Baton
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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.
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Cast
16 people
Hayato Ichihara
Apollo (voice)
Known for
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Yakuza Apocalypse
Aya Ueto
Mikaru (voice)
Known for
Azumi
Hanzawa Naoki
Kane Kosugi
Saturn (voice)
Known for
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Cipher (voice)
Known for
Battle Royale
Death Note
Takashi Naito
Tomboy (voice)
Known for
Spirited Away
From Up on Poppy Hill
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Robot Guard (voice)
Known for
Everly
Tokyo Vice
IZAM
Mysterious Man (voice)
Also in
g@me.
Detective Story
Kazushi Sakuraba
Robot Guard (voice)
Also in
K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!!
Dynamite!! 2010
Kenji Kohashi
Passenger (voice)
Known for
Azumi
Swallowtail Butterfly
Masakatsu Funaki
Hades (voice)
Known for
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Godzilla: Final Wars
Miki Yoshimura
Lucy (voice)
Known for
2009: Lost Memories
Rie Mimura
Hiroko Yazaki (voice)
Known for
One Missed Call 2
Close-Knit
Ryuhei Kitamura Director · Shunji Iwai Writer Nobuhiko Morino Composer
First release April 28, 2009 · Produced in United States, Japan · Production Rockwell Eyes, Titmouse
Production
Tsuburaya Productions
Production
Rockwell Eyes
Production
Titmouse
Production
United States · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
バトン
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 28, 2009
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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