======== Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.info Subject: [APG]: Anime Pocket Guide (10/17) From: Alan Takahashi Date: 11 May 1997 21:37:46 -0400 Title: Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 (OAV) gCO tMAD Cast: tMAD Haruo Onose ................................ Arihiro Hase vHaA tMAD Ellie Kusumoto ............................ Youko Asagami vAsY1 tMAD Yuuji Sugimoto ....................... Yasunori Matsumoto vMaY4 tMAD Lt. Kilgore ............................ Kazuyuki Sogabe vSoK0 tMAD Description: tMAD A parody of the giant robot genre. What happens if you're tMAD trapped inside of a robot weapon, the army is after you, you're tMAD causing massive devastation in the city, and, worst of all, tMAD you're going to be late for your date!?!? tMAD US Release by: AnimEigo (subtitled and dubbed) tMAD UK Release by: Manga Video (dubbed) tMAD Rating: [1 2 3 ] tMAD Title: Maison Ikkoku (FILM,OAV,TV) gRC tMAI aut: Rumiko Takahashi (Shogakukan; US:Viz Comics) tMAI Cast: tMAI Yusaku Godai ............................. Issei Futamata vFuI tMAI Kyoko Otonashi ........................... Sumi Shimamoto vShS1 tMAI Hanae Ichinose .............................. Kazuyo Aoki vAoK tMAI Kentaro Ichinose ......................... Chika Sakamoto vSaC0 tMAI Yotsuya ................................... Shigeru Chiba vChS tMAI Akemi Roppongi ................................ Yuko Mita vMiY2 tMAI Yagami Ibuki ........................... Yuriko Fuchizaki vFuY0 tMAI Sayoko Kuroki ............................. Saeko Shimazu vShS2 tMAI Asuna Kujo ................................. Hiromi Tsuru vTsH tMAI Shun Mitaka ................................ Akira Kamiya vKaA tMAI Kozue Nanao .............................. Miina Tominaga vToM0 tMAI Yousuke Nanao ........................ Megumi Hayashibara vHaM1 tMAI Cha Cha Maru Master ...................... Norio Wakamoto vWaN0 tMAI Sakamoto ................................ Toshio Furukawa vFuT1 tMAI kindergarden kid .............................. Kae Araki vArK tMAI Yuko ..................................... Masako Katsuki vKaM3 tMAI Kasumi ..................................... Kazue Komiya vKoK3 tMAI Etsuko ..................................... Sanae Miyuki vMiS1 tMAI Ikuko ....................................... Mayumi Shoh vShM3 tMAI Kanzaka ................................ Yoshino Takamori vTaY1 tMAI Kozue's father ............................. Rokurou Naya vNaR4 tMAI Asuna's mother ........................... Gara Takashima vTaG tMAI {unknown character} ..................... Akiko Hiramatsu vHiA0 tMAI {unknown character} ................. Tomomichi Nishimura vNiT1 tMAI Sayuko Kuroki (MI movie) ............. Yoshiko Sakakibara vSaY1 tMAI hostess A ................................. Satoko Kifuji vKiS0 tMAI Yukari Godai .............................. Hisako Kyouda vKyH tMAI Asami ............................................ TARAKO vTAR tMAI Mrs. Chigusa .......................... Minori Matsushima vMaM6 tMAI Mr. Chigusa ................................ Kosei Tomita vToK2 tMAI Description: tMAI Godai is a ronin (i.e. someone who's failed university entrance tMAI exams) living in room #5 of a run down apartment house called tMAI Maison Ikkoku. Among the other residents are the nosy Ichinose tMAI (room #1), the sexy Akemi Roppongi (#6), and the mysterious tMAI Yotsuya (#4). The others are given to having wild parties which tMAI makes it difficult for Godai to study. Into this mayhem comes tMAI the recently widowed Kyoko as the new live-in manager. Godai tMAI falls for her, but doesn't have the nerve to tell her. The show tMAI follows their developing relationship amid the crazy goings on tMAI at Maison Ikkoku. A romantic comedy by Rumiko Takahashi. tMAI Release Info: tMAI 96 episode TV series - Mostly follows the manga and