Black Magic M66 (DVD)

While there are a host of anime out there that focus almost entirely on action, most end up failing due to lack of plot and character development, and usually the action element isn't good enough to warrant viewing. Fortunately, Black Magic M-66 has some of the coolest action scenes in any anime that I've seen. The story is about as simple as they come. Loosely based on Masamune Shirow's manga of same name, Black Magic M-66 begins with a pair of experimental military robots accidentally getting loose. The military quickly moves in to contain the situation, but one of the robots escapes to complete its programming; the extermination of a young girl. ...

Shirow has always translated badly to screen. Appleseed was dreadful, Ghost in the Shell was dull and Dominion, whilst entertaining, was far from spectacular. So how do you come over this problem? You get Shirow to direct! When Sybel, a freelance news reporter, uncovers a secret military operation she discovers a military asassin robot involved in a recent plane crash is on the rampage, levlling much of the armys unit. In her poking aound, she discovers that the robot is after the creators grand daughter. Beleiving she is the only one to know this, Sybel sets out to save her, but the robot is almost unstoppable... Based on a segment of his ...