Surprisingly incoherent and boring

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

------ This review is dark and full of spoilers -------Whoever is bored to read the long review here's what I think in a few sentences. The only good thing about this movie is it's animation and even that has problems. I mean you must have noticed the problematic movement of the characters and things like that. But the background and the animation style is really good. But the main idea is really stupid. It's that humans shouldn't oppress or exploit other humans/robots/AIs/animals/nature or they will suffer the consequences. OK that's good but the way they used to deliver this message doesn't make any sense.First of all were they robots or Artificial Intelligence? That never became clear. Let's say they were artificial intelligence. Why they had feelings? Robots shouldn't feel anything unless they are designed to. And I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't design a cleaning robot to feel things.And that boy why had feelings for the robot even after he learned her true nature? That is not healthy. Also when she tried to DESTROY HUMANITY he cared more for his friend (or his potential lover) than ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE FREAKIN PLANET. He even didn't try to defend himself from her....Why? Everything that happens in this movie makes no sense AT ALL. This movie is so stupid that makes the villain's plan make more sense than anything else!!! Also that annoying Jazz music from the 20s in US.....It was a really bad choice. Maybe they used it to avoid using sound effects but that made the film look really cheap and look like an amateur just added the music on top of the normal sound effects of the movie....so let me get this straight. Robots took revenge because humanity used them but robots not only cannot feel anything but they cannot even grasp the concept of exploit. I mean of course no one should torture other beings or use them for their personal gain but the way they chose to say this does not make any sense at all!!!Also in the end I was really confused because I didn't know what I was supposed to think or feel. Who was the main character? What do they feel about this situation? WHY THE BOY IS IN LOVE WITH A ROBOT AND FINE WITH IT? The only thing I liked is that it was dark and violent..... Some other things I liked it was that it had similarities with Akira and they way the character moved, their hands and the angle of the camera made everything look like it was Final Fantasy VII.

After a long intro, we get a interesting little piece like a dictator and then a futuristic looking town I could only believe was based on New York. Something about this show makes me feel that he was trying to comment on the social structure and where it's going. It's the natural thing of people in high power pushing down the lower class as they head to the top.Each of the characters that actually have a big part to play in this show actually has nice personalities even though they sometimes fall into a norm. Tezuka always had an interesting way of mixing robots and human characteristics. His robot creations are unlike anything you really ever seen before this time for the most part. They have a playfulness even if the story is supposed to get rather dark. Tezuka always had a reason behind his stories and this is no exception. The story talks about what separates man and machine, what it really means to be human, and all that wonderful stuff.The Artwork is definitely Osamu's style with its large noses and hair that mostly falls over the eyes. Everything about it is rather fun looking and interesting. A lot of characters are strange proportions with rather thick legs, hands about the same size as gloved hands and so on. The colors are mostly bright and colorful even in the darker parts, of the show, the rust pretty much showing up brightly. There is a small feeling that we are looking threw an antic lens at times with some of the grainy feelings it gives off. Sometimes as well, we get a rather panted look for the still images like the face where the hair actually moves about it on a cell. At least, that's what it looks like.The English voices aren't bad for how odd the show is though they play it off sort of like a radio drama. It works perfectly with the feel of the show since it looks like it's from the time of 'War of the Worlds'. The music also plays into that with the 1950's New York attitude. It makes the show a bit more relatable in a sense because it brings the old charms we know and love about a actually city with this new futuristic world that may come soon to us.

Wow! Just...WOW!!! This movie was such a joy to watch. It's a shame that this film didn't get the attention it deserved. This is a damn good movie with a great subplot, the characters are so enjoyable, and Rock is a bad-ass villain!I mean, you got Rintaro, the director of Galaxy Express 999, directing it, Katsuhiro Otomo, the creator of Akira, writing the screenplay, and an adaptation of the best anime creator of all time, Osamu Tezuka. What more can you say about that? Amazing animation, too. The CGI goes wonderfully with the 2-D animation, especially the part when the (Spoilers Ahead!!!)when the zigurat self destructs.It's funny, it's dark, it's heart warming, and just plain spectacular. Just don't say anything and get this film. It will be worth your time. I swear to you, it will be!

I knew little about this film but when I saw that it was going to be on television I decided to watch it; there is so little non-Ghibli anime on TV one has to take what one can get. When it started I knew this was going to be different; most of the characters didn't look like anime characters, they looked more like characters from western cartoons of the 1930s. This fitted in with the feel of the whole film which was a 1920s/1930s view of the future reminiscent of Fritz Lang's film of the same name.Set in the city state of Metropolis where the robot underclass must stay in their designated areas and a scientist is building a robot that looks like a girl but is destined to run a new skyscraper known as the Ziggurat. Into this city comes a Japanese private detective and his nephew Kenichi who are seeking to arrest the scientist for organ trafficking. The state's de facto leader Duke Red's adopted son Rock is determined to destroy the robot thinking his father is replacing him. Rock starts a fire in the lab. During this the robot is activated and escapes with Kenichi although neither know that she isn't human. Rock continues to hunt them as the flee through the various layers of the city to a climax in the mysterious Ziggurat.I loved the retro feel to the animation along with a sound track that also felt like it was from that time. The use of the song "I Can't Stop Loving You" during the climactic scene was inspired. Even if you don't normally like animation this is worth watching as it is a good story which is well told.These comments are based on watching the film in Japanese with English subtitles.