Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Birdy the Mighty Japanese: 鉄腕バーディー
Information
Type: OVA
Episodes: 4
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 25, 1996 to Feb 25, 1997
Duration:
33 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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StatisticsScore: 7.361 (scored by 1156 users)
Ranked: #12722
Popularity: #1345
Members: 2,257
Favorites: 2 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisTsutomu, an average middle school kid busy studying for the final exams to enter high school runs into a man running from someone and gets caught up in the chase. In all the confusion he is accidentally gets killed. Luckily Birdy (an interplanetary agent) knows a way to save him, unfortunately that means joining bodies to become one. So now he is stuck with this officer and along for the ride capturing criminals and saving lives.
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Tetsuwan Birdy II, Tetsuwan Birdy
Alternative version: Tetsuwan Birdy Decode
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Reviews
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Trickybomb
4 of 14 people found this review helpful
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4 of 4 episodes seen
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
9 |
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10 |
This was a great OVA. It had some major battles, and some comical moments. It feels too short, but it is a great way to tell their story. The art wasn't half bad for its time also. Both this and the remake have lots in common but no major spoilers are released by watching the OVA. It's recommended to check this one out if you liked the remake. Also watching this first won't totally ruin the remake for you. At best you'll know some of their names for the remake.
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TheTaxiAE
4 of 16 people found this review helpful
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4 of 4 episodes seen
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
6 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
7 |
Good old fashion space alien takes over human and fights evil show. Characters are believable and interesting to watch, attention to human motion is impressive in this animation and design style is rather nice not complicated by extra layers of shading. The music isn’t half bad either and usually appropriate to the situation. Guys family is fun to watch as they can be comicly sarcastic. Recommend 16+ because of brief partial nudity and some disturbing scenes.
Recommendations
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Very different settings, but both feature a lot of similar themes. Both feature a lot of top notch action, sci-fi elements (way more of this in BGC, cyberpunk included), and very strong female leads. Birdy herself could probably take on the whole squad of Knight Sabers! Both shows also balance in the action and plot with a good deal of humor and it works really well. All topped off with really top notch production values, these are really good examples of classic OVA's.
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Your classic 90s hero fighting monsters on Earth. The first few minutes of Tetsuwan Birdy reminded me so much of the Guyver OVA series --- dark mood, the music, everything. If you've seen one of these shows, then make sure you check out the other. I can guarantee you'll love it.
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Opening ThemeNo opening themes found, add themes.
Ending Theme#01: "Future Shock" by Cherry (eps 1-3)
#02: "Sayonara Kara Hajimeyou" by The s.h.e (eps 4)
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