Parasite Dolls

Synopsis

MegaTokyo 2034: Beauty is only skin deep, but when you can’t see beneath the skin, how can you know what you’re really dealing with? In a world where perfect androids called Boomers have infiltrated every aspect of society, it’s the job of Branch to maintain peace between the people and the plastic. Unfortunately, not all boomers are created perfect, and when boomers go bad, people die. The thin blue line that separates man from machine is about to meet its most horrifying test.

First Air Date: 2003-05-22

Last Air Date: 2003-07-24

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 3

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Top Cast

Kazuhiko Inoue as Basil "Buzz" Nikvest
Akemi Okamura as Reiko Michaelson
Somei Uchida as Rod Kimball
Masaru Ikeda as Kouji Takahashi
Kikuko Inoue as Elza "Angel" Lynch
Toshio Furukawa as Bill Myers
Ai Orikasa as Chieko
Jouji Nakata as Puppet Master
Koji Tsujitani as Caine
Mako Hyodo as Eve

Seasons

Branch Division (2003)

A collection of stories from a secret division of the A.D. Police called Branch.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: A Faint Voice (2003-05-22)

MegaTokyo 2034: Buzz Nikvest is an A.D. Police officer in the secret division called Branch. He is called in on his day off to look at a package, where he and Branch tech analyst Bill Myers discover there will be an exchange at a strip club.
Ep. 2: Dreamer (2003-06-25)

MegaTokyo 2035: Branch is assigned to investigate a series of murders of Boomer prostitutes. Eve, a high-society Boomer prostitute, starts having recurring visions of a young girl in a red dress and Michaelson goes undercover as a hooker to look for the Hooker Boomer Crusher.
Ep. 3: Knights of a Roundtable (2003-07-24)

MegaTokyo 2040: The A.D. Police and Branch are still investigating a rash of violent killings of Boomers. Kenji Sorime, the Minister of Justice and a presidential candidate, tells Chief Takahashi that he intends to destroy all Boomers as they have been the cause of society's problems.