Baton
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.
Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy, Romance
Cast: Hayato Ichihara, Aya Ueto, Kane Kosugi, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takashi Naito, Hiroyuki Watanabe, IZAM, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kenji Kohashi, Masakatsu Funaki, Miki Yoshimura, Mimura, Monsieur Kamayatsu
Crew: Ryûhei Kitamura (Director), Shunji Iwai (Writer), Nobuhiko Morino (Original Music Composer), Masayuki Gotou (Character Designer), Antonio Canobbio (Art Direction)