Release Date: 1987-1989. Episodes: 2. Rating:. Goku Midnight Eye (Japanese: MIDNIGHT EYE ゴクウ, Hepburn: Midnight Eye Gokū) began as a manga series by Buichi Terasawa which was then developed into a TV mini-series. In the near future of 2014, Goku, a former police detective turned private eye, is investigating a mysterious string of apparent suicides of a special police unit investigating a ruthless weapons merchant.…
Release Date: 1991 to 1992. Episodes: 3. Rating: Classic. The success of the series spawned several sequel series. The first of them was the three-part OVA Bubblegum Crash (バブルガムクラッシュ!, Baburugamu Kurasshu!). After the split between Artmic and Youmex, Artmic proceeded to make a sequel on their own, Bubblegum Crash, which ran three OVA episodes and is conjectured that it was a shortened version of how…
Release Date: 1987. Rating: In 2100, the newly built Bayside City serves as Japan’s premier international port. The Angel Arms Company is established by a former policewoman named Takako, to help wage war on terrorism with armed security suits. When the mayor is assassinated, the women of Angel Arms end up protecting the evil crime-lord Hassan, in hopes that his information will help bring down…
Release Date: 1987. Rating: Classic. Black Magic (ブラックマジック, Burakku Majikku) began as cyberpunk manga written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow, then later adapted into the OVA Black Magic M-66 (ブラックマジック M-66マリオシックスティシックス, Burakku Majikku Mario Shikkusuti Shikkusu) in 1987 which was directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo. AIC and Animate provided the animation/production while Bandai Visual was chosen as the distributor. The OVA is very loosely based on…
Release Date: 1988. Rating: Cultural Masterpiece. Akira (Japanese: アキラ) is a 1988 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo’s 1982 manga of the same name. The film had a production budget of ¥700 million ($5.5 million), making it the most expensive anime film at the…
Release Date: 1987 to 1991. Episodes: 8. Rating: Classic. Bubblegum Crisis (Japanese: バブルガムクライシス) is an original video animation (OVA) series produced by Youmex between 1987 to 1991. The series was planned to run for thirteen episodes, but was cut short to just eight. The series involves the adventures of the Knight Sabers, an all-female group of mercenaries who don powered exoskeletons and fight numerous problems,…