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Nova Orbis (also known as Nova Orbis: The Movie) is a 1978 Vlokozuian kadsresatsu superhero film. It is the third Technic Heroes installment, the first Nova Orbis installment and the first to be released internationally, as Robotman and Robotman 2 both weren't released until 1984.

It was a first Vlokozuian film to be nominated at the Golden Globe Awards. Based on the the arcade game of the same name created by Scotty Takehado, who co-produced the movie, releaased in 1977 by Edacra, Nova Orbis was intended to be directly adapted from the comic series but it was made into the spinoff of the Robotman series, as Pasi Peure was a fan of Robotman films.

Cast

 * Gerald Weekes as Terry Kingsley/Ahkmou
 * Hanae Yoshida as Shiori Bates/Mieli
 * Goro Yukimura as Ashley Mizuki/Calor, Ultio
 * Olivia Newton-John as Kaelyn Macey/Uira
 * Kenji Ohba as Kosuke Yoshida/Silva
 * Giselle Chase as Marleme Shine/Imber
 * Aldric Everly as Gary Monday
 * Wilda Moor as Judith Maddison
 * Jodocus Reinder as Harold Clifford/Piras
 * Kotone Yamasaki as John Owasaki/Sein
 * Winston Bryant as Kamden Darby/Ledas
 * Jeptha Brewster as Vincent Thompson/Venti
 * Kouki Yamashita as Kazuya Shibaya/Unda
 * Callista Sherley as Ariana Dennis/Ferrun
 * Kenzo Kanzaki as Kosuke Fujimoto
 * Yuuta Miura as Takuma Sagiura
 * Shion Nakashima as Koichi Iwai
 * Momoko Shiraishi as Rin Tachibana
 * Kyo Serizawa as Rikuto Maeda
 * Deven Elliott as Lenny Jon
 * Roy Alvarez as Chei Eliott
 * Jaron Horn as Konnor Statham
 * Bentley House as Edmund Tittensor/Attra
 * Erik Stenburg as Noyra
 * Mitsuomi Ekomoto as Taichi Serizawa
 * Janella Piper as Vale Tuff/Varjo
 * Dani Wolters as Bennie Hallow
 * Eric Daniell as Nikolai Watts
 * Ian McKellen as Jason Bardsley
 * Mervyn Wilbur as Pete Hampson
 * Lex Moore as Oswald Norman
 * Brandom Stringer as Phillip Lowell

Production and release
Nova Orbis was the first Technic Heroes film to be released overseas: getting screened in 1978, the same year of it's Vlokozuian release, in Jazila, Haalis, Engotu, Aquaria, the and. Pasi Peure stated in a 2005 interview that "everyone in the cinemas oohed-and-aahed. They had never seen such beings doing such incredible feats of strength and courage." In 1979, it was screened one more time in the Soviet Union in competition for the Golden Prize at the. The same year, it was screened at several American film festivals where the applause level was measured at every screening, eventually winding up in a wide American release. The film was a runner up in the.

The film was released on VHS and Betamax by El TV Kadsre Home Video in December 22, 1978. The film was also the first Technic Heroes film to be released on High-Density Videodisc (HDV) and on Laserdisc (then known as DiscoVision).

Reception
Nova Orbis had a very slow start in the Vlokozuian box office during its initial theatrical run. But when it was released internationally, it became an instant success, resulting in the kadsresatsu genre to gain worldwide attention.