Audience reviews
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immosha
An amazingly animated movie with beautiful visuals, but drags too much to be a particularly captivating movie.
Modeled somewhere between the 1927 German film and Tezuka's manga, it provides a criticism of industrialist oligarchy and presents a view of warfare that resounds quite strongly in our tech-dominated world in 2025. Overall, not a bad way of addressing the themes of workers and technology.
The animation is incredible - I was often caught surprised at the raw amount of animated ones used for many scenes, and the realism in movement despite the Tezuka-inspired designs is something you simply don't see much of today. The CG isn't amazing, but sparsely used and serviceable considering the work.
Unfortunately, the lengthy world building and poorly fleshed out characters fail to inspi…
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WHOOOOO BOY
The fancy CGI, the main selling point of Metropolis is terrible.
The best shots are the ones where there are no humans because all the humans look hilariously awful. Everyone is drawn like a mutant Stretch Armstrong accept for Kenichi who looks an awful lot like Astro Boy.
The story is deeply unoriginal.
The worst use of the tower of Babel myth I've ever seen, mixed in with dozens of other cliches, the Naive super weapon robot child, robots as a metaphor for classism or some other ism whatever is in vogue, at least 15 fake out deaths mostly of the same handful of characters.
Metropolis never gives its character's a single second to breathe, out side of Rock whose at best a tertiary villain I don't know anyone's motives.
Rock's sole character trait is he never got hugged…
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It's actually upsetting just how forgotten this movie is, because there is so much to love about it. I feel like it genuinely earns a spot up there with other brilliant classics in anime like Akria, Ghost in the Shell, and Perfect Blue. So much work went into the production of this film and I can appreciate every scene in it without fail because of how much care and love is put into it.
The best part of this movie is easily the animation. There's not a second that goes by where something isn't moving. There could be a very basic shot of the main characters walking down a street, and you can see stray cats jumping around or other people going about their business as the town lulls into a quiet evening all in the same frame. The environment becomes alive with dynamic lighting and ambience a…
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Note: might contain some spoilers.
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Visual treat of the highest order.
I'm not in position to talk about the divergence between the manga and anime, so I'll just review this movie as a separate piece of art on its own. Any so-called "otaku" who doesn't rate this highly (at least for the visuals) is a questionable one for that matter. I'm absolutely head over heels in love with this movie! It has different personal interests of mine, all combined in one place: retrofuturism, Art Deco, and reflexive reasoning on the AI question.
This particular story doesn't go very deep, but it offers the questions we all ask in a simple and rather elegant way. Even the emotions are stripped and toned down to their proper places. Tima is the potential of human intelligence, and how that is capable of…
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Finally completed, this awful abomination. Rintaro strikes again (first neo tokyo, then final fantasy and now this shit.) He has no idea that movie should be presentable to audience. It looks awful shit and painful to watch. I actually had to watch it 3 times just so that I could wouldn't get distracted by his presentation and focus my eyes and brain of the story.
This movie biggest problem is the "viewpoint". whenever there is character interaction or speech, normally anime are supposed to show character's face at close up view. but this this movie does the opposite. There are 3 ways this movie sets the viewpoint during speeches or interaction-
- Far view point (almost 40%)
basically shows a large area like airport or party hall from the farthest view. Multiple characters are present in…
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I just watched this today and I have to say this is definitely one of my favorite animated movies of all time. I did not expect to be on the verge of tears but I was, the ending is absolutely phenomenal.
The animation itself is some of the most beautiful I've seen and the music is great as well. I pretty much love almost everything about this film. My only real complaint about the movie is the voice acting felt off sometimes, but that's my own fault since I watched the dub because I was watching it with my little brother.
I highly recommend this movie with every fiber of my being. My God I just saw it and I already plan on rewatching it again tonight.
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I highly recommend this movie for anyone who wants either a thrilling action/ sci-fi movie, a visually stunning and cinematographic movie or for wonderful world-building. This review is spoiler free and will speak of the movie in a way for the reader to grasp the overall idea of the film.
It's setting is a 20's set era in a sci-fi world were humans and robots live together. Although the theme of robots against humanity is a often-used plot device, it works really well in the movie and is not even the main plot.
