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
Movie Reviews of Tekkon Kinkreet [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Worth Buying...
Summary: 5 Stars
How do I put it simply? WOW! Anyone with an HDTV aught to experience this piece of thought provocative eye candy.
I broke down this review into two elements: 1) Blu-ray and 2) the movie.
1) Visually speaking this movie is Beautiful and a "Must Have" if you want to show off your High Definition Entertainment center/system. The video is mastered in 1080p and simply looks beautiful on either LCD or Plasma via HDMI. The special features are also in High Definition. I found the colour qualities to be extremely vibrant. In HD, depth of field is evident, noticeable and welcomed. Audio is 5.1 PCM uncompressed and nicely channelized, anyone with a good receiver and speakers system will, more likely than not, be very pleased. I found visitors, periodically turning their heads to their side expecting something to pop out of the wall.
2) I personally felt the story was very riveting. I felt connected to both mains, White and Black. Be warned, the story's presentation, on the surface, is a bit eclectic (Morphic Gen-X, to make up a term) but with some thought and explanation the film is extremely accessible, at least to anyone with a pulse. Even without explanation, I found the film thought provocative. Even my guy and gal friends, who aren't really into anime, were left with the proverbial, "Huh?" but at the same time were intrigued, "Wow"ed and couldn't stop talking about the film.
It's a great film, a nice Blu-Ray piece, and great Anime experience. Just my 2¢.
Summary 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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