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Cyber City Oedo 808: Data 2 [VHS]

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Far into the future crime is so uncontrollable that the police force recruits convicts serving hard time to act as special police agents. In return for services rendered the crims will have their sentenced reduced until they eventually reach freedom. However, if they fail the explosive collar around their neck is detonated.

The main characters are Ben-ten, Gogl and Sengoku and each episode focusses on them. All the characters are brilliant in their own ways but i would have to say Sengoku the rockabilly greaser and Gogl the computer hacking punk are my favourite. Though Ben-ten and Hase Gawa (their contoller) aren't without their charm.

OEDO 808 is well written with a good story and very, very good characters (i just cant help seeing traits of my own frustrations in them) and witty dialogue, the best of which is delivered by Sengoku in anger to his situation and surroundings. Also the english language version is actually pretty good and not lacking as in most dubs.

This is a real gem of a series that i scored in a second hand shop in a hick town in the middle of nowhere that was so cheap i had to purchase them. Must have been my lucky day!!!

The cyber city collection is one of the finest anime's ever produced. It combines exellent voice talents with high action stories that are related by the three main convicts in the manga. The story centres around the city of oedo 808 having to hire notorious criminals to serve as cyber police men. However if they fail a mission they are executed by means of a collar around their neck. Naturally the three are less concerned with public order than they are with trying to subvert the justice system. This anime contains a great deal of swearing and violence and a soundtrack that perfectly suits the Matrix style plots. Overall it makes an exellent purchase especially as the DVD format makes the visuals and sound that much better.

THIS ANIME TILE HAS ONE SINGLE FAULT - THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH EPISODES! (GO ON THINK ABOUT ABOUT IT - THERE IS A COMPLIMENT THERE.) GET IT, IT WILL NOT DISSAPOINT. EXCELLANT PLOTS, GREAT CHARACTERS. RIVETING ACTION SCENES, COMEDY. WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT FROM AN ANIME?

I bought Cyber City Oedo 808 data:1 from amazon about a week ago and the only thing I regret is that i didn't buy the other 2 Cyber City videos at the same time and saved on shipping, now the suspense is killing me as i wait for my other 2 to arrive. This is truly one of the most spectacular anime's i have seen in a long time. The beautiful city skyline, the futuristic vehicles, and the awesome original characters are just the beginning. This movie is a hacker's dream and a anti-computerization person's nightmare all rolled up into one. The year is 2808 A.D. Your a prisoner doing hard time on a space orbital prison. Your in for life times 3, you get a choice, you can stay aboard this space prison and rot or you can join the special cyber force of the police doing the high risk suicide jobs not even the most seasoned cop would lay a finger on. Your job is to track down and capture an A-class prisoner, violent, highly skilled murders, asassins, and just about any skum you can imagine. For every criminal you catch the state is prepard to knock a bit of time off your sentence so one day you may be free again. There's just one catch..to make sure you don't head for the border [excuse the pun] your fitted with a special collar. If you try to escape, fail a mission, or don't check into headquarters within 24 hours the collar will detonate! Your mission, fifty-thousand people are trapped within the tallest and most secure building in the city. A computer genius has seized control of the building, it's robotic matainence droids which are now killing machines, and now he's linked up to the goverment's military computer! He has access to the city's weaponary arsenal which includes a 30 gigawatt laser cannon which orbits the planet and he's targeting the building, and to make matters worse you've only got 24 hours to complete this mission and check-in or your head will literally explode! The dubbed version is excellent! The voices are very good and the background music makes this anime even better. Wild plot, awesome technology and killer effects! I highly recommend it.

The best SF serie I've ever seen! The year is 2808 AD.3 criminals each sentenced to about 300 years and with the possibility of parole of about 0.004% are offered a deal by the state:spend the rest of their lives rotting away in the space prison they're in or work for the special service section of the Cyber Police.With every A-class Cybercriminal they catch the state knocks of a bit of their sentence.Any chance of getting your freedom has gotta be better than no chance,right? The catch is that they get to wear explosive collars in case they try to escape.3 episodes. Each concentrating on one of the criminals. Any SF Anime fan should check this out!It's AWESOME!

I saw this anime first when I picked it up at the library one weekend. It was tossed into the children's section by some ignorant person who assumed all animation is "Kidie stuff". Well, what I saw was DEFINITELY not for little kids. Don't get me wrong, Cyber City is definitely a well done and action-packed anime. The plot is interesting, the characters are pretty cool (Sengoku and Ben-ten being my faves and Gogul is a nice touch, looking like a big dumb thug but really being the brainy guy...never saw that one comming!), but there is a lot of corse language used throughout the series and plenty of blood and dismemberment to go around. I would definitely not recomend it for anyone who is easily offended by such things or who is under the age of 15 or 16. But, if you like a heaping helping of butt kicking action and sci-fi, cyber punk series, then I suggest you rent it if you can find it. It's a real gem of R-rated anime goodness!

If action's your thing, then this is a movie for you. I willhappily say that I own all three movies, but I have to admit I HATEdubbed versions, they don't do the original films any justice, they don't sound right, they sound silly, and this is no different, the voices don't sound right, I would much prefer the subtitled version. The first movie, called 'Virtual Death' sees a special case to be solved by the first of three characters featured in the short series, named Sen Goku, a real cocker ex-convict turned cop with a bad hairdo and a bad attitude, its his mission to track down an expert hacker who's hacked into Oedo's (the name of the city) tallest skyscraper's computer network, which additionally, has access to Oedo's military network as well, which is bad. The second movie (and undoubtably the best of the three for action) focuses on the second character named Gol-gl or something (? ) and he's been chosen to fight a super powerful cyborg monster created by a corrupt division of the Chinese military. The third film is perhaps not so good plot wise as the previous two, it sees the third character a wierdo transvestite (he wears earrings and lipstick) cop searching for vampires or something, not the best of the three, but its still got good action. If you are after more substance (i.e. a story) in your Manga (such as Akira, Macross Plus etc.) then stay away from these films, but if you are after a complete and utter action romp with tons of sci-fi, incredible animation, not to mention a really cool looking cyborg robot in the second movie, then this is for you, it does not compare well when put up to other Manga that boast a more developed plot, but it beats a lot with its action scenes, which are undoubtebly the best thing about the series, I like it.

This short series is simply great! the animation brilliant and so are the stories.
Its about 3 criminals who agreed to become cyber police in exchange of lowering their sentences.
The movie has alot of hard language but still its one of the best.

It's a common story - a special law enforcement agency recruits skilled convicts to do it's dirty work. Only this is in Megatokyo, the crooks are almost super-human in their abilities, and the action is non-stop. If you liked Sin, you'll love this. It's Golgo 13 on speed. A must have for any Anime fan!

Cyber City Odeo 808 is one the greatest anime's that I have ever seen. The action is equal to cowboy bebop. The story's are full of action and sci-fi. From the beginig to the end this movie is full of every thing that a anime should have, it's perfect. I was ratrher amazed to see a anime this great that has not been talked about as much as it should be. All I can say is that you just have to check it out your self it's totaly worth it.