BLAME!
A desperate food search pulls a young scavenger into an immense cyberpunk city where humanity is hunted by its own automated defenses.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- bleak
- propulsive
- oppressive
- late night anime viewing
- cyberpunk marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film's world-building and conceptual cyberpunk imagination more compelling than its familiar plotting.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The city expands across innumerable levels and directions, creating the film's defining environment.
Killy seeks the Net Terminal Genes to restore access to the controls of the city.
The film is explicitly identified as cyberpunk science fiction anime and depicts humanity hunted by automated defenses.
The Electro-Fishers are trapped between Safeguard attacks and dwindling food supplies.
Films like BLAME!, and why
Akira
shared cyberpunk world-building, dystopian survival, and kinetic anime action
Ghost in the Shell
shared post-apocalyptic science fiction, hostile automated systems, and visually expansive animation
Ergo Proxy
shared bleak future setting, human enclaves, and survival against overwhelming technological forces
The Matrix
shared cyberpunk atmosphere, monumental architecture, and philosophical questions about humanity and technology
Movie Details
- Director
- Hiroyuki Seshita
- Release Date
- 2017-05-20
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (371)
Cast
- Takahiro Sakurai
- Kana Hanazawa
- Sora Amamiya
- Mamoru Miyano
- Aya Suzaki
- Nobunaga Shimazaki
- Nanako Mori
- Kazuhiro Yamaji
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is BLAME! about?
- A desperate food search pulls a young scavenger into an immense cyberpunk city where humanity is hunted by its own automated defenses.
- What is BLAME! like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of BLAME! as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is BLAME! violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in BLAME! as brutal.
- What did critics think of BLAME!?
- Critics broadly found the film's world-building and conceptual cyberpunk imagination more compelling than its familiar plotting.
- Which films are like BLAME!?
- Films with a similar feel include Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Ergo Proxy, and The Matrix.
- How long is BLAME!?
- BLAME! runs 106 minutes.
- Where can I watch BLAME!?
- In United States, BLAME! streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
