Op and Ed were forgettable….voice actors were alright and there was hardly any theme or BGM so there is not much I can add there….oh except…the dialogue. I guess the only thing that stood out for me was the extremely humorous moments of engrish which were intentionally there when the bad guys were scheming or celebrating their short lived victories. Well nothing really stands out at all here, again it just feels bland. The kill shots are as humorous as the 80’s show and the same goes for some of the bad guys facial designs but other than that the animation is disappointing…and to be honest I have seen other FOTNS OVA’s created in the 2000’s with better animation than this so yeah I am really disappointed with the overall presentation of this show visual novel game where everything looks extremely plain and it feels like someone just did a paint by numbers job on everything…it just looks extremely dull, stiff and bland. Sadly another bad thing is this anime has the look of an old As usual the character designs are very templated but that itself is a common trait of this franchise. Well it’s definitely an improvement compared against the 80’s series but the characters and movements / motions feel painfully stiff. Thoughts After Watching: Seriously is that it….scratches head continuously Thoughts Before Watching: Hell yeah a prequel to one of the most classic fighting Anime’s of all time hell yeah, maybe ill get to see how cool things where before the nuclear apocalypse and possibly how it all came to be….especially with updated animation, bring it on!

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