Manie-Manie: Meikyuu Monogatari (2024)

Alpharon

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Esta review también está en español.

Well, well... what do we have here...
Neo Tokyo is composed of three short films, each one directed by a giant of the anime industry. Since the works are so different from each other, I will comment them separately n_n.

Labyrinth labyrinthos (also known as Manie-Manie), by Rintaro (he participated in such things like Jungle Taitei, Astro Boy, Petshop of Horrors, X/1999 and many other renowned works).
This is the first short, and the most surreal of the three. LL introduces us to Sachi, a girl that, along her cat Cicerone, is sent to a giant maze, after crossing a clock/mirror/portal/whatever. Once in ...

HybridMedia

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This particular anime is divided into three separate segments, each under a different screenwriter and film director. The following of those screenwriters/directors being Rintarō, who worked on anime films like Metropolis, X & Captain Harlock; Yoshiaki Kawajiri, known for creating titles such as Wicked City, Ninja Scroll (the movie, not the f***ing TV series) & Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust; and last but not least, Katsuhiro Ōtomo, who we all know for Akira, which is not only one of my favorite anime, but one of my favorite movies.

The first segment is “Labyrinth labyrinthos” by Rintarō about a young girl named Sachi trapped in a game ...

Luquillo

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-A young girl playing with her pet cat searches for fun and ends up in another dimension. But is this really a new world she's exploring, or can this be a figment of her imagination?

A reporter is sent by a magazine he writes for to do an article on a race car driver, but this isn't an ordinary race. This is a futuristic race called the Death Race, and drivers normally last between 1 to 2 years. Zack Hugh has been champion for years and has been surviving all competition in the process.

The Aleona Republic has recently undergone a coup. There's a company whom has ...

ktulu007

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Manie-Manie: Meikyuu Monogatari is a Madhouse production from the tail end of the 80s. It features three different segments, each from a different director. It's no secret that my history with Madhouse is heavily mixed. On one hand, they're the studio behind rubbish like Bio Hunter and the X-men anime. So nice of them to royally mistreat one of my favourite super hero teams. But they've also been behind such excellent anime as Monster & Petshop of Horrors. So, any time I see the studio attached to something, I don't know whether to expect garbage, mediocrity or something amazing.

Story:

The segments aren't really connected. So, I'll ...

FAKEANIMEGIRL

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After greatly enjoying the movie Memories I thought it a good idea to check out Neo Tokyo, a similar compilation movie that adapts three of Taku Mayumura's manga short stories. Though the author and directors are different I thought with three attempts I would at least have a chance of finding one of them particularly memorable, while admiring the variety of the movie as a whole. Sad to say, it wasn't that simple and Neo Tokyo paled in comparison to its spiritual successor.

Neo Tokyo opens with Rintaro's (Shigeyuki Hayashi) Labyrinth Labyrinthos. As of writing, I haven't seen anything else he's directed so I don't know ...

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Adampk

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Once upon a time three well acclaimed directors came together to make a brainwashing program and u get what we see today as Neo Tokyo. Apparently from what I can see it worked like a charm in brainwashing people.

So lets talk what was so dreadful in it that I would call it a brainwashing program.
It has 3 short where obviously are not related to each other written by different people about different things. (Minor spoilers ahead)

Labyrinth Labyrinthos (1st short)-
It was kind of story which cannot differentiate the line between a masterpiece and nonsense. Yep, can take it either ways because ur brain is not gone ...

Sidewinder51

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Rate a 6
English dubbed

Story
If you enjoyed tales from the crypt(television show) and/or Alice in wonderland this anime would be their child if the shows could be parents. You have two stories told within a third story. The separate two stories only add to the original story by providing a message and show. The message is the loss of sanity from the brink of exhaustion. Layman's if you strain yourself you will hurt yourself.

Art
The introduction art had one flaw. For what ever reason the 'home' to this story set was drawn not in animation form but more of a painting. I get the idea having seen ...

Terajima

Mixed Feelings

·'Labyrinth Labyrintos':
Cryptic short film with a fantastic animation, but a somewhat European character design that does not convince me too much. On the soundtrack, the song 'Gymnopedie nº1' by Erik Satie. 6/10

· 'The running man':
Fantastic. I love the style of Kawajiri, the setting is fabulous, the sound superb, that eternal silence that is only cut by the buzz of cars, lights, neon, those shadows, its desolate environment. 7/10

· 'Construction Cancellation Order':
The worst short of the three, i like Katsuhiro Ôtomo, how to forget 'Akira', but this time (his first time as director) we only have the usual design of buildings and those beautiful pastel colors ...

Ernacram

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Manie-Manie: Meikyuu Monogatari is a movie consisting in three short films. Since these short films are completely unrelated, have different art-styles and are made by different people, I will review them separately.

The first short film, Labyrinth Labyrinthos, is the most experimental of the movie, with an original art-style that doesn’t look like anime at all, and it is hard to tell what’s exactly happening in it, despite the fact that the animation is of very high quality. It involves at little girl and her cat chasing a mime from a circus in a labyrinth. Since it is pretty short (roughly 15 minutes), there is ...

tarunnihariya

Mixed Feelings

Anime short films anthology from some of my favorite directors of the medium? I was more than excited. Unfortunately, I ended up being disappointed.

Labyrinth Labyrinthos: Nothing happens in this one. The art style is amazing and the same goes for sound design. I liked the low frame rate animation to really give this a nightmarish feeling. I loved the cat. But yeah, nothing happens. 3/5

Running Man: Things happen but ambiguously. I got some of it when I watched it, but couldn't add 2+2 to make a connection. Nevertheless, it is good. Have great art style and animation. 3//5

Construction Cancellation Order: Things happen but predictably. ...

makai_no_kaio

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