Megazone 23 Part I

Here's an anime that really wants you to think about late capitalism. A motorcycle gang member finds a mysterious government bike that unlocks secrets about their artificial city. It's a pretty effective riff on Plato's cave, if you happen to be into transforming robots.

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Noboru Ishiguro directed Megazone 23 Part I in 1985. See Noboru Ishiguro's full filmography, where to start with Noboru Ishiguro, or where to go after you've seen everything by Noboru Ishiguro.

Megazone 23 Part I was released in 1985 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 81 minutes.