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Midnight Eye: Gokû

Midnight Eye: Gokû

1989TV Mini Series⏱️ 51mTV-MA
AnimationActionDramaSci-FiThriller
6.8
IMDB Rating
1,631 votes

In 2014 Tokyo, a private detective fights crime with two weapons bequeathed by a mysterious benefactor: a mechanical quarterstaff, and a bionic eye that can hack into any computer system.

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Kôichi Yamadera, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Jeff Harding
Release Date
July 18, 2000
Language
Japanese, English
Country
Japan
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Reviews
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Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Kôichi Yamadera
Kôichi Yamadera
as Medical Examiner
👤
Hiroshi Kobayashi
as Col. Kadoma Zenzoh
Jeff Harding
Jeff Harding
as Goku
👤
Juji Matsuda
as Goku
Helene Kvale
Helene Kvale
as Yoshiko
Norio Wakamoto
Norio Wakamoto
as Genji
Wendee Lee
Wendee Lee
as Yoshiko
William Roberts
William Roberts
as Zenzo
👤
Daisuke Gôri
as Ryu
Kirk Thornton
Kirk Thornton
as Ryu

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Color
Production
Madhouse, Sukora, Terasawa Productions

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

JapaneseAdult AnimationAnimeCyberpunkHand-Drawn AnimationPsychological ThrillerSeinenActionAnimationDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Great little guilty pleasure
by Speechless2001-04-04
8/10

"Yoshiaki Kawajiri is so fun. You see, there are a lot of stereotypes about anime, labeling the genre as a shallow excuse to animate women being violated and blood spurting in every direction. Those stereotypes developed largely in response to the films of Yoshiaki Kawajiri. And if you can appreciate his movies for what they are, you'll have a blast watching them. Goku: Midnight Eye is no different. It's an hour-long OVA set in a futuristic city where a sort of female peacock monster is causing police officers to kill themselves. Then it becomes sort of a dark superhero story wh..."

💡 Did You Know?

Has the same computer sound effects used in Alien (1979).

📖 Synopsis

In 2014 Tokyo, a private detective fights crime with two weapons bequeathed by a mysterious benefactor: a mechanical quarterstaff, and a bionic eye that can hack into any computer system.