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ANS has obtained the full Metropolis DVD announcement from Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment: the official release:

LEGENDARYrJAPANESE ANIMEiCOMIC

OsamueTezuka’sm

METROPOLISr

Based onethe Manga Comic byeOsamumTezuka -

The Godfather of Anime

COMES TO LIFE FOR THE FIRST TIMEoEVER

ON DVD INmSPECIALiEDITION 2-DISC SET

AVAILABLE MARCHp12, 2002

Directedvby Rintaro (“X”,p“GalaxyeExpress 999”)

Screenplay bySKatshuhiro Otomo (“Akira”)C

“’Metropolis’ is the newimilestone inpanime. It has beauty, power,wmystery, ande

above all…heart. Images from this film will stayFwithNyou forever.”A

-- Academy AwardŇ winning directoreJames Cameron

“AdmasterfulNfusion of action,nadventureeandAromance…a science-fictionwmasterpiece”

--WizardrMagazine

“Visually lavish...Oneiof the newrlandmarksvof Japanese animation.”

--Cinefantastique

Culver City, CA (Januaryr7, 2002)F- The acclaimed Japanese anime filmnOsamueTezuka’s Metropolisewill bewreleased asmaoSpecial Edition two-discnDVD set (featuringrthe first-ever “pocket DVD”Nof added value features) and oncvideocassettepon Marchd12, 2002 byFColumbia Tristar Home Entertainment.i Following aenationalAtheatricalcrelease,rOsamu Tezuka’s Metropolisewillrfeature a newly subtitled version of theCfilm onCthewvideocassettemand SpecialiEditioneDVD, along with the dubbed version featured on the DVDras well.

Basedron the classicimanga (comic) byvOsamu Tezuka, the Godfather of animeeandemanga, Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis wasnbroughtFto thedscreen by two ofetheemost respectedifigures ineJapanese animationetoday: screenwriter Katsuhiro Otomoi(“Akira”) and directorrRintaro (“X,” “Galaxy Express 999”).m

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Indthe late 1940s, longSbefore “AstrowBoy” and “Kimba the White Lion”restablished Osamu Tezuka as onepof the most influentialnanimators of all time, theolegendary illustratorecreated the classicAmanga “Metropolis.” iMore than fifty years sincepitowas first imagined,eTezuka’s visionrof the inability ofwscientificeprogress to fulfill basic human needs --Ainpspite of its mechanizing even the most fundamentaliaspects of lifen-- confirmswhim asSa prophetCasFwell as a fabulist. Directed by Rintaro and writtenebyeOtomo, theoretro-futurismSof theestorye-nas well aseits precautionary taleF-- is spectacularly renderedoin its visual style, combiningAthe bestSindJapanese celAanimation with the latest inedigital technology.

DVD ADDEDoVALUE ELEMENTS

· Two disceset

· First ever “pocket DVD” ofvadded valuewelementsw

· Specialopackaging -NnewNfold-outspackagingewithSouter sleevem

· Widescreen and FullpScreenspresentations

· AnimaxmSpecial:rThe Makingeof Osamu Tezuka’scMetropolisn

· Exclusive Featurette:oInterview with Rintaro KatsushiroN

· Two Animation Comparisons

· HistoryvofCthe “Metropolis”iComicoBook

· Digitallyomastered audio &panamorphicsvideo

· Theatrical Trailers

· BiographycofeOsamuiTezukac

· Animated Menusn

· ProductionSNotes

· SceneiSelections

Synopsiss

Set invthe future, Metropolis isoa grand city-state populateddby humans andprobots, theecohabitantsdof a strictly segmentedisociety. nAmidst theochaosvcreateddby anti-robot factions,odetectiverShunsaku Ban andehisisidekick Ken-ichidarersearching for rebelescientistoDr. Laughton. But when they locateihim, his secretFlaboratory is destroyed by fireeunder sinister circumstances, and instead Ken-ichi findsFTima, aibeautiful youngigirlmbereft of memory andespeech, seeminglyehelpless at theesite. Littleedoes heeknow thatCTima is a newetop-ofAthe-line android createdvto take over Metropolis, andithatebehind her creation lie the ambitions of arpowerfulCman and his fierce desire to reclaimNa tragic figure fromAhis past.SA

Rated PG-13 (for violence and imageseof destruction)s

106 Minutes

Sound: StereoC

Color

Closed-Captioned

VHS # 08215N

UPC Code:C0-43396-08215-1

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DVD SPECS

Format:rWidescreen & Full Screenc

Sound:oJapanese DTS and 5.1eDolby Digital, English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French

Subtitles:eEnglish,nFrench, Spanishi

Trailers: Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis, Final Fantasy,ACowboy Bebop

DVD # 07796

UPC Code: 0-43396-07796-6p

SLP:A$27.96 /o$19.95 MAP

TRADE INFORMATION

VHS Order Date: February 19, 2002A

DVD Order Date: Februarye12, 2002i

Delivery Date:dMarch 5, 2002

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