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Subject: Anime Pocket Guide (1/8)
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From: takahash@ntmtv.com (Alan Takahashi)
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Subject: Anime Pocket Guide (1/8)
Date: 2 Dec 93 18:13:56 GMT
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Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
ANIME POCKET GUIDE
by: Alan Takahashi
Last Updated: Nov-93
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Title: Area 88 (TV,FILM) gDR tA88
Cast: tA88
Shin Kazama ............................. Kaneto Shiozawa vKSh1 tA88
Ryoko ................................... Sakiko Tamagawa vSTa tA88
Satoru Kanzaki (young) .................... Mayumi Tanaka vMTa2 tA88
Buxie ................................... Toshio Furukawa vTFu2 tA88
Escape Killer #1 .......................... Shigeru Chiba vSCh tA88
Description: tA88
Shin Kazama has a bright future. He is an up and coming pilot tA88
for Yamato Air Lines and has a relationship with the boss's tA88
daughter and, perhaps, is destined to head the airline someday. tA88
All this changes when his friend Kanzaki gets him drunk, and he tA88
signs a paper which enlists him in the Aslam Foreign Legion. tA88
There are 3 ways to get out: to get enough kills to buy your way tA88
out; to survive until your term is up; or escape. This is a tA88
gritty, action-oriented series with accurate depictions of tA88
military aircraft and associated hardware. Note that the movies tA88
are edited compilations from the TV series. tA88
US Release by: US Manga Corps (subtitled) tA88
Rating: RECOMMENDED tA88
Title: Aura Battler Dunbine (TV,OAVs) gGR tABD
Cast: tABD
Marvel Frozen .................................. Mika Doi vMDo tABD
Barn Bonnings ............................... Shoo Hayami vSHa tABD
Chum Huau ................................ Maria Kawamura vMKa1 tABD
Silky Mau ................................ Keiko Yokozawa vKYo tABD
<Unknown character> ..................... Michie Tomizawa vMTo1 tABD
Description: tABD
Byston Well is a world where people go when they die. It is tABD
normally unreachable from Earth for it exists between sea and tABD
land. Only those who can open the Aura Road can pass through. tABD
Dwellers of Sea called the A-Fellario are able to open the Aura tABD
Road, and one of them named Silky Mau is forced to do it to tABD
snatch a young motocross racer named Sho Zama. Sho finds himself tABD
in Byston Well and his role is to pilot an Aura Battler. The tABD
Aura Battler is a giant robot warrior of immense power that can tABD
only be piloted by one with a strong Aura. All people brought tABD
from Earth have that Aura, but Sho's is exceptionally strong. tABD
His new master is Drake Luft, but Sho soon finds that Drake's tABD
motives are more complex than he realizes... tABD
Rating: RECOMMENDED tABD
Title: AD Police (OAVs) gSF tADP
Cast: tADP
Description: (by Tom Jewell) tADP
This is an OAV series concentrating on the AD Police first seen tADP
in "Bubble Gum Crisis", a few years before the first appearance tADP
of the Knight Sabers. The stories have the AD Police dealing tADP
with more mundane crimes and more thought provoking conflicts. tADP
A common character with "Bubble Gum Crisis" is a young Leon tADP
McNichol. tADP
File 1: Leon is fighting against a prostitute Booma. Severely tADP
injured, he defeats it. The Booma returns to his life when tADP
its parts are reused and she (it?) begins killing her tADP
clients. tADP
File 2: This is a "what makes us human" story when a series of tADP
"Jack the Ripper" style slayings take place. tADP
File 3: A story dealing with our own humanity as a police tADP
officer is turned into a 'Robocop' type of Booma...replacing tADP
everything except his brain and tongue. tADP
tADP
NOTE: Rating is by contributor. tADP
US Release by: AnimEigo (subtitled) tADP
Rating: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED tADP
Title: Genji Tsushin Agedama (TV) gCO tAGE
Cast: tAGE
Agedama ................................... Nozomu Sasaki vNSa tAGE
Ibuki .................................. Kotono Mitsuishi vKMi1 tAGE
Description: tAGE
Agedama is a small boy going to elementary school and having the tAGE
usual problems for a boy of his age. He is also secretly a tAGE
superhero-in-training (called "Agedaman"). Along with Wapuro, tAGE
his floating computer companion, he fights against a criminal tAGE
organization who can turn humans into monsters of various types. tAGE
This is *not* a series to be taken seriously...they extensively tAGE
parody the superhero genre as well as other anime including tAGE
