Mardock Scramble: The First Compression
マルドゥック・スクランブル 圧縮
“Teen Balot is transformed after uncovering her benefactor's dark secrets in neon Mardock City.”
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Synopsis
Teen Balot is transformed after uncovering her benefactor's dark secrets in neon Mardock City.
Rune Balot is a troubled teenager struggling to survive in the neon-lit streets of Mardock City. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she's approached by Shell, a charismatic and enigmatic figure who offers her a chance at a new beginning. Drawn into his world of luxury and promises, Balot finds herself living a life she never imagined possible. However, as she begins to question the true nature of her benefactor's interest in her, she uncovers unsettling truths that put her in grave danger. In a city where justice operates under extreme measures, Balot becomes the center of an experimental procedure that transforms her in ways she never anticipated. Now caught between the world she knew and a new existence she barely understands, Balot must navigate the dangerous underbelly of Mardock City while confronting the dark forces that threaten to consume her. Her journey will challenge everything she thought she knew about identity, power, and what it means to reclaim one's life. (Source: Nippon Cinema)
Rune Balot is a down-and-out teen prostitute in Mardock City. One day, she's picked up by an ambitious casino manager named Shell who gives her everything she could want. Renewed by a false innocence, a false past, and now the false life Shell has given her, Balot feels grateful. However, she can't help but be curious about why he's done so much for her, so she does some research about his past on a computer. This turns out to be a mistake which will change her life greatly. When Shell finds out what she's done, he attempts to burn her to death by blowing up her car. Due to the high crime rate in Mardock, a new law called "Scramble 09" has given police carte blanche to take extreme and otherwise illegal measures to revive crime witnesses. With this in mind, they allow a professor to bring Balot back from the brink of death by reassembling her entire body with reinforced synthetic fiber. When she finally wakes up, her confused mental state eventually turns toward revenge as Shell is revealed as her killer. (Source: Nippon Cinema)
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6.1/10
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Short · 19%
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Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8/10 “8/10 I was NOT ready for this one. For years I've heard the name of this anime but is there anything that can really prepare you for this movie? The closest thing would be the original Ghost in the...”
- 7/10 “Mardock Scramble dazzles with its stunning cyberpunk visuals, painstakingly detailed animation, and profound philosophical depth that explores weighty themes of memories, free will, and rebirth....”
- 8/10 “This dark and mature anime excels in its serious treatment of heavy themes, delivering powerful emotional depth through Rune Balot's traumatic journey while employing brilliant egg symbolism...”
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-5213
- Format
- 1 × 69′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 1h 09m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Oct 2010 – Oct 2010
- Fall 2010
- Source
- Movie
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- Rated
- R+
- Mild Nudity
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- BS-5213
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