Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestA criminal group known as Demon Seed terrorizes Tokyo with its vast armies of mecha. The local police is afraid to confront them, but one person stands in their way: Maron Namikaze, a 13-year-old idol singer with a catchy voice and unbelievable superhuman strength.
Visual Effects
Hand-drawn mecha destruction with deliciously janky '89 charm.
Sound
Hiroko Kasahara's voice work sells the idol-to-brawler whiplash.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Epitomizes the late-'80s OVA boom where any manga premise, no matter how unhinged, got animated. The idol-meets-mecha genre mash barely existed before this.
Ami Tomobuki directed only this and one other OVA; the animation studio AIC was simultaneously producing Bubblegum Crisis, explaining the shared 'beautiful girls vs machines' obsession.
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