In the midst of societal conflict in the futuristic city of Metropolis, Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban set out to uncover the mystery behind the first human-like robot, Tima.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a vintage poster having a seizure
Score
Jazz soundtrack that shouldn't work but absolutely does
Production
Tezuka's 1949 manga reimagined with dizzying ambition
Director
Rintaro
Yuka Imoto
Tima (voice)
Kohki Okada
Rock (voice)
Kosei Tomita
Shunsaku Ban (voice)
Kei Kobayashi
Kenichi (voice)
Rikako Aikawa
Fifi (voice)
Masashi Ebara
Ham and Egg (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Lamp (voice)
Taro Ishida
Duke Red (voice)
Norio Wakamoto
Pero (voice)
Junpei Takiguchi
Dr. Laughton (voice)
Takeshi Aono
Ponkotz (voice)
Masaru Ikeda
President Boon (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
General/Skunk (voice)
Takaya Hashi
Lyon (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Osamu Tezuka himself disowned his original 1949 manga, calling it amateurish; the film reinvents it completely.
The Duke Red/Rock father-son dynamic deliberately echoes King Lear, but with mechs and worse parenting.
JP
