Metropolis
is a 2001 Japanese animated futurist 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
Humans and robots coexist in the multi-layered city of Metropolis, although robots are discriminated against and segregated to the lowest levels of the city. Most humans in Metropolis are unemployed and impoverished, with many blaming robots for taking their jobs.
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| author | Katsuhiro Otomo |
|---|---|
| director | Rintaro |
| genre | action drama science fiction |
| keywords | adopted son advanced astro boy burn class struggle dark side end fly fritz lang gender swap how to human rights impoverish kill learn martial law metropolis neglected child opening ceremony organ trafficking plutocratic private detective storytelling tower of babel traffic true identity unemployed want write |
| musicBy | Toshiyuki Honda |
| producer | Iwao Yamaki Masao Maruyama |
| productionCompany | Madhouse |
| publisher | Toho |
| theme | animated anime discrimination dystopian science fiction science fiction action |