mark mark animated music video created song mark japanese rock duo song released single heart wrote directed short film song project having writer block anime music video non linear providing multiple alternate scenes depict events music video added sound effects audio track contains dialogue purposely lyrics present vision world surface humans live underground city video cryptic evoke creative interpretations viewers music video follows policemen raid religious cult find taken away confined laboratory haunted fate angel men plan break laboratory fleeing armored truck abyss trying force past police aircraft narrow suspended roadway montage previous scenes armored truck suddenly rockets apartment complex allowing escape escape surface ignoring radiation danger signs emerging near nuclear men set angel free flies sky music video received praised animation attention detail premiered short heart released laserdisc dvd released outside japan synopsis video begins shots vacant village concrete covered nuclear background music begins scene changes sci style nighttime military style police raid cult futuristic flying troop transports crash windows tower topped gigantic neon lit eyes occupied armed defenders policemen exchange gunfire grenades depict enormous eye victorious police begin sort bodies policemen find appears girl lying unconscious large wings scene changes bright daylight blue sky men driving old romeo spider road men helps girl spreads wings holds hands gains confidence airborne hesitant afraid lets scene changes discovery girl tower identity men revealed previous sequence men carefully carry offer drink encouraged team scientists wearing radiation suits arrive quickly girl away placing container men haunted fate girl suffer plan rescue break laboratory free confinement lab triggered escape armored truck drive narrow suspended roadway appears city built crater police pursuit comes low roadway block truck roadway collapses protagonists try force way sending truck winged girl refuses let hands fall abyss brief montage previous shots follows discovery girl girl flying blue sky men rescuing girl laboratory stealing truck truck amidst wreckage roadway time truck fires makes short flight apartment building escape seen old romeo spider racing dark tunnel underneath signs bear radiation symbols read sunlight survival guaranteed finally emerge daylight drive past nuclear cooling towers sign reads continue road men helps girl spreads wings gives grateful smile kisses hand farewell soon gone drifting upward sky briefly major urban seen trees bird eye view shape car road slowing stop grass production production music video began suffering writer block needed project distract wrote directed music video mark song previously released single heart despite popularity work told british author numerous anime reference books given percent focus music video production music video experimented computer animation supplement traditional hand drawn cell animation time computer department work supervision techniques learned experimentation mark later adopted creation animation director long time collaborator charge colour selection backgrounds created debut art director dialogue music video policemen loosely modeled analysis deliberately non linear enigmatic cryptic style music video intended stimulate viewers interpretations music video offered interpretation angel hope protect hope mean let touch author books related anime reflected proposing hope retains purity authenticity elusive hope cause possibly pain denying hope deny feasibility vision provides said music video setting humans live underground city surface earth contaminated radiation creating sanctuary nature find believable humanity suffer surface instead intentionally lyrics reflect vision world filled disease radiation people reactions world implied policemen able return old life offered reason noted lyrics song include translates flu flu fashion author interpreted feel urge fresh start suggesting bleak acceptance ideological economic codes mold lives accordance planned hopeful embracing genuine prospects renewal change suggested despite feminine appearance angel order making gender sex irrelevant referred creature bird person nickname valley wind manga film noted visual correspondence yesterday oppressive urban environment freedom open spaces april lecture series manga anime works professor arts guest instructor research scientist william center space sciences discussed mark lecture coda mark drew parallels story titular character conclusion interpreted release winged girl end video setting free character manner reminiscent william_shakespeare symbolic liberation characters release servant play final volume manga released january started creating mark month mccarthy highlighted similarities different works real life found film remarking opening city sequence homage attack religious cult reflection movement stated production occurred prior police raid following gas attack tokyo subway march mccarthy noted film scientists gear look like hero rescue scene reminiscent star wars box structure film homage concrete following disaster scholar observed urban settings china town style resemble shell animated film adaptation production time non nature winged entity mark noted manga wings unfinished collaborative effort theme serialized time creating mark reception music video received science writer called perfect short science fantasy film seen praised film attention detail brought world life anime praised music video went far justify purchase short music video releases music video released theatrically july film concerts official screening took place fan club concert held june beginning july video shown performance song super best mission impossible tour featuring melody different lyrics mark castles air included english language album voice popular demand mark released separately japan vhs laserdisc july november film released things special short short dvd video set play original mark castles air songs musical duo arrested drug possession japan removed mark upcoming dvd blu ray box set containing works ceased shipments october announced company web page considered situation sending blu ray discs box set long provide proof purchase
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