History Anime / Metropolis

* BittersweetEnding: Played straight and possibly averted, depending on the version you watch. [[spoiler:The Ziggurat falls, Duke Red and Rock are explicitly shown dead, the city is devastated in the fallout, and poor sweet Tima slips from Kenichi's grasp right as her sense of self is returning, falling into the burning abyss. The final scene hints that Tima's parts can be reclaimed, and her spirit is still somehow broadcasting through a radio.]] However, there's also a final image after the credits that [[spoiler: full-on reveals that Kenichi was somehow able to rebuild Tima, and they've opened their own robot company together.]] Unfortunately, despite being in the original Japanese and English theatrical releases, the image was cut from the English DVD release, [[NoExportForYou for whatever stupid reason]]. Luckily, the image is restored in the streamed Hulu version.

* CircleOfExtinction: Rock circles Tima before knocking her out.

* SteamPunk: With tidbits of CyberPunk sprinkled around it.

* BittersweetEnding: Played straight and possibly averted, depending on the version you watch. [[spoiler:The Ziggurat falls, Duke Red and Rock are explicitly shown dead, the city is devastated in the fallout, and poor sweet Tima slips from Kenichi's grasp right as her sense of self is returning, falling into the burning abyss. The final scene hints that Tima's parts can be reclaimed, and her spirit is still somehow broadcasting through a radio.]] However, there's also a final image after the credits that [[spoiler: full-on reveals that Kenichi was somehow able to rebuild Tima, and they've opened their own robot company together.]] Unfortunately, despite being in the original Japanese and English theatrical releases, the image was cut from the English DVD release, [[NoExportForYou for whatever stupid reason]]. Luckily, the image is restored in the streamed Netflix version.

* {{Anvilicious}}: In many places, though a lot of this could be from TheMentor's preaching and Atlas's philosophising.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: If you're reading this page, you know by now.
** To whit, a soundtrack of noir-ish jazz with a distinct 30's feel.

* SuperlativeDubbing

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Metropolis's crowning achievement is a monumental structure called "the Ziggurat". TheMentor compares it to the tower of Babel. Rock's anti-robot militia are called the Marduks.
** AnalogyBackfire: The tower is named after structures most famous for being symbols of pride that are destroyed because of their creator's arrogance ''by the person who wants to use it''.
** There's also a nice bit where Tima is standing on the roof in a beam of sunlight, presumably recharging. A bird lands on her shoulder. They cut to another viewpoint, and she looks ''exactly'' like an angel.

* InNameOnly: Any connection to the original film ''{{Metropolis}}'' is purely nominal.

** It's actually [[spoiler:I...am...who?]] If I'm not mistaken.
** Depends on what language you're watching, methinks.

* BittersweetEnding: Played straight and possibly averted, depending on the version you watch. [[spoiler:The Ziggurat falls,Duke Red and Rock are explicitly shown dead, the city is devastated in the fallout, and poor sweet Tima slips from Kenichi's grasp right as her sense of self is returning, falling into the burning abyss. The final scene hints that Tima's parts can be reclaimed, and her spirit is still somehow broadcasting through a radio.]] However, there's also a final image after the credits that [[spoiler: full-on reveals that Kenichi was somehow able to rebuild Tima, and they've opened their own robot company together.]] Unfortunately, despite being in the original Japanese and English theatrical releases, the image was cut from the English DVD release, [[NoExportForYou for whatever stupid reason]]. Luckily, the image is restored in the streamed Netflix version.

* AdaptationDecay: To the point of having nothing to do with the original. Either one.
** To be fair, Tezuka himself loved rehashing characters and set pieces from his manga in totally new ways for the animated versions when he was still around. See ''Marine Express'', ''Fumoon'', ''{{Phoenix}}: 2772'' & many others.
** I would put this down more to AdaptationDisplacement, since it was stated that this takes from both sources but doesn't exactly adhere to either.
** BroadStrokes
** And I would put it down as a PragmaticAdaptation. I'm a fan of Tezuka, the likes of which may only be matched by NaokiUrasawa, and even I will admit that the film is far and away better than the manga. Given, the manga was one of Tezuka's earlier works, so of course it's probably going to be one of the weaker ones, but the film blows the whole comic right out of the water. Honestly, the film is an amazing example of Tezuka's later style, ala OdeToKirihito, {{MW}}, {{Buddha}}, and {{Phoenix}}

* AccidentalPervert: Avoided so much that it's actually disturbing. Tima goes without pants for a fair part of the movie, keeps sitting facing Kinichi, and he doesn't flinch or say anything.

* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler: Kinishi to Tima as he's trying to pull her to safety near the end. She doesn't.]]

!!Examples

* AccidentalPervert - Avoided so much that it's actually disturbing. Tima goes without pants for a fair part of the movie, keeps sitting facing Kinichi, and he doesn't flinch or say anything.
** She might not have been, erm, anatomically correct.
* AdaptationDecay - To the point of having nothing to do with the original. Either one.
** To be fair, Tezuka himself loved rehashing characters & set pieces from his manga in totally new ways for the animated versions when he was still around. See ''Marine Express'', ''Fumoon'', ''{{Phoenix}}: 2772'' & many others.

** BroadStrokes. <==

* AGodAmI - Or rather, "A Goddess I'll make!". doesn't turn out well.
* AIIsACrapshoot - Both in the usual sense, and in the sense that some robots are obviously sentient while others of the same model aren't.
* AnimationBump - Tima's hair.
* {{Anvilicious}} - In many places, though a lot of this could be from TheMentor's preaching and Atlas's philosophising.

* {{Apocalypse How}} - Class 0.
* ApocalypseWow - [[spoiler: It's only the one city,]] but it looks ''awesome''.

* {{BigNo}} - As Tima [[spoiler: falls to her death]], Kenichi does this.
* BittersweetEnding - Played straight and possibly averted, depending on the version you watch. [[spoiler:The Ziggurat falls,Duke Red and Rock are explicitly shown dead, the city is devastated in the fallout, and poor sweet Tima slips from Kenichi's grasp right as her sense of self is returning, falling into the burning abyss. The final scene hints that Tima's parts can be reclaimed, and her spirit is still somehow broadcasting through a radio.]] However, there's also a final image after the credits that [[spoiler: full-on reveals that Kenichi was somehow able to rebuild Tima, and they've opened their own robot company together.]] Unfortunately, despite being in the original Japanese and English theatrical releases, the image was cut from the English DVD release, [[NoExportForYou for whatever stupid reason]].
** Luckily, the image is restored in the streamed Netflix version.
* CanonImmigrant - Rock wasn't actually in the original manga. His characterization here is largely taken from his appearance in Tezuka's next major sci-fi manga after ''Metropolis'', ''Nextworld''.
* CircleOfExtinction - Rock circles Tima before knocking her out.
* ConspicuousCG - Makes extensive use of this for the backgrounds and scenery while keeping the characters traditionally animated.
* CoolButImpractical - The firefighting robot thingies.
* CosyCatastrophe - After [[spoiler: the Ziggurat explodes]], Metropolitans seem to take their new pile of rubble in stride.
* CrapsaccharineWorld - A colorful, pastel city of equally plush robots who are willing to do your bidding, not to mention trustworthy people in charge. Oooh, and look, someone built a huge tower. Perfect vacation landmark, right? Until you realize what the huge tower is really for, and how corrupt the officials really are.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - If you're reading this page, you know by now.

* DeathByAdaptation - As mentioned elsewhere, [[spoiler: Tima is shown to survive in a scene not in the American version.]]
* {{Determinator}} - Rock
* DoomsdayDevice - The Ziggurat is meant as a way for Metropolis to extend its military power, but in the wrong hands...
* TheDragon - Averted. Rock appears to be set up as Duke Red's Dragon for the first two minutes, then they have a chilly conversation and work at cross-purposes for the rest of the movie.
* FamousLastWords - [[spoiler:Who-who am I-I?]]
* FridgeBrilliance - The tipping point [[spoiler: for the revolution]] seems to be the construction of the Ziggurat. Why? You notice the wide, spacious area full of modern, low-rise buildings surrounding it-[[UnfortunateImplications and the lack of all surface slums...]]
* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt - Guess who had no involvement in the production of this film? At all? Of course, he was [[AuthorExistenceFailure dead at the time]], but... if you're gonna put Tezuka's name on the production, it should have more in common with his manga. Then again, [[OldShame seeing how he came to feel]] about his manga...
* InNameOnly - Any connection to the original film ''{{Metropolis}}'' is purely nominal.
* [[spoiler: KillAllHumans - Tima goes into this mode when she discovered she was a robot, especially when she goes on the throne of power.]]
* KnightTemplar - Rock plays his anti-robot agenda to the end. Good thing too. Also a {{Jerkass}} and {{Psychotic Smirk}}er.
* TheMorlocks - Not deformed yet, but things are going badly wrong for the lower-class Metropolitans.
* MrExposition - Pero and Atlas both take this one.
* OldShame - The reason a film adaptation was never attempted in Tezuka's lifetime was that he came to dislike the his original manga as being to crude and amateurish.
* PoisonousFriend - Rock, who does whatever he can to "protect" Duke Red by refusing to let a robot have the power which he thinks can only be used by his "father", even it means completely going against his orders.
* RobotGirl - Tima

