All Genres
Jin-Roh
AKA: Jin-Roh: the Wolf Brigade
Genre: Drama,
Thriller
Studio: Production I.G.
A decade after Japan’s “Great Defeat” in World War II, when the occupying forces of Nazi Germany have finally left the country, Japan is overrun by anti-government protesters, including a large, well-organized, and heavily-armed guerrilla organization known as The Sect. In response to these terrorists, the government has established the paramilitary Capital Police and its elite Special Unit.
During an operation in the city sewers, Special Unit rookie Constable Fuse Kazuki encounters one of the teenage girls—known as “Little Red Riding Hoods”—The Sect uses to transport bombs. When Fuse hesitates to kill someone so young and seemingly innocent, the girl detonates the bomb against her chest, knocking out power to much of the city. Fuse, in his Special Unit battle armor, is barely injured.
Fuse is sent back for retraining and is kept under close watch by various government factions seeking to use him in their political infighting. He is haunted by his memories of the dead girl and seeks out her identity. In so doing, he meets her older sister, Kei, and finds himself falling in love.