#138 Article 309 Posted at 1993/12/04 17:53:11 by Mick'n (MAP1406) [GUIDE]
Subject: Anime Pocket Guide (0/8)
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From: takahash@ntmtv.com (Alan Takahashi)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.info
Subject: Anime Pocket Guide (0/8)
Date: 2 Dec 93 18:13:54 GMT
Reply-To: takahash@ntmtv.com (Alan Takahashi)
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Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
POCKET GUIDE TO ANIME
=====================
by Alan Takahashi
Last updated: Nov-93
This file is intended as a short reference guide to anime. It can
be grepped by specific keywords to retrieve some sorted information.
It is periodically posted as an information resource for readers
of rec.arts.anime.
All names which appear in this Guide are arranged in the English style
(i.e. <First Name> <Family Name>) because this is the order which
the Japanese seem to prefer when writing out the names in romaji.
Additions and corrections are welcome. I'll update this whenever
time permits.
Thanks to Jeff Okamoto for the use of his Anime Seiyuu Collection.
The actual Pocket Guide appears in the next postings. Note that
the Guide is broken up into several parts due to the fact that
some gateways have a 30K posting limit. To recreate the Guide,
combine the parts in order, and remove any header info with
your favorite editor.
Permission to copy and forward the Anime Pocket Guide in an
electronic/softcopy form is granted, provided that you send
me e-mail telling me you've done so. I like to keep up on
where this thing is headed.
Please contact me if you wish to print the Guide on paper.
My e-mail address appears at the end in my .sig.
CHANGES BETWEEN THIS VERSION AND THE LAST (Jun-93):
==================================================
- New genre type added:
gSP - Sports Drama
- Cast updates:
Bubblegum Crisis
Burn Up!
Dirty Pair
Dragonball Z
GS Mikami
Gunnm
Giant Robo
GS Mikami
Hime-chan no Ribbon
Irresponsible Captain Tyler
All-purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku
Yawara!
- Entry description updates:
Akira (Update on UK Release)
Oh! My Goddess (Correction on English title - Thanks, Robert)
Burn Up! (Update on US Release)
Cream Lemon ("Fairy Dust" note added)
Dominion (Correction to UK Release)
Gunnm (Correction on "Battle Angel" - Thanks, Kevin)
Kurenai no Buta (Minor correction on time frame)
Ranma 1/2 (Update on US Release)
Supernatural Beast City (Update on US Release)
Wings of Honneamise (Update on US Release)
Yawara! (Genre key change)
- New entries:
We Love Animation!
Graveyard of the Fireflies
Kishin Heidan
Muka Muka Paradise
One Pound Gospel (cast and description added to "Rumic World")
- Entries lifted from my "TV Anime Misc." postings
Iron Leaguer
CONTRIBUTORS:
============
Much as I would like to take all the credit for this, I can't
possibly know *everything* about anime. Thanks are due to the
following people for filling in the gaps.
Curtis Hoffmann: Avi Melman: Tonghyun Kim:
Bush Baby Lamune & 40 Miracle Girls cast
Dragonball (Z) KO Century Beast General cast updates
Takayuki Ito: Tatsuro Sekiguchi: Chris Swett:
Cast fix (tMAI & tUY) General cast updates Yohkoso Yohko
Seiichi Kimura: Hitoshi Doi: Tom Jewell:
Minky Momo updates Sailor Moon updates Baoh
Mary Bell General cast updates Locke the Superman
General cast updates Oh! My Goddess AD Police
GS Mikami Beast City
Enrique Conty: Kevin Winkler: Jay Harvey:
Spirit of Wonder Burn Up! cast update Yawara! cast fix
Future Boy Conan Battle Angel fix
Christian Balzer:
General fixes
One Pound Gospel
Keniichi Sonoda: Robert J. Woodhead: Jeff Okamoto:
Riding Bean cast fix Oh! My Goddess fix Anime Seiyuu List v1.31
KEY TO THE ENTRIES:
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**> Sample Entry:
Title: [TITLE] ([TYPE]) gKEY tKEY
aka: [JAPANESE TITLE] tKEY
Cast: tKEY
Character .................................... Voice Actor vKEY tKEY
Description: [(by <AUTHOR>)] tKEY
[DESCRIPTION] tKEY
US Release by: [US DISTRIBUTOR] tKEY
UK Release by: [UK DISTRIBUTOR] tKEY
Rating: {RATING] tKEY
**> [TITLE] field
The title of the piece. Usually, the title will be used to refer
to the entire series (e.g. "Project A-Ko" and "Bubblegum Crisis").
Unless something major happens, typically this title will be used
to blanket everything produced with these characters.
