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This is a fun little short meant for those who've played through Chrono Trigger. It stars some minor characters in a spoof/parody comedy. It was really wacky and quite fun!

Don't go into this expecting an epic OVA covering major events from the main game. For those wanting that, should just play the PS1 or DS version of Chrono Trigger, as it contains some beautiful anime cutscenes depicting some of the major plot points in the game. But chances are you already have, if you are reading this.

I personally enjoyed this short OVA a lot! It brings more life to these characters in which only ... so much could be accomplished of a 32-bit game.

Nu and Mamo (also known as Kilwala in the US version of the game) were the main characters of this OVA and they were fun while they lasted. Mamo does have a rather annoying voice, but it suits his character and he doesn't overstay his welcome due to the show being so short. The ones that really put a smile on my face were Gonzales (a.k.a Gato in the US) and Johnny! If they ever ended up making more episodes, they'd have to focus on more of the other great characters of Chrono Trigger. But, sadly this was only one episode.

They reference a few other minor things in this short like in the credits when Nu and Mamo were posing in some of the famous locales of the game. So don't just stop watching when the credits roll!

It is really a shame that this wasn't longer or consisted of more episodes featuring more of the Chrono cast. Because this video game is packed with lore, which would be great inside joke material for the fans. This had strong potential to be a well running comedy series based off of a game. But, maybe some fans are happy this was all there was. The budget was probably fairly low due to the mostly simplified character design and somewhat choppy animation. This combined with the loud blunt humor could be taken as a bastardization of the original masterpiece that is Chrono Trigger. When comparing this to other comedy spoofs, this certainly isn't any Carnival Phantasm (not even close), but it does give me a similar vibe. Especially with the racing scene.

Like the Fire Emblem OVA, this had potential to be amazing. But, upon doing some research this wasn't meant to be a big thing. It was just something made by Production I.G for a V-Jump (a Japanese manga and video game magazine) festival. The good time was cut very short, but sweet enough to be worth it to the fans!

TLDR; So definitely give this a watch if:
•You've beaten Chrono Trigger at least once (if you haven't, then the characters and references won't mean anything to you).
•You like cheesy comedy and/or parody anime.

Here it is in glorious 240p: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oRpCjKoPps

Not bad at all. Go watch it together with your friends that also happen to be fans of the Fire Emblem video game series!

===Pros===
Great '90s style artwork and very nice orchestrated music based on the music from the game. The animation itself looked fairly smooth at times as well. I personally really enjoyed the voice acting, but I can see where people may think otherwise. It is delightfully cheesy.

===Cons===
While the story sets up a solid premise that follows the video game, it doesn't get to go very far due to this series never surpassing two episodes of length. The same issue can be said ... for the characters. The voice of characters were often out of sync with their mouth animations, which becomes slightly annoying. However, the fact that this is only two episodes long, could be a pro to those who didn't find this OVA to be particularly enjoyable. If you really did not like it, at least you didn't waste much time.

Don't watch if you don't care about Fire Emblem and Marth or you are expecting something to be of quality of a Ghibli film.

===Final Thoughts===
It is a shame that this show didn't continue to be longer. I could really see the potential in this show. It had a lot of room to develop and grow. The style and story of the Fire Emblem series is just the right recipe for an anime adaptation. Cheers to Nintendo and Intelligent Systems if they ever let an anime studio try again to make another OVA out of one of the newer games (or older ones) in the franchise.

For what this OVA is, it is a must see if you are a fan of the Fire Emblem video game series and/or you main Marth in Super Smash Bros. Get together with some friends and embrace the cheesiness. You are bound to have some good laughs. Gordon the archer especially has some real laugh out loud moments. It has some rather epic moments too. You don't have much to lose.

I low-key loved this OVA, but realistically it is probably a 5 out of 10, because of its incompleteness. Had the show continued, it could've been an 8 or 9 out of 10, because it was on a solid path to be something bigger and better. Nonetheless, it was quite enjoyable and I would totally watch it again for fun. So for me, it is a 7/10.