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.
The 2000–2002 Japan Window
226 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Metropolis sits at position #81.
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
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Metropolis premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 48m runtime, production spent $139K per minute on screen and earned $37K per minute back.
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 |