#138 Article 312 Posted at 1993/12/04 18:01:03 by Mick'n (MAP1406) [GUIDE]
Subject: Anime Pocket Guide (3/8)
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From: takahash@ntmtv.com (Alan Takahashi)
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Subject: Anime Pocket Guide (3/8)
Date: 2 Dec 93 18:14:39 GMT
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Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
Title: GS Mikami (TV) gCO tGSM
Cast: tGSM
Reiko Mikami ............................... Hiromi Tsuru vHTs tGSM
Tadao Yokoshima ............................ Ryo Horikawa vRHo tGSM
Okinu-chan ................................. Mariko Kouda vMKo3 tGSM
Doctor Chaos .............................. Shigeru Chiba vSCh tGSM
Emi Ogasawara ........................... Michie Tomizawa vMTo1 tGSM
Description: (by Hitoshi Doi) tGSM
With all of the new buildings being put up in the city, there tGSM
was no place for the ghosts to go. Naturally, the ghosts cause tGSM
havoc, so a new job called GS (or Ghost Sweeper) was created. tGSM
The body-conscious girl Reiko Mikami was the head of the GS tGSM
office with Tadao Yokoshima as her assistant. Yokoshima worked tGSM
at the GS office for only Y250/hour (about 2 dollars!). The tGSM
reason he worked so cheaply was because he wanted to work with tGSM
Reiko. His dream was to see Reiko naked. Also on the team was tGSM
Okinu-chan who worked for only Y30/day (yes, that's 22 cents a tGSM
day!). Of course, Okinu-chan had few needs since she was a tGSM
300 year old ghost. tGSM
Rating: RECOMMENDED tGSM
Title: Gunbuster: Aim for the Top! (OAVs) gGR tGUN
aka: Top o Nerae! Gunbuster! tGUN
Cast: tGUN
Noriko Takaya ............................. Noriko Hidaka vNHi tGUN
Kazumi Amano ................................. Rei Sakuma vRSa1 tGUN
Jung Freud ............................... Maria Kawamura vMKa1 tGUN
Description: tGUN
Yes, it's time for Yet-Another-Alien-Invasion! The Earth is tGUN
preparing to defend itself. Oblivious to this, Noriko Takaya, tGUN
daughter of an admiral lost in space, tries to succeed in her tGUN
dream: to become a Gunbuster robot pilot and go off into space tGUN
like her father. This OAV series fluctuated between parody and tGUN
drama and was notable for paying attention to Einstein and his tGUN
Theory of Relativity as it pertains to near-lightspeed travel. tGUN
US Release by: US Renditions (subtitled) tGUN
Rating: RECOMMENDED tGUN
Title: Hello Kitty (TV) gKI tHEL
Cast: tHEL
Kitty ................................ Megumi Hayashibara vMHa1 tHEL
Description: tHEL
A series for little kids. This follows the adventures of two tHEL
kitty kids named "Kitty" and "Mimi". The series tends to be tHEL
very straightforward and innocent. As an example: two jewel tHEL
thieves get away with their loot and crashland near where the tHEL
kids live. They meet the kitty kids (who think that the robbers tHEL
are aliens from a UFO) and entertain the kids with stories while tHEL
the kids tend to their injuries. In the morning, the thieves tHEL
decide that it wasn't worth it, and turn themselves in...only tHEL
after making sure that the kitty kids see their thanks and know tHEL
that the 'aliens' went back to space. The series is very tHEL
charming and almost fairy tale like... tHEL
Rating: RECOMMENDED - Kids would love it... tHEL
Title: Hime-chan no Ribbon (TV) gMG tHIM
Cast: tHIM
Himeko Nonohara ............................. Ikue Ootani vIOo tHIM
Erika ....................................... Ikue Ootani vIOo tHIM
Pokota ....................................... Kazu Ikura vKIk tHIM
Chappi ..................................... Kasuga Satou vKSa tHIM
Daichi Kobayashi .............................. Daiki Yuu vDYu tHIM
Aiko Nonohara .......................... Yuri Shiratori vYSh1 tHIM
