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“Reporter Sybel uncovers crashed military plane with rogue android assassins, races to save their target and expose cover-up.”
Black Magic M-66
ブラックマジックＭ（マリオ）－６６
6.42
8,186 rank · 21,304 viewers · 32 favorites
Sci-Fi
Mecha
Military
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Synopsis
Reporter Sybel uncovers crashed military plane with rogue android assassins, races to save their target and expose cover-up.
When Sybel, a freelance reporter, discovers a military plane crash, she is thrilled by the prospect of getting her hands on the latest inside scoop. However, she is unaware that the plane was carrying two top-secret prototype android assassins who will stop at nothing to destroy their target. As the military frantically tries to clean up its mess, Sybel races against time to find and protect the robots' targeted victim—all while documenting the military's misconduct—before it is too late.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 16 sampled reviews
6.2
/10
What 16 viewers settled on.
70%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 6
σ 1.74
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.74 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.2 pts
Recommenders 7.6 · others 3.3
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No
Score over time
↓ 0.81
Running avg · Mar 2012 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Two killer cyborgs are on the loose and while the military tries to contain the situation, a clueless reporter including her camera pops up in the middle of things. Based on a story by Masamune...”
- 8 “Black Magic M-66 is a classic Ova that should be on everyone's radar. The narrative is intriguing and lends itself well to the action/thriller vibe the anime is going for. The animation holds up...”
- 7 “Two of the military's top-secret android weapons, called M-66 units, are lost and go berserk. One is hunted down and destroyed at the cost of quite a few men, but the other escapes, with orders to...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 31%
Long · 19%
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- Format 1 × 48′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jun 1987 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-1161 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- Network Producer
- Arts Pro Producer
Licensed by
- Maiden Japan Licensor
- Manga Entertainment Licensor