Introduction
In the five hundred years since Earth's environment was destroyed and the planet came to be known as Terra, humans have created a society in space that is entirely logical. Supercomputers control the government, babies are grown in artificial wombs and assigned parents randomly, and at age 14, children take an "Adulthood Exam." Humanity's greatest enemy is the "Mu"—humans who have developed into espers.
When Jomy Marquis Shin's birthday arrives and the time comes for him to take his Adulthood Exam, he is shocked to learn that all of his childhood memories are going to be erased. Suddenly, he hears the voice of Soldier Blue, the leader of the Mu, calling out to him to hold onto his memories.
Jomy makes his escape on a Mu ship and is shocked to learn that he himself is an esper and that the government has sentenced him to death. Nearing the end of his life, Soldier Blue transfers his memories to Jomy and names him the next leader of the Mu. Now, Jomy has a choice: keep the Mu in hiding, or declare war on humanity to realize their dream of returning to Terra.
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Audience reviews
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yunoheather
This is a lively and gripping story. I didn't find the narrative to be rushed at all; in fact, it's good that they don't drag it out. It's captivating, and the plot twists keep you guessing until the very end. The characters are good, with the exception of the main character's son, who's clearly not quite himself. But almost every story has at least one annoying character, so that's okay. They told everything without leaving any questions. After such a fantastic narrative with an interesting story, I wanted to check out this franchise. I’d also like to specifically praise the artwork of the backgrounds and environments—it’s stunning. People in the past had vivid visions of the future, and this anime captures the futuristic mood of that era beautifully. My rating: 8/10, good, highly recomme…
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Animation was good for the time and the voice acting was alright but everything to do with the writing, pacing, story, character development was absolutely ASS. Plot was a good idea i guess but it was written so poorly.
Actual ass movie.
story unique i guess
art style was generic for the time
characters were super shallow and badly written
If you enjoy this you have deluded yourself to thinking this is deeper and better than it is, its shit.
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Read at the sourceUrza1234
Ultimately this is one of those niche concept pieces from the 80s that the japanese were doing.
On the pro side it has 80's animation. Its not the best ever but far from the worst.
Themes are heavy but generic; humans are problematically tribal.
I understand this was adapted from a late 70s manga, so problems with pacing or glossed over plot elements can probably be attributed to this. Overall this didnt make it unwatchable but imo may have led to characters being somewhat unrelatable. Not having read the source material though I cannot confirm, maybe they're just inherently written not to be relatable, its not an unusual thing in fringe sci-fi to have barebones characters that exist solely as vehicle for either a concept or a broad messagey plot.
I can say I was interested but not inv…
Read at the sourceSCLFI
If there is one issue with Terra e, it is ambivalence. It’s got a bunch of different narrative concepts, but none of them are really addressed in any significant amount of detail. It’s a classic adage that the best way to please nobody is to try and please everybody, but they were only really trying to please 2 or 3 people, at most, they just didn’t do a particularly good job of it.
To start off with, the general premise and setting, probably one of its strengths, centred around people evacuating Earth due to environmental damage, with only a few elites allowed to stay. The best part of Terra e is its visual design, although it’s a 70s/80s sci-fi anime, aka the period when visual design was at its best, but despite the film's other issues, which I’ll get to in a bit, they really didn’t sl…
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this anime is great, the sense of time that passes over the run time of this film adds a lot weight the the characters actions, as they are not simply soldiers who spend there days in the heat of battle. the characters have lives outside of the conflict. its a good watch and its very pretty. its maybe is a bit long but im not sure what exactly i would cut from the film as i was glued too the screen. the disasters the befall the randy's is always enjoyable.
i wrote this short review in hopes that more people might watch it, some people might have a problem with the ending but anything else would be to cheese.
Read at the sourceBeatnik
Terra e... has a great dystopic setting where people don’t give birth naturally anymore but are born from test tubes, where couples are randomly assigned babies to rear, where another breed of being, telepathic people called Mu, are persecuted and hunted down by esper interrogators.
Basically it’s a fascinating mix of Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, you name it and its influence is all over Terra e... with the groovy aesthetics of 1960's and 70's applied to cityscapes.
The Mu themselves are a fantastic concept, not merely generic super-humans, their telepathic powers are actually a method of balance and compensation to make up for a variety of deficiencies they suffer from ranging from deformities, asthma, blindness, etc.
Well, not that the movie remembers this plot point after a…
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