Flying Phantom Ship

See also Flying Phantom.

Flying Phantom Ship (空飛ぶゆうれい船, Soratobu Yūreisen) is a 1969 anime feature film directed by Hiroshi Ikeda and produced by Toei Animation. It was one of the first anime films to be dubbed into Russian and shown in Soviet cinema theaters. The key animation of the film and the design work on the giant robot was done by the then-largely-unknown Hayao Miyazaki.

Flying Phantom Ship
Poster
Directed by	Hiroshi Ikeda
Screenplay by	Masaki Tsuji Hiroshi Ikeda
Story by	Shotaro Ishinomori
Produced by	Hiroshi Okawa
Music by	Kosuke Onozaki
Production company	Toei Doga
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release date	July 20, 1969 (1969-07-20)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

On May 28, 2022, it was announced Discotek Media will release the film on Blu-ray and will produce an English dub.

Plot

Hayato's home city is under attack from a gigantic robot. His parents are lying dead in the rubble and the only remaining friend is his dog. His only thought now is revenge against the owner of the Phantom Ship (from where the robot said he was sent).

He ends up in the house of Kuroshio, the leader of the fight against the Phantom Ship and the most important person in the city. By complete accident, Hayato finds his way to an underground passageway where he realizes that the true nature of events does not mesh with what Kuroshio has told him.

His life is now in great danger, and only he can stop the plans of the evildoers.

Cast

Character	Japanese	English
Hayato Arashiyama	Masako Nozawa	Mona Marshall
Technician Arashiyama	Akira Nagoya	Frank Todaro
Mr. Kuroshio	Akio Tanaka	Lucas Schuneman
Mrs. Kuroshio	Kyoko Satomi	Anne Yatco
Minister of Defense Haniwa	Kōsei Tomita	Rick Zieff
Ruriko	Yukiko Okada	Julia Gu
Captain Phantom	Gorō Naya	Patrick Seitz

External links

• Official page
• Soratobu Yūreisen at IMDb
• Soratobu Yūreisen (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia