History Anime / Megazone23

* HumanPopsicle: This is taken to a extreme with [[spoiler:the real Eve Tokimatsuri]], who is found having not aged a single day... in the entire length of the series, which takes place over a thousand years.

* FountainOfYouth:
** In part II, B.D. looks at least ten years younger than his part I self. And is also more buff.
** This is taken to a extreme with [[spoiler:the real Eve Tokimatsuri]], who is found having not aged a single day... in the entire length of the series, which takes place over a thousand years.

* HumanityOnTrial:
** The effective purpose of Eve's talk with Shogo about life, the universe, and everything in Part II.
** [[spoiler:The real Eve takes Eiji to the crash site of the escape pod from Part II, walking past where the city's umbilical system is destroying the replanted forests.]]

The original American distributions of ''Megazone 23'' were anything but impressive. The first part was briefly released in North America by Harmony Gold and Creator/TheCannonGroup as ''{{Anime/Robotech}} the Movie''. Carl Macek crudely spliced in footage from ''Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross'' to force a linkage between the two shows (and apparently the Cannon bosses wanted less girl talk and more Giant Robot fights), and of course the [[{{Macekre}} usual Macek dub script]] was conjured up out of nothing to replace the original dialogue. Macek and Harmony Gold also produced a dub of ''Part 2'' (with a different cast and set of character names), which was only released in Japan as an aid for teaching English. (It also used footage of the alternate ending for ''Part 1'' that was produced for the Robotech movie as a prologue). Creator/StreamlinePictures later produced a straight dub of Part 1 with the same cast as the International Part 2 (but Japanese character names), but couldn't release Parts 2 and 3 due to their financial problems and inevitable shutdown. Later, Creator/MangaEntertainment released an un-butchered version of Part 3 for the UK on VHS, but the result, reportedly, was still horrendous.

* AlmostLethalWeapons

* RobotGirl: Implied with Eve Tokimatsuri. [[spoiler: Eve is just a normal teenage girl... who went into hypersleep for over a millenia.]]

** In The accident crash we see [[Series/KamenRider an white Suzuki T-20 and a pilot with an red scarf]].

* {{Shonen}}

** Played fairly straight with Eve, except in Part II when she's reprogrammed as a propaganda tool, wearing solely an unflattering military uniform. Every other appearance of Eve, [[spoiler: Even the real one]] looks far nicer on the eyes.

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Tomomi]] in Part I; .

The original American distributions of ''Megazone 23'' were anything but impressive. The first part was briefly released in North America by Harmony Gold and Creator/TheCannonGroup as ''{{Anime/Robotech}} the Movie''. Carl Macek crudely spliced in footage from ''Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross'' to force a linkage between the two shows(and apparently the Cannon bosses wanted less girl talk and more Giant Robot fights), and of course the [[{{Macekre}} usual Macek dub script]] was conjured up out of nothing to replace the original dialogue. Macek and Harmony Gold also produced a dub of ''Part 2'' (with a different cast and set of character names), which was only released in Japan as an aid for teaching English. (It also used footage of the alternate ending for ''Part 1'' that was produced for the Robotech movie as a prologue). Creator/StreamlinePictures later produced a straight dub of Part 1 with the same cast as the International Part 2 (but Japanese character names), but couldn't release Parts 2 and 3 due to their financial problems and inevitable shutdown. Later, Creator/MangaEntertainment released an un-butchered version of Part 3 for the UK on VHS, but the result, reportedly, was still horrendous.

In September 2019, Creator/{{Animeigo}} successfully funded a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign to release the Blu-Ray remasters of the series, also including the existing English translations -- even the "International" Harmony Gold dub of ''Part II''.

* {{Gorn}}: ''Part II'' is pure {{Gorn}}.

* TheHeavy: In ''Part II'', B.D. is too busy tracking down EVE, fighting against the Dezalg, and dealing with politics to track down Shogo himself; therefore, he assigns that duty to Lieutenant Shiratori, a TheNeidermeyer type who represents militaristic traditionalist values to contrast with Shogo's rebellious bikers.

* WaveMotionGun / ChestBlaster: One of the enemy Garlands has this in Part 3 [[spoiler: and it is also [[AttackItsWeakPoint a weak point]] that Eiji may attack.]]

* DecoyGetaway:
** "Who? ''WHO'' did you say? [[CulturalTranslation Johnny... Winters]]? [[{{Narm}} So sorry, I DON'T KNOW THE GUY!]] [Laughs]" (From the Harmony Gold dub of ''Part II''.)

* MegaCorp: E=X and Orange are the main rival corporations in Part 3

** The title of the series in rendered in Katakana as "Megazon Tsu Suri", So "Megazone Two Three" IS the intended pronunciation. Has nothing to do with fandom or Macek (thank God).

The original American distributions of ''Megazone 23'' were anything but impressive. It was briefly released in North America by Harmony Gold as ''{{Anime/Robotech}} the Movie''. Carl Macek crudely spliced in footage from ''{{Anime/Robotech}}'' to force a linkage between the two shows, and of course the [[{{Macekre}} usual Macek dub script]] was conjured up out of nothing to replace the original dialogue. Macek and Harmony Gold also produced a dub of ''Part 2'' (with a different cast and set of character names), which was only released in Japan as an aid for teaching English. (It also used footage of the alternate ending for ''Part 1'' that was produced for the Robotech movie as a prologue). Creator/StreamlinePictures later produced a straight dub of Part 1 with the same cast as the International Part 2 (but Japanese character names), but couldn't release Parts 2 and 3 due to their financial problems and inevitable shutdown. Later, Creator/MangaEntertainment released an un-butchered version of Part 3 for the UK on VHS, but the result, reportedly, was still horrendous.

* AdamAndEvePlot: Eve's interest in Shogo turns out to be in determining whether his love for Yui, and to a lesser extent his concern for his friends, might make them all candidates for repopulating earth after A.D.A.M. destroys the Megazone.
** SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The defence system for Earth is the ADAM System. The computer system built into the city computer is called EVE, as is the female proxy for humanity in all the instalments.

* AllThereInTheManual: There is an unbelievable amount of information out there that isn't even hinted at in the released episodes. For instance, the identity and history of the enemy, why the deserted levels of Megazone 23 where B.D.'s forces hid from Bahamut existed, et cetera. This is to be expected since the first OVA was a compilation of animation from a scrapped TV series.
** [[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.anime/apXcXCOsQk4 Someone translated the booklets]] from the BD release in Japan.

* BloodierAndGorier[=/=]HotterAndSexier: While the first OVA was hardly kid friendly, featuring its fair share of nudity and some scenes of gore, the second OVA absolutely '''demolished''' the first in those areas. The second OVA was filled to the brim with graphic depictions of extreme gore and bloodshed that would make Creator/QuentinTarantino orgasm, and speaking of orgasms, the women in the second OVA were so sexed up that one couldn't go a full five minutes without a slipped nipple. And that isn't even getting into Yui and Shogo's completely-gratuitous sex scene and the sequence of Yui and the female gang members in the shower.
** This is because ''Part II'' is the work of [[{{Anime/Kite}} Yasuomi]] [[Anime/MezzoForte Umetsu]] and Ichiro [[MacrossMissileMassacre Itano]].

* CoolBike: The Garlands, which not only transform into a humanoid mech mode, but also potentially have a direct connection to the Bahamut super computer. That said, they're not actually very good bikes. They can go very fast, but it's all brute thrust [[MasterOfNone and they're extremely bulky and unmaneuverable due carrying all their robot parts around with them]], unlike the Hargans. Amusingly demonstrated by Shogo causing several traffic accidents as he tries to drive it the same way as a normal bike.

* DecoyGetaway: "Who? ''WHO'' did you say? [[CulturalTranslation Johnny... Winters]]? [[{{Narm}} So sorry, I DON'T KNOW THE GUY!]] [Laughs]" (From the Harmony Gold dub of ''Part II''.)

* FanservicePack: Inverted in ''Part II'' -- Yui's still cute and all, but she's got absolutely ''nothing'' on the Yui in ''Part I''.

