Goku Midnight Eye

Goku Midnight Eye

Goku Midnight Eye: Part Two OVA cover
Midnight Eye ゴクウ
(Midnight Eye Gokū)
Genre Cyberpunk, Detective fiction
Manga
Written by Buichi Terasawa
Published by Scholar
English publisher
Comics One
DrMaster
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Comic Burger
Original run 1987???
Volumes 4
Original video animation
Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Produced by Naoko Takahashi
Tomiro Kuriyama
Written by Buichi Terasawa
Ryūzō Nakanishi
Music by Kazuhiko Toyama
Yukihide Takekawa
Studio Madhouse
Licensed by
Released January 27, 1989 December 22, 1989
Runtime 60 minutes
Episodes 2

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. The manga has been published in English by ComicsOne and DrMaster.[1][2]

Reception

Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies calls the plot 'incredibly silly', but praises 'stylish locations' and widly theatrical design ideas'.[3]

References

  1. "Goku Midnight Eye Comic Sampler." ComicsOne. April 11, 2004. Retrieved on October 17, 2009.
  2. "ComicOne Transition to Dr.Master." Anime News Network. January 4, 2005. Retrieved on October 17, 2009.
  3. McCarthy, Helen. 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide. — Harper Design, 2009. — P. 64. — 528 p. — ISBN 978-0061474507

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