This is one of my absolute favorite OVA's. If you're looking for a way to spend an hour don't pass this up! The art is detailed, and nicely animated. I'm especially impressed with the realism to the machinery! The opening theme is so groovy! Not much of a chance is given for the characters to develop, but Ushiwaka is a determined, likeable kid with a can-do attitude. Super cute!! The story and characters are so well written, and so much backstory is alluded to, but not in a way that overwhelms the viewer. Straightforward, yet the opposite of boring, and definitely an intriguing premise. I really reallyreally want more! So much to think about!

You don't see much hard science fiction in anime. It's really an awful shame Mighty Space Miners never got very far! I can hardly even find any information about it online, and I've searched for hours (however i am limited to english-only resources). All I know is supposedly there was meant to be 6 episodes total. Every now and then I get really passionate over this and go into
a mini-crisis that Mighty Space Miners wasn't completed.... I'd have been a HUGE fan, as well as a lot of other science fiction buffs I'm sure.

Will Ushiwaka save his home? It's been over 20 years, so it's pretty likely we'll never know, unfortunately :(