develops the tMAI relationship between Godai and Kyoko. tMAI Movie - A rotoscoped movie which retold the series story. Is tMAI widely regarded as inferior. tMAI Live-action movie - Shows a day in the life of Maison Ikkoku. If tMAI you can get over the fact that there are real *people* in it,tMAI it's not bad... :-) tMAI Rating: [1 2 3 4 5] tMAI Title: Mama is a 4th Grade Student (TV) gSH tMAMA aka: Mama wa Shoukagu 4 Nensei tMAMA Cast: tMAMA Natsumi Mizuki ........................... Satomi Koorogi vKoS tMAMA Mirai .................................... Rihoko Yoshida vYoR tMAMA Izumi Shimamura ............................. Kazue Ikura vIkK tMAMA Bobby (the dog) ......................... Takumi Yamazaki vYaT tMAMA Daisuke Yamaguchi .......................... Urara Takano vTaU tMAMA Sawako Yamaguchi (Daisuke's mom) ........ Sumi Shimamoto vShS1 tMAMA Tamae Mori (school friend) .......... Tomoko Maruo vMaT0 tMAMA Eriko Tachibana (school friend) ........ Yuri Shiratori vShY3 tMAMA Ryuuichi Fukazawa (classmate) ........... Akemi Shinohara vShA0 tMAMA Hideo Hanada (classmate) .......... Kappei Yamaguchi vYaK2 tMAMA Kiyoko Takashimaya(classmate) ............ Shino Kakinuma vKaS0 tMAMA Ushio Arimori (classmate) ............... Ikue Ohtani vOhI tMAMA Midori Hanada (Hideo's mom) ......... Hisako Kyouda vKyH tMAMA Kouzourou Mizuki (Natsumi's dad) .......... Aruno Tahara vTaA0 tMAMA Ruriko Mizuki (Natsumi's mom) ..... Chiyoko Kawashima vKaC1 tMAMA Mario .................................. Junichi Kanemaru vKaJ tMAMA Julietta ................................. Chika Sakamoto vSaC0 tMAMA Tsuru Ono .................................. Reiko Yamada vYaR tMAMA Ookawa-sensei ................................. Furin Cha vChF tMAMA Eji (an inventor) ......................... Ichirou Nagai vNaI tMAMA Tsubame-kun (Eji's robot assistant) ..... Naoki Makishima vMaN0 tMAMA Yokoshima (a reporter) ................ Yoshitada Ohtsuka vOhY2 tMAMA Mirai's father ....................... Hiroyuki Shibamoto vShH0 tMAMA Daihei Yamaguchi ......................... Tamao Hayashi vHaT1 tMAMA Sari Yumeya .............................. Tamao Hayashi vHaT1 tMAMA Description: tMAMA Natsumi Mizuki is a 4th grader whose parents have gone to London.tMAMA Her Aunt Izumi comes to live with her. Izumi is an aspiring tMAMA manga writer who is trying to get her first big break, so she tMAMA doesn't have time for a baby that appears out of thin air on tMAMA Natsumi's first night alone. The baby's name is Mirai and her tMAMA mother is *Natsumi*, but 15 years older. Somehow, Mirai had tMAMA traveled back in time. Now the young Natsumi has to raise Mirai tMAMA while trying to keep her 4th grade life from falling apart *and* tMAMA keep Mirai-chan secret from everyone. She has the dubious help tMAMA of Izumi and some baby-care gadgets from the future. This is a tMAMA pretty good sitcom with lots of funny and tender moments. tMAMA Rating: [1 2 3 ] tMAMA Title: Creamy Mami (OAV,TV) gMG tMAMI Cast: tMAMI Yuu Morisawa/Creamy Mami .................... Takako Ohta vOhT2 tMAMI Posi .......................................... Yuko Mita vMiY2 tMAMI Kumiko ................................... Yuko Kobayashi vKoY0 tMAMI Midori Kisaragi .......................... Masahiro Anzai vAnM tMAMI Natsume Morisawa ............................... Mika Doi vDoM tMAMI Shingo Tachibana ......................... Kazuhiko Inoue vInK0 tMAMI Toshio Ohtomo ............................. Yuu Mizushima vMiY5 tMAMI Megumi Ayase .............................. Saeko Shimazu vShS2 tMAMI Director .................................. Daisuke Gohri vGoD tMAMI Nega ................................... Kaneta Kimotsuki vKiK0 tMAMI false Mami ................................. Naoko Matsui vMaN1 tMAMI reporter A ............................ Yoshitada Ohtsuka vOhY2 tMAMI reporter B .............................. Nobuyuki Furuta vFuN1 tMAMI Shingo's father ........................... Minoru Inaba vInM0 tMAMI Kidokoro Hayato (Manager) ............ Sukekiyo Kameyama vKaS1 tMAMI Pino Pino ................................. Seiko Nakano vNaS2 tMAMI reporter (ep 4) ...................... Rica Fukami vFuR tMAMI Tongari prince (ep 20,50) ................... Rica Fukami vFuR tMAMI Ai Hayakawa (OAV) ....................... Naoko Matsui vMaN1 tMAMI Shinnosuke Hyodo (OAV) ................. Hirotaka Suzuoki vSuH tMAMI Girl C ................................ Sakurako Kishiro vKiS2 tMAMI Description: (by Hitoshi Doi) tMAMI Morisawa Yuu is a 9 year old girl (I'm not sure about her age) tMAMI who lived in Creamy ga Oka. Her parents ran a crepe shop. One tMAMI day she went to a race track and a magical ship came out of the tMAMI sky. There was a little guy Pinopino who gave her a magic stick.tMAMI He said that Yuu can use it for one year. He left two cat-like tMAMI creatures Nega and Poji to look after Yuu. The magic stick tMAMI allowed Yuu to transform into a 15 (or 16) year old girl called tMAMI Creamy Mami. Creamy Mami appeared at a TV studio and became a tMAMI new idol after singing one song. tMAMI Rating: RECOMMENDED tMAMI Title: Marmalade Boy (TV) gSH tMAR aut: Wataru Yoshizumi (Ribbon) tMAR Cast: tMAR Miki Koishikawa ............................ Mariko Kouda vKoM3 tMAR Yuu Matsuura ........................... Ryoutarou Okiayu vOkR tMAR Meiko Akizuki ........................... Wakana Yamazaki vYaW tMAR Ginta Suou ............................. Junichi Kanemaru vKaJ tMAR Arimi Suzuki ............................... Aya Hisakawa vHiA1 tMAR Anju Kitahara .............................. Kikuko Inoue vInK1 tMAR Masako Kitahara ............................ Sanae Takagi vTaS0 tMAR Rei Kijima ................................. Sanae Takagi vTaS0 tMAR Suzu Sakuma ................................ Sakura Tange vTaS4 tMAR Yoshimitsu Miwa ............................ Kouji Totani vToK6 tMAR Chiyako Matsuura (Yuu's mom) ............... Hiroko Emori vEmH tMAR Youji Matsuura (Yuu's dad) ................ Bin Shimada vShB tMAR Rumi Koishikawa (Miki's mom) ............ Youko Kawanami vKaY3 tMAR Jin Koishikawa (Miki's dad) ........... Hideyuki Tanaka vTaH3 tMAR Shin'ichi Namura (Nacchan, a teacher) ...... Tohru Furuya vFuT3 tMAR Meiko's father .......................... Kiyoyuki Yanada vYaK5 tMAR Meiko's mother .............................. Michiko Abe vAbM tMAR Akizuki's maid ................................ Yuka Ohno vOhY0 tMAR Kei's mother .................................. Keiko Han vHaK2 tMAR Satoshi Miwa ........................... Shinichirou Ohta vOhS0 tMAR Tsutomu Rokutandou ...................... Kazunari Tanaka vTaK6 tMAR Ryoko Momoi ................................ Megumi Urawa vUrM tMAR Kei Tsuchiya ............................... Akira Ishida vIsA0 tMAR Kishima ................................... Ken Yamaguchi vYaK3 tMAR Uchiyama ..................................... Chie Satou vSaC2 tMAR William Matheson ........................ Nobuyuki Hiyama vHiN2 tMAR Ryoko Momoi .............................. Shino Kakinuma vKaS0 tMAR Mr. Rainy ............................... Yasuhiko Kawazu vKaY4 tMAR Jinny Golding ............................... Yuka Koyama vKoY2 tMAR Michael Grant ......................... Hikaru Midorikawa vMiH tMAR Brian Grant .......................... Toshiyuki Morikawa vMoT1 tMAR Chigusa .................................. Yuko Nagashima vNaY0 tMAR Keiko .................................... Naoko Nakamura vNaN2 tMAR Doris ..................................... Shiho Niiyama vNiS0 tMAR Mari ..................................... Mariko Onodera vOnM0 tMAR Yayoi Takase ............................. Mariko Onodera vOnM0 tMAR Description: (by