A 1988 OVA LaserDisc that treats the mecha hardware as the primary subject — blueprint schematic strip on the front cover, full technical documentation in the insert — at Shinji Aramaki's directorial debut.
Back cover — episode stills, synopsis, and two technical diagram boxes: SLAVE-TROOPER ST-00 and MADOX-01 in orthographic schematic. Pony Canyon logo lower right. Staff and cast credits in column.
Production insert — full staff list, full cast list, extended production notes, and detailed mechanical schematics of both the MADOX-01 and SLAVE-TROOPER ST-00 units. The insert carries more technical documentation than the sleeve.
The front cover of G98F0233 runs a vertical strip of blueprint schematics down its left third — MADOX-01 in orthographic line drawing, the suit as engineering object before it's a story object. The same logic governs the insert: staff list, cast list, production notes, and then the full mecha documentation for both suits in the OVA.
Shinji Aramaki directed, designed the mechanical hardware, and wrote the original concept. The packaging reflects the production's orientation: the machine is the point, the characters are the people it happens to. The back cover gives the SLAVE-TROOPER ST-00 its own diagram box alongside MADOX-01, treating the antagonist hardware with the same documentation respect as the protagonist suit.
The insert was not included in the 1988 VHS or Beta releases. It is not in the 2003 Toshiba DVD. AnimEigo's 1993 US LD paired MADOX-01 with Riding Bean on a single double-feature disc — a different object entirely, without this documentation layer.
- Bastard!! LaserDisc (Pioneer LDC, 1992) — another OVA where the LD packaging treats production documentation as primary content
- Anime LaserDisc: Private Screening Rooms Frozen in Time — parent feature
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