RUNNING BOY Star Soldier's Secret
Filmlink International; Toho
Animation
Clips are not offered for this film: no licence or public-domain mark is recorded for it.
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About
Japanese title: RUNNING BOY スター・ソルジャーの秘密 Romaji title: RUNNING BOY Star Soldier no Himitsu
The title can also be translated as "RUNNING BOY The Secret of the Star Soldier" or "RUNNING BOY Secrets of Star Soldier".
Genta is a sixth grader who dreams of becoming a programmer in the future. After preforming well at a traveling Famicom "caravan" event, he becomes acquainted with Nomoto, a programmer for Hudson Soft, who allows him to get involved in the development of the ultimate shooting game "Star Soldier". However, his game idea is stolen by his best friend Hideki. Hideki submits the stolen idea to a gaming magazine, where it is published. Genta and Hideki, now fighting, infiltrate Hudson with their friends and face each other in the "Honeycomb" simulator of "Star Soldier".
This was the first movie based on a specific video game (tied with "Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!", which was released on the same day coincidentally). It was released in theaters alongside "GAME KING Master Takahashi VS Master Mori Clash! Great Battle" (GAME KING 高橋名人VS毛利名人 激突!大決戦) as a double feature. Hudson Soft commissioned both films to promote the recently released Star Soldier. Its designer, Takahashi Youichi, appeared in a cameo and sang the theme songs. Both films were box office failures, and pulled from theaters earlier than anticipated. They were later released on a VHS containing both films.
The only copy of this movie I could find was in 6 parts. I did my best to edit them together for improved watchability, but I've also left the original 6 parts for the sake of preservation.
You can also watch GAME KING here: https://archive.org/details/game-king
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- Credit
- Filmlink International; Toho
- Language
- Japanese
- Who can watch
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