29 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestSylibus and Armitage locate her brain-washed father at a secret base on Dunwitch Hill, where their questions about the Thirds are finally answered. Armitage receives wicked battle upgrades before a final showdown with the Martian military.
In the year 2046, a cop and his female android partner called Armitage, part of the latest android line known as "class III" models that look, act and feel human, investigate illegal manufacture of class III androids on colonized Mars.
Acting
Hiroko Kasahara's Armitage: vulnerable, terrifying, heartbreaking.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn mechanical detail that CGI still can't touch.
Writing
Konaka packs more ideas in 2 hours than most series manage in 50.
Creator
Chiaki J. Konaka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chiaki J. Konaka later wrote Serial Experiments Lain — Armitage is his cyberpunk warm-up, complete with identity fragmentation and tech-dread.
The 1997 sequel movie Poly-Matrix was heavily edited for Western release, including a new dub with Kiefer Sutherland and Elizabeth Berkeley that most fans pretend doesn't exist.
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