In 1927, a German director Fritz Lang created the first sci-fi/futuristic movie Metropolis that later was the inspiration of the Ridley Scott movie Blade Runner and the classic Japanese anime movie Ghost In The Shell.
In 1945, a young Manga painter and writer Osamu Tezuka made his own version of Metropolis in a trilogy comic book, Metropolis, Lost World, and New World but the trilogy remained unfinished when he instead started to work on Astroboy and even today the Metropolis manga book is still incomplete. During the 60s, Tezuka San was working on anime tv series Astroboy and Kimba the White Lion with the director Rintaro and writer Katsuhiro Otomo. In the late 70s Rintaro was scheduled for his first feature film, and he asked Tezuka San if he could make an anime version of his comic book Metropolis, but Tezuka San replied No, the story is yet not finished, and proberly not ready for a anime, so the idea was scratched and Rintaro instead did the classic movie Galaxy Express 999. Sadly in 1989 Osamu Tezuka San passed away, he was only 60 years old.
In 1997, Katsuhiro Otomo and Rintaro got the green light and co worked to make the Metropolis movie, it was animated, voice acted, filmed, edited and released in 2001.
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In a distant future, the city of Metropolis is build by robots who became the full time workers and most of the human inhabitants are losing their jobs and are forced to live underground known as zone 1 and zone 2, only the rich or famous people can afford to live on the surface. Duke Red (Taro Ishida) has created the most impressive weapon, a large tower known as the Ziggurat. However the tower needs a host, a robotic skeleton with human organs. Red hires the corrupted Doctor Laughton (Junpei Takigochi) to create an android replica of his deceased daughter Tima (Yuka Imoto) to sit on the thrown of Ziggurat. But the plan backfire when Reds adopted son Rock (koki Okada) is filled with jealousy over Tima and destroy Laughtons lab to burn Tima alive. A young Japanese visitor Kenichi (Kei Kobayashi) happens to be near the lab and rescue Tima, both of them has no knowledge of the city, together they discover the dark side of the city of Metropolis.
Although Tezuka San never revealed where his story was based or inspired from, many people say this is the anime remake of Fritz Langs Metropolis, and yes I can see why in comparison.
In the 1927 version the story is about an advanced technology city Metropolis that is controlled by the rich that is known as the thinkers because they think of how they can develop the city and the poor that is known as the workers because they do the work for the thinkers and are forced to live at the underground. Same idea as the rich at the surface and the poor at the underground, the only different is that the 1927 movie has no robots, exept one, the replica of the female lead character.
Cartoon Comparisons: Metropolis (1927) / Metropolis (2001)
Another different is the characters, in 1927 there is no Japanese visitor as a hero, instead the Dukes son Rock or his real name Freder is the hero, and the girl Tima is named Maria is a human and she is a leader of a resistance group. And the Replica of Maria is more then happy to destroy Maria. The main villain is dr Laughton or in the real name dr Rotwang. Kenichi and his uncle Ban was only made in the manga version and anime, Rock was never in the manga comic book and Tima was named Maria also in the Comic Book.
The anime is well done and the story is ok even though it's obvious the script wasn't finished as Tezuka San mentioned before. At first the plot is very strong and exiting and fun detective story but when the revolution starts it change the tone to war movie, and some characters just disappear at the end. And another problem is what is typical 2001-2009 movie and that is full use of CGI, even though the characters are anime, the background is too much CGI perhaps, despite its a good movie it's also clear how it lost against Spirited Away who were a fully animated movie as Hayao Miyazaki said CGI should only be used 20 % of the movie thankfully some of the the 2010s movies has listen to his advice. But as for what it is, it's very exiting movie, a cute relationship between Tima and Kenichi, the voice acting is spot on to their roles, and it is a good remake of Fritz Langs version.
