Moldiver

Moldiver
Cover art from the DVD release of Moldiver
モルダイバー
(Morudaibā)
GenreAdventure, comedy, magical girl
Original video animation
Directed byHiroyuki Kitazume
StudioAIC
Pioneer LDC
Licensed by
Released February 25, 1993 November 25, 1993
Runtime30 minutes
Episodes6
Manga
Written byShimpei Itoh
Published byTokuma Shoten
ImprintShōnen Captain Comics Special
Original runJune 1993July 1994
Volumes3

Moldiver (モルダイバー, Morudaibā) is a 6-episode 1993 OVA anime series. It is a parody of magical girl and superhero anime series.

The series in part resembles the basic premise of the DC Comics superhero Hourman. An inventor finds a way to grant superhuman abilities to individuals, but these abilities only last for a very short timespan (60 minutes for Hourman, 11 minutes for this series). The inventor creates a superhero alter ego for himself, but his sister tampers with the power-granting device and creates a more feminine superhero costume. She reluctantly becomes a superheroine in order to stop the schemes of a malicious roboticist, the roboticist's private army of destructive robots and androids, and the attacks of her own younger brother who chose a supervillain career because he dislikes both of his heroic siblings.