Raidenex
08-01-2002, 12:53 PM
Has anyone else seen this? It's stunning.
I just got back from the opening night at the local 'arthouse' cinema (it was actually decent...free sushi and sake...yeah!), and I was blown away.
Although it doesn't have the action and violence of a lot of other anime, being based off a Manga that the creator of Astro Boy wrote, it has a thick storyline that keeps it flowing; and it was directed by the director of Akira, so you can't go wrong.
It's based loosely on a 1926 silent film of the same name, but the retro-future vision of it is both beautiful and terrifying - it shows both the beauty of innocence, and the corruption of humans. Basically, it's about a giant human city, where robots are used basically as slaves. However, there are all sorts of factions, anti-robots, pro-robots, and everyone has an agenda...caught in the middle is a young Japanese boy, Kenichi, and Tima, a mysterious girl...
I really advise you track this one down and see it...it's excellent.
I just got back from the opening night at the local 'arthouse' cinema (it was actually decent...free sushi and sake...yeah!), and I was blown away.
Although it doesn't have the action and violence of a lot of other anime, being based off a Manga that the creator of Astro Boy wrote, it has a thick storyline that keeps it flowing; and it was directed by the director of Akira, so you can't go wrong.
It's based loosely on a 1926 silent film of the same name, but the retro-future vision of it is both beautiful and terrifying - it shows both the beauty of innocence, and the corruption of humans. Basically, it's about a giant human city, where robots are used basically as slaves. However, there are all sorts of factions, anti-robots, pro-robots, and everyone has an agenda...caught in the middle is a young Japanese boy, Kenichi, and Tima, a mysterious girl...
I really advise you track this one down and see it...it's excellent.