u/unothejuno

ciao a tutti, in vita mia avrò visto 4 o 5 anime, quindi potrebbe anche essere relativamente famoso, ma cmq ho dato un'occhiata superficiale anche ad altri famosi. Sto cercando di ritrovarne uno di cui ho visto degli spezzoni da bambino negli anni '90 in TV. Non l'ho mai visto per intero e non l'ho più ritrovato, ma ricordo che mi era sembrato molto figo. Credo fosse una tv locale che si vedeva in campania, ma non sono sicuro al 100%, poteva anche essere nazionale.

Quello che ricordo:

• Ambientazione futuristica / distopica / vagamente apocalittica. Ci sono macchine e umani, in questa scena erano chiaramente fazioni opposte, ma magari in altri casi convivono.
• Una scena specifica mi è rimasta impressa: un personaggio dall'aspetto completamente umano viene rivelato essere in realtà una macchina, infiltrata come spia. Probabilmente la spia stava trasmettendo informazioni o scattando foto, mi pare con gli occhi meccanici che venivano mostrati chiaramente, tipo come fosse una radiografia. Mi pare che la scena lo mostrasse mentre ancora nessuno ne era a conoscenza, ed era presentata in modo quasi inquietante.
• L'infiltrazione avveniva in un contesto di alto livello — un palazzo, una corte, una sede di potere, quindi questo robot stava spiando delle persone importanti.
• Tono serio e intenso, non comico. La macchina era una figura molto minacciosa, fredda, anche se doveva fingere il contrario. Non penso fosse un personaggio con una personalità sviluppata, era più il fatto stesso che una macchina fosse al posto di un umano, e che la cosa fosse molto minacciosa.
• Tenete presente che è stato trasmesso sulla tv italiana quindi doppiato in italiano.

a questo punto ho il sospetto che se pure lo trovassi ne resterei deluso, ma è più per la curiosità che ogni tanto mi torna.

Grazie in anticipo!

I'm not big into anime, so it might even be famous, but I'm trying to identify one I caught glimpses of as a kid in the 90s on italian TV. I never saw the whole thing and I've never been able to track it down. Production-wise it's almost certainly 80s or 90s, definitely not post-2000. Could be a film, an OVA, or a single episode of a series, I don't know.

What I actually remember (trying to stick to what I'm sure of):

• A futuristic / dystopian / vaguely apocalyptic setting. Machines and humans coexist.
• One specific scene that stuck with me: a character with a fully human appearance is revealed to actually be a machine, infiltrated as a spy. I don't remember by whom or how the reveal happens, I just remember the moment it's shown. I have a vague impression the spy was sending information / taking pictures somehow, possibly with their eyes, but I'm not 100% sure on this detail.
• The infiltration was into some kind of high-level setting — a palace, court, or seat of power of some sort. There was political intrigue at the top.
• Tone was serious and intense, not comedic. My impression is that the machine was a very threatening figure, cold and not sympathetic, although it had to mimic it. I don't think it was a particular character with a personality, it was just shown that a machine was in the place of what looked like a human and that was very bad.
• I've already considered/ruled out Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Armitage III, Bubblegum Crisis, Black Magic M-66, Goku Midnight Eye, Megazone 23, etc. It doesn't look like any of those, but I can't rule out is one of those in some episode.
• I can't fully rule out something by Leiji Matsumoto (Galaxy Express 999, Captain Harlock, Queen Millennia) — I watched those occasionally as a kid and remember the characters but not the plots well enough to be sure. I remember the style looked kind of like that, but my gut says it's not them, still possible though.

Things I'm NOT sure about and would rather not guess at:

• Whether there's actually an organized "machine faction" vs humans, or whether the spy is more of a one-off / part of a larger plot
• Whether the setting is space-based or Earth-based
• The animation style era (could be 80s, could be 90s)

Any leads or partial guesses welcome, even "this rings a bell, check X" is helpful. thanks

I'm not big into anime, so it might even be famous, but I'm trying to identify one I caught glimpses of as a kid in the 90s on italian TV. I never saw the whole thing and I've never been able to track it down. Production-wise it's almost certainly late 80s or 90s, definitely not post-2000. Could be a film, an OVA, or a single episode of a series, I don't know.

What I actually remember (trying to stick to what I'm sure of):

• A futuristic / dystopian / vaguely apocalyptic setting. Machines and humans coexist.
• One specific scene that stuck with me: a character with a fully human appearance is revealed to actually be a machine, infiltrated as a spy. I don't remember by whom or how the reveal happens, I just remember the moment it's shown. I have a vague impression the spy was sending information / taking pictures somehow, possibly with their eyes, but I'm not 100% sure on this detail.
• The infiltration was into some kind of high-level setting — a palace, court, or seat of power of some sort. There was political intrigue at the top.
• Tone was serious and intense, not comedic. My impression is that the machine was a very threatening figure, cold and not sympathetic, although it had to mimic it. I don't think it was a particular character with a personality, it was just shown that a machine was in the place of what looked like a human and that was very bad.
• I've already considered/ruled out Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Armitage III, Bubblegum Crisis, Black Magic M-66, Goku Midnight Eye, Megazone 23, etc. It doesn't look like any of those, but I can't rule out is one of those in some episode.
• I can't fully rule out something by Leiji Matsumoto (Galaxy Express 999, Captain Harlock, Queen Millennia) — I watched those occasionally as a kid and remember the characters but not the plots well enough to be sure. I remember the style looked kind of like that, but my gut says it's not them, still possible though.

Things I'm NOT sure about and would rather not guess at:

• Whether there's actually an organized "machine faction" vs humans, or whether the spy is more of a one-off / part of a larger plot
• Whether the setting is space-based or Earth-based
• The animation style era (could be 80s, could be 90s)

Any leads or partial guesses welcome — even "this rings a bell, check X" is helpful.