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CB Chara Go Nagai World was a 3-part OVA series that was a homage to the work of Japanese manga author Go Nagai. Basically, it was a Crossover among three of his series -Devilman, Mazinger Z and Violence Jack, with cameos from a few others- in which the characters find themselves in a "Chi Bi World" (another term for Super-Deformed.) Although mostly a comedy, it features some good action, one or two touching moments, and some pretty good music and animation. You can watch it here: [1]^{[dead link]}

The story starts with the main Devilman characters -Akira, Ryo and Miki- waking up one day to find that they've been turned into midgets (!) and that the world is now composed of floating islands that orbit a "sun". Note that they already know they are Manga characters, but don't know why they have had such a "style change." They set out for the land of demons to try to find an explanation, but end up tangling instead with the female demon Sirene, who claims Devilman is her lover! This in turn gets interrupted when the Mad Scientist Dr. Hell kidnaps Sirene to be HIS bride! The characters then go to "Mazinger's World" (the islands are linked by thin natural bridges) to recover her. There Akira befriends Koji, the Mazinger's pilot, but Ryo (who is secretly Satan) ends up taking over Dr. Hell's operation. He discovers that their entire universe is just part of Go Nagai's imagination and tries to use it for his own purposes, but is opposed by Devilman and Mazinger. Their battle ends up in Violence Jack's world (and confirms the canonical connection between it and Devilman's.) Everything ends up well for everybody- except perhaps for Ryo.

Tropes used in CB Chara Go Nagai World include:

Airborne Aircraft Carrier - Dr. Hell's Flying Fortress
Alas, Poor Yorick - Jinmen's and Count Broken's talking heads
Butt Monkey - The Demon Cleanup Squad
First Law of Resurrection - Applied in an unexpected way
Genre Savvy - Miki
Glory Days - The original Mazinger and Getter Robo don't seem to get the respect they used to.
Heroic Sacrifice - Koji blowing up the Mazinger
Lighter and Softer - It's hardly a perfect world, but certainly better than the characters' real ones.
Lost World - The CB world resembles a Hollow Earth
Love Dodecahedron - Akira, Miki, Siren, Dr. Hell, Kaim and Ryo
Mental World
Rage Against the Heavens - Ryo's
Screw the Rules, I Have Money - Ryo's Demonic Express Gold Card
Super-Deformed - Actually lampshaded and explained for once!
Inner Dialogue - Baron Ashura
Toon Physics - Both applied and averted at different times
Trauma-Induced Amnesia - Ryo

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 [[File:Go_Nagai_World.jpg|frame|Italian poster for the OVA]]
-''CB Chara Go Nagai World'' was a 3-part OVA series that was a homage to the work of Japanese manga author [[Go Nagai]]. Basically, it was a [[Crossover]] among three of his series -''[[Devilman]]'', ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and ''[[Violence Jack]]'', with cameos from a few others- in which the characters find themselves in a "Chi Bi World" (another term for [[Super-Deformed]].) Although mostly a comedy, it features some good action, one or two touching moments, and some pretty good music and animation. You can watch it here: [http://www.crunchyroll.com/showmedia?id=148755\]
+''CB Chara Go Nagai World'' was a 3-part OVA series that was a homage to the work of Japanese manga author [[Go Nagai]]. Basically, it was a [[Crossover]] among three of his series -''[[Devilman]]'', ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and ''[[Violence Jack]]'', with cameos from a few others- in which the characters find themselves in a "Chi Bi World" (another term for [[Super-Deformed]].) Although mostly a comedy, it features some good action, one or two touching moments, and some pretty good music and animation. You can watch it here: [http://www.crunchyroll.com/showmedia?id=148755\]{{Dead link}}
 The story starts with the main Devilman characters -Akira, Ryo and Miki- waking up one day to find that they've been turned into midgets (!) and that the world is now composed of [[Floating Continent|floating islands]] that orbit a "sun". Note that they already know they are [[Manga]] characters, but don't know why they have had such a "style change." They set out for the land of demons to try to find an explanation, but end up tangling instead with the female demon Sirene, who claims Devilman is her lover! This in turn gets interrupted when the [[Mad Scientist]] Dr. Hell kidnaps Sirene to be HIS bride! The characters then go to "Mazinger's World" (the islands are linked by thin natural bridges) to recover her. There Akira befriends Koji, the Mazinger's pilot, but Ryo (who is secretly Satan) ends up taking over Dr. Hell's operation. He discovers that  {{spoiler|their entire universe is just part of Go Nagai's imagination}} and tries to use it for his own purposes, but is opposed by Devilman and Mazinger. Their battle ends up in Violence Jack's world (and confirms the canonical connection between it and Devilman's.) Everything ends up well for everybody- except perhaps for Ryo.
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 * [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]] - Ryo's {{spoiler|Demonic Express Gold Card}}
 * [[Super-Deformed]] - Actually lampshaded and explained for once!
-* [[Talking to Themself]] - Baron Ashura
+* [[Inner Dialogue]] - Baron Ashura
 * [[Toon Physics]] - Both applied ''and'' averted at different times
 * [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]] - {{spoiler|Ryo}}
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