After a near-death experience, both Age and Patema fly up to the clouds, where they find a large mechanical city of sorts. Age goes to where he found Patema and discovers the other Inverts, where he meets Patema’s friend Porta, who joins him in rescuing Patema. Patema is held in a tower, threatened by Izamura to be released into the sky and never return. The teens are on the run from soldiers until they are both caught. He finds out about Patema and Age hiding out in a small shed and begins to hunt them down. Izamura, the leader of Aiga, is dedicated to eliminating every single Invert. They are seen as a threat to the livelihood of Aiga and considered sinners who only deserve to be punished. He meets Patema, a girl from under the ground who is part of the community of Inverts, people who live upside down because of the change of gravity. One boy in particular, Age, dreams of continuing his father’s work of exploring the skies, even though this is prohibited. A nation named Aiga controls their citizens through mindless monotony and brainwashing.
These areas are called danger zones and are avoided at all costs. Imagine falling into a pit, but instead you’re falling upwards toward the heavens. A reverse gravity effect causes most people and objects to “fall up” and go into the sky. In the future, scientists perform a failed experiment to harness gravity’s energy, which causes destruction over much of the Earth’s surface.
It reminded me immediately of a movie called Upside Down that has the same concept. Patema Inverted seemed cool as it involves people who live upside down. I recently found a few on Hulu that looked interesting, though I had never heard of them. I have not seen too many anime films, aside from most of what comes out Ghibli Studios and the occasional One Piece movie. Hulu has lots of anime to choose from, including movies (as of this writing).