Midnight Eye: Gokuu


Goku: Midnight Eye

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: MIDNIGHT EYE ゴクウ
English: Goku: Midnight Eye
Spanish: Midnight Eye Goku
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Information

Type: OVA
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 27, 1989
Producers: Toei Video
Studios: Madhouse
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, MysteryMystery, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Themes: Adult CastAdult Cast, DetectiveDetective, Super PowerSuper Power
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 50 min.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 6.461 (scored by 56915,691 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #72552
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #5720
Members: 14,590
Favorites: 18

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Synopsis

Private investigator Gokuu Fuurinji is well-acquainted with Tokyo's underbelly. When he notices that every detective investigating arms dealer Genji Hakuryu has died under suspicious circumstances, Gokuu knows he is the only man for the job. Discovering the existence of modified humans with strange powers, Gokuu almost falls victim to an assassin's hypnotic suggestions. But when a mysterious man implants a supercomputer into Gokuu's left eye that can easily hack into any computer in the world, the detective can stand against the man who destroyed many of his colleagues' lives.

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Background

Midnight Eye: Gokuu was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Discotek Media on July 25, 2017, and October 31, 2023, respectively.

Characters & Voice Actors

Fuurinji, Gokuu

Main
Matsuda, Juji
Japanese

Peacock

Supporting
Terase, Kyouko
Japanese

Chang

Supporting
Gouri, Daisuke
Japanese

Dr. Yamazaki

Supporting
Nagai, Ichiro
Japanese

Yabuki, Youko

Supporting
Koyama, Mami
Japanese

Hakuryu, Genji

Supporting
Wakamoto, Norio
Japanese

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Ending Theme

"Fighting In The Danger" by Yuki Katsuragi




Reviews

Oct 14, 2009
This two-part OVA series from 1989 is adapted from the manga by Buichi Terasawa, whose work, I must confess, I'm not terribly familiar with. But I have seen the Space Adventure Cobra movie, and between that and what I've heard, I gather his stories typically feature two elements: manly men and shapely women. The first episode of Goku: Midnight Eye, you'll be pleased to hear (or not), has both.

Let's get this out of the way: Goku is a standard action movie, albeit one that has all the style and flair you'd expect from director Yoshiaki Kawajiri. If you go into it expecting ...
Feb 1, 2013
This is a true gem in the heydays of cyberpunk anime ova´s, so goes for part 2, anyway i really am SOO distressed that there is no plans to revive or continue this one, with REAL potential that is left unfinished. The storyline starts a bit predictable but evolves into further dark background and some very mysterious charac., villians with some that are introduced fast while others have a more bigger role. the main person in here is definetly no wimp, and it proves it by the fightingstyle, so is the more marure animation with some good late 80´s sketches, i really was totally ...
Mar 9, 2019
Mixed Feelings
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS.

SUMMARY: If you love cheesy, goofy late 80s anime shlock with a genuinely well done cyberpunk/noir setting, this is the OVA for you. If you expect an actually good or deep story that doesn't go totally off the rails, look elsewhere.


Goku Midnight Eye is a 1989 OVA based on the manga of the same name. There are two OVA episodes made, this being the first one, and in my humble opinion far and away the better of the two.

Fair word of warning: I'm a big, big fan of B-movie type stuff, cheesy shlock and all sorts of things that are ...

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