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Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion

2011 · 64 min

A dense, moody cyberpunk chapter that feels like a middle act, heavy with psychological unease and sudden violence.

Directed by: Susumu Kudo
Genres: Animation, Science fiction
Starring: Megumi Hayashibara, Norito Yashima, Tsutomu Isobe

Overview: Rescued by Doctor Easter from a deadly assault on their headquarters by Dimsdale Boiled, Rune Balot finds temporary shelter in "Paradise," a high-tech laboratory where the Scramble 09 protocol originated. While the severely injured Oeufcoque regenerates in a healing vat, Rune struggles to find the answers within herself that will let her equally injured psyche find some measure of peace. But as the search for clues to the location of Shell's hidden memories continues, Boiled finds them again, and Rune and the Doctor decide it's time to carry the war to the enemy.

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Directed by: Susumu Kudo
Genres: Animation, Science fiction
Starring: Megumi Hayashibara, Norito Yashima, Tsutomu Isobe

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
trauma
memory
violence
survival
Places: big city
hospital
Era: far-future
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
animated
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Humour	2
Realism	3
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Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: animation, science fiction
Directed by: Susumu Kudo
Written by: Tow Ubukata
Starring: Megumi Hayashibara, Norito Yashima, Tsutomu Isobe, Hiroki Touchi, Kazuya Nakai, Takaya Hashi, Toshiko Fujita, Akiko Katsuta
Music: Conisch
Cinematography: Toru Fukushi
Runtime: 64 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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