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Silent Möbius

Original title: Sairento mebiusu
  • 19911991
  • 50m
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6.3/10
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Silent Möbius (1991)
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The future police has a unique division: the Attack Mystification Department. The operatives have unique training... and talents! Set to stop the weird happenings going on in the city, and d... Read allThe future police has a unique division: the Attack Mystification Department. The operatives have unique training... and talents! Set to stop the weird happenings going on in the city, and discover whats behind the unknown.The future police has a unique division: the Attack Mystification Department. The operatives have unique training... and talents! Set to stop the weird happenings going on in the city, and discover whats behind the unknown.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
227
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
76,424
50,401
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    • Directors
      • Kazuo Tomisawa
      • Michitaka Kikuchi(supervising director)
    • Writer
      • Michitaka Kikuchi(manga)
    • Stars
      • Naoko Matsui(voice)
      • Toshiko Fujita(voice)
      • Gara Takashima(voice)
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    • Directors
      • Kazuo Tomisawa
      • Michitaka Kikuchi(supervising director)
    • Writer
      • Michitaka Kikuchi(manga)
    • Stars
      • Naoko Matsui(voice)
      • Toshiko Fujita(voice)
      • Gara Takashima(voice)
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    Naoko Matsui
    Naoko Matsui
    • Katsumi Liqueur
    • (voice)
    Toshiko Fujita
    Toshiko Fujita
    • Rally Cheyenne
    • (voice)
    Gara Takashima
    • Lebia Maverick
    • (voice)
    Hiromi Tsuru
    Hiromi Tsuru
    • Kiddy Phenil
    • (voice)
    Chieko Honda
    Chieko Honda
    • Nami Yamigumo
    • (voice)
    Maya Okamoto
    Maya Okamoto
    • Yuki Saiko
    • (voice)
    Masako Ikeda
    • Fuyuka Liqueur
    • (voice)
    Kiyoshi Kawakubo
    • Grospoliner
    • (voice)
    Kôji Nakata
    • Lucifer Hawke
    • (voice)
    • (as Kouji Nakata)
    Tarô Arakawa
    • Second-Grade Monster
    • (voice)
    Shin'ichirô Miki
    Shin'ichirô Miki
    • Policeman
    • (voice)
    Tina Gushiken
    • The Other Katsumi
    • (voice)
    Iona Morris
    Iona Morris
    • Katsumi Liqueur (Streamline Pictures dub)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Alexandra Kenworthy
    Alexandra Kenworthy
    • Fuyuka Liqueur (Streamline Pictures dub)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Joyce Kurtz
    • Kiddy Phenil (Streamline Pictures dub)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Jeff Winkless
    Jeff Winkless
    • Lucifer Hawk (Streamline Pictures dub)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Wendee Lee
    Wendee Lee
    • Nami Yamigumo (Streamline Pictures dub)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • (as Wendy Lee)
    Melora Harte
    Melora Harte
    • Rally Cheyenne (Streamline Pictures dub)
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Kazuo Tomisawa
      • Michitaka Kikuchi(supervising director)
    • Writer
      • Michitaka Kikuchi(manga) (story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      There is two English dubs to this film: the original Streamline Pictures dub directed by Carl Macek and the more familiar Ocean Group dub from Canada.
    • Quotes

      Rally Cheyenne: We've only managed to sever one strand of the spider's web. We are not going to get out of this hell anytime soon...

    • Crazy credits
      After the end credits, a title card appears that says in English: 'Silent Möbius Now, The Story Has Just Begun.'
    • Connections
      Followed by Silent Möbius 2 (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Sailing
      by Tokyo Shounen

    User reviews1

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    All-woman team in occult-tinged sci-fi anime
    "Silent Mobius," a popular Japanese manga by Kia Asamiya, originally published in 1988, dealt with a special all-woman uniformed police squad known as AMP (Attacked Mystification Police) whose job is to combat a plague of demonic entities invading near-future Tokyo (2028 A.D.). The six young women all have some kind of occult or psychic training or background that gives them talents suitable for their job. In 1991, "Silent Mobius" was adapted into a 53-minute movie with a 58-minute sequel produced the following year. Both were released to theaters in Japan, playing on double or triple bills with other short animated features.

    The two movies focus primarily on one of the women, young Katsumi Liqueur, whose parents were powerful "mages," one of whom, father Gigelf Liqueur, was supposedly instrumental in releasing the demonic entities--bizarre misshapen asymmetrical creatures who speak in soft male voices. In the movies, the other AMP women meet Katsumi for the first time, gradually learning of her extraordinary innate powers and then trying to recruit her for their mission. Much of the story is told in flashback, with all of Movie 2 simply continuing a flashback begun in Movie 1. Katsumi resists AMP's efforts, for the most part, wanting to live the ordinary life, fearful of her powers and what such powers did to her late parents. (Her mother plays a key role in Movie 1.)

    While explosive battles with grotesque demons in contemporary or near-future Tokyo are quite commonplace in anime, the difference here is the overwhelming emphasis on character and emotion. Katsumi's state of mind is front and center in both movies and we experience a steady stream of her dreams, flashbacks and memories. She clearly doesn't welcome her destiny and has to be forced into it by events and forces beyond her control. The all-female cast is dead-serious throughout. Young team member Yuki Saito is a little perkier than the others, but they're all about as no-nonsense as women in anime can get. There's little of the flippancy or endearing frivolousness we get in similar fare like "Bubblegum Crisis" or "Dominion Tank Police."

    The futuristic details of Tokyo in the 2020s are clever and imaginative and presented rather subtly, without hitting us over the head with them. The occult details are doled out sparingly, unlike the vaguely similar "Peacock King" series (also reviewed on this site), which was awash in vividly rendered occult lore. There is action here but it takes a back seat to the drama. Since these movies seem to have been made with the manga audience in mind, not a lot is explained. We don't really learn enough about the intriguing demon enemy to make the conflict suspenseful enough. However, for those who like their anime challenging and dramatically compelling, the patience required by these two movies will be rewarded. A TV series based on the manga was released in 1998 with some different designs and the focus on the whole team and is quite good in its own right.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 17, 1991 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Silent Mobius
    • Production companies
      • Anime International Company (AIC)
      • Kadokawa Publishing Company
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    • Runtime
      50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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