Armitage: Dual Matrix (Video 2002)

Five years after the OAV series, Third series robot Naomi Armitage and her husband Ross Sylibus now live peacefully on Mars with their daughter, until a corporation wants to know the secrets of the third's ability to bear children.

Director:

Katsuhito Akiyama

Writers:

Naoko Hasegawa, Hideki Kakinuma

Stars:

Ryôka Yuzuki, Hikaru Hanada, Yuka Imai

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ryôka Yuzuki	...	Naomi Armitage
Hikaru Hanada	...	Ross Sylibus
Yuka Imai	...	Yôko (voice)
Kazuhiro Yamaji	...	Demitrio Mardini
Jôji Nakata	...	Strings
Mitsuki Saiga	...	Julian
Ahmed Best	...	Mouse (voice) (as Ahmed A. Best)
Takumi Yamazaki	...	Mouse
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kirk Baily	...	(voice)
Catherine Battistone	...	(voice)
Peter Doyle	...	(voice)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Reporter (voice)
Don Fischer	...	(voice)
Michael Forest	...	Frederick Ohara (voice)
Rebecca Forstadt	...	Yoko (voice) (as Reba West)

Storyline

Five years after the OAV series, Third series robot Naomi Armitage and her husband Ross Sylibus now live peacefully on Mars with their daughter, until a corporation wants to know the secrets of the third's ability to bear children.

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Plot Keywords:

robot | anime | blood | violence | child in peril | 

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Genres:

Action | Animation | Sci-Fi | Adventure | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Armitage Dual Matrix

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

October 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Armitage III: Dual Matrix

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pioneer LDC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

There is a short scene involving Mouse and the replica at the end of the credits.

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Connections

References Metropolis (2001)

User Reviews

Put simply. Good anime. Better voice acting. Great surround sound.

When I first read that Juliette Lewis was going to be a seiyuu (voice actor) for Armitage I wasn't sure if she would be able to pull it off. Even though I think she is a great actress some actors don't seem to make a good transition to voice acting. I am happy to say that she did a great job. Elizabeth Berkley did a good job with the first movie along with Kiefer Sutherland but Juliette really shines in some scenes when Armitage is blowing her top (no pun intended). It would have been great if they would have gotten Kiefer Sutherland to play the role of Ross with Juliette for the sequel but Skip Stellrecht does a fine job as the ex-cop. The picture quality is great although it would have been better in letterbox. Now, the real jem of this DVD is the surround sound. It seems Pioneer went all out and purposely made the movie's soundtrack for 5.1 systems. The sound engineers balanced the music very well with the voices and sound effects. Even during an action scene you can still here the voices very well along with the music and everything else without having to play with the volume buttons. Of course, you can only appreciate this if you have a surround sound system. I give this anime 7 out of 10 stars for it's excellent sound engineering.