Metropolis is based of the manga with the same title by the mangaka legend Osamu Tezuka. It was written by the mangaka and director of Akira. The manga was based on the live-action movie with the same title from year 1927. The anime movie is from 2001 and directed by Rintaro and m…
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Okiura is such a great animator, it irks me his talent got wasted on this piss poor script. Not only is the plot a bloody wreck, the thematic exploration is nothing short of contradictory. It sets up sides, it frames them accordingly, but at some point it just fucks it up and things become very confusing. There are few things more frustrating than seeing a build up to a statement just so it can fall apart and leave you totally underwhelmed. It almost feels like they had no idea what they were doing. I couldn't bring myself to finish the original manga cause Tezuka isn't exactly my cup of tea, but regardless of how bad the content gets, there is no excuse. Otomo is a great artist but a sucky writer, which makes putting names like Hamasaki, Kanada, and Rintaro to work under his pathetic scre…
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Let’s begin discussing Metropolis by going over the people involved: a) directed by the famous Rintaro the co-founder of Madhouse b) sound directed by the famous Masafumi Mima (Macross) c) script writer and Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo d) animation by Studio Madhouse and e) loosely based on the manga by Osamu Tezuka. Now it goes without saying that Studio Madhouse went all out on this one.
Right out of the gate, visually, this anime blows everything out of the water. The viewers see a massive city with so much detail and the aesthetic of something out the 1940’s and yet futuristic in a Blade Runner sense. In this utopia-like city of Metropolis, humans and robots live and work together creating a prosperous economy and lifestyle. However, with each passing day, devious plots within the go…
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"Metropolis" is the embodiment of every reason I watch Anime and the reason I fell in love with this art form.
Wonderful characters with distinct designs. Music that is catchy, but fits the mood. The beautiful settings that inspire a sense of awe and amazement. From top to bottom and beginning to end, this film is a masterpiece of animation. It inspires the three things that make a full day, it makes you laugh. It brings you to tears. And it makes you think.
The story itself is a bit of a re-tread. Somewhat Pinocchio (the character animation is very reminiscent of early Disney), some taken from Fritz Lange's original film, and various Asimov and sci-fi concepts that have been done before. But, never has there been so much heart put into this. That's what this movie has more of than any…
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Let me take a moment to talk about Metropolis. Metropolis was one of the most notable pioneering sci-fi works released back in 1927. It was directed by Fritz Lang and written by Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou. The film is a classic of the genre, in spite of some scenes being lost, and every sci-fi fan should watch it. Why do I bring this up when it has nothing to do with anime? Well, back in 1949 Tezuka Osamu, who you may know as the creator of Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion, made a manga inspired by the film, also titled Metropolis. In 2001, Madhouse and Tezuka Productions came out with an anime film version. Which is what we're looking at today.
Story:
The narrative opens in the titular Metropolis with a celebration for the opening of the new Ziggurat. Our protagonists are the priv…
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Metropolis is…a silent film from 1927 by the German director Fritz Lang. It’s set in a dystopian future where some naive teenager tries to overcome the class system to pursue love.
Metropolis is…a manga written in 1949 by Osamu Tezuka. Its similarities to the original film are pretty limited, mainly because Tezuka hadn’t even seen the film when he wrote the manga. He’d only seen a single picture in a magazine and thought it looked pretty rad.
Metropolis is…an anime movie from 2001 that’s loosely based on Tezuka’s manga, but also tries to bring in some plot elements from the original movie. It had an all-star team on it, such as Rintaro the director, one of my all time favourite anime folks Katsuhiro Otomo doing the scripts, and the production being done at Madhouse.
Metropolis is…not ve…
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Coming from the mind of Ozamu Tezuka and directed by Rintaro, Metropolis is a movie of titanic proportions. It is an ambitious film which applies modern animation techniques to Tezuka classic art style and themes.It is an eye-popping, engaging experience. It also too flawed to achieve true greatness.
The movie takes place in bustling, multi-leveled city of Metropolis, populated by an abundance of people and robots. A celebration is taking place for the building of the of the Ziggurat, a giant tower representing the height of technology. However, not everyone is celebrating, as the working class of the city find themselves in a depressed and frustrated state; blaming robots for taking their jobs and resenting the upper class that reaps the rewards of advancement as they struggle. In this…
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A must see
This movie has wonderful animation, in parts exceptional beautiful.
The soundtrack fits, and the story is very good and thought provoking.
The editing is done very well, and by my opinion makes the movie flow perfectly. The charcters have substance and you care for them.
And Its not a typical anime.
This movie is an animation adaption of the silent black and white movie from 1927 by Fritz Lang.
(Even though it's a silent movie you should watch it, Its great. The most expensive movie of its time)
I think this new version works well. It hasnt as much obvious references to marxism and the christian bible, as the original one does.
But they both have an interesting philosophy and also perhaps morale.
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Metropolis is one of the few anime titles fortunate enough to make it into the mainstream. Along with Ghost in the Shell and the works of Miyazaki, this is one of the films that it is cool for cultured people to like.
And like it they do. As of this writing, the movie has 60 critical review on Rottentomatoes.com, with a 91% approval rating. Roger Ebert gave it four out of four stars, and called it "One of the best animated films I have ever seen".
For all this acclaim, the movie nearly didn't get made at all. Osamu Tezuka felt that his original manga was deeply flawed and far from his best work, and only after his death could the film be made.
If Tezuka through some working of magic or science was given the opportunity to see this film made against his wishes, even he would have to admi…
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The reason I first wanted to watch this movie, was because I had first seen a fantastic AMV that really made the anime look like it would be really good. Time passes, and I cannot find it anywhere on the internet. More time passes, and I cannot find it at the Blockbuster near by. A lot more time passes, and I go to a different Blockbuster, and wouldn't you know? There it was! So, when I got home, I sat down and prepared myself for a good movie, but you know what I got? Something very mediocre instead :/.
Metropolis for me, was very mediocre for numerous reasons, first lets start with the story. The story itself, was very difficult to follow. There are many sub-plots and all of those are trying to coexist peacefully, but that doesn't happen. You have the whole robot thing, and the whole re…
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Madhouse Studios you’ve done it again. This art studio’s art always amazes me. For this movie they use a mix a cells and digital that looks drop dead gorgeous. There is a lot attention to detail and also very colorful. Must say, I love Mr. Tezuakes character designs.
This film is adaptation of one of Mr. Tezuaka’s earlier sci-fi work (before Astro Boy) Metropolis. There are some great interviews with the director talking about Mr. Tezuaka on the feature disc.
The music for this movie is awesome, does a good job of setting the mood, while also being diverse and enjoyable. One of my favorite songs is the opening music; it’s this great New Orleans jazz with leading saxophone.
The story is well pasted and has some social commentary with the use of robots.
Great movie guys, go buy this one.…
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This is one of my favorite animated films and I'm a proud owner of the DVD. Metropolis doesn't slow down and is interesting from beginning to end and is accompanied by incredible animation. The character designs by Osamu Tezuka look GREAT in the colorful digital animation of this film, released in 2001. The stylistic look of the film is addicting and fascinating, creating a spectacular setting that you can really indulge yourself on.
The plot is fairly easy to follow and the characters are easy to like. It's a good sci-fi story with its own elements of social commentary. I rarely end up liking stories involving robots, but I have a soft spot for their oldschool portrayal in this film. I'll admit, though, the plot isn't as solid as could be, but it still has a very solid foundation and nic…
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Watching this movie, my heart soared. Not only is it a great film. It is the best anime film of all time. Yes, this is slight better than any Miyazaki film, adapted from the godfather of manga, Osamu Tezuaka. Possibly remembered for creating Kimba the White Lion, and Astro Boy. It is a great film for its complex and engaging story. Set against the backdrop of the futuristic 20th century, Metropolis is a city-state that is divided between the rich and poor, human and robots, imagination and science. The Story of Metropolis might have been adapted from Fritz Lang's silent film of the same name. But this is one level higher. Its tragic and heartwarming characters give elevation to this film. If I were to disect one frame from this film, I would be still be left breathless. In fact this review…
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Metropolis has a complex story plot. There are several characters and events going on to keep up with. The story focuses more on the characters than the events which is kind of a downfall since this can cause some to get lost on the way. Overall the story is very unique and interesting. The best part out of the whole movie was the ending. I could watch the ending a thousand times.
The character development in Metropolis was appealing. The characters brought the movie alive; they are all one of a kind. Each of them had their own unique looks, styles, and distinctive personalities.
Metropolis is best known for its beautiful CGI; complete eye candy. The character animation didn’t blend in that well with the other CGI structures, but the strange daring mixture pulled me more into the…
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