Based on the manga by Masamune Shirow. Released on video in Japan in April 1988, and released cinematically dubbed in English in 1994 by Manga Entertainment.
I first seen the trailer for this anime on the Guyver tapes. Looked awesome, I was 9 years old at the time. I seen it in full on the sci-fi channel in 1997, thought it was great.
Olympus is an enclosed city from the outside-world, now a barron wasteland devastated by the fighting of World War III. Deunan Nat, and parter Briareous (half cyborg) are two humans in the Olympus ESWAT (Extra Special Weapons and Tactics) unit, having been recovered from the outside world. Most of the people in Olmypus are bio-droids (humans genetically manufactured by Olympus to be happy shiny citizens from birth), and the remainder are humans rehabilitated from the effects of the oustide wastelands. AJ Sebastian is a terrorist intent on destroying Olympus, seeing it as a controller of humans, soon to be ruled by the bio-droids. Sebastian's plan is to take control of the Prototype Multipede Cannon and destroy Olympus. There is more to the story than this, so I won't give too much away.
The animation is adedquate for it's time- not limited, not crappy, but what you'd expect of an OVA from the late 80s. The artwork and charcter designs are based made to look exactly like Masamune Shirow's manga, much like Akira, Dragonball, or Ranma 1/2. Alot of people complain about the animation, but personally I think it's fine. Alot of terrorists go for money, drugs, sex, power, etc, but very few go for freedom, and actually they have a point to what they are fighting for, and from one perspective (other than the fact that they do kill) aren't totally evil. Not alot of anime have a plot to it that is heavier than heaven also.
FAVE QUOTE!: 'In a cage your protected from the outside world, but that's not living, sooner or later you have to escape.'
My rating 8.8/10
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