* FountainOfYouth: In part II, B.D. looks at least ten years younger than his part I self. And is also more buff.

* GratuitousEnglish: the video game "Hard On."

* HumanityOnTrial: The effective purpose of Eve's talk with Shogo about life, the universe, and everything in Part II.

* MyNaymeIs: The title was once commonly transliterated as Megazone Two-Three, and may have originated with the Robotech fandom. Carl Macek was known to use this title when discussing the film. The actual title is an indirect reference to the 23 districts of Tokyo.

** A mild and consistent error is in the naming of the bike and the civic computer.
*** Most fans who are used to the Harmony Gold dubs refer to the bike as the Bahamut or Bahamode, sometimes suffixing it with Garland, and assume EVE is the civic computer outright.
*** Fans who have watched the later dub of the third part, or the remastered dub, correctly refer to the bike as the Garland outright and the civic computer as interchangeably Bahamut or Bahamode.

** Here's one that isn't cross-cultural: The cops in the car that Shogo kicks are [[Franchise/LupinIII Lupin and Jigen]] lookalikes.

* TimeSkip: Between Parts 2 and 3, with the protagonist being descended from presumably Shogo Yahagi and Yui Kisaragi.

* TookALevelInBadass: Shogo starts out as a hapless twentysomething nobody. Then he gets a superbike that turns into a robot. ''Then'' he becomes and outlaw and starts hobnobbing with dangerous lunatics.

* YourSizeMayVary: A lot of scenes show a huge discrepancy between the Maneuver Slaves' bike and robot modes. The first time we ever see one it's almost as big as the transport truck it comes out of.

* BlandNameProduct: A fairly notable aversion - brand names are used very regularly. When's the last time you saw a for real Coca-Cola can in an anime, honestly?

* [[spoiler:Yui]] during and after she shagged with [[spoiler:Shougo]]. His nipples were also shown.
* Ryo during the shower scene in Part III.

* NippleAndDimed: [[spoiler:Yui]] during and after she shagged with [[spoiler:Shougo]]. His nipples were also shown.

* NippleAndDimed: [[spoiler:Yui]] during and after she shagged with [[spoiler:Shougo]]. He nipples were also shown.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: It's strongly implied that Shogo became Bishop Won Dai]]

* KnifeNut: Eiji Takanaka's fighting style while in a Garland
* KillTheCutie [[spoiler: Tomomi ]] in Part I

* TheMenInBlack

* RoadBlock

* ShoutOut / CulturalCrossReference

Teenager Shogo Yahagi is a motorcycle nut with few cares in the world; he and his friends do little more than ride around and have fun. This all changes when one of his older friends leaves a mysterious, incredibly-advanced motorcycle called the Bahamut in Shogo's possession. The Bahamut is far more than it seems, and a mysterious cabal of [[TheMenInBlack men in black]] seems willing to do anything to get it back. Soon, Shogo discovers some of the secrets hidden in the Bahamut, and it leads him to even more secrets; secrets that will completely change his understanding of the world he lives in.

* WaveMotionGun / ChestBlaster: One of the enemy Garlands has this in Part 3 [[spoiler: and it is also something that Eiji may AttackItsWeakPoint ForMassiveDamage]]

Not to be confused with [[FanFic/UndocumentedFeatures MegaZone]].[[note]]Brian Bikowicz, the co-author of ''UndocumentedFeatures'', legally changed his name to [=MegaZone=] because he was such a big fan of this anime.[[/note]]

Teenager Shogo Yahagi is a motorcycle nut with few cares in the world; he and his friends do little more than ride around and have fun. This all changes when one of his older friends leaves a mysterious, incredibly-advanced motorcycle called the Bahamut in Shogo's possession. The Bahamut is far more than it seems, and a mysterious cabal of [[TheMenInBlack men in black]] seems willing to do anything to get it back. Soon, Shogo discovers some of the secrets hidden in the Bahamut, and it leads him to even more -- secrets that will completely change his understanding of the world he lives in.

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