Alternative Titles
Synonyms: Psycho Diver Masei Rakuryu
Japanese: サイコダイバー 魔性菩薩
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Type:
OVA
Episodes:
1
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
May 21, 1997
Producers:
None found, add some
Licensors:
Urban Vision
Source:
Novel
Duration:
48 min.
Rating:
R+ - Mild Nudity
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#119832
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Your Feelings Categories Jan 16, 2009
I was very surprised when I purchased this after only watching the trailer. Usually, it's been about 50/50 when I do this, but this one is very hard to find in eng dub. I thought it was very good. Older anime style from 90's with good, original story. Pretty gorey violence that was typical of the Akira, Ninja Scroll type. Short 50 minute OVA, but worth watching. The main character dives into people's brains and tries to stop them from commiting crimes or to get info. It has nothing to do with deep sea diving. It's sorta like a cop drama, almost like Jonny Mneumonic
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Sep 28, 2018
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My quest to watch the obscure and the weird continues with Psycho Diver! This 45 minute, standalone OVA is one of the most skull fucking insane anime I've ever witnessed. It has some really good ideas that were pretty damn creative for the time, but the execution is all over the place. Background history: This wasn't based on a manga. It wasn't based on a light novel, video game, or anything else. Anime industry veteran Mamoru Kanbe just went to Studio Madhouse with a script and pitched this as a 45 minute OVA. Madhouse accepted and we got this blessing of insanity. In America, it was ... Nov 4, 2011
its sad that this ova is such an anigma,when it really deserves praise.I watched it many years ago on the former action channel and its still awesome.for an ova that is less than 50 mionutes long ,it is filled with so much quality.Its about a guy who by his profession is called a psycho diver because he dives into peoples mind to uncover any mental trauma or disorder and remove it.one day he is force to come out of retirement after getting a special case of a singer who is suffering from a serious disorder,he later finds out that this case took
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Sep 3, 2016
Watched with eng. dub. Was a 7-8 rated movie for me. Very Impacting with their message(the main song)
This anime was hard to rate. On one hand: the story kind of made sense; did allow for revisits to better understand the movie; great art considering time frame it was made. In the other hand: art was not current with life to date, there was still some confusion with the ending at least for me. p.s. To better appreciate this movie i suggest reading on the back story of some actors like the person who played Paige in the TV charmed. perhaps after viewing the movie and getting some inside ... Jun 14, 2022
Psycho Diver is an anime original 1997 Madhouse OVA that runs only about 50 minutes long, and I feel kind of bad giving this such a low rating, but it really is the sloppy rush-job you'd expect from a short OVA without any source material.
It's styled like an old-fashioned noir: a somewhat ugly main character who looks like Golgo 13, the phoned-in "love interest," deep shadows and grimy imagery, a bunch of tough guys and assassins; and a crime plot involving two intertwined subplots that probably would have been better served as separate scripts with such a short running time. We have a weird ... |

