The 80s anime where humanity's worst enemy is itself—and also aliens who look like disco villains.
After polluting their own planet beyond repair, a race of evil aliens target earth as their next home. Now it is up to a lone outcast and his robotic spacecraft, Baldios, to defend earth. But, first he must convince the distrusting human population of the impending danger.
Direction
Toriumi weaponizes melodrama like a mecha pilot weaponizes grief.
Score
Synth-heavy soundtrack that screams 'we're all doomed and it's beautiful.'
Writing
The twist that Earth might be just as rotten—chef's kiss of despair.
Director
Hisayuki Toriumi
Aiko Konoshima
Doctor Quinshtein (voice)
Daijiro Tsutsumi
Raska (voice)
Hidekatsu Shibata
Fuhrer Gattler (voice)
Hideyuki Tanaka
Jack Oliver (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa
Marin (voice)
Katsunosuke Hori
Commissioner Tsukikage / Narrator (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
David (voice)
Keiko Han
Jemmy Hoshino (voice)
Keiko Toda
Afrodia (voice)
Mugihito
Degrus (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Miran (voice)
Shozo Iizuka
Negros (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This movie compresses the 34-episode TV series into 118 minutes, which explains why everyone's screaming emotions at double speed.
Released at peak Cold War paranoia, Baldios channels Japanese eco-anxiety and distrust of military authority—basically Gundam went to therapy and got depressed.
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