220https://m.mediaamazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmRlZjIyNjQtM2RlOC00OGE1LTg3MDItNGI2N2I2MmEzZWVmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTA1OTEwNjE.V1.jpg Megazone 23 follows Shogo Yahagi an 18 year old Bszoku Japanese Biker. who steals a powerful motorcycle from the military. The motorcycle is called the Bahamut and has the capabilities to transform into a pilotable mech similar to a Valkyrie Macross series. The film follows Yahagis adventure escaping the Police and the Military who are hunting down Yahagi his friends acquaintances and love interest. Taking a wrong turn from a Police chase Yahagi accidentally enters a restricted area where he learns something sinister about the world that is at the hands of the Military. 220https://live.staticflickr.com/5732/218669471618e4a1b1db3c.jpg 220https://i.gifer.com/RbAC.gif During the time of release there was nothing quite like Megazone 23 in either Japan or the United States. With Megazone 23s visual aesthetics drawn by Mitsuki Nakamura Gatchaman Tekkaman Mobile Suit Gundam Space Runaway Ideon 80s style pop/rock n roll soundtrack composed by Shiro Sagisu Bleach Neon Genesis Evangelion Shin Godzilla Shin Ultraman Nadia: Secret of Blue Water and intense science fiction themes which were used as inspiration to The Matrix 1999 alongside World on a Wire 1973. Megazone 23 garnered attention and success from its mixture of concepts that had not been explored yet in film. However its success was also due to the big names at the time working on the project being: Director: Noboru Ishiguro Golden Bat Super Dimension Fortress: Macross Macross: Do You Remember Love? Space Battleship Yamato II Writer: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama Arcadia of My Youth City Hunter Dirty Pair GeGeGe No Kitaro Patlabor: The Mobile Police Turn A Gundam Daitarn 3 Shuichi Onodera Windaria GoShogun Space Warriors Baldios Toru Miura AD Police Oh My Goddess Appleseed Bubblegum Crisis Date A Live Haganai 220https://64.media.tumblr.com/33a9bb6a87e9461437f3ab13f5bfb003/tumblrobmp3dESUr1s9fn3ko1540.gif 220https://64.media.tumblr.com/0eda2b4beb6d5bb0280f96d55c203b74/tumblrpa1g58sIZL1w33ey9o11280.gif Looking back at Megazone 23 is like a beautiful time capsule of 80s science fiction in Japan. the film shows its age in some places but to anime fans and especially mecha fans Megazone 23 is a timeless classic. I give a big thank you to the guys over at AnimEigo for officially releasing Megazone 23 in English not as the cluster fuck that Robotech: The Movie was on Blu Ray and Streaming. Buy Megazone 23 https://www.animeigo.com/products/anime/mz23