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Space-Time Traveler - Time Stranger

Space-Time Traveler - Time Stranger

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 20, 1986

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Adventure, Animation, Romance, Science Fiction

User Score

62%

Original Title

時空の旅人 -Time Stranger-

Production Companies

Project Team Argos, TOHO, Madhouse

Director

Mori Masaki

Description

In the new Calendar Year of 392, in Neo-Tokyo, a young man, Agino Jiro, steals a time synchronization system and tries to escape to the past. The authorities give chase and damage his ship in the pursuit, forcing him to land in modern day Tokyo, Determined, he breaks into a van and attaches the device, recklessly kidnapping Nobucho, Shinichi, Teko and their teacher, Hokubei. Their initial resistance force lands them in Tokyo on March 9th 1945, during the US bombing campaign. Escaping again to the past the group eventually arrives at the Warring States period. There the future and the past collide as factions from Jiro's era seek to alter their past at a pivotal moment at Honnoji.