"Lupin III: Cagliostro Castle" (many scenes from the movie were tAGE
followed almost exactly!) and "Sailor Moon" (Ibuki-chan turned tAGE
into a 'bishoujo senshi'). Besides, where else can you find tAGE
adversaries like a word processor (Wapuro) vs. a PC (PC-ro)? :-) tAGE
Rating: RECOMMENDED tAGE
Title: Akira (FILM) gSF tAKI
Cast: tAKI
Tetsuo .................................... Nozomu Sasaki vNSa tAKI
Kai ....................................... Takeshi Kusao vKTa2 tAKI
Description: tAKI
Neo-Tokyo is gearing up for the Olympics which will be held tAKI
there. These events mean little to Kaneda and his motorcycle tAKI
gang. Their goal in life is to have a good time, without tAKI
getting into any *real* trouble. However, trouble finds them tAKI
as one of the bikers, Tetsuo, 'runs into' a psychic kid and is tAKI
taken away. Kaneda finds that this is all linked to a dark tAKI
mysterious secret called 'Akira'. The plot is somewhat tAKI
confusing, but this is one of the most technically impressive tAKI
anime movies to date. tAKI
NOTE: The "Akira Production Report" is a 'Making of...' video tAKI
that shows some behind-the-scenes stuff of the "Akira" tAKI
movie. tAKI
US Release by: Streamline Pictures (dubbed) tAKI
UK Release by: Island World Communications (dubbed & subtitled) tAKI
Rating: RECOMMENDED -- but not for weak stomachs :-) tAKI
Title: Project A-Ko (FILM, OAVs) gCO tAKO
Title: A-Ko the Versus (OAVs) gCO tAKO
Cast: tAKO
A-Ko Magami ................................... Miki Itoh vMIt tAKO
B-Ko Daitokuji ............................ Emi Shinohara vESh tAKO
C-Ko Kotobuki ........................... Michie Tomizawa vMTo1 tAKO
Ume .................................. Megumi Hayashibara vMHa1 tAKO
Ine .................................... Yoshino Takamori vYTa1 tAKO
Captain Napolipolita ...................... Shuichi Ikeda vSIk1 tAKO
Spy-D ...................................... Tessho Genda vTGe tAKO
Raiza Chichi (A-Ko the Vs:Blue Side) ...... Saeko Shimazu vSSh1 tAKO
Description: tAKO
Take a school classroom. Add one poetry spouting teacher. Add tAKO
a brilliant student (B-Ko). Add two new students, one who can tAKO
destroy whole armies with her strength and another who can tAKO
destroy whole armies with her crying and cooking. Now, create tAKO
a rivalry between A-Ko and B-ko over getting to be C-Ko's friend.tAKO
Add an invading alien force and you've got a parody taking aim tAKO
at many anime cliches. Overall, it was very funny, though some tAKO
parts were better than others. "A-Ko the Versus" placed A-Ko and tAKO
B-Ko as bounty hunters trying to rescue C-Ko. tAKO
US Release by: US Manga Corp (subtitled) tAKO
Rating: RECOMMENDED tAKO
Title: Oh! My Goddess (OAVs) gCO tAMG
aka: Aa! Megami-sama tAMG
Cast: tAMG
Keiichi .................................. Masami Kikuchi vMKi2 tAMG
Belldandy (a goddess) ..................... Kikuko Inouye vKIn1 tAMG
Skuld (a goddess) ...................... Aya Hisakawa vAHi2 tAMG
Urd (a goddess) ........................ Yumi Tohma vYTo tAMG
Description: (by Hitoshi Doi) tAMG
One day, Keiichi, a student at Nekomi Institute of Technology tAMG
(or NIT) was in his dorm because his sempai told him to wait for tAMG
a phone call. While waiting, he got hungry, so Keiichi called tAMG
out for some food. He dialed the wrong number and got the tAMG
"Goddess Helpers" office instead. A young cute goddess named tAMG
Belldandy appear out of the mirror and said "Our job is to help tAMG
people who are in trouble, like you. I can grant you one wish, tAMG
no matter what it is...". Keiichi said "I want you to stay for- tAMG
ever". The wish was approved. Unfortunately, Keiichi lives in tAMG
a men-only dorm, so he got thrown out when his sempai returned. tAMG
Keiichi's friends didn't let him in either, so he and Belldandy tAMG
finally settled in an old temple... tAMG
NOTE: This series is commonly known as "Ah! My Goddess", but the tAMG
English title is as shown above. Confirmed with the manga's tAMG
author by Robert Woodhead of AnimEigo. tAMG
US Release by: AnimEigo (subtitled) tAMG
Rating: RECOMMENDED tAMG
Title: We Love Animation! (TV) gMI tANI
aka: Anime Daisuki! tANI
Cast: tANI
<Not Applicable> tANI
Description: tANI
This is a TV special which comes on twice a year. For one week, tANI
various OAVs and movies are shown on TV via this program. Among tANI
the features that have been shown are well-known ones such as tANI
"Patlabor OAV #7", "Orange Road: White Lovers", "Lupin III: The tANI
Legendary Gold of Babylon", "3x3 Eyes", "Dominion" and all of tANI
"Project A-Ko". Less well known features include "Anpan-Man", tANI
"Fuma no Kojiro", "Cleopatra DC", "Kenya" and "Midoriyama High tANI