An example of this would be "Urusei Yatsura". There are a multitude
of OAVs, movies and TV episodes. Rather than list everything,
a short entry is all that is needed, since the characters and
situations don't really change across the TV series and movies.
An example where separate titles is used is "Bubblegum Crisis" and
"Bubblegum Crash!". Between the 2 OAV series, the production
and distribution companies changed, and the entire basis for
"Bubblegum Crisis" changed. These two are essentially 2 different
OAV series and are listed as such.
**> [JAPANESE TITLE] field
If the commonly used title is translated, then the Japanese version
of the title is shown in this field where known. This is provided
for cases where you might want to find a tape/CD/book/model/other
and the only label is the official Japanese one.
An example of this would be "Nausicaa" where the commonly used title
is "Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind", but the Japanese would read it
as "Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa".
As before, no claim is made for consistent usage of romaji...
**> [TYPE] field
FILM - Released as a theatrical feature.
OAV - Released as a one-shot Original Animation Video (OAV).
OAVs - Released as an OAV series (multiple parts).
TV - Released as a TV series.
Many anime have been released in multiple ways, and are noted when
that occurs.
Definition: Original Animation Video (OAV)
Original Video Animation (OVA)
An OAV or OVA (the Japanese use the terms interchangeably) is
a feature which is released only to the video tape rental/buy
market. The feature is *not* released to the movie theaters
or as a TV series. As a personal preference, I always use OAV.
**> gKEY key
This will identify which genre this anime will fall into most
closely. This does not mean that an anime *only* fits in this
genre, but this is how I would describe it if I could only use
one category.
The following genre keys are used:
gAD - Adventure
This genre is characterized by great events happening to
the characters and the stories are about how they survive
or adapt to the greater events. Often, the central characters
can determine the path to be taken later (i.e. will the
great power discovered be used for good or evil). Also
tends to have a lot of action.
gCO - Comedy
Funny funny funny! Common uses in anime seem to be
parody (making fun of something else), satire (exaggerating
some attributes), or slapstick (action-based comedy).
Comedies are also good places to find cameo appearances
by other anime characters that don't belong there.
gDR - Drama
This consists of serious stories which are character-
driven. Typically, a character's life is followed
and we see how he/she changes as he/she matures through
the story. We also see how relationships change over
time...and how some relationships never change. Some of
the most interesting stories fall into this category.
gFA - Fantasy
This group has magic and dragons and other mythical
creatures. Typically, the stories are either comedies
or adventures but with a strong fantasy element.
gGR - Giant Robots
This is a subset of the "Science Fiction" category
with the technological emphasis on giant man-shaped
robots. The robots can be sentient or controlled by
a human operator and are the central focus of the anime.
gHO - Horror
Brrrrrr. If you want to be scared, then watch this anime.
The topics range from traditionally Japanese stories to
Western concepts to fantasy worlds.
gKI - Kids
For lack of a better description, this is anime directed
at little kids. As such, the stories tend to be rather
simplistic and can be funny or touching.
gMG - Magical Girls
The typical set up is that a young girl has or gets a
magical power that she uses to help others or for
personal gain (usually with humorous results). The
stories tend to be equal parts comedy and drama.
gMI - Miscellaneous
This anime doesn't fit anywhere! :-)
gRC - Romantic Comedy
This is a subset of the "Comedy" category where the
humor revolves around romantic situations. Typically,
the guy is trying to get the girl or visa versa, and
his/her bumbling attempts result in a lot of slapstick humor.
gSF - Science Fiction
Anime which use science fiction-like gadgetry fall into this
category. Note that in a strict sense, many stories are
*really* fantasies in that they use psuedo-science to
substitute for real science (e.g. FTL drives).
gSP - Sports drama
A subset of the "Drama" category where the emphasis is on
some sport. The whole series/movie would circle around
that sport and the characters involved in that sport.
**> [DESCRIPTION] and [(by <AUTHOR>)] fields
A short description of the title(s) listed. This should be enough
to give the reader a general idea of what the anime is about without
going into much detail. Also, relevant production comments and
other such details appear here.
If <No Description available> appears in this field, this means
that I didn't know enough about this anime to give a brief
description. Contributions are appreciated.
On those occasions where I use someone else's description, their
name will appear after the "Description:" header. Usually, I
will reformat and do some minor editing. This will happen when
I actually *have* a description of some kind, but don't know
anything about the anime myself...
**> tKEY key
The title key. Used by grep for retrieving information about a
particular title. See example below.
**> vKEY key
The Voice Actor key. Used by grep for retrieving all roles by a
particular voice actor. See example below.
**> [US DISTRIBUTOR] field
**> [UK DISTRIBUTOR] field
Optional field. May not appear in an entry.
When rights to part or all of an anime are acquired by a US or UK
company, that is noted in this field. Also whether the anime has
been, or is going to be subtitled or dubbed.
