X (1996)
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The first full-length anime adaptation of the manga by CLAMP (Cardcaptor Sakura, Magic Knight Rayearch, Chobits).
Directed and co-written by Rintaro (Galaxy Express 999, Time Stranger, Metropolis).
Rintaro considers music to be the most important aspect of a movie. He’s gone so far as to say that a good script can't save a movie with bad music¹. In 1993 he directed X² - Double X, a series of anime music video (AMV) adaptations of the manga. The fourth AMV is set to the song X by X Japan and features animation by studio Madhouse. It functions as a teaser for the anime movie.
Rintaro is friends with Peter Chung of Aeon Flux fame. Aeon Flux similarly places importance on visuals and music over dialogue.
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1 Takayuki Karahashi. “Rintaro Interview.” Animerica, vol. 8, no. 5, May 2000, p. 10, https://www.animenostalgiabomb.com/clamp-x-1999-movie-rintaro-interview-gundam-wing-animerica-may-2000/.
