AniWorthThe Tokyo Project
Introduction
Private detective Junpei Touma is enjoying a night out at a club when a man stumbles in and collapses on the dance floor. Shocked, Junpei attempts to help him, but the man can only pass him a floppy disk and tell him to give it to someone named Takashiro before dying. Intrigued by the mystery, Junpei starts to investigate along with his coworker, Akira Nagareyama.
However, the duo soon discovers that the information on the disk is highly sought after by dangerous individuals willing to use violent tactics to obtain it.
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Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 5.31/10 · 1170
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Audience reviews
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Hellspawn28
NOTE: Another review that I wrote on Letterboxd on 3/6/2022
This is one of those anime films that I remember renting on VHS when I was a kid, over 20 years ago. Tokyo Vice aka The Tokyo Project was first released in Japan in 1988, but it was not released in the United States until 13 years later by Media Blasters. I decided to revisit it because I wanted to see if my opinion on it has changed or not. When I was 10, I thought Tokyo Vice was a decent anime, not the worst thing ever, as some people claim. I can see why so many people disliked it now that I've seen it again as an adult. Tokyo Vice is a dull and uninspiring anime. The characters are uninteresting, and the plot is incredibly boring. The writing is filled with bad action movie clichés and clumsy plot devices. I wanted to turn of…
Read at the sourceVoivodian
Tokyo Vice is an astonishingly mediocre OVA and forgettable to the point where surrounding literature and synopsis fails to even point out that its a mech anime. Yes, its a mech anime of the 'real robot' variety, featuring a bipedal non-humanoid military walker design that undoubtedly was influenced by Kojima's original Metal Gear mech on the Famicom.
The mech is clearly the best part of the show; leading to a man with big gun vs robot setup not unlike Armor Hunter Mellowlink. Of course, Mellowlink is a must watch anime while Tokyo Vice isn't. Honestly, this whole OVA just lacks that visceral energy of contemporary 80s OVAs.
Pacing and direction issues plagued the vast majority of old school OVAs but they worked because they imbued schlocky direct to video awesomeness with superior quali…
Read at the sourceSidewinder51
Rate a 5
English Dubbed
Story
Introduction was creative but also mystifying in a bad sense as well. It went along with the anticipated spy meet up. Although at the same time could have been improper order of importance. First one makes sense for the mystery theme. The other suggests lack of common sense. Everyone has a hobby of sort or like outside of work shouldn't that be put aside when more important matters are at hand? Especially when lives are at risk?
Plot wasn't original. A mystery or task needed be dealt with. Didn't help that main character or not backstories weren't present. Although, a boss per-say of the film was somewhat unique in terms of mechanical abilities.
Conclusion was fair at best. Mystery had reached its conclusion. There were no questions left to solve.
Art
Su…
Read at the sourceMr_Panda
~Mr. Panda's VCR of Doom: #7~
Tokyo Vice (or Tokyo Project in its most recent release) is an hour-long flick that, had you never randomly come across it, you would never know existed. A late 80s cyberpunk action OVA which performs about half-decent for what it is: an 80s cyberpunk action OVA. No, really, there are no other ways to describe it. If you want to find a 60 minute run of averageness when it comes to 80s anime, Tokyo Vice is the perfect pick.
The story is practically all-stock. A guy stumbles into a rock concert and hands a college student (Junpei) a floppy disk (oh, the days when those things were considered high capacity!). Right before he dies, the guy tells the kid to give it to someone. This doesn't even qualify as a spoiler, so it's better to just tell you that it contai…
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