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In the technologically advanced city of Daikoku, children wear augmented reality glasses connected to the ubiquitous cybernetic network, allowing digital pets, virtual items, and coded city infrastructure to overlay seamlessly onto physical reality. Sixth-grader Yuko Okonogi, nicknamed Yasako, moves to the city and joins her grandmother's unofficial juvenile detective agency, Coil Cyber Investigation Agency. Alongside the enigmatic transfer student Yuko Amasawa, known as Isako, Yasako investigates digital glitches, illegally corrupted cyberspace zones, and mysterious cybernetic organisms called Illegals. As corporate antivirus software pursues them, the children uncover dark urban legends tied to forgotten childhood traumas.
⚠ Background — may contain spoilers
Madhouse animated this celebrated twenty-six-episode original science-fiction anime, which aired in 2007. The project was written, created, and directed by legendary animator Mitsuo Iso in his full directorial debut. The series won widespread critical acclaim and swept major industry honors, including the Excellence Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival and the Best Dramatic Presentation at the Seiun Awards. Iso's visionary anticipation of wearable augmented reality, geolocation gaming, and digital data obsolescence years before real-world smartphones and AR headsets emerged remains an awe-inspiring technical and narrative milestone in science-fiction history.
Established in 2002 and launched as an independent event in 2014, the Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF) is an annual international animation festival hosted in Tokyo, Japan. Operating under the slogan "TOKYO is the HUB of contemporary ANIMATION," its goal is to discover new talent, promote animation culture, and celebrate outstanding works worldwide.
