Metoroporisu (2001)

Director:

Rintaro

Writers:

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

Cult Cartoon | Manga | Teenage Boy | Based On Comic | Detective

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Yuka Imoto	...	Tima (voice)
Kei Kobayashi	...	Kenichi (voice)
Kouki Okada	...	Rock (voice)
Tarô Ishida	...	Duke Red (voice)
Jamieson Price	...	Duke Red (voice: English version)
Kousei Tomita	...	Ban Syunsaku : Hige-Oyaji (voice: Japanese version)
Junpei Takiguchi	...	Dr. Laughton (voice)
Toshio Furukawa	...	General
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Axelrod	...	Ham And Egg (voice: English version)
Steve Blum	...	Acetylene Lamp (voice: English version) (as David Lucas)
Yutaka Hayashi	...	Additional Voices (voice: Japanese version)
William Knight	...	Supt. Notarlin (voice: English version)
Dave Mallow	...	Pero (voice: English version)
Gô Nagai	...	Guest voice (voice)
Richard Plantagenet	...	President Boone (voice: English version) (as Steve McGowan)
Tony Pope	...	Shinsaku Ban (voice: English version)
Simon Prescott	...	Dr. Laughton (voice: English version)
Michael Reisz	...	Rock (voice: English version)
Peter Spellos	...	Mayor Lyon (voice: English version)
Melodee Spevack	...	Additional English characters (voice: English version)
Doug Stone	...	Dr. Ponkotsu (voice: English version)
Kai Taschner
Scott Weinger	...	Atlas (voice)
Dan Woren	...	Skunk (voice: English version)
Rebecca Forstadt	...	Tima (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Barbara Goodson	...	Enmy (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	...	Misc. loudspeaker voices (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Brianne Siddall	...	Kenichi (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Rintaro

Writing credits
Osamu Tezuka		(comic book)
Katsuhiro Ôtomo		(screenplay)
Marc Handler		English version

Produced by
Haruyo Kanesaku	....	producer (english version)
Yutaka Maseba	....	producer
Kazue Motodate	....	assistant producer
Peter Nelson	....	executive producer (english version)
Masamitu Onodera	....	assistant producer

Original Music by
Toshiyuki Honda

Cinematography by
Hitoshi Yamaguchi

Art Direction by
Shuichi Hirata

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Naoko Kusumi	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ken Hashimoto	....	assistant color setting
Chikako Kamata	....	assistant color setting
Ryo Kawano	....	assistant art director
Osamu Mikasa	....	color setting
Atsushi Morikawa	....	assistant art director
Katsuhiro Ôtomo	....	storyboard artist
Masami Ozone	....	artwork layout support

Sound Department
Atsushi Aikawa	....	digital mastering
Kunio Ando	....	sound recordist: Aoi Studio
Masataka Fukuda	....	sound recordist
Tsutomu Kashiwakura	....	assistant sound director
Shizuo Kurahashi	....	sound effects: Sound Box
Masafumi Mima	....	sound director
Tomoko Nakashima	....	sound producer: Techno Sound
Noboru Nishio	....	digital optical recordist
Akira Rizawa	....	technical support: Aoi Studio
Noriko Tsushi	....	digital mastering
Yuji Yagami	....	assistant sound recordist: Aoi Studio
Fujio Yamada	....	dialog editor: Techno Sound

Special Effects by
Toyohiko Sakakibara	....	cel/digital special effects
Sachi Suzuki	....	cel/digital special effects
Kumiko Taniguchi	....	cel/digital special effects

Visual Effects by
Shuichi Hirata	....	CGI art director
Tsuneo Maeda	....	CGI technical director
Yoshimichi Murata	....	digital production coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Yukihiro Masumoto	....	photographer
Masashi Nagao	....	photographer
Atsuro Saito	....	photographer

