There are some shows that came out at the dawn of the domestic anime industry that rarely get talked about or see the light of day again but we’re always pleased when they do. The folks at RetroCrush are now streaming one of those shows with the Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 OVA. It was originally licensed and released by AnimEigo as one of their first projects back in the early 90s and saw a DVD release in the early 2000s but has been lost to time since then. It’s not in HD or anything but it’s still a fun little bit of the past that we definitely recommend checking out.
Check out our review of the OVA.
Plot Concept: Ace female test pilot Kusomoto Elle humiliates macho tank driver Lt. Kilgore in the first demonstration of the advanced personal battle tank, the MADOX. Kilgore vows revenge, and gets his chance when the army rather carelessly loses the prototype in Tokyo. The MADOX is found by engineering student Sujimoto Kouji, who doesn’t take the time to completely read the manual and ends up zooming around Tokyo trapped in a machine he doesn’t quite know how to operate.
Guess who gets the job of stopping the now mobile missing MADOX? Poor Kouji. If he’s late for his date, it’s over between him and his girlfriend. His current attire redefines the term “over-dressed.”
