Summary
Beauty is only skin deep, but when you can’t see beneath the skin, how can you know what you’re really dealing with?
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 60
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 25 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −23 min on the typical 108
typical 10885Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 8 countries
Released
2003
May 22, 2003
23 years ago
Genres
ActionAnimationScience FictionThrillerDramaFantasyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
- Japan
Rated
- PG-13United States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for violence, sexual content, and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 10 more14 people
- Kazuhiko InoueBasil "Buzz" Nikvest (voice)
- Akemi OkamuraReiko Michaelson (voice)
- Masaru IkedaKoji Takahashi (voice)
- SUSomei UchidaRod Kimball (voice)
- Kikuko InoueElza "Angel" Lynch (voice)
- Toshio FurukawaBill Myers (voice)
- Ai OrikasaChieko (voice)
- Jouji NakataPuppet Master (voice)
- Koji TsujitaniCaine (voice)
Mako HyodoEve (voice)
Rie SaitouBuzz's Wife House Boomer (voice)
Toru OkawaCorbin (voice)
Toshihiko NakajimaKojima (voice)
Yukimasa KishinoSorime (voice)
Directing · 4
- Kazuto Nakazawa Director, Screenplay, Story, Writer, Idea, Opening Title Sequence, Script
- Yasuhiro Geshi Director
- Naoyuki Yoshinaga Director
- Satoshi Saga Director
Writing · 1
- Chiaki J. Konaka Idea, Story, Screenplay, Writer, Production Director, Script
Production · 9
- Mark Williams Executive Producer
- Thomas Meerbott Executive Producer
- John Ledford Executive Producer
- Matt Greenfield Producer, ADR Coordinator
- Carolyn Pavlik Production Assistant
- Paul Mericle Production Assistant
Camera · 2
- Kenji Seto Director of Photography
- Hitoshi Sato Director of Photography, Cinematography
Editing · 1
- Shigeyuki Yamamori Editor
Sound · 3
- Kazushi Miyakoda Original Music Composer
- Kazuyuki Tsuda Music
- Jason Grundy Recording Supervision
Art · 6
- David Del Rio Art Direction
- Masahiro Sato Art Department Assistant
- Chris Hawley Art Direction
- Masaru Sato Art Direction
- J. Michael Stovall Art Direction
- Yoshimi Umino Art Direction
Visual Effects · 2
- Naoyuki Onda Character Designer, Animation Director
- Kouichi Hashimoto Animation Director
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