Animation Department
Hisashi Abe	....	layout artist
Chung Kyung Ai	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Shigeo Akahori	....	key animation supervisor
Masahiro Andô	....	key animator
Hyun Ji An	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kazuhisa Asai	....	background artist
Tsutomu Awata	....	key animator
Yu-mi Chae	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Myung-sim Chio	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Hyun Mi Cho	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Hyun-ok Choi	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Se-kwan Choi	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Yong Choi	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Yong Pei Chun	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Zhao Xiang Chun	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Pek Eun Ea	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Cho Young Eim	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Masaaki Endo	....	key animator
Yasuhiro Endo	....	key animator
Yui Enomoto	....	inbetween animator
Chen Yong Feng	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Shigeru Fujita	....	key animation supervisor
Cheng Xiao Gang	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Lee Seung Gwon	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Kunihiko Hamada	....	key animator
Hiroshi Hamazaki	....	key animator
Myeong-yeon Ha	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Jin Young Han	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Takako Hasegawa	....	inbetween animator: Mushi Productions
Shinji Hashimoto	....	key animator
Song Eun Ha	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Asuka Hata	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Choi Soon Hee	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Choung Youn Hee	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Jeon Sun Hee	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Lee Yeun Hee	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Park Jun Hee	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Park Myung Hee	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Park Yoon Hee	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kahoru Hirata	....	key animator
Shuichi Hirata	....	character color designer
Toshio Hirata	....	assistant key animation supervisor
Toshio Hirata	....	key animator
Young Sun Hong	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kaichi Honma	....	key animator
Yoshinori Horikawa	....	digital cel checker
Motonobu Hori	....	inbetween animator: Ohi Productions
Takafumi Hori	....	inbetween animator
Mieko Hosoi	....	key animator
Yoon Suk Hue	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
An Kyu Hwan	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Soon-a Hwang	....	animation checker: Dr. Movie
Su Jin Hwang	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Gum-sun Hwung	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Jung Bok Hyun	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Misuzu Ichinose	....	animation checker: Ohi Productions
Hisashi Ikeda	....	background artist
Yuji Ikehata	....	digital artist
Miyako Imae	....	inbetween animator: Mushi Productions
Ei Inoue	....	key animator
Eiko Inoue	....	digital cel checker
Satoshi Iriyoshi	....	key animator
Shuko Ito	....	cel checker
Yuko Iwasa	....	key animator
Chul-soon Jang	....	digital ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Hyun-sik Jang	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Nam-ok Jang	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Youn Hee Jeong	....	animation checker: Dr. Movie
Eun-suk Jeoung	....	ink and paint artist
Lee Jin	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Choi Ki Jung	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Soon An Jung	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Yuriko Kadomoto	....	ink and paint artist
Tetsuro Kaku	....	key animator
Yoshinori Kanada	....	key animator
Emi Kaneko	....	inbetween animator: Mushi Productions
Eun Kyoung Kang	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Oh Soon Kang	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Hiroyuki Kasugai	....	key animator
Miyuki Katayama	....	key animator
Tomoko Katsube	....	inbetween animator: Mushi Productions
Yoshiaki Kawajiri	....	key animator
Yoshiaki Kawajiri	....	layout artist
Megumi Kawakami	....	inbetween animator
Kumiko Kawana	....	key animator
Hirotsugu Kawasaki	....	key animator
Hiroki Kawazoe	....	key animator
Eun-hee Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Hwa Soon Kim	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Hyun Suk Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Jong-min Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Jung-a Kim	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Jung Eun Kim	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kyoung-mee Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Mi-ran Kim	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Moon-ki Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Su-jaung Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Sun-a Kim	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Sung-jin Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Tai-joon Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Youn-sim Kim	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Kazuhiro Kinoshita	....	digital artist
Masaru Kitao	....	key animator
Junji Kobayashi	....	animation checker: Tezuka Production Company Ltd.
Kazuo Komatsubara	....	key animator
Akiko Konno	....	inbetween animator
Kitaro Kosaka	....	key animator
Yumi Koshikawa	....	ink and paint artist
Sung-jik Ko	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
O-joon Kown	....	digital painter: Dr. Movie
Koji Kumasaki	....	digital cel checker
