Odin centers around the novice crew of the laser sailing space schooner Starlight as they embark on an historic interstellar test flight. They are intercepted by what seems to be a wrecked spaceship only to find that it contains a lone survivor; a young woman named Sara Cyanbaker. Unknown to the crew at this time, a mechanized space fleet approaches Earth and a scout vessel from that fleet was responsible for the destruction of Sara's ship.
Sound
Loudness' prog-rock score is aggressively, hypnotically unhinged
Cinematography
Space schooner sequences have genuine retro-future charm
Production
Three directors = three competing visions, one glorious mess
Director
Toshio Masuda
Keiko Han
Sarah Cyanbaker
Toshio Furukawa
Akira Tsukuba
Katsuji Mori
Mitsuo Itami
Kazuhiko Kishino
Thompson Tomonaga
Kazuyuki Sogabe
Tōru Nara
Norio Wakamoto
Naoki Ryo
Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Suzuka
Tessyo Genda
Belgel
Toru Furuya
Jiro Ishige
Yoku Shioya
Bōichi Nekota
Akio Nojima
Yamakawa (voice)
Gorō Naya
Shonosuke Kuramoto / Narrator
Hirokazu Hiramatsu
Mizutani Yamamoto
Ichirô Murakoshi
Announcer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The band Loudness composed the entire score after being approached by producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki, who wanted to replicate his success with Space Battleship Yamato.
This was Nishizaki's attempt to launch a new space opera franchise after Yamato ended, but the film bombed so hard it became a cautionary tale about 80s anime excess.
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