Japan Synopsis
宇宙ショーへようこそ
Five children save the life of a dog-like alien while at a self-run summer camp. He attempts to reward them by taking them to an alien colony on the Moon. Events take a turn for the worse when his report on that attack that injured him causes passage from the Moon to the Earth to be banned, and children are stranded in space. The children need to find a way back home before camp ends and their parents discover that they are missing. They also have to avoid the poachers that injured their alien friend, and now seem to be stalking them all.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Welcome to the Space Show. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedDoraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration
★ 7.6 · Japan
3 sharedDragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
★ 6.8 · Japan
3 sharedEvangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
★ 7.8 · Japan
3 sharedStormy Night
★ 7.3 · Japan
2 sharedDragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku
★ 7.5 · Japan
2 sharedPrincess Mononoke
★ 8.3 · Japan
Other Titles From A-1 Pictures
Animation + Science Fiction in Japan
314 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Welcome to the Space Show itself).
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
★ 8.3 · 1997
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
★ 8.3 · 2021
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
★ 8.3 · 1993
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran 2
★ 8.2 · 2019
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
★ 8.0 · 2013
Date A Live: Mayuri Judgment
★ 8.0 · 2015
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
Welcome to the Space Show holds position #255 of 400 Japan films in the 2009–2011 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Welcome to the Space Show premiered alongside 136 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.
The 2292nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
40 audience reviews — more than 59% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 61th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Welcome to the Space Show, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- anthropomorphism · 20
- space travel · 8
- moon · 6
- anime · 711
- friendship · 134
- alien · 51
- space · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,120 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (32nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,983 of 2,532 (top 78%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | A-1 Pictures, Aniplex, dentsu |
| Runtime | 2h 16m |
| Release Date | February 18, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1679681 |