tekkonkinkreet open this year animation nation festival and run from today until 1 dec 07 and showcasing a selection of animated feature film and short and documentary from around the world . last year and the festival score a coup in have paprika screen just after it japan premiere i believe and and have the noir style renaissance screen too . this year and both tekkonkinkreet and the highly acclaimed 5 centimeter per second be sell out in day when ticket when on sale and and it a pity i may not be able to catch the latter due to conflict in schedule . nonetheless and tekkonkinkreet live up to it hype and although i find the story to be a little too perplex for my liking . i guess with japanese anime and some come with a huge dose of the fantastical and and you might not catch all in one screening and lead to longevity a you discover something new each time you view the movie . the story center on 2 orphan and black and white and who be essentially the cat clan and guard their city treasure town from perceive external threat . but they soon find that the big boy such a the yakuza be slowly muscle their way in to establish money spin business in the form of theme park ( heh ) and and inevitably discover they be within the crosshairs of a major turf war . the attention pay to detail be simply amazing and a it seem like not a pixel on the canvas be waste . treasure town itself be a sight to behold and with it dizzying level that do not seem to end and and the camera playfully whiz through building and bridge and nook and cranny give sense to claustrophobia . it like gotham city and only brighter and messier and and of course and without the dark knight and now instead and have black and white play vigilante and batman and robin style . be just boys and they possess ( and here where it fantastical ) superhuman skill and put martial art swordsman to shame with their ability to scale building with the ease of a simple leap . yes and our boy have skill like the yamakasi and only that it magnify ten thousand time . the set action piece be excitingly craft with excellent sound effect and design go into overdrive . the action piece be space out quite well and start with the satisfy chase sequence with dusk and dawn and with the flight for your life battle with robotic assassin and and top off with the urban legend minotaur justify his status . in between the fight be the quiet moment of course and with subplots that put the spotlight on the myriad of yakuza character and and the brotherly love share between black and white and who share a dream of an idyllic life at the beach house and where they can live in peace from the unnecessary bustle of the city and and from the trouble that come look for them . base on the manga by taiyo matsumoto and i suspect there be a need to read up and do some research in order to appreciate this movie more . akin to a cyberpunk movie where you can read it multiple layer and tekkonkinkreet be first and foremost a visual spectacle and hand down and and doesn not fail in provide a wow factor with it presentation .