Message from Space: Galactic Wars

Message from Space: Galactic Wars
Genre Tokusatsu, Science fiction
Created by
Starring
Narrated by Asao Koike
Composer(s)
Country of origin Japan
No. of episodes 27
Production
Producer(s)
  • Kanetake Ochiai
  • Keizo Nanajo
  • Akimasa Ito
  • Masahide Shinozuka
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) TV Asahi
Toei Company
Release
Original network TV Asahi
Original release July 8, 1978 – January 27, 1979

Message from Space: Galactic Wars (宇宙からのメッセージ・銀河大戦 Uchū kara no Messēji: Ginga Taisen) is a Japanese TV series written by Shotaro Ishimori, co-produced by Toei Company and TV Asahi and aired on TV Asahi from July 8, 1978 to January 27, 1979, with a total of 27 episodes. It is a spin-off of the 1978 film Message from Space.[1]

Cast

Suit actors

Songs

Opening theme
Ending theme

Manga adaptation

A manga adaptation by Kaoru Shintani was published in Kodansha's TV Magazine from August to December 1978.

International broadcasts

Message from Space: Galactic Wars was broadcast in the Philippines in the early 1980s under the title Space Wars. It also aired in parts of Europe under the title San Ku Kaï. It aired in parts of Latin America in the early 80s under the title "Sankuokai". In the United States, the series was retitled Space Ninja and dubbed by 3B Productions (Tranzor Z), but released straight-to-video (there is no documentation of any television broadcast). 3B produced a compilation feature, Swords of the Space Ark, which was aired on the Christian Broadcasting Network in the mid-1980s. Toei promoted the series overseas as Message from Space Galaxy Wars.

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External links

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