Toward the Terra

Toward the Terra

1980 · 113 min · JA · 6.3 (29 votes)
Dir. Hideo Onchi · Starring Junichi Inoue, Masaya Oki, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Tarō Shigaki, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Toru Furuya · Music Masaru Satō
AnimationAdventureActionScience Fiction

A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.

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This is a sweeping, emotionally resonant space opera, rich with classic anime aesthetics. It delivers a propulsive, dramatic journey exploring themes of identity and persecution against a backdrop of cosmic conflict, tinged with a melancholic hope for a better future.

epicdramaticmelancholictensehopefulpropulsiveclassic animespace operahand-drawn animationdramatic storytellingidentitypersecutiondestinyconflicthumanity
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