Space Ace (1997 Film)

Space Ace (also known as Uchuu Ace) is a Japanese-American animated science fiction action film produced by Tatsunoko Productions that was based on the manga of the same name.

The film was released on July 11, 1997 by Sony Pictures. It received positive reviews from critics and audiences and was a box office bomb, earning only $34.9 million worldwide on a production budget of $55.6 million.

Due to the film's poor performance, The Osamu Tezuka Company acquired Tatsunoko two years later, including the television rights to Space Ace.

Space Ace is the story of a young alien boy named Space Ace (or Ace for short), given to homesick stargazing with the faces of his loved ones ghosted across the heavens. After the worldwide attack by an extraterrestrial race called the Orions, Ace and his friends must stop the Orions in order to save the world and reunite his family.

Plot
TBA

Japanese

 * Sumiko Shirakawa as Ace
 * Iemasa Kayumi as Dr. Tatsunoko
 * Kenji Utsumi as Ibo
 * Kinya Aikawa as Yadokari
 * Mariko Mukai as Asari
 * Yutaka Ohyama as Dr. Montgomery

English
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Development
After the success of Speed Racer (1985) and Casshan (1989), and their 10 year license from Columbia Pictures, Tatsunoko announced that they will be making 3 movies based on their properties for the 1990s releases,

Original Version
In a interview of Tim Burton and Hiroshi Sasagawa, In the earlier drafts of the movie, Space Ace was originally going to be more darker, edgier, and aimed for an older audience.