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Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01
6.1 / 10• 1987• 41m•NR• Japanese
Science FictionActionComedyAnimation
Storyline
Ace female test pilot Kusomoto Elle humiliates macho tank driver Lt. Kilgore in the first demonstration of the advanced personal battle tank, the MADOX. Kilgore vows revenge, and gets his chance when the army rather carelessly loses the prototype in Tokyo. The MADOX is found by engineering student Sujimoto Kouji, who doesn't take the time to completely read the manual and ends up zooming around Tokyo trapped in a machine he doesn't quite know how to operate. Guess who gets the job of stopping the now mobile missing MADOX? Poor Kouji. If he's late for his date, it's over between him and his girlfriend. His current attire redefines the term "over-dressed." And to top it all off, Kilgore wants to make him late- as in "the late Kouji!"
Cast & Crew
Yoko Asagami
Ellie Kusumoto
Lead
Yasunori Matsumoto
Kouji Sugimoto
Kazuyuki Sogabe
1st Lt. Kilgore
Arihiro Hase
Onose Haruo
Kazuo Oka
High Official
SI
Satoru Inagaki
Command Room Operator
Masayuki Kato
Commanding Officer (voice)
HY
Hiroko Yamaguchi
Female Store Clerk
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Shinji Aramaki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
