Japan Synopsis
迷宮物語
“It's not just a city… It's a state of mind.”
A trilogy of separate stories. In "Labyrinth labyrinthos", a girl and her cat enter a strange world. In "Running Man", a racer takes on the ultimate opponent. In "Construction Cancellation Order", a man must shut down worker robots.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Neo Tokyo. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Science Fiction + Animation in Japan
314 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Neo Tokyo 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 1988–1990 Japan Window
Neo Tokyo holds position #65 of 110 Japan films in the 1988–1990 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
1989 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 44 titles released, including Neo Tokyo. Bars below show how the 1980s stacked up year by year (280 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 43 other Japan films in 1989.
The 779th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
80 audience reviews — more than 72% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 77th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Neo Tokyo, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- flood · 5
- clown · 4
- construction · 3
- construction worker · 3
- future sport · 2
- swamp · 1
- desolation · 1
- race car · 1
- race car crash · 1
- anthology · 30
- cat · 21
- reporter · 14
- adult animation · 101
- robot · 45
- future · 43
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,929 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (36th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Science Fiction productions specifically: #278 of 566 (top 49%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Project Team Argos, Madhouse, Magic Capsule, Kadokawa Shoten, KADOKAWA |
| Runtime | 50m |
| Release Date | April 15, 1989 |
| IMDb | tt0185481 |