The result was even more spectacular than fans might have expected, as the resulting Metropolis offered a stunning melding of cel and computer-generated animation while telling a complex story filled with politics, explosions, and metaphysics. Imagine, then, what fans of those works thought when it was announced that an old comic book by Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka was going to be brought to the big screen thanks to a screenplay by Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo in 2001. Anime’s oldest and perhaps most beloved character is known in North America as Astro Boy, and the 1988 film Akira is most often pointed to as THE film that brought modern “Japanimation” to the notice of the mainstream in North America. The Sweatbox Review:Īnime lovers can point to several different touchstones where the art of animation in Japan was brought to a new level of popularity or technical accomplishment. In a future society, a madman’s plan to take over is complicated by his son and a robot of his own devising. Osamu Tezuka’s classic manga is brought to life in a state-of-the-art animated epic. Metropolis Committee/Sony Pictures (November 9, 2001), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (April 23, 2002), 2 discs (bonus is a mini-DVD), 109 mins plus supplements, 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, English Dolby Digital 5.1 and Japanese 5.1 DTS tracks, Rated PG-13, Retail: $24.95 Storyboard:
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