Bander is a 17-year-old boy from Earth who lives on a distant planet, which is populated by human shape-shifters who feed off of vegetables and animal tails. Violence soon breaks out, as invaders launch an attack on Bander's new planet. This was Japan's first 2-hour animated film for television. The program received high ratings when broadcast as part of a set of 24-hour TV programs called "Ai wa Chikyu wo Sukuu" on Nippon Television. After a long gap since his last animated film for television, this work fully reflects Osamu Tezuka's desire to achieve theatrical quality with this production.
Unfortunately the movie One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Crew | Kenji Terada | Special Effects |
| Sound | Yuji Ohno | Music |
| Camera | Nobuyuki Sugaya | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Harutoshi Ogata | Editor |
| Editing | Ei Itô | Editor |
| Writing | Osamu Tezuka | Writer |
| Directing | Osamu Tezuka | Director |
| Production | Hidehiko Takei | Producer |
| Production | Keiji Kaneda | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Hisashi Sakaguchi | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Nishimura | Animation Director |
| Sound | Satoshi Kato | Sound Director |
| Art | Mitsunari Makino | Art Direction |
| Production | Akira Yoshikawa | Producer |
| Sound | Yuji Ohno | Original Music Composer |
