Space garbage men stumble into a conspiracy bigger than their paychecks.
The year is 2053. Space exploration has because privitized, but with increased exploration comes higher accident rates. Therefore, the world's insurance agencies banded together to form CR or Cosmic Rescue. It is the job of CR to save victims of interstallar accidents & clear away the dangerous debris flying parts left over from previous crashes, that threaten other space vehicles. Nanjou Satoshi is captain of CR Shift Division 89. With Eguchi Ryo, his trusty mechanic & Sawada Azuma, the hot-headed rookie, they spend their days doing the rather menial work of clearing debris. But then one day, Azuma intercepts an emergency beacon from a young girl. The crew of #89 rushes to the scene, the ship disappears from their radar & they soon find themselves let go from CR. But what happened to the ship & the young girl? Was it all Azuma's imagination? Did the ship disappear? Or did someone hide it? The answers may cost them more than just their jobs.
Production
Ambitious worldbuilding on clearly limited yen.
Acting
V6 idols trying their earnest best in space helmets.
Director
Shinsuke Sato
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a vehicle for V6 members Go Morita, Ken Miyake and Junichi Okada—Japan's answer to throwing pop stars at genre roles and hoping for chemistry.
Director Shinsuke Sato would later helm Kingdom and Alice in Borderland—this early work shows his fascination with disposable underclasses fighting rigged systems.
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