An interesting premise, but the animator was too enamoured with his artwork to keep the story moving (for example, there was one long scene of city streets, no dialogue, only music, dragged everything to a halt, just when the story most needed to come to some progressions). An editing room would have helped this film tremendously. This is considered Iconic cyberpunk, and, many people speak of it being evocative of BLADE RUNNER, but I found the exposition to be labourious, and the anime self indulgent. I, apologetically, give it a 5 (meh) out of 10. I am, however, curious to know where the evolution (pun intended) of the story goes.

A really good movie and one of the milestones of Cyberpunk culture.

If you're moving your first steps into the amazing world of cyberpunk, you don't wanna miss this one.

Having seen the movie twice in short succession, I still don't understand any of the politics, which is a pretty hefty chunk of plot and expository dialogue. But I don't think it's important neither really the point of the film. The images are stunning and the sound is superb.
The main points of the movie about consciousness, life and also some of the more dark aspects of cyberpunk dystopias are very well executed. The first two hinge a bit too much in exposition, but the latter is kind of scary. Not about the deep philosophical issues, but the mundane practical stuff of everyday business. This is a universe in which (some) people's brain can be hacked and implanted with false memories, don't own the body they inhabit and are in complete dependence of third party constant maintenance. You realise that the darkness about becoming more like machines than human is not an abstract sense of humanity, feelings or some esoteric division between biological and mechanical entities; no, it's about how limited machines are and how you lose so much of the benefits of biology.

I first watched this movie with my brother back in 1997, at the beginning of an epic animé phase we both went through that lasted almost two years. It remains, in my opinion, the finest animated film in this genre to date. It's almost prescient in it's examination of philosophical humanity, and the rise of AI. Watching it again, it makes me realise it is the reason why I love robot Sci fi. The only sci fi I love better is Robots in Space.

My brother died last year, and this is the first time I've watched this film in a decade and it made me miss him a great deal. Miss him, and appreciate that this was our 'thing' back when we were young and foolish.

One note: I've watched both Japanese sub-titled and American dubbed versions over the years. While I appreciate the American dub, my favourite still remains the original Japanese language film.

#BeKindToCylons #KeepEmClose

This movie is well acted and well animated. For the time I believe that this was a revolutionary film. But by todays standards I think that the film lacks substance and needed a little bit more story wise. I think that the symbolism and messaging are great but overall this film needs more. It may have innovated Sci-fi films and changed them forever but I think this film falls short of reaching its full potential.

i much prefer ghosts to snails

Great visuals, but the plot is dull and boring.

The idea and philosophy of this movie is really stunning and makes you think about future of humans and technology

Excellent movie. There was a lot more nudity and a lot less violence than I expected, but the correct amount if cybernetics and philosophy of mind (which is to say: a shit-ton). There's some strange ambiguous motivation on the part of [spoiler]the Pupper Master. It's never really clear why it needs Mayor to be complete or to reproduce[/spoiler].

The philosophy behind this movie is frightening and stunning. I build my own philosophy and imaginary palace with this film. I build my own personality with the lines of this movie in mind. It’s probably the most important film in my life and I saw it when I was 7.

I've seen it 3 times (just now the new 4k bluray) and still don't get the hype. I do think the setting, design and animation are great. And there are some good ideas here but it's a lot of mumbo jumbo and exposition.

Excelente anime de los 80 muy adelantado a su tiempo.
Futurista con buen tratamiemto.de la IA y de personajes.
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