Set in the year 2000, when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups, conspiracy concerning a new biological weapon entitled WXIII-Wasted Thirteen and a tragic, personal connection to Hata. The only hope to stop this threat is to cooperate with the military and lead WXIII into a showdown with the Labors of Special Vehicle Division 2.
Direction
Takayama treats mecha like film noir—shadows first, explosions second.
Writing
Hata's arc from detached cop to shattered father sneaks up and destroys you.
Cinematography
Rain-soaked Tokyo Bay has never looked more beautifully hopeless.
Director
Fumihiko Takayama
Hiroaki Hirata
Detective Shinichiro Hata (voice)
Katsuhiko Watabiki
Senior Detective Takeshi Kusumi (voice)
Atsuko Tanaka
Saeko Misaki (voice)
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Kiichi Gotoh (voice)
Mina Tominaga
Noa Izumi (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu
Isao Ota (voice)
Akimasa Omori
Patrol Department Manager Yamadera (voice)
Daisuke Gori
Hiromi Yamazaki (voice)
Issei Futamata
Mikiyasu Shinshi (voice)
Junpei Morita
Colonel Goro Ishihara (voice)
Masaru Ikeda
Ohsumi (voice)
Rokuro Naya
Yoshitake Misaki (voice)
Shin Mori
Shizuo Miyanomori (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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