Armitage III: POLY-MATRIX
1996 • Pioneer LDC
- Format
- MOVIE
- Aired
- 1996
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Pioneer LDC · AIC · Funimation
- Genres
- Action · Adventure · Mecha · Romance
In the year 2046 humans are moving away from using robots and begin to trust them less and less. In this time life becomes very perilous for the beingd known as seconds. The seconds are the most recent line of robots, as far as the public knows. This is the world Detective Ross Sylibus lives in. Detective Sylibus is transferred to Mars by his request after his partner was killed by a robot. As he arrives he falls headfirst into a murder where a country singer on his flight was murdered. He steps off the plane and watches as a scene unfolds and he meets his partner, Armitage a female cop with a major attitude. A rash of murders begins when yet more women are killed. As the investigation is continued a secret is uncovered. There is another line of robots known as Thirds. More and more Thirds turn up missing, as a serial killer who is intent on wiping out all the Thirds runs rampant. Armitage in her quest to put the murderer to justice reveals a secret. She herself is a Third.
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Armitage III: Poly-Matrix was released in 1996 as a feature-length compilation film of the four-part original video animation series, Armitage III. Produced by Pioneer LDC, the project was designed to introduce the cyberpunk narrative to a broader international audience, trimming the original episodic structure into a more cohesive cinematic experience. It serves as a classic example of the mid-1990s boom in high-concept science fiction anime, heavily influenced by Western genre staples like Blade Runner.
The character designs were created by Hiroyuki Ochi, who sought to blend a gritty, industrial aesthetic with the distinctive stylized proportions common in late 20th-century animation. The story explores themes of artificial intelligence, identity, and discrimination, echoing the philosophical inquiries popular in the cyberpunk genre of the era. Upon its release, Poly-Matrix was noted for its English-language dubbing efforts, which represented a significant investment in the marketability of anime to Western viewers during that period.
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