History Anime / DaikyouryuNoJidai

* AnAesop: A [[GreenAesop green]] one, to be exact. Mankind must learn to take good care of Earth and use its natural resources with balance, for no species lasts forever.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Jun, Remi and Chobi re-encounter [[spoiler:the Tyrannosaurus during the ice-age. It’s unclear if the extraterrestrials also brought him forward in time for a unspecified purpose or it has somehow been alive for 66 million years.]]

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Jun, Remi and Chobi re-encounter the Tyrannosaurus during the ice-age. It’s unclear if the extraterrestrials also brought him forward in time for a unspecified reason or it has somehow been alive for 66 million years.

* StockSoundEffects: The ''Tyrannosaurus'' has the classic showa Godzilla and Gamera roars.

* PteroSoarer: The ''Pteranodon'' in this movie are bipedal and have [[ToothyBird teeth]], though they at least feed on fish and pick them up with their beaks. The ''Rhamphorhynchus'', however, are relatively accurate for the time.

One fateful night they are summoned by an unknown alien intelligence who tells them that mankind is losing its empathy, and, to teach them a lesson about life, death, and the fall of species, said alien intelligence transports the kids to Earth's past and leaves them right in the Mesozoic era, the time when dinosaurs were the supreme rulers of the Earth. Here, the trio has a series of adventures and misadventures, like befriending a baby ''Triceratops'', trying to escape from a dangerous ''[[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]]'', witnessing the Cretaceous extinction and rise of the mammals, and discovering why it is important for humans to protect Earth before it's too late.

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: The film's main antagonist is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', portrayed as the most dangerous of all dinosaurs.

* StockDinosaurs: The film features ammonites, trilobites, ''Dunkleosteus'', ''Meganeura'', ''Tylosaurus'', ''Elasmosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Ornitholestes'', ''Triceratops'', ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Rhamphorhynchus'', ''Plesiosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Ankylosaurus''[[note]]The film mislabels it as ''Scolosaurus'' and ''Nodosaurus''[[/note]], ''Corythosaurus'', ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Protoceratops'', ''Iguanodon'', ''Edmontosaurus''/''Trachodon'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Camptosaurus''[[note]]The film mislabels it as a ''Spinosaurus''[[/note]], ''Struthiomimus'', ''Gorgosaurus'', ''Smilodon'', and woolly mammoths. Cut animals include ''Archelon'', ''Allosaurus'', and ''Ichthyosaurus'', although ''Ichthyosaurus'' does appear in one of the anime-drawn pictures of prehistoric animals in the opening.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Eusthenopteron'', ''Eryops'', ''Placochelys'', ''Clidastes'', ''Edaphosaurus'', ''Scolosaurus'', ''Henodus'', ''Acanthopholis'', ''Deltatheridium'', ''Pliohippus'', ''Australopithecus'', ''Homo habilis'', ''Homo erectus'', ''Moeritherium'', and ''Tetralophodon'' make appearances in the film. Character sheets show there were plans to include ''Ornithosuchus'', coelacanths, and ''Nothosaurus''.

* GiantAnimalWorship: [[spoiler:The Neanderthals worship the ''Tyrannosaurus'' as a deity and make offerings of human sacrifices to it. It takes Chobi standing up to it to finally convince them to try fighting back against the ''T. rex''. It's not unlike O-D-O from the prehistoric chapter of ''VideoGame/LiveALive''.]]

''Daikyouryu no Jidai'' (Age of the Great Dinosaurs in Japanese) is a rather obscure fantasy/adventure anime film distributed by Ishimori Productions and Toei Animation. Directed by Creator/ShotaroIshinomori and Hideki Takayama, it was released in 1979, and narrates the story of a trio of kids (Jun, Remi and her little brother Chobi) from modernized Japan who still treat nature with respect and conscience, unlike many other humans who pollute Earth and damage the planet a lot every day.

* AquaticSauropod: Both of the film's sauropods, ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Brachiosaurus'', are only ever shown in water.

* CargoCult: [[spoiler:The Neanderthals worship the ''Tyrannosaurus'' as a deity and make offerings of human sacrifices to it. It takes Chobi standing up to it to finally convince them to try fighting back against the ''T. rex''. It's not unlike O-D-O from the prehistoric chapter of ''VideoGame/LiveALive''.]]

* StockSoundEffects: The ''Tyrannosaurus'' has the classic showa Godzilla's roar.

