A great collection of 9 anime movies with different styles

Disc 1: Memories (1995) a 3 episode film based on Katsuhiro Otomo's manga short stories
with 1. Magnetic Rose written, designed and animated by Satoshi Kon and directed by Koji Morimoto, 42 minutes and
beautiful and atmospherical 42 minutes with some Solaris and 2001 A Space Odyssey in it. A nice little sci fi film it is.
2. Stink Bomb directed by Tensai Okamura is an apocalyptic catastrophe comedy about a yellow mist killing humanity
3. Cannon Fodder directed by Katsuhiro Otomo himself, 23 minutes, great looking with elements of steampunk and German
expressionism about a WW1 type of fascist imperial society with the machines of war, big cannons that is, as it's only God.
This short had some great looking and unusual animation style to it.
Extras: Memories of Memories (29 minutes without swedish subs) about Katsuhiro Otomo of Akira fame and who also
directed Steamboy and wrote the screenplay to Metropolis, some anime trailers.
Anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1, japanese audio 5.1 with english or swedish subtitles (and an assortment of other subs)
Extras only some trailers

Disc 2: Metropolis (2001) directed by Rintaro on Osamu Tezuka's manga and script by Katsuhiro Otomo.
A 1920's retro-futuristic steampunk looking version of Fritz Lang's silent film classic. It looks gorgeous, but i wasn't too
impressed as there was a lot of slick style and noisy action to it, with enormous machines and buildings falling down in an
apocalyptic chaos, but pretty much without an interesting story and much meaning.
This film seems to be hailed as some sort of epic anime and i don't get it, sorry. Lang's Metropolis is much, much better.
Anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1, japanese audio 5.1 with english or swedish subtitles (and an assortment of other subs)

Disc 3: Steamboy (2001) directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
Another noisy action sci-fi about the hunt after the amazing steam ball, a new invention making steam power a possible
super weapon. Yes, as this is Otomo there are a lot of tedious steam enabled fighting with enormous machines and buildings
falling down in an apocalyptic chaos (as in Otomo scripted Metropolis), but .... without an interesting story and meaning.
Maybe very young boys like this sort of action nonsense. Lots of dull action and it goes on and on and ..... Zzzzzz.
Anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1, japanese audio 5.1 with english or swedish subtitles (and an assortment of other subs)

Disc 4: Cowboy Bebop - The Movie (2001) directed by Shinichiro Watanabe
This very slick looking sci-fi crime action was much talked about here in Sweden when released on DVD in 2001 or 2002
and i remember seing it some 15 years ago without feeling too engaged. Mindless fun for the moment though.
The story takes place on some planet or moon somewhere in space and a terrorist has stolen secret nano-machines made
for the weapon industry. We have our heroes, the Cowboy Bounty Hunters, with Spike, Jet, Faye, Edo and the dog Ein,
and they hunt the perp for the promised money, the bounty.
This film feels a bit like an anime that tries to be a regular action film. The people are very drawn out, tall and lanky like
statues made by famous sculptor Giacometti. My favourite scene was the cool intro robbery sequence, downhill then.
Anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1, japanese audio 5.1 with english or swedish subtitles (and an assortment of other subs)
Extras: 37 minutes of featurettes with subs, storyboard comparisons, character bios, music videos, art gallery, trailers

Disc 5: Tokyo Godfathers (2003) directed by Satoshi Kon - A Masterpiece (see review)

Disc 6: Paprika (2006) directed by Satoshi Kon - A Masterpiece (see review)

Disc 7: Tekkonkinkreet (2006) directed by Michael Arias
Based on a manga by Taiyo Matsumoto and it reminds me slightly of the story in the 2016 film Sailor Suit and Machine
Gun, with yakuzas trying to take over a town and re-make it after their interests. That film was based on a 1978 novel
by Jiro Akagawa though. In Sailor Suit a local yakuza schoolgirl and another local yakuza tries to save a town from
being taken over by outside yakuzas trying to re-make/re-build away the pleasure district. In Tekkonkinkreet 2 local
super-powered children and a local yakuza is trying to save Treaure Town from being eradicated by outside yakuzas.
The film is animated in an unusual way, it's experimental almost and often poetic. A bit sad but beautiful and poetic.
A crime drama about 2 orphan kids, 10 year old White and teenager Black and their bond. They are both traumatized
and unhappy and decide to go to war against outside yakuzas when their Treasure Town is in peril. The kids are also
equipped with some super-powers like chinese warriors from a wuxia movie. Highly recommended anime art.
Anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1, japanese audio 5.1 with english or swedish subtitles (and an assortment of other subs)
Extras: A commentary track with director (ex-american, now japanese) Michael Arias, scriptwriter Anthony Weintraub
and the sound man Mitch O., an 11 minutes conversation with director Arias and British rock duo Plaid, The Making of
Tekkenkinkreet: Director Michael Arias 300 day diary (43 minutes in japanese with english subs), trailers

Disc 8: First Squad (2009) - directed by Yoshiharu Ashino - Great bewildering Fun (see review)

Disc 9: Legend of the Millennium Dragon (2011) - Fantasy action for a younger audience but very nicely done
Jun Tendo is a modern day schoolboy and when he's chased by some sort of monster, a Oni, he's taking refuge in a
temple where he meets the monk Gen-Un, who tells him about the ongoing war between humans and Oni.
Then he's taken into historical time, to Taira where Jun is supposed to be the Saviour and be the one who according
to legend could tame and ride the dragon Orochi .... etc etc mumbo fantasy jumbo ... Not my bag but it looks great
and it plays out a bit like Princess Mononoke in it's style