If you love that style of gritty, garage, 80's mecha anime, this lost, unpolished gem might be right up your alley.
It's clear that they only had the production budget for a short one-shot, so the story seems to be very condensed. Still, I love this kind of stuff.
The live-action opening breaks the animation fourth wall, but years later it still sticks in my mind.
Alternative Titles
Japanese: ドラゴンズヘブン
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Type:
OVA
Episodes:
1
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Feb 25, 1988
Producers:
Toshiba EMI
Licensors:
None found, add some
Source:
Manga
Theme:
Mecha
Duration:
24 min.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Your Feelings Categories May 5, 2020
Here we have an anime that only saw a vhs release in Japan. And that's really unfortunate. Released in 1988, Dragon's Heaven is but a brief 40 minute OVA based on Makoto Kobayashi’s manga of the same name. With such a short running time, it's unsurprisingly light on plot, but gives you just the right amount of character for you to care, and more than anything, has a aesthetic style unlike what's ever seen in anime.
Developed by design studio ARTMIC (who also produced such OVAs as Genocyber, Bubblegum Crisis, and the anime the kicked off the OVA boom, Megazone 23), the art style very ... Jun 2, 2022
I loved it.Made me feel warm and fuzzy at the end and I would recommend it to old-school-style fans.
I watched the English sub version on Youtube.I don't know if there is an English dubbing to this anime. But there are 2 things I need to address: 1)According to MAL this is a 24 minutes piece.It is about 30 or 42 if you would include the credit scene.I hope someone would see and fix this. 2)I felt like I'm watching a pilot for a show.An unfinished work so to speak.The story felt rushed and could have been much more.The final fight didn't make much sense. |