Megazone 23
| Megazone 23 | |
Cover to the DVD release of Part I showing the main characters from Parts I and II of the OVA, Shogo Yahagi (left) and Yui Takanaka (right).
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メガゾーン23 (Megazōn Tsū Surī) |
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| Genre | Cyberpunk, Mecha anime, Action, Mystery |
| Anime film | |
| Megazone 23 - Part I | |
| Directed by | Noboru Ishiguro |
| Produced by | Hideaki Suda Suichi Onodera Toru Miura |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Hoshiyama |
| Music by | Shirō Sagisu |
| Studio | AIC, Artland & Tatsunoko |
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| Released | March 9, 1985 |
| Runtime | 80 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Megazone 23 - Part II | |
| Directed by | Ichiro Itano |
| Produced by | Toru Miura |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Hoshiyama |
| Music by | Shirō Sagisu |
| Studio | AIC, Artland & Tatsunoko |
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| Released | May 30, 1986 |
| Runtime | 80 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Megazone 23 - Part III | |
| Directed by | Kenichi Yatagai (epi. 1) Shinji Aramaki (epi. 2) |
| Produced by | Toru Miura |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Hoshiyama |
| Music by | Keishi Urata |
| Studio | AIC & Artmic |
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| Released | September 28, 1989 – December 22, 1989 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 2 |
Megazone 23 (メガゾーン23 Megazōn Tsū Surī?) is a four-part original video animation created by AIC, written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, and directed by Noboru Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai and Shinji Aramaki. The series debuted in 1985. It was originally titled Omega Zone 23 (オメガゾーン23 Omega Zōn Tsū Surī?) but the title was changed just before release.
The story follows Shogo Yahagi, a delinquent motorcyclist whose possession of a government prototype bike leads him to discover the truth about the city.
Shogo Yahagi lives in what appears to be 1980s metropolitan Japan. He meets Yui Takanaka and discovers her roommates are his friends Mai Yumekano and Tomomi Murashita. Shogo's old friend Shinji Nakagawa shows him a military prototype Garland motorcycle (labeled "Bahamut") that can reach over of 300 km/h. He barely escapes as Shinji is killed by unknown agents.
Shogo uses a public video phone to call Eve Tokimatsuri, a popular singer and TV host, during her show to expose the Garland to the public. The show's broadcast is cut off while Shogo shows Eve the bike (now painted red by a mechanic friend) and explains its capability. He escapes in another chase by agents and soon discovers it can also transform into a mecha.
Shogo helps Tomomi make an action film centered around the mysterious bike and has Yui hide the Garland at night. While looking for film locales, Shogo finds a secret entrance to a hidden, abandoned city and battles with some of the advanced fighters he encounters, most importantly with a military big shot named B.D.
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