A big reason the 90s was flooded with so many OVAs, aside from them still being a relatively new thing at the time and thus Japanese animators were excited to use a new method of getting their stories to people, was because they didn't have to censor anything since their anime wouldn't have to comply with TV airing guidelines. Because of this, the biggest thing that most of these OVAs were known for was being incredibly over the top violent, incredibly over the top sexual, or both, and Midnight Eye: Goku is no exception. This is a series of two hour longOVAs that were pretty alright all things considered. It was basically like watching a movie length wise, and I didn't feel like it was a waste of time.

It follows a private detective named Gokuu Fuurinji--and yes, the site I watched it on did have people making jokes about his name--who is contacted by Ryoko Kadoma about locating her missing brother, Ryuu, Gokuu knows this is no normal case. Ryuu was the victim of a cruel genetic experiment and will soon become a mindlessly violent superbeing without proper treatment. Armed with the world's most powerful supercomputer implanted in his left eye, the detective sets out to locate the missing boy. But as the case becomes more complex, Gokuu is forced to question whether it is possible to save Ryuu or if he will have to kill him before he fully transforms.

Like I said before the biggest boon to making an OVA is the lack of censorship requirements. And this series shows that explicitly. There's a plethora of graphic violence and nudity which would be unlikely to be shown on Japanese television particularly back in the 90s. Maybe the fanservice would if it came out today as by this point we've had exploitative TV anime like Redo of a Healer, Interspecies Reviewers, and Gushing Over Magical Girls, but this series came out almost 40 years ago. Aso I surprisingly didn't think that the graphic content in this series was exploitative, for the most part. It felt like it was a natural, organic part of this world, which helped me to feel engaged with the story.

I'll be honest, this anime isn't incredible. It's a similar thing with Cyber City Oedo 808 where I think it could have been vastly improved if it got a full anime series adaptation later on in terms of story, although they would have had to drastically tone down the sex and violence and some would argue that's one of the main purposes of these old school OVAs.