Trying to find an old animated show
Posted: 2016-11-01 03:53am
I am trying to locate an old animated show that I saw many years ago. The problem is that I have only vague memories to go on. I was a lot younger then and did not think to write the name of the show down. It was on television, but I don’t know what channel it was on. I have searched for this on and off for years but to no results. About every six months or so, I wake up with dreams that I have found the show. This is becoming more and more of a problem, as I have actually lost sleep trying to find this show.
I saw a TV program that was on late night several years ago. This would have been mid to late 1990’s. It was an animated science fiction show in a city environment. I believe it was an anime (I was pretty young and had not made the distinction between anime and cartoon). It had similarities to Akira, but I don’t believe it was Akira.
I don’t believe it was on Cartoon Network because this would have been before that was available in my area. The characters were being hunted by some sort of AI based villain. The villain was in the form of like a large black faceless mask (like an opera mask) that floated in a room. If I remember correctly it may have spoken telepathically or had speakers since it had very little moving parts (no moving mouth). It was pretty large (not like something someone could wear). The show took place in a dystopian futuristic city.
The characters were trying to rescue a female character that had been taken by the villain. At one point they receive what looks to be a recorded distress signal, but this turns out to be a booby trap and explodes. At one point the characters locate some sort of processing facility where there are hundreds of bodies being “recycled” into a machine for their energy. If I remember correctly, they were in a river of pink fluid. The characters locate one of their friends and try to pull him from the stream. They find the female character they are trying to rescue but she had been brainwashed by the mask (which I believe could have been her mother?).
At one point, a character throws an explosive at the black mask character, which appears to destroy it. However, it breaks the mask into shards which live on. Do you know how the meters on a stereo go up and down when its playing? When the mask talks from this point on, pieces of its body rise up and down in the air like a stereo.
I remember there was a commercial break at some point that had a character do like a martial arts pose. This may have been a live action shot, I cannot remember exactly. Toward the end of the episode (or movie) a female character drives a futuristic motorcycle toward a tall, skyscraper like building. She drives the motorcycle up the side of the building. She gets into a confrontation with a male character; I believe some kind of general sitting behind a desk. At that point I cannot remember much. She may have shot him?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I am hoping someone knows what I’m talking about and goes “Oh, he means this!”. If I ever locate this I swear I am going to purchase the DVD/VHS immediately so that I can rematch it. This show…is like burned into my memory. It left such a lasting impact on me, but I cannot seem to find it.
I saw a TV program that was on late night several years ago. This would have been mid to late 1990’s. It was an animated science fiction show in a city environment. I believe it was an anime (I was pretty young and had not made the distinction between anime and cartoon). It had similarities to Akira, but I don’t believe it was Akira.
I don’t believe it was on Cartoon Network because this would have been before that was available in my area. The characters were being hunted by some sort of AI based villain. The villain was in the form of like a large black faceless mask (like an opera mask) that floated in a room. If I remember correctly it may have spoken telepathically or had speakers since it had very little moving parts (no moving mouth). It was pretty large (not like something someone could wear). The show took place in a dystopian futuristic city.
The characters were trying to rescue a female character that had been taken by the villain. At one point they receive what looks to be a recorded distress signal, but this turns out to be a booby trap and explodes. At one point the characters locate some sort of processing facility where there are hundreds of bodies being “recycled” into a machine for their energy. If I remember correctly, they were in a river of pink fluid. The characters locate one of their friends and try to pull him from the stream. They find the female character they are trying to rescue but she had been brainwashed by the mask (which I believe could have been her mother?).
At one point, a character throws an explosive at the black mask character, which appears to destroy it. However, it breaks the mask into shards which live on. Do you know how the meters on a stereo go up and down when its playing? When the mask talks from this point on, pieces of its body rise up and down in the air like a stereo.
I remember there was a commercial break at some point that had a character do like a martial arts pose. This may have been a live action shot, I cannot remember exactly. Toward the end of the episode (or movie) a female character drives a futuristic motorcycle toward a tall, skyscraper like building. She drives the motorcycle up the side of the building. She gets into a confrontation with a male character; I believe some kind of general sitting behind a desk. At that point I cannot remember much. She may have shot him?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I am hoping someone knows what I’m talking about and goes “Oh, he means this!”. If I ever locate this I swear I am going to purchase the DVD/VHS immediately so that I can rematch it. This show…is like burned into my memory. It left such a lasting impact on me, but I cannot seem to find it.
