Metropolis (2001) Metoroporisu (original title)

Director:

Rintaro

Writers:

Osamu Tezuka (comic book)
Katsuhiro Ôtomo (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

25 January 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Welcome to Metropolis

Plot:

Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Metropolis | Future | Riot | Assault Rifle

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Yuka Imoto	...	Tima (voice)
Kei Kobayashi	...	Kenichi (voice)
Kôki Okada	...	Rock (voice)
Tarô Ishida	...	Duke Red (voice)
Kôsei Tomita	...	Hige-Oyaji (voice)
Norio Wakamoto	...	Pero (voice)
Junpei Takiguchi	...	Dr. Laughton (voice)
Takeshi Aono	...	Ponkotz (voice)
Masaru Ikeda	...	President Boon (voice)
Shun Yashiro	...	Notarlin (voice)
Toshio Furukawa	...	Skunk (voice)
Shigeru Chiba	...	Lamp (voice)
Masashi Ebara	...	Ham Egg (voice)
Takaya Hashi	...	Lyon (voice)
Norihiro Inoue	...	Atlas (voice)
Rikako Aikawa	...	Fifi (voice)
Tomohisa Asô	...	(voice)
Michael Shitanda	...	(voice) (as Masato Amada)
Takeshi Sasaki	...	(voice)
Shigeru Shibuya	...	(voice)
Tomoyuki Shimura	...	(voice)
Tomokazu Sugita	...	(voice)
Ken'ichi Suzumura	...	(voice)
Keiichi Sonobe	...	(voice)
Susumu Chiba	...	(voice)
Makoto Higo	...	(voice)
Mami Koyama	...	Enmy (voice)
Yûko Minaguchi	...	Uguisujo (voice)
Rica Matsumoto	...	Fujinkyaku (voice)
Daisuke Ryû	...	Special voice appearance (voice)
Takashi Yanase	...	Special voice appearance (voice)
Gô Nagai	...	Special voice appearance (voice)
Yutaka Hayashi	...	Special voice appearance (voice)
Toshiyuki Honda	...	Special voice appearance (voice)
Kozue Okada	...	Special voice appearance (voice)
DJ Taro	...	Special voice appearance (voice)
Tatsuya Fukunoue	...	Special voice appearance (voice)
Ken Ayugai	...	Special voice appearance (voice)
Yusuke Suzuki	...	Special voice appearance (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Axelrod	...	Ham And Egg (voice: English version)
Steve Blum	...	Acetylene Lamp (voice: English version) (as David Lucas)
William Knight	...	Supt. Notarlin (voice: English version)
Dave Mallow	...	Pero (voice: English version)
Steve McGowan	...	President Boone (voice: English version)
Tony Pope	...	Shinsaku Ban (voice: English version)
Simon Prescott	...	Dr. Laughton (voice: English version)
Jamieson Price	...	Duke Red (voice: English version)
Michael Reisz	...	Rock (voice: English version)
Peter Spellos	...	Mayor Lyon (voice: English version)
Melodee Spevack	...	Additional English characters (voice: English version)
Doug Stone	...	Dr. Ponkotsu (voice: English version)
Kai Taschner
Scott Weinger	...	Atlas (voice)
Dan Woren	...	Skunk (voice: English version)
Rebecca Forstadt	...	Tima (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Barbara Goodson	...	Enmy (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	...	Misc. loudspeaker voices (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Brianne Siddall	...	Kenichi (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Rintaro

Writing credits
Osamu Tezuka		(comic book)
Katsuhiro Ôtomo		(screenplay)
Marc Handler		English version

Produced by
Haruyo Kanesaku	....	producer (english version)
Yutaka Maseba	....	producer
Kazue Motodate	....	assistant producer
Peter Nelson	....	executive producer (english version)
Masamitu Onodera	....	assistant producer

Original Music by
Toshiyuki Honda

Cinematography by
Hitoshi Yamaguchi

Art Direction by
Shuichi Hirata

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Naoko Kusumi	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ken Hashimoto	....	assistant color setting
Chikako Kamata	....	assistant color setting
Ryo Kawano	....	assistant art director
Osamu Mikasa	....	color setting
Atsushi Morikawa	....	assistant art director
Masami Ozone	....	artwork layout support
Katsuhiro Ôtomo	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Atsushi Aikawa	....	digital mastering
Kunio Ando	....	sound recordist: Aoi Studio
Masataka Fukuda	....	sound recordist
Tsutomu Kashiwakura	....	assistant sound director
Shizuo Kurahashi	....	sound effects: Sound Box
Masafumi Mima	....	sound director
Tomoko Nakashima	....	sound producer: Techno Sound
Noboru Nishio	....	digital optical recordist
Akira Rizawa	....	technical support: Aoi Studio
Noriko Tsushi	....	digital mastering
Yuji Yagami	....	assistant sound recordist: Aoi Studio
Fujio Yamada	....	dialog editor: Techno Sound

