Completely lost for over 40 years and only the 3rd animated feature ever produced in Mexico, a wildly entertaining work of Outsider / Sci-Fi Animation

ROY DEL ESPACIO (ROY FROM SPACE) - 1983, Andrea Pérez Mata, 64 min. Completely lost for over 40 years and only the 3rd animated feature ever produced in Mexico, ROY FROM SPACE has finally returned! The only feature made by noted titles and commercials animator Héctor López Carmona, ROY is a wildly entertaining work of Outsider / Sci-Fi Animation, loosely inspired (ahem) by the classic 1930s Flash Gordon serials. 'I'm Roy from Space. I come from Earth,' our helmet-wearing hero announces with a straight face (note: he never takes off his helmet, indoors or outdoors), and we follow as he fights a nonstop stream of synthesizer-voiced robots and flying saucers in the service of wicked Ming-the-Merciless clone 'King Alom' while fending off the king's hot-blooded daughter. Produced over the course of 3 years, often with the help of non-professional animators, ROY features an incredibly strange and disorienting Outsider Animation style ala DELTA SPACE MISSION. Working with the daughter of original producer Ulises Pérez Aguirre, Deaf Crocodile was able to locate the original 35mm negative, but was shocked to discover 4-1/2 minutes of footage had been slugged into the film from a Japanese sci-fi movie without permission. Independent animators Isabelle Aspin and Brian Smee were brought in to replace this footage, creating new animation using the cel-painted techniques and style of the original. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• • 48-page booklet featuring new essays by film historian & re-release co-producer Alejandro Vidal and film critic Walter Chaw
• • New audio commentary by Armando Hernández & Joey Diaz of the Trash-Mex podcast
• • New visual essay by film historian Celeste de la Cabra
• • New video interview with Andrea Pérez Mata (an animator on the film) and Ulises Pérez Mata, both children of ROY FROM SPACE producer Ulises Pérez Aguirre, and their cousin, Alejandro Mata
• • New video interview with director Héctor López Carmona’s grandson, Héctor Ricardo López Reyes, moderated by Dennis Bartok with translation by Alejandro Vidal
• • New featurette on the creation of replacement animation for the film by animators Isabelle Aspin and Brian Smee, edited by Ryan Verrill of Someone’s Favorite Prod.

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Salvador Nájar
•       Patricia Martínez
•       Rubén Moya

Director: Héctor López Carmona

Additional Details

Label: Deaf Crocodile

Genre: Animation (not Anime/Manga)

Language: Spanish

Run Time: 64 mins

Region: 1

Release Date: 12/15/26

UPC: 850066568866