Series synopsis
Baton is a Japanese animation action & adventure sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on April 28, 2009. It ended on July 11, 2009. It stars Aya Ueto, Hayato Ichihara and Tatsuya Fujiwara.
On Planet Abel, humans and robots co-exist. One day a mysterious stowaway on a transport vessel tries to invade the planet, but is discovered by Apollo, a robot that looks like a human; and Mikaru, a human that looks like a robot. The stowaway had in his possession a memory chip containing the latest in camouflage software, the mysterious "Cipher" OS. Apollo takes the Cipher chip simply for fun, but has no idea what he's getting himself into. He suddenly starts acting strange, but Mikaru has no ...
Premise
On Planet Abel, humans and robots co-exist. One day a mysterious stowaway on a transport vessel tries to invade the planet, but is discovered by Apollo, a robot that looks like a human; and Mikaru, a human that looks like a robot. The stowaway had in his possession a memory chip containing the latest in camouflage software, the mysterious "Cipher" OS. Apollo takes the Cipher chip simply for fun, but has no idea what he's getting himself into. He suddenly starts acting strange, but Mikaru has no idea what's wrong or that Cipher is behind it. What exactly is Cipher? What sort of secrets does it hold? Apollo and Mikaru will unravel a mystery encompassing the past, present, and future to find out.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Aya Ueto as Mikaru (voice)
- Hayato Ichihara as Apollo (voice)
- Tatsuya Fujiwara as Cipher (voice)
Guest cast
- NorA as Medusa (voice)
- Kazushi Sakuraba as Robot Guard (voice)
- Kenji Kohashi as Passenger (voice)
- Hiroyuki Watanabe as Robot Guard (voice)
- Kane Kosugi as Saturn (voice)
- Ren Osugi as Dr. Newton (voice)
- Takashi Naito as Tomboy (voice)
- Masakatsu Funaki as Hades (voice)
- IZAM as Mysterious Man (voice)
- Shintaro Matsubara as Artemis (voice)
- Miki Yoshimura as Lucy (voice)
- Monsieur Kamayatsu as Observer (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 3 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 3 | April 28, 2009 | July 11, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Stowaway | April 28, 2009 |
| 2 | Apollo and Mikaru | May 31, 2009 |
| 3 | Cipher | July 11, 2009 |
Production
Release
| First aired | April 28, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Last aired | July 11, 2009 |
| Runtime | 20 minutes |
| Status | Ended |