Do you feel this content is inappropriate or infringes upon your rights? Click here to report it, or see our DMCA policy.Metropolis (メトロポリス , Metoroporisu ) is a 2001 Japanese animated futurist cyberpunk drama film loosely based upon Osamu Tezuka's 1949 manga of the same name. The film was directed by Rintaro, writt by Katsuhiro Otomo, and produced by Madhouse, with conceptual support from Tezuka Productions.
Art Of Metropolis
Humans and robots coexist in the multi-layered city of Metropolis, although robots are discriminated against and segregated to the lowest levels of the city. Most humans in Metropolis are unemployed and impoverished, with many blaming robots for taking their jobs.
Duke Red, Metropolis’s unofficial ruler and wealthiest citiz, has rectly completed construction of The Ziggurat, a massive skyscraper which he claims will allow mankind to extd its power across the planet. A wayward robot disrupts the Ziggurat's oping ceremony, prompting Duke Red's adopted son Rock, the leader of an anti-robot paramilitary organization known as the Marduks, to shoot it down. Meanwhile, private detective Shunsaku Ban and his young nephew/assistant Kichi Shikishima have traveled from Japan to Metropolis to apprehd rogue scitist Dr. Laughton, wanted for organ trafficking and human rights violations. Unbeknownst to Shunsaku, Duke Red has hired Dr. Laughton to secretly build a highly advanced android, modeled and named after his deceased daughter Tima, with the inttion of using her as the ctral control unit for a powerful superweapon hidd at the top of the Ziggurat. Duke Red's plans are disrupted however wh Rock learns of Tima's existce, and fearing for his father's safety, shoots Laughton and sets his laboratory ablaze.
Discovering the burning laboratory, Shunsaku locates the dying Laughton, who directs Shunsaku to a notebook containing his research. Meanwhile, Kichi stumbles upon the newly activated Tima. The two fall into the sewers and are separated from Shunsaku. While Shunsaku searches for his nephew, Kichi and Tima search for a way back up to the street level. They grow close as Kichi teaches Tima how to speak, both unaware that she is a robot. Learning that Tima survived the lab's destruction, Rock and his subordinates hunt them reltlessly. The pair counter a group of unemployed human laborers who stage an armed revolution against Metropolis's leaders and robot workers.
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Metropolis
Unhappy with the Duke's popularity and influce, the presidt and the mayor of Metropolis try to use the revolution to overthrow Red and regain control of Metropolis. However, the presidt's top military commander, Geral Kusai Skunk is revealed to be one of Red's subordinates and assassinates them both. Red th imposes martial law and violtly suppresses the revolution. In the aftermath, Kichi reunites with Shunsaku, but Rock, who exposes Tima as a robot, wounds him. Red disowns Rock and removes him from command of the Marduks for attempting to kill Tima before taking her and Kichi away to the Ziggurat.
Still determined to eliminate her and regain his father's affection, Rock kidnaps and deactivates Tima, who is now confused about her idtity. Having tracked Rock, Shunsaku recovers Tima, and following instructions from Laughton's notebook, reactivates her. The two discover Kichi is being held in the Ziggurat, but Duke Red and the Marduks capture them while the pair are route. They are brought to the top of the Ziggurat, where Tima confronts Duke Red about whether she is a human or a robot. Duke Red tells her she is superhuman and destined to rule the world from her 'throne', the control system for the Ziggurat's superweapon. Disguised as one of the Ziggurat's maids, Rock shoots Tima in the shoulder, exposing her internal circuitry, before being shot by Red's m.
Horrified by her true idtity, Tima goes insane, causing her implanted military protocols to take control. She proceeds to physically integrate with the throne and orders a biological and nuclear attack on humanity as punishmt for abusing and discriminating against robots. While the others flee, Kichi tries to reason with Tima. Robots all across Metropolis, drawn by Tima's command, assault the Ziggurat and attack Duke Red and his forces. Not wanting robots to kill his father, Rock triggers an overload in the superweapon, killing himself and Red in a massive explosion. As the Ziggurat starts to collapse around them, Kichi finally reaches Tima and separates her from the throne. Still in a confused state, Tima tries to kill Kichi, but falls off the tower in the
Mangas & Anime
Humans and robots coexist in the multi-layered city of Metropolis, although robots are discriminated against and segregated to the lowest levels of the city. Most humans in Metropolis are unemployed and impoverished, with many blaming robots for taking their jobs.
