Your buddy vanishes, so you warp-drive a mecha at 300km/h into another dimension. Normal Tuesday.
46 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestTo follow in his missing friend Masato's footsteps, Ryo joined the vehicle company Yaesu. Ryo became involved with the Makuhari test course that Masato was also a part of. The leader, Gray Gear, told Ryo, "If you want to know about Masato, come to the test course late at night and ride the new machine." When Ryo got in the new machine, the Vector Versus, and rode it around the course, he was able to exceed 300 kilometers per hour and suddenly warped into a mysterious space!
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn mecha animation before digital rotoscoping killed soul.
Sound
That engine scream when the Vector Versus hits warp speed.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This two-episode OVA was part of a 1992 wave of mecha pilots commissioned to capitalize on Gundam nostalgia, then promptly forgotten.
The 'test course as portal' premise mirrors Japan's bubble-era anxiety about unchecked corporate technological ambition.
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