Ôritsu uchûgun Oneamisu no tsubasa (1987)

Director:

Hiroyuki Yamaga

Writers:

Mary Mason (English dialogue)
Kevin Seymour (English dialogue)

Release Date:

10 MÁRCIUS 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In an alternative Earth, a young astronaut participates in a controversial fledgling space program.

Plot Keywords:

Space | Space Program | Spacecraft | Astronaut | Spaceman

Cast

Jane Alan	...	Reporter (voice: English version)
Masahiro Anzai	...	Majaho
Steve Blum	...	General's Assistant, Noble (voice: English version) (as Steven Jay Blum)
Ivan Buckley	...	Construction Worker (voice: English version) (as Jack Emmet)
Steve Bulen	...	General Khaidenn (voice: English version) (as Stevie Beeline)
Bryan Cranston	...	Matti Tohn (voice: English version)
Bambi Darro	...	Matti's Girlfriend (voice: English version)
Christopher de Groot	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Christophe de Groot)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Laughing Woman, Kid (voice: English version) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Richard Epcar	...	Talkative Launch Tech (voice: English version)
Jonathan Fahn	...	Protester, Launch Tech (voice: English version) (as Jonathan Charles)
Tom Fahn	...	Bar Patron (voice: English version) (as Tom Charles)
Michael Forest	...	Dr. Gnomm (voice: English version) (as Alfred Thor)
Jeff Frayer	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lena Gale	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Dougary Grant	...	Prince Toness, Photographer (voice: English version)
Stanley Gurd Jr.	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Arnie Hanks	...	Karrock (voice: English version)
Shôzô Îzuka	...	Space Force Trainer
Kazuo Kumakura	...	(voice)
Melody Lee	...	Riquinni Nonderaiko (voice: English version)
Wendee Lee	...	Bar Patron, News Reel Narrator (voice: English version)
Jill Lyons	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jake Martin	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Dan Martin)
Rob Matthews	...	Shirotsugh Lhadatt (voice: English version) (as Robert Matthews)
Joe Montane	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Leo Morimoto	...	Shirotsugh Lhadatt
Gorô Naya	...	(voice)
Chikao Ôtsuka	...	Dr. Gnomm
Tony Pope	...	Guy Washing Clothes (voice: English version) (as Anthony Mozdy)
Simon Prescott	...	Republic Leader (voice: English version) (as Simon Isaacson)
Joe Romersa	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Anthony Santacrose	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bin Shimada	...	Yanaran
Kazuyuki Sogabe	...	Marty
Ellyn Stern	...	Republic News Narrator (voice: English version)
Doug Stone	...	TV Commentator, Noble, Reporter (voice: English version)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Domorhot
Jimmy Theodore	...	Cadet With Glasses (voice: English version) (as Rudy Luzion)
Kôji Totani	...	Tchallichammi
Thomas White	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mimi Woods	...	Test Film Narrator, Launch Countdown (voice: English version)
Dan Woren	...	Nekkerout (voice: English version) (as Warren Daniels)
Yoshito Yasuhara	...	Nekkerout
Mitsuki Yayoi	...	Riquinni Nonderaiko

Also Known As:

Starquest
Wings of Honneamise (USA)
Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:15 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:16 | UK:PG (cut video release) | Australia:M | Canada:14A | New Zealand:M

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Quotes:

Shirotsugh Lhadatt: Aw hell, I give up. "And what I see now is - " tanks everwhere!
Marty: Open your eyes, you damn idiot, they're fakes!
Shirotsugh Lhadatt: Fakes?
[singing]
Shirotsugh Lhadatt: All around us there's nothing but fakes... Whoa! Soar with me on the biggest fake of all!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro wo, kimi ni (1997)

Gets better with each watching

If you think anime films are all super babes, giant robots, super violence, and monsters in pocket then you need to see this film.

And If you don't, or don't even watch anime, you should still see this.

I was shocked by how enjoyable this movie was. The story isn't terribly original but the execution is fantastic. It's very unusual, taking the ordinary world and making it fantastic, but the eccentric design of the Honneamise world adds to the story and makes it lovely to watch. Shiro, the main character, is a great everyman who starts out as only that but grows into a true hero at the end. The music, my favorite part, is incredible and quite hum-able. I have the opening and closing themes on MP3 and I hope I'll be able to buy the whole soundtrack someday. The songs really stick in your head, but only because they're that enjoyable.

And the animation is superb. Not only does everyone move but they move well. Often, anime is criticized harshly for lacking in motion but this, in my opinion, actually makes it easier to watch. The animation in "Honneamise" is fluent and rich, but not exaggerated and distracting like the overdone "Disney's Tarzan".

This is a great film for fans of anime, animation, and science fiction and fantasy. I also think that mainstream viewers can also enjoy this, even if they don't like other anime films. It's beyond the usual cliches and stereotypes, becoming one of my favorite films of all time.

And by the way, it's great both in subtitles and dubbed in English.