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Animation - Patema Inverted (Sakasama No Patema) [Japan DVD] ACBA-10902

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4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,348 ratings
IMDb7.3/10.0
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Genre Anime & Manga
Format DVD
Language Japanese
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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.81 x 3.94 x 7.87 inches; 2.82 ounces
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ DVD
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00I4H26SK
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,348 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
1,348 global ratings
A BEAUTIFUL TALE OF PERSPECTIVE
4 Stars
A BEAUTIFUL TALE OF PERSPECTIVE
4 1/2 STARS -- GORGEOUS ANIMATION AND FACINATING REALMS -- SECONDARY CHARACTERS CAN BE THINThis post-apocalyptic tale of perspective is a very unique take on alternate worlds. The voice acting is top notch and the animation quite haunting at times. The wonderful worlds created here are fascinating and stunning to the eye. Whether it's the subterranean world of Patema, or the green surface world of her new found friend Eiji, it all dazzles. (They spell his name "Age" on the box, but Eiji is the actual romanized Japanese spelling.) The main characters are well fleshed and charming, but secondary characters can be thin.THE STORY: Patema is the daughter of a chief and lives in a subterranean world where it is forbidden to travel out to the danger zone. She is vibrant and wrestles to explore, fueled by tales of another world and a photo of that world given her by a friend. However, something is strange about Patema's world and objects from the outside seem to float to the ceiling and defy gravity. During and event while exploring, Patema finds herself on the surface world and face to face with a boy named Eiji. However, she is floating upside down and in danger of falling into the sky. You see, gravity seems to affect Patema's people and the surface in opposite ways. This danger of falling upwards is a frightening thing to Patema. Eiji and Patema become close friends and share that they each have lost their fathers. Patema's subterranean world is restrictive, but we find that the beauty of the surface world is also tempered by its own restrictions. There is an evil organization that indoctrinates the people and teaches them they should not look toward the sky. They also hunt "Inverts" as Patema's people are called. We come to learn of the disaster that causes these gravitational anomalies. More worlds are there to be discovered and there is a little romance as well. Plenty of lessons on perspective and tolerance also.Though I highly recommend this movie, it does have just a few moments where it loses steam. It's beautiful and complex enough for adults, but light enough for older children. There are some dark moments as the "Bat People" of the surface security forces hunt inverts that could scare really small children. But, this is a beautiful tale with plenty of animation eye candy. I suggest renting it first rather than buying it sight unseen.
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Kayla F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing movie
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024
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Very awesome and ok for kids
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JT
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best rollercoaster surprises you will ever see!
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017
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***please note I won't be adding spoilers in this review so relations to the movie may appear vague***

Wow, that was something. I first found out about this movie a while back while browsing on Amazon, didn't really think anything of it, was watching other anime movies and series and didn't really think this was that interesting so I just let this movie sit. I was able to watch the movie today and well that was an experience I was not expecting.
I generally don't say this a lot with movies, as it can be difficult finding the really good ones from the ones that are good in certain areas but lack over here or there where you really want more work from those making the movie, but with this movie I honestly can say you get to experience consistently wondering what will happen next, trying to understand everything. In the beginning I was just like, I'm not sure I understand the whole upside down concept but I'll go along with it, and then you get to the world where you meet the main male lead of this story, and you begin to think, "ok, I think I've got some of what's happening down, I think I'm beginning to understand the mechanics of these two separate worlds." Well, that gets shattered to pieces as you hit one of the climaxes and you think again that maybe you were wrong and this is how the world works. Well...get to the end and oh look more revealing. In other words I can almost guarantee anyone watching this for the first time will not be able to figure out everything.
This is perfect for someone who thinks they can figure just about any movie or series out by now. Having seen a ton of stuff a lot of the elements that happen in movies have started to become predictable at times. Even if the movies really good, we still knew what would happen, but not with this movie, this will make your head spin and keep reminding you to just sit back, watch, and figure it out as it goes.
Awesome movie, continuously suspenseful, absolutely amazing and fascinating. I'm willing to bet Spock the Vulcan himself would get a kick out of this.
To those who have seen this movie do not spoil it for those new to this, or those you introduce to the movie. And to those of you who have not watched this movie before enjoy!! :)
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Aravis
4.0 out of 5 stars This is a beautiful movie, and the premise is super cool
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2015
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This is a beautiful movie, and the premise is super cool. I liked that the backstory was given to us sparingly and that we were allowed to experience the movie through the two main characters' point of view, which led to the cool camera shifting. I thought Patema and Age's devotion to one another was touching and I liked the creative use of their weight/counterbalancing to fly. Very cool.

It did have a few shortcomings. Age's personality was pretty bland. I guess most of the people's on Aiga were, so maybe that was intentional. His lines, and some of the main antagonist's were REALLY BAD. I kept thinking looking for original Japanese or something but it looks like it was recorded in English. I'm pretty forgiving most of the time, but the ones like this from the Elder" You're too upside down to understand." UM WHAT?? I totally laughed out loud.
Also ****SPOILERS**** I guess the premise is wild to begin with, but it also gave you some ideas that could be hard to swallow. The part where objects from the respective places retained their original gravity even in the opposite place? Weird. That made the flying machine kind of nonsensical to me. The tunnel from Aiga to the underground where Patema lived went even farther down and then....came out the other side? And it was inverted? I was going, "is this the other side of the Earth? What happened to like the molten core? Hmm...okay..." The ending didn't quite wrap everything up as nicely as I would've liked either. I mean, Age can't really live with Patema forever, because if she lets go he will FALL INTO THE SKY AND DIE. Which is, by the way, a metal thing with lights that is completely unexplained. Don't get it.

