Did you know that Osamu Tezuka's son has directed several live action films? If not, that's understandable. He hasn't exactly had the most successful career. Anyway, this was his first feature film, made at a very young age. It was apparently a failure both critically and financially, but in recent years it has finally gotten its proper comeback due to Third Window's work with getting the film out on Blu-ray as well as getting it some limited theater screenings. I can't say this film hit home with me 100%, but it has a lot of great aspects that deserve to be seen. It's an absolute visual feast with popping colours, wonderful costume and set designs, awesome practical effects and even some animation. It also goes hard on the music, though it isn't all my cup of tea personally. Actually, the film is something of a glorified music video compilation, for better or worse. As for the technical details, the picture quality is great and keeps the grain properly intact. The sound is a bit shoddy and the choice has been made to insert the higher quality soundtrack recordings of the music which is a bit jarring, but I also understand the want to present the many many music scenes in as good of a condition as possible.