Audience reviews
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fh1478
Tank Vs Mecha
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 is about a guy who really wants to get to a date, but the military is in the way, but luckily a Mecha her is here to save the Day.
It is comfy and just fulfills that part of my soul, that enjoys 80s aesthetic when it comes to anime, and it's just fun to watch, the music is good, sit the tone for fun time.
The story is a cute excuse for stuff to happen, but it executed wall, and villain is so dumb and corny.
some Character designs look so cute and unique. it gives the character an innocent look.
It a anime, that could only exist in the 80's Japanese bubble economy, and damn if it isn't fun. would recommend.
Read at the sourceMersuloordi
Peak animation,
Has piece of shit writing,
Nothing more to say.
This haiku encapsulates my thoughts on this one off OVA from 1987.
The 80s ova animation quality shines on this one particularly on the mechanical movements of the machinery.
Story doesn't make sense if you dwell on it, or pay any attention for that matter. However it does not take the spotlight away from the beautiful animation most of the time.
The main character acts as if he has no responsibility for the things he did, and the main antagonist is written to be a disposable enemy for the climax of the episode.
In conclusion: would recommend even though it is not that good.
Read at the sourceexoticflipflopz
The soundtrack alone elevates this to at least a 8.7. The visuals could be distraction from a story told with screaming Guitars.Emotion that's the heart of this AANNIIMMEEE. Emotion doesn't exude from the tip off a brush. It flows from a torrent of guitars strumming. The voice work whether in Japanese for Dubbed English wobbles, stammers, and strains to translate true music thunder.
Apocalypse Now! The voice of a generation. Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 the sounds of life. A rich, 80's, coke dealers life. Like our protagonist you cant be prepared for the sonic journey you are about to enjoy.The red sirens are not a alert its a warning we are about TO ROCK.
Read at the sourceDISKOWN
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 does not have a good story, does not have any compelling characters, and makes little to no sense. However there are moments where the animation quality and level of detail are pretty good. The character designs are dated, the music is dated, even the animation is dated. But sometimes at 2x speed when the animation and music sync, it oozes 80’s nostalgia. This is not a good anime but it does have some quality OVA animation. With the plot being so weak it is hard to recommend to all but the most diehard OVA enjoyers. Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 is a mess, a likable mess, but still a mess.
Read at the sourceBlueEmbers
Perhaps what possessed me to watch this mess was that it was on Amazon Prime, but anyhow, yikes.
Really, in what world do you find dangerous sealed military equipment, open it, and decide to pilot it? Okay, maybe you're dumb and dont grasp the consequences of getting arrested over it, surely when you get confronted you'll cooperate right?
Nah, you try to MURDER them, and even succeed when you shoot down aircraft remorselessly. You call everyone dumb for trying to stop you from meeting your ex-girlfriend while rampaging Tokyo. That woman in the robo suit who wants to reason with you? Shoot her too.
Dear lord, can this even be considered a plot? Amazon should've left this in some basement where it belongs.
Read at the sourcekaiser_the_2nd
Random car mechanic gets his hands on a mobile war machine, chaos ensues.
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01, is a mecha OVA brought to life by a team of notorious animators and designers, who managed to deliver a competent action experience.
The story is pretty simple. The protagonist, a car mechanic called Koji Sugimoto, stumbles upon a top secret JSDF anti tank humanoid power armor called rhe MADOX-01, enters it and is unable to get out. Now he must escape from the military and go to a building to meet his girlfriend, confronting an officer called Kilgore on the way, and the original pilot of the MADOX, Eriko Kusumoto.
But let's be honest, MADOX isn't really about the story. At all.
What MADOX actually has to offer comes in the form of its visuals, particularly the mechanical animation. Shinji A…
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A run of the mill 80's OVA with absolutely no surprises, the best adjective I can use to describe MADOX-01 is "inoffensive". Well, that's not entirely true, considering the only female character with any semblance of agency is praised for piloting the MADOX "despite being a woman".
It's clear they had a really cool mecha design and had to produce an OVA around it - the intro is some pretty great mech porn, and the MADOX itself is a really cool, smaller-sized design that's more in line with something like an exosuit than a full-sized super robot. They put a decent amount of thought into it's operation, right down to the unique way the MADOX is entered through the back. The military porn is top notch too. It's pretty clear where their priorities went...
...because everything else is exces…
Read at the sourceSeekel
If you really enjoy mecha with multifunctional equipments, or you're a gunpla model builder, i strongly suggest you check this ova out.
Basically this short ova is to show off the madox suit, and i gotta say it's pretty amazing.
