This review originally appeared in Issue #1 of Paste Magazine in the summer of 2002, republished in celebration of Paste’s 20th Anniversary. Metropolis’s action begins as an elderly detective and his ...

If you need any evidence that we’re living in some kind of Golden Age of movie animation, look no farther than “Metropolis,” the latest example of imported Japanese anime — and one of the more ...

“Metropolis” and “Escaflowne,” two anime features opening today in limited release, showcase the diversity of Japanese animation. Both films offer dramatic visuals and a sense of scope rarely seen in ...

Starring: The voices of Jamieson Price, Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi and Koaki Okada. Screenplay: Osamu Tezuka and Katsuhiro Otomo. Director: Taro Rin. Rated: PG-13 for ...

Let me say up front that as a 35-year-old fan of American indie and European films, Osamu Tezuka's anime film "Metropolis" -- transformed into a big screen flick by Katsuhiro Otomo ("Akira") and ...

Based on the classic Japanese manga comic by anime godfather Osamu Tezuka, Metropolis is a tale of science versus humanity - boy meets robot-girl, robot develops emotions but will her feelings blossom ...

About the Album: The future of robots and humans . . . as predicted by Osamu Tezuka. Based on the classic comic by legendary illustrator Osamu Tezuka, Metropolis has been brought to the screen by two ...

This Metropolis is not Fritz Lang's futuristic classic but an animated film of the manga comics it inspired. Originally produced in serial form between the years of 1947 and 1949 by cartoonist Osamu ...

Osamu Tezuka is arguably one of the most important figures in Japanese anime and manga, creating the very groundwork from which the mediums would come to define themselves. Throughout his ...