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Director Hiroyuki Imaishi’s science fiction anime film unfolds in a futuristic, alternate reality where a firefighting mecha service (Burning Rescue) is routinely used to control and suppress a group of pyrokinetic mutants (the Burnish). A hotshot firefighter eventually finds himself torn between professional duty and a newfound empathy for the leader of a Burnish terrorist group. Director Hiroyuki Imaishi’s science fiction anime film unfolds in a futuristic, alternate reality where a firefighting mecha service (Burning Rescue) is routinely used to control and suppress a group of pyrokinetic mutants (the Burnish). A hotshot firefighter eventually finds himself torn between professional duty and a newfound empathy for the leader of a Burnish terrorist group.