I really enjoyed all the different equipment this suit has, however, this is all we get hahaha.
under here there is a spoiler:
The plot is really funny, a military top secret suit got lost, and the guy that found it decided that using it would be a cool idea, then he proceed to go around in the city, when suddently an apache rolls out.
here a full on war is started in the middle of the city xD, proceeding then to the skycraper, where a crazy tanker, with a prototype, proceed to have a full scale 1 vs 1 on the higher floors, (with all the civilians on the top floo…
Read at the sourceThedude3445
I was extremely surprised how little I cared about this. The core premise is great--dude accidentally gets stuck in a mecha suit while he's trying not to get dumped by his girlfriend--but it turns into bunches of chase scenes and not much character development on any end. Still, with animation this nice... it's a real shame that not that much was done with the whole thing. I do NOT think the short length is at fault here because you can do great things in only a half-hour. I think the production went into the mecha designs and fight scenes and they just decided not to give much care to characters or story. Which is OK in the short term but certainly doesn't help us remember the movie today.
Half of my runtime was spent remembering that the girlfriend Shiori's name is most likely written a…
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The verdict: Wow, this was quite a bit *worse* than I expected.
The only way to attempt to enjoy this, is to realize that it is, at its heart, a COMEDY. Not some military enthusiast's wet dream. Not some mecha-suit lover's paradise. But straight-up for laughs.
I say this, because the premise and the story are outright silly. The world's most high-tech piece of new weaponry that can kill tanks like it is squashing bugs, and it just falls into the hands of a college student. So what does he do? Why, he decides to check it out, gets trapped inside and can't get out. But, oh, turns out he can adroitly operate this high-tech mecha suit after briefly glancing at the manual. And saunter about the city with a few odd stares and that's it.
Oh, and destroy lots and lots of things. Like tens (o…
Read at the sourceDrPantsu
Okay lets start this review of right from the start of this OVA.
We're presented with a beautiful scene of the development/testing of an exoskeleton (the Madox). This mecha/scifi goodness got me hyped up for all that is to come. Only to be disappointed by a very mediocre story about a guy, his girlfriend who's about to go study abroad and the Madox. How does this all add up? I don't have a clue! It's like a math assignment Einstein wouldn't be able to solve. I know alot of OVA are pretty horrible due to the fact that it's hard to setup a plot, develop the characters and have a likeable story just in about 40 to 55 minutes. But Madox doesn't even try to do any of this! There's OVA that are horribly mediocre and have the most cringy dialogue which still makes it worth the watch but this was…
Read at the sourceignmaximus
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 is an 42 min. OVA from 1987 that delivers fast-paced over-the-top mecha action.
The story is quite simple yet effective, it doesnt challenge intelectually the viewer but it is still thrilling and keeps you looking at the screen until credit end titles pop up. However this might be the weakest point of MADOX-01, as, at least in my case, it leaves the sensation that five to ten minutes more of footage could have improved the overall result. A bit more of character development, exposition about the world in which the action takes place or whatever that could have enriched the storyline surely would be welcomed. In any case, it's just an appreciation, i am ok with the story for the most part. The main story concept is still pretty cool and badass and the characters…
Read at the sourceShura-shurato
Aaaah yes, a golden oldie for me Metal skin panic is one of those Ova´s that was just ´out there´, in the VHS stores and wether u wanted to watch it or not is totally up to the person itself. In my case as an oldskool anime nerd i was lucky not to regret . At first glance u can see that this ova definetly was inspired by the mechaboom and ova boom of the late 80´s Thank you gundam( for the mecha boom) and thank you Megazone 23( for the OVA boom) and was right with the fashion those days. The storyline was´nt all too predictable and had really nice layout from beginning to end , about a schoolstudent that find a secret millitary weapon after a crash occured , and get all eyes on him after it was´caught´by the weapon, lots of action and explosions from there on!
For the art it was rather ok,…
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Here's another 80s mecha anime for you to check out. Metal Skin Panic Madox-01 is a one episode 42 minute OVA that follows Sugimoto Kouji, an engineering student who happens to have an odd combination of good and bad luck. The plot of this OVA is fairly simple in that Kouji happens to come across the Madox-01 military exo-skeleton after it is lost in a transportation accident. As Kouji is reading the manual on how to operate the Madox, he inadvertently gets locked into the suit.From there, pretty much all hell breaks loose until the end of the film.
There were a lot of really strong elements in this OVA that made it great to watch. First and foremost, it's old school anime, and second to that it has mecha suits and tanks. Those two alone made this a winning combination in my books. Anothe…
Read at the sourceScallion
If you find a mysterious box on a truck in your technical college, the best and most obvious course of action to take is to open it. If it happens to contain a suit of powered armor and a manual,only read the passage that tells you how to turn it on and get inside. After that happens, there's no better way to celebrate the activation of your newly-found robot suit by visiting your ex-girlfriend in a crowded tower.
Uh-huh.
Metal Skin Panic Madox-01 (don't you love those old-school robot titles? 'Armored Trooper Votoms', 'Blue Comet Super Powered-Tracer Layzner'...) is another one of those old 80s shows with a plot seems more like an excuse for the directors and animators to cram as many cool fight scenes as they can into an hour of programming. It's a tried-and-true formula that produces…
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