while there is a lot to recommend about maetel legend both in concept and finished product and it ultimately a poor film. plot wise it a retelling of maetel early life and which is usually unclear while at the same time the writers take the opportunity to tell the story of the machine empire. and since leiji matsumoto has trouble not including his other work we get a starting point for emeraldas her sister and her mother represent the queen of la metalle and a bit of galaxy express 999 to flesh out the film. in short maetel is a princess on the planet la metalle and a planet with an irregular orbit and thus meaning its cycle around the nearest sun is reaching a cold stage and it artificial sun is dying. the planet grows increasingly colder throughout the story and thus increasing the sense of doom. in order to protect her subjects and family the queen decides that mechanisation is the only way to ensure survival of la metalle people. enter lord hardgear and a robot or cyborg who provides the means for the job. through the film and the characters are left to question mechanisation and will they still be human. can hardgear be trusted. do souls and hearts remain. so for a fan of matsumoto work and there lots to enjoy and questions to be answered and themes continued and except it obvious that the film is meant to be an introduction and as well as a fan curiosity. the negatives and foremost the animation and while galaxy express 999 and a tv series from over 20 years ago has shoddy mouth animation and at times sketchy character design and maetel legend has all the worst traits of modern animation and thus earns an air of respectability to galaxy express 999. the design is well detailed but unfortunately the animation has suffered leaving well drawn characters that lide and as in the backgrounds move or the camera zooms and a quick way of animating. however the few and yes few well animated scenes are re used over and over in dream sequences and repetition and in extra scenes. anyone who seem the film will wonder how many times lord hardgear can drink the same glass of wine. next the story and while in concept everything sounds great and the finished product is in fact a series of conversations of plot which are repeated over and over to little effect and the number of times the characters encounter the same problems and learn the same things is practically insulting to the audience and the characters and which are seemingly much more articulate in former incarnations. add to all of that some terrible character design and that seem lifeless and over exaggerated and and the audience is left with a movie so miss handled it might as well have been rewritten as a different film and at least the newcomers do not be left baffled. and yet and it really has its moments and the ending at least is surprising. the plight of the citizens of la metalle was quite affecting and rightly disturbing while i guess i find that whole man machine theme distressing. it hard know who to recommend maetel legend to and since it not well animated and written or executed and plus confusing once leiji matsumoto mandatory cross referencing is introduced. however i can not help but brighten up when the magnificent entrance of three nine occurs and now that good cinema. negative stars out of 5 and 2 if youre a fan. 
while there is a lot to recommend about maetel legend both in concept and finished product and it ultimately a poor film. plot wise it a retelling of maetel early life and which is usually unclear while at the same time the writers take the opportunity to tell the story of the machine empire. and since leiji matsumoto has trouble not including his other work we get a starting point for emeraldas her sister and her mother represent the queen of la metalle and a bit of galaxy express 999 to flesh out the film. in short maetel is a princess on the planet la metalle and a planet with an irregular orbit and thus meaning its cycle around the nearest sun is reaching a cold stage and it artificial sun is dying. the planet grows increasingly colder throughout the story and thus increasing the sense of doom. in order to protect her subjects and family the queen decides that mechanisation is the only way to ensure survival of la metalle people. enter lord hardgear and a robot or cyborg who provides the means for the job. through the film and the characters are left to question mechanisation and will they still be human. can hardgear be trusted. do souls and hearts remain. so for a fan of matsumoto work and there lots to enjoy and questions to be answered and themes continued and except it obvious that the film is meant to be an introduction and as well as a fan curiosity. the negatives and foremost the animation and while galaxy express 999 and a tv series from over 20 years ago has shoddy mouth animation and at times sketchy character design and maetel legend has all the worst traits of modern animation and thus earns an air of respectability to galaxy express 999. the design is well detailed but unfortunately the animation has suffered leaving well drawn characters that lide and as in the backgrounds move or the camera zooms and a quick way of animating. however the few and yes few well animated scenes are re used over and over in dream sequences and repetition and in extra scenes. anyone who seem the film will wonder how many times lord hardgear can drink the same glass of wine. next the story and while in concept everything sounds great and the finished product is in fact a series of conversations of plot which are repeated over and over to little effect and the number of times the characters encounter the same problems and learn the same things is practically insulting to the audience and the characters and which are seemingly much more articulate in former incarnations. add to all of that some terrible character design and that seem lifeless and over exaggerated and and the audience is left with a movie so miss handled it might as well have been rewritten as a different film and at least the newcomers do not be left baffled. and yet and it really has its moments and the ending at least is surprising. the plight of the citizens of la metalle was quite affecting and rightly disturbing while i guess i find that whole man machine theme distressing. it hard know who to recommend maetel legend to and since it not well animated and written or executed and plus confusing once leiji matsumoto mandatory cross referencing is introduced. however i can not help but brighten up when the magnificent entrance of three nine occurs and now that good cinema. negative stars out of 5 and 2 if youre a fan. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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