So lovely movie, KILLER PREMISE, just some storytelling things I didn't quite get. I love ambitious ideas and projects, so I rated it slightly higher than I felt the storytelling deserved. We need more crazy things like this getting made.
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Ekdikos
5.0 out of 5 stars Fear mixed with the yearning for that kind of trust... Worth an attentive viewing.
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015
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I enjoyed this. Fantastic both in the sense that its an imaginative idea and that it resembles a fairy tale. I definitely think that is the proper approach to this story -nobody complains about the lack of character development or two dimensional dialogue in Cinderella or Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, because these types of stories are too "distilled" and "pure" in their intentions to convey simple emotions or morals to get muddled up in the complexities of reality. Perhaps the story here is a little more complex than that, but still, the characters are more or less part of the details, the minutiae, and the real focus is conveyed strongly in the cover pose and background.

This is a story about trust, plain and simple. To be fair, there is actually a decent number of aspects here, with this trust touching beauty, purity, naivety, ignorance, danger, desire, and zealotry, to name a few off the top of my head. However, there is enough dangling information that an active viewer could easily construct an entire world of messages and meanings, not to mention round out the fictional universe here pretty nicely.

Sure, despite the depth of this one thing, the story itself is spartan, barren, or even skeletal in many ways. However, for those who think deeply or will think about a movie even after the credits roll, this feels much more like a purposeful invitation than it does any type of failure. I personally appreciate such an approach -sort of the inverse of reading a book.

And in the same way, I think this is best viewed with your full attention -turn out the lights, get close, feel your feet dangling toward the empty, cloud filled abyss while you hold onto a living lifeline. That fear mixed with the yearning for that kind of trust makes this highly worthy even ignoring the fun flips, pretty animation, and amazing implications.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2020
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Overall, I think it's a good film. You can't really apply logic to this film. The film leaves you with more questions like are there people living in the "sky", or the location of that other part of the destroyed world they found where the girl can walk upright (or I may have missed it). Maybe it's just one of those films that leaves you with questions like Bird Box.

Anyway, the animation is pretty good. The concept is fascinating and the more I try to understand it and view it from their point of view, I get mind blown. Imagining in her shoes, falling down into the sky and not knowing where it ends is just crazy.

Overall, quite entertaining for simple anime fans. It's somewhat sophisticated and pretty.
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ファミパット文化民
5.0 out of 5 stars さかさま物語がやっと届きました。
Reviewed in Japan on June 8, 2020
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NEW TYPE コロナウイルス影響で5月18日迄に届く物が6月7日にやっとこさ届きました。
ちゃんと商品届きますよ、お魚のパテナではなくサカサマのパテナですよ、内容はとても良かったです。

動作環境はDVDの方はPS3/PS4でも動きますが字幕は消せませんBDの方はプレステでは動きません。
パソコンのLeawo ZEUS PLAYERがお勧めですが動画が重い時は電源設定の動画再生の設定をバランスを
お使いください。

それでは皆さんコロナに負けないでガンバってくださいね　バイバイ。
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Dan King
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece of modern anime
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2016
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I will say right now that it was almost flawless. The animation was beautiful, the soundtrack breathtaking, the characters likeable, it had areally charming story, the steampunky designs of the inverted worlds were just eye candy to look at, and the background art in general was astonishing, while the anti-gravity ideas in it lead to some very interesting developments and story arcs, and the contrasts between the two worlds were really interesting in terms of how they shaped the characters attitude. My only real issue with it is how stupidly evil the villain is in a film that could and should have been so much more focused on the otherwise clear moral ambiguities of the situation. This guy just didn't feel like he was the right fit for the story, and I can't really see why anyone would put him in charge of a country (mind you, if so many Americans are voting Trump I guess it's posible for any cartoonishly evil guy to run a country). The English language version also had an amazing voice cast, with Cassandra Lee Morris and Michael Sinterniklaas being just perfect as two restricted dreamers from opposing worlds, and having great voice chemistry in their interactions. In short, I highly reccomend this masterpiece of a movie
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Luis Peres
4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinanting movie. Very well done and highly recommended.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2015
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I bought this one out of the blue because i liked the concept and the cover and i always buy a movie without knowing anything about it once in a while. As i'm an illustrator myself i'm always looking for reference material and this anime seemed like a good candidate.
Im glad i bought this. The story is great and the only reason i don't give it top marks is because i think it should have been more developed besides the typical bad guy chasing the heros.
Other than that, the atmosphere is great, the soundtrack is atmosferic, the characters are really cool and the whole final product is highly enjoyable. Love the landscape illustrations for example.
I noticed that at the begining it states that this was a movie finance by Kickstarter crowdfunding. Well, i can only say, well done to the filmakers of this one. I hope they make some more and i would love to see a sequel because the story leaves much untold and unexplored as the whole movie feels like a first episode of a possible great anime short series for cinema.
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hirobo
5.0 out of 5 stars 良い！
Reviewed in Japan on September 29, 2020
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これは面白い。
物語も悪くない。
お勧めです。
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