Lana X: The Ladybot

Lana X: The Labybot is a 2003 El Kadsreian-Sentanese sci-fi action tokuatsu superhero film directed by Pasi Peure, written by Fred Abrams, produced by El TV Kadsre Films and Toei Company and it was distributed by El TV Kadsre Films and it was released on July 13, 2003. It is the 33rd Technic Heroes installment. It is the first Lana X movie. It is the first Technic Heroes movie to have main female character. The film was well-received by critics and was nominated for many awards.

Plot
Lana Reeve is Lana X, the female ladybot starts with a creation of female superpowers with the chooseable rainbow super-colors and butterflies. She lives in El Kadsre City and takes trips to Sentan, Japan and Philippines occasionally. When they meet Lana X's friends at the University of El Kadsre, they teach her professional technic powers within butterflies.

The evil Team Virake and Junori with her leader Aliqueza and alien robots attempted to conquer El Kadsre, Sentan, Japan and the Philippines, destroying Lana X's world, kidnapping her friends including Josh, hypnotizing the teams, and steal Lana X's items, armor, diamonds, and powers and then assassinate Lana X. It will make her miserable and she was imprisoned for punishment and trying to destroy the evil forces. Lana X rescues her friends, save things and the train after regaining her powers by destroying the Team Virake, Junori, Dark Combat, alien robots, and her leader Aliqueza using her powers, lasers, and sparks.

After destroying the Team Virake and Junori by using her powers with her teams, Lana X arrived back home in her hometown where she was reunited with her friends.

Cast

 * Kelly Sanchez as Lana Reeve/Lana X
 * Michael Fordham as Andrew Andres
 * Denise Swift as Julianna Reeve
 * Kathy Tolentino as Hannah Reeve
 * John Gordon as John Reeve
 * Nick Johnson as Josh Anderson
 * Donald Hijoshi as Anthrodox
 * Kenshi Tarijima as Toro Gutz
 * Jojie Marco as Isabel Ricketts
 * Jobelle Hamilton as Samantha Gwen
 * Nancy Davis Lopez as Aliqueza
 * Shinkto Migori as Jazz-Kun
 * Piper Jarvis as Helena
 * Hakari Yamashita as Tracy
 * Deven Elliott as Lenny Jon
 * Marcel Casey as Egozo
 * Erika Santander as Reina Lanez
 * Subas Herrero as Mr. Den, the Sentanese Guy
 * Bea Alonzo as Young Filipina student
 * Kris Aquino as Krissy, the Philippine actress

Production and release
The production of the film started in late-2000 and filming lasted from February 25 to December 8, 2002. The movie was filmed in some scenes in Australia, Japan, Philippines, and the United States and shot mostly in El Kadsre and Sentan. Taro Yamada was originally supposed to portray Mr. Den, but after his 2001 death, he was replaced by Filipino actor Subas Herrero.

The film was released on DVD, VHS, SP-VHS, MovieTime, Netflix, and digital download in November 2003 while the extended version released on January 26, 2005, as part of the Technic Heroes Extended Pack Volume 3. The film was released on Blu-ray disc on October 14, 2008.

Reception
The film was met with very positive reviews from critics. The film was commercially successful at it has peaked #1 at El Kadsre Movie Chart. It was also successful in most countries such as Australia, Brazil, India, Japan, Mahri, Minecraftia, New Zealand, Philippines, Sentan, Singapore, Vicnora, YinYangia, etc. This led to the sequel released in 2004. It was completed with other female heroine robot movies, such as MikaBotz, etc.

The film was popular for younger Technic Heroes viewers.