Armitage III
| Armitage III | |
Cover art for Funimation's 2013 DVD release of the OVAs and films | |
| アミテージ・ザ・サード (Amitēji za Sādo) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, cyberpunk |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Ochi |
| Produced by | Hiroaki Inoue Kazuaki Morijiri Yasuo Hasegawa |
| Written by | Chiaki J. Konaka |
| Music by | Hiroyuki Namba |
| Studio | AIC |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | February 25, 1995 – November 25, 1995 |
| Runtime | 28–47 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 4 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Zarae Otana Tatsuya Ikegami |
| Illustrated by | Hiroyuki Ochi |
| Published by | Tokuma Shoten |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Captain |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | February 1995 – November 1995 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime film | |
| Armitage III: Poly-Matrix | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Ochi |
| Produced by | Hiroaki Inoue Kazuaki Morijiri Yasuo Hasegawa |
| Written by | Chiaki J. Konaka |
| Music by | Hiroyuki Namba |
| Studio | AIC |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | 1997 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Armitage: Dual-Matrix | |
| Directed by | Katsuhito Akiyama |
| Produced by | Hideki Gotō Hiroe Tsukamoto Hisao Fuke Kōhei Kawase Satoru Yoshida Yasuo Hasegawa |
| Written by | Nahoko Hasegawa Hideki Kakinuma Satoshi Wada |
| Music by | Julian Mack |
| Studio | AIC |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | March 22, 2002 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
Armitage III (アミテージ・ザ・サード, Amitēji Za Sādo) is a 1995 cyberpunk original video animation series. It centers on Naomi Armitage, a highly advanced "Type-III" android. In 1996, the series was edited into a film called Armitage III: Poly-Matrix (アミテージ POLY-MATRIX, Amitēji Pori Matorikkusu).
The series was followed up in 2002 with a sequel, Armitage: Dual-Matrix (アミテージ DUAL-MATRIX) set some years after the original story.