Yumeko Nonohara .......................... Chisa Yokoyama vCYo tHIM
Manami Mori ............................... Katsuyo Endou vKEn tHIM
Ichiko Kamikura (Icchan) ................ Minami Takayama vMTa1 tHIM
Sei Arisaka ............................. Takehito Koyasu vTKo2 tHIM
Hikaru Hibino .............................. Rin Mizuhara vRMi tHIM
Yuka Hijiri .................................. Yumi Tohma vYTo tHIM
Hatsune Yamashita (temp teacher) .......... Kikuko Inouye vKIn1 tHIM
Description: tHIM
Erika, queen of a magic world, is on Earth looking for the girl tHIM
who looks exactly like Erika. She finds her in a tomboy named tHIM
Himeko. Himeko (Hime-chan to her friends) is infatuated with an tHIM
an upperclassman boy, has fun with her friends and is an tHIM
ordinary girl in all ways. This changes when Erika gives her a tHIM
magic ribbon which allows Hime-chan to change into anyone she tHIM
wants to. As a side effect, her stuffed lion, Pokota comes to tHIM
life and acts as Hime-chan's advisor. Showing her maturity, tHIM
Hime-chan immediately uses the ribbon to get closer to her tHIM
'sempai'. A 'magical girl' series with a very ordinary girl in tHIM
the lead role. Billed as a magical comedy. tHIM
Rating: RECOMMENDED tHIM
Title: Fist of the North Star (TV,FILM) gMI tHNK
aka: Hokuto no Ken tHNK
Cast: tHNK
Kenshiro ................................... Akira Kamiya vAKa tHNK
Shin .................................... Toshio Furukawa vTFu2 tHNK
Rei ..................................... Kaneto Shiozawa vKSh1 tHNK
Description: tHNK
After the Earth is devastated by nuclear war, society breaks tHNK
down into a system where only the strong survive. Often, there tHNK
are raids on normal people when 'the strong' decide that they tHNK
need something. Into this desolate world comes Kenshiro, master tHNK
of the Hokuto Shinken style of martial art. This style destroys tHNK
the body from within by striking at one of the numerous tHNK
acupuncture points. Kenshiro is a wanderer on a quest to find tHNK
his lost love Yuria...taken from him in a battle with Shin long tHNK
ago. The battle left Kenshiro with scars in the pattern of the tHNK
Big Dipper. During his wanderings, Kenshiro defends the victims tHNK
of 'the strong' for he is pledged by his art to defend the weak. tHNK
Kenshiro is an extremely honorable, though somber man...almost tHNK
the archtype of the tragic hero. The series is high in the tHNK
amount of gore created, but the strong central characters seem tHNK
to rise above that in audience appeal... tHNK
Rating: RECOMMENDED tHNK
Title: Fight! Iczer-1! (OAVs) gFA tIC1
Cast: tIC1
Iczer-1 ................................. Yuriko Yamamoto vYYa tIC1
Iczer-2 ...................................... Keiko Toda vKTo1 tIC1
Nagisa Kano ................................. Mayumi Shoo vMSh tIC1
Big Gold ................................ Kaneto Shiozawa vKSh1 tIC1
Sir Violet .............................. Kaneto Shiozawa vKSh1 tIC1
Description: tIC1
Another alien invasion is underway, with the Bedem taking over tIC1
human bodies. The only thing standing in their way is Iczer-1 tIC1
and her partner, Nagisa. Iczer-1 doesn't know why she's tIC1
fighting and Nagisa doesn't understand how she can be important. tIC1
In this series, both find the answers to their questions, but tIC1
at great cost. tIC1
US Release by: US Renditions (dubbed) tIC1
Rating: RECOMMENDED tIC1
Title: Iczer-3 (OAVs) gFA tIC3
Cast: tIC3
Iczer-1 ................................. Yuriko Yamamoto vYYa tIC3
Iczer-2 ...................................... Keiko Toda vKTo1 tIC3
Iczer-3 .................................... Cutey Suzuki vCSu tIC3
Sister Grey .............................. Sumi Shimamoto vSSh2 tIC3
