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“OVA adaptation of Joker manga featuring a gender-shifting crime-fighter balancing romance and justice.”
Joker: Marginal City
JOKER マージナル・シティ
5.31
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Synopsis
OVA adaptation of Joker manga featuring a gender-shifting crime-fighter balancing romance and justice.
OVA based on the Joker manga by artist Katsumi Michihara (道原かつみ) and writer Yuu Maki (麻城ゆう). Joker is a genetically engineered shape-and-gender-shifter, who created as part of a Special Police Task Force and fights crime of all kinds, but he/she also fits in a little romance around the edges. (Source: AniDB)
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4.0
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Score distribution
median 4
mode 3
σ 1.00
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↑ 1.00
Running avg · Feb 2019 → Mar 2020
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 3 “Joker is a special forces super-cop, able to shape-shift between man and woman at will. Along with his cop buddy, they are investigating a series of unusual crimes in the city where the hearts of...”
- 5 “In these days of heavily policed on identity politics, it is surprising to stumble upon a title which almost seems to retroactively echo it. This consideration set aside, an eccentric production...”
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- Format 1 × 36′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 36m all episodes
- Aired Apr 1992 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-3197 catalog
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- BEAM Entertainment Producer