The animation of this 45 minute film is typical for Japanese anime of that era, but done really well. The attention to detail is very nice and the action scenes (humanoid military robots fighting in tandem) put to shame most of the modern animes and big budget films alike.The plot is that of Terminator 2, basically, with the role of Arnie being taken by a feisty female reporter who needs to save a hapless girl from a killer robot. For some reason that is never revealed, the termination target is the creator's granddaughter.I found the world in which all of this happens very chic, with very sci-fi concepts like machines routinely flying inside cities and killer robots combined with old fashioned ones like buttons to switch off robots and crappy looking vehicles. I think any anime fan would like this, even if it is not a masterpiece. The roots of a lot of the greatness of Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell is apparent in this OVA.

actually if you have seen the first "Terminator" it means you know everything about "Black Magic M-66" from start to the end.it is like declaration of love,tribute to the "Terminator" movie from very talented Masamune Shirow(who is responsible for some cult comics like "Ghost in the Shell","Appleseed"and "Ghost in the Shell 2.0")you should and must see it because of him and respect it because of him,but well we also should respect...reality and say that "Black Magic M-66" is a pretty Mediocre, but still very adorable,enjoyable and unfortunately really short movie,it feels like an episode of a TV show.so what other things I like in this anime:Score,i loved Yoshihiro Katayama unique and classic 80's score which wonderfully creates sense of a Tension and suspense and finally..it's an OK anime,which I can't love because it is too short,too weak,mediocre and too non-individual and i can't hate it because it is too enjoyable,too natural(not a cheap and fake terminator clone,I mean),too unpretentious, too naive and because it is made by Masamune Shirow, with Heart :)

This is a real gem, 50 minutes of pure joy and brain-massage, ahhhh.In a nutshell, it's Terminator gone animated, with a cutesy cast and some great fights with the killer robots - keep your overblown plots and twists which don't make sense, this is what entertainment is all about. Military VS murder machines, what a result! If nothing else, watch this once for those few scenes - some of the best sci-fi combat I've seen on any medium.Although it's a only a short-film, there's nothing to really go wrong and the pace is so fast that you're too busy enjoying the ride to get nitpicky.If you like sci-fi anime, Masamune Shirow or wearing a smile then this is headed for your DVD collection.

Black Magic M-66 is about two goverment robots who get released from a plane crash,and the main target is the creators's grand daughter,meaning that if they find the girl they kill her.A journalist gets caught up in the mess and now shes the one thats protecting the girl.One of the droids gets destroyed but the other on gets away.Black Magic M-66 is a great movie to watch,while it delivers a great deal of entertaiment,it suffers from one small flaw,and that flaw is that its only 48 minutes long!It has a good plot,and lots of action,and an outstanding amount of blood.The voice actors did a great job on this.Great story,good animation,and outstanding voiced actors make Black Magic M-66 a great movie to enjoy.