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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Following MAL's splitting of episodes for this series, this is suppose to be episode 3 part 2. Apparently you leave a note to your friend with words like Metallica, Exodus, Nuclear Assault, Suicidal Tendencies, Helloween, etc. LOL Or maybe it's a secret code between them (which I highly doubt). Still lulz. XD  It has been hundred years since humans returned to Earth (end of episode 2) and Project Heaven intends to shoot people back to space. X_X I had this strong suspicion and I think it was implied that Bishop Won was Shogo though they didn't positively say it so in this episode. It's from 1980's but whatever the heck this series was I still enjoyed and got the plot somehow (I think) . XP 5/10 |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| I thought the message of the first two parts amounted to "everyone is dumb and worthless and doesn't deserve to live except for me and people that I like" so seeing the hero of those parts show up as the villain trying to kill everyone for not meeting his expectations actually makes a lot of sense to me. Other than that, it was just more Megazone; it doesn't make sense. |
| I was really pleased with all parts of this OVA. Part One had a lot of heart and was pretty much Noburo Ishiguro doing Macross to the ultimate stylistic extreme. Part Two had a graphic realism to it which was really interesting to watch. Sure it was way trashier than part one, but that really amplified the whole "punk-ness" of it which kind of worked well to separate it as its own stylistic thing. Also, Itano is a brilliant fucking animator so that definitely helps. Part Three was interesting because even though it was stylistically the blandest and poorest animated of the three it did have to most cohesive plot and at least in my opinion offered the most satisfying conclusion to the series. (and that climatic mecha battle was just fucking perfect!) I'm giving this a 9/10. It's flawed, but it still manages to be very impressive production wise while for the most part maintaining an interesting level of style and theme. |
| I guess the second episode was a bit better now since we already had some direction, but it was still uninteresting. Wonder if the third part actually inspired Ghost in the Shell, they are quite similar. As it stands, Part I > Part III > Part II, mostly because while uninteresting, Part III had some clear direction and wasn't a TOTAL mess like Part II. And why the fuck are all OVAs counted as one, as they have different directors and staff members. AniDB has them split, which makes sense. It would be much easier rating them separately, but oh well, 5/10 for the whole. |
 "Your sight, my delight. Will you marry me?" |
| This is how I rate all these parts Part I: it was great and had lots of personality 9/10. Part II: Imo a huge stepdown from the first and lacked any real personality 5/10 Part III: Better than the second since it had none of the previous characters (lost interest in them since Part II happened) still only like decent 6/10. So overall I'll give it 7/10 just cuz I loved Part I so much. |
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| During the episode, I came to think the man in the system was Shôgo and at the end he seems to imply it once "deconnected" but doesn't have the same voice. Most things are cleared out. The hope isn't dead, but I still wonder how they are gonna start over in the wild... most of the people there might prefer the "safety" of Eden's modernity over the uncertainty of the savage Earth. And there is no more missing pictures during movements, though the drawings are sometimes far from good (despite the nice designs and several pretty images). Also... this story of trapped people with pilots who plug themselves to the machine and featuring a rebellion leader named Sion... Was there any sci-fi novel back then who inspired those elements? Because even Matrix used them 10 years later. Bonus: not only has Kusao the main role but I got Hayashibara's mini-appearance as the blond woman working with Sion. So good to hear them. 5/5 Nice conclusion of the trilogy, technically inferior to the previous installments (coming after part.II wasn't a blessing here) but successful return to the basics (and some new sci-fi additions like the network omnipresence) with a far better time / story ratio than the second entry who was nothing more than a missing 15-20min conclusion stretched on 90min. Megazone 23 Part.III: Score: 7-/10 (yes, I will favour the content over technical aspects) With MAL system: Megazone III - the series: 7/10. @St0rmblade A dozen episodes worth of material, production meddling, already made parts smashed together to make a "film" ? I guess it's simply some "déjà-vu". |
Rei_IIIAug 13, 2020 3:26 PM
| I think this third part tried to tell a more coherent sci-fi story, and it was just kind of boring because the characters were nothing special and it was feeling that drove the previous entries: with the first part having atmosphere and the second part, anarchy. Thematically, it was a good way to end the saga I guess. Really wish MAL would separate these entries out, it'd make rating them so much simpler. |
| The opening scene between Yacob and Won Dai reminded me of NGE And again the idea of "disposing of humanity" as a method of saving the Earth environment...where have I heard this, hmm... That last kiss with Eve was a bit "cheap" but nice xD I still couldn't get away from that Psychopass vibe from this part overall. Well, simple but fine, I guess. P.S. Apparently there's no new information on the remake and sequel that were announced a couple of years ago. From wikipedia: Megazone 23 was conceived as a 12-episode television series set to air on Fuji TV, but it was changed to a direct-to-video project after the sponsors withdrew their support mid-production. According to Noboru Ishiguro, the end result was a "compilation movie" of already produced episodes Sounds familiar |
