======== Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.info Subject: [APG]: Anime Pocket Guide (04/17) From: Alan Takahashi Date: 11 May 1997 21:37:15 -0400 Title: Like the Cloud, Like the Wind (FILM) gDR tCLO aka: Kumo no Youni Kaze no Youni tCLO Cast: tCLO Tamyuun .................................. Junko Takahata vTaJ0 tCLO Queen mother Koto ............................ Ikuko Tani vTaI0 tCLO Description: tCLO In medieval China, the Emperor dies. His first-born son assumes tCLO the throne. The young Emperor doesn't have an empress, so it is tCLO ordered that a contest be held in order to find a suitable girl. tCLO Signs are posted in villages around the provinces, and one day, tCLO a young girl reads one. Kinga promptly decides to enter it and tCLO heads to the palace. Along the way, she encounters Kannon and tCLO the warrior Heishou. The group heads together to the palace, tCLO and they leave Kinga there. Inside, Kinga encounters her three tCLO roommates who are also her competitors. We will follow Kinga as tCLO she adjusts to palace life and goes through her tasks as she is tCLO judged on her suitability for becoming the next Empress. She tCLO will also become friendly with a young man that she meets there. tCLO Times are changing, however, and the winds of revolution are tCLO blowing. The story is based on an award-winning childrens' book,tCLO and makes a fascinating historical drama. tCLO Rating: [1 2 3 4 5] tCLO Title: Cream Lemon (OAVs) gMI tCRE Cast: tCRE Ami Nonomura .............................. Hitomi Oikawa vOiH tCRE Mari ...................................... Hitomi Oikawa vOiH tCRE Yukari .................................... Hitomi Oikawa vOiH tCRE Hiroshi Nonomura ........................... Nobuo Tobita vToN tCRE Narisu (Cream Lemon 14) .................... Chieko Honda vHoC 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 Lemon" is also distributed under the "Fairy Dust" tCRE label. tCRE Rating: {No Rating} tCRE Title: Cutey Honey (TV,OAVs) gMG tCUT aut: Go Nagai tCUT Cast: tCUT Kisaragi Honey (old) ...................... Eiko Masuyama vMaE1 tCUT Cutey Honey (new) .......................... Michiko Neya vNeM tCUT Natsuko .................................. Rihoko Yoshida vYoR tCUT Seiji Hayami ............................... Katsuji Mori vMoK0 tCUT Daigo Hayami (new) .......................... Rica Fukami vFuR tCUT Death Star (OAV #1) .................... Sakiko Tamagawa vTaS3 tCUT Tomohawk panther ........................ Taeko Nakanishi vNaT3 tCUT Taranche panther ........................ Taeko Nakanishi vNaT3 tCUT Iron Sado ............................... Taeko Nakanishi vNaT3 tCUT Jumbo panther ........................... Taeko Nakanishi vNaT3 tCUT Blade panther ........................... Taeko Nakanishi vNaT3 tCUT Snake panther ........................... Taeko Nakanishi vNaT3 tCUT Description: tCUT In a dark future time, evil forces lurk in the shadows. Out of tCUT nowhere comes a Warrior of Love: Cutey Honey. She has the tCUT ability to change her appearance to anything she wants and her tCUT powers match her appearance. Her true form is that of a woman tCUT who has a sword that can overcome her enemies. In everyday life,tCUT she is a blond, pretty girl who is the object of desire by her tCUT (male) friends. Oh yes...a small surprise: Honey is an android. tCUT NOTE: "Cutey Honey" is classified as a "Magical Girls" show, but tCUT isn't like most other Magical Girls. The series tends to be tCUT action-packed and serious with some graphic violence. Also, tCUT she is described as a "sexy" warrior and her character design tCUT emphasizes that fact. tCUT NOTE: In this genre, the original "Cutey Honey" series could be tCUT considered one of the first Magical Girls, though the overall tCUT flavor of the series is entirely different from what a typical tCUT Magical Girls series is today. By the way, the character is tCUT called a Magical Girl because Go Nagai *says* she's one. tCUT Release Info: tCUT TV series broadcast during the 1970's. tCUT 4 part OAV series released during 1994. The