Dallos

Set in a future where humanity has left a depleted Earth behind and settled on the Moon, Dallos follows the tensions that arise when rebel attacks strain relations between the lunar settlers and the Earth Federal Government. Amid this unrest, a mysterious presence known as Dallos emerges, offering the colonists hope. The story centres on Shun Nonomura and those around him as the conflict between the Moon and Earth escalates into open war.

Dallos was released in Japan in December 1983 and runs 83 minutes. It was directed by Mamoru Oshii, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Hisayuki Toriumi, and it was the first of the thirteen films he has directed in chronological order, ahead of Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer the following year. The voice cast includes Hideki Sasaki as Shun Nonomura, Shuichi Ikeda as Alex Riger, Yoshiko Sakakibara as Melinda Hearst, Mizuho Suzuki as Taisô Nonomura, Hideyuki Tanaka as Max and Rumiko Ukai as Rachel. Production was handled by Pierrot, and the film belongs to the science fiction, war and animation genres.

Audience response has been moderate. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.1 out of 10 from 419 votes, while on TMDB its rating stands at 5.6 out of 10 from a much smaller base of 17 votes.