#138 Article 311 Posted at 1993/12/04 17:58:02 by Mick'n (MAP1406) [GUIDE]
Subject: Anime Pocket Guide (2/8)
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From: takahash@ntmtv.com (Alan Takahashi)
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Subject: Anime Pocket Guide (2/8)
Date: 2 Dec 93 18:13:59 GMT
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Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
Title: Dangaioh (OAVs) gGR tDAN
Cast: tDAN
Pai Thunder ................................ Naoko Matsui vNMa1 tDAN
Roll Kulan ................................. Akira Kamiya vAKa tDAN
Description: tDAN
A group of 4 young people with various ESPer abilities are told tDAN
that they are the new weapon created by Professor Tarson. In tDAN
reality, they were all kidnapped and their memories erased. tDAN
Together, they can control a new superweapon/robot: Dangaioh. tDAN
This is the story of how each discovers his/her past while being tDAN
pursued by the "Bunker"...a space-based criminal conglomerate. tDAN
A typical giant-robot story with unusual characters. tDAN
US Release by: US Renditions (subtitled) tDAN
Rating: RECOMMENDED tDAN
Title: Dirty Pair (FILM,OAV,OAVs,TV) gCO tDPR
Cast: tDPR
Kei ......................................... Kyoko Tongu vKTo2 tDPR
Yuri ...................................... Saeko Shimazu vSSh1 tDPR
Muhgi ................................... Naoki Makishima vNMa2 tDPR
Samara (Affair of Nolandia) ............. Yoshiko Fujita vYFu2 tDPR
Yurugis (Affair of Nolandia) ............... Banjou Ginga vBGi tDPR
Musuni (Affair of Nolandia) .................. Keiko Han vKHa tDPR
Orun (Affair of Nolandia) ............... Masaru Ikeda vMIk2 tDPR
Kei (Runaway Angel OAV) .............. Rika Matsumoto vRMa tDPR
Yuri (Runaway Angel OAV) ................ Mariko Kouda vMKo3 tDPR
Description: tDPR
If you're in **BIG** trouble, call on the World Welfare Work tDPR
Association or WWWA. They can send out a team of highly trained tDPR
and capable agents called Trouble Consultants who can solve your tDPR
problem. Unless the team they send you is the "Dirty Pair"... tDPR
(I *really* meant "Lovely Angels"). These two will fix your tDPR
problem, but leave a lot of collateral damage...but its NEVER tDPR
THEIR FAULT!! Entertaining comedy in the James Bond style. tDPR
US Release by: Streamline Pictures (dubbed) tDPR
Rating: RECOMMENDED tDPR
Title: Dominion (OAVs) gCO tDOM
Cast: tDOM
Leona Ozeki ................................ Hiromi Tsuru vHTs tDOM
Megane .................................... Shigeru Chiba vSCh tDOM
The Chief ................................. Ichiroo Nagai vINa tDOM
Annapuma ..................................... Yuhko Mita vYMi1 tDOM
Unipuma ................................. Michie Tomizawa vMTo1 tDOM
Description: tDOM
Crime has gone rampant. (So has the pollution, but nobody tDOM
really notices. :-)) In order to combat this crime wave, the tDOM
police arm themselves with...TANKS! Now, it's the good guys tDOM
(the Tank Police) vs. the bad guys (Buaku and his gang). Who tDOM
will win? Who SHOULD win? A comedy from the creater of tDOM
Appleseed. tDOM
US Release by: US Manga Corps (subtitled) tDOM
UK Release by: Island World Communications (dubbed) tDOM
Rating: RECOMMENDED tDOM
Title: Doraemon (TV) gKI tDOR
Cast: tDOR
Description: tDOR
This is a kids' show about a cat/robot/oversized possum (take tDOR
your pick...even though he's *supposed* to be a cat) called tDOR
Doraemon. He lives with a schoolboy whose life is pretty normal.tDOR
In this group of friends, there is a local girl and a bully. tDOR
Their lives are pretty normal for their age (elementary school), tDOR
until Doraemon gets involved. Doraemon looks like a blue and tDOR
