The series was later adapted into an OVA Black Magic M-66 (ブラックマジック M–66, Burakku Majikku Mario Shikkusuti Shikkusu) in 1987 which was directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo.
A military transport chopper is flying to an undisclosed location with secret cargo – two fully equipped, but un-programmed M-66 battle androids.
Both men evacuate the doomed craft and it crashes in a remote forest miles away from Center City, and both of the M-66's storage pods are thrown from the wreckage.
Sybel, a freelance journalist, receives an intercepted Military Broadband Transmission and loads up her equipment to go see what type of footage she can get of the event to sell to the major networks.
Rushing to the scene of the accident, the two of them abandon their truck and try to sneak closer to the crash site, which has already been sealed and cordoned off by the military's retrieval teams.
Both were to be administered a shot of sodium pentothal – but only Leakey is given the shot- the android's arrival at the soldier's temporary base allows Sybel enough time to try to knock out the guard, but she is ineffective and he shouts at her to quit resisting.
Another soldier walks over to their vehicle with a machine gun, and the guard shouts at him to watch Sybel and Leakey, before jumping out to run and join in the battle.
The Major's surviving forces turn their attention to the remaining M-66, which easily beats them back and then makes its own escape by jumping into the air and disappearing into the surrounding forest.
Leaky appears on the news, having sold the footage and taken full credit for it, only to realize too late it includes video of him passed out in the truck.
[9] Greg Hackmann's review of Black Magic for The Fandom post compliments the manga's artwork but criticizes the narrative, and concludes that the story doesn't have much appeal outside of being Masamune Shirow's first work.
In his review Ross compared the villains in Black Magic to those in Terminator 2: Judgment Day for their lack of humanity which adds to their terrifying nature.