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In order to get the full experience of this OVA and get all the references,
You need to hear the albums from Seikima II from
1985-1991 because this OVA came out after Yuu-Gai came out.
You can hear all the albums on Spotify.
*Fans of 80s style Classic Heavy Metal will get alot of enjoyment out of this.*

Akuma ga Kitarite Heavy Metal (聖飢魔II〜悪魔が来たりてヘヴィメタる, 1985)
The End of the Century (1986)
From Hell with Love (地獄より愛をこめて, 1986)
Big Time Changes (1987)
... The Outer Mission (1988)
Worst (1989) *Greatest Hits with re recordings + new tracks*
Yūgai (有害, 1990)
愛と虐殺の日々(1991) *New Album merged with more re recordings*

This OVA is basically the backstory of Seikima II, which is considered a legendary band in Japan who sold over 10 million records in Japan alone, it's currently unknown how much they've sold world wide. They were referenced in Fist Of The North Star, Yu Yu Hakusho, etc. They also had a video game and this OVA made based on them and even as far as cereal boxes and other merch. They even did a cover of Deep Purple's "Burn" with Glenn Hughes, was a really great performance. Demon Kakka, the lead singer of the band is a very influential figure in Japan, he has an interview with the late Larry King from the early 90s. His previous name was Demon Kogure. He appeared in quite a few Anime's as a voice actor including Legend Of The Overfiend. One other member of Seikima II, Damien Hamada, has his own band called "Damien Hamada's Creatures" who put out their 1st EPs last year.

This was overall a very enjoyable OVA with some twists and turns.

Fantastic movie! This is my 1st review btw, SPOILER WARNING ALSO!

There were references and easter eggs from JoJos Bizarre Adventure, Gurren Laggan, Code Geass, Naruto, Black Lagoon, Cowboy Bebop, and even the 1988 Batman movie from what I gathered!

Story

Very well done, although I wanted more then just 1 movie, here's hoping for a sequel!

Art

... Animation was great, it reminded me of what Borderlands 3 may look like whenever it gets revealed.

Sound

Effects were on fleek

Characters

There's quite a bit to say about the characters, There's most of all your favorite heroes and villains all in 1 85 minute movie with some unique changes. Bane was hilarious in the brief scene he was in and 2 face was a total badass! And the Joker was a great villain as usual along with Grodd who was surprisingly played in big role in this movie. Never thought Catwoman would make such a great Waifu. The fights at the end could have gone on longer, but they had to fit it all into 85 minutes.

Enjoyment

I came into this movie not expecting much and ended up getting a fantastic action packed joy ride with a great story and character development!

Overall

8/10

If you like action movies and or anime at all I highly recomment checking this one out and or buying the physical copy, TOTALLY WORTH IT!