Created by Toei
Shotaro Ishimori Country of origin Japan Final episode date 27 January 1979 Network TV Asahi | Narrated by Asao Koike First episode date 8 July 1978 Number of episodes 27 Number of seasons 1 | |
Genre Tokusatsu, Science fiction Starring Hiroyuki Sanada
Akira Oda
Ryo Nishida
Iwao Tabuchi
Yoko Akitani Composer(s) Shunsuke Kikuchi
Kenichiro Morioka Program creators Toei Company, Shotaro Ishinomori Similar Space Sheriff Gavan, Choudenshi Bioman, Captain Future, Spectreman, Space Sheriff Sharivan | ||
Message from Space: Galactic Battle (宇宙からのメッセージ・銀河大戦, Uchū kara no Messēji: Ginga Taisen) is a Japanese TV series written by Shotaro Ishimori, co-produced by Toei Company and TV Asahi and aired on TV Asahi from July 8, 1978 to January 27, 1979, with a total of 27 episodes. It is a spin-off of the 1978 film Message from Space.
Contents
Cast
Suit actors
Songs
Manga adaptation
A manga adaptation by Kaoru Shintani was published in Kodansha's TV Magazine from August to December 1978.
International broadcasts
Message from Space: Galactic Battle was broadcast in the Philippines in the early 1980s under the title Space Wars. It also aired in parts of Europe under the title San Ku Kaï. It aired in parts of Latin America in the early 80s under the title "Sankuokai". In the United States, the series was retitled Space Ninja and dubbed by 3B Productions (Tranzor Z), but released straight-to-video (there is no documentation, currently, of any television broadcast). 3B produced a compilation feature, Swords of the Space Ark, which was aired on the Christian Broadcasting Network in 1983. Toei promoted the series overseas as Message from Space: Galaxy Wars.