Utopa
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Utopa

4.0 / 10 2016 23mNR Japanese
Science FictionAnimation

Storyline

Over many years, the animals evolved in isolated cities, with artificial genetic crossbreeding, they acquire language, bipedality, and build a life and civilization for themselves free from want. No one thinks of the world below any longer. One day, a single plant seed wanders into one of the sky cities, and the children Kui, Hiruma, and Root discover it. Unable to resist the temptation to look into the world outside, they decide to undertake an adventure to the outside world, unknowing that once they set foot on the ground, they will never be able to return.

Cast & Crew

Aimi Tanaka

Aimi Tanaka

Kui (voice)

Lead
Reina Ueda

Reina Ueda

Hiruma (voice)

Yu Fukaya

Yu Fukaya

Root (voice)

Toshiko Maeda

Toshiko Maeda

(voice)

Takanori Hoshino

Takanori Hoshino

(voice)

What People Are Saying

2.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Takahiro Tanaka's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Utopa is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker