Daimajuu Gekitou: Hagane no Oni
大魔獣激闘 鋼の鬼
Synopsis
1999 UN experiment on Sansara opens alien portal; 2002 Takuya returns to find friend transformed by biomechanical entities.
In the year 1999, a team of UN scientists in an attempt to tap into a new energy resource on a deserted island called Sansara, unknownigly open a portal to another universe, unleashing dormant biomechanical entities. Three years later, Takuya Goroza returns to the island of Sansara urged by a mysterious request by college chum Haruka Alford. Little does he know, his old friend isn't what he appears to be... (Source: ANN)
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