Dead Leaves
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|} Dead Leaves is a Japanese animated film produced by animation studio Production I.G It was distributed in North America and the UK by Manga Entertainment. It is directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi. It is notable for its fast pace and energetic visual style.
Plot summary
Pandy and Retro, two unlikely renegades, awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past, but with superior physical abilities. After embarking on a devastating crime spree for food, clothing and transportation in downtown Tokyo (which lasts for a minimum of five minutes), they are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous prison called Dead Leaves, on the half destroyed moon.Once incarcerated, they orchestrate a mass prison break and discover the secret work being carried out at the facility. Over the course of the film, we discover that Pandy and Retro were spies working for the facility and the crazed warden is trying to get revenge on Pandy by recreating a deranged fairy tale she remembers from her child hood.
In the finale, Pandy has Retro's child, who comes out with twin machine guns and blows the warden away. A giant worm (part of the demented fairy tale) begins consuming the station until the mutant baby sacrifices himself so that his two parents can live. The film ends with Pandy and Retro crashing in the middle of Earth's dystopian metropolis in their escape pod, for a rather cyclic ending.
Characters
Main characters
Pandy - The heroine, Pandy (so-called because of her panda-like birthmark) seems to have some special connection with the prison governor, Galactica. Though ignorant of her past, something about her eye causes her to experience bizarre flashbacks and strange, debilitating precognitive episodes.The prison workers
Galatica - The mysterious, tyrannical warden of Dead Leaves prison. Galatica is in charge of the cloning and genetic engineering experiments that have created an unholy menagerie of deformed and infinitely expendable inmates. Something of a cyborg. Galactica has an arsenal of weapons and sinister devices at her disposal.The Inmates
Chinko Drill - An easily identifiable character with a drill for his masculinity, like Tetsuo. He is one of the most helpful and loyal followers picked up by Retro and Pandy during their attempted escape.
Staff
- Planning & Original Concept: Imai Toonz
- Director, Character Designs & Animation Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi
- Screenplay: Takeichi Honda
- Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura
- Produced by: Manga Entertainment
Trivia
- The actress who played Pandy, Amanda Winn Lee, actually got pregnant during the course of the English dub production. The father of the baby is actor Jason Lee, the voice of Retro.
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