ending of part 4 tCUT leaves open the possibility of more OAVs. tCUT 4 part OAV series released during 1995. tCUT 1997 TV series - This series changes "Cutey Honey" so that it is tCUT more shoujo in flavor. Characters are cuter, and there is tCUT romance in the series. tCUT US Release by: AD Vision (subtitled) tCUT Rating: [1 2 3 ] tCUT Title: Daicon (OAV) gMI tDAI Cast: tDAI Description: tDAI This group of videos was created by a group of fans for a couple tDAI of the Daicon anime conventions held in Japan. They are a series tDAI of shorts that were used as the conventions' opening animation. tDAI The shorts were very well done, though the 'plots' were somewhat tDAI confusing. Some famous anime icons, such as the "Daicon Bunny tDAI Girl" came from these. The radish that shows up, incidentally, tDAI is a 'daicon'...a Japanese radish. tDAI tDAI The group of fans eventually became professionals and formed tDAI their own anime studio: Gainax. Of course, we now know Gainax tDAI as the studio that created such works as "Nadia: Secret of Blue tDAI Water", "Gunbuster", "Otaku no Video" and their masterpiece: tDAI "Wings of Honneamise". tDAI Rating: [1 2 3 4 ] tDAI Title: Dangaioh (OAVs) gGR tDAN aut: Toshihiro Hirano (Comic Nora) tDAN Cast: tDAN Pai Thunder ................................ Naoko Matsui vMaN1 tDAN Roll Kulan ................................. Akira Kamiya vKaA tDAN Dr. Tarsan ................................. Takeshi Aono vAoT tDAN Gil Barg .................................. Shigeru Chiba vChS tDAN Barst .................................... Kazuhiko Inoue vInK0 tDAN Shazara .................................. Masako Katsuki vKaM3 tDAN Garimos ................................... Kenichi Ogata vOgK tDAN Mildor ................................... Naoko Watanabe vWaN1 tDAN Oscar ...................................... Yuusaku Yara vYaY6 tDAN Ranba Nom .................................. Maya Okamoto vOkM0 tDAN Domton ....................................... Yumi Touma vToY tDAN Dila ...................................... Mitsuko Horie vHoM0 tDAN Kilkel ................................... Daiki Nakamura vNaD0 tDAN Estila .................................... Kouzou Shioya vShK4 tDAN Clown on the shoulder of Garimos ......... Isamu Tanonaka vTaI1 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 Release Info: tDAN 3 part OAV. The third part is somewhat open-ended, but there tDAN are no more to this series. tDAN US Release by: Manga Entertainment (subtitled) tDAN UK Release by: Manga Video (dubbed) tDAN Rating: [1 2 ] tDAN Title: Detective Conan (TV) gDR tDCO Cast: tDCO Conan Edogawa ........................... Minami Takayama vTaM1 tDCO Shin'ichi Kudo ......................... Kappei Yamaguchi vYaK2 tDCO Ran Mouri ............................... Wakana Yamazaki vYaW tDCO Kogoro Mouri ............................... Akira Kamiya vKaA tDCO professor ................................. Kenichi Ogata vOgK tDCO Genta ..................................... Wataru Takagi vTaW tDCO Mitsuhiko ................................... Ikue Ohtani vOhI tDCO Ayumi ....................................... Yukiko Iwai vIwY tDCO Sonoko ..................................... Naoko Matsui vMaN1 tDCO Description: tDCO Shinichi Kudo is a high school student who, by using observation tDCO and deduction, is good at solving mysteries. While investigating tDCO one, he is caught by the criminals that he was watching and tDCO forced to take an experimental drug. Leaving him for dead, the tDCO criminals disappear. Instead of killing him, however, the drug tDCO turns Shinichi into a little kid. To preserve the illusion of tDCO his 'disappearance', Shinichi adopts a new name based on his tDCO favorite author (Arthur Conan Doyle) and becomes Conan Edogawa. tDCO Ran, his (actually Shinichi's) girlfriend takes this little boy tDCO under her wing and brings him to her home. Conan now lives at a tDCO detective agency run by Ran's father, but his mind is as keen as tDCO ever and he continues to solve mysteries...always allowing Ran's tDCO father to take