メガゾーン23

MEGAZONE 23

OVA

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
1
RELEASE
March 9, 1985
LENGTH
81 min

DESCRIPTION

Motorcycle enthusiast Shogo mistakenly comes into possession of a government prototype bike. Pursued by ruthless goverment agents he plans to save himself by exposing the bike to the public on a live TV show hosted by a popular singing star. But, even the lovely Eve has secrets of her own and the government has much more to hide than just a transforming military motorcycle. As Shogo begins to unravel the mystery of the bike, he discovers a reality-shattering secret about the city and the world he thought he knew.

(Source: Anime News Network)

CAST

Yui Takanaka
Maria Kawamura
Shougo Yahagi
Masato Kubota
B.D.
Kaneto Shiozawa
Eve Tokimatsuri
Kumi Miyasato
Tomomi Murashita
Miina Tominaga
Mai Yumekanou
Mayumi Shou
Shinji Nakagawa
Kouichi Yamadera
Shigeru Tomota
Katsumi Toriumi
Coco
Hitoshi Takagi
Nakao
Kouichi Hashimoto
Eigen Yumekanou
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Mori Hiroki
Yuuji Mitsuya
Narrator
Yumi Touma

EPISODES

Dubbed

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Not available on crunchyroll

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ANIME ActionMegazone 23 SIN

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Cover Art for Megazone 23 PART II Himitsu Kudasai

OVA ActionMegazone 23 PART II Himitsu Kudasai

REVIEWS

RyukiJPN
90/100
Megazone 23 - A very Stylishly 80's Mecha.
Megazone 23 follows Shogo Yahagi, an 18 year old Bōsōzoku (Japanese Biker). who steals a powerful motorcycle from the military. The motorcycle is called the "Bahamut" and has the capabilities to transform into a pilotable mech similar to a Valkyrie (Macross series). The film follow's Yahagi's adventure escaping the Police and the Military who are hunting down Yahagi, his friends, acquaintances, and love interest. Taking a wrong turn from a Police chase, Yahagi accidentally enters a restricted area where he learns something sinister about the world that is at the hands of the Military.

During the time of release, there was nothing quite like Megazone 23 in either Japan or the United States. With Megazone 23's visual aesthetics drawn by Mitsuki Nakamura (Gatchaman, Tekkaman, Mobile Suit Gundam, Space Runaway Ideon), 80's style pop/rock n' roll soundtrack composed by Shiro Sagisu (Bleach, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Shin Godzilla, Shin Ultraman, Nadia: Secret of Blue Water), and intense science fiction themes which were used as inspiration to The Matrix (1999) alongside World on a Wire (1973). Megazone 23 garnered attention and success from its mixture of concepts that had not been explored yet in film. However, its success was also due to the big names at the time working on the project being:
- Director: Noboru Ishiguro (Golden Bat, Super Dimension Fortress: Macross, Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Space Battleship Yamato II)
- Writer: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama (Arcadia of My Youth, City Hunter, Dirty Pair, GeGeGe No Kitaro, Patlabor: The Mobile Police, Turn A Gundam, Daitarn 3)
- Shuichi Onodera (Windaria, GoShogun, Space Warriors Baldios)
- Toru Miura (AD Police, Oh! My Goddess, Appleseed, Bubblegum Crisis, Date A Live, Haganai)
Looking back at Megazone 23 is like a beautiful time capsule of 80s science fiction in Japan. the film shows its age in some places, but to anime fans and especially mecha fans Megazone 23 is a timeless classic. I give a big thank you to the guys over at AnimEigo for officially releasing Megazone 23 in English (not as the cluster fuck that "Robotech: The Movie" was) on Blu Ray and Streaming.

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