• StatusReleased
  • Release Date2004-03-06
  • Runtime100 minutes
  • TaglineWhen machines learn to feel, who decides what is human...
  • Revenue10,079,829$
  • GenreAnimation, Drama, Science Fiction
  • Production
    CompaniesBandai Visual, Production I.G, dentsu, ITNDDTD, Kodansha, Studio Ghibli
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie Overview

Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."

Casts

Akio Otsuka

Koichi Yamadera

Atsuko Tanaka

Tamio Ohki

Yutaka Nakano

Hiroaki Hirata

Masaki Terasoma

Sumi Mutoh

Yuzuru Fujimoto

Sukekiyo Kameyama

Ryuji Nakagi

Fumihiko Tachiki

Minoru Hirano

Katsunosuke Hori

Naoto Takenaka

Hiroyuki Kinoshita

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Nanami Hinata

Gou Aoba

Eisuke Asakura

Masao Harada

Eriko Kigawa

Kenichi Mochizuki

Yuu Sugimoto

Akeno Watanabe

Makoto Yasumura