I remember when I was about 8 or 9, my dad rented this really weird sci-fi animated movie for my brother and I to watch (because cartoons are for kids, right?), which was like nothing I'd ever seen before. I couldn't remember the name of the movie, or really too much about it, but I remember being fascinated by it. I'm 31 now, and only rediscovered this movie today, though I'd been searching for it for a few years, not knowing exactly what I was searching for. Wow! Very cool. Thanks.
brilliant movie, i loved it sine i was 11 back in 92 with Fantastic Planet when i rented it in one of my city's various video stores and loved them, i even made myself VHS dubbed copies of both and became a fan of adult animation. Who thinks this movie is like a futuristic Ferngully but predates it? same environmentalist animated fantasy movie
Not always bad. What about Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Ninja Scroll, Wicked City, Urotsukidoji Legend of the Overfiend, Golgo 13, Fist of the North Star, Paprika, Perfect Blue or the works of Hayao Miyazaki like My Neighbor Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (aka Warriors of the Wind), Spirited Away etc.?
Does this movie remind you of Avatar? if you liked this movie i recommend Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind which is a similar adult animated Sci-fi fantasy with the same themes and all
Many thanks for uploading though encountered a problem with missing parts/sections had to view on another upload , but the quality of yours is better x
woof221 Thank you so much for posting this. I remember watching it back in HS around 88~89. Asimov was a genious and Laloux translated his vision very well.
I hope this is made into a movie one day and Tangerine Dream's music should provide the soundtrack. This animation is a clear representation of our forthcoming demise as a race unless we are willing to change. Our way of living is unsustainable.
I saw this when it originally came out in 1988 on the big screen and it totally blew my mind back then. What a treat to see this again, it still holds up here in the future as a truly classic film.
Although I don't get one thing: if Sylvan killed the Metamorphis in the future, then returned to the past (that is, the films' regular present), shouldn't the Metamorphis still be alive?
Same thing with the deformed, they came back through the portal with Sylvan from the future, so there should now be two sets of deformed, one of the present and one from the future.
Comparing this movie to Fantastic Planet, it's certainly more TECHNICALY acomplished. The animation is much more slick and profesional ( no doubt because it was done much later, with more money ).
Oh, by the way, the animator, Rolland Toppor, had also done this weird dirty adult-oriented Jim Henson type movie titled Marquis,... check THAT out if you can.
It's funny, I never called it 'anime' back in 1978-79 when a bi-racial friend of mine more in touch with his Japanese side *raised by his mother* I called it Japanese animation or their comics as 'manga' as he taught me. I actually saw this at the Castro theater (the only time I ever went there because of this movie) in San Francisco. Um--I'll say that I'm very pleased about this sci-fi flick.
i have the french DVD collector edition, and this masterpiece was realized in North Korea with a very difficult condition for the French and North Korean artist, and the problem of this version is augmented with some adding music of Gabriel Yared and cut on demand for Harvey Weinstein, it's a very heretic process.
Great movie. On par with Fantastic Planet but in a completely different way. While anime does have some imaginative storytelling, nothing beats retro cartoons done in this style. Thanks for sharing!
I have seen this movie when I was very young...It was so nice to see it again and actually understand it from the beginning^^. Big thanks for sharing it!
All things considered, especially when knowing who it was who originally created this movie, I would say that Isaac Asimov did a splendid job making sense of of a tangled plot like this.
Simply a masterpiece. However, I preferred the original French version out of one reason - Aasimov's version, although being great features the kind of music, that on it's own sounds great, but when put in a film - dominates it too much. The same happened with "Conquest of Paradise" and it's soundtrack.
yes anim isn't perfect, but how many action packed, fast paced modern anims miss the point of storytelling? Pace and design aren't everything and, in my opinion, this kicks the ass out of pixar crap. You're right, beautiful.
yeah that metamorphose thing does look like a penis head....i guess thats what all creators look like too. LOL....shit i like Fantastic Planet waaaaayyy better.
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You didn't pick up that history book yet did you? This story is impossible? Did you know Jesus raised the dead, walked on water, returned from the dead himself, fed SEVERAL people from bread and a few fish, and made water into wine? And you think that is true, and this DIDN'T happen? You are a Devil worshipper!
The syringe would have no effect on the younger brain because his cells still grow and multiply and an amazing rate, the older one cannot regrow cells and harvests people to replace cells.
So ... why exactly did the Metamorphis send Sylvain 1000 years into the future to kill him? I didn't understand that bit about the cells hardening. And why didn't Sylvain at least try using the syringe the first time? Oh well. Anyway it was interesting to see this again. I saw it as a child when I was far too young for it.
