I'm not really a fan of Japanese anime - all big eyes, school girls, and a stuttering motion - but this also had the gritty feel and death of cyberpunk of a series I really do like, Aeon Flux, as well as wonderfull colouring and scenes. The plot thoughtful and deep 7 (I'll have to watch it again to understand more).
A female cyborg working with Bato, mostly human, is hunting for a person known as the Puppet Master - he, or she, has been hacking into people. With the action of chase scenes, there are also philosophical discussions about what it means to human, and whether a robot without any human component, or ghost, but with it's memories and experience is human. There's also political wrangling. It builds to the final conflict and battle with the Puppet Master during which we discover what where it came from, and now what it wants.
The plot is not 100%clear and does not end with everything explained - it's very much Blade Runner where the future and motivations are slightly foreign to us. But that is something that I really like about. That and the philosophising. Even the cityscape was like Blade Runner. Mix in some Matrix and you'll have this film. Even if you don't like anime, if like sci-if then you'll enjoy this cyberpunk story.
A female cyborg working with Bato, mostly human, is hunting for a person known as the Puppet Master - he, or she, has been hacking into people. With the action of chase scenes, there are also philosophical discussions about what it means to human, and whether a robot without any human component, or ghost, but with it's memories and experience is human. There's also political wrangling. It builds to the final conflict and battle with the Puppet Master during which we discover what where it came from, and now what it wants.
The plot is not 100%clear and does not end with everything explained - it's very much Blade Runner where the future and motivations are slightly foreign to us. But that is something that I really like about. That and the philosophising. Even the cityscape was like Blade Runner. Mix in some Matrix and you'll have this film. Even if you don't like anime, if like sci-if then you'll enjoy this cyberpunk story.
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