Tekkonkinkreet- concrete violence and odd animation

Tekkonkinkreet is a film based on the manga by Taiyō Matsumoto is a story based around two orphans living on the streets in a old run down district in the fictional city of Takaramachi (Treasure Town). It shows how the two children survive as they create a 2 person gang that rules over the old area and how they handle other gangs in the area and how they confront the yakuza and even worse enemies trying to take over and change the city. As for animated film the story is very little to tell without spoiling it . The children back stories are not really explained Kuro(black) the eldest is the aggressive force. Before the story takes place he was violent and aggressive and out for blood  . He didn't care who he attacked or killed . Shiro(white) a naive simple child almost autistic in nature is the opposite barely aware of the events that happen to him around him . The real story and character revolves around the secondary villain yakuza Suzuki (Rat) a old style mobster who actually shows back story and  development as he explains who his kind are being forced out for a newer kind of villain which I 
 wont spoil for the audience . The movie title is actually a kid's pronuoncation of Tekkin Konkurito (Steel enforced concrete) The music and visual imagery used in the film can be odd at first glance but following the work of studio 4 degrees which has made such brilliant work such as Karenbo . It is film with action passion and amazing metaphors. 4/4 Cats

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Note that through the years christmas hasnt been a anime haven over the years since the Japanese are mostly Buddhist . Not many animations have had made me cry at times but this coming from Satchi Kon's mind and scripted by Keiko Nobumoto famous for Wolf's Rain and Cowboy Bebop that tokyo godfathers has been one of the only films that has touched me so much. Set in modern Tokyo in the derelict homeless settlements sets 3 homeless people Gin an alcoholic Hana a okama (transvestite) and former drag queen and Miyuki a runaway teenager find a baby alive amongst the rubbish and garbage . they make it their duty to find the family of the baby and return their child . But in return they come encounter a series events that points them to the child's parents but also makes them confront the issues they have kept from the past . The animation is exactly drawn with high detail with paying extra effort to the background effects for the people who appreciate it . The film is in the 10 of my favorite anime films list and always will be 10/10