School". This is a great way to sample different anime that you tANI
have never seen before. Also, the "We Love Animation" credits tANI
are not to be missed...a different one for each series. This tANI
was the first place that I ever saw an "Animate" gift card... :-)tANI
Rating: RECOMMENDED tANI
Title: Appleseed (OAV) gSF tAPP
Cast: tAPP
Hitomi ...................................... Mayumi Shoo vMSh tAPP
Description: tAPP
In the futuristic metropolis of Olympus, a terrorist action is tAPP
taking place. Handling the situation is ESWAT, a special branch tAPP
of the Olympus Police Dept. Through the tense situation, ESWAT tAPP
prepares to neutralize the terrorists. Finally, ESWAT strikes tAPP
and kill or capture all but one of the terrorists. Along the tAPP
way, we're introduced to two ESWAT members: Deunan Nut and tAPP
Briareos Hecatonchires. They are 2 outsiders who joined ESWAT tAPP
for lack of anywhere else to go. The OAV tells a story of a tAPP
terrorist plot to take over Gaia...the central computer running tAPP
Olympus. The plot involves a disillusioned ESWAT officer and tAPP
the terrorist who got away and Hitomi, Deunan's bioroid friend tAPP
who is used as a pawn to gain access to Gaia. tAPP
tAPP
NOTE: The OAV is based on the manga "Appleseed" by Matsumune tAPP
Shirow. The manga is full of rich character development and tAPP
background. Unfortunately, none of this was shown in the OAV. tAPP
We got a simple police vs. terrorist story filled with lots of tAPP
action, but was pretty pointless. It was interesting to see tAPP
how many English words were misspelled, though... :-) tAPP
US Release by: US Renditions (subtitled) tAPP
Rating: NOT RECOMMENDED tAPP
Title: Arion (FILM) gFA tARI
Cast: tARI
Seneca .................................... Mayumi Tanaka vMTa2 tARI
Description: tARI
In Thrace, Arion is taken from his mother Demeter by the god tARI
Hades. In the Underworld, Arion is trained to be a warrior. His tARI
training is driven by revenge: Arion was told that his mother's tARI
blindness was caused by Zeus and Zeus' death will remove the tARI
curse. Finally, Arion and Geedo (a huge ape-like creature who tARI
had become Arion's friend and companion) left the Underworld to tARI
find Zeus. Seneca, a small thief, makes off with Arion's sword tARI
and this leads Arion to his first encounter with the forces of tARI
Zeus, commanded by his daughter Athena. Arion is captured but tARI
is later set free by Lesfeena, Athena's mute serving girl. As tARI
Arion rejoins Geedo and Seneca (and worries about Lesfeena), the tARI
forces of Zeus and Poseidon face each other in battle. In the tARI
background sits the scheming Hades, and the calm Apollon who tARI
seems to have plans of his own. The setting of this movie was tARI
based on Greek Mythology and the story is of epic stature. The tARI
complex plot takes a while to unravel, but the storytelling is tARI
excellent. tARI
Rating: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED tARI
Title: Assemble Insert (OAVs) gCO tASI
Cast: tASI
Maron Namikaze .......................... Hiroko Kasahara vHKa tASI
Kagairi Sonoba ........................... Maria Kawamura vMKa1 tASI
Description: tASI
The "Demon Seed" organization is robbing lots of banks and tASI
jewelry stores. The police can't catch them and worse, they tASI
cause a lot of civilian damage while trying. The solution? Hold tASI
an audition for the new "Anti-Demon Seed" heroine who can also tASI
become a music idol. This way, the public won't become so tASI
upset at the civilian damage that's going to happen anyway. tASI
Cute, sweet 8th grader Maron Namikaze wins this slot due to her tASI
enormous strength. This OAV series parodies both the superhero tASI
genre and idol girls. Pretty funny. tASI
Rating: RECOMMENDED tASI
Title: Baoh the Visitor (FILM) gAD tBAO
Cast: tBAO
Sumire .................................... Noriko Hidaka vNHi tBAO
Commander Dold ............................ Shuichi Ikeda vSIk1 tBAO
Description: (by Tom Jewell) tBAO
Ikuro is a 17 year old boy who has been implanted with an tBAO
organism which will defend itself against any threat to its host.tBAO
Ikuro escapes from the captivity of the corporation responsible tBAO
for implanting the organism (called BAOH) in him. Joining him tBAO
in his escape is a young ESPer named Sumire. The insuing chase tBAO
by the corporation, kidnapping of Sumire, and final showdown in tBAO
the secret corporate laboratory make for a fast paced movie. tBAO
Contains a fair amount of graphic violence, though not as bad as tBAO
some. tBAO
Rating: RECOMMENDED tBAO
Title: Bubblegum Crisis (OAVs) gSF tBGC.
