Roots Search
4.8 /10 1 Votes
Duration | 4.8/10 IMDb Director Hisashi Sugai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 10, 1986 (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roots Search (ルーツ・サーチ 食心物体Ｘ) is a 1986 science fiction horror original video animation directed by Hisashi Sugai. It was released on September 10, 1986.
Contents
The story is that of a research crew on a space station find a desolate ship with only one survivor. The crew is then stalked by a psychic alien who wishes to kill them. The plot and setting bears a lot of similarities to the 1979 film Alien.
Roots search trailer
Voice actors
Production
Roots Search is directed by Hisashi Sugai, whose only other credit is as a producer for the MD Geist.
Release
It was released on laserdisc and VHS in the United States. The soundtrack was released on vinyl record.
Reception
On Anime News Network, Justin Sevakis said "There is simply nothing good about Roots Search. It's stupid, ugly, badly dated, and annoying." Other reviewers noted the similarities to the film Alien, going so far as to call it "derivative dreck".
References
Roots Search WikipediaRoots Search IMDb Roots Search themoviedb.org