is a 2010 Japanese

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film written and directed by Jun Awazu.

Plot

In 2047, an unknown, alien life-form, codenamed FOS, attacks

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...

, destroying the world's major cities in one fell swoop. The survivors unite to fight back, and three years later they erect a world shield, the Diffuser, to stop further invasions. Now in 2053, a last, desperate counterattack is being mounted against the FOS. Taishi Akejima, a soldier in the Planetary Defense Forces Alliance, would like nothing better than a shot at the aliens responsible for his father's death six years ago. However, the new offensive requires a powerful weapon to be deployed and the Diffuser to be disabled, leaving the entire planet terribly vulnerable once more. Will humanity regain the stars or lose everything in the final, ultimate gamble?

Cast

In the different language versions, some of the character's names were changed.

Taishi Akejima

''Character name'': Taishi Akejima (Japanese), Hiroshi Akishima (English), Hiroshi (French)
, Tony Marot (French)

Koyomi Akejima

''Character name'': Koyomi Akejima (Japanese), Koyomi Akishima (English), Koyomi (French)
, Jennifer Fauveau (French)

Kōshirō Akejima

''Character name'': Kōshirō Akejima (Japanese), Koshiro Akishima (English), Kôshiro (French)
, Marc Brétonnière (French)

Ken Tazaki

, Jochen Haegele (French)

Kaori Sagawa

, Magali Rosenzweig (French)

Yūra Yoshizawa

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(French)

Commissioner Yoshizawa

''Character name'': Commissioner Yoshizawa (Japanese), Area Commander Yoshizawa (English), Seiji (French)
, Frédéric Souterelle (French)

Nakamura

''Voiced by'':

Greg Ayres Greg Ayres is an American voice actor who works on a number of English versions of Japanese anime series at ADV Films, Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. He voiced Hideki in ''Nerima Daikon Brothers'', Koyuki Tanaka in '' Beck: Mongolian Chop Squa ...

(English), Grégory Laisné (French)

Narrator

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(French)

Music

The ending theme is "Ryūgū no Tsukai" (竜宮の使い) by

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Home media

The film was released on Blu-Ray in 2012.

References

External links

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Sentai Filmwork's Official Planzet Website
2010 anime films Fiction set in 2053 2010s science fiction films Japanese computer-animated films Japanese science fiction films Mecha anime and manga Sentai Filmworks CoMix Wave Films films Films set in the 2050s {{anime-film-stub