Cast: tBGC.
Silia Stingray ....................... Yoshiko Sakakibara vYSa tBGC.
Prisilla Asagiri (Priss) .................. Kinuko Ohmori vKOh tBGC.
Linna Yamazaki .......................... Michie Tomizawa vMTo1 tBGC.
Nene Romanova ........................... Akiko Hiramatsu vAHi1 tBGC.
Mackie Stingray ........................... Nozomu Sasaki vNSa tBGC.
Leon McNichol ........................... Toshio Furukawa vTFu2 tBGC.
Daley ................................... Kenyuu Horiuchi vKHo tBGC.
Brian Mason ............................... Shuichi Ikeda vSIk1 tBGC.
Gibson (BGC4:Revenge Road) .............. Kaneto Shiozawa vKSh1 tBGC.
Nam (BGC5:Midnight Rambler) ....... Megumi Hayashibara vMHa1 tBGC.
Anri (BGC6:Red Eyes) .................... Yuko Mizutani vYMi3 tBGC.
Largo (BGC6:Red Eyes) ................. Kazuyoshi Sogabe vKSo tBGC.
Vision (BGC7:Double Vision) ............. Maiko Hashimoto vMHa2 tBGC.
Lisa (BGC8:Scoop Chase) .................. Aya Hisakawa vAHi2 tBGC.
Miriam (BGC8:Scoop Chase) ................ Issei Futamata vIFu tBGC.
Receptionist (BGC8:Scoop Chase) .......... Chisa Yokoyama vCYo tBGC.
Description: tBGC.
After a great earthquake, Tokyo was flattened. A new city tBGC.
called MegaTokyo rose from its ashes. The company responsible tBGC.
for much of the rebuilding was Genom Corp. Genom also produced tBGC.
a biomechanical creature called a Booma. When Boomas ran out tBGC.
of control, the ADPolice try to stop them. Also on the scene tBGC.
was a shadowy mercenary group called the Knight Sabers. tBGC.
US Release by: AnimEigo (subtitled) tBGC.
UK Release by: Anime Projects Limited (subtitled) tBGC.
Rating: RECOMMENDED tBGC.
Title: Bubblegum Crash! (OAVs) gSF tBGC!
Cast: tBGC!
Silia Stingray ....................... Yoshiko Sakakibara vYSa tBGC!
Priss ................................... Ryoko Tachikawa vRTa tBGC!
Linna Yamazaki .......................... Michie Tomizawa vMTo1 tBGC!
Nene Romanova ........................... Akiko Hiramatsu vAHi1 tBGC!
Description: tBGC!
After the 8-part BGC OAV series, the story continues in this tBGC!
new series. 2 years have passed, and the Knight Sabers have all tBGC!
but disbanded. Then Silia reappears with a new hardsuit design. tBGC!
Note that characters, plot and the general setting have all tBGC!
changed from their appearance in BGC. tBGC!
tBGC!
Note: After "Bubblegum Crisis", this series completely changed tBGC!
the characters, making them stereotypes instead of individuals.tBGC!
Add a formula plot (with at least 1 fight scene complete with tBGC!
reused animation!) and the result is something to be avoided. tBGC!
The opening credits were impressive, however. tBGC!
US Release by: AnimEigo (subtitled) tBGC!
Rating: NOT RECOMMENDED tBGC!
