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30 August 2008 (Japan)
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BBC News
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Childhood Friend
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Based On Manga
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Below average manga inspired movie
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Toshiaki Karasawa | ... | Kenji Endô | |
| Etsushi Toyokawa | ... | Otcho | |
| Takako Tokiwa | ... | Yukiji | |
| Teruyuki Kagawa | ... | Yoshitsune | |
| Hidehiko Ishizuka | ... | Maruo | |
| Takashi Ukaji | ... | Mon-chan | |
| Hiroyuki Miyasako | ... | Keroyon | |
| Katsuhisa Namase | ... | Donkey | |
| Fumiyo Kohinata | ... | Yamane | |
| Kuranosuke Sasaki | ... | Fukubê | |
| Shirô Sano | ... | Yan-bô / Mâ-bô | |
| Mirai Moriyama | ... | Comic Artist | |
| Kanji Tsuda | ... | Moroboshi | |
| Takashi Fujii | ... | Friendship Party Promotor | |
| Hanako Yamada | ... | Friendship Party Promotor |
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Twentieth Century Boys (International: English title) (Japan: English title)
20-seiki shônen dai 1 shô: Owari no hajimari (Japan) (DVD title)
20th Century Boys (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (USA)
Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter One (International: English title)
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20-seiki shônen dai 1 shô: Owari no hajimari (Japan) (DVD title)
20th Century Boys (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (USA)
Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter One (International: English title)
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142 min
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Followed by 20-seiki shônen: Dai 2 shô - Saigo no kibô (2009)
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Bob Lennon
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The story is interesting to begin with, with a bunch of kids creating an "end of the world" story and then watching it made come true when they are adults. They embark on a mission to save the world, as their original story prophesied.
However, the plot is really weird. There is a virus that kills people by making their blood explode, but it seems it is not contagious, it needs to be sprayed on. A giant robot smashes through Tokyo and the police stop in front of it to shoot guns. The leader of a hypnotic cult becomes the leader of the most important party in Japan, and so on and so on.
Then, as world saviors go, the heroes are the most inept I have ever seen. The movie is very long, at 142 minutes, and it is only the first part of a three film story. The acting is pretty bad, too.
Bottom line: it seems this is a failed attempt to mix the success of the Death Note franchise (I don't know what that thing was successful either) and the comic book/manga craze that is taking over the movie world in the US and the rest of the world. There is a feel reminiscent of Watchmen in the film, but only a trace. I am not saying that it is not worth watching, but I can't say I liked it.