Metoroporisu (2001)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Rintaro

Writers:

Osamu Tezuka (comic book)
Katsuhiro Ôtomo (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

25 January 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation | Sci-Fi | Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Welcome to Metropolis

Plot:

Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Exploding Car | Revolution | Detective | Machine Gun

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Yuka Imoto	...	Tima (voice)
Kei Kobayashi	...	Kenichi (voice)
Kouki Okada	...	Rock (voice)
Tarô Ishida	...	Duke Red (voice)
Kousei Tomita	...	Hige-Oyaji (voice: Japanese version)
Norio Wakamoto	...	Pero (voice)
Junpei Takiguchi	...	Dr. Laughton (voice)
Takeshi Aono	...	Ponkotz (voice)
Masaru Ikeda	...	President Boon (voice)
Shun Yashiro	...	Notarlin (voice)
Toshio Furukawa	...	Skunk (voice)
Shigeru Chiba	...	Lamp (voice)
Masashi Ebara	...	Ham Egg (voice)
Takaya Hashi	...	Lyon (voice)
Norihiro Inoue	...	Atlas (voice)

Also Known As:

Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis (Australia) (USA) (DVD title)
Metropolis (USA)
Osamu Tezuka no Metoroporisu (Japan) (complete title)
Robotic Angel (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and images of destruction. (also English dubbed version)

Runtime:

108 min | Japan:113 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | French | German | Italian | Spanish | Japanese | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | Malaysia:U | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:14 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12 | Italy:T | Japan:R | Mexico:B | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Taiwan:PG-12 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Trivia:

Supt. Notarlin's name is a joke based on the Japanese slang term "nôtarin" ("idiot," literally: "brain is insufficient").

Goofs:

Continuity: At Robot Storage Area 17, the sign in the window changes from "Metropolis Police Department" to "Metlopolis Police Department."

Quotes:

Rock: Well, If you are a human? Who's your Father?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#28.11)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

There'll Never Be Goodbye

I loved this film!

I have always been a fan of the 60's and 70's anime. I feel that the 80's and 90's Anime got a bit out of hand, but this film brings me back to the experimentation, the wonder, visuals and the drawing you into forgetting this is only 'anime' at all.

The story is an update of the fantastic silent film Metropolis, and at points in this telling, the story falls flat, but just watching the film drew me in and made up for those story gaffs. There isn't any one who can look at this and not be taken with its ambition. Old anime elements, new ones, stop action, realism -- you name it, its all in one nice package! I am looking forward to additional works from this team, I hope they continue on for I feel this project was a great venture and to what they are capable of. This film is really wonderful, I recommend it highly.