**> [RATING] field
This is an entirely subjective rating...basically, what did I think
of this anime. There are no standards which determine how the
rating goes, so don't go looking for one... :-)
Keep in mind, though, that this is aimed at a novice -- someone
new to anime, or just someone who hasn't seen this piece yet.
With this in mind, here is the rating system:
"HIGHLY RECOMMENDED" - a definite must-see. If you haven't seen it,
and you have any interest in anime, GO SEE THIS
ONE!
"RECOMMENDED" - The vast majority of anime is rated in this
category. As such, quality also covers a
wide range. With this one, I didn't feel
that this anime rated the "HIGHLY" rating
(though it might be very good), and I didn't
think it was a dog either.
"NOT RECOMMENDED" - STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE! I don't give this
rating very often, so it says something when
I do. Sometimes, it's for a sequel which
didn't come close to matching the quality
of the original...
Occasionally, I leave comments in this field as well, though I try
not to do this too often...
SAMPLE GREP SESSION:
===================
First, we'll want to see what's currently in the Pocket Guide, so
we'll use grep to get a Table of Contents:
lacerta% grep Title: pocket.guide
Title: Area 88 (TV) tA88
Title: Akira (FILM) tAKI
.
.
.
Title: Queen Millenia (TV) tQUE
Title: Ranma 1/2 (FILM,OAV,TV) tR12
Title: Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon (TV) tSAI
Title: 3x3 Eyes (aka Sazan Eyes) (OAVs) t3X3
Title: Silent Mobius (FILM) tSIL
Title: Urusei Yatsura (FILM,OAV,TV) tUY
Title: Video Girl Ai (OAVs) tVAI
Title: Space Cruiser Yamato (FILM,TV) tYAM
Title: Yawara! A fashionable judo girl. (TV) tYAW
OK, now we want to see what this series called "Ranma 1/2" is all about,
because people keep talking about it on the net, sooooo:
lacerta% grep tR12 pocket.guide
Title: Ranma 1/2 (FILM,OAV,TV) tR12
Cast: tR12
Ranma Saotome (boy) .................... Kappei Yamaguchi vKYa tR12
Ranma Saotome (girl) ................. Megumi Hayashibara vMHa tR12
Akane Tendou .............................. Noriko Hidaka vNHi tR12
Kasumi Tendou ............................. Kikuko Inouye vKIn tR12
Nabiki Tendou ........................... Minami Takayama vMTa tR12
Ukyou Kuonji ............................... Hiromi Tsuru vHTs tR12
Happosai .................................. Ichiroo Nagai vINa tR12
Kodachi 'Black Rose' Kunou ................ Saeko Shimazu vSSh1 tR12
Sasuke .................................... Shigeru Chiba vSCh tR12
Azusa Shiratori ............................ Naoko Matsui vNMa tR12
Description: tR12
Take a high school boy. Give him a curse where he turns into tR12
a girl when splashed with cold water and returns to normal with tR12
hot water. Arrange a 'violent' girl (Ranma's words) to be his tR12
iinazuke (fiancee). Stir liberally. A martial arts comedy by tR12
Rumiko Takahashi. tR12
Rating: RECOMMENDED -- especially the 1st TV season. tR12
Well, I like Ranma-chan's voice, so let's see what else Hayashibara-san
has done...:
lacerta% grep vMHa pocket.guide
Ume .................................. Megumi Hayashibara vMHa tAKO
Minky Momo ........................... Megumi Hayashibara vMHa tMOMO
Ranma Saotome (girl) ................. Megumi Hayashibara vMHa tR12
Pai/Sanjiyan ......................... Megumi Hayashibara vMHa t3X3
Video Girl Ai ........................ Megumi Hayashibara vMHa tVAI
Let's look at one of her projects: Video Girl Ai. In this case, we're
not interested in the cast list so let's remove it as we display the
Pocket Guide entry:
lacerta% grep tVAI pocket.guide | grep -v " v"
Title: Video Girl Ai (OAVs) tVAI
Cast: tVAI
Description: tVAI
One day, Yohta is walking home. He's just been told that the tVAI
girl he likes (Moemi) likes someone else. Trying to cheer up, tVAI
he rents an 'explicit' video tape from a wierd rental shop, and tVAI
when he plays it, Video Girl Ai pops out of his screen to tVAI
comfort him. Unfortunately, Yohta's VCR is on the blink, and tVAI
Ai appears minus a large part of her bosum, and with a new and tVAI
dangerous mischievous personality... tVAI
Rating: RECOMMENDED tVAI
>From here, you can use grep to look at any of the other titles...
And now......{drum roll}......TIME FOR THE POCKET GUIDE!
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