Synopsis:
On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.
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The outrageous Baron Munchausen tells of his many adventures, from meeting the Man in the Moon to defeating a Turkish army all by himself.
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
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A secret Foundation is financing the work of a parapsychological phenomena and mental film research institute. Correspondence between the Foundation and the institute runs through a chosen reporter. In order to be informed objectively and confidentially, the Foundation uses agents with induced synthetic identity. This process temporarily curbs the agents’ true personality. Reporter Isidor Dukas arrives to the institute. Facing one of the test subjects, something which was supposed to be routine control turns into an infinite labyrinth…
- Drama
- Experimental
- Sci-Fi
- Non-narrative
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FANTASTIC PLANET was not the first collaboration between writer-director René Laloux and illustrator Roland Topor. Presented here is a short film they made together in the mid-1960s: LES ESCARGOTS.
- Drama
- Comedy
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Section 9 keeps track of a famous revolutionary, Marcelo Jarti, who keeps visiting Japan on a suspiciously regular basis.
- Action
- Sci-Fi
- Drama
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A young girl thinks her new heart transplant came from an unreliable source, which causes Kusanagi to begin a personal crusade.
- Action
- Sci-Fi
- Drama
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Kusanagi keeps an eye on a chat room for news about the Laughing Man and learns that several participants are not who they appear.
- Action
- Sci-Fi
- Drama
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Batou must come to terms with something dark from his past as he tracks down a serial killer; Section 9 learns why the American CIA were sent to Tokyo.
- Action
- Sci-Fi
- Drama
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Togusa goes to investigate a mysterious government facility involved in the treatment of “cyberbrain closed-shell syndrome.”
- Action
- Sci-Fi
- Drama
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One of the Tachikoma begins acting strangely after spending the day with a little girl; something alarms Section 9.
- Action
- Sci-Fi
- Drama
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A girl who was kidnapped sixteen years ago suddenly reappears in public again, causing Section 9 to investigate.
- Action
- Sci-Fi
- Drama
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Section 9 is assigned to protect a reclusive millionaire when criminals reveal that there are plans for an assassination.
- Action
- Sci-Fi
- Drama
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The Major worries when Station 9’s AIs begin speaking about their individuality and everything comes to a head.
- Action
- Sci-Fi
- Drama
