Tekkon Kinkreet [Blu-ray]
by Michael Arias
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Actor: Kankurô Kudô, Kazunari Ninomiya, Min Tanaka, Yû Aoi, Yûsuke IseyaDirector: Michael Arias
Brand: Sony
Producer: Eiichi Kamagata
Producer: Eiko Tanaka
Producer: Fumio Ueda
Producer: Masarou Toyoshima
Producer: Mikio Ono
Writer: Anthony Weintraub
Writer: Taiyo Matsumoto
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Portuguese (Original Language); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dubbed
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 111 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2007-09-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Blu-ray Reviews of Tekkon Kinkreet [Blu-ray]
Blu-ray Review: Well made, skillfully animated but confusing storyline.
Summary: 3 Stars
This film is about two street kids Black and White who live in the rundown Treasure Town. Black, the oldest of the boys spend his time taking care of White and beating up anyone endangering his city. Soon the young boys life are disrupted when a Yakuza gang moves in and tries to take over the city. Things are complicated further when the Yakuza brings in a strange looking and brutal man who may be an alien. The story of this movie however is not about the Yakusa, or about aliens or even about White's seaming psychic abilities, it is about the relationship between these two boys, and how the world looks more interesting when one are a child.
I found the story to artsy for my tastes, also it is very uneven, at some points it is a slice of life depicting the lives of two street children, then it is science fiction with aliens, then we are in a gangster film and then we have a Spiritual battle for one of the character's soul. The movies is all over the place, some might like this, I do not. The characters however are well made, one start to care about these characters, and everyone, including supporting characters are given a distinctive personality and a unique look.
The animation of this film is very good, the film obviously have high production value and everything moves, not like in many anime where only the character's lips moves most of the time. The scenes are very detailed and while I personally did not care for the art style and found the movie frankly to be quite ugly I have to take my hat off to the animators as the movie is skillfully made.
I watched the movie with Japanese dialog and English subtitles, I was not impressed, the actors all sounded monotone. The dub might be better I do not know, but the sub at least was not good enough to carry such complex and involving characters.
Personally I did not like this film. I think that the movie was far to long, it moved very uneven with long sections where nothing happens and a very confusing storyline. I however have to give the movie credit for being well made, for having great characters and for being a little different compared to most anime movies.
Description of Tekkon Kinkreet [Blu-ray]
From the creators of Animatrix comes this visually-stunning new anime film based on a popular Japanese manga written by Taiyo Matsumoto. In Treasure Town, where the moon smiles and young boys can fly, life can be both gentle and brutal. This is never truer than for our heroes, Black and White, two street urchins who watch over the city, doing battle with an array of old-world Yakuza and alien assassins vying to rule the decaying metropolis. Tekkon Kinkreet is a dynamic tale of brotherhood that addresses the faults of present day society, true love lost, and the kindness of the human heart.A brutal elegy for our changing times as well as a tour-de-force of visual artistry, Tekkon Kinkreet is a deeply resonant story with a heart. The title Tekkon Kinkreet is a play on the Japanese words for ?concrete,? ?iron,? and ?muscle,? and it suggests the warring images of steel and concrete cities amassing against the powers of the imagination. Until now, at least in imports abroad, anime style has almost entirely been characterized by wide-eyed heroes, big robots, and uninspired plotting. Tekkon Kinkreet jettisons these stereotypes in favor of a more realistic, European ethos, successfully incorporating engaging child characters and a complex action plot into a poetic, engaging story.
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