Hyun Soon Kwon	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Suk-o Kwon	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Eun Sil Lee	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Hae-kyung Lee	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Jae-min Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Je-hoon Lee	....	digital ink and paint artist
Jung Eun Lee	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kang-teg Lee	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kyung-won Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Nam Hee Lee	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Oun-ki Lee	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Suk-hoon Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Sung-min Lee	....	digital ink and paint artist
Young Sim Lee	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
An-myoung Lim	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Hyo-kyoung Lim	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Niu Wen Lin	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Zhang Deng Long	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Masao Maruyama	....	animation producer
Tian Yong Mei	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Yasuhiko Mikajiri	....	ink and paint artist
Yutaka Minowa	....	key animator
Wang Li Min	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
O'Yun Mi	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Atsuya Miura	....	key animator
Jûji Mizumura	....	key animator
Sung Ho Moon	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Hiroyuki Mori	....	cel checker
Hiromitsu Morita	....	key animator
Ju Youn Mun	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Yasushi Muraki	....	key animator
Sanae Murata	....	cel checker
Susumu Nakagawa	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Morifumi Naka	....	key animator
Kazuki Nakamoto	....	inbetween animator: Ohi Productions
Kana Nakayama	....	ink and paint artist
Takahito Nakazawa	....	animation checker
Yasuhiro Nakura	....	character designer
Yasuhiro Nakura	....	chief key animation supervisor
Yasuhiro Nakura	....	key animator
Mi Ae Na	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Yon-suk Na	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Toshiya Niidome	....	key animator
Hiromi Niioka	....	key animator
Masayoshi Nishida	....	key animator
Takuo Noda	....	key animator
Kuk Sn Oak	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Manabu Ôhashi	....	key animator
Masao Ohashi	....	inbetween animator: Ohi Productions
Akiko Ohshima	....	animation checker
Su-im Oh	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Hiroshi Oikawa	....	key animator
Takashi Okamura	....	animation checker: Tezuka Production Company Ltd.
Hiroyuki Okiura	....	key animator
Yoshiko Okuda	....	inbetween animator
Harue Ono	....	ink and paint artist
Kyooko Ootake	....	cel checker
Masami Ozone	....	key animator
Hye Ryung Park	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Mi-ra Park	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Ock In Park	....	digital ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Se-ra Park	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Sung-nam Park	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Yong Kyoung Park	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Choi Hey Ran	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Rintaro	....	layout artist (as Yoshinori Kanemori)
Takashi Saijô	....	key animator
Miharu Sakai	....	cel checker
Masahiro Sakamoto	....	ink and paint artist
Kayo Sakazume	....	animation checker
Kunihiko Sakurai	....	key animation supervisor
Shinsaku Sasaki	....	key animator
Akiko Sato	....	cel checker
Satoko Shiho	....	cel checker
Hiroshi Shimizu	....	key animator
Eun-kyung Shin	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Nobumasa Shinkawa	....	key animator
Kyoung Hwa Shin	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Mayumi Shoji	....	ink and paint artist
Gum Sub Sin	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Hyun Ju Song	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Myong-soo Song	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Yasuyuki Suzuki	....	inbetween animator: Mushi Productions
Yuuka Suzuki	....	ink and paint artist
Masaharu Tada	....	key animator
Tomiko Takamori	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Chizu Takanuki	....	inbetween animator: Mushi Productions
Kyoko Tanaka	....	background artist
Seiji Tanda	....	key animator
Norimoto Tokura	....	key animator
Jinko Tsuji	....	animation checker: Ohi Productions
Shigeto Tsuji	....	assistant key animation supervisor
Shigeto Tsuji	....	key animator
Hiroshi Uchida	....	key animator
Hitoshi Ueda	....	key animator
Ichiro Uno	....	inbetween animator
Kazuhiko Utagawa	....	key animator
Hiroshi Wagatsuma	....	key animator
Aiko Wakatsuki	....	inbetween animator
Akira Watanabe	....	key animator
Sakiko Watanabe	....	inbetween animator
Wan Zhi Wen	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Song-sik Woo	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Zhou Hong Wu	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Katsuya Yamada	....	key animator
Norio Yamaguchi	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Iwao Yamaki	....	animation producer
Tomoko Yamamoto	....	ink and paint artist
Yasusuke Yamamoto	....	ink and paint artist
Kiyomi Yamazaki	....	digital cel checker
Yuko Yasaki	....	inbetween animator
Han Ying	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
In-suk Yoo	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Aya Yoshida	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Yumiko Yoshikawa	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Masateru Yoshimura	....	animation checker: Tezuka Production Company Ltd.
Masateru Yoshimura	....	key animator
Hye-seon Youn	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Myung Hee Youn	....	animation checker: Dr. Movie

