Thermae Romae テルマエ・ロマエ 羅馬浴場

 Released Year: 2012

Directed by 武内英樹

 

Casted by:

阿部寬 Abe Hiroshi as 路西斯 Lucius
上戶彩 Aya Ueto as 山越真實 Manami

 Story: 

 Lucius is an architecture for the Rome's Thermae, but his design is slowly taken by others younger designer who has better idea. Out of idea, Lucius went to the public bathroom with a friend but was suck into the time zone when he deep into the water.

 

When he came out from the water, he appeared in Japan's public bathroom and discovered a few items which he never see in his older times. When he went back he renovate the whole place and items, this makes him popular again, even the Rome emperor wants him to design his own private bathroom. On and off Lucius went back to Japan with the time zone and even met Manami, a Japanese comic drawer wanna be.

 

In an event, Manami and a few old man went to the time zone and appeared in the old Rome. It was the war time, Lucius use the help from the Japanese and together they make a nature hot bath to cure the wounded army and helps Rome win the war. Manami and the old man also went back to Japan.

 L² Scored: 9/10

 

L² Comment:

I love this movie, it is kinda funny and watching all these Japs pretend to be caucasian is even funny ~ but well, Abe Hiroshi is still hot and my god, his ass his so fine and juicy, yum yum...

Astro Boy

Released Year: 2009
Directed by David Bowers

Casted by:
Freddie Highmore & 上户彩 Aya Ueto as Toby / Astro Boy
Kristen Bell as Cora
Nicolas Cage & 郭富城 Aaron Kwok as Dr. Tenma
Donald Sutherland as President Stone
Nathan Lane as Hamegg
Eugene Levy as Orrin
Charlie Theron as Narrator
Samuel L. Jackson as ZOGStory:

The spectaculars Metro City has float upon the surface with better people living up there with better advance of technologies. Dr Tenma, the powerful scientis there and Dr Elefun has created the Red & Blue Core atom. President Stone wanna use the red core for his Peacemaker machine to continue being elected as the next president.

President Stone force Dr Elefun to give up his red core which is the negative power. The machine was out of control and explode, causing Dr Tenma's son Toby who is nearby to die. Feeling depressed and sad, Dr Tenma created a robots with memory of Toby with the hep of blue core. Toby does not know he is a machine till later on when he discover he can fly. But he was quickly attacked by President Stone and Toby fall out of Metro City on the earth surface.

Toby call himself Astro and met with Cora and gang. Cora brought him to Hamegg who is very kind to all of the orphan. Hamegg has once work for Dr Tenma up in the Metro City and he found out Astro is a robot. Putting Astro on a ring to fight, ZOG the huge machine did not fight Astro as Astro has saved him before with the blue core.

President Stone has send spaceship from Metro City to capture Astro from earth. Dr Tenma finally decided to keep Astro and fought against Stone. Stone used the red core and insert into Peacemaker again. Out of control, the machine swallow in Stone and fought against Astro.

Astro boy finally zoom into Peacemaker heart and used his blue core power to destroy the peacemaker leaving himself die. Luckily ZOG still has the blue core power and gave Astro Boy back to life.

L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

Astro Boy, originated from Japanases Cartoon Series, a super robot boy which wins everyone's heart including mine when i was small :) Not really been following the Japanese series last time due to no subtitles and it was translated in Malay, but heck, thanx to David Bowers :)