In the futuristic city of Olympus, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.
Production
That early digital-composite look — janky, gorgeous, revolutionary.
Score
Pierre Arvay's sax-heavy jazz-fusion screams 'city of tomorrow'.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn mecha that weight more than most CGI today.
Director
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Masako Katsuki
Deunan Knute (voice)
Yoshisada Sakaguchi
Briareos Hecatombcales (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Calon Mautholos (voice)
Norio Wakamoto
A. J. Sebastian (voice)
Toshiko Sawada
Athena Areios (voice)
Mika Doi
Fleia Mautholos (voice)
Kumiko Takizawa
Nike (voice)
Tamio Ohki
Nereus (voice)
Yuji Mitsuya
Yoshi (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Japan's first major productions blending cel animation with computer-generated backgrounds — the jagged edges are features, not bugs.
Mamoru Oshii directed the 2004 remake and openly preferred this scrappy original; he called the CGI reboot 'too clean, too safe.'
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