white otter with a hormone problem. He has a pouch on his tummy tDOR
which can produce just about *anything*. Shrinking guns, magic tDOR
pools and a futuristic alarm system are among the things that tDOR
he's pulled out of that pouch. Bizarre things start happening, tDOR
particularly if the local bully gets his hands on the gadgets. tDOR
The series is broken up into 2 15-minute segments per episode tDOR
and is pretty much light entertainment. tDOR
Rating: RECOMMENDED tDOR
Title: Dragonball (Z) (TV,FILM) gFA tDRA
Cast: tDRA
Gokuu Son ................................. Masako Nozawa vMNo tDRA
Gohan Son ................................. Masako Nozawa vMNo tDRA
Tenshinhan ............................. Hirotaka Suzuoki vHSu tDRA
Buruma ..................................... Hiromi Tsuru vHTs tDRA
Vegita (Dragonball Z) ..................... Ryo Horikawa vRHo tDRA
Piccolo (Dragonball Z) .................. Toshio Furukawa vTFu2 tDRA
Trunks (Dragonball Z) .................... Takeshi Kusao vKTa2 tDRA
Kuririn (Dragonball Z) .................... Mayumi Tanaka vMTa2 tDRA
<unknown character> ....................... Shigeru Chiba vSCh tDRA
<unknown character> ....................... Ichiroo Nagai vINa tDRA
Goten (Dragonball Z #200-) .............. Masako Nozawa vMNo tDRA
Biideru (Dragonball Z #200-) ............. Yuko Minaguchi vYMi2 tDRA
Ireza (Dragonball Z #200-) ............... Megumi Urawa vMUr tDRA
Description: (by Curtis Hoffmann) tDRA
This series is about Gokuu Son, a were-monkey whose original tDRA
quest was to find the 7 Dragonballs. It is said that once all 7 tDRA
Dragonballs are put together, a great dragon will appear and tDRA
will grant 1 wish, after which the Dragonballs will scatter. tDRA
There are actually two series so far: tDRA
Dragonball - This followed Gokuu on his original quest. There tDRA
are lots of silly gags and toilet humor, as well as some tDRA
great character acting and pathos. Gokuu Son is based on tDRA
the Monkey King legend, but is more naive and innocent than tDRA
he is strong and valorous (which is saying a LOT). As his tDRA
quest continues, he picks up lots of friends and enemies, tDRA
which keeps the storyline fresh. Also, upon the completion tDRA
of a quest, it must begin again since the Dragonballs are tDRA
scattered, leading to new & even more bizarre adventures. tDRA
Most villains belong to the "Red Ribbon" organization of tDRA
which the most deadly assassin is...Kao Pai Pai. tDRA
Dragonball Z - This differs from the 1st series in that Gokuu tDRA
disappeared into a strange realm and emerged as a super- tDRA
Saiyajin. Combat is now emphasized rather than the toilet tDRA
humor and story of the last series. In recent storylines, tDRA
the plot centers on 4 androids from the future who came to tDRA
kill Gokuu and fights everyone who tries to protect him. tDRA
Cell, one of the 4 androids, absorbs 2 of the others to tDRA
become capable of destroying the universe. Gohan, Gokuu's tDRA
son, is the only one who can stop him since he has been tDRA
shown to be more powerful -- and faster -- than his father. tDRA
This is arguably one of the most popular (and money making) tDRA
anime TV series in Japan today. tDRA
Rating: RECOMMENDED tDRA
Title: Everyday is Sunday (OAVs) gAD tEDS
aka: Mainichi ga Nichiyoubi tEDS
Cast: tEDS
Description: tEDS
During a heavy downpour, a girl is running away from a boy. She tEDS
crosses a street, not seeing the oncoming truck. He does, and tEDS
pushes her away...bloodily injuring his hand. Frightened, she tEDS
runs away from the scene. Much later, the girl, whose name is tEDS
Yumi Takeshita, has grown up to become a rookie police officer. tEDS
