, translated and also known as Battlefield of The Space Saucers and The Great Battle of the Flying Saucers, is a 1975 animated

Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...

 short film created by Go Nagai

Go Nagai

, better known by the penname , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating Cutie Honey, Devilman, and Mazinger Z in the 1970s. In 2005, he became a...

 and produced by Toei Doga. It is also known as Space Disk War and was also released in Italy

Italy

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 under the name La grande battaglia del disco volante spaziale. It was originally shown along with the short film Great Mazinger tai Getter Robot G: Kuchu Daigekitotsu

Great Mazinger tai Getter Robot G: Kuchu Daigekitotsu

is an animated film produced by Toei Doga. It is a crossover anime between the super robots of Go Nagai Great Mazinger and Getter Robot G. It was originally shown in theaters along with Uchu Enban Daisenso. They both premiered in in Japan....

, also from Toei and Nagai. The movie is considered the prototype for the future anime TV series UFO Robot Grendizer, which premiered the same year.

Yaban Forces

The Yaban forces originate from a planet of the same name and primarily consist of green compact saucers that fire orange lasers, bladed discs, chains, and can morph into wingless dragons or tanks, blue saucers that fire missiles, and the main command ship called the Quinn Byrne. After the destruction of planet Fleed, one of the last survivors, Duke Fleed, stole an experimental giant robot named Gattaiger and fled to Earth where the Yaban attacked every major city. The Yaban forces eventually confront Duke Fleed and the Gattaiger near the end of the movie. Gattaiger's powers include faster than light flight, Spider Spin (a buzzsaw mode used by the Flying Tiger), Needle Shower (needle missiles from the Flying Tiger), Space Thunder (three lasers from each side of the Flying Tiger), and Thunder Focus (combining all six beams into one). After the death of Duke's fiance, Telonna, he leaves Earth with the Gattaiger.

Staff

• Original plan/Original work: Go Nagai
  Go Nagai
  , better known by the penname , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating Cutie Honey, Devilman, and Mazinger Z in the 1970s. In 2005, he became a...
  
  , Dynamic Production
• Original plan: Sacre Burn (pen name
  Pen name
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   of the producers group)
• Director: Yugo Serikawa
• Scenario: Shozo Uehara
• Planning: Ken Ariga, Mineo Kachita
• Producer: Chiaki Imada
• Animation director: Akira Sakano
• Assistant director: Yoichi Kominato
• Art director: Fumihiro Uchigawa
• Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
  Shunsuke Kikuchi
  is a prolific Japanese composer from Hirosaki. He specializes in incidental music for media such as television and film.Active since the early 60s, he has been one of Japan's most highly demanded film and TV composers, working principally on tokusatsu and anime productions for children, as well as...
  
  
• Them songs lyrics: Kogo Hotomi
• Theme songs performance: Isao Sasaki
  Isao Sasaki
  is a Japanese seiyū, actor, and vocalist. He has had voice roles in anime such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Space Battleship Yamato, and Gatchaman. He has also performed the opening themes for anime such as Yamato, Star of the Giants, Getter Robo, Casshan, Grendizer, Gaiking and tokusatsu...
  
  
• Theme Song: "Tatakae! Uchu no Oja"
• Vice theme song: "Moeru Ai no Hoshi"
• Cast: Isao Sasaki
  Isao Sasaki
  is a Japanese seiyū, actor, and vocalist. He has had voice roles in anime such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Space Battleship Yamato, and Gatchaman. He has also performed the opening themes for anime such as Yamato, Star of the Giants, Getter Robo, Casshan, Grendizer, Gaiking and tokusatsu...
  
   (Duke Freed/Daisuke Umon), Noriko Obara (Telonna), Minori Matsushima
  Minori Matsushima
  , born December 1, 1940, in Chiba Prefecture, is a veteran female seiyū. She currently works for Aoni Production.She is most known for the roles of Candice White , Meat-kun , Sayaka Yumi , Hiroshi , Dororo , and Gyopi .-Notable voice roles:*Candice "Candy" White in Candy Candy *Alexandria Meat in...
  
   (Hikaru Makiba), Mari Shimizu (Goro Makiba), Kenji Utsumi
  Kenji Utsumi
  is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Kitakyūshū, affiliated with the self-founded Ken Production. He is married to fellow voice actress Michiko Nomura....
  
   (Blackey), Yasuo Hisamatsu (Genzo Umon)

External links

• Uchu Enban Daisenso at allcinema
• Space Disk War at Toei's corporate website
• Uchu Enban Daisenso at Animemorial
• Uchuu Enban Dai-Senso at the Enciclo'Robopedia website