[2] Special effects were produced by Toei Company's tokusatsu and anime divisions, under the joint name T-Visual.

The movie topped an annual poll by the magazine Eiga Hihō for the worst movie, attracting five times as many votes as the second-place film, and also won first place at the Bunshun Kiichigo Awards and Sports Hochi's Hebi-Ichigo Awards.

In addition, reportedly, CGI was used for the fight scenes because director Hiroyuki Nasu did not know how to direct one with live actors.

Due to trying to force the whole story into a short run time, the plot was criticized for making little to no sense.

[5] Hiroshi Yamamoto created a whole separate part on his website to collect bad reviews of the movie.