Purasuchikku ritoru (1994) (V)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Kinji Yoshimoto

Writers:

Masayori Sekimoto (writer)
Satoshi Urushihara (story)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

A Deadly Race Against Time, With The Fate Of An Entire Planet Hanging On One 17-Year-Old Girl's Ability To Survive!

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | Shot In The Stomach | Anime | Teenager Nudity | Nude Bathing

Cast

Yôsuke Akimoto	...	Nalerof
Bryan Bounds	...	Lord Guizel (voice: English version)
Angel Fisher	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Yuriko Fuchizaki	...	Tiita
Tiffany Grant	...	Elise (voice: English version)
Matt Greenfield	...	Computer, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Clint Harpman	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Aaron Krohn	...	Balboa (voice: English version)
Jason Lee	...	Computer Tech, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Guil Lunde	...	Nalerof Altomodish (voice: English version)
Tristan MacAvery	...	Mikhail (voice: English version)
Brenda Mikeska	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Rob Mungle	...	Fleet Commander (voice: English version)
Ryûsei Nakao	...	Roger (as Takanori Nakao)
Chikao Ôtsuka	...	Mikail (as Shou Ohtsuka)
Joe Pisano	...	Mercenary, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Marcy Rae	...	Mei Lin Jones (voice: English version)
Dan Rockwell	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Hekiru Shiina	...	Elysse
Doug Smith	...	Roger Rogers (voice: English version)
Joszef Sos	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Spike Spencer	...	Nichol (voice: English version)
Craig Stewert	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Norio Wakamoto	...	Balboa
Brett Weaver	...	Militia Leader (voice: English version)
Christopher Williams	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Janice Williams	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Amanda Winn Lee	...	Captain Little (voice: English version) (as Amanda Winn)
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Nichol
Hiroshi Yanaka	...	Guizel
Keiko Yokozawa	...	Mei

Also Known As:

Plastic Little: The Adventures of Captain Tita (USA)

Runtime:

55 min | Germany:45 min (TV version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:16 | UK:15

Company:

Movic

Trivia:

Unlike most anime, which are inspired by manga (Japanese comics), this anime is actually an original title that wound up inspiring a brief manga series.

Quotes:

Roger: I'm going to waste away right here.
Nichol: Yeah, right. Even you can't starve THAT fast.

Soundtrack:

You are Everything

Just like candy

Somewhere in the future, on a strange planet...Tita is a cynical woman and a member of a crew on a spaceship that captures animals. One day, as she was shopping, she saved a young girl, Elise, from an evil army. That girl is the daughter of a murdered scientist. His weapons were confiscated by the evil army's boss Guisel. Tita becomes her friend because she also lost her father when she was young and her crew decides to fight with Guisel...

"Plastic little" is just like candy: sweet and tasty, but not very nutritious. For a movie that lasts for only 50 minutes it sure is amusing and fast but at the same time it isn't very deep. The director Kinji Yoshimoto has a sense for good style and weird mood, but the happy end is quite predictable.

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Non the less, this is still an anime worthy of recommendation. The main heroine, Tita, is a wonderful character: she is not too sweet, and not too bitter either. One of the best scene's is the one in which Tita wakes up after an injury in a medical bed. She is naked. Then she spots a young colleague sleeping near her bed. Her first thought is that he is a pervert so she decides to kick him, but doesn't do it. Because she realizes that he was just worried for her and fell asleep while waiting until she wakes up. "Plastic little" tries to be like the "Blade Runner". Only "Armitage; Polymatrix" succeeded in that, but this isn't that bad either. It's a fun sci-fi action drama.

Grade: 6/10