Battle Skipper

Synopsis

Despite its name, this is not a feature film but the three-part OAV Battle Skipper (1995), directed by Takashi Watanabe before his work on Slayers. When the members of the Etiquette Club at St. Ignacio's School for Girls fall through a pipe—literally—they acquire the skimpy outfits worn to pilot the unfortunately named BSs, or Battle Skippers, which are state-of-the-art military mecha. As "Extars," the Etiquette Club members fight to rid the world of evil, which translates into combating the bizarre schemes of Sayaka, the nasty, super-rich president of the rival Debutante Club, and her subordinate, Todo. The series was created to promote a line of robot toys from Tomy, and viewers willing to accept high school girls' quarrels escalating into battles involving satellite weaponry may enjoy these silly adventures.