6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Armitage III: Poly Matrix (1996)
Armitage III: Poly Matrix (1996)
Overview
Ross Sylibus is assigned to a police unit on a Martian colony, to find that women are being murdered by a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is assigned a very unorthodox partner named Naomi Armitage, who seems to have links to the victims. To stir things up more, every victim is found to be an illegally made third-generation android.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
Ross Sylibus is assigned to a police unit on a Martian colony, to find that women are being murdered by a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is assigned a very unorthodox partner named Naomi Armitage, who seems to have links to the victims. To stir things up more, every victim is found to be an illegally made third-generation android.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central narrative explicitly promotes progressive ideology by critiquing systemic discrimination and violence against a sentient minority group (Thirds) by a dominant human power structure, advocating for their right to exist and challenging the definition of personhood.
The movie explores significant themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion through its narrative, which centers on the persecution of sentient androids and their struggle for recognition and rights. This provides a strong allegorical critique of prejudice and discrimination against marginalized groups. While the visual character designs are typical of anime and do not feature explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles, the film's core message strongly aligns with DEI principles.
Secondary
Armitage III: Poly Matrix does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's narrative centers on a futuristic society grappling with the rights and existence of sentient androids, exploring concepts of identity and discrimination through a sci-fi lens rather than through LGBTQ+ representation.
The film 'Armitage III: Poly Matrix' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on the existential struggle and rights of advanced humanoid robots, known as 'Thirds,' and their capacity for reproduction, which is distinct from human gender identity or transition.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Armitage III: Poly Matrix is an original anime film, a compilation of the OVA series. Its main characters, Naomi Armitage and Ross Sylibus, were created for this specific animated work, and their genders are consistent with their original portrayal. There is no prior source material or historical record indicating a gender change for any established character.
Armitage III: Poly Matrix is an animated film. The visual depiction of its characters, such as Naomi Armitage and Ross Sylibus, remains consistent with their established appearances in the original Japanese source material. The race of the English voice actors does not constitute a race swap for animated characters.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
6.4
Critic Ratings
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