Download (OVA)

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Download (OVA)
Directed by Rintaro
Written byRintaro
Music by Hiroshi Kamayatsu
Animation by Yoshinori Kanada
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Download: Namu Amida Butsu wa Ai no Uta, [a] also known as Download: Devil's Circuit [1] and Download: Song in Loving Homage to Amida Buddha, [2] is a direct-to-video anime inspired by the NEC PC Engine games Download and Download 2 . [3] [4]

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Staff

Besides including themes that inspired psychological studies, such as brain–computer interfaces, [5] the OVA is notable for its production staff, [6] which included Rintaro and Yoshinori Kanada, [7] [8] two of the most acclaimed and important animators in anime history, [9] [10] [11] and Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu, a member of the enormously popular 1960s band The Spiders and later a successful solo artist. [12]

Reception

Hardcore Gaming 101 , a respected retrogaming publication, [13] [14] [15] observed apparent influences from Akira and Megazone 23 . It highlighted that the title introduces Japanese Buddhist themes to the franchise, but criticized the fact that the length of the animation is not long enough to develop its plot. [16]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ダウンロード 南無阿弥陀仏は愛の詩, Hepburn: Daunrōdo Namu Amida Butsu wa Ai no Uta

References

  1. ↑ K, Stephen (21 February 2022). "REVIEW: Download - Devil's Circuit (1992)". Arcadia Pod. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (9 February 2015). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN   978-1-61172-909-2.
  3. ↑ "ＰＣエンジン関連映像". www.pcengine.jp. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "WEBアニメスタイル_アニメの作画を語ろう". www.style.fm.
  5. ↑ アニメーションの臨床心理学 (in Japanese). 誠信書房. August 2006. pp. 190–192. ISBN   978-4-414-40029-8 . Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Gekkan PC Engine #01 (January 1993)". TurboPlay Magazine Archives. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "DOWN LOAD 南無阿弥陀仏は愛の詩". www.madhouse.co.jp. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "ダウンロード". www.linkclub.or.jp. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Green, Laurence (8 June 2019). "Selling the spectacle of destruction - The films of Rintaro, and Japanese animation's transnational transformation from 'cult' to 'commercial'". London Screen Studies Group Conference. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  10. ↑ Watzky, Matteo (3 December 2023). "The Dynamism of Anime Images: The Case of the 'Kanada-style' Movement". The Journal of Anime and Manga Studies. 4: 190–218. doi: 10.21900/j.jams.v4.1195 . ISSN   2689-2596.
  11. ↑ Utsugi, Kei; Naemura, Takeshi; Koike, Takafumi; Oikawa, Michio (8 November 2011). "E-IMPACT: Exaggerated illustrations using multi-perspective animation control tree structure". Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology. Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 1–8. doi:10.1145/2071423.2071502. ISBN   978-1-4503-0827-4 . Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Monstrous Melodies and Island Fantasies: Mothra, The Peanuts, and Japan's Cold War Cultures". The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "Mega Man: A Transmission from Another World". The Escapist. 2010-04-27. Archived from the original on 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  14. ↑ "Hardcore Gaming 101 Unveils Top 250 Western Gaming Tunes". The Escapist. 2011-12-23. Archived from the original on 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  15. ↑ "History of pre-Street Fighter II pugilism sims; wow, the past really sucked". Destructoid. 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  16. ↑ "Download (Anime)". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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