markcasa-63624 Based of the manga comic and 1927 movie of the same name, and when I say the same name I mean it has almost nothing to do with the 1927 film and also besides characters and a few locations has almost nothing to do with the manga.I saw this film on October 5th 2017, and I saw the live action movie 10 weeks later, and I like this one better then that, mostly because I can understand what the hell is going on in this movie.From the few images I have seen I can tell director Rintaro and writer Katsohiro Otomo (Director of akira) made a lot of effort to make this just like the comic.And for that I congratulate them. Also for that song in the end "I can't stop loving you"That's what makes me what to see this other and other again.

Criticman12 Back in 1949, Osamu Tezuka, the creator of manga's such as, "Astro Boy" and "Kimba the White Lion", created a manga called, "Metropolis". It was similar to the 1929 movie by the same name and it was good and had some observations of the Cold War. In 2001, there was an adaptation of the manga.This is one of the most visually and interesting anime films ever made. What really make's this movie really great, are the visuals. There like the one's in "Treasure Planet" and "Titan A.E.". A lot of people say the character model's were bad, but I thought they were good because I thought they were interesting."Metropolis", is an amazing anime flick that's worth watching for anime fans or non-anime fans.

Tycho D The first and most concise thing I have to say about this movie is that it is beautiful. At first I was taken aback by the decision to have "old-style" character designs, but in the end it works perfectly.The themes we get to explore here range from love in many of its forms (by far the main theme) to political plotting to social-class struggle to robot rebellion to authoritarian power-concentration to narcissism... all that you expect from your good sci-fi. While I can concede that many aspects are not really developed (or even seem childish) the whole package is so nicely made that you won't notice, nor care.And the climax! It's just marvelous and overpowering, both visually and musically! Trust me, you just got to see it.

Tweekums I knew little about this film but when I saw that it was going to be on television I decided to watch it; there is so little non-Ghibli anime on TV one has to take what one can get. When it started I knew this was going to be different; most of the characters didn't look like anime characters, they looked more like characters from western cartoons of the 1930s. This fitted in with the feel of the whole film which was a 1920s/1930s view of the future reminiscent of Fritz Lang's film of the same name.Set in the city state of Metropolis where the robot underclass must stay in their designated areas and a scientist is building a robot that looks like a girl but is destined to run a new skyscraper known as the Ziggurat. Into this city comes a Japanese private detective and his nephew Kenichi who are seeking to arrest the scientist for organ trafficking. The state's de facto leader Duke Red's adopted son Rock is determined to destroy the robot thinking his father is replacing him. Rock starts a fire in the lab. During this the robot is activated and escapes with Kenichi although neither know that she isn't human. Rock continues to hunt them as the flee through the various layers of the city to a climax in the mysterious Ziggurat.I loved the retro feel to the animation along with a sound track that also felt like it was from that time. The use of the song "I Can't Stop Loving You" during the climactic scene was inspired. Even if you don't normally like animation this is worth watching as it is a good story which is well told.These comments are based on watching the film in Japanese with English subtitles.