Name: Mardock Scramble: The First Compression
Director: Susumu Kudo
Genre: Thriller, Animation, Action, Drama
Released: 2010-11-06
Duration: 1 h 9 min
Cast: Megumi Hayashibara, Norito Yashima, Hiroki Touchi, Kazuya Nakai

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Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (2010)

Runtime69 min

Rating18

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Rune Ballot 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, Ballot 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.

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Mardock Scramble: The First Compression is a critically acclaimed 2010 animated thriller directed by Susumu Kudo. The film follows a down-and-out teen prostitute named Rune Ballot who is given a new life by a casino manager, but soon finds herself in danger when she researches his past. While the film has received positive reviews from critics, detailed audience reception metrics are not widely available.

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Fans of unique, visually-striking anime will appreciate the bold, hallucinatory style that director Susumu Kudo brings to this 2010 thriller. With its cyberpunk setting and themes of identity and redemption, Mardock Scramble: The First Compression offers an intense, thought-provoking viewing experience led by the powerful voice acting of Megumi Hayashibara.

About

Mardock Scramble is a Japanese novel series written by Tow Ubukata. The first novel was published in Japan in May 2003, with the final novel published in July 2003. They were later adapted into a manga series and an anime film trilogy. In North America, Viz Media licensed the novels and published all three in one volume. Kodansha USA published the manga series in English, and Sentai Filmworks released anime films on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.