Patema Inverted (2013)

Patema has an adventurous spirit, which means she’ll be in deep trouble before long. Elsewhere, in a different land, Eiji hasn't yet had that aspect of his personality crushed, but not from a lack of trying by the people in power. With ‘Educational Centres’ and a strict dogma enforced, Eiji’s society is on the verge of becoming fully Orwellian. Together the two youths find the fantastical in someone else’s normal and their world gets turned upside down, in a manner of speaking.
I'm grateful to Japan for continuing to make 2D style animations about people, in an era when stories featuring anthropomorphous machines and talking CGI furry things are often more profitable worldwide.

4 ups and suʍop out of 5