Introduction
Five elementary school children are spending their summer break camping at a remote mountain village. While on a hunt for their missing rabbit, Pyon-kichi, they find an injured dog in a field with crop circles. After nursing the dog back to health, they are shocked when he suddenly speaks and introduces himself as Pochi Rickman—an alien researcher who has been on Earth researching its plant life.
As thanks for saving his life, Pochi offers to take the children to the moon on a sightseeing trip. When they arrive, the group quickly discovers that the moon hides a vast alien metropolis which they begin to gleefully explore. Unfortunately, after hearing that Pochi was severely injured on his mission, the government of the moon issues a travel sanction on Earth, preventing the children from returning home.
Left with no other choice, the group journeys around the galaxy in search of a way to safely return to Earth. Amidst their adventure, they are pursued by aliens affiliated with "The Space Show," the universe's most-watched production shrouded in mystery.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Audience reviews
12 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Firechick12012
In the year 2010, the company A-1 Pictures decided to try their hand at making their first feature length movie (I think? Do correct me if I'm wrong), titled Welcome To The Space Show. It was their attempt to make a children's movie with as wide appeal as possible, similar to how most of Ghibli's movies do. Having seen this back when it first got fansubbed, I really liked it...but it never got an official home video release in the US until four years later, surprisingly enough. We can thanks GKids for eventually getting the license for it. I remember reviewing this back when it first came out, but having rewatched the movie this year, with the English dub, my opinions on it have changes slightly. I do think Welcome To The Space Show is a very beautifully animated and fun children's movie.…
Read at the sourceMarvelousMaxter
I am pretty sure that natsuki may be autistic, not that it is a bad thing at all - just an observation I made while watching this.
Her mannerisms and obsessions with lifting up the tails of non consenting animals were red flags.
Story was lack luster and felt loosely connected to me. My main gripe is the fact that potential plot points were left ambiguous for what I can guess were either budget or writers block. I enjoy a good open ended question but I feel that these shouldn't be left open for backstories/current relationships of main characters.
Good questions to ask are such as "why does x character have a shaky relationship with past y partner", and so on.
Art and animation was stellar, I really enjoyed what seemed to be the night on the galactic railroad reference. Great choices of co…
Read at the sourceCureFaith
Do you remember, as a child, roleplaying with your friends in the backyard, pretending to be firefighters and superheroes and animals? Remember when your make believe story would hit a wall, and you had no idea how to keep going...so you just threw in whatever you could think of? Maybe flying elephants save you, or you can suddenly transform into a car. It didn't have to make sense as long as you were having fun.
"Uchuu Show e Youkoso" is just that: a make believe story where elements are tossed in to keep the plot going, because who cares if they're cliché or nonsensical? This is about having fun!
Really, the best way to enjoy this film is to go in accepting that you're getting some good old space romping and little else (that is it in no way surpassing the scale of Star Wars. Just...no…
Read at the sourcepluvia33
Let me get this out of the way: I absolutely adore this movie and think it is one of the most underrated and underexposed anime films out there. Welcome to the Space Show (Uchuu Show e Youkoso) is a delightful science fiction story about a group of children taking a journey into space with an alien. It is whimsical, beautiful, and a feast for the eyes and soul for anyone who loves light-hearted sci-fi stories and imagery. However, this is just my own feelings on the film and with the relatively lukewarm reception it received, I seem to be in the minority here.
So with that in mind, let’s get right into my category breakouts as I try to express my love for this movie while also explaining some of the pitfalls that might prevent others from enjoying it:
-----Story - 8 out of 10-----
Starti…
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Welcome to the Space Show is a weird movie, definitely enjoyable, but still weird.
Story: 7
It's kind of how you'd expect a movie like this to go, but it's not bad.
Art: 10
The art style is cute and definitely pleasant to look at.
Sound: 7
Not bad, although, the voice acting (dub) gets quite cheesy at times. Character: 7
They could've been fleshed out more and their characterisations were a little cliche at times, but nothing terrible.
Enjoyment: 6
It wasn't bad, I don'y regret watching it. It had some good ideas and maybe would've been better as a full show rather than a movie. There was some stuff that was really weird, in my opinion, such as a particular relationship they wanted between two of the characters.
