Alternative TitlesEnglish: Armitage III Japanese: アミテージ・ザ・サード
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Type: OVA
Episodes: 4
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Feb 25, 1995 to Nov 25, 1995
Duration:
34 min. per episode Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
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SynopsisThe year is 2046. Detective Ross Sylibus is transferred to Mars when a country singer on his flight is murdered. Making matters more complicated is that the singer is a "Third" - a robot that looks and feels like a human. Sylibus is partnered with Armitage - a beautiful female cop with a bad attitude. As they investigate the murder of the singer and other women on Mars, they uncover a conspiracy that can have them both killed by the Martian government, especially when Armitage is revealed to be a Third herself. (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork.com) |
Related AnimeSequel: Armitage III Dual-Matrix
Summary: Armitage III Polymatrix
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Another cyberpunk anime with a cyborg heroine as the lead role.
Although I would consider Battle Angel the superior of the two, they have a similar flare.
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Armitage came out around the same time as GITS and was therefor completely overshadowed by GITS' huge success. Both series have stacked intelligent heroins that excel in combat and who are members of a policing force and both have strong muscle bound male leads that play the important balancing role. Both fall into the "Cyber Punk" genre and both ask many of the same questions regarding the questions of what makes us human and the very definition of life.
However, One key difference is in how they approach these same philosophical questions. While GITS uses Motoko (a cyborg) to search for life inside the digital machine world, Armitage uses Naomi (an android) to search for life inside herself.
Don't let this series pass you by.
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Feb 14, 20084 of 4 episodes seen 3 of 6 people found this review helpful Humans from Earth who created androids known as the "Second Types" colonize mars. People on Mars eventually become paranoid about these very human looking androids, causing riots and lynch mobs to burn the "Second Types" in mass quantities. The androids begin to resist the only way they can, by evolving into a new class of Android the "Thirds". A group of these "Third Types" begin to murder humans in retaliation for the way their kind is treated. The "...;Thirds" are soon classified as unlicensed androids, for the simple fact that they not only look, but act exactly like human beings.
Upon arriving on Mars Detective Ross Sylabus is thrust in to the middle of a baffling murder, which eventually spawns an investigation into the mysteries of the "Thirds." During this encounter at the Space Port he stumbles upon his new partner; Naomi Armitage, a young girl with what you might call an outgoing personality.
Being the typical Human of the times Detective Sylabus is openly prejudiced against all androids, but ironically finds he is becoming more and more like those things that he hates. As the story moves forward Detective Sylabus finds that his body is slowly being replaced by cybernetic implants, and is forced to confront many of the same feelings and bigotries that androids deal with on a daily basis.
Arimitage though, is in actuality a "Third Type" android, one that possesses a secret that if revealed, will thrust both of them head long into an adventure that could easily lead to their destruction.
DARGON / Tera-Alpha's Notes:
This is my favorite Anime Movie! I have watched it several times and am still not bored with it. The plot is very well developed and extreamly exciting. The end does seem cut short even though the movie is 90 minutes, but that is explained by there being a sequal ("Dual Matrix") now available on DVD. I have not seen the sequal yet, but predict that it will be at least as good as the original!
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Nov 8, 20074 of 4 episodes seen 5 of 17 people found this review helpful Arimtage III is a truly great anime OVA. Sadly it came out about the same time as the original GHOST IN THE SHELL, and was overlooked for the overrated Ghost in the Shell movie. The story is far better, truly delving into whether machines are alive or not and could they be considered human, along with many other questions. Can they fall in love, or even have children. Then there are the two main characters, Naomi Armitage and Ross Sylibus. They add depth and bring life to the story. The ac...tion is great keeping you watching even in the quiet times of the anime. The animation isn't as great as it was after all it's been 13 years since it first came out, but it still holds up today. I would highly recommend this anime over any of the Ghost in the Shell anime. read more
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Mar 11, 20084 of 4 episodes seen 0 of 10 people found this review helpful Setting is probably 100years from now after we’ve colonized mars and are capable of creating advanced robots capable of being both useful and aesthetically pleasing to the eye as well. There exists hidden within the human population of mars a new generation of robot, one that has both emotions and another interesting ability. The animation is nice and detailed though not overly drawn and the sound is not the worst ever. There are 4 eps that I have found and if anyone wanted to they could p...robably be turned into a movie. Nothing special, has an interesting concept but over all I was just bored with it read more
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Opening Theme"Main Theme" by Hiroyuki Namba
Ending Theme"Ii Yume wo Omoidasenai (Japanese)" by Hiroko Kasahara
"Phantom World (English)" by Hiroko Kasahara
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