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Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain (2013)
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Original name: 攻殻機動隊ARISE border: 1 Ghost Pain
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
The story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg, wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by the 501st Secret Unit's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.
Style:
sexy, anime, atmospheric, melancholic, talky, stylized, tense, deep, adult animation, inspirational ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, fight scenes, love story, ghost in the shell, investigation, moral ambiguity, character study, ghost, dialogue, imagination, storytelling, cyborgs, mature, self discovery, superhero, asian, memory loss, arms dealer, false memory, female nudity, sexualized violence, police investigation, androids, fantasy world ...
Place:
japan, east asia
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
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Motoko and her squad are finally getting closer to Fire-Starter's broker, but things get tense when they're instructed to take a backseat role on a sting op. Part five of the OVA series, containing the materials developed for Alternative ...
Style:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 275 min.
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60%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terrorist and anti-crime unit specializing in ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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59%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, and espionage leaving no known suspects. New ...
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Place:
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54%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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51%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min.
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
47%
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Country: Japan
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Place:
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Country: Japan, USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Time:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, adult animation, futuristic, mecha, manga ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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