです。宇宙からのメッセージと言うより石ノ森章太郎先生のメッセージのように僕には感じました。今の時代背景にダブるんです。あ、ロボコンのロビンちゃんも出てます(^^;

タイトル『宇宙からのメッセージ 銀河大戦』ディスク1枚/27話＋1話（東映まんがまつり版/21:33）/480pSD一般的な国内プレイヤーで再生出来ます（再生環境/SONYの2015年～の最廉価プレイヤー『BDP-S1500』）。日本語音声のみの収録なので、タイトルで英字幕《OFF》を選択すれば、後は普通に鑑賞する事が出来ます。映像特典は有りませんが、エピソード選択画面を見ると、1.2.3～25.2627（最終回）の後に何故かMOVIEの文字が!!…という訳で、しれっと東映マンガまつり版の本作も収録されています。まぁ、普通に最終回を最後まで鑑賞していれば、その後に劇場版は始まりますが。まず始めに、知る人ぞ知るS.Wのパクリ…もといクローン、いやインスパイア作の劇場版『宇宙からのメッセージ』は、TV版の100年前という設定になります。こちらもオマケで入れて欲しかった…。正直、Ep7以降没落が激しい本家よりも、この作品の方がクライマックスは見所が多いので（戦闘機の低空飛行シーン・彗星・大戦艦爆破シーンなど）、SF＆特撮好きの方にはお勧めです。あくまで子度向けですが。なお、画質としては、TV版が普通の昭和東映特撮DVD画質で、劇場版の方は綺麗なDVD画質って感じです。