En cette fin d’année 1899, à Londres, le savant George Wells (Rod Taylor) a réuni ses amis scientifiques pour leur faire part de sa nouvelle invention : une machine à voyager dans le temps. Quelque peu incrédules, ses amis se montrent également sceptiques quant au bien fondé de l’utilisation d’un tel engin. Faisant fi de leurs conseils, George n’a qu’une hâte : explorer le futur…

Four scientists and a newsman crash land on Mars and meet martians who act friendly.

Aki isn’t a brave little boy, but he’s dedicated nonetheless to safeguarding his sickly, mute friend Fuyu. They and their little gang live deep underground, in the concrete warrens to which survivors have fled following the eruption of Mt. Fuji. The community is in decline, however, as illness and despair take their toll. Fuyu dreams of the outside world, which he is too frail to ever reach. But what colour is the sky out there?