Salamander

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: 沙羅曼蛇


Information

Type: OVA
Episodes: 3
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Feb 25, 1987 to Feb 25, 1989
Producers: Pony Canyon
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Pierrot
Source: Game
Genres: AdventureAdventure, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Duration: 53 min. per ep.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 5.861 (scored by 902902 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #106202
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Popularity: #11534
Members: 2,221
Favorites: 1

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Synopsis

Three tales based on the Gradius video game series by Konami. The planet Latis is under attack by the Space Dragon Salamander and it's war planet, the Bacterian horde destroying everything in sight, their defenses ineffective and losing all hope, three heroes from the planet Gradius join Lord British in defense of his beloved planet.

Then in a prequel, a girl from a distant planet brings an ominous warning to the planet Gradius, the Bacterians and how three people become heroes of the galaxy.

Then we jump to the future, after the signing of a peace treaty, one of our heroes gets captured by the Bacterians, can the military might of Gradius and our remaining heroes save the prisoner from a fate worse than death.

(Source: AniDB)

Characters & Voice Actors

Paula

Supporting
Shimamoto, Sumi
Japanese

Latis Pilot

Supporting
Ootsuka, Houchuu
Japanese

Doromo

Supporting
Katou, Seizou
Japanese

Latis Cabinet Minister

Supporting
Yanami, Jouji
Japanese

Staff

Tamano, Harumi
Episode Director
Mikimoto, Haruhiko
Character Design


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Ending Theme

"I Remember You" by Yasuhiko Shigemura




Reviews

Sep 5, 2024
A 3 episode OAV based upon the shoot'em'up series with the same title plus the Gradius games (that are sets in the same shared universe?) where a war against eldrichtian space monstrosities known as "bacterian" is on the loose between two forces from the Planet Gradius and Lotus, as been introduced in the second OAV.

The show pace is good, maybe a little too long and stretched in the first episode, the characterization is... Decent, i must say, but with the original source (that i don't know at it's best, sorry) i don't know what to expect, there's be only starships and aliens, and the "original" ...
Dec 6, 2022
I genuinely don’t understand why does this anime have such a low score and such a small community (at the moment of writing this review, the score is 5,83 based on 465 votes only), and I think it deserves a little more than this. Let’s be clear, this is not an all-time classic nor an unforgettable mastepiece by any means, but it’s definitely not a bad one. It’s quite good actually and I’ve seen more obscure ones having a bigger community. Apparently this isn’t well known despite being related to a famous videogame franchise.

It is the adaptation of a 1986 Konami game by the ...
Jan 17, 2013
Not your everyday space opera anime to watch, and most ppl these days don´t even know this one for sure. I think there was an computergame years ago for this on a platform but ok, for a short 3/part ova this is quitr enjoyable but the animation is average, good colours though. The story in the biginning can be a bit predictable , but i does´nt turn out the way u expect the further it develops with a small suprise.Cheaper mecha-a-la-macross style wich was no problem for me , good spacefights and nice opera background music, no spoiled charachters here cus each has an interesting ...

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