Mardock Scramble
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Region 1 DVD Cover of the first film released by Sentai Filmworks
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マルドゥック・スクランブル (Marudukku Sukuranburu) |
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| Genre | Action, cyberpunk |
| Serial novel | |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Illustrated by | Katsuya Terada |
| Published by | Hayakawa |
| English publisher | Viz Media |
| Magazine | Hayakawa's SF Magazine |
| Original run | May 2003 – July 2003 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Illustrated by | Yoshitoki Oima |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | Kodansha Comics USA |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | October 9, 2009 – May 9, 2012 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Anime film series | |
| Directed by | Susumu Kudo |
| Produced by | Haruka Soya Gou Nakanishi Tomoyuki Kato |
| Written by | Tow Ubukata |
| Music by | Conisch |
| Studio | GoHands |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | November 6, 2010 – September 29, 2012 |
| Runtime | 65 minutes (each) |
Mardock Scramble (マルドゥック・スクランブル Marudukku Sukuranburu?) is the name for a series of novels by Tow Ubukata, which were later adapted into a manga series and a trilogy anime film series. The story is about a girl named Rune Balot who was taken in by a man named Shell who later tried to kill her and left her for dead. She is saved and turned into a cyborg. It is up to her to stop Shell and his evil gang.
The first novel was published in Japan in May 2003, with the final novel published on July 2003. The novels were later adapted into a manga series and an anime film trilogy.
Viz Media licensed the novels and published all three in one volume. Kodansha Comics USA published the manga series in English, and Sentai Filmworks released anime films on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.
Taking place in a futuristic city called Kamina City, Rune Balot is a prostitute who was taken in by the notorious gambler Shell Septinous. One night, Shell abandons Rune and attempts to murder her in an explosion. However, she is rescued and transformed into a cyborg by Dr. Easter under regulation Mardock Scramble 09, an emergency ordinance where experimental technologies can be used to preserve life. An Artificial intelligence who takes the form of a Mouse accompanies her to adapt to her new life. Rune is trained to use the advanced technology fitted on her to defend herself against Shell's attempts to have her killed to stop her from testifying against him.
Characters and voice actors appearing in the Anime films.
Rune is trained to use the advanced technology imbedded within her and the AI construct Oeufcoque to assist in Dr. Easter’s murder investigation into Shell. She uses these technologies to defend herself against the assassination attempts by the Bandersnatch group and Boiled, and take her revenge against the man who tried to terminate her.
He is on trial for these murders and hires the Bandersnatch group and then Boiled to kill Balot and stop her from testifying against him in court.
The story was written by Tow Ubukata, and illustrated by Katsuya Terada was serialized in Hayakawa's SF Magazine. The first novel was published in May 2003, and the final novel was published in July 2003. Viz Media licensed the novels in English and published all three in one volume on January 18, 2011.
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