OVA
Noah’s Barks pages relating to original video animations (OVA), a distribution format for Japanese anime.
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Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
War—what IS it good for? ‘Gundam 0080’ tackles this familiar question with hitherto unseen honesty, resulting in one of the franchise’s emotional highlights. (read more)
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Shiki Specials
These two additional episodes/specials for the ‘Shiki’ anime series come highly recommended, as they make the emotional core of the story all the more devastating. (read more)
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Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie
This "movie" is a localized splice of two episodes of the Japanese ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ OVA. Despite that odd background, this is an essential OVA that perfectly captures the essence of its titular character and era. (read more)
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Drifters
Seemingly not content with only ‘Fate/Zero’ wasting the concept of a war between historical legends, the author of ‘Hellsing’ attempts the same with ‘Drifters’ and does only marginally better. (Includes OVA) (read more)
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AD Police
‘AD Police’ is a spinoff of its fellow OVA, ‘Bubblegum Crisis,’ yet it doesn’t come close to reaching its progenitor’s quality. (read more)
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Bubblegum Crisis
The quintessential ’80s OVA, ‘Bubblegum Crisis’ is an aesthetic delight from one of anime’s peak eras for production values. (read more)
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Darker than Black: The Black Contractor
Darker Than Black is a action/drama series with neo-noir flavorings that’s full of superpowered humans fighting for their survival. Somehow, it’s incredibly boring. (Includes Episode 26 and Gemini of the Meteor) (read more)
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Bio Hunter
‘Bio Hunter’ is another Yoshiaki Kawajiri OVA that’s sure to be an instant classic for any fans of occult, violent, Japanese kitsch from the ’90s. (read more)
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Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail
After a long hiatus, Black Lagoon returns with this OVA. While that should be a perfect format for this action series, too much of the manga’s story is condensed by this adaptation’s meager runtime. (read more)
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Fight!! Iczer-1
Touches of gore and horror aren’t enough to save Fight!! Iczer-1 from being a largely bland, unexceptional OVA. (read more)