Goku Midnight Eye (1989) MIDNIGHT EYE ゴクウ
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Screenwriter: Takeichi Terasawa / Takazo Nakanishi
Starring: Shigeharu Matsuda / Mami Koyama / Yoshio Wakamoto / Hideo Terashima / Yusaku Yara / Koji Koya / Michihiro Ikemizu / Koichi Yamadera / Daisuke Kurami / Ichiro Nagai / Kyoko Terase / Kanako Kawanami / Lemasa Leyuki
Genre: Science Fiction / Animation / Thriller
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Language: Japanese
Date: 1989-01-27 (Japan)
Number of episodes: 2
Single episode length: 50 minutes
Also known as: 午夜之眼 / MIDNIGHT EYE ゴクウⅡ
IMDb: tt0097445
Adaptation: Inspiration
Summary:
As Toei V animation (OVA), in 1989, “Goku” (hereinafter referred to as “I”) and “Goku II” (hereinafter referred to as “II”) were released by Toei Video on VHS and LD. there is “I” visualizes the episode “Yoko” from the first episode of the original, and “II” visualizes the episode “Yoshiko”. A DVD was also released on April 21, 2008 as “MIDNIGHT EYE Goku Complete DVD”.
Goku Midnight Eye (Japanese: MIDNIGHT EYE ゴクウ, Hepburn: Midnight Eye Gokū) is a manga series by Buichi Terasawa about a detective named Goku Furinji (風林寺 悟空, Fūrinji Gokū) who gains a cybernetic eye implant that can control any computer system on the planet. The manga has been published in English by ComicsOne and DrMaster.
Goku II: Midnight Eye (1989) MIDNIGHT EYE ゴクウ Ⅱ
Director: Kawajiri Yoshiaki
Screenwriter: Takeichi Terasawa
Starring: Shigeharu Matsuda, Yoshiko Fujita, Daisuke Korori, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Aono, Kazunari Futamata, Yumi Futuma, Kazumi Tanaka, Masato Hirano, Yoshio Kawai, Koji Toya
Genre: Sci-fi / Animation / Thriller
Production Country/Region: Japan
Language: Japanese
Date: 1989-12-22 (Japan)
Duration: 78 minutes
Also known as: Goku II: Midnight Eye
IMDb: tt4930540
Adaptation: Alternative Universe
Summary:
A beautiful woman who calls herself Ryoko asks the former detective Goku, nicknamed “Goku”, to find her brother within 3 days. Goku, who is unhappy about this, soon learns that her brother Ryu has died 15 years ago. But Ryoko insists that her brother is still alive. Just as she said, Ryu has become a beast-like robot and continues to live… This film is the second part of the hard science fiction OVA “Midnight Eyes” adapted from the original manga by Takeichi Terasawa. Like the previous work, the director is still Yoshiaki Kawajiri of the animated version of “Wicked City”.
