Saturday, 13 February 2010

California Crisis - 1986

California Crisis is a 45 minute OVA by the largely unkwown Studio Unicorn. A small, independent company that set out to do a few ambitious projects but failed to cause more than a blip on the radar before going the way of the dodo. California Crisis is very unique for many reasons. As the name suggests it's set in Southern California, spread over a range of locations from San Diego, Orange County to Los Angeles. The time flashes on the screen when a key scene or location changes. You can tell the creators were striving to push the boundaries of style with this one, seen particurly clearly by the way the character designs and high contrast animation style are constructed. Only Megazone 23 Part II has used such a similiar technique and that came out in the same year, which shows what little effect it had on the industry.

The story is about a guy named Noera who loves driving his red convertible. One day he meets a girl called Marsha after rescueing her from some trouble. She has a mysterious object that the government's Men in Black are chasing her for. Noera agrees to protect her and the wild adventure begins.

More extensive review & screenshots coming soon - English Subtitled Fansub now available below:

Download Here - California Crisis

Overall Grade/Rating: A+
Commercial Availability:
VHS (Japan), LD (Japan)

11 comments:

Tony Higgins said...

I wish I had a VHS copy to contribute, as I'd love to see this rare gem.
Fingers crossed for a future find.

Carter said...

I saw a portion of this in raw on youtube a while ago. It would be nice to see a VHS rip of it, I've been waiting forever for this one.

Have you tried Yahoo auctions Japan or anything like that? They may have something.

Kevin said...

This link goes to a guy that apparently bought a copy of the video about to years ago. I don't know if this will help you in your quest for CC, but then again he might be able to point you in the right direction.

http://tiny9ie.blogspot.com/2007/08/california-crisis-gun-salvo-1986.html

Anonymous said...

I cant take this anymore!!Someone pls Find a copy!Looks like I might have to buy one off of yahoo auction.jp. I just need to find someone that can bid for me overseas then I can send them money!

Anonymous said...

Nice. This sounds promising. I love to see old and rare animes if they're good and usually not too violent (like Go Nagai series). By the way, may I ask what you are planning to do next? I would suggest Jigoku Sensei Nube movie / oav as it would be easy to find and only Spanish subs are available at the moment.

Jafari Stew said...

AWESOME!! I can't WAIT To finally check this one out, the animation looks amazing!! Thank you so much!!

Anonymous said...

AAAAHHHHGGGG.... I've been waiting for this for so long and now the link is dead. Man rotten timing on my part.

Anyways, great site and thanks for all the great work.

Area88 said...

Link updated since a verson 2 was created to fix a minor spelling mistake. Next release will be Maryuu Senki hopefully.

Anonymous said...

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ive been waiting for so long and its finally out:)Thank you so much:)You are the best!Keep up the good work:) I tell all my friends about your site:)

Jafari Stew said...

Great!! Looking forward to Maryuu Senki

Marcellus said...

So Umm, the ending?

*SPOILERS* DO NOT READ

What was the purpose of the Space Mind?

 
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