A Japanese animated science fiction directed by Osamu Tezuka.
A boy's father finds a cat near the lab where his scientist mother works. When the cat begins to act human, she escapes to avoid problems. 9 years later, they are reunited and search for the now cat-woman's origins. Finding the lab, they travel to South America to find the boy's mother. She has been genetically engineering plants and animals all along. The cat-woman and boy escape the South American lab, but are separated. Years later, the boy, now man is hired to hunt and kill the cat-woman.
Pretty cool and very much of the time and place. The non-linear plot held my interest very well, as Ryosuke relates his story to a boy named Chico while they are hunting Bagi. The animation style looked like most anime of the time. Think Dragon Ball (1986) and Vampire Hunter D (1985) with wider looking characters and bold blocks of color. The Bagi character is animated in an extremely seductive way. Wikipedia says that the plot was criticizing Japan's genetic research. I would recommend this for those who like mid-80s anime and sexy cat-women. I rate it good.
A Japanese Animerama animation directed by Osamu Tezuka and Eiichi Yamamoto.
A team of scientists from the future transport their consciousness into the bodies of historical figures in ancient Egypt.
This is the second film in the Animerama series, following A Thousand and One Nights (1969). It was a little bit wierder and made a little less sense than the first one. The plot was not as good and there were too many characters that were not developed well enough. The animation style was mostly cartoon, with live action mixed in the beginning and end. There were some odd WTF moments like the kabuki portrayal of Ceasar's death scene. There was just as much cartoon nudity, but it didn't seem to be as effective as ATAON. There was even closer depictions of intercourse, with cartoon bodies rubbing together, but to no avail. You just can't top something like that. There were more crude jokes in the dialogue, which I did appreciate. I rate it good because it was unique and stylish and all that, but nowhere near as good as the previous year's adventures with Aladdin.
