

Saber Marionette R OVA (original video animation) was produced in 1995 predating the SMJ series. But Star Face is soon broken free from the dungeon he’s been held at by the Sexa Dolls, the R version of the Saber Dolls, and soon Anarchy rules in the streets of Romana with the capture of King Virey. The series starts with Star Face constructing Lime when and gets locked away, the next scene cuts to a tournament between Marionettes in the near future, which Lime wins on a heartbeat. The story in R revolves Junior, the heir of the throne in Romania, and a plot assassination against his entire family by a renegade sociopath Star Face, and Lime. Darker and more mature than Saber Marionette J (Again and J to X included), it’s set in Romana, an European-like city country of Terra 2.

Set in the far future, 200 years according to official sources, but in my opinion it has to be an alternate/parallel universe. The Sequel series SMZ is more mature and dark in comparison. The general theme of the anime is much darker and mature compared to the more popular SMJ series. Negishi argued that such an important event cannot be contained in a mere three episode animation, thus the story was later expanded and Saber Marionette J was created to correct the appearance of women in SMR. Satoru insisted that they should be marionettes since the story was about the revival of women, but Mr. Negishi had included women in the animation. Satoru was horrified to find that the animation staff, lead by Mr. The original premise was that the story takes place in a planet where human females does not exist, and robots called ‘marionettes’ take their place. SMR was supposed to be the original pilot work of Mr. Two volumes of light novels were also released where as volume one encompasses all the events that happened in the OVA, and volume two expands the SMR story of Villey Junior selecting a suitable bride. It started as a radio drama that aired in 1994 and later a three part OVA (Original Video Animation) was produced in 1995. Saber Marionette R (セイバーマリオネットR) is a sci-fi action drama anime written by Sotoru Akahori and Hiroshi Negishi.
