Japan Synopsis
マルドゥック・スクランブル 燃焼
Second film of the Mardock Scramble series. Balot and a severely injured Oeufcoque seem to be at the mercy of an obsessed Boiled. Dr. Easter comes to the rescue and the group escapes to "Paradise" where many secrets of Mardock lie and where Balot will need to come to a decision herself about what she will and can do.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From GoHands
Animation + Science Fiction in Japan
314 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion itself).
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
★ 8.3 · 1997
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
★ 8.3 · 2021
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
★ 8.3 · 1993
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran 2
★ 8.2 · 2019
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
★ 8.0 · 2013
Date A Live: Mayuri Judgment
★ 8.0 · 2015
The 2010–2012 Japan Window
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion holds position #283 of 441 Japan films in the 2010–2012 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 Second Combustion premiered alongside 138 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 138 other Japan films in 2011.
The 2506th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
73 audience reviews — more than 71% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (71th percentile) outruns trending popularity (54th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion, 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 #3,098 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (32nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,971 of 2,532 (top 78%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | GoHands, BROSTA TV, Mardock Scramble Production Committee, Aniplex |
| Runtime | 1h 4m |
| Release Date | September 3, 2011 |
| IMDb | tt2048804 |
| Official Site | m-scramble.jp |