Special Effects by
Toyohiko Sakakibara	....	cel/digital special effects
Sachi Suzuki	....	cel/digital special effects
Kumiko Taniguchi	....	cel/digital special effects

Visual Effects by
Shuichi Hirata	....	CGI art director
Tsuneo Maeda	....	CGI technical director
Yoshimichi Murata	....	digital production coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Yukihiro Masumoto	....	photographer
Masashi Nagao	....	photographer
Atsuro Saito	....	photographer

Animation Department
Hisashi Abe	....	layout artist
Shigeo Akahori	....	key animation supervisor
Hyun Ji An	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Masahiro Andô	....	key animator
Kazuhisa Asai	....	background artist
Tsutomu Awata	....	key animator
Yu-mi Chae	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Myung-sim Chio	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Hyun Mi Cho	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Hyun-ok Choi	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Se-kwan Choi	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Yong Choi	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Yong Pei Chun	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Zhao Xiang Chun	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Kyung-Ai Chung	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Pek Eun Ea	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Cho Young Eim	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Masaaki Endo	....	key animator
Yasuhiro Endo	....	key animator
Yui Enomoto	....	inbetween animator
Chen Yong Feng	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Shigeru Fujita	....	key animation supervisor
Cheng Xiao Gang	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Myeong-yeon Ha	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Song Eun Ha	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kunihiko Hamada	....	key animator
Hiroshi Hamazaki	....	key animator
Jin Young Han	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Takako Hasegawa	....	inbetween animator: Mushi Productions
Shinji Hashimoto	....	key animator
Asuka Hata	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Choi Soon Hee	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Choung Youn Hee	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Jeon Sun Hee	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Lee Yeun Hee	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Park Yoon Hee	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kahoru Hirata	....	key animator
Shuichi Hirata	....	character color designer
Toshio Hirata	....	assistant key animation supervisor
Toshio Hirata	....	key animator
Young Sun Hong	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kaichi Honma	....	key animator
Motonobu Hori	....	inbetween animator: Ohi Productions
Takafumi Hori	....	inbetween animator
Yoshinori Horikawa	....	digital cel checker
Mieko Hosoi	....	key animator
Yoon Suk Hue	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
An Kyu Hwan	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Soon-a Hwang	....	animation checker: Dr. Movie
Su Jin Hwang	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Gum-sun Hwung	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Jung Bok Hyun	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Misuzu Ichinose	....	animation checker: Ohi Productions
Keiko Iimori	....	inbetween animator
Hisashi Ikeda	....	background artist
Yuji Ikehata	....	digital artist
Miyako Imae	....	inbetween animator: Mushi Productions
Ei Inoue	....	key animator
Eiko Inoue	....	digital cel checker
Satoshi Iriyoshi	....	key animator
Shuko Ito	....	cel checker
Yuko Iwasa	....	key animator
Chul-soon Jang	....	digital ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Hyun-sik Jang	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Nam-ok Jang	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Youn Hee Jeong	....	animation checker: Dr. Movie
Eun-suk Jeoung	....	ink and paint artist
Lee Jin	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Choi Ki Jung	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Soon An Jung	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Yuriko Kadomoto	....	ink and paint artist
Yoshinori Kanada	....	key animator
Emi Kaneko	....	inbetween animator: Mushi Productions
Yoshinori Kanemori	....	layout artist
Eun Kyoung Kang	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Oh Soon Kang	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Tetsurô Karai	....	key animator (as Tetsuro Kaku)
Hiroyuki Kasugai	....	key animator
Miyuki Katayama	....	key animator
Tomoko Katsube	....	inbetween animator: Mushi Productions
Yoshiaki Kawajiri	....	key animator
Yoshiaki Kawajiri	....	layout artist
Megumi Kawakami	....	inbetween animator
Kumiko Kawana	....	key animator
Hirotsugu Kawasaki	....	key animator
Hiroki Kawazoe	....	key animator
Eun-hee Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Hwa Soon Kim	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Hyun Suk Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Jong-min Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Jung Eun Kim	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Jung-a Kim	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kyoung-mee Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Mi-ran Kim	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Moon-ki Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Su-jaung Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Sun-a Kim	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Sung-jin Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Tai-joon Kim	....	digital ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Youn-sim Kim	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Kazuhiro Kinoshita	....	digital artist
Masaru Kitao	....	key animator
Sung-jik Ko	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Junji Kobayashi	....	animation checker: Tezuka Production Company Ltd.
Kazuo Komatsubara	....	key animator
Akiko Konno	....	inbetween animator
Kitaro Kosaka	....	key animator
Yumi Koshikawa	....	ink and paint artist
