Legendary director shinichiro watanabe and famed composer yoko kanno are back with a suspense filled intellectual thriller! In an alternate version of the present, tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to stop the paranoia spreading across the population. While the world searches for a criminal mastermind to blame for this tragedy, two mysterious children – children who shouldn’t even exist – masterfully carry out their heinous plan. Cursed to walk through this world with the names nine and twelve, the two combine to form “sphinx,” a clandestine entity determine to wake the people from their slumber – and pull the trigger on this world.