Overall: 5.5
A confusing offering with too many disparate elements, none of which "Garaga" manages to do justice to.
Story: 6.0
The writers try to spin a complex wheels-within-wheels tale of intrigue and betrayal, but wind up with an improbable mess instead.
Character Development: 6.0
No effort is made to layer interest on these characters, good or bad.
Art/Animation: 7.0
Really dated '80s OAV quality stuff, with a limited and garish color palette.
Translation: 4.0
In addition to an overall inarticulate translation effort, inappropriate dialogue, such as a reference to soccer great Pele, distracts from the film.
Acting: 5.0
Wooden and unremarkable, with special mention going to the completely over-the-top captain.
MPAA Equivalent: PG
Mild violence.
X-Factors
Going Ape 6.0
Well, you got ape-men rounding up humans who have crash-landed on a strange world and watched their ship sink into a lake, and lines referring to a "damn dirty ape." Sadly, the humans on this planet of the apes can talk.
Villain with Unfortunate Name 6.5
A bad guy named Alf? This might sound cool in Japanese, but conjures up inappropriate images of orange puppets in America.
