Eiyuu Gaiden Mozaicka

Introduction

From Ryosuke Takahashi and Norio Shioyama, the creative minds behind great animes such as Armored Trooper VOTOMs and Panzer World Galient, comes an epic tale of swords and sorcery! On the eternal planet of Mozaika, the formerly benevolent King Sazara has been possessed by an evil priest and has begun a bloody path of conquest all across the world! Mozaika's only hope is the young warrior U-Taruma, son of U-Dante, one of Sazara's victims. If you like fantasy, or classic Norio Shioyama character designs, you can't miss this 4-episode OVA!

Audience ratings

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SgtSalamander

Eiyuu Gaiden Mozaicka is a thoroughly classic example of the standalone 90s OVA- It's a sci-fi/fantasy adventure romp that's only a few episodes long and manages to be both extremely unique and doggedly formulaic at the same time. This characteristic is omnipresent throughout the anime, and especially its setting, so as such we'll begin this analysis with the story that forms the foundation of the work. Its worldbuilding is immediately representative of this dualism, in that it feels like an extremely classic sword and sorcery type hero's journey, complete with heroic knights and warrior women in skimpy armor and ancient prophecies, while on the other hand it's bizarrely syncretic with science fiction, with bad guys flying spaceships around the planet, weird energy weapons, and "castles" t…

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simex909

Hi. I'm not a super serious anime reviewer, but I saw that this one didn't have any reviews, so I thought I'd try to give you the gist of it. First, if you don't like fantasy, there's nothing here for you. The eery alien world is the true main character, and it is not character driven, though there are some good characters. The plot plays out like a chapter from an alien bible. I love it, but I know most people who watch anime like heavily character driven things. I mean, generally with OVAs you'll find little character development, but this one is particularly mythological in its style. Big things transpire in an alien world. The art is good for the time. There's no 5 tone shading, and I've seen better action sequences, but the character designs and the atmosphere are top notch. Like I…