Background and Trivia |
- Columbia Pictures submitted the film to the US copyright office on January 23, 1983 with the registration number V1970P078 and with the title Battle in Outer Space. This was part of a large reassignment of copyright batch, which included 852 movies. Much later, on December 39th, 2002, Toho submitted the movie to the US copyright office, this time using the international title, Battle in Outer Space, along with the Romaji title, Uchu Daisenso.
- The movie is a loose sequel to The Mysterians (1957) and features two of the same characters, Doctor Adachi and Etsuko Shiraishi, although with different actors playing the parts.
- The slow motion, gravity stricken walk of the cast on the moon was an idea from actor Yoshio Tsuchiya. Actor Ryo Ikebe uncharacteristically protested, declaring it was "just a movie" at the idea of the slow motion walk. However, Honda ended up siding with Tsuchiya. The incident did not sour Ikebe, though, who worked again with Honda a few years later on Gorath (1962). Mentioned in Age of the Gods (self-published).
- A promotional shot was arranged on the movie's moon set. It featured many of Toho's famous and also up and coming actresses, including: Kyoko Anzai from the film, Misa Uehara, Yumi Shirakawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Yoko Tsukak, Reiko Dan, Izumi Yukimura, Kumi Mizuno and Sonomi Nakajima. Noted in Age of the Gods (self-published).
- Was originally going to be apart of the Toho Champion Festival, with a re-release in 1978. The movie was replaced, however, by The Mysterians (1957). Cited in Age of the Gods (self-published).
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