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* AMechByAnyOtherName: Simulacrums.

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* ClockPunk: [[spoiler:Leviathan's interior.]]

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* HumongousMecha: Of the virtual variety, no less.

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* LivingWithTheVillain: [[spoiler:Tohru's sister is a data-consuming virus that threatens all life as we know it.]]

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* (Virtual) PlanetEater: [[spoiler:Leviathan thrives completely off of consuming data, [[OhCrap right down to any living beings connected to the cyberspace]].]]
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''Baldr Force'' is a top-down shooter from the ''Baldr'' series. Initially released in 2002 for PC, it later got a UpdatedRerelease with the "EXE" subtitle in 2003, and got a Dreamcast and [=PS2=] port. It was also adapted into [[Anime/BaldrForceEXEResolution a four-episode OVA]] in 2006.

%% ''Baldr Force EXE Resolution'' is a four-episode {{OVA}} sequel to a ([[AdaptationDisplacement Comparatively less well-known]]) top-down shooter for the Dreamcast and [=PS2=] by the name of ''Baldr Force'' and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, part of the Franchise/BaldrSeries. Creator/FUNimation Entertainment licensed the OVA for North American distribution on July 21, 2007 and was released on May 20, 2008 including all 4 episodes on one DVD. Creator/FUNimation released the OVA under the name ''Baldr Force EXE'', dropping "Resolution" from the title.

Tohru Sohma is a member of a fearless gang of hackers calling themselves "Steppenwolf" - but when tragedy strikes and the group is disbanded, Tohru is forced into the ranks of FLAK, a military organization charged with protecting the hidden data paradise deep within the vast network of servers. Indentured into service and out for revenge, Tohru cannot let go of the dead of the past even as a ghost of the present takes shape. Will Tohru pursue his revenge, or will he choose an different path altogether?


!! ''Baldr Force'' contains examples of:
* AMechByAnyOtherName: Simulacrums.
* AssimilationPlot: [[spoiler:Ren/Leviathan gives the impression of one of these during episode 4, although formal observation indicates that Leviathan leans more towards PlanetEater tendencies.]]
* ClockPunk: [[spoiler:Leviathan's interior.]]
* ContagiousAI: [[spoiler:Leviathan, which has powers who can make simulacrums dysfunction.]]
* {{Cyberspace}}: Most of the human activity happens in it, with programes and viruses actually given form.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: [[spoiler:Ren/Leviathan are able to do this once they break free.]]
* {{Flatline}}: The terminology for death while connected to the cyberspace.
* HumongousMecha: Of the virtual variety, no less.
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Tohru must kill [[spoiler:Ren Mizusaka, who controls Leviathan]] to keep them from destroying the cyberspace in Ren's route.
* LivingWithTheVillain: [[spoiler:Tohru's sister is a data-consuming virus that threatens all life as we know it.]]
** [[spoiler:Tohru's teammate Ayane is revealed to be Yuuya's killer.]]
* LockAndLoadMontage: The virtual equivalent of one of these (An obvious ShoutOut to ''Film/TheMatrix'') occurs preceding the final battle with [[spoiler:Leviathan.]]
* MacrossMissileMassacre: One of the possible skills of a Simulacrum.
* NeverSayDie: Death is referred as "[[{{Flatline}} flatlining]]".
* (Virtual) PlanetEater: [[spoiler:Leviathan thrives completely off of consuming data, [[OhCrap right down to any living beings connected to the cyberspace]].]]
* PlayfulHacker: Bachelor and each member of Steppenwolf comes across as these.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: The theme tune plays over the final battle.
* TheVirus: [[spoiler:Leviathan is classified as one of these as it reaches the attention of more high-profile authorities.]]
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:Ren, the dead little step-sister Tohru forgot he had, exists in mind and spirit in the Wired, where she manifests as a PlanetEater.]]
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Ren becomes this during the finale, being controlled by Leviathan]].
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