Shigeru Chiba

Three anime stories from the director of Akira! 1. Magnetic Rose. Alone on a mysterious ship in deep space, she waits. She will be the undoing of unsuspecting travelers. 2. Stink Bomb. A junior scientist gets the flu, and decides to try out some newly developed pills. 3. Cannon Fodder. A day in the life of a family in a small city, where there is only war.

Metropolis is a grand city-state populated by humans and robots, the cohabitants of a strictly segmented society. Amidst the chaos created by anti-robot factions, detective Shunsaku Ban and his sidekick Ken-ichi are searching for rebel scientist Dr. Laughton, to arrest him and encounter his latest creation, Tima, a beautiful young girl.