Baton

Year: 2009

Runtime: 65 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Ryûhei Kitamura

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Baton comprises three 20‑minute sci‑fi anime shorts honoring Yokohama’s 150th anniversary. On the alien planet Abel, humanoid robot Apollo (Ichihara Hayato) and robot‑like human Mikaru (Ueto Aya) find a stowaway robot with a mysterious “Cipher” chip. Apollo’s curiosity triggers the chip, plunging them into a mind‑bending mystery that spans past, present and future.

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