Dream Hunter Rem is one of my all-time favorite shows from ‘80s with a sexy, green-haired babe as the protagonist. Originally, Dream Hunter Rem was a hentai but if you watched the version that I did, the pornographic were edited out of the first episode and the later OVAs were adapted for TV due to the cult following. ○ Dream Hunter follows the tale of a badass dream detective, Rem, who, as the title designates, literally goes into the dreams of the victims of predatory monsters. Though there were tentacle things in other shows of the time, such as the scene in Urusei Yatsura with thegangly flower that forcefully ties Lum into its appendages, Dream Hunter REM fully incorporates the aesthetic into the demoniac battles.

○ Dream Hunter Rem practically pollinated the seeds of the famous tentacle rape fetish/fad in Japan. After this series, Toshio Maeda adopted the passion for tentacle rape and made “masterpieces” like Legend of the Overfiend and La Blue Girl.

○ Dream Hunter is such a fascinating idea because the plot is that you can stay alive inside of the dream, as long as you keep the mindset that a dream is a dream instead of reality (kind of like The Matrix). Even if Rem is dismembered, tortured, or skewered, as long as she keeps thinking of the situation as a dream, she escapes unscathed.

○ For all of the rabid horror fans out there, this series is a must watch. Or if you're into the psychedelic image of a teenage girl hopping around in a chainmail bikini and ‘80s aerobic stockings while fighting eight-foot demons left and right.

○ The stories had an eerie inter-dimensional theme, like something out of a Lovecraft or Philip K. Dick novel, which kept me engaged since I am enamored by those kind of things. Rem, herself, is very likable, she's moe (which is bizarre given the context of the story), intelligent, practically invincible while fighting occultic abominations, slightly lesbian, and flirty. I felt guilty liking her so much, when she was only written for porn.

○ The theme song is epic, and the synth ‘80s beats were entertaining. There was a bit of a plot in-congruency in the fourth episode of the original OVA, that had me scratching my head about certain character relations but despite that, Dream Hunter REM was ultra fantastic.

○ Dream Hunter is designed for those who enjoy B movie, bizzaro, fun… like ballistic car missiles, a villain in a top hat, and animal sidekicks intermingled with gory, terribad horror elements. It's hard to put enough emphasis on my enjoyment of this OVA, seeing as it's a very atmospheric piece. I give the original four-episode Dream Hunter Rem (OVA) a 7/10, and other OVAs a 6/10.