Nagisa Kasumi ............................ Yuri Shiratori vYSh1 tIC3
Atlas ................................... Minami Takayama vMTa1 tIC3
Kawaii Shizuka ............................... Yuri Amano vYAm tIC3
Fiber .......................................... Mika Doi vMDo tIC3
Golem .................................... Rihoko Yoshida vRYo tIC3
Description: tIC3
In deep space, a battle between Iczer-1 and Neos Gold is fought tIC3
to a standstill. Both are injured and out of action, but Neos tIC3
Gold sends her minions to Earth as the next battleground. tIC3
Iczer-1 can't go, so she sends the inexperienced Iczer-3 to tIC3
defend the Earth. A sequel to Iczer-1. tIC3
tIC3
Note: Not much from the "Iczer-1" series was preserved in this tIC3
one. Instead we got many fighting scenes, an overacted tIC3
character conflict (Atlas), and the overly cute Iczer-3. None tIC3
of the tension, character exploration, or even humor of the tIC3
original was present. tIC3
Rating: NOT RECOMMENDED tIC3
Title: Iron Leaguer (TV) gSP tIRO
Cast: tIRO
Ruly Ginjou (Silver Castle owner) ........ Chisa Yokoyama vCYo tIRO
Magmum Ace ........................... Yasunori Matsumoto vYMa tIRO
Description: tIRO
Imagine the ultimate in sports teams...teams of robots that take tIRO
on almost any sport from baseball or football to ice hockey. The tIRO
games that these teams play become close to all out battles as tIRO
the primary goal is to win. The focus of the series is on an tIRO
underequipped and underfunded team called the "Silver Castle". tIRO
The owner is a young and inexperienced girl. Their nemesis is a tIRO
team called "Dark Kingdom" owned by a sinister and very rich man.tIRO
The series follows the Silver Castle team, led by the baseball- tIRO
specialty robot Magmum Ace, as they go from game to game and tIRO
the obstacles that they have to overcome. A mix between an tIRO
shounen action series and a sports series, "Iron Leaguer" works tIRO
on both levels. An unusual touch is that the robots all have tIRO
"super-deformed" designs as in "SD Gundam". A fun action series.tIRO
Rating: RECOMMENDED tIRO
Title: Crusher Joe (FILM,OAVs) gAD tJOE
Cast: tJOE
Crusher Joe ............................. Hiraku Takemura vHTa1 tJOE
Alfin ........................................ Run Sasaki vRSa2 tJOE
Rikki ...................................... Noriko Ohara vNOh tJOE
Talos ................................. Kiyoshi Kobayashi vKKo tJOE
Dongo .................................... Issei Futamata vIFu tJOE
Captain Kowalski ............................. Goroo Naya vGNa tJOE
Description: tJOE
In space, there are many dangerous jobs to be done. If you want tJOE
the job done right, you can call on the Crusher Conference. For tJOE
a fee, a Crusher team will be dispatched to your site for tJOE
assignments ranging from transportation to terraforming and tJOE
everything in between. Among the various worlds, the Crusher tJOE
Conference has a great reputation, and among the Crushers, the tJOE
best team is the one led by Crusher Joe. Despite links to the tJOE
"Dirty Pair", this series is a serious & exciting adventure... tJOE
Rating: RECOMMENDED tJOE
Title: Karura Mau (FILM,OAVs) gHO tKAR
Cast: tKAR
Shoko Ougi (Shii-chan) ..................... Hiromi Tsuru vHTs tKAR
Kenmochi ................................ Kaneto Shiozawa vKSh1 tKAR
Description: tKAR
Shoko and Maiko Ougi are apparently two ordinary schoolgirls in tKAR
pursuit of graduating and having fun. Shii-chan is the more tKAR
serious while Mai-chan is more fun-loving. In reality, the two tKAR
sisters are powerful exorcists from the Karura temple. Each tKAR
wields half the power...Shii-chan can 'see' the spirits, and tKAR
Mai-chan can banish them. This is a spooky series with heavy tKAR
