Introduction
Psycho divers are people who, through technology, are able to enter an individual's psyche where they can directly address any psychological issues. Due to his reputation as one of the most skilled divers, Busujima is hired to remedy popular musician Yuki Kano's bouts of psychosis that prevent her from singing. However, when he learns that a previous diver has died trying to help Yuki, and that her mental condition has a strange connection to a religious cult, Busujima wonders if he will be able to make it out of her mind alive.
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Audience reviews
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"Psycho Diver: Soul Siren" isn't an amazing anime but it's worth its 50-minute runtime if you're looking for a decent 90s sci-fi noir straight-to-video anime.
There's plenty to like here, especially considering the budget was clearly small, and the anime wasn't adapted from a manga series.
First, there's protagonist Busujima's snappy, well-translated dialogue and quality voice acting.
Then, there's the animation as a whole, which is some of the better animation from that era.
Just ignore the confusingly large amount of shadows above most character's upper lips. Also, pretend the cheesy music video at the beginning of the anime never happened.
Honestly, it might be best to tune out most of the music in general, which isn't terrible, for the most part, but isn't great either.
Story-wis…
Read at the source1stDecame4Danime
This isn't horror, it isn't even remotely trying to be horror. It's an adult sci-fi action movie.
Compared to sub, the English dub adds a lot of noir detective tropeyness: lots of internal monologuing exposition by the MC and a ton of creative liberties with the dialogue even to just straight up invent entire plot elements not originally there (such as MC mentioning he's coming back out of retirement. there being an undercover agent). Some of it decently builds on traces to form actual concrete connections/themes and it also makes some dialogue more coherent from what I presume are poor sub translations, it is a bit unsubtle in spoonfeeding themes and all to the audience though. Most would probably prefer it (even I prefer it), but there's also genuinely horrendous redubbing of the music…
Read at the sourceAltruicide
I'm not disappointed that I spent 50 minutes on this OVA. It was made by Madhouse in 1997, and it's an original story. Old 90s drawing style, adult characters, and some interesting things, as "divers" work. It gives you some calm, cyberpunk-like vibes. Also, there are some pretty bloody scenes of violence here. But anyway, if we start talking about plot, it's something incomplete. All this OVA feels like some template for full anime with many understatements. It mostly looks like it's a cut story from the middle of some anime. And I guess I will be about to watch this full anime if it existed, but we have only this "cut".
As a result, if you want to relax in the evening and watch something short at the end of a hard day, this OVA may be what you need.
Read at the sourceGsarthotegga
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 psychic cult that remains pretty ambiguous, as well as another subplot involving a pop star who is experiencing "psychic disturbances." You could probably liken it to Exorcist with the possession sc…
Read at the sourceSidewinder51
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 on some celebrities you will better appreciate your life. I know i did.
Read at the sourcebarcaman101
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 the life of his close friend.the entire plot is sorounded with deception and intriqe.The animation is wonderfully done with the dark colours suiting the mood and feel of the anime very well.a very good watch go check it out.
Read at the sourceanimegorey
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 (keanu reeves). Check it out if you like cyberpunk too. I would not call it a cyberpunk anime, but similiar in animation.
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