Ai City
1986 • Toei Animation
- Format
- MOVIE
- Aired
- 1986
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Toei Animation · Movic · Toho · Ashi Productions
- Genres
- Science fiction
It's sometime in the future and the story starts off with Kei and Ai running for their lives. Ai is a little girl who holds a terrible secret which could destroy the current world. The world is now populated by Headmeters, people who have psychic powers and their strength is shown on their forehead when they fight. However, Kei was an experimental subject and his strength never went above level 5 while other surpasses his ability effortlessly. While escaping, when in desperate moments, Kei could increase his ability to infinity when Ai is in trouble.
The one who's after her have a deep secret, aided by a small dwarflike man living in a robotic suit. Eventually Ai is captured and Kei, a sherlock holmes detective and another Headmeter who was converted to the good side when Kei unleashed his horrible powers through Ai must go and rescue her.
Together they must save Ai and the secret which she holds. What is the secret of Ai? Who is she?
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Ai City was released in 1986 as a feature-length film produced by Toei Animation, emerging during the mid-1980s boom of original video animation and theatrical science fiction experiments. Based on the manga by Eiichi Motono, the film reflects the era's fascination with psychic phenomena, high-tech urban decay, and the blending of occult themes with futuristic settings, a style that was gaining significant traction in the burgeoning anime market at the time.
The film's production was helmed by director Kozo Morishita, who sought to translate the manga's dense visual narrative into a fast-paced cinematic experience. While it aimed to capture the intensity of the source material through atmospheric animation, it received a polarized reception upon release. Critics and audiences often noted its ambitious visual design and complex plotting, though it has since become a niche, albeit rarely discussed, curiosity from Toei's expansive 1980s catalog.
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