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“Detective Hazama uncovers cyborg theft, dies, and a darker 8 Man emerges to protect Sachiko amid cyber-junkie chaos.”
8 Man After
エイトマン AFTER
6.27
9,122 rank · 5,787 viewers · 8 favorites
Action
Drama
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
Detective Hazama uncovers cyborg theft, dies, and a darker 8 Man emerges to protect Sachiko amid cyber-junkie chaos.
Private detective Hazama Itsuru is hired by Professor Tani to investigate a cyborg parts theft which eventually leads him to meet Sachiko Yokogawa, the original 8 Man's love interest. Living her new life working for the Biotecho Corp., Sachiko finds herself involved with a new 8 Man, who appears after Hazama is fatally wounded by an unknow cyborg. Amidst a violent urban background with cyber-junkies creating chaos around the city, this other 8 Man will fight criminals in a more agressive way.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
7.2
/10
What 9 viewers settled on.
75%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 4
σ 2.04
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.04 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.5 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 4.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 2.78
Running avg · May 2009 → Jun 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I love this anime i watched a long time ago when i was younger i believe on sci fi then i bought it when i was like 12 lol. it's a good movie unfortionatly I could never get my hands on the tv...”
- 9 “yooooo...I enjoyed this anime having watched it for the first time today it did not disappoint. so i dig it very much. i loved every aspect of the anime narrative story, and the name given to the...”
- 8 “Gotham city has Batman,Metropolis has Superman and the people of New York has Spiderman.Well 8 Man is the hero in this town.To be honest I didn't really expect much from this anime given its...”
Verbosity
Short · 22%
Medium · 33%
Long · 44%
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A Ova Production
J.C.Staff.- Format 4 × 28′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 52m all episodes
- Aired Aug 1993 – Nov 1993
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-1215 catalog
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- Discotek Media Licensor