======== Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.info Subject: [APG]: Anime Pocket Guide (05/17) From: Alan Takahashi Date: 11 May 1997 21:37:21 -0400 Title: Dragon Half (OAVs) gCO tDRH Cast: tDRH Mink ................................... Kotono Mitsuishi vMiK1 tDRH Mana ....................................... Kikuko Inoue vInK1 tDRH Rufa ....................................... Mariko Kouda vKoM3 tDRH Vena ......................................... Rei Sakuma vSaR0 tDRH Dick Saucer .......................... Yasunori Matsumoto vMaY4 tDRH announcer .............................. Shinshirou Nitta vNiS1 tDRH Damaram .................................... Akio Ohtsuka vOhA tDRH Mappy ................................... Takumi Yamazaki vYaT tDRH Ruth ....................................... Takeshi Aono vAoT tDRH Description: tDRH Mink is a cute little dragon halfling (half human/half dragon) tDRH who has the unfortunate luck to fall in love with a famous tDRH handsome singer (you know the type). Unfortunate, because he is tDRH also a famous dragon hunter who would like nothing better to put tDRH Mink's head on a wall. Her main goal is to find a potion that tDRH will make her completely human and will do just about anything tDRH that will give her a chance at it. High in slapstick humor and tDRH action, this series follows Mink as she pursues that potion and tDRH is pursued in turn by the dragon hunter. Mink's skimpy clothing tDRH may also be a factor in audience appeal... :-) tDRH Release Info: tDRH 2 part OAV series. So far. tDRH US Release by: AD Vision (subtitled) tDRH Rating: [1 2 3 ] tDRH Title: Everyday is Sunday (OAVs) gAD tEDS aka: Mainichi ga Nichiyoubi tEDS aut: Yuuzo Takada ( ) tEDS Cast: tEDS Yuumi Takeshita ............................... Miki Itou vItM0 tEDS Tohru Ichidaiji ...................... Yasunori Matsumoto vMaY4 tEDS Shiori Ninomiya ......................... Akiko Hiramatsu vHiA0 tEDS Chief Ninomiya ............................. Masaru Ikeda vIkM1 tEDS Kumiko ...................................... Junko Asami vAsJ tEDS Sarasa ..................................... Naoko Matsui vMaN1 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: [1 2 3 4 ] tEDS Title: Those who Hunt Elves (TV) gCO tEKM aka: Elf wo Karu no Monotachi tEKM Cast: tEKM Airi Kamiyama ........................... Michie Tomizawa vToM1 tEKM Junpei .................................... Tomokazu Seki vSeT0 tEKM Ritsuko ................................... Yuko Miyamura vMiY4 tEKM Selcia ................................. Kotono Mitsuishi vMiK1 tEKM Mike ..................................... Eriko Kawasaki vKaE tEKM mysterious man ......................... Fumihiko Tachiki vTaF0 tEKM Description: tEKM Three people from Earth fall thru a portal and land on a magical tEKM world full of elves, humans and other creatures. The lost humans tEKM are rather unique as well: an actress (Airu), a strongman/thug tEKM (Junpei) and a high school girl (Ritsuko). They meet Selcia, tEKM the leader of the elves, and she agrees to perform a ritual to tEKM send them back home. Unfortunately, during the middle, Junpei tEKM makes one comment too many and makes Selcia lose her temper. As tEKM a result, 5 pages of her magic book were lost and are now tEKM "tattooed" on 5 elves...somewhere. Now, the group rides their tEKM tank looking for those 5 elves. Oh, didn't I mention the tank? tEKM NOTE: This series is shown at 1:30 in the morning, so has a tEKM slightly higher ecchi content than is normal for a TV show. tEKM Nothing naughty happens, but let's just say that Junpei tends tEKM to take a direct approach to seeing if an elf has a 'tattoo'...tEKM Release Info: tEKM 1996 TV series - 12 episodes. tEKM Rating: [1 2 3 ] tEKM Title: The Vision of Escaflowne (TV) gFA tESC aka: Tenkuu no Escaflowne tESC Cast: tESC Hitomi Kanzaki ........................... Maaya Sakamoto vSaM0 tESC Van Fanel ................................. Tomokazu Seki vSeT0 tESC Allen Schezar .......................... Shinichirou Miki vMiS0 tESC Princess Millerna ......................... Mayumi Iizuma vIiM2 tESC Merle ....................................... Ikue Ohtani vOhI tESC Dilando Albatau ......................... Minami Takayama vTaM1 tESC Folken ..................................... Jouji Nakata vNaJ tESC Shesta ................................. Kappei Yamaguchi vYaK2 tESC Dr. Dornkirk ............................ Masato Yamauchi vYaM2 tESC Elise ........................................ Yuri Amano vAmY tESC Mogura Otoko .................................. Furin Cha vChF tESC Description: tESC Hitomi is a young girl who is an aspiring track star at her tESC school. One night, Hitomi accepts a personal challenge and runs tESC a sprint after being encouraged by her sempai. As she nears the tESC finish line, Hitomi experiences a vision of a young man in tESC battle. Vision becomes reality as the young man materializes... tESC followed by a dragon. His name is Van, and his quest is to kill tESC the dragon and take its heart. He succeeds, and returns to his tESC world...accidentally bringing Hitomi along with him. On the new tESC world called Gaia, Hitomi must find her own place in a world tESC where the Earth and Moon appear in the sky. She continues to tESC have visions, and finds that her skill in reading tarot cards tESC (something that she'd always treated as a game) has greater tESC significance here. Things are thrown into chaos when Van's tESC kingdom of Fanelia is invaded and he uses the dragon heart to tESC awaken a great robot/armor called Escaflowne. Despite this, tESC Fanelia is destroyed, and Van, Hitomi and the others become tESC fugitives. The story only gets more complex from here (I only tESC covered the first 2 episodes!) and is very involving. Given tESC the epic nature of the story, the high animation quality (a lot tESC of computer assists), the magnificent soundtrack, and the timing tESC of the release, some have said that this was Sunrise's answer to tESC Gainax's "Evangelion" series. tESC Release Info: tESC 1995-96 TV series. 26 episodes. tESC Rating: [1 2 3 4 5] tESC Title: Etranger (FILM) gSF tETR Cast: tETR Remy Shimoda ................................ Mami Koyama vKoM5 tETR Shingo Hojo ............................ Hirotaka Suzuoki vSuH tETR Gagler Killy ............................ Hideyuki Tanaka vTaH3 tETR Bundoru ................................. Kaneto Shiozawa vShK5 tETR Neoneros ................................ Yuzuru Fujimoto vFuY1 tETR Kerunaguru ................................ Daisuke Gohri vGoD tETR Francis .................................. Shuuichi Ikeda vIkS0 tETR Sabalas ................................. Osamu Kobayashi vKoO tETR Kenta .................................... Youko Matsuoka vMaY5 tETR Dr. Zitter .............................. Mikio Terashima vTeM2 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: [1 2 3 ] tETR Title: Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV,OAVs,FILM) gSF tEVA aka: Shin Seiki Evangelion tEVA Cast: tEVA Shinji Ikari ............................... Megumi Ogata vOgM tEVA Rei Ayanami .......................... Megumi Hayashibara vHaM1 tEVA Souryuu Asuka Langrey ..................... Yuko Miyamura vMiY4 tEVA Misato Katsuragi ....................... Kotono Mitsuishi vMiK1 tEVA Ritsuko Akagi .......................... Yuriko Yamaguchi vYaY2 tEVA Shigeru Aoba ............................ Takehito Koyasu vKoT3 tEVA Kensuke Aida ............................ Tetsuya Iwanaga vIwT tEVA Hikari Horaki ................................ Junko Iwao vIwJ tEVA Maya Ibuki ................................ Miki Nagasawa vNaM1 tEVA Touji Suzuhara ............................ Tomokazu Seki vSeT0 tEVA Gendou Ikari ........................... Fumihiko Tachiki vTaF0 tEVA Makoto Hyuuga ................................ Hiro Yuuki vYuH tEVA girl A .................................... Yuko Miyamura vMiY4 tEVA Description: tEVA Shinji Ikari arrives in Tokyo-3 to find an empty city. The 14 tEVA year old boy doesn't have much time to ponder this before he tEVA finds himself in the middle of a battle between the Self Defense tEVA Forces and an "Angel". In the middle of this, his ride arrives tEVA in the form of Misato (the girl that Shinji was told to wait tEVA for). Shinji is here because he was summoned by his father..the tEVA commander of NERV. Shinji is the chosen pilot for a great robot tEVA called Evangelion. Thrust into the middle of the battle, the tEVA unprepared and frightened Shinji will have to use EVA-01 to tEVA defeat the Angel. This is a series which pulls together such tEVA diverse elements as giant robots, secret experiments, child tEVA psychology, great monster battles, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, tEVA among other things, to create an extraordinarily complex and tEVA involving epic story. Shinji is the "3rd Child", one of a very tEVA special group of 14 year olds who are the ONLY ones who can tEVA pilot Evangelion. This aspect is only part of the mystery and tEVA helps to illustrate the complexity present in this series. tEVA Besides, this series has Misato...a beautiful woman who is the tEVA NERV combat commander...