Metropolis - A Hidden Gem Of Japanese Animation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2024
- 52 years after Tezuka’s manga was published, an animated film adaptation of his work was produced. I find this film fascinating for multiple reasons, from how its many ideas and plot threads come full circle with the incorporation of many elements present in Lang’s original film, as well as the timeless nature of its anti-fascist themes. But most of all, I find it baffling that this film has been all but forgotten by modern audiences and fans of animation. While we still remember and revere classic films like Ghost in the Shell, Akira, and the works of Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, we’ve somehow neglected and downright forgotten this gem of a film that came out right in the midst of the western anime boom.
Metropolis remains a hidden gem, and the truth is...it never should have been one.
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Hey everybody, sorry about the wait on new videos but my working on the Dracula video, combined with the release of the new consoles has made work insane. So far the Dracula video is sitting around 30 minutes long and there's still so much more to go so that one is being worked on simultaneously with other stuff going forward. This video was fun to work on even though it took a bit longer than expected. I wish more people could see this movie, it deserves to be more widely known as we near its 20th anniversary.
Whenever I see someone talk about this movie, I smile knowing that other people recognize that this masterpiece is exist. Great video essay man!
Thank you :)
@@MediaIsMythic No problem!
Agree!! Its pretty darn epic for certain.
And you also have Tima as a photo for your profil XD
This animation even with scenes out of context makes this a hidden gem even more, especially with the hair sakuga.
And the song, "I Can't Stop Loving You" to top it off gives me goosebumps and makes this ending kinda...melancholic.
I strangely found the blu ray in Walmart for $8 bucks the other day and its already one of my favorites movies of all times.
Thats a good find!
Same! I was under the impression it was a difficult find but I found the blu ray for cheap at Target the other day.
The steelbook bluray was 14 bucks on Amazon.
When I first saw this movie, I was really little and only saw the tail end where the city started to fall apart and “l can’t stop loving you” played. For ages I had this scene plastered in my mind and had no clue to the life of me what this movie was called or about.
Then I saw it for sale in JB and with no hesitation bought it, watched it fully for the first time and was mystified!!
Truely a work of art 😌
I watched this a young lad and loved it. I agree this movie needs to be reborn; sheer brilliance.
I've loved this movie since I saw it as a kid. That soft drop into "I can't stop loving you" while the whole city explodes lives rent free in my brain. So damn choice 😤
I remember renting this from blockbuster and being in awe as a child. Thank you for this lovely video!
Oh jeez.....this film seems reeeaallly interesting. Love when people make vids about hidden gems like this. Thanks for talking about it, i definitely wanna throw it on my list of stuff to watch!
It truly is a hidden gem. I hope it gets some kind of resurgence and becomes more accessible. I'm not mad about the blu-ray copy I ended up having to buy, it's beautiful and I know I'll love having it in my collection, but I do wish it was easier to show to people. Thank you for showing it to us! And a great job on the video essay.
Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful analysis. To be honest, I was traumatized by this film seeing it back in late 2001.
That audio dissonance of that Ray Charles classic song against a terrible image of the Ziggurat falling apart while Kenichi was holding on to Tima's hand was so heartbreaking. It really hit me hard. And after 23 years, I cried again watching it. My wife with a beautiful heart noticed this and got angry at this movie and doesn't want to hear that song "I can't stop loving you".
Very underappreciated anime, so many people don't seem to know about it
I remember back in California my brother and I lived not far from a BLOCKBUSTER clone called HOLLYWOOD. They had arcade games so we'd frequent a lot with the quarters we had. One day after renting and watching Princess Mononoke, this anime came up in one of the opening trailers on VHS.
We were both fascinated by the gritty yet mysteriois trailer. Once we had enough money saved up (a couple $). We went back to the movie store and started browsing. We found it. It was right there in VHS form, with Tima on the cover.
After renting it we ran back home as fast as possible. And boy were our minds blown! The colors, the animation style, the context, the story. It was breath taking. Granted, we were too young to fully grasp what was going on politically in the anime, but it was a movie that opened up me up to my anime journey.
Its now been 23 years since Ive seen it. But ive never forgotten it. The music, and the tragic, kind of weird romance between an android and a human, is weirdly nostalgic. And I love it.
Oh yeah, this anime made me fall in love with Jazz...and now im a musician. 😂
I'll never forget the Bandai/Emotion opening, it moved me. It's so strange how most anime lovers haven't watched this, and yes it's hard to find. I was lucky to get from blockbusters as a kid. I'm determined to make younger generations watch it. It's beautiful. The sound track, characters, voice acting, cinematography. This film should be studied.
This was an assignment for me in y Japanese culture anime class it's definitely getting studied 🎉
Watch this when I'm at around 6th grade. I remember having strange feeling I never have had with characters in this movie. The characters are strangely "understandable" as my brain back then could recognize. Its a kind of something I dare call empathy, The feeling of the characters in that situation are in. One of the best anime I will always kept going back to get the same feeling over and over.
I personally grew up with this movie, I had it on a VHS, and I would re-watch it so many times, I loved it so much, and personally the style of the animation was beautiful in for my eyes, and I still love it to this day
It gives me goosebumps, such an immaculate work of animation🖤thank you so much for this
Thanks for watching :)
i have a copy of this movie on my shelf. I'm so happy my father showed it to me when i was a kid. It truly is a gem
I had to watch the movie on one of those pirate anime cites, but holy heck did I love watching it. I had only seen a few scenes or frames and had to find a way to watch it myself.
The movie is such a gem and it's on my top ten favorite films
I can't remember how I first saw it when I was little (I think my dad rented it for us from a Blockbuster or a library?), but I loved it. When I was in my early 20s I found a DVD copy in a dollar store and was super excited. It's definitely my favorite Anime film.
Watched it in my Japanese culture class its one of rhe best films so far 10/10 in my book it felt like i was a little kid again the colors and the music were beautiful lots of emotion ❤
the aesthetic and music are what always keep Metropolis in the back of my mind
I saw this film 20 years ago, bought it on DVD. Recently was able to get on BluRay. It is a masterpiece.
Great video! Watched the movie for the first time yesterday and it was absolutely breathtaking. I just wish I'd seen it in theatres as it was clearly made with this in mind - it's very hard to see what's going on in a lot of the super-zoomed-out shots on a TV, for example.
2024 Friday May 10th, 10;58, just finished the movie. I love this movie and I look forward to rewatching this. The colors and animation with these colors is outstanding and I really like the music in it. Highly recommend to everyone else to see this film.
I’m glad I was given this for my birthday when it first came out, I’ve always loved it and it was the first time I had really experienced such a melancholic ending to a film.
This production quality is really good. How underrated!
As a big fan of osamu tezuka when I was a kid, I can 't Believe I have never heard of this.
I just watched this masterpiece for the first time! So i wanted something more, and them this video came up! Thanks, thats a very nice looking on the hole history about the two metropolis. Cheers From Brazil, buddy.
Glad you liked it!
Omg you deserve more view 🙏
Good Stuff !
i bought this movie on my 10th birthday.
I still have it, 25 years later
Excellent video man, you hit every point, and this movie definitely deserves to be recognized. I remember when I first found out about it, I was like, why haven't I heard of this before, I watched it soon after, and later on after reading up about more I found out just how unknown it was and I was shocked.
Metropolis is my favorite anime movie ever, so happy to see someone showing love for this great title... 🥰
Finally watched this movie today after knowing about it for so long. The first time I was exposed to this film was when I saw the trailer. The trailer was an extra in a dvd for Spider-Man the New Animated Series. Those extras had other trailers for other anime movies such as Memories. Those trailers always stuck with me, but the trailers always freaked me out as a little kid, but having finally watched them, I can say they are one of a kind.
I've just finished it, In my opinion one of the best movies similar to akira and many of my favs. Considering this Discussion in this video, I do completely agree it's A true Hidden Gem!
I never really understood this film as a child it was always just on in the background however, I recently rewatched it and with all my life experiences, I view it extremely differently, like this film was the crossover point between classic animation and modern Japanese animation and I think like the story represents this shift from analogue to digital.
Lovely video!! It’s great to see that Metropolis is finally getting what it deserves!
I watched this at an arthouse theater in my town, back in 2000-2001, and after enjoying it so much at the theater, of course I was going to get this as soon as it dropped on DVD.
The first press was a nice cardboard, fold design, but as with most paper products it's delicate and colors smudge and chafe after repeated handling.
I watched it a total of 2 or 3 times and it has been tucked away for about 20 years. I think about it one in a blue moon and haven't layer eyes on it in years. It's good to know I still have it...now knowing it's not so easy to find on stream or any other method, save from piracy.
You deserve so many more likes 😭 how does your Chanel not have more subscribers ?!!
Thank you I appreciate that, one day, slow and steady.
finally someone said it. this is a truly hidden gem
I remember watching this with my family on tv. I don't remember what channel but, we ended up recording it on a VHS, we still have it but now we don't have a VHS player.... My parents and I always discuss the themes and feelings of this movie.
I would love to know what channel it aired on, it aired on adult swim with exclusive content back in the day but the airing isn’t found due to the movies obscurity and a lack of interest from others
I'm currently on that mission man, to widespread this gem. I even struggled to find it in Spanish as most of my close friends don't know English, but I did. Bests
I watched this one when i was a teen i remember crying damn 😢
I've always loved Tezuka's stuff. I watched and bought this movie on my birthday about 2 weeks ago and it was the best. 👍👍
This movie was written by Katsuhiro Otomo👌🏽
This anime will always have my heart it's beautiful
I’m so glad i discovered this movie when i was young. It is such a beautiful work of art and encouraged me to watch more anime films like it and to keep drawing!
Great gem 💎 & introduced me to True Sadness for the 1st time...
Of losing someone you care bout, I never cried the same way - until my father passed away, but I'm ok now & I hope that others can see this movie too
Hi Media 😃 thx for loving my comment 😊 & yeah I live in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
& I just stumbled to that movies ending & I was so impacted by it that I cried so much & I didn't even know it's title, until I came to New Jersey from Florida & found it again by miracleous chance
I'm glad that other's at least know bout this movie, & it shows that the movie had a impact on us both & other's when we talk bout it to our loved ones & I talked bout it to my mother just hours before 😊
I've been waiting for this for DIOO LONG hold up I need to get the premium drinks
(This comment is mainly for christians who have watched the films akira and metropolis, or anyone with an open mind who is respectful) i must add this! im sure only very few people have caught onto this, but katsuhiro otomo is a prophetic writer, and it seems tezuka and his son are too, and although they arent christians (at least from what we know), and it is fiction, there is a little bit of reality in what he writes, God can and does still speak through whoever and whatever he wants to, and there still is prophetic elements that are actually happening in the predicted time frame, akira predicted the 2020 olympics woukd be held in tokyo, and would be cancelled due to an unforseen event, it also predicted the ammount of voilence and lawlessness we see today accurately, meteopolis seems to predict things that are starting to happen in real life right now as well, including robots being idolized, worshiped, and set up as gods, transhumanism, destructive protests, corrupt politicians, ect, theres also much of the same themes of violence and lawlessness that are seen in metropolis, much like akira, i could go on about the prophetic things i noticed in this film, its a whole list of things i think i could make an entire video about, its all very interesting! There's an even deeper level to it than most may not realize! Prophetic writers tend to really grab peoples attention for a moment, but then are forgotten about because people unconsciously avoid difficult truths, or its hard for people to grasp these things, jules vern was another prophetic writer and wrote about submarines way before they ever existed! If you have read this far, Godbless! 😊
I bought this on DVD when it was released, awesome movie!
incredible essay. id love a series focusing on the origins and evolution of cyberpunk animation
Thank you. I really love Cyberpunk stuff, so I'll keep that in mind. It mostly just depends on if I figure out anything I want to say on the subject.
This is really good review! Keep it up you’ve Gained a new subscriber :)
Thank you :)
This movie was like a fever dream for me as a kid
I might have cried at the ending
Great video and a great movie. The only thing I would nitpick is that the "western anime boom" mentioned in the video is a very US-centric view, which is fine, it's just not representative of "the west". That boom happened in certain parts of Europe in the 70s, with a second wave in the early to mid-90s. The early 2000s were actually pretty quiet on that front by comparison. Again, just a nitpick!
I just watched this movie and it's utterly beautiful
You are an hidden gem 🥺😁💖
Thank you
Love this film. Pero was such an amazing robot detective.
Did we watch the same movie/
Its artistically beautiful, and I would say its up there in animated movies I saw in just the art department. Its story leaves...alot to be desired.
On paper it seems straight forward, but theres so many various subplots going on, and they are either left unresolved or poorly resolved. We've been building up to the revolution and now that it happened, its resolution happened in a jump cut.
I'll admit I saw the movie a long time ago and maybe I need to watch it again. I can watch it for its visuals, but I cannot say watch it for the story.
Yeah, I find it odd how most reviews of this movie don't mention how it's a veeeeery tedious movie to watch, especially on rewatch. The pacing isn't great, it tries to tackle more themes than it can handle, and the story can be a bit confusing. I know it's trying to be thoughtful, but it comes off as the people behind the film biting on more than they can chew. While the art and direction mostly make up for it (I'll forget everything I dislike abt the film when that climax hits, it's such a satisfying thing to watch), it probably should've stuck to a more linear story.
Great Review !! 🙏🙏
Thanks for make sub i m french and i can understand with translate !
Clean Stuff ! You deserve more view ! 👍👍
I adore this film. I remember seeing it when it released, but was sure for some reason it was an older film re-released.
I know Walmart has blu-ray copies rn, I picked one up a few days ago
Tima approves.
man what a great video on a great film thanks
Thanks for watching
I've got one of a couple of Steelbook versions. Mines got a blu ray and dvd on it with a must attach clear slipcover. 2 of Ghost in the Shell BD steelbooks also require the slipcover. Once one watched this movie I couldn't see how anyone would forget it in truth I though until now it was a rights issue. Didn't know most haven't heard of it. I kept the dvd version as it had the only known dvd material second disc on a 3 inch disc.. Some have it as a full DVD-5 disc. 5 inch disc? no mines 3 inch.. All in a card board wrap.
first saw this in my aunts house, it was in Japanese and I couldn't read Korean subtitles so it just felt like a mildly horrific and boring acid trip.
great film, loved the end with this song
It’s just… so beautiful.
You can now get it on blu ray for 10 bucks on Amazon.
Sorry you spent so much...for a dvd version
I actually got the bluray for about 20 bucks
@@MediaIsMythic the metal case one?
Yep
@@MediaIsMythic nice
Fun act atlas was voiced by the actor who played alladin
Wow i must be lucky cuz i found the bluray at my local music store, i got it for $10
I'd say you struck gold yeah, I've never seen it in person other then the copy I ordered online ever.
@@MediaIsMythic wow! Sounds like something is finally worth something in my life lol
I like how it say "West" when is talking about America,
the whole world already had anime in the 80s, America it was late in the game.
Ah metropolis, I watched this is in my grandparents house during the weekend, I teared up in the end then my grandpa decided to put on Iron Giant(since I haven't watched this one too), big mistake.
That sounds like a tear jerking combination lol
@@MediaIsMythic my grandparents knew I was into robot animes, my parents probably told them I liked Zoids and Gundam.
They must've went to the CD/DVD store at a mall back then, the employee must've recommended them those two robot movies since both are not that violent and are really packing good timeless moral messages.
Give this a Hollywood remake in live action. If done right it could work and bring a new light to this film
it has both flaws and strenghts. I've come to appreciate the style of the anime (old children's style manga) a lot more and notice the coloring and landscape/background designs more then I last watched it in... 2002??
one of the best $15 that I've ever spent
Does a robot get his head blown off in this movie trying to protect a boy that was being chased by another with a gun?
I just saw the movie completely for the first time... That scene of Fifi the Albert II robot sacrificing himself to buy them enough time to run away was burned into my little mind for so many years, hell for damn near 20 years I looked for this anime/movie and I finally found it.
I agree
Can you recommend this type of anime?
Maybe you forgot it, i never did
Where can I find this movie?
As far as I know, it's not streaming anywhere. I was able to buy a Bluray copy on ebay. Some other people have told me they've found it at Target and some other stores before but I've never seen it out in the wild ever.
@@MediaIsMythic I have the original Metropolis but I would love to have this ..
@@Ramonafloyd I also love the original. I recommend this movie because it borrows a lot from it but does something completely different with it. I'd recommend buying a copy only, it's not that expensive despite the fact I've never seen a physical copy in the wild. I think my bluray steelbook special edition only cost me about $25 - $30 on ebay.
This film sounds like doremon
Haven't seen it
Yes, it's a similar art style.
Anime
I know this video is old but the mardukes are definitely the Nazis….
Like literal militia brown shirts keeping the status quo by killing robots.
It’s late 1920’s Germany, the Nazis were the villains, the underground rebels are are the communists. And you see them still replicate violence, from a liberation aspect. So it’s not a one sided viewpoint, but the mardukes are most definitely the Nazis and duke red is an obvious hitlerite character. The underground rebels are trying to overthrow Duke red. Even their propaganda is communist themed. Idk how you’d do this video and not even talk about that thematic undertone.
Hidden? Not really. I got a fair amount of publicity. Gem? Definitely not. Big disappointment. Boring, muddled story and ugly, uninteresting characters.
K
@@MediaIsMythic Truth hurts. This isn't on anyone's top ten list.
@@ed209onthestairs Well, it is on mine. Anyway, everyone can have his own opinion and express it. :)
@@ed209onthestairs it sure does it's a nice movie definitely not perfect by any means, there is s story in there but it's never fully developed that's what makes it so life like and a tear jecker it's a tragedy.