St0rmbladeAug 12, 2020 12:45 PM
| Man, this really went downhill. Not even HD remastering can save it if there are no new frames... |
 Novels I have read/am reading pending approval: since November 10 2022 |
| I don't care if everyone call this 3rd and 4th OVA shit, i liked it, because was less confusing than the previos roallercoaster of garbage information of shogo's story BUT I'LL ACCEPT, MINA, MEGAZONE 23 ISN'T ABOUT GOOD PLOT lol. Well, i liked this OVA's, Are so retro, so fucking boomer that i'm disappointed that this shit doesn't had a videogame, BRO, EVERY SCI-FI MECHA ANIME IN THAT TIME HAD AT LEAST A SHOOT EM' UP VIDEOGAME IN SOME 16-BIT CONSOLE, WHY DOESN'T EXIST A MEGAZONE 23 VIDEOGAME WHYYYYYY AAAAAHHHHH!!!! As always in this type of shows, i was in "AMBATANAAAAT" mode because of THE GORGEOUS, NAAAASTY, SICK, SEXUALLY ORGASMIC ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND THE MECHAS, HOLYSHIT, A MOTORCYCLE WHO CAN TRANSFORM INTO A ROBOT????? as i said: AMBATANAAAAAAAAAAT!!!! well 6/10 the last 2 episodes don't have sex scenes >:( . |
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| What we were referred to as the end they referred to as in the beginning . A testing ground for the seed of man. The crescent moon scraping the top of the tallest skyscraper. There can be no liberation for those who would be lead astray by the ghosts of humanities past. Part of the city has already disconnected. If they do not sever the root from which it Springs, they will only create opportunity for another. They have a new project. This one is also part three for some reason. Companies are merging with the rival God. Project Heaven. A survivor from the original Megazone. They are now under martial law. A virtual reality video game company is attempting to revolutionized society. It is still a wonderful city landscape. The wheel of the system is for them to be dead. She personally decides to take on martial law. She coincidentally runs into familiar faces. OK man, he comes back from the dead to call her a good girl. An area unknown to be underneath the city. The place where the people who invented God prosided. She was to sleep for hundreds of years until the resurrection of earth. He has never thought about leaving the city ever before. For some reason when they were taught about it, they were bored rather than curious. Nice. The rejuvenated environment is nothing but more mechanisms, electronic and tubular systems. The city is expanding itself on its own. These aberrations are the screams, of a city who has lost its balance. There is Civil War within the only city. He doesn’t know the results of the plan he is enacting. He is ready to ride the real hard on. The ancient relic is now covered in vegetation. The ancient God is revived. The system has been corrupted. Where did the previous main character go? The bike that was previously written was a replica of what was still still here on earth. He never completed the process for humanity to return to earth. The system that controls humanity believes humanity to be untrustworthy. He will bring humanity back to earth. The time is at hand and he does a little bit of magic. At last the ultimate game of war. And identified flying robots. They are connecting their brains into their vehicles. They are hacking into heaven. They are trying to watch the city back into space. She believes in him. War in the middle of the day. He is operating an ancient God. Hers is bigger than his. There is no way to stop them. The main character arrives just in time to save his friend. It’s game over for him I guess. He couldn’t wait to show his strength to the system. Bud passes. He supports humanities destruction into space. She unfortunately wastes her opportunity to do something. A secret path that only a creator can use. The main characters are connected by their spirit. They make it to the center of the network. The city is beginning to takeoff. Heaven is activating. Nice. The system has already excepted heaven. Something else is happening. The system itself is rising from the center of the city. Yes Adam is back . Edens only hope. A meaningless fight. The systems existence has already surpassed its creators. And this isn’t the system. Behold, the fires that destroyed Paradise. The system is a living thing, expanding and accumulating power Towards infinity. The system fears a human. His purity and the life data he possesses. He won’t submit to the system. The key to victory is the main characters uniting hundreds of years apart. Nice. He has lived for so long, but this is the first time he is seeing with his own eyes. Eves purpose is to disarm Adam. She must become part of the program for humanity to remain. OK, OK. A smoo I guess. He returns and they united.right after he kissed anouther girl. This doesn’t feel very romantic to me. But humanity is saved. Pretty good. I would say a solid eight is what I’m feeling right now. I am very happy that they were able to incorporate the first story into the second one in a crucial way that worked I feel. Most of the time when stories like this try telling multiple stories they end up, not integrating them together, but this one did. Although I felt that the Bishop character should have been a character that was relevant in the first story, if he was, it didn’t really make that known. The visuals remained at a very high-quality level, The story and it’s progression was good enough and the ideas that it contained and the speed at which it moved between the different ideas worked well I feel. And most of All the problematic stuff from the first part seemed to be missing from the second part. The day of liberation. 4 |
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