Dallos

In the 21st Century, humanity has colonized the moon and uses lunar workers to mine rocks and minerals for transport back to Earth. Some of these Lunarians though are fed up with the living conditions, hard work and the fact that they are not allowed to return to Earth. A group of rebels decides to revolt against Earth rule, and a terrorist campaign begins in the domed lunar cities. Shun Nonomura, a young lunarian and brother of a famous rebel, must now decide whether to join the revolution.

Meanwhile, a strange ruined alien machine called Dallos - worshiped as a god by the Lunarians- sits silently buried in the lunar surface and waits for something - or someone - to bring it back to life....

Produced in 1983 by Studio Pierrot and directed by Mamoru Oshii, Dallos is widely considered to be the first OVA. Brought to the US in the early 90's and redited into the feature-length "Battle For Moon Station Dallos," but for all of its historical importance, this landmark work has surprisingly not been licensed for release on DVD outside of Japan.

Dallos provides examples of:

 * Cuffs Off Rub Wrists
 * Explosions in Space
 * Explosive Decompression
 * La Résistance
 * Remember the Alamo: "Remember Bartholomew!"
 * Space Fighter
 * Space Is Noisy
 * Space Plane