Consisting of twenty-six half-hour episodes, the series capitalised on the success of Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel La Planète des singes, which was known in English as Planet of the Apes, and the film and television franchise.
As the building is falling apart, the lab assistant, Izumi, places Yurika in a cryogenic chamber to protect her, then enters one herself.
Their occupants are horrified to find themselves in a world of intelligent apes that walk upright like men, speak, wear clothing and have weapons.
Amidst a coup led by Commissioner Ruza, Jirō, Yurika, Izumi and Gōdo eventually discover Yukomu (EUC COM in Time Of The Apes), the super computer that was built by mankind in 2030, but eventually chose to instigate its demise in favour of the apes.
The movie was then featured twice on Mystery Science Theater 3000, originally on KTMA in 1989,[4] and then later as episode six of season three in 1991 on Comedy Central.