Synopsis
Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.
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Cast
- Kazunari NinomiyaKuro / Itachi (voice)
- Yûsuke IseyaKimura (voice)
- Yu AoiShiro (voice)
- Kankuro KudoSawada (voice)
- Min TanakaSuzuki (voice)
- Rokuro NayaJitcha (voice)
- Tomomichi NishimuraFujimura (voice)
- MugihitoKumichô (voice)
- Nao OmoriChocola (voice)
- Yoshinori OkadaBanira (voice)
Recommendations
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Salon
Arias' blend of traditional cell animation and 3-D CGI effects is thoroughly mind-blowing, and the film's visual sensibility is utterly distinctive. - 75
New York Daily News
As intriguing and unusual as its title, this anime debut from CGI mastermind Michael Arias bursts with enough ideas for three movies. - 70
Film Threat
A beautiful looking kinetic film that’s always in movement. It’s a bit slow at times and the plot has a tendency to meander, but other than that it’s hard to find fault. - 70
Variety
Strained metaphysics dovetail with urban and architectural nostalgia in the exquisitely realized, minutely detailed Japanese anime Tekkonkinkreet. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Arias has a tendency toward creative overkill, mostly in the climax that renders with apocalyptic imagery the metaphysical consequences of Black and White's separation. - 63
TV Guide Magazine
Anime enthusiasts will want to take a look, but the film is too uneven to serve as a good introduction to the form. - 60
The New York Times
Demands to be seen, if only for its beauty. - 50
Village Voice
It's both too cute and too rambling.
