Dead Leaves (2004) 7/10

Starring : Jaxon Lee, Amanda Winn-Lee, Hal Lubin
Director : Hiroyuki Imaishi
Running Time : 52 mins

After they wake up on Earth with no memory of prior events and strange super powers, Retro (Lee) and Pandy (Winn-Lee) go on a crime spree and end up on the moon-based penal colony Dead Leaves. There they discover their true identities and plan a mass jail break.

This Japanese cartoon doesn’t use the standard sort of animation you’d expect and instead looks like a Tank Girl comic book on drugs. This strange style is actually quite appealing and after a while, even though it gets more and more outlandish, you start not to notice. The characters are fun, and it’s just a shame that the run time is so short, as this feels like it ends before it really gets a chance to get started. A must for anyone who is a fan of kooky comic book stuff, like Love And Rockets or The Mask.

You’ll like this if you liked : Tank Girl