Metropolis (Anime)...
Rintaro had asked Osamu Tezuka, creator of the graphic novel on which this feature is based, for permission to make the Metropolis anime and Osamu Tezuka refused... Based on a Osamu Tezuka's graphic novel first published in 1949 more than 10 years before the inception of Tetsuwan Atom (Astro Boy). Metropolis: A giant futuristic city-state above, and a decrepit underworld below. Ostensibly it's a utopian society, with humans and robots co-existing peacefully. But rolling beneath the surface of this well-ordered mechanized world is resentment between the haves, who thrive from the robotic labor, and the subterranean-dwelling have-nots, those who are afflicted with unemployment and poverty because of the robots. There's also friction between the human workers and their stronger, more productive robotic counterparts, whose labor is seen as indispensable to economic development. But necessary or not, robot activity is strictly regulated in Metropolis, with many robots pro
