Circa 2024. After watching Kenya Boy I am quite stunned. It uses some standard "boy must survive in Africa tropes" but then had a pacing that only intensifies by the minute. It is one of those movies that most represents what it meant to be an anime in the 80s. I won't bother with a synopsis, just know a boy gets lost in Africa due to the start of WW2 and must survive nature while looking for his father. This is the basic stuff that would normally make this an average movie, it's how far the writer went from there that truly makesthis a classic. Explosions, monsters, and a good vibes ending truly is what makes it 80s.

Music feels classic. Animation is very well done, but had some questionable choices where they remove colors and sometimes backgrounds from scenes that makes some parts look a unfinished but thinking back on it, I suspect were completely stylistic.

Africa's natural beauty is in full glorious display, Africa's culture, not so much. Regardless how accurate it is, African tribes are mostly portrayed in a stereotypically offensive or at least tacky way. Luckily by the end of the movie it's easy to overlook since the true enemy of the movie is revealed and the trusted allies were the friends they made along the way.

A truly classic action adventure spectacle, the likes of which we never see today.