O-joon Kown	....	digital painter: Dr. Movie
Koji Kumasaki	....	digital cel checker
Hyun Soon Kwon	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Suk-o Kwon	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Eun Sil Lee	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Hae-kyung Lee	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Jae-min Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Je-hoon Lee	....	digital ink and paint artist
Jung Eun Lee	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kang-teg Lee	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kyung-won Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Nam Hee Lee	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Oun-ki Lee	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Seung-gwon Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Suk-hoon Lee	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Sung-min Lee	....	digital ink and paint artist
Young Sim Lee	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
An-myoung Lim	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Hyo-kyoung Lim	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Niu Wen Lin	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Zhang Deng Long	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Masao Maruyama	....	animation producer
Tian Yong Mei	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Yasuhiko Mikajiri	....	ink and paint artist
Wang Li Min	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Yutaka Minowa	....	key animator
Atsuya Miura	....	key animator
Jûji Mizumura	....	key animator
Sung Ho Moon	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Hiroyuki Mori	....	cel checker
Hiromitsu Morita	....	key animator
Ju Youn Mun	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Yasushi Muraki	....	key animator
Sanae Murata	....	cel checker
Mi Ae Na	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Yeon-suk Na	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Morifumi Naka	....	key animator
Susumu Nakagawa	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Kazuki Nakamoto	....	inbetween animator: Ohi Productions
Kana Nakayama	....	ink and paint artist
Takahito Nakazawa	....	animation checker
Yasuhiro Nakura	....	character designer
Yasuhiro Nakura	....	chief key animation supervisor
Yasuhiro Nakura	....	key animator
Toshiya Niidome	....	key animator
Hiromi Niioka	....	key animator
Masayoshi Nishida	....	key animator
Takuo Noda	....	key animator
Su-im Oh	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Yun Mi Oh	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Masao Ohashi	....	inbetween animator: Ohi Productions
Akiko Ohshima	....	animation checker
Hiroshi Oikawa	....	key animator
Takashi Okamura	....	animation checker: Tezuka Production Company Ltd.
Hiroyuki Okiura	....	key animator
Yoshiko Okuda	....	inbetween animator
Harue Ono	....	ink and paint artist
Kyooko Ootake	....	cel checker
Masami Ozone	....	key animator
Hye Ryung Park	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Jun Hee Park	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Mi-ra Park	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Myung Hee Park	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Oak In Park	....	digital ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Se-ra Park	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Sung-nam Park	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Yong Kyoung Park	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Choi Hey Ran	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Takashi Saijô	....	key animator
Miharu Sakai	....	cel checker
Masahiro Sakamoto	....	ink and paint artist
Kayo Sakazume	....	animation checker
Kunihiko Sakurai	....	key animation supervisor
Shinsaku Sasaki	....	key animator
Akiko Sato	....	cel checker
Satoko Shiho	....	cel checker
Hiroshi Shimizu	....	key animator
Eun-kyung Shin	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kyoung Hwa Shin	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Nobumasa Shinkawa	....	key animator
Mayumi Shoji	....	ink and paint artist
Gum Sub Sin	....	inbetween animator: Kyung Kang Animation
Hyun Ju Song	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Myong-soo Song	....	digital ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Kuk Sun Oak	....	ink and paint artist: Dr. Movie
Yasuyuki Suzuki	....	inbetween animator: Mushi Productions
Yuuka Suzuki	....	ink and paint artist
Masaharu Tada	....	key animator
Tomiko Takamori	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Chizu Takanuki	....	inbetween animator: Mushi Productions
Kyoko Tanaka	....	background artist
Seiji Tanda	....	key animator
Norimoto Tokura	....	key animator
Jinko Tsuji	....	animation checker: Ohi Productions
Shigeto Tsuji	....	assistant key animation supervisor
Shigeto Tsuji	....	key animator
Hiroshi Uchida	....	key animator
Hitoshi Ueda	....	key animator
Ichiro Uno	....	inbetween animator
Kazuhiko Utagawa	....	key animator
Hiroshi Wagatsuma	....	key animator
Aiko Wakatsuki	....	inbetween animator
Akira Watanabe	....	key animator
Sakiko Watanabe	....	inbetween animator
Wan Zhi Wen	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Song-sik Woo	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Zhou Hong Wu	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
Katsuya Yamada	....	key animator
Norio Yamaguchi	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Iwao Yamaki	....	animation producer
Tomoko Yamamoto	....	ink and paint artist
Yasusuke Yamamoto	....	ink and paint artist
Kiyomi Yamazaki	....	digital cel checker
Yuko Yazaki	....	inbetween animator
Han Ying	....	inbetween animator: Beijing Xiele Art Co. Ltd.
In-suk Yoo	....	ink and paint artist: Kyung Kang Animation
Aya Yoshida	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Yumiko Yoshikawa	....	inbetween animator: Tezuka Productions
Masateru Yoshimura	....	animation checker: Tezuka Production Company Ltd.
Masateru Yoshimura	....	key animator
Hye-seon Youn	....	inbetween animator: Dr. Movie
Myung Hee Youn	....	animation checker: Dr. Movie
Manabu Ôhashi	....	key animator