emphasis on traditionally Japanese occult themes. tKAR
Rating: RECOMMENDED tKAR
Title: Kiki's Delivery Service (FILM) gDR tKIKI
aka: Majou no Takkyuubin tKIKI
Cast: tKIKI
Kiki .................................... Minami Takayama vMTa1 tKIKI
Ursula .................................. Minami Takayama vMTa1 tKIKI
Jiji ......................................... Rei Sakuma vRSa1 tKIKI
"Osono" ...................................... Keiko Toda vKTo1 tKIKI
Tombo .................................. Kappei Yamaguchi vKYa1 tKIKI
Description: tKIKI
On her 13th birthday, a young witch named Kiki leaves her home tKIKI
to find her place in the world. She eventually ends up in a tKIKI
small town where she finds a room with a local baker and his tKIKI
wife. She meets a boy with a fascination with flight and an tKIKI
artist among others. A coming of age story from the hand of tKIKI
Hayao Miyazaki. The ending is a bit abrupt, though. tKIKI
Rating: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED tKIKI
Title: Machine God Corps (OAVs) gGR tKIS
aka: Kishin Heidan tKIS
Cast: tKIS
Description: tKIS
During World War II, a German woman named Maria arrives in Japan tKIS
to deliver a "module". The module has a mysterious purpose, and tKIS
both the German and the Japanese military police are after it. tKIS
She is rescued by a young boy and his gang. The boy's name is tKIS
Taichi and his parents are dead...killed by the Military Police tKIS
who were in turn killed by alien 'ghosts' from the sky. The tKIS
ghosts had been destroyed by a mysterious giant robot that tKIS
appeared with a great train. Maria is contacted by someone who tKIS
might be a friend while her twin sister, working for the Colonel,tKIS
manages to get the module. At this point, the alien ghosts make tKIS
another appearance, and the great robot appears again. This OAV tKIS
series has a high level of suspense and is largely a spy story. tKIS
The robots are also different in that it uses WWII-era techno- tKIS
logy (i.e. steam engines for power plants, machine guns and tKIS
cannons for weapons). tKIS
Rating: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED tKIS
Title: KO Century Beast: 3 Beast Warriors (OAVs) gCO tKOB
aka: KO Seiki Beast Sanjuushi tKOB
Cast: tKOB
Wan Dabada ............................. Kappei Yamaguchi vKYa1 tKOB
Bud Mint ..................................Takendo Koyasu vTKo1 tKOB
Mei Mah ...................................... Mika Kanai vMKa2 tKOB
Mekka Mannen .............................. Kousan Shioya vKSh2 tKOB
V-Darn ............................... Yasunori Matsumoto vYMa tKOB
V-Sion .................................... Yuko Mizutani vYMi3 tKOB
Akumako .................................... Naoko Matsui vNMa1 tKOB
Uni Charm Password ........................ Rumi Shishido vRSh tKOB
Description: (by Avi Melman) tKOB
Due to human folly, the Earth was split apart into its Northern tKOB
and Southern hemispheres. The Southern hemisphere drifted off tKOB
into deep space. On the remaining Northern hemisphere, the tKOB
surviving humans evolved into creatures that could 'morph' into tKOB
half human/animal forms. These 'Beasts' worshipped animal-like tKOB
god-statues called 'Jinn'. When the 'real' humans returned, tKOB
they starting capturing the Jinn (the Jinn are really human- tKOB
created mecha animals of great power inside the statues). This tKOB
series follows a group of 3 young Beasts from very different tKOB
tribes. All were captured, but escaped with the help of a human tKOB
and his granddaughter. This is a very funny comedy series with tKOB
an odd cast of characters. Bud, in particular, speaks a great tKOB
deal of English and thinks he's a hit with the girls... tKOB
tKOB
NOTE: Rating is by contributor. tKOB
