Venus Wars

The new frontier of Venus has degenerated into a dystopia ravaged by the civil war between Ishtar and Aphrodia. Bubbly reporter Susan Sommers arrives in the capitol of Aphrodia just before it's captured by Ishtar. She falls in with a bunch of teen-agers who live for a sort of motorcycle version of Roller Derby. Daredevil rider Hiro and his friends reluctantly join the struggle to free Aphrodia from the invaders. Not surprisingly, Hiro proves an ace at piloting the mono-cycles that are the Aphrodians' secret weapon in the key battle.

• 2017Scotland Loves Animeselected
• 2019Annecy International Animation Film Festival · Annecy Classicsselected

Set in Aphrodia, especially its capital Io, on a terraformed Venus (fictional), 2089

• Filmed at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona — Japanese Wikipedia says a five-day location shoot was done in the park's desert areas by the producer and art staff; the footage was used in the film as scenery inside a combat motorcycle simulator, with the Arizona desert doubling for the image of Venus.