Backdrop
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5.6

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Release

28 Apr 2009

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Production

Overview

On Planet Abel, humans and robots co-exist. One day a mysterious stowaway on a transport vessel tries to invade the planet, but is discovered by Apollo, a robot that looks like a human; and Mikaru, a human that looks like a robot. The stowaway had in his possession a memory chip containing the latest in camouflage software, the mysterious "Cipher" OS. Apollo takes the Cipher chip simply for fun, but has no idea what he's getting himself into. He suddenly starts acting strange, but Mikaru has no idea what's wrong or that Cipher is behind it. What exactly is Cipher? What sort of secrets does it hold? Apollo and Mikaru will unravel a mystery encompassing the past, present, and future to find out.

Plot

Collection of three 20-minute sci-fi anime films dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Yokohama city. On Planet Abel, human-like robot Apollo (Ichihara Hayato, Rookies) and robot-like human Mikaru (Ueto Aya, A...

Cast

Hayato IchiharaAya UetoKane Kosugi

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10

Details

Director

Ryûhei Kitamura

Writers

Shunji Iwai

Season 1

Air Date:29 Apr 2009
Available

The Stowaway

Runtime:20m
Air Date:29 Apr 2009Available

Episodes of Season 1

3 episodes

EP 1
EP 2
EP 3
S1 E1