Japan Synopsis
マルドゥック・スクランブル 圧縮
Rune Ballot is a down-and-out teen prostitute in Mardock City. One day, she's picked up by an ambitious casino manager named Shell who gives her everything she could want. Renewed by a false innocence, a false past, and now the false life Shell has given her, Ballot feels grateful. However, she can't help but be curious about why he's done so much for her, so she does some research about his past on a computer. This turns out to be a mistake which will change her life greatly. When Shell finds out what she's done, he attempts to burn her to death by blowing up her car.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mardock Scramble: The First Compression. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From GoHands
Thriller + Animation in Japan
51 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mardock Scramble: The First Compression itself).
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression holds position #192 of 400 Japan films in the 2009–2011 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mardock Scramble: The First Compression premiered alongside 136 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.
The 2396th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
107 audience reviews — more than 77% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 63th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mardock Scramble: The First Compression, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- cyborg · 28
- artificial intelligence (a.i.) · 21
- anime · 711
- based on novel or book · 288
- cyberpunk · 48
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,326 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Thriller productions specifically: #76 of 324 (top 23%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | GoHands, BROSTA TV, Mardock Scramble Production Committee, Aniplex |
| Runtime | 1h 9m |
| Release Date | November 6, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1754177 |
| Official Site | m-scramble.jp |