Sairento mebiusu

1991 [JAPANESE]

Action / Animation / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

7
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 360 360

police police operation futuristic tokyo, japan based on manga anime

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Plot summary

In a futuristic Tokyo, a secret war is being waged against horrific demonic invaders dubbed the "Lucifer Hawk" by a small band of policewomen with unusual powers, the AMP. During a routine battle against one of these creatures, Katsumi Liqueur, finds herself under attack and flashes back to several years earlier when she first joined the AMP. Soon she will have to make some difficult choices concerning her destiny and her role in the AMP.

Director

Kazuo Tomisawa Photo
Kazuo Tomisawa

Top cast

Yuri Shiratori Photo
Yuri Shiratori as Girl
Juliana Donald Photo
Juliana Donald as Yuki Saiko
Paul Dobson Photo
Paul Dobson as Lucifer Hawk / Policeman
Toshiko Fujita Photo
Toshiko Fujita as Rally Cheyenne
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533.62 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
AA
us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 58 min
Seeds 1
992.94 MB
1904*1072
English 2.0
AA
us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 58 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by BrianDanaCamp

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.
Reviewed by Jeremy_Urquhart 6 / 10

Competent... just

Like any anime from the 1990s, Silent Möbius looks cool. It's a style I can't quite define, but I just dig the way Japanese animation from this period looks.

As far as I can tell, the story is just about several different women having to team together to take down some demon in the future? I don't know, it was all a bit muddled and occasionally seedy, but I kind of liked the way it look and felt.

It didn't waste much time either, given it was only about an hour long, and I've been pressed for time a bit lately. I also liked the way some of this was set during 2024... time flies and all that. This thing's just fine.

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