Movie

Future Boy Conan

1979 · 122 min

A buoyant, big-hearted adventure across a drowned world, full of scrappy kids, chases and a hopeful streak that keeps it light.

Overview: In this 1979 condensed-for-film recut of Hayao Miyazaki's 1978 anime series, a young boy named Conan goes on a grand adventure. Conan lives in a world that is mostly oceans; the major land masses having been destroyed by the weapons of the great disaster of 2008. He meets a young girl named Lana, who is kidnapped by the technological city-state of Industria as they attempt to regain those weapons. Together with his friends, Conan sets out to rescue Lana and stop Industria from threatening the rest of the world.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, uplifting and tense. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Survival, friendship, power, environment
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
friendship
power
environment
coming-of-age
Places: sea
fantasy world
Era: far-future
Audience: family
Form: animated
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none