Rent Metropolis (2001)
3.4 of 5 from 114 ratings
1h 44min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Based on the classic comic created by Osamu Tezuka, written by Japanese anime legend Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) and directed by Rintaro, Metropolis is a spectacular film featuring stunning imagery and unforgettable characters. In the industrial, tri-level world of Metropolis, Duke Red is a powerful leader with plans to unveil a highly advanced robot named Tima. But Duke Red's violent son Rock distrusts robots, and intends find and destroy Tima. Lost in the confusing labyrinth beneath Metropolis, Tima is beginning a friendship with the young nephew of a Japanese detective. But when Duke Red separates the two innocents, Tima's life - and the fate of the universe - is dangerously at stake.
- Directors:
- Rintaro
- Producers:
- Haruyo Kanesaku, Shinji Komori, Masao Maruyama, Yutaka Maseba, Iwao Yamaki
- Voiced By:
- Toshio Furukawa, Scott Weinger, Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi, Kôki Okada, Tarô Ishida, Kôsei Tomita, Norio Wakamoto, Junpei Takiguchi, Takeshi Aono, Masaru Ikeda, Shun Yashiro, Shigeru Chiba, Masashi Ebara, Takaya Hashi, Norihiro Inoue, Rikako Aikawa, Tomohisa Asô, Michael Shitanda, Takeshi Sasaki
- Writers:
- Osamu Tezuka, Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Fritz Lang, Marc Handler, Thea von Harbou
- Aka:
- Metoroporisu
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Anime & Animation, Classics
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/03/2017
- Run Time:
- 108 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo, Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Japanese LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- "The Making of Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis" - a documentary on the film's production
- Interviews with the film's creators
- Multi-angle animation comparisons
- Original Trailers
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Reviews (2) of Metropolis
An Adventurous Animated Homage - Metropolis review by MN
Metropolis was a film I used to see a lot hanging on the walls of my local Blockbuster. I never rented it at the time, but it always struck me with its strangely serious image of a sun-glassed boy standing tall among looming skyscrapers. Growing up to learn it was an animated remake of Fritz Lang's classic heightened my scepticism, but the film is an excellent example of how remakes can be made.
Visually, it's all Lang, but the actual story is based on a popular-manga (Osamu Tezuka's) eponymous series. The film orientates around a city set in the far reaches of space. This 'metropolis is so advanced that it ranks as the crown jewel in the solar-system. In charge though is a despot called Duke Red, who's harvesting a future robotic leader to take the city to the next level (Tima). The film orientates around the grand old Duke's aim, but is more about Tima herself; specifically her relationship with a young boy (Kenichi), and how they discover the overt political problems at the heart of the city-state.
Metropolis bears a lot of the best characteristics of the Ghibli movies - that it's enjoyable for a child or an adult. The visuals are excellent, and it retains an important message about progression, technology, and class-division. Much of this was apparent in Lang's film too, and while it's not completely unique, Rintaro's revels in its use of combining social-metaphors with visual excess. There's even something of Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell in its reflection on the relationship between humans and robots - not as pronounced but there.
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metropolis anime - Metropolis review by CP Customer
My son who is 10 though it was rubbish. I found it inventive in places with great background and secene drawing but not so sure about the figures
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