#saru no gundan

[archivesoftheapes]

[fuckyeahpota]

The Japanese Planet of the Apes TV series, Saru no Gundan (aka Army of the Apes) is on Youtube with English subtitles.

I've seen Time of the Apes, which is the edited down 90 minute version but until now I've never been able to find the whole series with subtitles.

Looking forward to watching this soon.

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Saru no Gundan (SFドラマ 猿の軍団[NB 1], Army of the Apes) is a 1974 Japanese science fiction television series, that ran on the Tokyo Broadcasting System, from the 6th October 1974 to 30th March 1975. Consisting of twenty-six hour-long episodes, the series capitalised on the success of Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel La Planète des singes, which was known in English as Planet of the Apes, and the film and television franchise. Beyond the basic plotline of a futuristic Earth ruled by apes, Saru no Gundan takes nothing from the Planet Of The Apes franchise.

[fitsofgloom]

A Barrel Full of Humans

[weirdlandtv]

Japanese science fiction series, ARMY OF THE APES (Saru no gundan) (1974). Looks like they were “aping” a well-known movie. God, what a joke.

[pink-writer-girl]

OMG! I had no Idea this existed :D

Saru no Gundan a Japanese version of the planet of the apes with main characters as woman and two children :D

[mona-the-monkey]

Just finished watching Mystery Science Theater 3000′s presentation of a little Japanese gem (very little) called TIME OF THE APES.  Take a gander at this 1987 baby and you’ll think every one of the 1960′s & 1970′s PLANET OF THE APES films are sheer masterpieces.  Not just the first one... which really is.

By the way, this 94 minute feature (which feels longer) was culminated from the 1974 Japanese TV series Saru No Gundan, and it was producer Sandy Frank that made the feature-length version available to North American audiences.  He would do the same with other Japanese titles as well.

[doraemonmon]

Time of the Apes 

猿の軍団

[himitsusentaiblog]

Kay, as someone who's seen pretty much every Planet of the Apes film (as well as the TV show), I am officially puzzled and befuddled by the existence of this Army of the Apes.

Army of the Apes (Saru No Gundan 猿の軍団) was a Tsuburaya Productions TV series that lasted 26 episodes in 1974. 

Though obviously based on the success of the more famous Planet of the Apes films, Army of the Apes is, in many ways, closer to the original novel by  Pierre Boulle than the more well known America series. For example, in the original novel, the Apes civilization is much more advances than seen in the movie and the Apes have guns and vehicles whereas for budget reasons, their tech was scaled back in the 20th Century Fox production.  Tsuburaya just gave them what was then contemporary cars and helicopters (as well as fashions) to make their tech look more advanced in keeping with the novel.

The plot revolves around 3 humans from our time (well the 1970s) who are cryogenicaly frozen during a massive Earthquake only to be revived in a world where Apes have taken over and humans driven nearly to extinction. It is a very Japanese series though and includes weird things like Ape Ninja and a goofy robot.

One of the things about it that brings it closer to real life Ape behavior though was that the Gorillas were pacifists while the Chimpanzees were the warlike aggressors who wanted to shoot first and ask questions later, leading to conflict between the two and an attempted Chimpanzee coup.

The series is best known in the West for the Sandy Frank (producer of Battle of the Planets and well-known for his dub jobs on the Gamera series) compilation film version Time of the Apes. Because it was a 90 minute condensation of a 26 episode TV series, lots of plot points and things were cut out including the aforementioned Robot and the Ape Ninja. 

It was also one of the films riffed in the early days of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

Saru no Gundan (aka Army of the Apes, aka Time of the Apes) | 1974-75

[vintage1981]

Japanese Planet of the Apes [Time of the Apes] | Deja View

he unofficial Japanese version of "Planet of the Apes!" But was it the movie featured on Mystery Science Theater... or a TV show called "Saru no Gundan?"

[archivesoftheapes]

[thejjchandler]

Tsuburaya Productions Saru no Gundan aka Army of the Apes. It was better known in the states and UK for about a cup of coffee as Time of the Apes, a 90-minute "movie" created by putting bits of various episodes together into a shorter narrative than its full TV run.

[fitsofgloom]

Life's Still A Drag On The Planet of The Apes

[deantvlove2018]

Saru no gundan (Army of the apes) time of the apes.

[southmountainninja]

'Army of the Apes' (1974). Japanese Planet of the Apes. 'Saru no Gundan'.