all the credit. As far as everyone's concerned, tDCO Conan is just a little kid anyway...even to Ran. This is tDCO *extremely* frustrating to Conan since nobody will listen to a tDCO 'little boy'. In spite of this, Conan has a mission...to find tDCO the criminals who did this to him and get the antidote to that tDCO drug. This is, first and foremost, a mystery series. Each tDCO episode contains a mystery that Conan has to solve. Unlike a lot tDCO of "kids shows", the solutions aren't always obvious and form tDCO enjoyable brain teasers. To date, I haven't solved any of the tDCO mysteries before Conan yet! :-) tDCO Release Info: tDCO 1996 TV series. tDCO Rating: [1 2 3 4 ] tDCO Title: DNA^2 (OAVs,TV) gSF tDNA aut: Masakazu Katsura tDNA Cast: tDNA Junta Momonari ............................ Keiichi Nanba vNaK7 tDNA Karin Aoi ................................ Miina Tominaga vToM0 tDNA Ami Kurimoto ............................ Hiroko Kasahara vKaH2 tDNA Tomoko Saeki ......................... Megumi Hayashibara vHaM1 tDNA Ryuuji Sugashita ........................ Takehito Koyasu vKoT3 tDNA Kotomi Takanashi .......................... Hekiru Shiina vShH2 tDNA Oharu ....................................... Eiko Yamada vYaE tDNA Yokomori ............................ Ryunosuke Ohbayashi vOhR0 tDNA Kawasaki Rurara {OAV} ................... Sakiko Tamagawa vTaS3 tDNA Description: tDNA In the future, society has a MAJOR population problem. The cause tDNA is the Mega-Playboy...men who are totally irresistable to women, tDNA due to their genes. One Mega-Playboy can make 100 women pregnant tDNA and the boys also become Mega-Playboys. Karin is an agent sent tDNA to the past to find the first Mega-Playboy and stop him with a tDNA special bullet. Karin, who dreams of having her very own "Sweet tDNA Home" (a rarity in the overcrowded future) finds the original tDNA Mega-Playboy...a young man named Junta. Junta has a problem; he tDNA throws up at anything even REMOTELY sexual...you do NOT want to tDNA be around if he glimpses a girl's panties! Perplexed, Karin tDNA shoots him anyway...then finds out she shot him with the wrong tDNA bullet! The drug inside of the bullet turns Junta into a Mega- tDNA Playboy and back. Now Karin has to figure out how to get out of tDNA the mess that she created..or else she won't get her sweet home! tDNA Other players in this chaos are Ami, a girl that Junta grew up tDNA with (and the only one he *doesn't* get sick around), Tomoko, tDNA first victim of Junta's Mega-Playboy powers and Ryuuji, the tDNA jealous boyfriend. Not to mention the hoards of girls who swoon tDNA when Junta powers up...including Karin... tDNA Release Info: tDNA 1994-95 TV series. Only 12 episodes were made. The story will tDNA continue in an OAV series. tDNA Rating: [1 2 3 ] tDNA Title: Dirty Pair (FILM,OAV,OAVs,TV) gCO tDPR aut: ???? Takachiho (novels only) tDPR Cast: tDPR Kei ....................................... Kyouko Tonguu vToK4 tDPR Yuri ...................................... Saeko Shimazu vShS2 tDPR Mughi ................................... Naoki Makishima vMaN0 tDPR Namno (Lovely Angel robot) .............. Naoki Makishima vMaN0 tDPR Gooley ..................................... Ikuya Sawaki vSaI1 tDPR Brian ....................................... Takaya Haji vHaT0 tDPR Rita ....................................... Kazue Komiya vKoK3 tDPR Sandra ..................................... Kazue Komiya vKoK3 tDPR Freya ........................................ Yumi Touma vToY tDPR secretary (ep 7) ........................... Rica Fukami vFuR tDPR Momoko (ep 14) ........................... Rica Fukami vFuR tDPR Samara (Affair of Nolandia) ............. Toshiko Fujita vFuT0 tDPR Yurugis (Affair of Nolandia) ............... Banjou Ginga vGiB tDPR Musuni (Affair of Nolandia) .................. Keiko Han vHaK2 tDPR Orun (Affair of Nolandia) ............... Masaru Ikeda vIkM1 tDPR Samara (Affair of Nolandia) ............. Toshiko Fujita vFuT0 tDPR Konny (Affair of Nolandia) ............. Gara Takashima vTaG tDPR Carson D. Carson (Project Eden) ............ Katsuji Mori vMoK0 tDPR Doctor Whatsman (Project Eden) .......... Chikao Ohtsuka vOhC tDPR Chief Manager (Project Eden) ......... Osamu Kobayashi vKoO tDPR Secretary (Project Eden) ............ Kayoko Fujii vFuK0 tDPR Miraruda ................................. Sayuri Ikemoto vIkS1 tDPR Darain .................................. Juurouta Kosugi vKoJ tDPR Dr. Bolkov ............................... Shunsuke Shima vShS0 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 Release Info: tDPR TV: 26 episodes. The last two episodes were never shown on TV tDPR and were released as OAVs. tDPR OAV: "Affair of Nolandia". A conspiracy of silence hides the tDPR existance of an ESPer child. Plot was more serious than tDPR usual & character designs were changed. Not well received. tDPR FILM: "Project Eden". Competing mining operations, a crazy and tDPR brilliant geneticist, and Carson D. Carson. What more do tDPR you need? :-) tDPR OAV: 10 episodes. Among the episodes was the "Halloween Robot" tDPR and Yuri's marriage. tDPR OAV: "Conspiracy of Flight 005". The Lovely Angels investigate tDPR a spaceliner which apparently exploded in transit. They find tDPR a web of conspiracy and deceit. Heavy in mystery and action.tDPR US Release by: Streamline Pictures (dubbed) tDPR Rating: [1 2 3 4 ] tDPR Title: Dirty Pair Flash (OAVs) gAD tDPF Cast: tDPF Kei ...................................... Rica Matsumoto vMaR tDPF Yuri ....................................... Mariko Kouda vKoM3 tDPF Gabasu .................................. Takehito Koyasu vKoT3 tDPF Gabasu (boy) ................................. Ai Orikasa vOrA tDPF Kustaff ................................ Masashi Sugahara vSuM0 tDPF Lily ...................................... Katsuyo Endou vEnK tDPF Baran ..................................... Wataru Takagi vTaW tDPF Iwashimizu .............................. Kiyoyuki Yanada vYaK5 tDPF Waldes ..................................... Jouji Nakata vNaJ tDPF Freya ........................................ Yumi Touma vToY tDPF Kumi Kazamatsuri {2} ....................... Kikuko Inoue vInK1 tDPF head of airport {2} .................... Yukimasa Kishino vKiY1 tDPF Caldy {2} .................................. Akio Ohtsuka vOhA tDPF carry one {2} ............................. Kousuke Okano vOkK1 tDPF Touma {2} ................................... Kenichi Ono vOnK0 tDPF Poporo {2} ............................. Shigezou Sasaoka vSaS1 tDPF Saori {2} .................................. Sakura Tange vTaS4 tDPF female reporter {3 volume 1} ......... Takumi Kurebayashi vKuT0 tDPF Description: tDPF This is the story of two girls who are recruited by the WWWA tDPF (World Welfare Work Association) as Trouble Consultants. The tDPF fiery Kei tends to clear any obstacles with a gun...the bigger, tDPF the better. Yuri tends to be more demure and polite...but not tDPF any calmer than Kei. Her specialty is computers, though she is tDPF very proficient with her preferred weapon: a laser sword. Paired tDPF together as partners, the two will try to unravel a conspiracy. tDPF During this period, they learn how to work together...well maybe.tDPF Despite how it sounds, this series is not very similar to the tDPF original "Dirty Pair". We meet a Kei and Yuri at the beginning tDPF of their partnership...who may not be the same girls that we'd tDPF known earlier. Character designs have been "cutified" and the tDPF emphasis is more on action and less on humor. tDPF Release Info: tDPF "Dirty Pair Flash" - The Lovely Angels work to uncover a complex tDPF plot to take over a space installation. (6 part OAV). tDPF "Dirty Pair Flash II" - Their next mission takes them to Earth tDPF where they are to protect a computer expert. (5 part OAV). tDPF Rating: [1 2 3 ] tDPF Title: Dominion (OAVs) gCO tDOM aut: Masamune Shirow ( US:Eclipse Intl.) tDOM Cast: tDOM Leona Ozeki ................................ Hiromi Tsuru vTsH tDOM Brenten .................................... Yuusaku Yara vYaY6 tDOM Megane .................................... Shigeru Chiba vChS tDOM The Chief ................................. Ichirou Nagai vNaI tDOM The Mayor .................................... Mari Yokoo vYoM0 tDOM Buaku ...................................... Jouji Yanami vYaJ1 tDOM Annapuma ...................................... Yuko Mita vMiY2 tDOM Unipuma ................................. Michie Tomizawa vToM1 tDOM Leona Ozeki (1994 series) .................... Rei Sakuma vSaR0 tDOM Annapuma (1994 series) .................. Aya Hisakawa vHiA1 tDOM Doctor ................................... Isamu Tanonaka vTaI1 tDOM Yuni Puma {'93} .......................... Niina Kumagaya vKuN 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 Release Info: tDOM 4 part OAV. The intent seems to be to continue the Greenpeace tDOM story, but the series abruptly ends there. tDOM 6 part OAV. 1994 release. This series appears to be closer in tDOM style to the flavor of the original manga. tDOM US Release by: Manga Entertainment (subtitled and dubbed) tDOM UK Release by: Manga Video (dubbed) tDOM Rating: [1 2 3 ] tDOM Title: Doraemon (TV) gKI tDOR Cast: tDOR Nobita ..................................... Noriko Ohara vOhN tDOR Papa .................................... Yuzuru Fujimoto vFuY1 tDOR Suneo .................................. Kaneta Kimotsuki vKiK0 tDOR Dekisugi ............................... Sumiko Shirakawa vShS3 tDOR Dorami ................................... Keiko Yokozawa vYoK0 tDOR Jyaian's mother ............................. Kazuyo Aoki vAoK tDOR Yamada-kun ................................. Kyoko Yamada vYaK0 tDOR Teacher ................................. Ryouichi Tanaka vTaR3 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: [1 2 3 ] tDOR Title: Dragonball (Z) (TV,FILM) gFA tDRA Cast: tDRA Gokuu Son ................................. Masako Nozawa vNoM1 tDRA Gohan Son ................................. Masako Nozawa vNoM1 tDRA Tenshinhan ............................. Hirotaka Suzuoki vSuH tDRA Chaozu ..................................... Hiroko Emori vEmH tDRA Karin ..................................... Ichirou Nagai vNaI tDRA Chichi ................................... Naoko Watanabe vWaN1 tDRA Annin .................................... Keiko Yokozawa vYoK0 tDRA Piccolo/Kami-sama .......................... Takeshi Aono vAoT tDRA Buruma ..................................... Hiromi Tsuru vTsH tDRA Barduck ................................... Masako Nozawa vNoM1 tDRA Woolong ................................... Naoki Tatsuta vTaN2 tDRA Kao Pai Pai .............................. Chikao Ohtsuka vOhC tDRA Shen Long/Announcer ........................ Kenji Utsumi vUtK tDRA Vegita (Dragonball Z) ................... Ryo Horikawa vHoR tDRA Piccolo (Dragonball Z) ................ Toshio Furukawa vFuT1 tDRA Trunks (Dragonball Z) .................. Takeshi Kusao vKuT3 tDRA Kuririn (Dragonball Z) .................. Mayumi Tanaka vTaM2 tDRA Garlic Jr.(Dragonball Z) .................. Shigeru Chiba vChS tDRA Chichi (Dragonball Z) .................... Mayumi Shoh vShM3 tDRA Number 13 (Dragonball Z) ............... Kazuyuki Sogabe vSoK0 tDRA Number 16 (Dragonball Z) .............. Hikaru Midorikawa vMiH tDRA Number 17 (Dragonball Z) ............... Shigeru Nakahara vNaS0 tDRA Number 18 (Dragonball Z) ...................... Miki Itou vItM0 tDRA Cell (Dragonball Z) ................. Norio Wakamoto vWaN0 tDRA Cynthia (Dragonball Z) ................. Youko Kawanami vKaY3 tDRA Maron (Dragonball Z) ................. Yuko Kobayashi vKoY0 tDRA Lunch (Dragonball Z) .................... Mami Koyama vKoM5 tDRA Seripa (Dragonball Z) ...................... Yuko Mita vMiY2 tDRA Kaioh (Dragonball Z) ................... Jouji Yanami vYaJ1 tDRA Narrator (Dragonball Z) ................... Jouji Yanami vYaJ1 tDRA Goten (Dragonball Z #200-) ............ Masako Nozawa vNoM1 tDRA Biideru (Dragonball Z #200-) ........... Yuko Minaguchi vMiY1 tDRA Ireza (Dragonball Z #200-) ............. Megumi Urawa vUrM 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 US Release by: DIC Productions (dubbed for TV release) tDRA Rating: [1 2 3 ] tDRA