In the future, female wrestlers don ability-enhancing metal suits and square
off in the ring before numerous spectators. It's the hottest sport in town...
it's Neo Pro-Wrestling! Ginko, Sayaka, Nana, and Miku make up the Pretty Four, one of the teams vying
for the championship.
Can they make it to the top? There's someone out there who will go through any
length to make sure they don't...
Review: Metal Fighter Miku
I picked up Metal Fighter Miku from Right Stuf's Weekly Specials at an
all-time low price of twenty bucks a couple of years ago. I was totally clueless about the plot, all I was sure of was that it was cheap
and I had to get it.
Metal Fighter Miku is set some time in the future
(keep in mind this series was originally released in the mid-1990's),
which oddly enough is very much similar to the era we are living in now except
for the part about Neo Pro-Wrestling.
A teenage girl named Miku is the latest member of the Pretty Four, one of the
many wrestling teams who are invited to compete for the grand championship.
Miku eats, drinks, and breathes wrestling.
Her role model is Aquamarine, the greatest female wrestler to ever grace Neo
Pro-Wrestling. But if Miku and company are to become champions, they must
defeat Aquamarine as well. Enter Eiichi, a brash drunkard who's commissioned
as the Pretty Four's coach.
The Pretty Four are flabbergasted by Eiichi's unpleasant demeanor, but what's
even more surprising is the fact that Eiichi was the one who honed
Aquamarine's skills as a wrestler.
Metal Fighter Miku follows the classic underdogs-rising-to-the-top formula,
wherein the Pretty Four led by Miku are the wrestling neophytes fighting their
way up against all odds.
The story follows the usual course -- protagonists working hard to reach their
goal, an antagonist doing everything he can to make sure they don't make it,
all building up to the eventual triumph of the title character.
There's nothing special about this series, but it somehow does the job of
providing enough amusement for the next 325 minutes. I was actually able to watch it in one sitting without difficulty.
The art and animation come off as rather trite and dated, which should not
necessarily be the case since this came out in Japan at about the same time as
the likes of Fushigi Yuugi and The Vision of Escaflowne.
The English voice acting is okay in general, except for Ginko's voice which I
found to be insufferable. I also noticed a lot of differences between the English subtitles and the
English language dialogues.
There were added, omitted, and changed phrases, albeit the main gist of the
story remained relatively intact.
Despite the numerous clichés that plague it, Metal Fighter Miku is
surprisingly watchable and even quite fun... nevermind that you'll probably
forget all about it in a day or two.
Miscellanies: Metal Fighter Miku
Metal Fighter Miku | |
| Genre | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sports |
|---|---|
| Episodes | 13 |
| Status | Finished Airing |
| Aired | Jul 8, 1994 to Sep 30, 1994 |
| Producers | Victor Entertainment, Studio Jack |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Rating | PG-13 - Teens 13 or older |
| Themes | Combat Sports |
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