Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 Blu-ray Release Set for September

by Joseph Luster
August 21, 2025

Following an earlier Kickstarter version, a wide release is now on the calendar for the Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 Blu-ray. Originally released in 1987, the AIC-produced OVA is a short-but-sweet anime classic, and the new Blu-ray from AnimEigo is set to launch on September 16.

Check out one of the previous trailers for a sample:

Among the reauthored content are bonus features that range from cast interviews to two director commentary tracks and featurette highlighting the “Weapons of MADOX” by way of a Japan Self-Defense Force military vehicle showcase.

Metal Skin Panic Madox-01 Blu-Ray Features:

$17.99 SRP
UK and US dubbed audio (2.0)
Redesigned menus and cover
Available German subtitles

Modernized subtitle styles and name romanization
Changed art galleries to navigable stills rather than video
Two director commentary tracks
“Weapons of MADOX” featurette
Cast Interviews
Color art gallery
Line art gallery

Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed, Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045) directed and created the original concept for Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01. Here’s how AnimEigo describes the feature presentation:

In the first test of a revolutionary personal battle-suit, the MADOX-01, Ace female test-pilot Kusumoto Elle smashes an attacking tank force and humiliates Lt. Kilgore, Japan’s most-macho tank-jockey, in the process. Kilgore swears he’ll get even, and he gets his chance when the prototype MADOX literally falls off the back of a truck in the middle of Tokyo.

Meanwhile, the MADOX, which fell off the back of one truck, off a bridge, and into the back of another truck, has found its way into the hands of college student Sugimoto

Kōji. Intrigued by the MADOX, Kōji makes the big mistake of fooling with it without reading the manual first and soon finds himself locked in the suit and zooming around downtown Tokyo.

Unfortunately, the homing signal the now-active MADOX transmits results in a no-holds-barred response by Kilgore; even more unfortunately, even though Kōji doesn’t know how to fight, the MADOX does a pretty good job on automatic (it’s got “Full Self Driving” capability), resulting in a firefight the likes of which the local residents haven’t seen since the last time Godzilla hit town.

Concerned about the property damage being caused to some of the world’s most expensive real estate, Elle dons a second prototype MADOX and tries to find and rescue Kōji before Kilgore’s many minions totally trash Tokyo. And apart from the attempts to destroy the suit (and its driver), Kōji has his own problems: if he breaks his date with his girlfriend, he will lose her forever — and he’s a tad overdressed for the occasion!

Will Kōji be late for his date? Or will Kilgore make him “the late Kōji?” And more importantly, is it even possible to eat convenience store shrimp in a battlesuit? The answers to these and many other questions await fans in the 41 action-packed minutes of Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01!

Source: Press release