Riki-Oh: Toukatsu Jigoku; Riki-Oh: The Wall of Hell
A Retelling of the prison arc of the manga RIKI-OH! The story follows Saiga Riki-Oh, a young man blessed with inhuman strength. After taking revenge against a yakuza boss who was responsible for the death of his girlfriend, he ends up in a maximum security prison owned by a private organization. The prison is divided into four blocks, each run by a member of prisoners known as the Gang of Four. The first member is a tattooed knife wielder known as Hai that runs his block in a mafia style family system. The second member is a giant man (known as Tarzan in the live action) with incredible strength. The third member is a effeminate fighter named Huang Chaun that is growing Opium in the prison. The final member is a small man that use sewing needles as his weapons.
Type: OVA Studio: Magic Bus Date aired: Jun 25, 1989 Genre: Action, Martial Arts, Seinen, Shounen, Super Power
She may be cute. She may be young. She may seem innocent and naive, but don't be fooled. She's a cold-blooded killer, and if you're on the wrong side of the law, you may be her next target. After being orphaned at a young age, her parents victims of a brutal double murder, Sawa was taken in by the detective assigned to her case. Not content to just watch as the imperfect justice system let more and more criminals go loose every day, he's decided to train her to be his instrument of justice. After all, who'd suspect a pretty college student of being a deadly vigilante?
Genre: Action, Crime, Mature.
Director: Yasuomi Umetsu.
A mysterious man attempts to save "The Dark Side of Tokyo" from the control of a land-hungry corporation.
Director: Nobuyasu Furukawa
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Writers: Yuho Ashibe (original story), Hideyuki Kikuchi (original story)
She may be cute. She may be young. She may seem innocent and naive, but don't be fooled. She's a cold-blooded killer, and if you're on the wrong side of the law, you may be her next target. After being orphaned at a young age, her parents victims of a brutal double murder, Sawa was taken in by the detective assigned to her case. Not content to just watch as the imperfect justice system let more and more criminals go loose every day, he's decided to train her to be his instrument of justice. After all, who'd suspect a pretty college student of being a deadly vigilante?
Genre: Action, Crime, Mature.
Director: Yasuomi Umetsu.
Goku and Kuririn are given an assignment by Kame-Sen'nin: "Retrieve the sleeping princess from Lucifer and I will take you as my students." But the mission proves to be more perilous than originally thought.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Super Power.
Studios: Toei Animation.
The Black Nebula Empire attacks Earth and threatens to blow up the planet with a bomb they placed on Earth if counter attacked. Earths hopes rest on the Yamato crew as they go to the Black Nebula Planet and try to find a way to difuse the bomb before it's too late.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Millitary, Sci-Fi, Space.
Studios: Toei Animation.
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01
In the first test of a revolutionary personal battle-suit, the MADOX-01, Ace female test-pilot Elle Kusomoto smashes an attacking tank force and humiliates Lt. Kilgore, Japan's most-macho tank-jockey, in the process. Kilgore swears he'll get even, and he gets his chance when the prototype MADOX literally falls off the back of a truck in the middle of Tokyo. Meanwhile, the MADOX, which fell off the back of one truck, off a bridge, and into the back of another truck, has found its way into the hands of college student Koji Sujimoto. Intruiged by the MADOX, Koji makes the big mistake of fooling with it without reading the manual first, and soon finds himself locked in the suit and zooming around downtown Tokyo.
Type: OVA
Studio: AIC, Artmic
Date aired: Dec 15, 1987
Genre: Action, Mecha, Military, Sci-Fi
Gunbuster
Top wo Nerae! GunBuster; Gunbuster
In the near future, a species of enormous insect-like extraterrestrials is discovered voyaging through deep space. These creatures appear hell-bent on eliminating humanity as it embarks on its initial forays beyond the confines of our solar system, and their proximity to Earth is ever-increasing. In response, humanity has constructed interstellar battleships and massive fighting robots, manned by the cream of the crop from worldwide training academies.
Our narrative commences in 2023, shortly after the first skirmishes with the aliens, and follows the story of Noriko Takaya, a young woman whose father was a renowned Captain in the space fleet perished in one of the earliest conflicts. Noriko's own potential as a pilot remains in doubt, but she has enrolled in a training academy regardless. Joined by her beautiful and accomplished comrade, Kazumi Amano, Noriko struggles to surmount the psychological repercussions of war, the skepticism of her peers, and her own self-doubt.
Type: OVA
Country: Japan
Premiered: Fall 1988
Date aired: Oct 07, 1988 to Jul 07, 1989
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Mecha, Military, Parody, School, Sci-Fi, Space
In "The Ice Prison," Joe and his squad are tasked with changing the orbit of a jail on an ice asteroid before it crashes into the planet Kirius and disintegrates. Political prisoners who oppose Kirius' tyranny are housed there, which raises the suspicion of the crushers.
Type: OVA
Studio: Sunrise
Date aired: Feb 05, 1989 to Jun 05, 1989
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Space
Two partners Effera and Jiliora escape from a slave boat with the aid of their friend Orlin and a young boy named Kilian. When Kilian is killed in the escape Effera and Jiliora take it upon themselves to return Kilian's pendant to his two siblings who are being held captive by Baron Celdion, who is plotting to take over all of the neighboring countries.
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy.
Studios: JCStaff.