This is one of those anime that is good enough to make producers wish they could make a live action version of but have little chance of making that happen.
It’s wonderfully scripted, very well drawn and voiced. There is a lot to enjoy in Patema Inverted. The villain makes all the stereotypical moves the mad stares, the sinister grins, the templed fingers, the god complex and an army of black uniformed thugs. Here I suspect we slip into the realm of unintentional comedy. This is an anime that sparkles with likeable characters – except for the villain. With Yukiyo Fujii, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Shintarô Oohata, Shinya Fukumatsu. In fact, he’s a pretty likeable character as well. Patema Inverted: Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura. I’m not surprised, Patema is a strong female character and Age, the boy she meets, isn’t needlessly wimpy just for the constrast. Those around me, those without a healthy respect for heights, all seemed to enjoy the anime greatly.
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The fact that it was a full house and I could hardly escape my seat only made it worse. I watched Patema Inverted in the dark, on the big screen at Scotland Loves Anime 2013 and I’m sure that ‘enhanced’ the vertigo. They did! Sometimes you can be too successful. Then there are those scenes in which Yasuhiro Yoshiura is trying to use the height and fall to scare you. Some of his characters could cope with dangling off incredible heights with certain death if they fall and some seem to enjoy it. Yasuhiro Yoshiura, the director of Patema Inverted must have some empathy with those rock climbers. I can’t stand to watch videos of those talented idiots who go climbing up the sheer sides of mountains with nothing but their fingers and a bag of chalk on their back to catch them if they fall. I don’t have it bad but sometimes it triggers. So how come I could hardly stand to watch? Vertigo. Thankfully the art lives up to the challenge and we’re given some beautiful scenes. This is an anime that benefits from fantastic plot and has a wonderful reason for some great illustration. This is not known to Patema or those of her generation. The film is sci-fi to the extent that it is set after a gravitational experiment goes wrong, causes people to fall into the sky and forces the survivors to live underground. 'Sakasama no Patema' is a gripping WWII drama set in 1944 Nazi Germany, detailing the struggles of a young German boy, Age (Eiji), hiding his Jewish friend, Patema, after the government declares that all people of Jewish descent must be 'taken care of.' Together, they traverse war-torn Germany to bring Patema home and along the way discover the.
In a dark, cramped, underground world of endless tunnels and shafts, people wear protective suits and live out. Patema Inverted is about the brave and curious girl who goes exploring in her underground world of tunnels and ruins and discovers a horrible truth. A world, forever beyond your expectations. This is the first time that I’ve enjoyed an anime while being barely able to watch it. But both the concept and imagery of Patema have this visionary quality to them that really amazes in a way that few other stories can truly lay claim to.Buy Patema Inverted from Dec 1st at Amazon The characterization here isn't quite as good as it was in Time of Eve, and overall, I would say that Yoshiura's earlier work was the superior film. And in my mind, it pretty much cements Yoshiura Yasuhiro's place amongst the foremost up-and-coming directorial talents in anime.
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I guess the only thing I didn't like about this movie was the villain, as he seemed a little too evil for the sake of being evil instead of having some tangible reasoning behind his behavior.īut other than that, it was fantastic. I felt so juvenile watching it though, since the moment they looked at each other, I almost tuned out the dialogue as my inner voice was going, "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" Patema, a princess in her underground village, loves to explore the tunnels. Description: In an underground world where tunnels extend everywhere, even though they live in dark and confined spaces, people wear protective clothes and lead quiet and enjoyable lives.
Available in a range of colours and styles for men, women. Patema Inverted (2012) Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older. The kiss in Spider-Man should be called the Patema kiss because the meaning behind it being upside-down was so much more significant here.īut seriously, I loved that scene. Shop high-quality unique Sakasama No Patema T-Shirts designed and sold by independent artists.