The bigger short in "Memories", "Magnetic Rose", is one of my all time favorite stories (It's Satoshi Kon, Koji Morimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Yoko Kanno !!!)
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-secrets-of-mag...
https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-secrets-of-mag...
https://blog.alltheanime.com/memories-cannon-fodder/
Blue Gender also good for humanity losing to something