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  1. Cloud

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    http://www.r2-dvd.org/article.jsp?sectionId=2&articleId=4021

    Metropolis

    Metropolis is the new milestone in anime, a spectacular fusion of CG backgrounds with traditional character animation. It has beauty, power, mystery and above all.. heart. Images from this film will stay with you forever. My congratulations to Rintaro-san for his masterpiece." - James Cameron

    July 22nd. This Double disc DVD includes

    • Featurettes-
      - Animax Special: The Making of Metropolis
      - Interview with Rinataro and Katsushiro Otomo
      - 2 Animation Comparisons
      - Promo Video
    • Cross Promotional Trailer- Final Fantasy, Roughnecks 2 Tesca Campaign
    • Trailer
    • Filmographies

    Based on the classic comic created by Osarnu Tezuka (Astro Boy), written by Japanese anime legend Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) and directed by Rintaro (Galaxy Express 999), Metropolis is a spectacular film featuring stunning imagery and memorable characters.

    Duke Red is the powerful leader in the tri-level world of Metropolis with plans to launch a highly advanced robot, Tima. However, his violent and mischevious son Rock distrust robots and intends to find and destroy Tima. On the run through the labyrinth world of Metropolis, Tima's life and the fate of the Universe become inextricably , and dangerously, entwined.
     
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  2. Kenshin

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    Was this ever shown in the cinema in Europe, or is it going to be?
     
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    Kenshin, May 9, 2002
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    I hope it gets shown in Euorpe but probably not because we don't get most god ones like Akira or Macros. :(
     
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    Neo tetsuo, May 22, 2002
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    yep, metropolis was shown in the uk, at various independent cinemas, and ugc had a classic movie season which featured akira and metropolis. and theyre sooo good on a big screen! i think france will have had metroplois on a nation-wide release, since they appreciate anime.
     
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