![]() ![]() So when I saw that Mill Creek Entertainment recently released the film on Blu-ray, I knew I wanted to revisit Metropolis. (Because, seriously, what a bizarre choice. ![]() Really, my only memories of the film were that the character who caught my eye is a robot and Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You” features prominently in the film’s climax. I brought it home and eventually watched it, and… I’ve since pretty much forgotten everything about it. So the combination of Tezuka, Metropolis, and that mysterious cover character was definitely worth my hard-earned dollar. I was familiar with Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent film of the same name, and this kind of looked like an anime version? Maybe? (The translation on the back cover was less than helpful.)Īnd even though, in 2004, I wasn’t a HUGE manga connoisseur, I still recognized the name Osamu Tezuka. The image of a young girl with wildly flowing hair grabbed me, and then the title hooked me. One night, as I was flipping through the stacks of hideously translated sleeves, I stumbled across Metropolis. (Sue me.) For a buck, I’d pretty much pick up anything that looked interesting, from mainstream Hollywood films to downright questionable Asian action flicks. In 2004, I was living in China and subsisting on a diet of $1 pirated DVDs from a corner street vendor. So my history with the 2001 anime Metropolis is a bit… different.
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