Assemble Insert

Genre

comedy anime and manga, mecha

Country

Japan

How it feels

A high school student with superhuman strength becomes a pop idol while fighting a mecha group that is terrorizing Tokyo. The story parodies Japanese pop culture.

playfulaction-packedcomedicnostalgicabsurdlightheartedenergetic

What happens

Assemble Insert (アッセンブル・インサート, Assenburu Insāto) is a 1985 manga series by Masami Yuki (best known for his manga and anime series Mobile Police Patlabor). The main character is a young would-be idol singer and high school student, Maron Namikaze, who has superhuman strength. She battles a mecha organization, Demon Seed, which has been terrorizing Tokyo. The manga was adapted into a 2 episode anime OVA in 1989. The series is a parody of Japanese pop culture. Three CDs were released: a single on September 20, 1989, an image soundtrack on October 25, 1989, and a concert CD on March 5, 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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