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Armitage III: Poly-Matrix (movie)

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©1997 AIC • PIONEER LDC, INC. • PIONEER ENTERTAINMENT (USA) L.P.


Alternative title:
Армитаж: полиматрица (Russian)
アミテージ・ザ・サード POLY-MATRIX (Japanese)
극장판 아미테이지 더 서드 - 폴리 매트릭스 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: In the year 2046 humans are moving away from using robots and begin to trust them less and less. In this time life becomes very perilous for the beingd known as seconds. The seconds are the most recent line of robots, as far as the public knows. This is the world Detective Ross Sylibus lives in. Detective Sylibus is transferred to Mars by his request after his partner was killed by a robot. As he arrives he falls headfirst into a murder where a country singer on his flight was murdered. He steps off the plane and watches as a scene unfolds and he meets his partner, Armitage a female cop with a major attitude. A rash of murders begins when yet more women are killed. As the investigation is continued a secret is uncovered. There is another line of robots known as Thirds. More and more Thirds turn up missing, as a serial killer who is intent on wiping out all the Thirds runs rampant. Armitage in her quest to put the murderer to justice reveals a secret. She herself is a Third.
User Ratings: 852 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 26 votes (dub:20, sub:6)
 Excellent: 96 votes (dub:68, sub:23, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 German subtitled
1 Slovak subtitled subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 163 votes (dub:108, sub:41, ?:7, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:4
1 French dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 262 votes (dub:165, sub:79, edit.dub:6, ?:3, others:9
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 166 votes (dub:90, sub:68, ?:3, edit.dub:3, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 68 votes (dub:44, sub:21, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 German dubbed
1 German subtitled
)
 Not really good: 31 votes (dub:19, sub:10, edit.dub:2)
 Weak: 26 votes (dub:17, sub:9)
 Bad: 6 votes (dub:6)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 2147 users, rank: #544 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.829 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.6618, rank: #4520 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.772 (Good−), rank: #4596 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.80 / seen some: 5.72 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.783 (Good−), rank: #4225 (of 7243)
Running time: 90 minutes
Vintage:
1996-06-25
1997
Premiere date:
2008-01-18 (Canada - Teletoon)
Release dates: We have 8
Ending Theme:
"Multi-Matrix" by Julian Mack
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 2
Comment:
Armitage III: Poly-Matrix is a compilation of the four-episode OAV series with reworked sound effects and a new English dub (Japanese dialogue not available) featuring Keifer Sutherland (24, The Lost Boys) as Sylibus and Elizabeth Berkeley (Showgirls, Saved by the Bell) as Armitage.
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DVD (Region 1)
    Armitage III - The Complete Saga [Anime Classics] (DVD) 2012-07-24 (from $99.00)
    Armitage III - The Complete Saga [Anime Classics] (DVD) 2015-03-24 (from $54.99)
    Armitage III: Poly-Matrix / Dual-Matrix - 2 Disc Set (DVD 1-2) 2002-06-25 (from $49.99)
    Armitage III: Poly-Matrix (Dub.DVD) 1997-10-14 (from $3.37)
    Armitage III: Poly-Matrix (Dub.DVD) 2004-12-28
    Armitage III: Poly-Matrix [Geneon Signature Series] (Dub.DVD) 2004-01-06 (from $13.31)
DVD (Region 4)
    Armitage III - The Complete Saga (DVD) 2013-04-24
LaserDisc
    Armitage III: Poly-Matrix - The Movie [Dub] (LD) 1997-10-07

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Screenplay: Chiaki J. Konaka
Original Manga: Chiaki J. Konaka
Character Design: Hiroyuki Ochi
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai
Art Board: Akihiro Hirasawa
Color Key: Naoko Kodama
Trace Machine: Kouji Ootsuki
(none)
Japanese companies
Editing: Jay Film
Music Production: Pioneer LDC
Production:
AIC
Pioneer LDC
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Kevin Seymour
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
ADR Recording: Joe Romersa
Apprentice Dilogue Editor: Phil Brewster
Apprentice Sound Editor: Seth Stuart
Assistant producer: Yas Unda
Audio Engineer: Steve Marlowe
Dialogue Editing:
Loren Chun
Reyna Romersa
Foley Artist: John Post
Music Editing: Joe Romersa
Production Assistant: Hiroe Tsukamoto
Production Supervision: Kevin Seymour
Re-Recording Mixing:
Dicken Berglund
Jorge Riesenfeld
Sound Design: Frank Serafine
Elizabeth Berkley as Naomi Armitage
Kiefer Sutherland as Ross Sylibus

Dan Woren as D'anclaude

Barry Stigler as Asakura
Bryan Cranston as Eddie
Debbie Rogers as Model
Dorothy Fahn as
Kathy
Kelly McCanon
Doug Stone as Coroner
Ellyn Stern as Rosalind
Joan-Carol O'Connell as Jessup's Associate
Michael Reynolds as Lt. Larry Randolph
Riva Spier as Jessica Manning
Steve Apostoline as Chris 
Steven Jay Blum as Kelly's manager
Wanda Nowicki as Julien

English companies
Adaptation: ZRO Limit Productions
ADR Production: Animaze
Broadcaster:
Sci-Fi Channel
TechTV (Anime Unleashed)
Teletoon (English)
Translation: ZRO Limit Productions
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor:
Geneon Entertainment Inc.
KAZÉ (France)
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: LAPTV (Cityvibe)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta
Art Director: Paolo Torchetti
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Assistant Director:
Alessia Marzadori
Chiara Berti
Creative Director: Valentina Marini
Dialogues: Luciano Setti
Director Administration: Anna Rita Marcedula
Editorial Staff Secretary:
Caterina Ferrulli
Lucia Frontini
Encoding And Authoring:
Luca Franciosi
Luca Gandolfi
Executive Director: Carlo Cavazzoni
General Manager: Mandy Mometti
Product Manager:
Alex Corazza
Michele Stagni
Laura Lenghi as Naomi Armitage

Massimo Rossi as Ross Sylibus
Roberto Pedicini as Rene' D'Anclaude
Stefano Onofri as Julian Moore

Angelo Maggi as Allen
Claudia Catani as Kelly McCannon
Francesco Bulckaen as Chris Brown
Giancarlo Padoan as Ten. Larry Randolph
Pino Ammendola as Eddie Borroughs
Valeria Perilli as Jessica Manning
Italian companies
German cast
German staff
(none)
Benjamin Völz as Ross Sylibus
Heinrich Ellner as Ross Sylibus (1st dub)
Nina Marschke as Armitage

Adeline Schebesch as Rosalind Horhes (1st dub)
Dinis Loures as Julian Moore (1st dub)
Lutz Glombeck as Asakura (1st dub)
Olaf M. Ostertag as Chris Brown (1st dub)
Sascha Kaufmann as Rene D'Anclaude (1st dub)
Sasha Kaufmann as René D'Anclaude
Thomas Witte as Larry Randolph (1st dub)

Anabel Schaffer as Jessica Manning (1st dub)
Dirk Meyer as Chris Brown
Florian Halm as René D'Anclaude (new dub)
Frank Strobelt as Eddie Barrows (1st dub)
Gudo Hoegel as Eddie Barrows
Manfred Erdmann as Larry Randolph
Michele Sterr as Julian Moore
Veronika A. Neugebauer as Naomi Armitage
German companies
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Distributor VHS: Planet Manga (1998)
Polish cast
(none)

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