Aoi Miyazaki, Kenichi Endo, Masaru Hamaguchi

Agito, the son of an aged hero, inadvertently sets in motion the destruction of all that is left when he revives the young Toola from her timeless slumber.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Keiichi Sugiyama

Release Date: January 1, 2006

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DVD Release Date: February 20, 2007

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  • April 17, 2009
    Quality manga showcasing some gorgeous artwork whereby nature has taken back the world and man lives in the crumbling remnants of cities, having developed an equilibirum with the forests... that is until a girl from the past is awoken with the potential to undo everything. Aside ...( read more)from the exquisitely detailed animation, there is also a good story here and plenty of action. Recommended.
  • August 27, 2009
    A very intresting movie
  • August 22, 2009
    Mediocre (but well-dubbed) Japanese animation that prides itself in epic visuals and a good soundtrack, but that lacks in any form of decent plot or general depth. Maybe worth seeing if you have a projector and fancy something superficial and easy on the eyes, but I wouldn't both...( read more)er with it again...
  • August 20, 2009
    Ive seen better...but there were definately more than a few bad ass scenes in the movie.
    A worth watch for any animATION fan
  • July 24, 2009
    "Origin" is a pedestrian, CGI-filled version of Miyazaki's Nausicaa without any of the magic. It is about a little girl who wakes up several centuries into the future, when the world is divided between three factions: "The Forest", which controls the water supply; the Neutral Cit...( read more)y, which is at peace with the Forest but dependent on it for water; and a militaristic city that uses heavily polluting industrial processes to extract its own water independent of the Forest. Of course, the girl will disrupt the balance between these three societies, as the boy she falls in love with turns into an "augmented" being with Superman-like powers...

    I never felt any interest in what was going on onscreen and slept through the second half, which I then watched in fast forward to get an idea of where the whole thing was going, but I really didn't care. I much preferred "Brave Story", which Gonzo produced the same year, and the TV series "Last Exile", which they produced in 2003.
  • June 19, 2009
    pretty epic. such an environmentalist movie..without a doubt.
  • May 17, 2009
    Great story dealing with earth and how evolution can lead to the past & future
  • March 27, 2009
    Transparent ending, predictable, but all in all very entertaining. Great philosophy, too.
  • March 19, 2009
    great great art! a must see! and great music if you ask me.
    really great art a must see a great movie too i give it that! this is a bad azz's movie! man this is real real great music it's by (TAKU IWASAKI) and (KOKIA) and i love this song (Chouwa oto ~with reflection~)

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