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Cyber City Oedo 808

CYBER CITY OEDO 808

A silver-haired figure raises one arm beside a framed view of a dark-haired woman.
An encounter from the third OVA, whose case follows murdered geneticists and the pursuit of immortality. ©マッドハウス

Three convicted criminals are sent to solve violent cases in a future city, earning reductions to immense sentences while explosive collars enforce their cooperation.

The three OVAs shift the main investigation between Sengoku, Gogul and Benten. Sengoku faces a hijacked building computer; Gogul’s murder case reaches an experimental military cyborg; Benten follows killings among geneticists. Solving those cases still means working under the authority that controls their chances of freedom.

A dark-haired man in a high-collared coat has blood running down his face.
The cases offer a route toward freedom under an immediate threat of punishment. ©マッドハウス

Blood on Sengoku’s face makes the promised bargain look brutally practical. A collar does not become voluntary employment simply because good performance might shorten a sentence. The three leads’ differing styles give each long OVA its own focus while preserving that common constraint. Its short overall commitment suits a search for concentrated cyberpunk crime stories with a coercive premise.

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Three futuristic investigators pose against dense blue technological structures.
©マッドハウス
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