On her first day on duty, the overeager Yumi hears a scream and tEDS
finds a purse-snatching victim. She sees a heavyset man running tEDS
away and gives chase. She catches him and with her strength and tEDS
combat skills, flattens him. Not only has she caught the wrong tEDS
guy, but the scar on his hand shows that he's Tohru Ichidaiji, tEDS
the young man who saved her so many years ago. To make it up to tEDS
him, Yumi goes on a date with him. During the date, Tohru-san tEDS
uses his magician skills to catch the real purse-snatcher, but tEDS
he has an older brother...who bumps into Yumi. This is a very tEDS
funny action series with a slight romantic touch. By Yuuzo tEDS
Takada, the creator of "3x3 Eyes". Note that the anime Yumi is tEDS
a redhead while the manga Yumi is blond... tEDS
Rating: RECOMMENDED tEDS
Title: Etranger (FILM) gSF tETR
Cast: tETR
Remy Shimoda ................................ Mami Koyama vMKo1 tETR
Bundoru ................................. Kaneto Shiozawa vKSh1 tETR
Description: tETR
Remy Shimoda is in a hurry. She's on her way to a reunion with tETR
the other members of the Go Shogun team, and she's late. A tETR
police action with some robbers gets in her way, so she runs the tETR
robbers off the road. Her vision blurs and she gets into an tETR
accident. The movie splits into two with one plot following tETR
Remy's slow decline at the hospital with the Go Shogun members tETR
and former enemies at her side, and her experience in a strange tETR
city where she, and the rest of the team have their deaths tETR
foretold. Remy, herself, is plagued by visions of her death, tETR
and visitations from a threatening girl and her panther-like cat.tETR
The temple at the center of the city is the key, so the team tETR
sets out to battle their way into it. Based on the giant robot tETR
series "Go Shogun", this is a story focusing on Remy, the female tETR
member of the team. Remy's mother was a French prostitute, so tETR
Remy has a tainted and confused past. This aspect is played tETR
upon in the movie where we see an older Remy, 30 years after the tETR
"Go Shogun" series on the one hand, and the younger Remy in the tETR
city. Whether the city is a dream or not is left ambiguous... tETR
NOTE: "Etranger" is French for "stranger" and refers to Remy's tETR
status as an outsider... tETR
NOTE: The "Go Shogun" series was dubbed and released in the US tETR
as 1/2 of the "Macron 1" TV series tETR
Rating: RECOMMENDED tETR
Title: Future Boy Conan (TV) gSF tFBC
aka: Mirai Shounen Conan tFBC
Cast: tFBC
Description: (by Enrique Conty) tFBC
In the aftermath of a war fought by magnetic weapons which tFBC
caused massive earthquakes, a young and spunky boy naned Conan tFBC
gets involved in a grand adventure. Conan lives in a world that tFBC
is mostly oceans; the major land masses having been destroyed tFBC
by the weapons of the great war. He meets a young girl named tFBC
Lana, and they eventually foil the plans of the city-state of tFBC
Industria which wants to regain the lethal weapons. This 1979 tFBC
26-episode liberal adaptation of Alexander Key's "THE INCREDIBLE tFBC
TIDE" has been described as director Hayao Miyazaki's prototype tFBC
for this later film "Laputa: Castle in the Sky". tFBC
Rating: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED tFBC
Title: Five Star Stories (OAV) gDR tFSS
Cast: tFSS
Amaterasu .................................. Ryo Horikawa vRHo tFSS
Ladios Sopp ................................ Ryo Horikawa vRHo tFSS
Fatima Lachesis .......................... Maria Kawamura vMKa1 tFSS
Fatima Clotho ................................ Rei Sakuma vRSa1 tFSS
Vord Bewlard ............................. Norio Wakamoto vNWa2 tFSS
