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Desert planet + water-stealing orphans + corporate greed = the most chaotic 30 mins of anime ever made.
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Pink: Water Bandit, Rain Bandit (1990)

retro-anime chaoseco-punk rebellioncutesy aggression

Overview

AnimationActionScience Fiction

On a desert planet, the young orphan Pink leads a gang of adorable outlaws stealing water out from under the nose of the cruel Silver Company. Under pressure from the evil corporation, Sheriff Cobalt Blue sets out to apprehend the bandits.

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Content warning
anime

Standout Aspects

Direction

Toyoo Ashida crams more ideas into 30 mins than most features manage.

Best for:Friends: Weird anime night when you want something FAST and unhinged.·Background: It's 30 minutes—blink and you'll miss the water heist.·Rewatch: Catch the background gags you definitely missed first time.
Toyoo Ashida

Director

Toyoo Ashida

ReleasedJul 7, 1990
Runtime30m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonemixed
Feellight
Toei Animation

Top Cast

Keiichi Nanba

Keiichi Nanba

Cobalt Blue (voice)

Mia Masuda

Mia Masuda

Pink (voice)

Kazuko Sugiyama

Kazuko Sugiyama

White (voice)

Keiko Yamamoto

Keiko Yamamoto

Black (voice)

Sanae Miyuki

Sanae Miyuki

Gorosuke Kaminari (voice)

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Trivia

Toyoo Ashida directed this between Fist of the North Star projects, and it SHOWS in the kinetic fight choreography.

Cultural

This OVA exemplifies the brief late-80s boom of 'experimental' anime shorts funded by VHS bubble money.

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Pink Anime OVA Ending Akira Toriyama

Pink Anime OVA Ending Akira Toriyama

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