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Sony Pictures Tekkonkinkreet (Blu-ray)
From the animation studio that brought you "Animatrix" comes this visually stunning masterpiece based on the popular Japanese manga! In Treasure Town, life can be both gentle and brutal. Black and White, two street urchins, watch over the city, doing battle with an arrayof old world Yakuza and alien assassins, all vying to rule the decaying metropolis. "Tekkonkinkreet" is a dynamic tale of brotherhood that addresses the faults of present day society, true love lost and the kindness of the human heart.

Amazon.com:
Tekkonkinkreet (2006) is a landmark in the increasing cross-pollination between Japanese and American animation: Based on a manga by Taiyo Matsumoto, the film was made in Japan at Studio 4C, but directed by American Michael Arrias. The story unfolds in Treasure Town, a scabrous metropolitan slum so gritty it makes the viewer want to clean under his fingernails. Orphans White and Black share an existence at the fringes of an already marginalized subculture. White seems naive, if not learning disabled: at 11, he can't tie his shoes or dress himself. But he has an uncanny sixth sense about what's happening in Treasure Town. Older, streetwise Black looks after White and receives the emotional support he needs in return: They're two halves of a damaged whole. The arrival of a murderous yakuza boss who wants to demolish Treasure Town and build an amusement park draws Black and White into an escalating spiral of physical and emotional violence. Although the ending of Tekkonkinkreet feels needlessly obscure, it's a striking and often powerful film from a first-time director. (Rated R: violence, grotesque imagery, brief nudity, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon

Rating : - Pretty great single disc~
I gotta say, for a single disc release, it's got loads of useful and interesting information for those interested in animation.

The 300-day Diary with director Michael Arias was the most interesting of the features, in my opinion. His road to completing this film was such a bumpy one, that one can only appreciate it even more. His struggle with some of the animation sequences, and solutions... my only wish was to have dedicated a short period of time on how they went about the work with the voice actors, which I thought was great.

There's also a small sneak peek at how Plaid worked on the music for the film.

Also appreciated, the various tracks of subtitles and audio tracks!