Baton (2009)
Original title: バトン
Baton is a 2009 Japanese-language action movie directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, with a running time of 1h 5m. It stars Hayato Ichihara, Aya Ueto and Kane Kosugi.
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.
Cast
- Hayato Ichihara as Apollo (voice)
- Aya Ueto as Mikaru (voice)
- Kane Kosugi as Saturn (voice)
- Tatsuya Fujiwara as Cipher (voice)
- Takashi Naito as Tomboy (voice)
- Hiroyuki Watanabe as Robot Guard (voice)
- IZAM as Mysterious Man (voice)
- Kazushi Sakuraba as Robot Guard (voice)
- Kenji Kohashi as Passenger (voice)
- Masakatsu Funaki as Hades (voice)
- Miki Yoshimura as Lucy (voice)
- Rie Mimura as Hiroko Yazaki (voice)