Robert DeLoura) tMAR Miki is a perfectly normal high school girl. One day, her tMAR parents tell her they've decided to swap spouses with another tMAR couple they've recently met. The idea horrifies Miki, but she tMAR discovers that the other family has a boy her age (named Yuu), tMAR and she falls for him. She relents, and the families move in tMAR together. Suddenly, Yuu's old girlfriend Arimi shows up. Then tMAR Miki discovers that the boy she had a crush on in junior high tMAR (Ginta) is in love with her! And he starts hanging out with tMAR Arimi! It gets even more complicated from there. This is a tMAR touching and funny show about Miki's day-to-day life and her tMAR attempt to figure out which boy she's actually in love with. tMAR tMAR NOTE: Rating is by contributor. tMAR Rating: [1 2 3 4 5] tMAR Title: Floral Elf Mary Bell (TV) gKI tMBL aka: Hana no Mahou Tsukai Mary Bell tMBL Cast: tMBL Mary Bell .................................. Chieko Honda vHoC tMBL Tambourine ............................... Chika Sakamoto vSaC0 tMBL Ken .......................................... Ai Orikasa vOrA tMBL Yuuri .................................... Satomi Koorogi vKoS tMBL Kelly ....................................... Kazue Ikura vIkK tMBL Rose ...................................... Hisako Kyouda vKyH tMBL Jeat ................................. Yasunori Matsumoto vMaY4 tMBL Ribbon ................................. Kotono Mitsuishi vMiK1 tMBL Paula ..................................... Yuko Mizutani vMiY6 tMBL Bart ................................ Tomomichi Nishimura vNiT1 tMBL Takurou ..................................... Kenichi Ono vOnK0 tMBL Bongo ........................................ Chie Satou vSaC2 tMBL Remi .................................... Sakiko Tamagawa vTaS3 tMBL Jead .................................... Kouji Tsujitani vTsK1 tMBL Bit ..................................... Etsuko Kozakura vKoE tMBL Vivian ..................................... Akiko Yajima vYaA tMBL Description: tMBL In the town of Sunnyvale (no joke!), Ken and Yuuri are two tMBL children who have a life filled with magic. They have a close tMBL friend named Mary Bell; a 500,000 year old witch who looks and tMBL acts like a 5 year old girl. With Mary Bell, the children meet tMBL lots of magical creatures...nature sprites, spirits, fairies and tMBL even Tsuki no Usagi once! When trouble looms, Mary Bell (with tMBL her friend Tambourine) can transform and use her magic to help, tMBL though she sometimes makes mistakes and tends to oversleep. tMBL A "magical girl" series for little girls. tMBL NOTE: "Tsuki no Usagi" refers to the legendary rabbit in the tMBL moon. Usagi from "Sailor Moon" does not make an appearance tMBL here. tMBL Rating: [1 2 ] - high sugar content, though tMBL Title: Demon Hunter Yohko (OAVs) gCO tMHY aka: Mamono Hunter Yohko tMHY Cast: tMHY Yohko Mano ................................ Aya Hisakawa vHiA1 tMHY Sayoko Mano (mother) ....................... Hiromi Tsuru vTsH tMHY Madoka Mano (grandmother) ................. Yuuji Mitsuya vMiY3 tMHY Azusa Kanzaki ............................ Konami Yoshida vYoK1 tMHY Chikako Ogawa .............................. Chieko Honda vHoC tMHY Osamu .................................. Kappei Yamaguchi vYaK2 tMHY Reiko ...................................... Naoko Matsui vMaN1 tMHY High school principal .......................... Mika Doi vDoM tMHY Hideki ....................................... Sho Hayami vHaS tMHY voice of demon world ........................... Mugihito vMUG tMHY Hattori (Part 2) ................ Nobuyuki Furuta vFuN1 tMHY Princess Yanagi (Part 3) ................. Sumi Shimamoto vShS1 tMHY Biryu (Part 3) ................ Kaneto Shiozawa vShK5 tMHY Dragon King Ryuu(Part 3) ................ Kiyoyuki Yanada vYaK5 tMHY old woman (Part 3) ................... Reiko Suzuki vSuR1 tMHY Haruka (Part 5) .................. Noriko Hidaka vHiN1 tMHY young Madoka (Part 5) ................. Satomi Koorogi vKoS tMHY Chiaki (Yohko^2) ................. Shigeru Chiba vChS tMHY Sano (Yohko^2) .............. Shinichirou Miki vMiS0 tMHY Description: tMHY Yohko is an ordinary schoolgirl who is infatuated with one of tMHY her attractive male schoolmates. What she *doesn't* know tMHY is that she comes from a family of demon hunters...and she is tMHY next in line to receive the power. A powerful demon is aware tMHY of this, and seeks to kill her, or prevent her from receiving tMHY the power. A light-hearted romp into the demon-hunting/cute tMHY girl anime stereotype. The 2nd part gives Yohko an apprentice tMHY named Azusa and is even sillier than the 1st part. Part 3 is tMHY about a man Yohko falls in love in...in her dreams. Part 5 has tMHY been billed to be about the "death of Yohko"... tMHY Release Info: tMHY 5 part OAV. Note that Part 4 is actually a collection of music tMHY videos, and not another episode in the series. tMHY 1 part OAV. This is widely known as "Yohko^2" since *two* tMHY Yohkos appear in this OAV. tMHY US Release by: AD Vision (subtitled) tMHY UK Release by: Western Connection (subtitled) tMHY Rating: [1 2 3 ] tMHY Title: Miracle Girls (TV) gMG tMG aut: Nami Akimoto (Kodansha) tMG Cast: tMG Tomomi Matsunaga ......................... Nariko Fujieda vFuN0 tMG Mikage Matsunaga ........................... Noriko Nagai vNaN0 tMG Yuuya Noda ............................. Kappei Yamaguchi vYaK2 tMG Shinichiro Kageura ........................ Ken Yamaguchi vYaK3 tMG Rika Kageura .......................... Yuko Sasaki vSaY4 tMG Hideaki Kurashige ....................... Kaneto Shiozawa vShK5 tMG Rumiko Daijouji .............................. Rei Sakuma vSaR0 tMG Yamagishi .................................. Nobuo Tobita vToN tMG Princess Marie Milgraine Diamas ......... Wakana Yamazaki vYaW tMG Emma ......................................... Yumi Touma vToY tMG Mister X ................................. Norio Wakamoto vWaN0 tMG Masaki Takamura ............................ Ryo Horikawa vHoR tMG Nana Takamura .......................... Konami Yoshida vYoK1 tMG Reiko ....................................... Ikue Ohtani vOhI tMG Mother ..................................... Mari Mashiba vMaM3 tMG Remi (ep 16) .................... Yuko Mizutani vMiY6 tMG Liz (ep 24) ....................... Yumi Touma vToY tMG "Miracle Girl" (ep 47) ................. Kotono Mitsuishi vMiK1 tMG "Miracle Girl" (ep 47) .................. Michie Tomizawa vToM1 tMG Description: tMG This is a "magical girls" series about two twin girls who go to tMG high school. Tomomi is a tomboyish girl who is good at sports tMG (she's the star of the volleyball team). Mikage is more feminine tMG and is better academically, despite her tendency to blow up the tMG Chemistry Club. Both girls have boyfriends, though Mikage's tMG left for London in the 2nd episode. Mikage tends to have more tMG romantic relationships while Tomomi is on the 'buddy' system. tMG What makes these girls different is their ESP powers. Both have tMG limited telekinesis, have telepathy only with each other, and tMG can teleport only when both work together. The series is about tMG the sometimes funny/sad/romantic lives of the two twins and the tMG occasional complications brought about when they use their tMG powers. There is also an almost gothic mystery surrounding the tMG powers and the role 4 flowers play in it... tMG tMG NOTE: Interesting gimmick. The eyecatch has pictures of 2 twins tMG (all appear about 1-3 years old) when going to commercial. tMG When coming out, a picture of "Dio", the 2 ED singers posing tMG as Tomomi and Mikage is used. The ED has Dio performing the