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BLAME! (2017)
POLYGON PICTURES · 2017 · MOVIE · 1 eps · 106 min/ep · Manga · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
AniList 68/100 · MAL 7.02/10 · Ranked #4,644 · 117,708 members
ActionDramaHorrorPsychologicalSci-Fi
// WHY IT HITS

The city doesn't feel like a setting, it feels like a living thing that despises you. Killy moves through it like a ghost executing a contract he accepted centuries ago, the only sound his footsteps and the Graviton Gun's roar, and the film knows that atmosphere and dread work better than plot. The CGI aesthetic divides rooms, but the ones who get it understand: this is what alienation looks like when rendered in polygons and concrete.

SYNOPSIS

Humanity has been reduced to scattered survivors hiding in the infinite corridors of a self-replicating megastructure. An ancient system malfunction unleashed automated defense forces that now systematically hunt down anyone they detect. The Electro-Fishers, a small community scraping by on salvaged nutrients, stands on the edge of annihilation as their resources dwindle and the killing machines grow closer. When Zuru ventures beyond her village's borders searching for food, a single moment of carelessness triggers catastrophe. Security systems lock onto her presence, and a wave of Safeguard units descends with lethal purpose. Zuru survives the slaughter of her companions, but the real nightmare is just beginning. Hunted through endless metal corridors and suffocating darkness, she must confront the possibility that her village's extinction may already be written. This is claustrophobic sci-fi horror where survival means constant vigilance and every mistake carries absolute weight. The atmosphere suffocates. Violence erupts suddenly and brutally. For viewers drawn to bleak worldbuilding and stories where hope feels genuinely difficult to locate.

TAGS

Full CGIPost-ApocalypticCyborgSeinenSurvivalGoreCyberpunkCosmic HorrorMale ProtagonistRobotsArtificial IntelligenceGunsMechaPsychological
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