Read at the sourceWerty800
When I think of the word "imagination", my thoughts immediately run towards my childhood and the experience of discovering and understanding new things on my own, without asking or needing an actual definition. It makes me remember the times when consuming any piece of media I had on my hands was immediately proceeded with imagining my own expansions for it.
Nowadays, that definition somewhat changed. I feel like with age, imagination attempts to turn itself away from inspiration, trying to get to a point where only the overarching ideas remain from anything you experience. It's a natural way of things, as you go through more and more there's less and less for you to find.
But there's always room for something different, for exploration and experiencing the originality of others, for that…
Read at the sourcerpmneko
I tend to do exhaustive research on most media before I commit to watching/reading it. Many reviews of this film gave it moderately positive scores, but many also commented that it was too long (especially in the second half) and could have been edited down to be a better film. Being the crotchety old guy that I am, I just guessed that these comments were being made by people with abbreviated attention spans. However, after watching it I found myself agreeing with those other reviewers.
I just purchased a new projector for my home theater and have been watching films that are advertised or reviewed as being very strong visually. Well, this film is quite spectacular visually in a Fantasia sort of way...lots of bright colors and a "circus in space" aesthetic that makes for fun eye candy. I…
Read at the sourcemrsLEE
The story is so fun, interesting, and dreamy. An adventure into a different world with kids as the adventurers. With the age range of the characters, the storyline is very light and family friendly. The characters are all adorable particularly the dog-alien. There are so many interesting things to look at with its nice graphics, character designs, setting and illustrations. The musical background is classical kind which is quite typical for the kind of story the movie has.
Read at the sourceHybridMedia
For any American or anybody that isn’t Japanese that doesn’t always follow anime as much, there is no denying that Studio Ghibli is a part of that fraction that people who aren’t anime fans like their movies but recently, most anime movies have their Ghibli touch such as Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt through Time, both of which are from Madhouse and directed by Mamoru Hasoda but what if a movie that combines the magic of Ghibli and the works of Mamoru Hasoda? That is where this movie comes to mind.
The plot involves around five children who originally plan to spend their summer vacation at a self-run summer camp but things all change when they save the life of a dog-like alien while looking for their lost class pet and they are rewarded with a trip to an alien colony located on the…
Read at the sourceArchaeon
Leave any child unattended for a length of time and they will undoubtedly find themselves in some sort of mischief, even if they weren't looking to get into trouble, and all world weary parents, teachers and carers will attest to this as truth. The main reason for it is because kids are naturally curious individuals (when you're young the universe tends to be a fascinating place), and are more willing to accept as fact things that many adults would find preposterous, ridiculous, or just plain crazy.
The irony is that while the "mature" population of the world will often scoff or smile condescendingly at children's tales of visits to strange worlds, encounters with weird creatures, travels on spaceships, fights with monsters, and other such flights of fancy, that doesn't stop adults from c…
Read at the sourcePsychotik
Space: the final frontier. Not many get to experience being in space or even know much about it, but many people dream. For these 5 kids, it's a real adventure. Uchuu Show e Youkoso, or Welcome to the Space Show in English, is one big adventure in space, trying to get back home. We see how much the kids are willing to do and learn to get back home in time.
The story starts in rural Japan, during summer vacation where 5 kids go to camp for a week... with no adult supervision of any kind? Okay. Everything is normal until they find an injured "dog" whom they healed, but it turns out he's an alien and takes them on an adventure which involves a space show (duh), drugs (kinda) and an evil plot. I'll keep it at that to try an be as spoiler free as possible. The story's okay and quite simple. Ri…
Read at the sourceWolf_in_Paradise
I loved this movie. It reminded me of a Miyazaki Film.
The story is really fun. It's enjoyable for all ages. mostly comedic with action and emotional times stirred in. It makes for a great ride.
The characters are your basic mix for an adventure story. You have the older responsible one, bookworm, cute kid, girly girl, and engergetic character. Even though we've all seen these character types before they each have their own unique feel to them as the develop.
Art is Great hands down, only complaint any one could have is when they fly over the moon.
As i said i abosolutly loved this film, it should get picked up in theaters. It just might be a little long for younger kids at 2 1/2 hours roughly
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