OBSCURE O.V.A.S, *Maris The Chojo

Being a part of the Rumik World series of OVA one-shot specials based on Rumiko Takahashi's short manga stories, Maris The Chojo was a released in English under several different titles. In some places it was labeled Maris The Wondergirl or The Supergal, both of which didn't escape the attention of DC Comics so that future releases went back to the original title. The sci-fi comedy was distributed in English by Manga Entertainment and U.S. Manga Corps which gave it a laughable British dub only available on VHS or LD. What separates this OVA from the other Rumik World releases is that it takes place in the same universe as one of Takahashi's existing titles, Urusei Yatsura, even though it's not considered an authentic spinoff.

Set in space, Maris is one of the survivors of a race of humanoids from the planet Thanatos which was destroyed in a natural disaster. All Thanatosians have super-strength, so in order for them to be regular members of society they have to wear special restraining gear so they don't go accidently tearing entire buildings to pieces simply from opening a door. Maris made ends meet at first by being a female wrestler, afterwards she joined the space police and gets partnered with a nine-tailed shapeshifting fox named Murphy. Her latest assignment is to free the son of a billionaire who has been kidnapped by Sue, another super-person from a similar race to Thanatosians. Eventually, Maris and Murphy arrive at Sue's hideout who challenges Maris to a wrestling match but with her restraints still on which causes the whole complex to fall apart with a surprise to the real mastermind behind the whole gambit.

Maris The Chojo is one of the shortest of the Rumik World installments that gets padded out in what could have been the length of a single TV episode, complete with at least two different music video segments, one of which has cameos by Darth Vader and R2-D2. Studio Pierrot did an adequate job animating a trippy space satire that was oozing with fanservice. Getting released in the 80's, the license expiration makes it hard to find it available on American streaming but considering how much exposure this anime about bikini girls in space got at the time, any future releases aren't too unlikely.