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Teaser For Otomo's METROPOLIS Online!

Published at:  Mar 24, 2001 7:38:56 PM CST

Greetings, animaniacs! HREF=mailto:robogeek@robogeek.com>ROBOGEEK here with a quick heads-up from an astute reader I'll call Hokuto No Ken.



He writes...



Just in time for AKIRA re-release, check out the teaser trailer of Katsuhiro Otomo's latest animation, METROPOLIS, which just went online at the official website, www.metropolis-movie.com



METROPOLIS (written by Otomo) is based on the 1949 manga by the late Tezuka "Astro Boy" Osamu [NOTE: not the Fritz Lang film], and is directed by Rintaro of "X/1999" (and who also directed several episodes of "Astro Boy" and "Kimba").



FYI, you can check out Osamu's original METROPOLIS manga online at THIS LINK.



The movie is set to be released in June of this year in Japan by Toho.











CLICK HERE TO SEE THE METROPOLIS TEASER TRAILER!














(But be warned... as you may or may not be able to tell from these stills, this 3.3MB 33-second 474x264 (huh?) QuickTime trailer suffers from profoundly bad compression, and is practically swimming in artifacts. Hopefully a higher quality version will show up soon.)



- Robogeek




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  • Mar 24, 2001 7:48:28 PM CST

    I must succeed!

    by user id indeed!

    ARRRAAAHAYAAAAH! OW! OOOW!! I miss Freakazoid. This has been a Moment with User ID Indeed! Darn the luck! Darn@!

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  • Mar 24, 2001 7:59:27 PM CST

    Where is the babe that became a robot?

    by islander

    And that strange clock thing?

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  • Mar 24, 2001 10:09:51 PM CST

    "Metropolis. Including Original songs by Barbara Streisand

    by the grape tree

    Wha'????

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  • Mar 25, 2001 4:51:22 AM CST

    Re: Where is the babe.....

    by monkey_king

    She's the blonde in the trailer. Watch the end of it while she is being pulled up. Half of her face is ripped off revealing the mechanical substructure. The trailer/teaser is incredible. I'm wondering if Miramax is going to release this one here, ala Mononoke Hime(Princess Mononoke). The characters stayed pretty true to the Tezuka manga, as they should have. Old Monkey is pleased.

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  • Mar 25, 2001 6:32:58 AM CST

    "Would you like to see something strange and mystical..?" "...

    by xthecrovvx

    It's ok, User ID Indeed...I miss Freakazoid too...."We are wise and powerful..." "We stole man's fire, and tried to put it into our pockets." "This was stupid and dumb." Revolution is my name....

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  • Mar 25, 2001 11:43:29 AM CST

    "There's only one thing I still don't understand..."

    by user id indeed!

    "In that movie 'Congo'... how can you tell which monkeys are real, and which monkeys are just guys in suits?" "That's a real monkey." "NO! That's a guy in a bloody suit!" "OK, well THAT'S a guy in a suit." "NO! THAT'S A REAL BLOODY MONKEY!" "We need to see this again..." God speed, blue man. Hey, Crow, remember that... oop! I should respond to that email you sent me. I'll do that right now. Hold on. This has been a Moment with Huntsman! "Can we eat that crow?"

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  • Mar 25, 2001 8:31:14 PM CST

    What are you talking about? The quality of the QT movie was gre

    by gary2012

    ...especially considering how big it is and how super fast it downloaded. As good or better than most other trailers that I have downloaded. Looks like a good film. I personally am sad to see anime go the way of the 99% computer animation fluff like Disney does. That may look good, but it is not nearly as impressive as truely great cell animation like Akira and even the classic Disney films.

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  • Mar 27, 2001 2:28:17 PM CST

    Otomo and Disney

    by helenhighwater

    You can't compare Otomo and Disney. They deal with different subject matter, have different audiences and age groups, different style, etc. So it's pretty much useless to say something like "I like anime. Otomo is WAY better than corporate Disney crap!" In short, it's like saying "I like The Sound and the Fury WAY better than Alice in Wonderland!"

    I just hate when people use the subject of anime as an opportunity to bash Disney, or American films in general. Disney pioneered cinematic techniques still in use today. And if I'm not mistaken, Otomo himself is a fan of "Dumbo".

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