Arguably one of the most influential science fiction films ever made, Fritz Lang’s 1927 “Metropolis” has inspired creatives of all types around the globe. Many science fiction writers have paid tribute to his groundbreaking film, from Ridley Scott’s “ Blade Runner ” to Francis Ford Coppola’s “ Megalopolis .” Ironically, however, one story that claims to explicitly not pay homage or take ideas from Lang’s film is Osamu Tezuka’s (“Astro Boy”) manga of the same name, “Metropolis,” released in 1949. Despite sharing a name, the two “Metropolises” are pretty different, with the only commonalities being superficial at best. Both stories concern the creation of an artificial intelligence, but their construction, characterization and role in the story are vastly different. Tezuka claims t

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