*and* she owns a penguin! :-) tEVA NOTE: The word "Angel" is used extensively throughout the series tEVA in English, but in Japanese, shito (Disciple) is used (i.e. tEVA the Disciples present with Jesus at the Last Supper). tEVA NOTE: If you think I got even a tenth of what this series is tEVA about in this entry...you have GOT to be kidding :-). There tEVA are many action episodes, but also a lot of important dialogue tEVA throughout. Watching with a script, or a subtitled/dubbed tEVA version is highly recommended. tEVA Release Info: tEVA 1996 TV series - 26 episodes. The last two are particularly tEVA introspective and don't provide much of a closure for the tEVA series. They are director Hideaki Anno's personal vision of tEVA Evangelion. tEVA OAV series - 26 episodes. This is the video release of the TV tEVA series. Another version of the last two parts (25,26) will tEVA replace the original TV episodes. Created in response to fan tEVA disappointment/confusion over the original closing episodes. tEVA "Evangelion: DEATH" movie. This is an original story. tEVA "Evangelion: REBIRTH" movie. Original story. tEVA "Evangelion: REBIRTH 2" movie. Original story. tEVA US Release by: AD Vision (subtitled and dubbed) tEVA Rating: [1 2 3 4 5] tEVA Title: Fantasia (OAV) gCO tFAN Cast: tFAN Maron ..................................... Mitsuki Yayoi vYaM3 tFAN Akihiro ............................. Shinnosuke Furumoto vFuS tFAN Miyuki Tanaka .............................. Mako Hyoudou vHyM tFAN Rorl ...................................... Keiichi Nanba vNaK7 tFAN Short ...................................... Kikuko Inoue vInK1 tFAN Mont Blanc ................................ Junko Ohtsubo vOhJ tFAN Description: tFAN Akihiro is very happy! Today, he is finally getting together tFAN with Miyuki, a girl he likes very much. Planning the date in his tFAN mind, Akihiro doesn't pay attention to where he is going and tFAN trips over a tapestry lying on the sidewalk. Upset at loosing tFAN his train of thoughts, he almost kicks it...but the tapestry is tFAN very nice and might set the right mood. He hangs it up at home tFAN and practices what he's going to say to Miyuki. Unfortunately, tFAN the tapestry is a gateway to Fantasia, and a girl named Maron tFAN hears his practice session. Thinking that Akihiro is talking to tFAN her, Maron promptly falls in love and comes through the tapestry.tFAN Fantasia is a land of magic, and Maron uses hers to make herself tFAN right at home. Of course, Miyuki shows up about now and finds tFAN Akihiro with Maron wrapped around him. Miyuki storms off and tFAN Akihiro takes it out on Maron...especially since her magic has tFAN ruined everything. In tears, Maron runs away as well...later tFAN vowing that she won't use her magic so that Akihiro will be tFAN happy. Another magic user is around...determined to challenge tFAN Maron in a contest, and not caring about her no-magic vow... tFAN NOTE: The title was released in the US market as "The Girl from tFAN Phantasia"...probably to avoid confusion with a Disney tFAN title of the same name. tFAN US Release by: AD Vision (subtitled) tFAN Rating: [1 2 ] tFAN Title: Future Boy Conan (TV) gSF tFBC aka: Mirai Shounen Conan tFBC Cast: tFBC Conan ...................................... Noriko Ohara vOhN tFBC Lana ..................................... Mieko Nobusawa vNoM0 tFBC Jimusy ...................................... Kazuyo Aoki vAoK tFBC Pasco .................................... Issei Futamata vFuI tFBC Dongoros ................................ Takumi Kamiyama vKaT0 tFBC Lepka ..................................... Iemasa Kayumi vKaI tFBC Dice ...................................... Ichirou Nagai vNaI tFBC Luke .................................... Hideyuki Tanaka vTaH3 tFBC Monsley .................................. Rihoko Yoshida vYoR tFBC Saku ........................................ Yoku Shioya vShY2 tFBC Orlo .................................... Hiroya Ishimaru vIsH2 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: [1 2 3 4 5] tFBC Title: Five Star Stories (OAV) gDR tFSS aut: Mamoru Nagano tFSS Cast: tFSS Amaterasu .................................. Ryo Horikawa vHoR tFSS Ladios Sopp ................................ Ryo Horikawa vHoR tFSS Fatima Lachesis .......................... Maria Kawamura vKaM4 tFSS Fatima Clotho ................................ Rei Sakuma vSaR0 tFSS Vord Bewlard ............................. Norio Wakamoto vWaN0 tFSS Colus III ................................ Kazuhiko Inoue vInK0 tFSS Dr. Balanche ............................ Hideyuki Tanaka vTaH3 tFSS Torohra .................................. Issei Futamata vFuI tFSS Graphite ................................. Masashi Hirose vHiM5 tFSS Aisha ........................................ Run Sasaki vSaR1 tFSS Byoid ...................................... Aruno Tahara vTaA0 tFSS Megaela ...................................... Mari Yokoo vYoM0 tFSS Peosche Nomien ............................... Sho Hayami vHaS tFSS Grand Duke Yuuba .......................... Ichirou Nagai vNaI tFSS Li Ex .................................. Yoshino Takamori vTaY1 tFSS narrator ................................ Taeko Nakanishi vNaT3 tFSS Decors .................................... Ryuusei Nakao vNaR2 tFSS Litorar ..................................... Rumiko Ukai vUkR tFSS man A .................................... Yutaka Shimaka vShY1 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: [1 2 3 4 ] tFSS Title: Fushigi Yuugi (TV,OAVs) gFA tFUS aut: Yuu Watase tFUS Cast: tFUS Miaka ......................................... Kae Araki vArK tFUS Yui .......................................... Yumi Touma vToY tFUS Tamahome .............................. Hikaru Midorikawa vMiH tFUS Hototori ................................ Takehito Koyasu vKoT3 tFUS Nuriko ................................... Chika Sakamoto vSaC0 tFUS Soboshi ...................................... Yuuji Ueda vUeY tFUS Taichi-kun ................................ Hisako Kyouda vKyH tFUS Tasuki ................................ Nobutoshi Hayashi vHaN tFUS Mitsukake ................................... Kouji Ishii vIsK tFUS Miaka's brother ........................ Shinichirou Miki vMiS0 tFUS Chichiri .................................. Tomokazu Seki vSeT0 tFUS narrator .................................. Hisako Kyouda vKyH tFUS Description: tFUS Miaka and Yui go to the library to study. The two are separated tFUS when Miaka is distracted by food. Several times. Stopping by a tFUS food vending machine to think, Miaka doesn't see a red phoenix tFUS rise behind her. Turning, she sees stairs that weren't there tFUS before. They lead to a library where she's reunited with Yui. tFUS They find a book that tells of what happened in a great Kingdom tFUS long ago. Abruptly, the book glows and the girls find themselves tFUS in that Kingdom. Looking unbelieveably at the landscape, Miaka tFUS doesn't see Yui disappear. Left alone, the uncertain girl goes tFUS into a market where her school uniform draws a lot of stares. tFUS Miaka is soon attacked by some ruffians, but is saved by a young tFUS vagabond named Tamahome. With him, Miaka will soon learn that tFUS she is apparently destined to be the Southern Priestess. Her tFUS quest is to find her seven true warriors (of which Tamahome is tFUS one) to come into her true power. In present-day Japan, Yui is tFUS reading the book...which now chronicles Miaka's quest. This is tFUS a drama in a land quite like ancient China, which tends to add a tFUS classical feel to the series. Miaka is an innocent in a land tFUS where such innocence can be deadly. Because of who she is, Miaka tFUS will be faced with many threats, both physical and magical. Yui tFUS is the narrator, but her destiny will bring her back to Miaka. tFUS A complex and exciting series. tFUS Release Info: tFUS 1995-96 TV series. tFUS OAV series. Continues the story left off by the TV series. tFUS Rating: [1 2 3 4 ] tFUS Title: Golgo 13 (FILM) gMI tG13 Cast: tG13 Golgo 13 ................................ Tetsurou Sagawa vSaT0 tG13 Leonard Dawson ............................... Goroh Naya vNaG tG13 Laura Dawson ................................ Reiko Mutoh vMuR tG13 Cindy/Doctor Zed ......................... Toshiko Fujita vFuT0 tG13 Rita .................................... Kumiko Takizawa vTaK3 tG13 General T. Jefferson .................. Kiyoshi Kobayashi vKoK2 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 Release Info: tG13 Release in English as "The Professional". tG13 US Release by: Streamline Pictures (dubbed) tG13 UK Release by: Manga Video (dubbed) tG13 Rating: [1 2 ] tG13