Saturday, April 12, 2008

Galaxy Boy Troop: '60s anime-style sci-fi puppetry

Osamu Tezuka's "Galaxy Boy Troop," a 92-episode children's space opera that aired on NHK from 1963 to 1965, featured a unique blend of animation (Mushi Production) and puppetry (Takeda Puppet Troupe). The series also aired in France, where it was known as "Le Commando De La Voie Lactee" (lit. "Commando Of The Milky Way"). The original Japanese masters and films are believed to have been lost or destroyed, and the few known surviving fragments are from French sources.


Pink Tentacle invites you to watch a clip.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I like the English subtitles of the French subtitles of the Japanese dialog....