Buraku majikku M-66
by Masamune Shirow
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Actor: Beau Billingslea, Leonardo Ardujo, Steve Blum, Steve Bulen, Susan ByrkettDirector: Masamune Shirow
Cinematographer: Nobuo Koyama
Writer: Masamune Shirow
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language), Stereo
Format: PAL
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Movie Reviews of Buraku majikku M-66
Movie Review: A lean mean killing machine!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a finely tuned entertainment engine that showcases excellent vehicular, 'bot and character designs. The protagonist has a nice normal feel to her: she can't leap fifty feet into the air and she doesn't carry a twelve foot sword--she doesn't even have a sword. She's a photo journalist on the trail of a hot story that just might involve some sort of military screw up. Even the androids, terrifying as they are, are designed with an eye towards making them much more believable than they might otherwise be. They are my favourite anim? robots, and I place them amongst such fine company as Gort (The day the earth stood Still), Robbie (Forbidden Planet) and Rotwang's Robot (Metropolis, 1926)
For my Yen, M-66 boasts the best fight scenes of any anim?, specifically a nighttime battle between the fearsome female warbots and human military units. That said, the animation quality is on par with other shows from the early to mid 80's such as bubble Gum Crisis and another of my favourites, the Crusher Joe movie. Some may be turned off by the rougher animation quality, but be assured there is an excellent if pared down story from the mind of Masasum? Shirow, the creator Ghost in the Shell and Dominion: Tank Police.
This is the only show that for me actually generated and built honest-to-god suspense during the final, spectacular sequence. Full marks to the killy robo babes modeled after the Dirty Pair's kai and Uri!
Summary of Buraku majikku M-66
Masamune Shirow, who later wrote Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell, directed this short (48 minutes) OAV based on his early fanzine story. Tough-as-nails journalist Sybel eavesdrops on a secret military channel and discovers that a helicopter has crashed, releasing two prototype antipersonnel androids. The F6402, which resembles a cross between a Barbie doll and the Terminator cyborgs, has erroneously been sent after Ferris, the inventor's granddaughter. Sybel succeeds where the army fails: she locates Ferris and protects her from the murderous android. The silly story contains numerous plot holes (where does Sybel get the plane she pilots through the city?), and the ending, where the destruction of a skyscraper is falsely described in the press as a "terrorist attack," no longer plays. But viewers looking for fast-paced, violent action will find plenty in Black Magic. Unrated; suitable for ages 16 and up: Graphic violence, profanity, brief nudity, tobacco use. --Charles SolomonAnimation DVD Video
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