Anime: Choujin Gakuen Gowcaizer: The Voltage Fighters 2y2p5k

Overview
Explosions, skimpy costumes, characters with no depth and many more wonderful things! For starters I didn't watch this OVA thinking it would be good, rather the opposite I wanted something B-level to laugh at it. I wasn't disappointed, it definitely is bad but actually in some levels not as bad as I thought it would be.

The story is set in a futuristic school setting with characters given special stones that make them transform. The "heroes" of the story are basically given their powers from the enemy to kill the enemy. This I found sort of retarded even the reason they give for it is stupid. But anyways this is all a sorry excuse to have fighting and half AND fully naked girls run around.

Its watchable, but mainly because its a 3 part OVA.... I don't know if it is actually, it says that on Anidb but when I watched it, it was more a full length movie. Anyways don't expect to be seeing anything awesome. Its nice to compare and see things in a different Era though and be able to compare with the present.

Ratings

Animation
Overall its pretty good. I personally enjoy this older less CG art style, I mean sure it looks less realistic, but I don't feel anime should have to look realistic, because it isn't.

Backgrounds
They don't have that many different settings. Most of the time its cityscape or the school. I think overall they worked fine, didn't have as much impact as other things.

Characters set
The characters have an older feel to them. I really liked the bodies, but the faces bothered me quite a bit. I guess I'm just use to more cute and rounder faces, these ones were rough and shaped differently. In of angles and movement it was really good. I rarely found myself seeing the bodies get distorted or look out of place. That and they definitely put lots of effort into making the girls sexy and appealing. For the most part they wear extremely revealing clothing like bikinis and g-strings.

Movement
The battles were probably my favorite part of the animation. They were exciting and had a good deal of movement. They also mixed in a good mixture of projectile and close combat so it didn't get boring. Last but not least you get TONS of over the top explosions and bodies flying all over the place! Great fun

Sound
The sound works out decently well. In of the voice acting I have no idea who the voice actors are and I don't feel like looking it up. I do have to say though this is dubbed as well, so if you are interested in that kind of thing its available. For the Japanese side, i didn't have any voice I particularly enjoyed. It was more voices I hated which included most of the cast. The anime itself followed one basic model and the sound was no different. Each character had a certain air and way to speak and that is how they spoke from start to finish. The background music was pretty good, they used the right music at the right time. I.e. fast upbeat for fights, slow sad songs for story dialogue and hopeful music for saving people. The opening and ending music I didn't care for too much.

Story
The story is nonsensical and for me irrelevant. They really tried to make it different and have some interesting plot twists. The problem is you are too busy looking for flashy battles and scantily cad girls running around. At the end of the day they just needed something to give them a reason to do what they are doing. So the point is don't think about it when watching.

Characters
The characters are just as bad as the story. Just a little taste of what you have: The main character is a self righteous guy who wants to fight and not hurt people :S. The other main character wants to get revenge and doesn't care about anything else.... The two girls are ditzy and run around trying to get attention from the main characters. Yep great cast!

Value and Enjoyment
You won't get anything out of this even if you try, so don't. I would never re-watch this either just not worth your time, even one time is a big investment hahahha. In of enjoyment it was Meh. I didn't hate it, didn't like it. It was just something to waste some time on. Have fun if you give it a whirl.

Note: This is a translation of eraztun's review, thus the scores are exactly the same. If you want to leave ratings/, please do so on that review, not this one. I have not seen Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer myself, so some of these translations may be slightly out of context. If/when I do watch this OVA, I'll add my own review and adjust the scores accordingly.

Back in the days when video arcades were more common, this game appeared. It didn't come close to the level of King of Fighters, but it was on Neo-Geo, and it was good.

When I saw that the OVAs based on the game had come out, it piqued my curiosity and I checked them out. The plot was more or less the same as the game's.

There is an evil creature from another dimension, who wants to eliminate humanity, and in fact almost achieves that goal with a terrible and mysterious earthquake.

One city manages to rise from the ashes, and the key to the hope of mankind is found in its school: some students with superpowers, thanks to the Gowcaizer stones.

Up to this point it can sound good, but the truth is that it's very disappointing. What can one expect from some action OVAs? Action, for one, but actually there isn't very much of it.

You'll be bored for the majority of the time, and when it seems like there will be a fight, it doesn't even last for two seconds. It lacks exposition, the plot is mega-monotonous, and the episodes last too long.

If you've played the game, you can give Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer a chance, but if you didn't, don't even bother with it.