One fateful night they are summoned by an unknown alien intelligence who tells them that mankind is losing its empathy, and, to teach them a lesson about life, death, and the fall of species, said alien intelligence transports the kids to Earth's past and leaves them right in the Mesozoic era, the time when dinosaurs were the supreme rulers of the Earth. Here, the trio has a series of adventures and misadventures, like befriending a baby ''Triceratops'', trying to escape from a dangerous ''TyrannosaurusRex'', witnessing the Cretaceous extinction and rise of the mammals, and discovering why it is important for humans to protect Earth before it's too late.

* HeadButtingPachy: A pair of of ''Pachycephalosaurus'' are shown to be headbutting each other so hard that it not only gets the attention of other dinosaurs, but scares them too. [[spoiler:Not the ''TyrannosaurusRex'' though, he came for dinner.]]

* StockDinosaurs: The film features ammonites, trilobites, ''Dunkleosteus'', ''Meganeura'', ''Tylosaurus'', ''Elasmosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Ornitholestes'', ''Triceratops'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Rhamphorhynchus'', ''Plesiosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Ankylosaurus''[[note]]The film mislabels it as ''Scolosaurus'' and ''Nodosaurus''[[/note]], ''Corythosaurus'', ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Protoceratops'', ''Iguanodon'', ''Edmontosaurus''/''Trachodon'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Camptosaurus''[[note]]The film mislabels it as a ''Spinosaurus''[[/note]], ''Struthiomimus'', ''Gorgosaurus'', ''Smilodon'', and woolly mammoths. Cut animals include ''Archelon'', ''Allosaurus'', and ''Ichthyosaurus'', although ''Ichthyosaurus'' does appear in one of the anime-drawn pictures of prehistoric animals in the opening.
* StockSoundEffects: The Tyrannosaurus has the classic showa Godzilla's roar.

* TyrannosaurusRex: The film's main antagonist.

* DumbDinos: Averted, which is commendable as the anime was made recently after the Dinosaur Renaissance had set off. Zhu the ''Triceratops'' shows awareness of his surroundings [[spoiler:and deliberately sacrifices himself to keep the ''Tyrannosaurus'' away from the humans]]. Unfortunately, the main ''Tyrannosaurus'' villain also has signs of intelligence despite being a bloodthirsty predator, as it chases after the heroes out of vengeance for damaging its eye. The other dinos don't seem to be particularly dumb (they even, quite humorously, react painfully to a battle between two male ''Pachycephalosaurus'').

* CargoCult: [[spoiler:The primitive cavemen worship the ''Tyrannosaurus'' as a deity and make offerings of human sacrifices to it. It takes Chobi standing up to it to finally convince them to try fighting back against the ''T. rex''. It's not unlike O-D-O from the prehistoric chapter of ''VideoGame/LiveALive''.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:The ''Tyrannosaurus'' eventually gets speared to death by the cavemen, though this becomes sorrowful considering it's the LastOfItsKind.]]

* ArtShift: The film starts with live-action scenes of modern Japan with anime-drawn pictures of dinosaurs constantly popping up, then switches to animation. At the end, there's a showcase of dinosaur skeletons exposed in museums to symbolize their ultimate downfall.

* DumbDinos: Averted, which is commendable as the anime was made recently after the Dinosaur Renaissance had set off. Zhu the ''Triceratops'' shows awareness of his surroundings [[spoiler:and deliberately sacrifices himself to keep the ''Tyrannosaurus'' away from the humans]]. Unfortunately, the main ''Tyrannosaurus'' villain also has signs of intelligence despite being a bloodthirsty predator, as it chases after the heroes out of vengeance. The other dinosaurs don't seem to be particularly dumb (they even, quite humorously, react painfully to a battle between two male ''Pachycephalosaurus'').

* EyeScream: Chobi throws a sharpened stick into the ''Tyrannosaurus'''s left eye, gouging it out. [[spoiler: At the end of the film, as the cavemen spear the ''T. rex'' to death, one of the spears strikes and destroys his only remaining eye.]]

* HeadButtingPachy: A pair of of ''pachycephalosaurus'' are shown to be headbutting each other so hard that it not only gets the attention of other dinosaurs, but scares them too. [[spoiler:Not the ''TyrannosaurusRex'' though, he came for dinner.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The friendly ''Triceratops'' pushes the ''T. rex'' over a cliff, deliberately plummeting down with it, to keep him away from the humans.]]

* NonHumanSidekick: The baby ''Triceratops'' Chobi befriends, imprinting on them as its parents. Its brothers and sisters did the same, but the ''Tyrannosaurus'' has other ideas...

* SuperPersistentPredator: The ''T. rex'' shows up everywhere the trio go, [[spoiler:even somehow travelling through time all the way to the Stone Age]]. It's actually pursuing them to get revenge, as they had taken out its eye [[spoiler:and their ''Triceratops'' friend nearly killed it]].

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