• Next time you think of bio-tech, just think of the iPhone Ten, X, whatever you want to call itーwith its crazy, larger than life bio-chip… then think of Roujin Z. We are so close to androids and organic technology that it is frightening! Your iPhone may start feeling oppressed over the next few years and become a Sky Net 2.0, in a really bad way!
• I feel that although this film was made in 1991ーit is as relevant as ever! The directors’ other work that he headed weren't as impressive to me, but iconic in the era that they came out. Hiroyuki Kitakubo was the head director for Black Magic M-66 and Blood: The Last Vampire; he also did key animation for Akira. In fact, the original creator of Roujin was no other than Katsuhiro Otomo himself, the original creator of Akira.
• The animation, premise, and designs for this film are brilliant, but the execution, characters, and further planning is average. A big damper in the movie was all of the weird, perverted, old men that were trying to screw the young nurse took some of the charm from the film and made it something sleazy and gross. How are you supposed to feel emotionally compelled by the relationship Kijuro and Haruko, when he's just some sexually devious old guy?
• I mean, with the array of the colorful, zany, and prominently cartoonish castーI would assume that it was pure satire, but it’s hard to fathom the mood at times, since the movie has very serious moments. Overall, I think that the iconicism in and itself makes the movie a must-watch for a burgeoning anime fanatic, and it gets a 7/10 from me.
