Movielogr
Baton (2009)
Directed by Ryûhei Kitamura
Overview
Baton is a collection of three 20-minute Sci-fi anime films dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Yokohama city. On Planet Abel, human-like robot Apollo (Ichihara Hayato, Rookies) and robot-like human Mikaru (Ueto Aya, Azumi) come upon a stowaway robot with a mysterious “Cipher” chip. Not knowing Cipher’s powers, Apollo takes the chip for fun, throwing both him and Mikaru headfirst into a mind-boggling mystery that affects the past, present, and future.
Length 65 minutes
Actors
Hayato Ichihara | Aya Ueto | Kane Kosugi | Tatsuya Fujiwara | Takashi Naito | Hiroyuki Watanabe | IZAM | Kazushi Sakuraba | Kenji Kohashi | Masakatsu Funaki | Miki Yoshimura | Mimura | Monsieur Kamayatsu | NorA | Ren Osugi | Shintaro Matsubara