Red intends for Tima to sit on the 'throne' within the Ziggurat and 'complete it', functioning as the central control unit for the structure's secret superweapon. Unbeknown to Shunsaku, Laughton has been secretly hired by Duke Red to construct a highly advanced robot modeled and named after Red's deceased daughter, Tima. Laughton, a mad scientist wanted for illegally trafficking in human organs. Private detective Shunsaku Ban and his nephew, Kenichi, travel to Metropolis from Japan with an arrest warrant for Dr. A wayward robot disrupts the Ziggurat's opening ceremony, only to be shot down by Rock, Duke Red's adoptive son and the head of the Marduk Party, a vigilante group that destroys rogue robots to calm anti-robot sentiments. Duke Red, the de facto ruler of Metropolis, has overseen the construction of a massive skyscraper called the Ziggurat, which he claims will allow mankind to further extend its power across the planet. Much of the city's human population is unemployed and impoverished many blame the robots for taking their jobs. Robots are discriminated against, and segregated to the city's lowest level. Metropolis is a futuristic city-state where humans and robots coexist.
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