Five minutes of pure 90s anime trauma that'll make you scream WHERE'S THE REST?!
Missing Link, deals with the events between Tekkaman Blade and Tekkaman Blade II, including the second Radam war, Aki's transformation into the Red Tekkaman, the Tekkaman Rebellion of Prague, and Blade's restoration.
Direction
Tonokatsu packs a season's worth of devastation into 300 seconds.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn mecha animation that modern CG desperately wishes it could match.
Writing
Aki's transformation told through fragments—brutal economy of storytelling.
Director
Hideki Tonokatsu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This OVA was originally bundled with the Tekkaman Blade II laserdisc box set as a bonus, not standalone release—explaining its brutal runtime.
Missing Link embodies the lost era of experimental OVA pacing: studios would greenlight hyper-compressed sequels knowing hardcore fans would pay premium prices for minutes of content.
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