Overview
In a city where innocence clashes with brutality, two brothers fight to survive against the odds.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- kinetic
- surreal
- melancholic
- anime night
- arthouse animation viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film’s inventive animation, energetic action, emotional brotherhood, and distinctive atmosphere, while finding its narrative occasionally uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Treasure Town is rendered as a sprawling, decaying metropolis filled with vertical movement, hidden routes, and competing communities.
Black and White depend on one another as street children while their opposing temperaments become central to the conflict.
The street-kid heroes confront yakuza and assassins seeking control of Treasure Town despite their youth and vulnerability.
The film’s untraditional animation style emphasizes flying, exaggerated urban geometry, and psychologically heightened action.
Films like Tekkonkinkreet, and why
Akira
stylized adult animation, urban fantasy, youthful protagonists, and emotionally intense conflict
The Boy and the Beast
Japanese animated action, child-centered peril, surreal imagery, and social decay
Mind Game
inventive animation, adolescent outsiders, heightened violence, and themes of identity and belonging
The Cat Returns
urban coming-of-age drama, eccentric visual design, and bittersweet emotional intensity
Movie Details
- Director
- Michael Arias
- Release Date
- 2006-12-23
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (448)
Cast
- Kazunari Ninomiya
- Yusuke Iseya
- Yu Aoi
- Kankuro Kudo
- Min Tanaka
- Rokuro Naya
- Tomomichi Nishimura
- Mugihito
- Nao Omori
- Yoshinori Okada
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Tekkonkinkreet about?
- Two fiercely bonded street kids defend their decaying city from criminal forces in a kinetic, emotionally raw anime adventure.
- What is Tekkonkinkreet like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Tekkonkinkreet as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Tekkonkinkreet violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Tekkonkinkreet as graphic.
- What did critics think of Tekkonkinkreet?
- Critics broadly praised the film’s inventive animation, energetic action, emotional brotherhood, and distinctive atmosphere, while finding its narrative occasionally uneven.
- Which films are like Tekkonkinkreet?
- Films with a similar feel include Akira, The Boy and the Beast, Mind Game, and The Cat Returns.
- How long is Tekkonkinkreet?
- Tekkonkinkreet runs 103 minutes.
- Where can I watch Tekkonkinkreet?
- In United States, Tekkonkinkreet is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
