Tekkon Kinkreet
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
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Portuguese (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 111 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Product features:
- * Based on the Manga Graphic Novel BLACK & WHITE by Taiyo Matsumoto
- * Tokyo International Film Festival - Special Selection
- * Deauville Asian Film Festival - Panorama Selection
- * Hong Kong International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Nomination and Animation Unlimited Selection
- * Berlin International Film Festival - Generation 14 Plus and Best First Feature Nomination
Movie Reviews of Tekkon Kinkreet
Movie Review: A True Anime
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like Akira (Special Edition) or Ghost in the Shell, and thought they were true masterpieces despite their ambiguous style of storytelling, then you'll love Tekkon Kinkreet. It's as true an anime as there ever was: it follows its own style of storytelling, it has interesting, even endearing characters, and the art is just beautiful. It sits comfortably next to some of the best anime ever to come to the States.
Tekkon Kinkreet follows two young boys, known around the city as the Cats, but to each other they are Black and White. Black is a brooding, violent youngster with a gift for taking pain and dishing it out. White is, simply, special; he's empathic, enjoys life, and has a deep sense of when things aren't right. He also seems to be magically gifted. That gift, however, has left White an innocent boy, incapable of growing up and acting his age; that's why Black feels obligated to protect the young boy, and the that means eliminating any possible threat to him and White, as well as the city in which they live. Thus, these two have a few enemies, including the Yakuza, some strange and powerful alien assassins, and a mysterious creature known by the youth in the city as the "Minotaur." All the while, the two are continually robbing and mugging those within their city so that they can achieve White's dream of living in a house on a beach....
Yeah, interesting, I know. But what makes the story of Tekkon Kinkreet that much better is the surreality of the whole thing. It doesn't try to explain much; it doesn't have to. White and Black can run at tremendous speeds and leap ten feet into the air; aliens exist; and a boy has the power to link himself mentally to his best friend. Why? Because they do.... And all the while, it's as fantastically believable as a well told fantasy novel.
Outside of that, the art and characters of Tekkon Kinkreet helps to drive the story along. The settings contains so much detail that it's impossible to find anything. If this was a "Where's Waldo" drawing, you'd never find him. The character art is also beautiful, reminiscent of the short sequence in Kill Bill, Volume 1.
Now, for the one drawback (which many older anime fans wouldn't even consider as a drawback): this will be a very difficult anime for a new-comer to get into. The story isn't difficult to follow, but it can be confusing and the ending leaves a lot unanswered, as is the wont of anime. Still, though, if you have some experience with anime, then you won't be disappointed. The art is beautiful, the story is engaging, and the characters are endearing. I'd rate it higher if it were possible. Tekkon Kinkreet is definitely one of the best anime ever.
Summary of Tekkon Kinkreet
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