Colus III ............................... Kazuhiko Inouye vKIn2 tFSS
Torohra .................................. Issei Futamata vIFu tFSS
Peosche Nomien .............................. Shoo Hayami vSHa tFSS
Grand Duke Yuuba .......................... Ichiroo Nagai vINa tFSS
Description: tFSS
Among the 5 star systems known as the Joker Systems, there are tFSS
many kingdoms. There are knights within the kingdoms and the tFSS
knights control giant robots called Headliners. Bound to the tFSS
knights are fatimas. Human in appearance and mind, the fatimas tFSS
(mostly female) possess expanded physical capabilities and make tFSS
it possible to control a Headliner. Fatimas cannot reproduce. tFSS
All this is overseen by Emperor Amaterasu and his Mirage Knights.tFSS
Rather than grasp at the epic proportions of Mamoru Nagano's tFSS
manga, this OAV tells a simpler story of the fulfillment of two tFSS
fatimas and, perhaps, questions their traditional roles... tFSS
Rating: RECOMMENDED tFSS
Title: Golgo 13 (aka "The Professional") (FILM) gMI tG13
Cast: tG13
Golgo 13 ................................ Tetsurou Sagawa vTSa2 tG13
Leonard Dawson ............................... Goroo Naya vGNa tG13
Laura Dawson ................................ Reiko Mutoo vRMu tG13
Cindy/Doctor Zed ......................... Yoshiko Fujita vYFu2 tG13
Rita .................................... Kumiko Takizawa vKTa1 tG13
General T. Jefferson .................. Kiyoshi Kobayashi vKKo tG13
Description: tG13
Golgo 13 is an assassin for hire. He is the best in that once tG13
hired, he will kill the target no matter who it is. It doesn't tG13
matter how much protection is around the target. Golgo 13 is tG13
also a completely amoral man with few redeeming qualities. In tG13
this film, one of Golgo 13's targets is the son of a very power- tG13
ful man...who sends everything he can after the assassin. The tG13
suspense level is very high throughout the film, though the tG13
mood is very dark. Computer graphics are also used a lot. tG13
US Release by: Streamline Pictures (dubbed) tG13
Rating: RECOMMENDED tG13
Title: Legend of the Galactic Heroes (OAVs,FILM) gDR tGAL
Cast: tGAL
Paul Von Oberstein ...................... Kaneto Shiozawa vKSh1 tGAL
Description: tGAL
The story of two mighty space empires is told from the viewpoint tGAL
of two 'heroes': Rheinhardt Von Museal, Admiral of the Galactic tGAL
Empire, and Yang Wenli, Admiral from the Alliance of Free tGAL
Planets. Both men are military and tactical geniuses and are tGAL
born survivors. The ambitious Rheinhart has the goal of getting tGAL
enough power to be able to free his sister from her obligation tGAL
as one of the Emperor's Court ladies. He is fairly ruthless in tGAL
this which is tempered only by his aide: Siegfried Kircheis. tGAL
Yang is a pacifistic man who, when necessary, will do his duty tGAL
even if it means fighting against an enemy fleet (since he is a tGAL
*soldier*, after all). The drama between these 2 men is played tGAL
out against a backdrop of great space battles, inept commanders, tGAL
frightened soldiers, personal relationships, corrupt politicians tGAL
and the workings of two space empires at war with each other. tGAL
This is a space opera on a very grand scale. Note that there is tGAL
a very heavy Prussian influence on the series, especially tGAL
present in the Imperial uniforms... tGAL
Rating: RECOMMENDED tGAL
Title: Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (TV) gSF tGAT
aka: Kagaku Ninja tai Gatchaman tGAT
Cast: tGAT
<Unnamed character> ....................... Youko Asagami vYAs tGAT
Description: tGAT
<No Description available>. Was dubbed and marketed as "Battle tGAT
