A thief, a doctor, and a deposed princess walk into a space coup... chaos ensues.
The dashing Dr. Mambo and his unlikely sidekick, Jibako the thief, help Princess Laura, former ruler of Eden, to regain her birthright from the usurping president Capo.
Acting
Kenji Utsumi's villainous swagger as Capo
Direction
Kimio Yabuki's kinetic comedic timing
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn spaceship glory, zero CGI cowards
Director
Kimio Yabuki
Kenji Utsumi
カポー (voice)
Eiko Yamada
シゲル (voice)
Satomi Majima
トニオ (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
バリモア (voice)
Mami Koyama
ベス (voice)
Mariko Mukai
マンナ (voice)
Noriko Tsukase
マーサ (voice)
Takeshi Aono
リー警部 (voice)
Kohei Miyauchi
ルカ (voice)
Yoshiko Miyazaki
ローラ (voice)
Kazumi Tanaka
兵士 (voice)
Masaharu Sato
兵士 (voice)
Leo Morimoto
怪盗ジバコ (voice)
Shiro Kishibe
どくとるマンボウ (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Kimio Yabuki was a Toei Animation veteran who helmed multiple Candy Candy films, bringing that same melodramatic flair to space heists.
This TV movie exemplifies the 1983 anime boom's obsession with space operas, when every studio needed their own Macross competitor.
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