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Title (English) Love City

Title (Japanese) Ai City

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Fantasy Novel

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Synopsis

Review LOVE CITY (Western Connection, cert 15, 100 mins,｣12.99)....
An odd movie made in 1986 that tries to be a poor man's AKIRA, complete with psychics, motorcycles, genetic manipulation and so forth, but on a low budget fails to carry it off. It's all rather under-explained, and more than a little surreal, with apparently solid cityscapes developing torn holes into somewhere else when under psychic attack. but the theme is one of genetic manipulation, with the main characters fighting over 'Ai' a cute-looking young girl who has been artificially created and whose body contains a secret code (I think).
There are some characters called 'Frauds' (don't ask). The 'Headmeters' are psychics with digital readouts on their foreheads which display the intensity of their psychic powers. The "Tuned Men' are (Ithink) androids. If I"d been more interested I would have tried to find out the answers to all these questions.
'Ai' also means 'Love'; while AI = Artificial Intelligence, so the title is a pun that can means "love City" or "AI City". It does not, with a British cert 15, means what you thought it meant, you dirty lot...
It's interesting in places but in others it just gets lost in cheap looking effects. One for completists or anime
journalists; others should be able to find a better video to spend their money on.

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Release UK:VHS, US:VHS

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1986

Production

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Love City
Title (Japanese)	Ai City
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes
Classification	-
Synopsis
Review	LOVE CITY (Western Connection, cert 15, 100 mins,｣12.99).... An odd movie made in 1986 that tries to be a poor man's AKIRA, complete with psychics, motorcycles, genetic manipulation and so forth, but on a low budget fails to carry it off. It's all rather under-explained, and more than a little surreal, with apparently solid cityscapes developing torn holes into somewhere else when under psychic attack. but the theme is one of genetic manipulation, with the main characters fighting over 'Ai' a cute-looking young girl who has been artificially created and whose body contains a secret code (I think). There are some characters called 'Frauds' (don't ask). The 'Headmeters' are psychics with digital readouts on their foreheads which display the intensity of their psychic powers. The "Tuned Men' are (Ithink) androids. If I"d been more interested I would have tried to find out the answers to all these questions. 'Ai' also means 'Love'; while AI = Artificial Intelligence, so the title is a pun that can means "love City" or "AI City". It does not, with a British cert 15, means what you thought it meant, you dirty lot... It's interesting in places but in others it just gets lost in cheap looking effects. One for completists or anime journalists; others should be able to find a better video to spend their money on.
Credits
Episodes
Release	UK:VHS, US:VHS
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1986
Production
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.