Music Department
Hiroshi Abe	....	musician: banjo
Masataka Fukuda	....	music engineer
Masataka Fukuda	....	music mixer
Masahiro Gotô	....	musician: clarinet
Toshiyuki Honda	....	musician: bass clarinet and saxophone
Shin Kazuhara	....	musician: trumpet
Katsuaki Nakatani	....	conductor
Kozue Okada	....	music producer
Masahiko Osaka	....	musician: drums
Rintaro	....	musician: bass clarinet
Kiyoshi Sato	....	musician: tuba
Norihide Shiota	....	musician: bass

Other crew
Joni Cuquet	....	field publicist
Kimihiro Endo	....	title producer: Maki Productions
Koji Futahashi	....	assistant digital producer
Ayumi Kimura	....	production secretary
Masao Maruyama	....	project initiation
Nobuko Maruyama	....	production secretary
Toru Matsunawa	....	assistant digital producer
Shoko Oono	....	translator (English version)
Rintaro	....	project initiation
Michitoshi Sugai	....	titles
Shigeru Watanabe	....	project initiation
Marc Handler	....	English dubbing script (uncredited)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	....	English dubbing script (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Bandai Visual Company
• DENTSU Music And Entertainment
• Destination Films
• Imagica Corp.
• Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.
• King Record Co.
• Mad House
• Madhouse Productions
• Metropolis Project
• Sony Pictures Television (Japan)
• Studio 4°C (CGI)
• Tezuka Production Company Ltd.
• Toho Company

Distributors

• Toho Company (Japan) (theatrical)
• Bandai Visual Company (Japan) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Keyfilms Roma (Italy) (theatrical)
• Rapid Eye Movies (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (France)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2002) (Argentina) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (Italy) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• DVD Service (Russia) (DVD)
• Destination Films (USA) (DVD)
• Egmont Entertainment (2002) (Finland) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (2002) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2002) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Nordisk Film (2002) (Sweden) (DVD)
• TriStar Pictures (2002) (USA) (subtitled)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2002) (Finland) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Artist Management Group  music production
• Avaco Creative Studio  music recording studio
• Continental Far East  technical cooperation
• Crescente Studio  music mixed at
• Crescente Studio  music recording studio
• DR Movie  digital paint
• Hal  title
• IKIF  title
• Kyung Kang ANIA  digital paint
• Liaison Office  digital mastering
• Metropolis Queens Orchestra  orchestra
• Metropolis Rhythm Kings  music performers
• Studio 4°C  title

Also Known As:

"Metoroporisu" - Japan (original title)
"Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis" - Australia, USA (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and images of destruction

Runtime:

108 min | Japan:113 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | French | German | Italian | Spanish | Japanese | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:14 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12 | Italy:T | Japan:R | Mexico:B | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Taiwan:PG-12 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38547) | Iceland:12 | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | Malaysia:U | Peru:14

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Trivia:

Director Rintaro says that Osamu Tezuka probably wouldn't have let him make the film if Tezuka was still alive.

Goofs:

Continuity: At Robot Storage Area 17, the sign in the window changes from "Metropolis Police Department" to "Metlopolis Police Department."

Quotes:

Tima:[Tima has just discovered that she is a robot, not a human] I am an artificial human. A machine created to conquer the world and destroy it.

Movie Connections:

References Metropolis (1927)

Soundtrack:

I Can't Stop Loving You

Visually stunning

This is not just one of the greatest anime movies ever made but one of the greatest animated movies of all time. This film is an amazing achievement in every aspect and really pushes the may animated movies are directed and presented.The film takes place in the a future reminiscent of art deco. It will be almost impossible to fully explain the story of metropolis in a comment alone for there are many important characters with there own back story but in brief i can tell you it is about a young boy and his detective uncle as they discover a humanoid robot with striking similarities to a human being. Wat immediately catches your attention of metropolis is the way it is presented, blending CGI with highly fluid hand drawn animation in a noir style this makes the film very memorable Wat's more striking is the character development with highly memorable characters with a great English and Japanese voice cast. You have a great deal of sympathy even for the antagonists e.g.You have the main antagonist shattered by the loss of his daughter and his right hand man born without parents adopted Duke Red (main antagonist) as a father but is often neglected and shunned by him.This is an excellent achievement for an animation and should not be missed this is a film that joins other anime greats like Akira and Princess Mononoke a must see film.