A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.

A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.

Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

2005 年爱知万国博览会影片《觉醒的方舟》（英文名称：Ark of Awakening/Mezame no Hakobune），押井守（Mamoru Oshii）综合编导 本片归类于神话与科幻，整片无对白，以音乐和画面叙述故事。由数个短片贯串组成；序言（六将），青鳇（水の记忆），百禽（时を渡る），狗奴（未生の记忆），终结（潘）。 爱知万国博览会之山水梦境展馆简介-- 山水梦境的主题是“21世纪的力量”，对如何抢救因人类破坏而面临危机的地球与自然环境，进行各种提议与表演。它由7家机构联合组成的共同馆。其中，由中部日本放送、东海电视放送、中日新闻社等几家媒体联合展出的主题剧场《觉醒的方舟》，通过世界最大的地板映像组成的影视空间，实现世博会历史上首次创造的体感空间，墙壁和天花板上都是有关大自然及动植物的多达几百幅画面，在描写天的地面上，由96台等离子显示器放映映像，在描写地的天花板上，在堆积的落叶间可以看到小蘑菇的脸蛋，世界首创的球型银幕上映出生命的映像，同时也作为自然界的眼睛看着每一位到来的观众。此外，连接天地的墙壁、纱幕及所有物体都可被当作银幕。通过音响组合直接刺激人的感观，让人们在地球环境问题上“觉醒”。 原版影片的场地是96个50寸电浆显示器组成10x9公尺的世界最大的地板大荧幕和3个宽频荧幕，200名观众可自由走动观赏每次约10分钟的影片。

In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she gives up her loner ways and joins a gang of explorers. Even if she finds the gateway to the next level, will she ever be able to come back to reality?

2008 Japanese anime film directed by Mamoru Oshii

1985 OVA film by Mamoru Oshii