Baton (2009)
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.
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
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Hayato Ichihara as Apollo (voice) |
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Aya Ueto as Mikaru (voice) |
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Kane Kosugi as Saturn (voice) |
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Tatsuya Fujiwara as Cipher (voice) |
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Takashi Naito as Tomboy (voice) |
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Hiroyuki Watanabe as Robot Guard (voice) |
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IZAM as Mysterious Man (voice) |
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Kazushi Sakuraba as Robot Guard (voice) |
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Kenji Kohashi as Passenger (voice) |
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Masakatsu Funaki as Hades (voice) |
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Miki Yoshimura as Lucy (voice) |
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Rie Mimura as Hiroko Yazaki (voice) |
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Monsieur Kamayatsu as Observer (voice) |
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NorA as Medusa (voice) |
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Ren Osugi as Dr. Newton (voice) |
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Shintaro Matsubara as Artemis (voice) |
| Directing | Ryuhei Kitamura | Director |
| Writing | Shunji Iwai | Writer |
| Sound | Nobuhiko Morino | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Masayuki Gotou | Character Designer |
| Art | Antonio Canobbio | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Mark Brooks | Animation Director |
| Production | Shunji Iwai | Producer |
| Production | Eric S. Calderon | Producer |
| Production | David Smith | Attorney |
| Camera | Takumi Furuya | Director of Photography |
| Production | Rhona Medina | Producer's Assistant |
| Sound | Tomoko Tane | Theme Song Performance |
| Art | Todd Harris | Storyboard Artist |
