Angel Blade

Directed by

Masami Ōbari

Genre

hentai, magical girl

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 26m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of magical girls fights evil forces with a combination of martial arts and superpowers. The story is openly playful with the tropes of similar anime from the 1970s.

explicitparodicfast-pacedover-the-topfan-service-heavyretro-stylewhimsicalcampy

What happens

Angel Blade (エンジェルブレイド, Enjeru Bureido) is part of the Vanilla Series of explicit mature OVA. It was created and directed by Masami Ōbari, who was also responsible for the design of the characters and would also be responsible for the development of the short anime adaptation of The King of Fighters XV. The anime is a parody of Go Nagai's manga and anime Cutey Honey and Kekko Kamen. The storyline is continued in a three-episode sequel series, Angel Blade Punish!. The first series was released in the U.S. on two DVDs, entitled Angel Blade (containing episodes 1–2) and Angel Blade Returns (containing episode 3 and some bonus material). Angel Blade Punish! was released in the U.S. as a single DVD containing all three episodes. The doujin video game company Digi Anime released an eroge visual novel of Angel Blade in 2002 based on the first series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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