

In order for her to live on the surface world, Age takes her to a cottage where she stands on the ceiling.

As in, literally, When Patema comes to the surface world, she is floating to the sky and is only saved by Age. The big difference between the two, however, is that Patema (and her people) are upside down.

Led by a religious fanatic and kept in power by his Kerberos lookalike secret police, Age is expected to fall directly into the image dictated by his Glorious Leader. Age lives on the surface world, in an Orwellian society calling itself Aiga. She is in line to be the next leader of this tribe-like group. Patema is a princess living in an underground society. The film follows two character, Patema and Age, who come from completely different societies. It is another fantastic entry to Yasuhiro Yoshiura’s line of directorial works with an interesting plot and an amazing ending. A chance meeting between two curious teenagers leads to an exploration of two unique worlds as they begin working together to unveil the secrets of their origins in Sakasama no Patema, a heart-warming film about overcoming differences in order to coexist.I absolutely love Patema Inverted. The people of Aiga are taught to believe that "Inverts," like Patema, are sinners that will be "swallowed by the sky," but Age has resisted this propaganda and decides to protect his new friend. After she enters what is known as the "forbidden zone," she accidentally falls into a giant bottomless pit after being startled by a strange creature.įinding herself on the surface, a world literally turned upside down, she begins falling towards the sky only to be saved by Age, a discontented student of the totalitarian nation known as Aiga. Inspired by a friend that mysteriously went missing, she is often reprimanded due to her constant excursions of these tunnels due to her royal status. Patema is a plucky young girl from an underground civilization boasting an incredible network of tunnels.
