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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Gandahar / Light Years / Metal Men (1988)

A French animated film directed by Rene Laloux.
An army of metal men attack a peaceful civilization and the prince is sent on a quest to save them. He befriends a group of mutants on his way. Upon meeting the force that is causing the problem, he is frozen in time for a thousand years and asked to kill this entity when he awakens.
This has become one of my favorite animated films because of the '80s style, fantasy elements, alien monsters and cartoon nudity. The plot is of the classic fantasy adventure style with a single hero enlisting unlikely help to save the world. Characters and their development was a little played-down. Surprisingly, the main bad-guy was the most developed character in the whole film! The style and flavor were good and I liked the subject matter, so I'm rating it awesome.