About the title
The story of 12-year-old boy Atari Kobayashi, ward of the corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by the mayor's decree, all the pet dogs of Megasaki City are banished to a giant garbage dump, Atari sets off alone on a miniature aircraft to Trash Island to find his loyal dog, Spots. There, on the island, together with a pack of new mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the future fate of the entire Prefecture.