I remember when I was about 8 or 9, my dad rented this really weird sci-fi animated movie for my brother and I to watch (because cartoons are for kids, right?), which was like nothing I'd ever seen before. I couldn't remember the name of the movie, or really too much about it, but I remember being fascinated by it. I'm 31 now, and only rediscovered this movie today, though I'd been searching for it for a few years, not knowing exactly what I was searching for. Wow! Very cool. Thanks.
pmxfield 2 months ago
I thought metamorphis was Garrison Keller. oh well i can imagine. also love that music
val5214 2 months ago
brilliant movie, i loved it sine i was 11 back in 92 with Fantastic Planet when i rented it in one of my city's various video stores and loved them, i even made myself VHS dubbed copies of both and became a fan of adult animation. Who thinks this movie is like a futuristic Ferngully but predates it? same environmentalist animated fantasy movie
Johnlindsey289 5 months ago
hells yeah! my brother and I have been misquoting this movie for decades. DecADES!. now that can all end. thank
emptyrob 6 months ago
Those were some strong birds in the end.
OmegaDeman 7 months ago
@OmegaDeman they must of eat thear greens
bradprime4 5 months ago
genialne! :)
SzamanPsychedeliczny 7 months ago
Damn that was good!
chuckinator11 7 months ago
i think i understand life now .....holy shit
Bchris420 7 months ago
awesome
ThaigerDon 8 months ago
awesome flick, so glad i discovered this rene dude.
Yaseen47 8 months ago 2
This was a good one! I love finding animated movies that slip through the cracks, particularly non-anime. (Nothing against anime.)
revseth 9 months ago 2
@revseth anime's overrated.
jstephenj 7 months ago
@jstephenj
Not always bad. What about Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Ninja Scroll, Wicked City, Urotsukidoji Legend of the Overfiend, Golgo 13, Fist of the North Star, Paprika, Perfect Blue or the works of Hayao Miyazaki like My Neighbor Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (aka Warriors of the Wind), Spirited Away etc.?
Johnlindsey289 5 months ago
@revseth
Does this movie remind you of Avatar? if you liked this movie i recommend Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind which is a similar adult animated Sci-fi fantasy with the same themes and all
Johnlindsey289 5 months ago
hmm why did the metamorphosis sympathize with him at first.
CMSonYT 10 months ago
Teller was a voice actor in this? Oh, the irony.
GitForceGemini 10 months ago
Many thanks for uploading though encountered a problem with missing parts/sections had to view on another upload , but the quality of yours is better x
missdeebates 10 months ago
fucking winnerburger !!! :)
stiggyh 1 year ago
geez, the music spoils everything. really, crazy guitars as Metamorph dies? What the hell...
Yourand 1 year ago
woof221 Thank you so much for posting this. I remember watching it back in HS around 88~89. Asimov was a genious and Laloux translated his vision very well.
I hope this is made into a movie one day and Tangerine Dream's music should provide the soundtrack. This animation is a clear representation of our forthcoming demise as a race unless we are willing to change. Our way of living is unsustainable.
nsg555 1 year ago
well that was totally bizarre
Slaymark 1 year ago
I saw this when it originally came out in 1988 on the big screen and it totally blew my mind back then. What a treat to see this again, it still holds up here in the future as a truly classic film.
choi4816 1 year ago 2
Thank you... It warns us of our future if we do have the insight to "see" what the future could hold.. Namaste
gordinidesigns 1 year ago
Thank you for uploading!
Although I don't get one thing: if Sylvan killed the Metamorphis in the future, then returned to the past (that is, the films' regular present), shouldn't the Metamorphis still be alive?
Same thing with the deformed, they came back through the portal with Sylvan from the future, so there should now be two sets of deformed, one of the present and one from the future.
Vebinz 1 year ago
The future returns... epic. Just epic.
GuillermoTemblalanza 1 year ago
very creative imagination well done
pandababy2013 1 year ago
interestingly, disturbing, movie. the guy who created this was obsessed with tits. how nice...:P
xXKittyxCat 1 year ago
@xXKittyxCat= There's nothing wrong with loving breasts. I'm getting this on dvd if I find it.
vigo894 1 year ago
6:47 MILF!!!
Huntua 1 year ago
the bad guy is such a dick head
gregoryisawsome 2 years ago 16
@gregoryisawsome He looks more like a butt head to me lol :D
twistedmethoddan 1 year ago
Comparing this movie to Fantastic Planet, it's certainly more TECHNICALY acomplished. The animation is much more slick and profesional ( no doubt because it was done much later, with more money ).
Oh, by the way, the animator, Rolland Toppor, had also done this weird dirty adult-oriented Jim Henson type movie titled Marquis,... check THAT out if you can.
Skulldini 2 years ago
Great movie. Only problem I have with it is the time travel thing which can never take seriously in fantasy or actual science.
KeanuGrym 2 years ago
This was will be a great movie. Thanks for uploading it.
Caricatuneitor 2 years ago 34
Penn Jillette, of Penn & Teller fame, also did a voice in this movie. As did Teller. How weird is that?
snapfinger 2 years ago 3
It suits him Penn is a sci-fi geek no doubt he loves Isaac Azimov's work
TheOriginalEntz 2 years ago
It's funny, I never called it 'anime' back in 1978-79 when a bi-racial friend of mine more in touch with his Japanese side *raised by his mother* I called it Japanese animation or their comics as 'manga' as he taught me. I actually saw this at the Castro theater (the only time I ever went there because of this movie) in San Francisco. Um--I'll say that I'm very pleased about this sci-fi flick.