Rating: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED tKOB
Title: Kimagure Orange Road (FILM,OAV,TV) gRC tKOR
Cast: tKOR
Kyosuke Kasuga ............................. Tohru Furuya vTFu1 tKOR
Madoka Ayukawa ............................. Hiromi Tsuru vHTs tKOR
Hikaru Hiyama ................................ Eriko Hara vEHa tKOR
Manami Kasuga ........................... Michie Tomizawa vMTo1 tKOR
Kurumi Kasuga .............................. Chieko Honda vCHo tKOR
Akane ...................................... Naoko Matsui vNMa1 tKOR
Shiori ("Heart On Fire" OAV) .............. Yuko Mizutani vYMi3 tKOR
Mitsuru Hayakawa ..................... Yasunori Matsumoto vYMa tKOR
Description: tKOR
Kyosuke is a new student looking about town. While counting the tKOR
no. of stairs on a hill, he sees a UFO...uhh..hat and the girl tKOR
it belongs to. He later finds out that the girl is Madoka, a tKOR
local tough girl who can throw a mean guitar pick. Despite that,tKOR
he tries to win her affections...but Hikaru-chan has latched on tKOR
HIM. To make things worse, Hikaru-chan is Madoka's best friend. tKOR
Kyosuke tries to pursue Madoka without hurting Hikaru-chan, and tKOR
is *very* indecisive about everything. Adding to the confusion tKOR
is his, and his family's secret psychic powers...though Kurumi tKOR
isn't too serious about keeping the secret. A romantic comedy tKOR
with a dose of nostalgia for your junior high school days. tKOR
US Release by: AnimEigo (subtitled) -- FILM/OAV only tKOR
Rating: RECOMMENDED tKOR
Title: NG Knight Lamune & 40 (TV,OAVs) gCO tL40
Cast: tL40
Lamuness (Baba Lamune) .................... Takeshi Kusao vKTa2 tL40
Princess Milk ............................ Chisa Yokoyama vCYo tL40
Princess Cocoa .......................... Sakiko Tamagawa vSTa tL40
Lesuka/Cafe au lait ........................ Naoko Matsui vNMa1 tL40
Da Cider ..................................... Kazuki Yao vKYa3 tL40
Tama-Q ..................................... Chie Koojiro vCKo tL40
Heavy Metal-ko (Hebi Metako) ..................... TARAKO vTAR tL40
Don Harumage ............................. Shoozoo Iizuka vSIi tL40
Mountain Dew Gold .................... Megumi Hayashibara vMHa1 tL40
Mountain Dew Silver .................... Kotono Mitsuishi vKMi1 tL40
Description: (by Avi Melman) tL40
Lamune is an ordinary 4th grade boy who loves playing video tL40
games. He buys one from a peddler girl (and helps her sell the tL40
rest :-)). At home, he plays the game called 'King Sccasher' & tL40
beats it. The peddler girl then comes out of the TV screen and tL40
asks for his help, calling him "The Blood Relative of the Chosen tL40
Hero Lamuness" or Lamuness for short. She is Princess Milk and tL40
takes him to Hara-Hara World where his role is to revive the tL40
Guardian Knights...starting with King Sccasher. To do this, he tL40
had to find an unlock the shrine which held Tama-Q...a robot who tL40
became Lamuness' Advisor Robot. Normally worn on Lamuness' tL40
shoulder, Tama-Q, when fed a coin of a Guardian Knight, coughs tL40
up a capsule which releases that Knight. All of the Knights are tL40
free-thinking mechas except for King Sccasher which is piloted tL40
by Lamuness. Opposing Lamuness is Don Harumage and his minions tL40
Da Cider and Lesuka. Later, Lesuka and Da Cider sort of defect tL40
to the good guys. Da Cider also tells really bad puns (DAJARE). tL40
A fun giant-robot series. Note that "Lamune & 40 EX" and tL40
"Lamune & 40 DX" are OAV series following the TV series... tL40
Rating: RECOMMENDED tL40
Title: Laputa: The Castle in the Sky (FILM) gAD tLAP
aka: Tenku no Shiro Laputa tLAP
Cast: tLAP
Sheeta ................................... Keiko Yokozawa vKYo tLAP
Pazu ...................................... Mayumi Tanaka vMTa2 tLAP