Title: Burn Up! (OAV) gAD tBUR
Cast: tBUR
Maki ......................................Yumiko Shibata vYSh2 tBUR
Reimi ......................................... Miki Itoh vMIt tBUR
Yuka ................................... Kumiko Nishihara vKNi tBUR
Description: tBUR
This is the story of police officers in the near future. We tBUR
concentrate on 3 female officers: the overly cute Yuka, the prim tBUR
and proper Reimi, and the aggressive Maki. At the start, there tBUR
is a kidnapping attempt, and the criminals have high-powered tBUR
weapons. They hold off the pursuing police, but that's before tBUR
Maki (finally!) shows up on her motorcycle and messily catches tBUR
the kidnappers. This is, of course, tied to a larger slavery tBUR
operation run by Samuel McCoy. The 3 police officers decide to tBUR
go undercover...without authorization. This only results in tBUR
Yuka getting captured so Maki and Reimi mount a rescue operation.tBUR
This is a one shot OAV which is largely a light hearted action tBUR
flick. Characters designed by Keniichi Sonoda. tBUR
US Release by: AD Vision (subtitled) tBUR
Rating: RECOMMENDED tBUR
Title: Bush Baby (TV) gDR tBUS
Cast: tBUS
Description: (by Curtis Hoffmann) tBUS
Bush Baby seems to be the name of a kind of over-grown kangaroo tBUS
rat that is the pet of the heroine. This is a girl's show, with tBUS
similarities to Tintin (ie. a young girl travelling to exotic tBUS
lands and having wonderous adventures. However, unlike Tintin, tBUS
the heroine here does not do any fighting -- she's too kind and tBUS
gentle for that, so the fighting is left up to her adult male tBUS
friends.) So far, the action has taken place only in Africa and tBUS
India. Has good character designs and interesting stories. tBUS
Rating: RECOMMENDED tBUS
Title: City Hunter (TV,FILM) gAD tCH
Cast: tCH
Ryo Saeba .................................. Akira Kamiya vAKa tCH
Kaori Makumura ............................... Kazu Ikura vKIk tCH
Kaoru Saejima ............................ Chika Sakamoto vCSa tCH
Umibozu .................................... Tessho Genda vTGe tCH
Catherine Hayward (ep #66-67) .............. Hiromi Tsuru vHTs tCH
Misuzu Moriwaki (City Hunter 3) ...... Megumi Hayashibara vMHa1 tCH
<Unknown character> ......................... Mami Koyama vMKo1 tCH
<Unknown character> (CH '91) .............. Youko Asagami vYAs tCH
Description: tCH
If you're desperate and need a job done, write "XYZ" on the tCH
bulletin board at Shinjuku Station. That is a signal that you tCH
want to hire City Hunter. Ryo Saeba and Kaori Makumura make up tCH
City Hunter. Ryo is calm, cool, and an amazingly accurate shot. tCH
He is also the biggest lech since Ataru Moroboshi. Kaori is the tCH
daughter of Ryo's deceased partner and runs the business side of tCH
City Hunter. She is also the only woman who Ryo *hasn't* made a tCH
pass at. The jobs have ranged from being a bodyguard (usually a tCH
pretty girl :-)) to virtual espionage. Kaori has kept Ryo's tCH
frequent sukebe tendencies in check with an 50,000 kg mallet. :-)tCH
This is an action-adventure with some comedy elements. tCH
Rating: RECOMMENDED tCH
Title: Cream Lemon (OAVs) gMI tCRE
Cast: tCRE
Description: tCRE
This is an anthology series where the overriding common theme is tCRE
SEX! The series has ranged from soap opera (the Ami series) to tCRE
fantasy (Rall series) to horror (Cream Lemon Dark) to outright tCRE
parody (Pop Chaser). The various episodes have nothing in tCRE
common with each other (aside from episodes in a mini-series) tCRE
except the requirement to have at least one sex act. In terms tCRE
of plot, that ranges from the very bad to mediocre. In most tCRE
cases, the sex is totally unnecessary to the plot (such as it is)tCRE
but you couldn't call it a "Cream Lemon" if you took it out... tCRE
NOTE: "Project A-ko" started as a "Cream Lemon", but the comedy tCRE
overwhelmed the sex. The only artifact of "A-ko"'s origins is tCRE
the B-ko pool scene... tCRE
NOTE: Since this is such an inconsistent series plotwise, any tCRE
particular episode will depend heavily on personal taste. With tCRE
that in mind, I'll omit the usual rating with the caveat that tCRE
sex is *guaranteed* to be a part of any "Cream Lemon" OAV... tCRE
NOTE: "Cream Lmmon" is also distributed under the "Fairy Dust" tCRE
label. tCRE
Rating: <Rating omitted> tCRE
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