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Roujin Z (1991)
Katsuhiro Otomo's anime right after Akira. He pawned off the directorial supervising to his co-worker, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, but this script about the rights and needs of an aging society is handled with Otomo's typical insight and insanity, plus a bit more comedy.
2009 - Lost Memories (2002)
It's not often that a sci-fi story sets itself so near to its own future, but this one is actually about an alternate past: one where Japan had long before allied with the US, and so helped to drop the bomb on Berlin and win WWII. It takes place in the part of 'modern' Japan that used to be called Korea, and the bi-lingual co-production never gets as good as this description of the premise probably sounds.
Fist of the North Star: Chapter of Death in Love (2006)
The Legends of the True Savior series attempted to retell FotNS with 5 films, this first one focusing on the origins of Raoh, the main antagonist. I thought it'd be a fun way to dive into the classic manga, but the whole thing is just trying so hard to be a 13-year old boy's version of "cool" that it falls flat and was just too lame to finish.
Katsuhiro Otomo's anime right after Akira. He pawned off the directorial supervising to his co-worker, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, but this script about the rights and needs of an aging society is handled with Otomo's typical insight and insanity, plus a bit more comedy.
2009 - Lost Memories (2002)
It's not often that a sci-fi story sets itself so near to its own future, but this one is actually about an alternate past: one where Japan had long before allied with the US, and so helped to drop the bomb on Berlin and win WWII. It takes place in the part of 'modern' Japan that used to be called Korea, and the bi-lingual co-production never gets as good as this description of the premise probably sounds.
Fist of the North Star: Chapter of Death in Love (2006)
The Legends of the True Savior series attempted to retell FotNS with 5 films, this first one focusing on the origins of Raoh, the main antagonist. I thought it'd be a fun way to dive into the classic manga, but the whole thing is just trying so hard to be a 13-year old boy's version of "cool" that it falls flat and was just too lame to finish.