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this OVA , independently of the manga wich i haven't read, and of the series that is said to come later,

the art is okay, the animation is fine, being aware that this OVA is an introduction to a whole franchise, i'll only mention the things that can not possibly be fixed :

the pace is stuttery, mixing moments of doubts with gratuitous reveals to try and explain plot elements or characters in a hurry, most of wich are incredibly cliché (hinting on a dystopian future with corrupted politics and perhaps even a caste system ) this might be only because of the OVA ... nature of this episode, but still could certainly have been more subtle.

The characters are apparently disposable, but not as brillantly done as in Attack on Titan wich makes sure the viewer gets familiar with them before doing horrible things to them, but more in the "that'l hopefullyl make people talk about it" sense of random guro, wich feels like some kind of cheat to me, covering up the lack of plot, wich seems to fit in a single sentence judging from this single OVA:
past the first encounter, there is no surprise, no cliffhanger, no new element introduced to the story, it all relies on it's own premice wich is " mars has been terraformed through the use of moss and cockroaches, people we send there disapear shortly" and all the episode is basically showing the many gruesome ways to make explorers disapear..



my main issue tho, is on the solution to the explorer death issue, seemingly the whole concept of the series, is the "surgery" undertaken by the protagonists, allowing them to instantly grow insect parts upon injecting themselves some kind of chemical product....... and that's just not Science Fiction, in any realistic sense ever, that is Ben-10 Fantasy ! not only the idea that such body enhancement could be done, but moreover the idea that it should be sufficient to face an unknown menace, implying that such unknown menace had to be fought through close-combat....


this is where it lost me, seeing year 2600 humans unable to think of anything else than this incredibly far-fetched solution is nothing but threatening my faith in humanity, present and future ..


as a parody of an old Z movie tho, that could work, so if that is what you're looking for, enjoy !