From: Weyrlady <weyrlady at ashcomp.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Best SF film of 2002 at The Charles
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:51:06 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

---- WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> wrote:
> Interestingly, Michael Walsh said:
> >We were more or less obliged to see =
> >the
> > >anime version, this should be an interesting complement.
> >
> >I believe they are different films with the same name
> >
> I could be wrong, but I believe that the anime version was inspired by the
> original. It was pretty impressive in its own right.

Osamu Tezuka, the original manga author, was inspired by still images from the movie.  He had never actually seen the movie and knew nothing of its plot when he wrote the story.  I think the main similarity you may see will be the city itself.

Meridel
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Weyrlady
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