Acting
Michiko Hirai was a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer.
An old train engine endeavors to be useful despite the more modern transportation now available in the big city. The story was taken from a highly popular storybook series. Traditionally animated movie Toei based on a bestseller picture book by Agawa Hiroyuki, illustrated by Okabe Fuyuhiko and published in 1959 by Iwanami Shoten Publishing.
When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from Earth's atmosphere.
A young panda prince is found unworthy by his mother the Queen, and expelled from the forest. In his journey, he battles dangerous enemies and gets captures and forced to work in a circus.
Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as politicians. A slick crime comedy of cons and payback.
The destruction of Earth is at hand! A pity that only one person knows it at the moment. Zule has announced his intention to take over Earth, and to demonstrate his resolved he's destroying interplanetary traffic. The warning is clear, stop expanding into space and prepare to be subjugated. Earth sends out their most competent troubleshooters: The Crasher Squad! Renowned for their skills at keeping the peace, they find their abilities are lacking against an opponent who can swallow star systems; and has. Not that the Earth represents anything more than a casual desire, but Zule has not gotten where he is by allowing the weaker species to flourish. Now, Earth's fate will be decided by Takeru Myojin, who is in the midst of discovering that his entire existence is a lie and his actual position is far more important than anyone would have believed. But he is only one, and Zule's armies are many. Even with the awesome power of the robot Gaia, how can he possibly win against Zule?
"This story takes place early in the 21st century. The countries of the world have combined their technologies and resources in a fantastic cooperative effort to change Winter into Spring. " - Opening Narration. A 1970 New Years TV Film based on the Aerial City 008 Puppet show on NHK.