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I have heard some interesting things about this movie - mostly good and always strange.

The production company is Studio 4°C, who are known for putting out strange anime (such as their 2004 Manichi award winner - Mind Game and Amazing Nuts! #1).

The director is an American living in Japan. Michael Arias is known for his efforts for parts of the animated movie The Animatrix. His being an American directing Japanese anime is a first.

It is based on a manga series created by Taiyo Matsumoto from some ten years ago and licensed for the US market by VIZ under the name of Black & White. I hear that they are going to be re-releasing the series to coincide with the movie.

Some of the comments used to describe this movie are ...

• abstract
• psychedelic
• surreal

One reviewer wanted to compare this with the works of 'Alfred Bester', which is pretty esoteric. While another proclaimed this movie to be a spritual successor to X (Movie) (?scritch? ?scritch?).

(Update) -

And then I was able to view this movie. Great, detailed and creative animation (which is the benchmark of Studio 4°C,) but somehow the story did not really grab me.

I posted some images if you are interested.