Anime Showcase: Metropolis (2001)

Metropolis is a 2001 big budget Anime film loosely based off a manga from "God of Manga" Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy), directed by Rintaro (Galaxy Express 999) and written by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Memories). The film was very loosely inspired by the 1927 silent film Metropolis from Fritz Lang which is considered a hallmark classic of science fiction cinema (the manga its based off of was based off of Tezuka seeing its poster, but the movie actually has more in common with the original than the manga did). Because Katsuhiro Otomo is involved something big will ultimately EXPLODE in this film.

A future society, where humans and robots co-exist. Amidst the chaos created by anti-robot factions, detective Shunsaku Ban and his sidekick Ken-ichi are searching for rebel scientist Dr. Laughton, to arrest him and seize his latest creation, a beautiful young girl named Tima. When they locate them, Shunsaku soon realizes that the eccentric scientist is protected by a powerful man and his fierce desire to reclaim a tragic figure from his past and therefore is beyond their reach.

Join us as we watch this classic film of Japanese animation based off of an even more classic manga!