of the Planets" by Sandy Frank Productions. tGAT
US Release by: Sandy Frank Productions?? (dubbed) tGAT
Rating: <No Rating> tGAT
Title: Gall Force (OAVs) gSF tGFC
Cast: tGFC
Eluza (Eternal Story) ................... Maria Kawamura vMKa1 tGFC
Pony (Eternal Story) .................. Michie Tomizawa vMTo1 tGFC
Exanon (Eternal Story) .................. Toshio Furukawa vTFu2 tGFC
Lufy ....................................... Hiromi Tsuru vHTs tGFC
Catty .................................... Naoko Watanabe vNWa1 tGFC
Shildy (Gall Force 2&3) ..................... Mayumi Shoo vMSh tGFC
Spea (Gall Force 2&3) ................... Yuko Mizutani vYMi3 tGFC
Amy (Gall Force 2&3) .................... Chieko Honda vCHo tGFC
Description: tGFC
A great war between two interstellar powers: the Paranoid and tGFC
the Solenoid. Among all the destruction, the crew of the tGFC
Starleaf are told to go to Chaos. The Starleaf manages to tGFC
escape the destruction, but, ultimately, all but one of the tGFC
survivors are killed in true "10 little indians" tradition. tGFC
Parts 2 and 3 of the series deals with a revived Lufy and tGFC
another group of Solenoids 10 years later. tGFC
US Release by: US Manga Corps (subtitled) tGFC
Rating: RECOMMENDED tGFC
Title: Gall Force: Earth Chapter series (OAVs) gSF tGFE
Title: Gall Force: New Century series (OAVs) gSF tGFE
Cast: tGFE
Soundy ..................................... Naoko Matsui vNMa1 tGFE
Melody ....................................... Eriko Hara vEHa tGFE
Score ...................................... Hiromi Tsuru vHTs tGFE
Anne ...................................... Yuko Mizutani vYMi3 tGFE
Catty .................................... Naoko Watanabe vNWa1 tGFE
Mitty ...................................... Chieko Honda vCHo tGFE
Fortin ................................... Maria Kawamura vMKa1 tGFE
Sally ................................... Michie Tomizawa vMTo1 tGFE
Description: tGFE
In the near future, man has found the capsule containing the tGFE
knowledge of Solenoid technology. Humanity created the MMEs tGFE
which turned on humanity and created an Earthly wasteland via tGFE
the nuclear weapons of the superpowers. Now, human rebel groups tGFE
fight against the MMEs to reclaim their planet. The mood here tGFE
is very "Terminator" like. "Rhea Gall Force" was actually the tGFE
first OAV using this setting. "New Century" continues the tGFE
story a century later. tGFE
tGFE
Note: After "Rhea Gall Force", the "Earth Chapter" series turned tGFE
pedestrian. Starting with the stop-motion animation in part tGFE
1 to the silly resolution in part 3, I just got turned off. tGFE
Perhaps I was expecting too much..there are many good elements tGFE
in "Earth Chapter"(esp. #2), but overall it was a waste. "New tGFE
Century" is a total waste leaving me with a "huh?" reaction. tGFE
Rating: NOT RECOMMENDED (except for "Rhea Gall Force") tGFE
Title: Galaxy Express 999 (FILM,TV) gSF t999
Cast: t999
Clea ...................................... Youko Asagami vYAs t999
Metalmena (Adieu, GX999) .................. Youko Asagami vYAs t999
Description: t999
In the far far future, technology has advanced enough so that it t999
no longer matters what a spaceship looks like. You can have a t999
space express service with a ship that looks like a 19th t999
century train. Imagine where you can go and what adventures t999
you can have. We follow Tetsuo as he goes on these adventures. t999
In "Adieu, Galaxy Express 999", the final chapter has Tetsuo as t999
one of the human rebels fighting against the mechanicals. t999
Rating: RECOMMENDED t999
Title: Battle Angel (OAVs) gSF tGNN
aka: Gunnm tGNN
Cast: tGNN
