It's basically EVA meets AKIRA but with zero budget and maximum trauma.
As the nations of the world begin to merge, world peace is threatened by the private armies of individual corporations. The Kuryu Group has just discovered a weapon that will tip world power in their favor. The Genocyber: a nightmarish combination of cybernetics and psychic potential. Many desire to control this monstrosity, but can its hatred be contained... Battle erupts, and the cyberpunk world of the future is about to explode with violence.
Practical Effects
Grotty hand-drawn gore that CGI still can't match.
Direction
Ohata's kinetic chaos—incoherent but never boring.
Sound
Screaming synths and wet squelches. Industrial nightmare fuel.
Director
Koichi Ohata
Akiko Hiramatsu
Diana / Elaine (voice)
Emi Shinohara
Tenchi (voice)
Kazuyuki Sogabe
Gurimuson (voice)
Kumiko Nishihara
Meru (voice)
Masako Katsuki
Maira (voice)
Masashi Ebara
Captain (voice)
Masayuki Omoro
Vice-captain (voice)
Norio Wakamoto
Wakayama (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Radonekku (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Sakomizu (voice)
Tamio Ohki
President Kyūryū (voice)
Seizo Kato
Kenesu (voice)
Toshiharu Sakurai
Katsu (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was originally a five-part OVA that got stitched into a 'movie' for Western markets, which explains the narrative whiplash.
Genocyber arrived in the peak 'anime shockwave' era when distributors would license literally anything with exploding heads; it's a time capsule of 90s excess that helped cement the 'anime is ultraviolent' stereotype in Western consciousness.
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