If you loved The Three Musketeers in Boots, try Future War 198X

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Three Musketeers in Boots

1972 · dir. Tomoharu Katsumata

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Future War 198X

1982 · dir. Toshio Masuda, Tomoharu Katsumata

What they share

Both films are directed by Tomoharu Katsumata, and they sit in Animation territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Three Musketeers in Boots, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Future War 198X is

You build a laser defense system in space to stop a nuclear war. But governments on Earth fumble, and global conflict erupts anyway. The film's stark animation reflects Cold War anxieties. It leaves you cold.

If you loved The Three Musketeers in Boots, try Future War 198X

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What they share

What Future War 198X is

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