Metropolis

  Another Anime backlog finished and this one is Osamu Tezuka's sensei works adaptation in early 2000s. Never thought the legendary mangaka made one of the earliest Cyberpunk anime out there. Started with Boy meet Girl trope, Metropolis is an apocryphal story of a Megacity where Humanity and Robot lived together in uneasy coexistence which subsequently fall in a single night due to the Hubris of its ruler. Overall Metropolis has very impressive Visual which are reminiscent of Ghibli animations and very eye-pleasing even up to present's standard, considering Japan was still thriving in early 2000s and had the budget to pull it off. However Metropolis ultimately fell short in story department to leave a lasting impression of Osamu Tezuka's legacy for younger audience. Nevertheless it is still a good movie to watch with your family members.

 Despite its flaws, Metropolis able to convey a good and at time prophetic moral lesson that is still relevant up to this day, which are special trait from Tezuka Sensei's whose works are rich in spirituality. If you like Matrix series, Metropolis provides the missing piece to bridge the gap of the lore. Considering in the present we are living in a world where AI begin is getting more prevalence in modern society, one should take a precaution with this technology. As AI technology will eventually create too much social disparity between the Haves and Have nots despite the technology is benign at its nature. At some point due to the hubris of the Elite fews, they will create some kind of Super AI that will be beyond their control and destroy human society in Skynet manner from Terminator series. 

  Metropolis also convey the importance of maintaining one's humanity in order to prevent this kind of catastrophe from happening as the Boy Protagonist kindness toward the female heroine is the main reason that the worst destruction was averted. The movie also portrays that the revolution by the masses will be ill-fated most of the time and end up to be used by the elites for their own gain. 

 At the end of the day one should try to be more familiar with Dystopian Cyberpunk works like Matrix in order to fully appreciate Metropolis. Because the movie does not convey what it tries to tell in exact direct manner. But If you are just general anime viewer, you will still get something out of this movie.