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Tokyo Godfathers
: Contains some spoilers.I just finished watching this movie. I'd been wanting it ever since I read an article in Animerica about it, but I didn't think it was out yet, so when I saw it in a Borders Bookstore today, I snatched it up as fast I could. And...woah, I can barely describe it. Normal anime takes flawless beauties with high squeeky voices and makes them a magical hero. This movie takes a transvestite "uncle bag lady", a runaway teenage girl (who certainly doesn't look like almost every other teen you see in an anime), and an old pervy geezer who "used to race bikes", and makes them into heros. One day, in the middle of an argument, the three hear the screams of a baby, and decide to investigate. What follows is a long heartfelt journey as they try to find Kiyoko's (what they name the little girl) parents. Throughout the whole movie, you'll find places where you'll be both bawling and laughing hysterically at the same time (which earns you a few odd looks from family members). At other points in the story, you'll be watching in wonder as the four of them (Hana [transvestite], Gin [old man], Miyuki [teenager], and Kiyoko) look like they really ARE a family. Speaking of THAT--The characters are so true to life it's amazing. They all have their little quirks, their own personalites, their differences...It's AMAZING what Satoshi Kon and his fellows can do with a used plotline! And as the last thing I can think of, for I must hurry and watch it again before my brain explodes-The music is so FITTING for this it's not even funny. You'd think the music would be depressing, but the sounds of something like hip-hop and dance music seems to fit the movie even better. ...Woah.
Satoshi Kon is earning a place for himself in the history books crafting one animated masterpiece after another. Tokyo Godfathers has scenes of sincere emotional weight and power. Bring some kleenex for this one I cried at least two times during this film...My wife cried about five times. This is one of the most magical and compassionately humanistic films I have ever seen live action, animated or otherwise. Wonderful music in this as well.
This isn't that bad but uplifting, a great anime and inspired story from classic movie "Cider House Rules".
This is 1 of the greatest movies in the world! i really loved this movie it made me want to watch every movie directed by Satoshi Kon. some of this anime is hillarious! You may think that some homeless guy pretending to be a woman is really stupid but guess what its not!i wonder if there will be a tokyo godfathers 2?but anyway this is a very good movie if you are just getting introduced to anime but if you have seen a lot of this great type of animation. you will be laughing all the way to Tokyo (no really!) this is a great movie for everyone!
This is the kind of animated feature that puts the vast majority of live-action--and especially big-budget--movies to shame. There is little in this glowing, passionate story about three of Tokyo's homeless finding a baby on a trash heap one New Year's Eve that couldn't be done on film. But God is in the details, and as animation it pushes the boundaries of kitchen-sink reality outwards to make the film's themes that much bolder, broader, funnier and meaningful. Beautifully-drawn characters, deeply-felt themes of love and truth, superb performances (even with the subtitles), and melt-in-your-mouth animation show why Kon is considered to be a master of the craft.
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