Metropolis
is a 2001 Japanese animated cyberpunk drama film loosely based upon Osamu Tezuka's 1949 manga of the same name. The film was directed by Rintaro, written by Katsuhiro Otomo, and produced by Madhouse, with conceptual support from Tezuka Productions.
Plot
In the wealthy plutocratic city of Metropolis, humans co-exist with robot laborers designed to build and maintain the city. However, its impoverished human citizens discriminate against robots, blaming them for their unemployment and being forced to live in the squalid lower levels of Metropolis.
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| author | Katsuhiro Otomo |
|---|---|
| director | Rintaro |
| genre | action drama science fiction |
| keywords | adopted son advanced android around the world burn end force human rights impoverish kill learn martial law organ trafficking plutocratic possess private detective traffic true identity want wound |
| musicBy | Toshiyuki Honda |
| producer | Iwao Yamaki Masao Maruyama |
| productionCompany | Madhouse |
| publisher | Toho |
| theme | animated anime dystopian science fiction action steampunk |