Gally ......................................... Miki Itoh vMIt tGNN
Yugo ................................... Kappei Yamaguchi vKYa1 tGNN
Chiren ...................................... Mami Koyama vMKo1 tGNN
Bounty Hunter .......................... Kazuyoshi Sogabe vKSo tGNN
Description: tGNN
On a future Earth, there is a great floating city. Perhaps life tGNN
is a futuristic paradise there...but we don't go there. Instead,tGNN
we enter a city built underneath the floating city. In these tGNN
slums, a cyborg engineer finds a discarded cyborg from the trash tGNN
dropped from above. He rebuilds her and gives her a name: Gally.tGNN
Gally awakens in a world where living conditions are poor, gangs tGNN
roam the area, and "survival of the fittest" applies. Gally is tGNN
apparently a child with no past...even to herself. Mysterious tGNN
combat abilities are within her though and after a period of tGNN
some confusion, Gally registers herself as a "Hunter Warrior". tGNN
The setting is very "Blade Runner" like in the depressing future tGNN
and the dark city... tGNN
NOTE: The Viz manga adaptation uses the "Battle Angel Alita" tGNN
title. AD Vision uses "Battle Angel" to match the Viz tGNN
title, but omits "Alita" since "Gally" is still used. tGNN
US Release by: AD Vision (subtitled) tGNN
Rating: RECOMMENDED tGNN
Title: Graveyard of the Fireflies (FILM) gDR tGRA
Cast: tGRA
Description: tGRA
The time period is World War II. The place is Tokyo during the tGRA
Allied firebombings of the city. In a train station, a boy dies tGRA
on the platform. This goes unnoticed by the attendants among tGRA
the many bodies in the station. The beginning of the movie is tGRA
actually the end of the story. The boy's ghost appears and tGRA
apologizes to his dead sister. Through flashbacks, we are told tGRA
the story of two children made orphans by the war. We follow tGRA
their struggle to survive in a society that has broken down tGRA
under the horrors of war...a struggle doomed to fail in the end. tGRA
This movie focuses on what war does to the children, and is very tGRA
realistically animated. Directed by Isao Takahata, this movie tGRA
should be seen at least once. tGRA
NOTE: Oddly enough, this almost suicidally depressing movie was tGRA
double-billed with a Hayao Miyazaki movie during its run: tGRA
"Tonari no Totoro". tGRA
US Release by: US Manga Corps (subtitled) tGRA
Rating: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - at least once tGRA
Title: Giant Robo (OAVs) gGR tGRO
Cast: tGRO
Daisaku Kusama ......................... Kappei Yamaguchi vKYa1 tGRO
Description: tGRO
In the near future, humanity has been granted cheap energy in tGRO
the form of the Shizuma Drive. This has ushered in a new era of tGRO
prosperity known as Third Energy Revolution. Behind the scenes, tGRO
a struggle between Good and Evil still goes on as personified by tGRO
the International Police Organization and Big Fire. To aid in tGRO
the struggle against evil, the IPO have a great robot known as tGRO
Giant Robo. A young boy named Kusama Daisuku controls Giant tGRO
Robo and there is some mystery behind him. The OAV series tGRO
explores Daisuku and his friends characters against the backdrop tGRO
of a major plot involving the Shizuma Drive. It successfully tGRO
combines the atmosphere and design of 1960's anime and those tGRO
grand plotlines with modern animation techniques. It has to be tGRO
seen to be believed. Based on the old live-action "Giant Robo" tGRO
series which was dubbed as "Johnny Sokko and his Giant Robot". tGRO
US Release by: US Renditions (dubbed) tGRO
Rating: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED tGRO
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