The new frontier of Venus has degenerated into a dystopia ravaged by the civil war between Ishtar and Aphrodia. Bubbly reporter Susan Sommers arrives in the capitol of Aphrodia just before it's captured by Ishtar. She falls in with a bunch of teen-agers who live for a sort of motorcycle version of Roller Derby. Daredevil rider Hiro and his friends reluctantly join the struggle to free Aphrodia from the invaders. Not surprisingly, Hiro proves an ace at piloting the mono-cycles that are the Aphrodians' secret weapon in the key battle.
Practical Effects
Those mono-cycle tank designs are absolutely unhinged engineering.
Direction
Yasuhiko crams more visual ideas in 102 minutes than most trilogies.
Director
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko was the original character designer for Mobile Suit Gundam before directing this—his mechanical obsession runs DEEP.
The Ishtar/Aphrodia conflict mirrors Cold War proxy wars, but with Venusian teens on tricked-out unicycles instead of superpowers.
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Old, hand drawn anime made with real paper, pencil, paint, cels, and captured with film. So beautiful!
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