Neo Tokyo (film)
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Neo Tokyo (迷宮物語, Meikyū Monogatari, literally "Labyrinth Tales"), also titled Manie-Manie on its title card, is a 1987 anime science fiction anthology film produced by Project Team Argos and Toei Animation . The film was conceived and produced by Madhouse founders Masao Maruyama and Akira Toriyama, the latter of whom served as composition organizer alongside Katsuhiro Otomo on the project.
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Kanji | 迷宮物語 | ||||
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Based on | Meikyū Monogatari by Taku Mayumura | ||||
Produced by | Katsuhiro Otomo (film screenwriter) Akira Toriyama | ||||
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Cinematography | Akira Toriyama | ||||
Edited by | Katsuhiro Otomo | ||||
Music by | Yoko Kanno | ||||
Production companies | Toei Animation (company) Project Team Argos | ||||
Distributed by | Toho[1] | ||||
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Running time | 50 minutes | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese |
The 50 minute-long film has three segments, each under a different screenwriter and film director: Rintaro's "Labyrinth Labyrinthos," an exploration into the maze of a little girl's mind, Yoshiaki Kawajiri's "Running Man," focusing on a deadly auto race, and Kunitoshi Okijima's "Construction Cancellation Order," a cautionary tale about man's dependency on technology. In addition to original music by Escaflowne's Yoko Kanno, two prominently feature famous pieces of Western classical music: the first of Erik Satie's Gymnopédies and the "Toreador Song" of Georges Bizet's Carmen in "Labyrinth" and "Morning Mood" from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt score, in an ironic manner, in "The Order."
The film premiered on September 25, 1987, at that year's Tōkyō International Fantastic Film Festival. Other than festival screenings, Japanese distributor Toho originally relegated the film direct-to-video, releasing a VHS on October 10, 1987, but did eventually give it a general cinema release in Japan, on April 15, 1989. In English, the film was licensed, dubbed and released theatrically (as a double feature with the first Cowboy Bebop The Movie film) and to VHS in North America by Columbia/Tristar, the license later being taken up by the now also out of business Bandai Visual.[2]