Moldiver
| Moldiver | |
Cover art from the DVD release of Moldiver | |
| モルダイバー (Morudaibā) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure, comedy, magical girl |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Kitazume |
| Studio | AIC Pioneer LDC |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | February 25, 1993 – November 25, 1993 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shimpei Itoh |
| Published by | Tokuma Shoten |
| Imprint | Shōnen Captain Comics Special |
| Original run | June 1993 – July 1994 |
| Volumes | 3 |
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.