Desert Rose: The Snow Apocalypse · review
This is a fine classic from the 90s, very entertaining gem that I'm glad I discovered. The story is a generic action similar to other pre-9/11 spy thrillers, but in a charming way. Character design is pretty good with even secondary characters having fairly unique designs. Their personalities are well developed for the really small time it had to do so, and the main character has a very generic action movie protagonist origin story. Sound is pretty good with a banger ending song called Under the Stars, by a band called "New Roze" (that I unfortunately couldn't find on the internet, they seem to have been agreat band)
Art was really good for a small 90s OVA. Both characters and backgrounds received a great amount of detail, color choice are very good and the artstyle is really pleasing aesthetically.
All in all, a very entertaining OVA that deserves to be a cult classic.