Tekkon kinkurîto 2006

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: In the anime Tekkonkinkreet, two orphans of life's storms sail through the air like birds, like superheroes, like Jackie Chan. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: By the end of this phantasmagorical journey, I was as wrapped up in the precarious fate of these two wounded kids and the honorable yakuza warlords of Treasure Town as I've been in any film all year. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Tekkonkinkreet, for all its architecturally grimy virtuosity and flourishes of anime cool, remains the story of a damaged city that can still point to one mighty example of brotherly love. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: Far less cartoonish than, say Pirates of the Caribbean 3. And its characters are the most poignant, and convincingly human, of the summer. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: The dazzlingly intricate backgrounds are a marvel, and though the jam-packed story occasionally trips over its own sentimentality, it quickly rights itself every time. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Somewhat resembles Paprika, another recent piece of Japanimation. But director Michael Arias, a Tokyo-based American, doesn't fuse his striking graphics to a story anywhere near as satisfying. Read more

Russell Edwards, Variety: Helming is fluid, giving the animation an extra sense of momentum and life. Read more

Julia Wallace, Village Voice: Too cute and too rambling. Read more