Rune Ballot is a down-and-out teen prostitute in Mardock City. One day, she's picked up by an ambitious casino manager named Shell who gives her everything she could want. Renewed by a false innocence, a false past, and now the false life Shell has given her, Ballot feels grateful. However, she can't help but be curious about why he's done so much for her, so she does some research about his past on a computer. This turns out to be a mistake which will change her life greatly. When Shell finds out what she's done, he attempts to burn her to death by blowing up her car.
Unfortunately the movie Mardock Scramble: The First Compression is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | Go Nakanishi | Producer |
| Art | Masanobu Nomura | Art Direction |
| Directing | Susumu Kudou | Director |
| Production | Haruka Soya | Producer |
| Sound | Conisch | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Tomoyuki Kato | Producer |
| Editing | Manabu Kamino | Editor |
| Art | Shingo Suzuki | Storyboard Artist |
| Camera | Toru Fukushi | Director of Photography |
| Art | Jun Nakai | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Susumu Kudou | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Takayuki Uchida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Okubo | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Koichi Kikuta | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shingo Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiromi Masuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Jun Nakai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuaki Imoto | Key Animation |
| Writing | Tow Ubukata | Novel |
| Writing | Tow Ubukata | Screenplay |
