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Besides including themes that inspired psychological studies, such as brain–computer interfaces,{{cite book |title=アニメーションの臨床心理学 |date=August 2006 |publisher=誠信書房 |isbn=978-4-414-40029-8 |pages=190–192 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pApNAQAAIAAJ |access-date=2 August 2024 |language=ja}} the OVA is notable for its production staff,{{cite web |title=Gekkan PC Engine #01 (January 1993) |url=https://archives.tg-16.com/Gekkan_PC_Engine_1993_01.htm |website=TurboPlay Magazine Archives |access-date=29 July 2024}} which included Rintaro and Yoshinori Kanada,{{cite web |title=DOWN LOAD 南無阿弥陀仏は愛の詩 |url=https://www.madhouse.co.jp/works/1992-1990/works_ova_download.html |website=www.madhouse.co.jp |access-date=29 July 2024}}{{cite web |title=ダウンロード |url=https://www.linkclub.or.jp/~h-884/kadata/downd.html |website=www.linkclub.or.jp |access-date=29 July 2024}} two of the most acclaimed and important animators in anime history,{{cite journal |last1=Green |first1=Laurence |title=Selling the spectacle of destruction - The films of Rintaro, and Japanese animation's transnational transformation from 'cult' to 'commercial' |date=8 June 2019 |url=https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/19879/ |journal=London Screen Studies Group Conference|access-date=2 August 2024 |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Watzky |first1=Matteo |title=The Dynamism of Anime Images: The Case of the 'Kanada-style' Movement |journal=The Journal of Anime and Manga Studies |date=3 December 2023 |volume=4 |pages=190–218 |doi=10.21900/j.jams.v4.1195 |url=https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jams/article/view/1195 |language=en |issn=2689-2596|doi-access=free}}{{cite book |last1=Utsugi |first1=Kei |last2=Naemura |first2=Takeshi |last3=Koike |first3=Takafumi |last4=Oikawa |first4=Michio |chapter=E-IMPACT: Exaggerated illustrations using multi-perspective animation control tree structure |title=Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology |date=8 November 2011 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1145/2071423.2071502 |chapter-url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/2071423.2071502 |access-date=2 August 2024 |publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|isbn=978-1-4503-0827-4}} and Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu, a member of the enormously popular 1960s band The Spiders and later a successful solo artist.{{cite journal |title=Monstrous Melodies and Island Fantasies: Mothra, The Peanuts, and Japan's Cold War Cultures |journal=The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus |date=30 April 2024 |url=https://apjjf.org/2024/4/bourdaghs |access-date=2 August 2024}}

Hardcore Gaming 101, a respected retrogaming publication,{{Cite web|date=2010-04-27|title=Mega Man: A Transmission from Another World|url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/mega-man-a-transmission-from-another-world/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=The Escapist|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714231204/https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/mega-man-a-transmission-from-another-world/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2011-12-23|title=Hardcore Gaming 101 Unveils Top 250 Western Gaming Tunes|url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/hardcore-gaming-101-unveils-top-250-western-gaming-tunes/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=The Escapist|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714231203/https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/hardcore-gaming-101-unveils-top-250-western-gaming-tunes/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2007-07-06|title=History of pre-Street Fighter II pugilism sims; wow, the past really sucked|url=https://www.destructoid.com/history-of-pre-street-fighter-ii-pugilism-sims-wow-the-past-really-sucked/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Destructoid|language=en-CA}} observed apparent influences from Akira and Megazone 23. It highlighted that the title introduces Japanese Buddhist themes to the franchise, but criticized the fact that the length of the animation is not long enough to develop its plot.{{cite web |title=Download (Anime) |url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/download-anime/ |website=Hardcore Gaming 101 |access-date=29 July 2024}}

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