I'm tyring to find the title of a film, it's early to mid eighties, is sci-fi and kind of anime-ish.

The main character is a young boy, who towards the end has some strange creatures peck his head and make a hole in it, there is also an old man who I think was an older version of the boy who had a bald head and a metal plate on it.
The movie started with the boy and his father in a kind of space dune buggy with long stick out 'legs' with the wheels on.

I'll be very impressed if anyone has any idea!

Les Maîtres du temps

You are fantastic! That film title has driven me mad since I first watched it!
I'll have to order it!

Thanks so much!

You're very welcome.