tekkonkinkreet and literally translate a reinforced concrete and be an hypnotic experience set upon the kaleidoscopic drop of some truly gorgeous drawing which tell the tale of two street urchin a they do battle with an array of colourful character in order to defend their city from be take over . adapt from the three volume manga series by taiyo matsumoto and the film doesn not usually carry the infuriate hallmark of a manga to anime switch over and which can often make the film an unenjoyable experience a the viewer struggle to come to term with the story and character and in the process miss the film . in this instance and any preconception be stave a tekkonkinkreet absorbs the viewer all but instantly in a cacophony of animation and sound and and perhaps surprisingly and emotion . tekkonkinkreets original manga form be what be know a a seinen manga and which be a subset of the animate genre which target male and usually and from between the age of eighteen and thirty and and a a twenty four year old male myself and i perhaps enjoy it more than others outside my demographic bracket . ostensibly and it be a boys film a the premise base itself on gangster film a our two street urchin protagonist and the aptly name black and white find themselves come into contact with an ever escalate array of yakuza a they try to take over the ridiculously sublime treasure town . there be a great deal of violence within the film ( which while in my eye completely justify the progression of the film be incredibly mislead when you look at the uk film certificate branding of a mere 12 ) a the battle wag become more intense and more bloody and more important to the survival of our two hero . tekkonkinkreet also utilise a much more avant garde style of animation which we be currently begin to see more of in the western world a an increase acceptance of thing which be outside of the norm be filter through and and it be certainly befitting of the style . tekkonkinkreet successfully delivers on appease any and all who be look for high quality hand drawn animation which surpass the eternally vapid conveyor belt of repetitiveness that be pixar and but it also deliver on be more than just a fighting film . the intrinsic part of tekkonkinkreet prove in be the message the director and original creator be wish to convey to their audience and of which there be two major point . firstly and we have the ying and yang nature of black and white and how their coexistence be precisely that and how they be mirror image of each other and how in essence they be two part of the same hole and that you could be forgive for think someone splice a singular entity at birth to form two . black be the streetwise member of the cat and a they be know within the city and a he have a savvy and cunning which have enable he and white to be high on the treasure town food chain . a expect for be orphan child and each have their issue and and with black it be the impression that he be only one bad day away from total insanity and mental breakdown and while with white the issue be if he be to have a mental breakdown it wouldn not have much to break . white be state a be eleven within the film yet quite clearly find it difficult keep a grasp on reality and his surroundings a his mental age be quite obviously and less than that . however and it be not merely how much white relies on black for survival with the treacherous confines and but it be also how much black relies on white and a the director twist the us of black and white and indeed good and evil a role interchange in all quarter . secondly and we have yet again another confrontation and another come together of two force yet this time it be more theory base . treasure town be a gloriously colourful island sit sedately in the centre of a river yet it building and inhabitant for all their grandeur seem incredibly outdated . treasure town isn not exactly a time warp but you could be forgive for think so and it be a place content in it own time and but for the yakuza this be not acceptable a they wish to bring treasure town forward into the 21st century and to update the scenery and to turn it into a money make venture of epic proportion . this second theme resonate with a fear of old replace new and yet the new not be perhaps as grand a everyone believe it to be and it be a fear of tradition be eradicate by a machine which have no need for sentiment and and this feeling and from both point of view and be embed within character on all side of the battle . tekkonkinkreet be a highly charge emotional film and which look at character interaction and dependence on each other the yings and yang within the city itself and the come together of old and new and more evidently and people desire for power . the phrase my city be utter on numerous occasion a individual all attempt to lay claim to the treasure turf and yet none truly understand what the phrase mean or why they be say it . tekkonkinkreet be a highly successful anime and which blend together element of crime and violence and humour and fantasy create a cerebral journey for the sens a director michael aria superbly transcribe this moralistic tale with an energetic style of direct which perhaps possess some of the best and cool reveal shot in recent time . tekkkonkinkreet be an absorbing adventure which transcend genre and blur style in a hot pot of beautiful angst and prove itself to be worth a watch for any who allow themselves to be envelop by a world which be never tell in black and white .