An average sci-fi action mystery anime that was just too rushed and unrealistic.
I feel like this could have been a pretty good full-length anime. There’s hardly any introduction to the characters. The mystery plot was predictable but well-executed.
Some of the action and mystery scenes were pretty good. The main problem with this anime movie was that it was full of unrealistic occurrences. People with serious injuries managed to do things that olympic athletes would find hard to do. A certain explosion escape was also completely unrealistic.
Overall, it was just average (a 5/10). It is still entertaining to watch and is better than a lot of other anime movies out there.
GOD series no.1 (Good ol’ days)
Man, you have to love 80s anime. Like, you know what, I feel like I wanna tell a story bro. Ok, is it like a dope idea? No, it’s just a story. Oh, does it have like a great selling point? Mm… nah it’s just a story bro. Oh… so is it short like a 90 mins movie or long like 26 episodes? Meh… like… 45 mins 50 mins tops. Hmm… fuck it, lets do this. So that’s probably about how this OVA came to be.
Story, is it good? Meh, it’s alright, just some youngsters that run a private investigating office that got involved in a bad case. Right before a person died, he gave a FLOPPY DISK (fuck me I’m old) to the young investigator (who just happened to be there I assume) and they get involved in a case that they shouldn’t cause a major company and some politicians or some shit would be exposed for researching the creation of a military weapon. I’m not gonna say much cause it’s just 50 mins, not gonna spoil the whole god damn thing, but you can expect the old school nonsensical greatness, you know, MC almost dies in a bicycle crash, probably broke every single bone in his body, the next day he just wakes up and goes to invade enemy territory, fights like a madman and then he walks out alive from an explosion that should probably incinerate every cell of his body. What a lad. You know, casual old school greatness.
Characters ain’t much of course, no time for development or actual fleshing out, but still, they are alright. They are likeable, they are cool, they do the job, and they are treated like actual characters, even though this OVA is a one time thing, you get the feeling that they exist outside of it. That they have a past filled with maybe a similar case, and a future that beholds many more to come.
Animation is pretty alright for its time, and you know, pretty alright for its time is still miles better that the average today’s animation. The color palette works great and gets the feeling of the show right.
Sound is f i r e. Don’t get me wrong it's not my kind of music, but its fire, it’s what you expect from the era, it goes great with what’s going on, it is splendid. Voice acting is whatever, it’s not terrible or anything but it could have been better.
So, is it worth a watch? It is nothing spectacular but fuck yeah it is worth a watch. 50 minutes! 50 minutes and you probably get more than what you get from half of today’s average seasonal anime. A story with a beginning and end, some cool action, fine animation, good music. So yeah, if you have like 50 mins of spare time, you can probably do something better than watching this, but certainly you can do a lot worse.