Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."

• DirectorMamoru Oshii
• Release6 March 2004
• Genre
  Animation / Drama
• Duration1h 40m
• Budget?
• Revenue$10,079,829
• Rate
  

  7.3
  890 reviews
• Productions

  Bandai Visual, Production I.G, dentsu, ITNDDTD, Kodansha, Studio Ghibli