Duke Red, Metropolis’s unofficial ruler and wealthiest citiz, has rectly completed construction of The Ziggurat, a massive skyscraper which he claims will allow mankind to extd its power across the planet. A wayward robot disrupts the Ziggurat's oping ceremony, prompting Duke Red's adopted son Rock, the leader of an anti-robot paramilitary organization known as the Marduks, to shoot it down. Meanwhile, private detective Shunsaku Ban and his young nephew/assistant Kichi Shikishima have traveled from Japan to Metropolis to apprehd rogue scitist Dr. Laughton, wanted for organ trafficking and human rights violations. Unbeknownst to Shunsaku, Duke Red has hired Dr. Laughton to secretly build a highly advanced android, modeled and named after his deceased daughter Tima, with the inttion of using her as the ctral control unit for a powerful superweapon hidd at the top of the Ziggurat. Duke Red's plans are disrupted however wh Rock learns of Tima's existce, and fearing for his father's safety, shoots Laughton and sets his laboratory ablaze.
Discovering the burning laboratory, Shunsaku locates the dying Laughton, who directs Shunsaku to a notebook containing his research. Meanwhile, Kichi stumbles upon the newly activated Tima. The two fall into the sewers and are separated from Shunsaku. While Shunsaku searches for his nephew, Kichi and Tima search for a way back up to the street level. They grow close as Kichi teaches Tima how to speak, both unaware that she is a robot. Learning that Tima survived the lab's destruction, Rock and his subordinates hunt them reltlessly. The pair counter a group of unemployed human laborers who stage an armed revolution against Metropolis's leaders and robot workers.
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Metropolis
Unhappy with the Duke's popularity and influce, the presidt and the mayor of Metropolis try to use the revolution to overthrow Red and regain control of Metropolis. However, the presidt's top military commander, Geral Kusai Skunk is revealed to be one of Red's subordinates and assassinates them both. Red th imposes martial law and violtly suppresses the revolution. In the aftermath, Kichi reunites with Shunsaku, but Rock, who exposes Tima as a robot, wounds him. Red disowns Rock and removes him from command of the Marduks for attempting to kill Tima before taking her and Kichi away to the Ziggurat.
Still determined to eliminate her and regain his father's affection, Rock kidnaps and deactivates Tima, who is now confused about her idtity. Having tracked Rock, Shunsaku recovers Tima, and following instructions from Laughton's notebook, reactivates her. The two discover Kichi is being held in the Ziggurat, but Duke Red and the Marduks capture them while the pair are route. They are brought to the top of the Ziggurat, where Tima confronts Duke Red about whether she is a human or a robot. Duke Red tells her she is superhuman and destined to rule the world from her 'throne', the control system for the Ziggurat's superweapon. Disguised as one of the Ziggurat's maids, Rock shoots Tima in the shoulder, exposing her internal circuitry, before being shot by Red's m.
Horrified by her true idtity, Tima goes insane, causing her implanted military protocols to take control. She proceeds to physically integrate with the throne and orders a biological and nuclear attack on humanity as punishmt for abusing and discriminating against robots. While the others flee, Kichi tries to reason with Tima. Robots all across Metropolis, drawn by Tima's command, assault the Ziggurat and attack Duke Red and his forces. Not wanting robots to kill his father, Rock triggers an overload in the superweapon, killing himself and Red in a massive explosion. As the Ziggurat starts to collapse around them, Kichi finally reaches Tima and separates her from the throne. Still in a confused state, Tima tries to kill Kichi, but falls off the tower in the
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