Photon: The Idiot Adventures (1997): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1997, Photon: The Idiot Adventures is an animation, comedy and action & adventure series.

What it’s about. Photon, a young man with a kind heart and superhuman strength, leaves his village on Sandy Planet (a desert world) in search of a runaway friend. During this heroic quest, he is accidentally engaged to a renegade space pilot! Now they're on the run from the evil emperor of the galaxy and his bumbling henchmen. But even worse than the incompetent bad guys are the disastrous cooking contests, exploding spas and cheer-leading aliens!

Who’s in it. Photon: The Idiot Adventures stars Junko Takeuchi as Photon Earth (voice), Yui Horie as Aun Freya (voice), Kozue Yoshizumi as Koro (voice) and Koichi Yamadera as Papacharino Nanadan (voice), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.8/10, Photon: The Idiot Adventures has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel and Retrocrush and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Photon: The Idiot Adventures page.

If you liked it. Fans of Photon: The Idiot Adventures tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.