Andromeda Stories

I created an account just to fix the mess of the terrible reputation people are making of this.

Andromeda Stories is an ancient anime from 1982, taking scifi far even before Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. If you have played Terranigma, it is very similar to this film. It's a planet that is being invaded by machines, who are using small robotics to invade and possess people. Chaos ensues, but a prince and princess who were born of royal blood have the abilities to be able to resist.

The film explored ideas of resurrection, and what true happiness could be. The machines give certain characters ... the chance to become machine also, and to be eternal and always happy. But Humans see a contradiction here because of how controlled and monitored their society is.

As the humans fight back, there is a clash of theory on how to win. Some just want to battle while others become suicidal in their attacks.

Also one of the most bittersweet of bittersweet, it's a tragedy overall, but with an incredible ending of hope and new life.

There isn't really much I didn't like but the music score could have been better.

Pulpy scifi fantasy, but like really bad. Felt like I was watching some cultist film, but made in Bangladesh. I get that it took some inspiration from the Indian mythologies, but that just adds to the cult-like theme of the movie.
The animation quality varied, some scenes were really dynamic, then it stopped being that and came the freeze frames. Some sounds were similar to tom and jerry type slapstick stuff.
Maybe because of all the content of the manga crammed together in one anime and not giving room for the characters to grow and the time for the audiences to latch on to. ... But, like, nothing makes sense in this mess of an anime. Any logic is out of the window, and there's no time for the characters to shine, except for that one sword weilding precognitive cyborg lady. The sun king with psychic power, the mother-machine which is worshipped as a god, also looks like a hindu idol, all of these could be in a better anime. An anime which this one fails to be.
I mean, mediaeval monarchist society with fighter jets and dinosaurs in a planet on Andromeda galaxy, being invaded by robots that will take over the population’s body... sounds bad but awesome right? But naah. Don’t waste your time with this one. Not even the twin incest suicide couldn’t save this one. Yikes!