A 1991 OVA that mistakes awkwardness for tension and somehow lands harder because of it. The premise, hacker on the run from cyborg assassins, could be a paranoid thriller, but instead it's a deeply strange artifact that treats its absurdities with complete seriousness. Watch it for the unhinged English dubbing, the attempted assault scene that plays like accidental dark comedy, and a final act that swings for the fences with zero self-awareness. This is cult anime in its purest form: a failure so committed to itself that it becomes something else entirely.

Joe Takami, a gifted hacker, breaks into a top secret computer system hoping to learn about a mysterious girl. Instead he turns up evidence of a covert government experiment, and suddenly he is fleeing for his life. His best friend and even his own computer turn against him, while a merciless squad of high-tech ninja stays on his trail. To survive, Joe has to lean on erratic powers hidden inside him, before the assassins can wipe out the genetic experiment that turns out to be Joe himself. Across two OVA episodes, this sci-fi action adventure later pits him against the might of Rockford Electronics, alongside Aya Lee Rose, a young girl with remarkable powers of her own.