Bouken! Iczer 3

STRAP ON YOUR OLD SKOOL GLASSES AND ENJOY! DAMN shame that nobody has written something about this, so its up to me then seems that very little amount of ppl know this one. I was soo happy when the dvd release came out , mainly for the clearer sound and animation, but the 1st time seeing this on video made this an funny anime gem and a keeper!
Remember its prod. was 23-25 years ago so and many ppl can't stand it these days cuz its more than a few years old.... sad. anyway the story is no too intense like its ... prequel but has more fun to it, in this case with Iczer-1 little sister. Short nice fanservice and nice not too violent fights wich sadly progresses more than the storyline. Chara are acting for the time, bit cheesy and annoying but funny, and go for the japanese language because i can't stand the english dub!And for the matter fact i enjoyed it quite much!

Seems the creators decided to aim for a different audience with the sequel - while the original had lots of body horror and yuri, Iczer-3 seems to be made for children aged about the same as the new heroine, which I figure to be 8 years. I just don't understand why they made that decision, as the show as is makes no sense. Why does our child heroine face off with a well designed dominatrix (Bigro) when said dominatrix isn't given a chance to play her role and is just flatly defeated? Even the psychology of the characters got a fair bit of attention, but ... the story is such that it doesn't matter. Nagisa is still naked in the giant robot, while her "partner" pilots it, just now this "partner" thing has zero sexual undertones, and good thing it doesn't given the young age of the new pilot, but why are all these elements there then? Other problems are the colossal starship with a total crew of five people, two of whom are non-essential staff. They also just fly around Earth with no real stated goals just to let the plot happen. All in all, the show had a good character designer, but not much of a story and no real understanding of what worked in the original. The animation is generally weak but shines at times during combat scenes. I don't know who I'd recommend this one tho as it doesn't really work for either kids or adults.