MAPS: Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijin-tachi

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Synonyms: Maps: Legendary Space Wanderers, MAPS (1987)

Japanese: マップス伝説のさまよえる星人たち

Information

Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 14, 1987

Producers: Japan Home Video, GAGA

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Gallop

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Theme: Space

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 52 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 5.80¹ (scored by 479 users)

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Ranked: #10568²

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Popularity: #12180

Members: 1,452

Favorites: 0

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Synopsis

While looking for the ledgendary Mapman, the last surviving member of the Nomad Star tribe, Lipumira finds him in Tokyo. His name is Gen Tokishima and he is the only one able to get one part of the starmap hidden within the Earth. After retrieving the piece, Gen must make a decision to follow Lipumira in her foolhardy search to find the remaining pieces of the starmap or stay on Earth. He makes his decision, only to find his girlfriend has beaten him to the spaceship as she wants to come as well. Unfortunately, as Gen learns the secret of the starmap, Lipumira's sisters have plans to stop her and will stop her at any cost.

(Source: ANN's description of the 1994 remake, which shares the same manga story)

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Adaptation:	MAPS
Alternative version:	Maps

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kimizuka, Hoshimi

Main

Minaguchi, Yuko
Japanese

Gweiss, Lipumira

Main

Touma, Yumi
Japanese

Tokishima, Gen

Main

Tanaka, Mayumi
Japanese

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Staff

Hayakawa, Keiji

Director

Matsuura, Noriyoshi

Sound Director

Terada, Kenji

Script

Hashimoto, Ushio

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Reviews

Jun 22, 2020

jadedXotaku

Mixed Feelings

Reviewing anime I've only seen raw is an interesting task, but here I go doing so again. MAPS: Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijintachi is a 1987 OVA that's the first adaptation of the manga Maps (another 4 episode series would be released in 1994), and is a rather goofy space adventure that follows a hyperactive teenage boy and his girlfriend as they're beamed aboard an interesting looking spaceship by a blue haired alien, as the boy holds the key to the location of a much coveted map.

The vast majority of the characters are super over the top in their actions, with loud voice acting to ...