is a 1988 anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 OVA

Original video animation

, abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation...

 released in Japan

Japan

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, directed and written by Shinji Aramaki

Shinji Aramaki

is a Japanese anime director and mechanical designer, born in Fukuoka Prefecture. He was a member of Artmic.He is noted for work on powered exoskeletons and his mecha and CG design on several anime series.-As director:...

 and animated by Hideki Anno. It has been licensed in the United States

United States

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 by AnimEigo

AnimEigo

AnimEigo is an American entertainment company that licenses and distributes anime, samurai films and Japanese cinema. The company was founded in 1988 in Ithaca, New York by Robert Woodhead and Roe R. Adams, III. It is now based in Wilmington, North Carolina, and run by Natsumi Ueki, Robert's wife...

 The plot centers on a mechanic named Koji Kondo who accidentally comes across the Madox-01, a small mecha

Mecha

A mech , is a science fiction term for a large walking bipedal tank or robot, including ones on treads and animal shapes.-Characteristics:...

 (akin to a heavy powered armor suit

Powered exoskeleton

A powered exoskeleton, also known as powered armor, or exoframe, is a powered mobile machine consisting primarily of an exoskeleton-like framework worn by a person and a power supply that supplies at least part of the activation-energy for limb movement.Powered exoskeletons are designed to assist...

) designed to fight enemy tanks. When Koji accidentally ends up in the Madox before thoroughly reading the user manual, the machine will not let him leave. As the military comes after him to reclaim it, Koji has no choice but to defend himself.

Madox Units

The Madox units in the OVA, Madox 00 and Madox 01, are highly advanced machines constructed by the Self Defense Force near Shinjuku; the military term used for the Madox units are "Slave Troopers". Madox 00 is armed with a rifle, a spear in the left hand, and a grapple claw in the pelvis. Madox 01 is armed with a chainsaw in each shoulder binder, a guided gatling gun in the right wrist, and is later given Madox 00's rifle; in the training exercise in the beginning of the OVA it was also armed with bombs. A Madox 02 was referred to by Ellie, although it was said to be in maintenance and is never shown.

In popular culture

American

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 internet satirist George Ouzounian, author of The Best Page in the Universe

The Best Page in the Universe

The Best Page in the Universe is a personal satirical humor website created by George Ouzounian, better known as Maddox, of Salt Lake City, Utah.Launched in 1997 without any high expectations, the website became known by word of mouth.-History and status:...

, said that he created his pen name Maddox

Maddox (writer)

Maddox is the pen name of George Ouzounian, an American humorist, satirist, Internet personality, and author. He gained fame on the Internet in the early 2000s for his opinion-oriented website, The Best Page in the Universe, which he still maintains. His first book, The Alphabet of Manliness ,...

after MADOX-01.