
The film has opened in Japan (July 4). With all (Tokyo
Times) the humor being unintentional and arising from high-tech escapes and car chases, I assume all, and not just most, of the sex has been eliminated--which must make it an odd movie, made from a manga which was a funny, bitter, sad, deadly love story. Additionally, it has a happy ending ("Godzilla is dead")...which eliminates the delightfully scary thought that Yuki is still among us, and we are never told the name of the country which has SECRETLY stashed deadly gas away somewhere in Japan (instead of the truth: the U.S. put it on Okinawa, with Japanese cooperation).
I can wait almost indefinitely..,..
If you ever liked a graphic novel (including
Maus), you might want to try this one, or
Ode to Kirihito, better yet, or, best of all, volume 4 of
Phoenix, "Karma," all by Tezuka Osamu.
"This is the perfect place for me to live. And I SHALL live as long as I can. I feel like helping the rest of the world live too."


"With his new eyes, the Buddha appeared to glare at the assembled masses, like a Daruma* doll on election day" (the year 752)
*Daruma doll: A doll, used in Japan, whose eyes are colored in to celebrate victory, especially in politics.

--from
Phoenix, Volume 4, "Karma," Tezuka Osamu, 1969-70

Dr. Kirihito sees a man afflicted with the disease he will soon have.
Ode to Kirihito, 1972