Audience reviews
11 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
TapeRot
Fight! Iczer-One is a gorgeous, grotesque little mess.
The character designs are fantastic: cute, colourful and unmistakably 80s, which makes the body horror hit even harder when everything starts splitting open, mutating and spraying blood everywhere. The gore is easily the standout, and when the animation really kicks into gear there are some genuinely brilliant looking sequences.
Unfortunately, the story is somehow both incredibly simple and needlessly confusing. The pacing is all over the place, events barely seem to connect to one another, and huge developments are thrown at you before immediately moving on to the next thing. Nagisa and Iczer-1 look great, but neither has enough personality for their relationship to carry the emotional weight the story wants it to.
The relentless m…
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A three OVA series, Tatakae!! Iczer-1 it's an experimental piece of animation that came out from Japan between 1985 and 1987. Its a blend of sci-fi, horror, mecha and unapologetic erotism. A mixture that defined the 80s and early 90s OVA scene in Japan.
Hirano Toshiki, the director, worked on major productions in different roles such as animation director for Macross: Do You Remember Love? and Urusei Yatsura 1981 series, but also as a storyboard and character design for Megazone 23. He went on to direct other OVAs like Kyuuketsuhime Miyu, Project Zeorymer and a couple of modern ONAs, a non-negligible portfolio even though not the first of the class. The direction in Iczer-1 it's pretty good even though the action scenes might not be considered that memorable. The animation, on the other h…
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Is Iczer One revolutionary? Is it a highly influential classic? Is it perfectly paced, with a tight story? Is it a highly original story? The answer to all of these is probably no. However—Iczer One is fun. It's pure 80s schlock, with fluid animation impressive for the time and makes for a decent enough sci fi movie. It is a kitchen sink of tropes where at times you barely remember its supposed to kind of be a mecha anime.
The primary draws of Iczer One are its overt yuri/lesbian content and its strangely lovecraftian creatures which contrast with what otherwise looks like a standard high school sci fi romp. The wction is brutal and hopeless - i dont think the sky is ever not dark past like the 20 minute mark.
I cant recommend to everyone, but Iczer One is enjoyable enough to be a forg…
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"Fight! Iczer-1" is a largely unmemorable mecha OVA with gory body horror, hand-to-hand light saber battles, androids, and elements of tentacle porn.
Largely unmemorable except for its largely female cast. Who are also largely unmemorable.
Oh and the hilariously bad English dubbing, which may actually be worth the watch for fans of movies with bad dubs and above-average-for-the-time animation and soundtracks.
Watching the dub, it's clear the voice actors were just as confused by and unconvinced of the film as the people who ultimately watch the film.
It's not quite as hilariously bad as the "Urotsukidoji" English dub, but it's also (thankfully) less overtly sexual or disturbing.
Still, as a viewer, the most believable and relatable part of the film is Nagisa's frequent outbursts of "W…
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Tatakae!! Iczer-1 shares many similarities with OVAs from this period of time, boasting amazing art and animation, albeit with a somewhat average storyline. The character designs are visually appealing, while the monster designs skillfully incorporate elements of horror. The animation is both expressive and well-executed. The narrative is somewhat shallow but sufficient at propelling the plot forward. The series as a whole is somewhat disjointed, although the last two episodes show improvement and better cohesion. While the conclusion falls short of its potential impact, it remains satisfactory. The series truly shines in its expertly animated body horror, elevating the overall experience. Tatakae!! Iczer-1 is a delightful OVA series that will surely captivate fans of '80s action.
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One of the most difficult things involving Anime is what to show someone who hasn't seen one before. Many suggestions come to mind, but most of those are probably dozens upon dozens of episodes long and most people don't have that kind of time and the shows themselves are usually genre specific. So, what can you show someone that more or less covers all the bases of Anime but is short enough to watch in one sitting? I submit "Fight!! Iczer-1"
Based off the manga "Golden Warrior Iczer-One" and brought to us by the studio AIC, known perhaps best for "Tenchi Muyou", this 3 act OVA has so many staples and tropes of Japanese Anime both of it's own 1980s origins and even the modern pieces of today, that it serves as a wonderful orientation for what to expect from the most popular animation in t…
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I wrote a review on my blog, compressing it a bit (and a few changes) for MAL.
I like to call this the "BROKEN BAE SHOW".
IMPACT/STORY: Pronounced “ik-zah”, this short OVA was produced in a dark era called the Gore genre. These anime popularized splitting faces, saliva-dripping maws, disfigured loved ones, popped out eyeballs, and everything being ripped or melted. Tatakae Iczer-1 is a total shock, and Nagisa gets to suffer with the watchers as her hometown is secretly invaded by Cthulhu. Since it’s sci-fi, the aliens can propagate in the body and take control. There is some traditional sci-fi action as well with both small and large robots.
SOUND/ANIMATION: This is Hirano Toshiki’s (平野 俊貴) debut leading work; he did Dangaioh, Zeoraimer and Iczer-1 adjacent to each other. He and compose…
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Rate of 5 (average)
Seen via english dubbed
Story: had a confusing intro. A girl fighting a monster solo perceived to be of aid for town. Then you jump into a spaceship/crew and a woman speaks with a man's voice. A lot of the show has to unfold before you begin to put two and two together. As for the ending how? So many questions left unanswered. If more of a backstory was applied maybe there would be more joy.
Sound: Aside from gender voice i referred on i was happy with the vocal artists assigned.
Character: exact origin/purpose unknown but well illustrated in artwork.
To better grasp where they are coming from try watching the movie Groundhog day first.
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Well what can i say??? good transfer from tape to dvd and this one ppl, this animation for the 80's is quite well done i mean LOOK at the hair and the charachter designs. 25+ years since production and its still considers amongs older animefans as a silver ore under ova's, and many prob don't really accept this kind of stuff today ONLY because 'its old and timeconsuming'.... SCREW THAT! 3 ova's with and very dark and twisted story, the kind u don't see much of it today. Dont take this anime lightly because female's are the centre of this story, its violent aheel with big mechafights, lightsaber duels and supernatural brawling, but sometime's a bit cheesy and shortened. Also the backgrouind art could look a bit better as well the minor aliens , look past that for the brutal unforgiving dark…
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Up until I watched Iczer 1, I thought the cliche of "tentacle rape" was a fabrication, or the realm solely of Urotsukidoji.
It really isn't. Iczer 1 has phallic tendrils in abundance, and its all-female cast getting drenched with a variety of organic fluids, tied up, and threatened with penetration. To be honest this is actually really creepy.
The plot is pretty much non-existent, with enemies invading and being fought by first human soldiers and then by the heroes with their mystical robot that involves naked girls covered in electrodes. It's got the bizarre pacing of something like Zeorymer, and a real focus on extreme gore and sexuality. The fights are not exactly dynamic or interesting, with the main robot having a limited range of attacks which often aren't that flashy or exciting.…
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(SPOLIERS)
This is an interesting Sci-Fi. Not really like a lot of the Mecha Genre I have seen before. While most like this might fight aliens, this wasn't half bad. Now of course it was very cheesy. But that is more of it's age talking.
Nice visuals for an 80's Anime. Yes they are very 80's. But it's some of the more nicer ones, as opposed to the sloppy hand drawn, looking Anime out there.
Music quality, again speaks for it's age. Heavy Synthesizer use, took away from what could be a good quality score.
Dubbing Quality, hard to say. Now I'm trying to be fair on it basing on it's age. If this we're made say 2 years ago, I would find it rather mediocre, or flat out bad. But it's okay. Yeah some rather dry expressions, but nice. Wendee Lee gives a great performance as always.
It has a n…
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