I watched Hideo Kojima’s favorite new sci-fi movie, and it blew me away

If Hideo Kojima, the video game auteur behind the Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding franchise, gushes about a science fiction movie, it’s probably worth paying attention. That’s exactly what happened in late January when Kojima posted the following on X: “The look, design, world-building, story, theme, authorial voice. It evokes the hard Sci-Fi anime that I love – the ones released in the ‘80s and ‘90s during the OVA boom from the likes of Mamoru Oshii, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and Satoshi Kon.”