The General ............................... Ichiroo Nagai vINa tLAP
Madge ............................................ TARAKO vTAR tLAP
<Unknown character> .................. Megumi Hayashibara vMHa1 tLAP
Description: tLAP
Sheeta is a young girl with a very special stone. The stone tLAP
makes her the objective of government agents and pirates who tLAP
the power that the stone will give them. Sheeta escapes and is tLAP
befriended by Pazu, a boy from a mining town who is aware of tLAP
Sheeta's Levistone only as a jewel with mysterious powers, and tLAP
not as a key to the treasures held in the legendary Laputa. A tLAP
great advanture movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki. (It's been tLAP
rumored that "Nadia: Secret of Blue Water" was based partially tLAP
on "Laputa"). tLAP
Rating: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED tLAP
Title: Fantastic Adventures of Yohko: Leda (OAV) gFA tLED
Cast: tLED
Yohko ...................................... Hiromi Tsuru vHTs tLED
Zell ...................................... Shuichi Ikeda vSIk1 tLED
Description: tLED
A young girl, Yohko, is composing and playing a piece on her tLED
piano. She is too shy to say that she likes a boy, so she tLED
writes this music to express her feelings toward him. The music tLED
to supposed to give her courage, but when the time comes, she tLED
still fails to talk to him. As she ponders what to do, the tLED
landscape melts around her and Yohko is transported to an tLED
oppressed land where Zell reigns supreme. After encountering a tLED
talking dog, Yohko finds that her music is the key between the tLED
worlds...and that she is also the one chosen by the goddess Leda tLED
to be her warrior against Zell. Yohko must stop Zell before he tLED
can use her music to come into our Earth. The story is very tLED
straightforward, and has an aura of wonder around it. Yohko is tLED
a girl wih unexpected gifts, but her feelings will prove to be tLED
the most important thing of all. A touching, if ordinary story. tLED
Rating: RECOMMENDED tLED
Title: Legend of Lemnear (OAV) gFA tLEM
aka: Varukisas tLEM
Cast: tLEM
Rian ..................................... Keiko Yokozawa vKYo tLEM
Description: tLEM
A young girl runs back to her village to find it destroyed, and tLEM
her brother taken by a sorceror. To fight back, Lemnear trains tLEM
herself to become a warrior. One day, she wanders into another tLEM
village and her beauty catches the eye of the local ruler. She tLEM
defeats the thugs sent to take her, but falls before the magic tLEM
of the sorceror whom she wants to kill. Fighting on, she will tLEM
eventually face the sorceror's master in a final battle. This tLEM
was a pretty standard "girl seeks revenge on ultimate evil" tLEM
story, but was presented well. An enjoyable action story. tLEM
Rating: RECOMMENDED tLEM
Title: Locke the Superman (FILM,OAVs) gSF tLOC
Cast: tLOC
Description: (by Tom Jewell) tLOC
A "retired" super-psychic from wars long ago is sought by the tLOC
government to stop an evil cabal of psychics with galactic tLOC
domination on their minds. Locke's main opponent in the film is tLOC
Jessica, a super-psychic herself who has been brainwashed into tLOC
believing that Locke was responsible for her parents' death. tLOC
The battle takes Locke and a government agent, Commander Yamaki tLOC
into a Red Giant star, where the cabal has its secret base. tLOC
Editor's Note: A recent OAV series on "Locke" pits an unwilling tLOC
Locke against Lord Leon, a powerful psychic who is seeking tLOC
revenge against those responsible for his family's death. The tLOC
names are changed, but the plot's the same... :-) tLOC
Rating: RECOMMENDED tLOC
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