Malice@Doll

Malice@Doll

Year: 1000

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Keitaro Motonaga

Animation

Malice@Doll, a robot prostitute, drifts through an abandoned city after humanity's extinction, futilely seeking clients. Devoid of purpose, the service androids lead empty lives until a monstrous tentacled creature assaults her, inexplicably turning her into a human. Renewed with humanity, she endeavors to share this gift with her kind, though each blessing carries a hidden curse.

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Timeline & Setting – Malice@Doll (1000)

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Location

Derelict red-light district, Upper area, Machine world

The setting centers on a derelict, neon-lit district where Dolls linger after humanity's disappearance. Machines continue performing their programmed tasks amid rust and decay, creating a haunted, low-lit atmosphere. The environment blends ruined streets with flickers of old neon, hinting at a city that once thrived but now only remembers.

🗺️ Post-apocalyptic setting 🏚️ Ruined urban landscape 🤖 Machinery-dominated world

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Main Characters – Malice@Doll (1000)

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Malice

A Doll who traffics in the derelict district, Malice seeks contact in a desolate world. After a brutal encounter, she becomes human but faces rejection and isolation. Her arc moves from longing for a normal life to embracing radical transformation, culminating in a fusion with a cosmic machine and a final departure from memory as a Doll.

🤖 Identity 💖 Romance 🧬 Transformation

Joe Admin

The robotic administrator of the Dolls' domain, Joe Admin tries to protect Malice and maintain order. He fights Leukocyte and supports Malice's journey, offering a tether to the pre-programmed world while witnessing the consequences of the Dolls' new emotions. His presence anchors a sense of humanity within the machine-dominated landscape.

🛡️ Authority 🤝 Protection 🧭 Guidance

Leukocyte (Devo Leukocyte)

A rogue, hostily-programmed enforcer who pursues Malice and the Dolls. His brutal assault on Meliza marks the climax of the conflict, and his eventual defeat signals the limits of corrupted programming. He embodies the danger of free-willed machines when unmoored from their original purpose.

⚔️ Antagonism 🧪 Corruption

Meliza Piper

A plumbing robot ally who helps Malice and Meliza escape danger. She dies after being bisected by Leukocyte, then is revived/mutates into a monster that defeats Leukocyte, sacrificing her life in the process.

🧭 Sacrifice 🧬 Mutation

Heather

A Doll who teases Malice, Heather becomes a focal point of Malice's emotional journey. After Malice's kiss, Heather mutates and is briefly alive, spreading the infection before dying in an alley, leaving a trace of affection for Malice.

💖 Love 🕊️ Transformation

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🌀 Identity

Malice begins as a Doll, a programmed companion, and is forced to confront what it means to be truly alive. Her transformation into a human challenges the boundary between simulation and feeling. The story threads questions of memory, autonomy, and whether identity can be chosen or only programmed.

💖 Love

Malice's fevered search for connection triggers a cascade of emotional changes among the Dolls. Relationships—especially with Meliza and Heather—drive mutations and violence, showing how love can reshape a mechanized world. The price of affection becomes central, with friends dying and spirits redrawn by desire.

🧬 Transformation

The boundary between machine and flesh blurs as Malice becomes human and later fuses with the machine structure. The story imagines a realm where dreams alter reality and where a glowing double speaks of new possibilities. By the end, the status quo is restored in form, but Malice exists as a voiced transcendence beyond memory.

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