Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis, Robotic Angel Japanese: メトロポリス
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: May 26, 2001
Duration:
1 hr. 49 min. Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Ranked: #9622
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SynopsisIn the great city of Metropolis, severe community structures and prejudice dominate a world where humans and robots live together. Unrest and violence increase with each new day.
Searching for the scientist Dr. Laughton, suspected to violate human rights by trading organs, the Japanese detective Shunsaku Ban and his nephew Kenichi arrive at Metropolis. In the scientist's laboratory, Kenichi discovers a girl without any memory of her past life. He decides to help her, so they run away together. His uncle follows him and penetrates the dark secrets of the city to find Duke Red, the man ruling from the shadows. Meanwhile, Kenichi desperately tries to protect the mysterious girl from the people hunting her. However, Duke Red and his adoptive son have their own deep reasons for chasing the girl. These reasons are connected to her true identity and the struggle for the domination of Metropolis...
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Metropolis
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Hush
15 of 21 people found this review helpful
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1 episodes
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8 |
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7 |
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Metropolis has a complex story plot. There are several characters and events going on to keep up with. The story focuses more on the characters than the events which is kind of a downfall since this can cause some to get lost on the way. Overall the story is very unique and interesting. The best part out of the whole movie was the ending. I could watch the ending a thousand times.
The character development in Metropolis was appealing. The characters brought the movie alive; they are all one of a kind. Each of them had their own unique looks, styles, and distinctive personalities.
Metropolis is best known for its beautiful CGI; complete eye candy. The character animation didn’t blend in that well with the other CGI structures, but the strange daring mixture pulled me more into the movie.
I’ve seen Metropolis only in English dialogue, which I thought was great. Each of the voice actors portrayed the characters very well. The soundtrack to Metropolis was amazing. I really loved the music through out the movie, especially the ending song.
I would recommend watching Metropolis; it is a true delight.
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eaton1012
3 of 9 people found this review helpful
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1 of 1 episodes seen
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10 |
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10 |
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10 |
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10 |
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10 |
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10 |
Madhouse Studios you’ve done it again. This art studio’s art always amazes me. For this movie they use a mix a cells and digital that looks drop dead gorgeous. There is a lot attention to detail and also very colorful. Must say, I love Mr. Tezuakes character designs.
This film is adaptation of one of Mr. Tezuaka’s earlier sci-fi work (before Astro Boy) Metropolis. There are some great interviews with the director talking about Mr. Tezuaka on the feature disc.
The music for this movie is awesome, does a good job of setting the mood, while also being diverse and enjoyable. One of my favorite songs is the opening music; it’s this great New Orleans jazz with leading saxophone.
The story is well pasted and has some social commentary with the use of robots.
Great movie guys, go buy this one. Has tons of great extra features.
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Both of those series take place in a world full of robots and they introduce the theme of robot who begin to feel like humans or want to feel like human.
Also the plot is fixed around the world's destiny and the world destruction.
Both are dark remakes of old science-fiction anime, discussing the truth of consciousness through the interactions of robots and humans. They both have a epic, mournful feel to them as well as similar artistic directions (this mainly being updating the artwork without updating the character design).
Also, they both have brief, sudden moments of English lyric songs that are meant to be mournful and emotional but come off to English speakers (at least myself) as completely hilarious.
They are both really great watches-- if you've enjoyed one but haven't seen the other, I'm almost sure you'll like them both. If you haven't seen either I strongly recommend them.
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Metropolis is in a city setting while Origin is in a rural environment. Both towns are being controlled by military. Both male protagonists find a girl in trouble and defend them. While Origin is slightly more encouraging both are about over coming a problematic destiny.
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Opening Theme"Metropolis" by Toshiyuki Honda
Ending Theme"There'll Never Be Goodbye" by Minako 'Mooki' Obata
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