Music Department
Hiroshi Abe	....	musician: banjo
Masahiro Gotô	....	musician: clarinet
Toshiyuki Honda	....	music arranger
Toshiyuki Honda	....	musician: bass clarinet and saxophone
Shin Kazuhara	....	musician: trumpet
Katsuaki Nakatani	....	conductor
Kozue Okada	....	music producer
Masahiko Osaka	....	musician: drums
Rintaro	....	musician: bass clarinet
Kiyoshi Sato	....	musician: tuba
Norihide Shiota	....	musician: bass

Other crew
Joni Cuquet	....	field publicist
Kimihiro Endo	....	title producer: Maki Productions
Koji Futahashi	....	assistant digital producer
Ayumi Kimura	....	production secretary
Masao Maruyama	....	project initiation
Nobuko Maruyama	....	production secretary
Toru Matsunawa	....	assistant digital producer
Shoko Oono	....	translator (English version)
Rintaro	....	project initiation
Michitoshi Sugai	....	titles
Shigeru Watanabe	....	project initiation
Marc Handler	....	English dubbing script (uncredited)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	....	English dubbing script (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Bandai Visual Company
• DENTSU Music And Entertainment
• Destination Films
• Imagica Corp.
• Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd.
• King Record Co.
• Mad House
• Madhouse Productions
• Metropolis Project
• Sony Pictures Television (Japan)
• Studio 4°C (CGI)
• Tezuka Production Company Ltd.
• Toho Company

Distributors

• Toho Company (Japan) (theatrical)
• Bandai Visual Company (Japan) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (France)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (Italy) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• DVD Service (Russia) (DVD)
• Destination Films (USA) (DVD)
• Keyfilms Roma (Italy) (theatrical)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (VHS)
• Rapid Eye Movies (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (USA) (theatrical)
• TriStar Pictures (2002) (USA) (subtitled)

Other Companies

• Artist Management Group  music production
• Avaco Creative Studio  music recording studio
• Continental Far East  technical cooperation
• Dr. Movie  digital paint
• Hal  title
• IKIF  title
• Kyung Kang ANIA  digital paint
• Liaison Office  digital mastering
• Metropolis Queens Orchestra  orchestra
• Metropolis Rhythm Kings  music performers
• Studio 4°C  title

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 | Argentina:109 min | Netherlands:104 min | Spain:109 min | USA:107 min | France:107 min (movie version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

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

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Malaysia:U | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | Iceland:12 | 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:

It was in production for 5 years.

Goofs:

Rock's costume disappears in the Throne of Power scene.

Quotes:

Tima: I am who?

Movie Connections:

References Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

Soundtrack:

I Can't Stop Loving You

A Futuristic Classic!

Metropolis isn't an action, adventure, or a drama...It's an experience. It's a roller-coaster ride of a movie that takes the audience through an experience into the future with a sense of the past and present. I'll explain. First off, the animation in itself is what makes the film so unique. It's a sort of Tin tin animation mixed in with anime. The background of the city is amazing, a must see. The music is what does it though! The music is very classy. The type of music used in the old black and white classics. The whole movie experience is a sort of oxymoron, it contradicts itself. The futuristic background with the classic-styled people and music. A very unique animation indeed and one not to be missed if you're a fan of animation.