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“Two fun-loving girls uncover dark secrets behind their pro-wrestling training with mysterious Kidou Corporation.”
Wanna-Be's
ウォナビーズ
5.27
13,693 rank · 4,113 viewers · 2 favorites
Comedy
Sports
Combat Sports
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Synopsis
Two fun-loving girls uncover dark secrets behind their pro-wrestling training with mysterious Kidou Corporation.
This OVA begins with a tag-team battle between the elegant girls of Dream Team and the heavy-face-painted women of Foxy Ladies. Naturally, the Dream Team gets the crap kicked out of them, but not before one of them makes one strong attempt at lifting the 250-pound Foxy lady over her head. The ones to take their place are Eri and Miki of the Wanna-Be's team. Miki and Eri are both just fun girls who want to have fun, but once they begin their new training with the mysterious Kidou Corporation, the same corporation that trained the Dream Team, they discover that there is something deeper behind their training.
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
5.7
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 4
σ 1.25
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.25 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 4.0
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No
Score over time
↑ 1.67
Running avg · Jan 2019 → May 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Wanna-Be's is simply just a rad romp into women's wrestling with a sci fi twist. It isn't perfect, but it is just neat fun! The characters are pretty cute! They have their own fighting style and...”
- 6 “Yes, I have a female wrestling fetish. That's why I watched this. It would be good if it focused more on the wrestling and less on the techno-thriller aspects. There's a whole subplot of a mad...”
- 4 “Wanna-Be's gets a really bad rap, and frequently earns a spot near the bottom of many people's "worst" list. But to be honest, it's not *that* bad. Sure, it's pretty blah, but not the eye-searingly...”
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Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
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- Format 1 × 45′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 45m all episodes
- Aired Dec 1986 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-3524 catalog
Produced by
- Movic Producer
- Sony Music Entertainment Producer
Licensed by
- Central Park Media Licensor