At the end of the 20th century:
In opposition to a marked rise in city crime and its
increasingly vicious nature, the Metropolitan Police
established within itself the Anti-Vicious Crime Heavily
Armored Mobile Special Investigation Unit.
Police men and women of superior intellect and physical
strength, who had a particularly strong sense of justice,
were selected and made its members.
Armed with special reinforcement gear and heavy
firearms, they were known as the "Watchdogs of Hell:
Kerberos," and began their courageous challenge
against the criminal underworld.
However, in their fervent hatred of evil, their actions
were quite severe. Their almost-cruel investigation
activities became the target of strong public criticism.
During this tense atmosphere, an incident occurred
where a misdemeanor offender was beaten to death
by a Special Investigation Unit member. This
triggered the inevitable dissolution of the
organization.
The complete History of the criminal Law
Enforcement Organization by Hyohe Shiozawa
chapter IV: Strife against vicious crimes
Appendix: The Glory and Downfall of the Kerberos
(excerpt)
An Omnibus Promotion Film
From the central control office...
... a level one emergency situation has
been declared in the metropolitan area.
As of 1200 hours, an unrestricted
investigation will commence.
I repeat.
From the central control office...
... a level one emergency situation has
been declared in the metropolitan area.
As of 1200 hours, an unrestricted
investigation will commence.
To all patrolling units on alert...
... the criminals who stole a
Special Investigation Unit vehicle...
... and are on the run
have been identified as...
... the members of the Central
Management District First Platoon...
Kouichi Todome, Souichiroh Toribe,
and Midori Washio.
Their rank is senior detectives.
Each wears reinforcement
gear and carries heavy firearms.
They may attempt to flee the country.
Shoot to kill on sight.
I repeat.
Shoot to kill on sight.
They were last sighted on
Coast Highway 109, at Interchange 3.
Are you OK?
They broke through a picket line...
... and are currently suspected to
be in hiding near C17 Terminal.
I repeat.
Shoot to kill on sight.
They were last sighted on
Coast Highway 109, at Interchange 3.
They broke through a picket line...
... and are currently suspected to
be in hiding near C17 Terminal.
They aren't shy about broadcasting
info on the civilian lines.
The amount of idiots
who want to be famous...
...for taking our heads will
surge when they hear this.
Leave the escaped
watchdogs to the street kids...
...and the master himself
doesn't have to dirty his hands.
Doesn't matter either way.
Or, are you saying that
it's worth being shot...
... if the shooter was
your friend yesterday?
We knew it since we decided
to refuse to disarm and escape.
By the way...
...about the chopper picking us up.
Remaining rounds: thirty.
Remaining rounds: five.
Remaining round: one.
Inside my gut, that is.
Came right through
a gap in my armor.
Bad break.
That settles it.
After hearing all those gunshots,
there will be more of them, soon.
Midori and I will hold
them here and buy time.
You go!
How do you expect me to do that!
Koichi!
We turned against our comrades,
broke the chains, and escaped!
For what?
We didn't get this far so
we can all die together!
Midori and I can't move anymore!
Go, Koichi.
And come back, you hear me?
Midori.
Go on.
We'll wait for you here.
Go!
Where are the other two?
They...
... Midori and Ao aren't coming.
They can't, now.
We could wait a little longer.
Do you want to?
They're the ones who have to wait.
Until I return...
...they'll be waiting.
Let's go.
Produced by
Shigeharu Shiba
Daisuke Hayashi
Screenplay
Kazunori Ito
Mamoru Oshii
THE RED SPECTACLES
June 15, 1995
The Metropolitan Anti Unit became subject to dissolution
as per Metropolitan vicious crime Heavily Armored