| Burn-Up W | |
| Genre: | Comedy, science fiction |
| Type: | ova |
| Director: | Hiroshi Negishi |
| Music: | Hiroyuki Namba |
| Studio: | AIC |
| First: | April 10, 1996 |
| Last: | September 26, 1996 |
| Episodes: | 4 |
| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Oh! great |
| Publisher: | Tokuma Shoten |
| Magazine: | Weekly Shōnen Captain |
| Published: | 1997 |
| Volumes: | 1 |
Burn-Up W is a 1996 anime OVA directed by Hiroshi Negishi. It was soon followed by a series version called Burn-Up Excess, though it occasionally lacks continuity with the series. The OVA consists of four episodes, chronicling Team Warrior through more missions. Like the original series, there is still a large amount of fan service.
Burn Up W is about the adventures of Team Warrior, a band of highly skilled and completely reckless female cops. The team features the loose cannon Rio, trigger-happy Maya and ace hacker Lilica, who get the job done, regardless of the cost to the Tokyo Police Department or the city.
In Burn Up W, it is unknown why or how she joins Warrior. Unlike Maya, Rio is more skilled in hand-to-hand combat, but is known to use a firearm now and again (for example during the "Skin Dive" and "Policetown Assault" episodes). Although she won't admit it, she noticeably has some feeling towards her partner Yuji Naruo, but since the W OVA is only 4 episodes it was never expanded on.
Maya is mostly paired up with Rio on missions and covers her back on most occasions.
Lilica is never out in the field with Rio and Maya, instead she is at the Warrior computer with Maki as support.
Nanvel is a genius when it comes to robotics and cyber technology, but due to her department being totally underfunded, she is stuck in the Policetown hangar bay way below the base. Through some of Maki's connections, Nanvel's department receives more funding and we begin to see her more in the OVA.
Similar to the way Maya has a gun fetish, Nanvel becomes hot and heavy about mechanical things and robots. In the last episode of the OVA, she equips Rio with a new force knuckle and Maya with a new anti-tank shotgun.
Maki acts like a mother figure to the Warrior team, guiding them and giving them focus, but she seems to have more of a connection to Rio than anyone else on the team. It is rumored that the Maki of Burn-Up W is the same Maki from the original Burn-Up! OVA back in the 90's and that Rio is acting very similarly to how the Burn-Up! of Maki used to act which almost gives their relationship a passing the torch feel. In W, Maki is never in the field with Rio and Maya.
In W, Yuji is a pervert but he has his redeeming qualities. His W version seems to only be interested in Rio and porn, because he never makes an advance at Maya or Nanvel (even though Nanvel dresses way less than Rio and Maya). Although he takes a mostly inactive role, he is still considered a member of Warrior and pilots the helicopter and other vehicles for special Warrior missions.
Voiced by: Ryotaro Okiayu (Japanese), Jason Lee (English)
Miss Ruby is the mysterious woman who works in Falcon Claw. She takes the hotel and its patrons hostage. She seems to always wear a pair of shades too and her hair is lavender colored and comes down to her shoulders (Red when wearing a wig). Ruby is also quite skilled with handling machines. She is only referred to as "Chief Terrorist".