Line #26 Manga/BlackMagicM66


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3	Creator/MasamuneShirow's short manga from 1983, adapted into an OVA by Creator/{{AIC}} in 1987, later released by Creator/MangaEntertainment.
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5	Anti-personnel robots have escaped after a plane crash. Specialists and the military are called to the site of the crash, but they can't figure out why the robots would have torn out of their cases - unless they were programmed to hunt someone. The others at the scene are Sybil and Richard, two investigative reporters looking for a scoop. They soon find themselves more involved in the case than they'd like, protecting a young girl, Paris, the inventor's granddaughter...
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7	This OVA is the first adaptation of one of Masamune Shirow's works, and the only one to date in which he had direct involvement in the production (writing, storyboarding and co-directing it). The OVA is notable for having a very dedicated animation quality, in large part due to the extensiveness of Shirow's storyboarding. It combines action and comedy and also takes much inspiration from ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.
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10	!!''Black Magic M-66'' provides examples of:
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20	* AFatherToHisMen: After Paris has been rescued and the second M-66 neutralized, a weary and saddened Major is shown going over the names of his troops who were killed during the operation, all 18 of them. He laments their deaths and wonders what he can say to their grieving families.
21	* ActionGirl: Sybil is the protagonist, other most notable human female character of the film aside from [[DamselInDistress Paris]], and while otherwise just a reporter she is not afraid of using guns and explosives or offer herself as a HumanShield to protect Paris and get her scoop.
22	* AdaptationalMundanity: The original M-66 manga takes place in Venus and the "Black Magic" is there because one of the main characters is a [[PersonOfMassDestruction powerful]] mage.
23	%% * ArmiesAreEvil: Averted. The military could just wait for the M66 to kill its target and shut down, but they go to considerable lengths trying to capture it preemptively instead.
24	%% * CityNoir
25	* ClusterFBomb: Cluster S Bomb. Shit is apparently Sybil's favorite word, but she does get a PrecisionFStrike to the police.
26	* ConservationOfNinjutsu: When there are two M-66 robots, one of them is destroyed by the troops with a [[MultipleGunshotDeath barrage of assault rifle fire]] and trapping it with a net forcing it to self-destruct. The remaining M-66 spends the rest of the film [[ImplacableMan quite implacable]].
27	* CyberPunk: There are killer robots, a military cover-up, a truth-seeking reporter and early 90s internet. That's Cyberpunk in a nutshell.
28	* DamselInDistress: The scientist's granddaughter, Paris, [[TheLoad is really only useful in this role]]. Lampshaded by Sybil.
29	* {{Determinator}}: The M-66 units are perfect successors of the Terminators, keeping on going regardless of what is thrown at them, taking absurd amounts of damage to take down, annihilating lots of RedShirt troops, and even falling off buildings. [[spoiler:The second M-66 (the one who falls off a building) only stops when it gets its off switch flipped.]]
30	* DidntThinkThisThrough: The scientist who developed the M-66 robots (in the OAV) used the information of Paris (his own grand-daughter) to test the machines' target acquisition software. He had planned to wipe the memory once the units arrived to their testing facility, but the whole mess of the film occurs when an accident makes the units activate prematurely and go into "search and destroy" mode with Paris as their target.
31	* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:The second M-66 is blown up by an explosive charge Sybil sets on the rooftop after it gets severely damaged in the pursuit of her and Paris and then falls to the street. And even then [[NotQuiteDead it "wakes up" for one final scare]] before it gets its off switch pressed.]]
32	%% * TheDitz: Paris
33	%% * DumbBlonde: Paris
34	* {{Fainting}}: Paris faints at the most inconvenient times.
35	* {{Fanservice}}: A funny but totally gratuitous opening scene of Sybil wearing nothing but a towel around her neck as she reads the report on the escaped robots. She even almost leaves her apartment clad in just her camera case... she then leaves clad in just her camera case ''plus'' a pair of pants draped over her shoulder and a pair of black boots. Another example is the scene where Paris is introduced at her home, where she is shown wearing a rather skimpy outfit that leaves little to the imagination.
36	%% * FemBot: The M-66 androids.
37	* ImmuneToBullets: The M-66 androids take an absurd amount of damage to kill, and that includes bullets and even explosives.
38	* IntrepidReporter: Sybil faces extreme danger to get the story and even saves the scientist's granddaughter from the title robot, making her a particularly badass version of the trope.
39	* KillerRobot: The escaped M-66's are assassination androids and they spend the whole film on a rampage.
40	%% * MadScientist: In both the loony and angry sense.
41	%% * MamaBear: Sybil's sort of odd about this with her protection of Paris.
42	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The M-66 androids are basically killer robot ninjas. One's a robot kunoichi for extra awesome.
43	* OpaqueNerdGlasses: The scientist has the swirly and opaque glasses.
44	* PlayingPossum: The M-66 units need to open up cooling vents to use their lasers, so the military tries to make one overheat and shut down by ensaring it in wire and letting it try to shoot its way out. It's when they get close that they discover ([[RedShirt the hard way]]) that it pretended to shut down.
45	%% * PrecisionFStrike: Done in the Manga dub in [[ObligatorySwearing true "fifteening" style]].
46	%% -->'''Sybil''': '''''FUCK OFF!'''''
47	* ProductPlacement: Funnily enough Sybil wears an ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' shirt.
48	* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: The M-66 androids have the unbelievable fluidity of a ninja in their movements, but in terms of emotion, they're nothing but robots.
49	* RobotAntenna: The M-66 androids sport these unless they're trying to pass for human.
50	* RobotMaid: The mad scientist builds them and in one scene you only see the maid from behind and she gets blown up. This is enough for a shock, until [[RuleOfFunny you see she was a robot all along.]]
51	%% * ShoutOut: To ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', appropriately since a lot of the themes and plot are obviously inspired by it.
52	%% * SpoiledBrat: Paris.
53	* TakingYouWithMe: When an M-66 is destroyed, it detonates its "skin", which is filled with small darts. Then it begins emitting toxic gas.
54	* TankTopTomboy: Sybil wears a tank top while kicking back and drinking a beer, like a true {{Ladette}}.
55	%% * TapOnTheHead: Attempted by Sybil, but her hands were tied and the attempt was less than effective, so the only reaction from the potential victim was an annoyed "Bitch."
56	%% * TechnologyPorn: Along with SceneryPorn, standard for the author.
57	%% * TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
58	* WeaksauceWeakness: Supplying a final, absurd joke: after everything that the M-66 robots pull off during the film [[ImplacableMan and survive to keep on attacking]], the unit is finally stopped [[spoiler:by its developing scientist pressing the "off" switch that is located in its face.]]
59	* XMarksTheHero: The woman in charge of the military's got this scar on her cheek.
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