* SceneryPorn - In some scenes the characters are just tiny figures at the bottom of the screen, with the backgrounds given pride of place.

* StarSystem - Tezuka's "actors" reprise their original roles from the manga, while Rock (who wasn't in the original manga) comes in to provide conflict and [[TriggerHappy shoot stuff]].
* SteamPunk - With tidbits of CyberPunk sprinkled around it.

* TakeMyHand: Kinishi to Tima as he's trying to pull her to safety near the end.
* TearJerker - The page quote is there for a ''reason''.
* UnwittingPawn - Atlas and the president.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans - Duke Red's motivation. He gets no KickTheDog moments but does some rather nasty things to get on top.
* WellDoneSonGuy - Although Rock is only Duke Red's (sort of) adopted son, his entire motivation for trying to kill Tima is to get him to love him, and only him, as his own.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic - Metropolis's crowning achievement is a monumental structure called "the Ziggurat". TheMentor compares it to the tower of Babel. Rock's anti-robot militia are called the Marduks.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman - Duke Red doesn't even care that his artificial goddess is dressed like a street person. That's a subtle bit. Also the non-protagonists treat the robots as cattle and [[spoiler: all the sentient robots in the film end up dead]]. The Japanese protagonists (and possibly Atlas) are the only people that relate to the robots as sentient entities.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace

* {{Yandere}} - Depending on what you think Tima was trying to do at the very end.
* {{SunglassesAtNight}} - Rock in most of the film. This is never brought up in the movie.

* [[ApocalypseWow]] - [[spoiler: It's only the one city,]] but it looks ''awesome''.

* CoolButImpractical: The firefighting robot thingies.

* DeathByAdaptation: As mentioned elsewhere, [[spoiler: Tima is shown to survive in a scene not in the American version.]]

* XanatosSucker - Atlas and the president.

The 2001 Animated film by Tristar Pictures, directed by Rintaro, and animated by {{Madhouse}}. It did not actually involve OsamuTezuka and was made after his death. It draws as much from the classic German film {{Metropolis}} as it does from Tezuka's manga of the same name, and does not attempt to be faithful to either. It was rated by one film site as one of the [[http://movies.ign.com/articles/650/650717p1.html all-time best animated films]].

*** And I would put it down as a PragmaticAdaptation. I'm a fan of Tezuka, the likes of which may only be matched by NaokiUrasawa, and even I will admit that the film is far and away better than the manga. Given, the manga was one of Tezuka's earlier works, so of course it's probably going to be one of the weaker ones, but the film blows the whole comic right out of the water. Honestly, the film is an amazing example of Tezuka's later style, ala OdeToKirihito, {{MW}}, {{Buddha}}, and {{Phoenix}}

A 2001 Animated film by TristarPictures, directed by {{Rintaro}}, and animated by {{Madhouse}}. It did not actually involve OsamuTezuka in any way and was made after his death. It draws as much from the classic German film {{Metropolis}} as it does from Tezuka's largely unrelated manga of the same name, and does not attempt to be faithful to either.

In a {{Zeerust}} future, an elderly Japanese detective and his young assistant arrive in Metropolis, the most advanced and wealthiest city in the world, on the trail of a wanted MadScientist and organ trafficker. Assigned a robot detective as a guide, they track the man down to a lab in the undercity just to see it destroyed by a KnightTemplar with an anti-robot agenda. Out of the wreckage crawls the doctor's greatest achievement, a [[InnocentFanserviceGirl naked and inhumanly beautiful young woman]] with apparently no idea who she is, what she is, how she got there, what clothes are. The assistant and the girl then get separated from his mentor when the floor gives way.

* ConspicuousCG - Makes extensive use of this for the backgrounds and scenery while keeping the characters traditionally animated. This gives a lush look but also can be jarring.