Roots Search
| Roots Search | |
| ルーツ・サーチ 食心物体Ｘ (Rūtsu Sāchi Shokushin Buttai Ekkusu) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | horror, science fiction |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Hisashi Sugai |
| Produced by | Kiyoshi Shoji |
| Written by | Michiru Shimada |
| Music by | Osamu Shooji |
| Released | September 10, 1986 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
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.[1]
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.
Voice actors
- Banjou Ginga as Norman
- Kenyuu Horiuchi as Buzz
- Osamu Kobayashi as Marcus
- Yusaku Yara as Alien X
- Hideyuki Tanaka as Sander
- Kaneto Shiozawa as Scott
- Keiko Han as Moira
- Michitaka Kobayashi as Raymond
- Shigeru Muroi as Catherine
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.[2] 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."[2] Other reviewers noted the similarities to the film Alien, going so far as to call it "derivative dreck".[3]
References
- ↑ ルーツ・サーチ 食心物体Ｘ (1986). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- 1 2 Justin Sevakis (Mar 20, 2008). "Buried Garbage - Roots Search". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Roots Search". Forgotten Junk. 13 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
External links
- Roots Search: Shokushin buttai X at the Internet Movie Database
- Roots Search (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia