Summaries

Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.

Metropolis is a visually stunning, rich, and memorable pleasure. It's contributors have brought us other classics such as Astroboy and Akira. The story takes place in the muti-leveled, fascinating, megalopolis called Metropolis. Metropolis is loosely ruled by Duke Red, who is close to presenting his ultimate work, an advanced AI robot girl named Tima. His son; however, is an opponent of AI and resents Tima. Tima finds herself deep within the labyrinth of Meteoplolis. She befriends the kind son of a police officer and begins exploring her new world. When Duke Red's son separates this new friendship, he puts much more at risk than anyone thought possible.—Seeslee

Metropolis is a story of how important emotions are and how they separate humans from everything else. The movie follows a young boy and his uncle (a private investigator). The story is set in the far future where humans and robots live together, unfortunately not in harmony. Many robots are forced underground and are terminated for entering unauthorized areas. They are more or less servants to humankind. The plot starts to unfold when the boy meets a robot named Tima and they get in all kinds of trouble. Never a dull moment when you've got a robot by your side.—ReemeR <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • cult film
  • robot
  • robot sci fi
  • surrealism
  • synthetic human
Genres
  • Adventure
  • Sci-Fi
  • Drama
  • Animation
Release date May 25, 2001
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin Japan
Production companies Bandai Visual Company DENTSU Music And Entertainment Imagica Corp.

Box office

Budget $15000000
Gross US & Canada $722932
Opening weekend US & Canada $84660
Gross worldwide $4035384

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 48m
Color Color
Sound mix DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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