Japan Synopsis
メトロポリス
“Welcome to Metropolis”
Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally find Dr. Laughton, Kenichi and Shunsaku find themselves seperated and plunged into the middle of a larger conspiracy. While Shunsaku searches for his nephew and explanations, Kenichi tries to protect Tima (a mysterious young girl), from Duke Red and his adopted son Rock, both of whom have very different reasons for wanting to find her.
Audience Engagement
410 audience reviews — more than 92% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (92th percentile) outruns trending popularity (77th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Metropolis. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Bandai Visual
Animation + Science Fiction in Japan
314 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Metropolis itself).
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
★ 8.3 · 1997
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
★ 8.3 · 2021
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
★ 8.3 · 1993
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran 2
★ 8.2 · 2019
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
★ 8.0 · 2013
Date A Live: Mayuri Judgment
★ 8.0 · 2015
The 2000–2002 Japan Window
Metropolis holds position #81 of 226 Japan films in the 2000–2002 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Metropolis premiered alongside 79 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 48m runtime, production spent $139K per minute on screen and earned $37K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 79 other Japan films in 2001.
The 1344th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Metropolis, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- metropolis · 4
- synthetic human · 2
- control · 1
- jealousy · 24
- android · 19
- conspiracy · 17
- steampunk · 10
- son · 6
- anime · 711
- adult animation · 101
- mecha · 68
- based on comic · 58
- robot · 45
- future · 43
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,915 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,353 of 2,532 (top 53%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Bandai Visual, Destination Films, TOHO, dentsu Music And Entertainment, King Records |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | May 26, 2001 |
| IMDb | tt0293416 |