well and well and a a refreshing piece of animation . up until now i have enjoy everything come out of studio 4c i have see and and thats a lot . start with the well age memory and over arete up to mind game ( now that be a genius movie . ) also of course their shorter work ( genius party and matrix beyond ) . they always deliver story ( grant and not necessarily write by them ) that be simply original and animation that be top notch and an overall styling of their movie that blow my mind every single time . ( do watch the genius party episode call dimension bomb and you will know exactly what i mean . ) to not turn this into a glorification of a studio and let me say and that tekkonkinkreet have all the above . the animation and setting be simply gorgeous . treasure city be so full of detail in every single shot and over the top and over stylized and but still believable . see to believe . best example for me would be the home of black and white . the sun set on the car just at noon and the prop strew all around just speak represent i be a mess up boy tree house and but a car and under a bridge and also beautiful . 3d element be also nice to behold . i think git represent innocence do it this way first . this way mean actually paint the texture on the model ( and i mean paint ) . this just integrate everything so much well into the rest of the picture and that you stop to notice it . this work especially well in the action piece . under bridge and over rooftop and on the train . the only smudge on this glorious movie be the overall story . while original and entertaining and interesting throughout and there be some part in which it lacking . the minotaur and while always hint at and do sort of come out of nowhere at the end . you do see it come somehow and but i do not expect the movie to turn that metaphysical all of a sudden . another hole be the character snake . his motivation or the origin of his organization never become very clear . the whole yakuza plot and link all of the fragment also doesn not lead anywhere really . well it do and but i expect a little more then a headshot . it like the whole point of the movie be just to give a cross section of the town and it inhabitant . while this be nice to watch and the movie itself seem to build up to a grand finale and which do not really happen . more like two and a half separate main story line ( there be also a lot of sub plot ) that just happen to overlap a few time and end on their own . i can not quite put my finger on it why this rub me the wrong way but it do . on the other hand and maybe thats just me . still and to finally come to an end and i can only recommend this movie to anyone interested in something you do not see every day . be it animation and story or movie watching in general . well worth your time .