<> @3{ARMITAGE III @4}by zYLAX / PTK @5 Armitage III is the latest anime from Japan to hit the western market via the Pioneer Anime label. @2 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^! @1 If I were to sum it up in a sentence, I would say that Armitage III is the sexy, anime version of Blade Runner. Armitage III is set in 2179 on the planet Mars, which has now been terraformed. This was achieved by corporations that employed the work of an army of worker droids. The Conception Company is the industry leader in the manufacturing of robotics. The benchmark standard it set are as follows: It's first generation of machines are gadgets and the second generation are actual robots. Business is booming for the company so they have expanded their robotics expertise into other areas such as providing sexual services to humans. The only problem with all these human-looking androids, are that they are not welcomed into society by everyone. They have been made the scapegoat for everything from mass unemployment to domestic discord. There is even an organisation known as the National Trust (don't they plant trees and look after the countryside and shit) whose sole purpose is to support demonstrations against the robots, or more accurately androids. All this has caused a growing and more violent hatred towards the mechanical beings. Enter Detective Ross Sylibus whose been partnered with Armitage (the aforementioned android of the title), on their first mission. An assassin (who has a remarkable likeness to Rutger Hauer's Roy Batty from Blade Runner) emerges whose bitter hatred of all androids has set him on a crazy crusade executing robots. Rene D'anclaude, the assassin in question, manages to murder country singer named Kelly McCanon who although looked human was infact a "Third". "Thirds" are a totally new generation of robots in that they are virtually human, by being free thinking and organically composed. D'anclaude then begins transmitting to the populous, thus generating more hatred towards all robotkind. @2 i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i @5 The first part of Armitage III - Electro Blood is an sale now priced £6.99.