This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I love the dark satire. I'm not a body horror guy but yeh, the transformations here are applause worthy (great job sfx team!). Performances are top notch n feel appropriately meta with the casting
BUT
the plot kinda drops the ball here a bit....look, yes, I know, I'm happy to let logic take a piss break while we can all enjoy the fun syrupy chaos that ensues, it's just, two things really bug me that get in the way of…
taking the little loved Machinema genre and using it to make a poignant ode to keeping our ion alive even when it doesn't put bread on the table.
sure, there is a little injected drama here and there to give "production" some added gravitas but between the thoroughly thought out and skillfully executed play and the surprising of gamers both thespian and non alike makes for an uplifting watch in a world where chaos and PVP are the norm.
Koike continues his trilogy spin off from The Woman Named Fujiko Miine ramping up to break neck speed.
A more linear tale of revenge that culminates in a showdown that has earned its rightful place next to Ninja Scroll as one of the more memorable and well thought out set pieces.
"Straight to video" OVA's like this do not often have the budgetary means to compete with cinema but make no mistake, Goemon's Bloodspray is punching well above its weight…
