Synopsis
Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally find Dr. Laughton, Kenichi and Shunsaku find themselves seperated and plunged into the middle of a larger conspiracy. While Shunsaku searches for his nephew and explanations, Kenichi tries to protect Tima (a mysterious young girl), from Duke Red and his adopted son Rock, both of whom have very different reasons for wanting to find her.
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Cast
- Kei KobayashiKenichi (voice)
- Yuka ImotoTima (voice)
- Kohki OkadaRock (voice)
- Tarō IshidaDuke Red (voice)
- Kosei TomitaShunsaku Ban (voice)
- Norio WakamotoPero (voice)
- Junpei TakiguchiDr. Laughton (voice)
- Takeshi AonoPonkotz (voice)
- Masaru IkedaPresident Boon (voice)
- Shun YashiroNotarlin (voice)
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
A wild elaboration. If you have never seen a Japanese anime, start here. If you love them, Metropolis proves you are right. - 89
Austin Chronicle
By the time the explosive finale arrives (with a wistful Ray Charles crooning over shots of cataclysmic destruction, no less), you'll be hard pressed to name a recent film with this much action, pathos, and smarts. - 88
Boston Globe
Poetic, surreal, and curiously powerful. - 88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
May not have the most sophisticated narrative, but it is one of the most spectacular and masterly demonstrations of animation in screen history. - 80
Film Threat
They should have produced this in 3D for IMAX as Metropolis is the kind of work destined to blow the minds of stoners everywhere. - 80
L.A. Weekly
This muscular anime melodrama is so visually splendid that on that level alone it qualifies as a breakthrough. - 80
The A.V. Club
Technologically, the film is impressive, and it readily overwhelms the senses with frenetic computer-generated activity, an apocalyptic grand finale, and a bombastic jazz score. But unlike its classic predecessor, it doesn't leave much in its wake but ringing ears and unanswered questions. - 60
The New York Times
A hallucinatory tour de force of color, perspective and scale, virtually encapsulates the history of Japanese animation.
