Stylish animation distinguishes DARKSIDE BLUES, a Japanese animated tale of rebels confonting a power-hungry corporation in a dystopian near-future setting that recalls such similarly-themed anime features as AKIRA (1988) and DEMON CITY SHINJUKU (1993).
From an orbiting platform 36,000 kilometers above the earth, the Persona Century Corporation, run by the corrupt and sadistic Hozuki family, rules most of the earth. When one of their number, a boy kept confined in an alternate dimension since childhood and given supernatural powers, escapes to
Earth, assassins are sent to locate him.
The boy turns up in Kabuki Town, a free zone in the Shinjuku district of To...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NR
Length:
83 mins