Khultan 2 years ago 3
But THIS movie is French, not Japanese.
Skulldini 2 years ago 3
@Skulldini Did I say it is Japanese? I KNOW it's not Japanese.
Khultan 2 years ago
楽しめました
ありがとう！
userpote 2 years ago
i have the french DVD collector edition, and this masterpiece was realized in North Korea with a very difficult condition for the French and North Korean artist, and the problem of this version is augmented with some adding music of Gabriel Yared and cut on demand for Harvey Weinstein, it's a very heretic process.
Meteotrance 3 years ago 2
Great movie. On par with Fantastic Planet but in a completely different way. While anime does have some imaginative storytelling, nothing beats retro cartoons done in this style. Thanks for sharing!
AzureMonk 3 years ago 2
wow this was interesting i never saw it before till now and Im an 80ties kid.
stevensjobs 2 years ago
Christopher Plummer's voice is totally awesome.
astralman 3 years ago 2
I have seen this movie when I was very young...It was so nice to see it again and actually understand it from the beginning^^. Big thanks for sharing it!
lastlust 3 years ago 2
All things considered, especially when knowing who it was who originally created this movie, I would say that Isaac Asimov did a splendid job making sense of of a tangled plot like this.
kigunonomiko84 3 years ago
Simply a masterpiece. However, I preferred the original French version out of one reason - Aasimov's version, although being great features the kind of music, that on it's own sounds great, but when put in a film - dominates it too much. The same happened with "Conquest of Paradise" and it's soundtrack.
CarrickCelt 3 years ago 2
The Metamorphis is one of my favorite cartoon characters for some reason. There's just something interesting about him.
ZoolookTheMudkip 3 years ago
was that story a bit confusing to anyone else?
irojioqopiewjr 3 years ago
The only thing I don't understand is the "1000 years ago, Gandahar will be saved... and what can't be avoided will be."
He went 1000 years into the future to save Gandahar... not the past... didn't he?
Psyanide0395 3 years ago
It refers to the ending, in which all of the survivors travel back 1000 years in time, to a Gandahar that had been saved.
numbingpain 3 years ago
Oooooh. Ok. =)
Psyanide0395 3 years ago
It really is a beautiful story. The animation isn't perfect, but the world is vibrant and the plot deep.
numbingpain 3 years ago
yes anim isn't perfect, but how many action packed, fast paced modern anims miss the point of storytelling? Pace and design aren't everything and, in my opinion, this kicks the ass out of pixar crap. You're right, beautiful.
zoltai9 3 years ago 2
yeah that metamorphose thing does look like a penis head....i guess thats what all creators look like too. LOL....shit i like Fantastic Planet waaaaayyy better.
daftstephi 3 years ago
This brings back the LSD memories.
Hexy69 4 years ago
holy shit thats amazing Penn Jillette from Penn and Teller BS is on this SIK
amcklu 4 years ago 2
metamorphosis looks more like a giant dickhead instead of a brain
Sandcross 4 years ago
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You didn't pick up that history book yet did you? This story is impossible? Did you know Jesus raised the dead, walked on water, returned from the dead himself, fed SEVERAL people from bread and a few fish, and made water into wine? And you think that is true, and this DIDN'T happen? You are a Devil worshipper!
RZenbach 4 years ago
ok ur a fuckin retard getting angry and can't hack that ur wrong manipulative bastard
amcklu 4 years ago
"Umm... because it happened and they made a movie based on it."
But what era in the past? Unless you believe this event is to happen in the future, in which, how would you know?
mmecharlotte 4 years ago
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Umm... because it happened and they made a movie based on it, what do you mean how? Go pick up a history book sometime.
RZenbach 4 years ago
"did you know this was based off of a true story?"
LOL yes please explain how o_O
xeokym 4 years ago 2
Plus, when the cells hardened, so did the personality of the Metamorphis with age, thus it grew corrupt.
Jal8919536 4 years ago
i watched all of it... i miss this movie. i remember it when i was a little girl. thanks for posting!!
amberts 5 years ago
The syringe would have no effect on the younger brain because his cells still grow and multiply and an amazing rate, the older one cannot regrow cells and harvests people to replace cells.
kharnifex 5 years ago
So ... why exactly did the Metamorphis send Sylvain 1000 years into the future to kill him? I didn't understand that bit about the cells hardening. And why didn't Sylvain at least try using the syringe the first time? Oh well. Anyway it was interesting to see this again. I saw it as a child when I was far too young for it.
conallp 5 years ago
did you know this was based off of a true story?
zenbach69 5 years ago
Once again, thanks for posting this film here!
RelwarctheMighty 5 years ago