tMG song against an animated background... tMG Rating: [1 2 3 4 ] tMG Title: Whisper of the Heart (FILM) gSH tMIMI aka: Mimi wo Sumaseba tMIMI aut: Aoi Hiiragi ( ) tMIMI Cast: tMIMI Shizuku Tsukishima .......................... Youko Honna vHoY0 tMIMI Seiji Amasawa ......................... Kazuo Takahashi vTaK1 tMIMI Yasuya Tsukishima (father) ........... Takashi Tachibana vTaT0 tMIMI Asako Tsukishima (mother) ............... Shigeru Muroi vMuS tMIMI Shiho Tsukishima (sister) ............. Yorie Yamashita vYaY4 tMIMI Shirou Nishi (proprietor) ......... Keiju Kobayashi vKoK1 tMIMI Yuko Harada (best friend) ........... Maiko Kayama vKaM5 tMIMI The Baron ............................ Shigeru Tsuyuguchi vTsS1 tMIMI Description: tMIMI Shizuku is working on a translation of John Denver's "Country tMIMI Road" lyrics. A bookworm at heart, she spends a great deal of tMIMI time at the library. On her way over there one day, she notices tMIMI a strange sight: a cat riding the train by itself. It decides tMIMI to get off at her stop, and Shizuku follows the cat to an tMIMI antique shop. She meets the proprietor and is enchanted with a tMIMI statue of "The Baron" - a grand cat in a top hat. She also tMIMI meets Seiji, the grandson of the proprietor and finds out he's a tMIMI classmate. Seiji is an aspiring violin maker, and wants to go tMIMI to Italy to learn the trade from the masters. Shizuku starts to tMIMI fall in love with him, but all too soon, Seiji gets his wish and tMIMI goes off to Italy. Inspired by his dedication, Shizuku sets a tMIMI goal of her own: to write her first novel. She chooses to write tMIMI about the adventures of "The Baron". In this way, she pursues tMIMI her dream while he pursues his. This movie tells a story about tMIMI a girl's personal growth in today's urban society and is one of tMIMI the most accurate depictions of Japanese city life to date in tMIMI anime. Screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki. tMIMI Rating: [1 2 3 4 5] tMIMI Title: Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (OAV) gFA tMIY Cast: tMIY Miyuki ..................................... Mariko Kouda vKoM3 tMIY Queen ...................................... Kikuko Inoue vInK1 tMIY Cheshire Cat ................................. Ai Orikasa vOrA tMIY Mad Hatter ................................ Emi Shinohara vShE tMIY Door Girl ................................. Hekiru Shiina vShH2 tMIY Tou-li ..................................... Megumi Ogata vOgM tMIY Chou-li ...................................... Yumi Touma vToY tMIY Bunny .................................... Yuko Nagashima vNaY0 tMIY Humpty ................................... Masako Katsuki vKaM3 tMIY Sumire ................................... Rica Matsumoto vMaR tMIY Yuri ....................................... Sakura Tange vTaS4 tMIY girl ........................................ Yumi Fukami vFuY3 tMIY girl ...................................... Miki Nagasawa vNaM1 tMIY girl ..................................... Mariko Onodera vOnM0 tMIY Description: (by Dennis Jann) tMIY In CLAMP's sexy adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" our heroine, tMIY Miyuki-chan, wakes up from a strange dream and realizes she is tMIY late for school. On her way, she meets a Bunny on a skateboard tMIY and is transported to a world full of beautiful women including tMIY the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts, all tMIY of whom make passes at "cute Miyuki-chan". The second half of tMIY the story is "Miyuki-chan in the Looking Glass," wherein tMIY Miyuki-chan is transported into an even more bizarre world. Our tMIY heroine is subjected to experiences such as falling into the sky,tMIY and being entered in a chess match against herself in which the tMIY loser has to take off her clothes. tMIY NOTE: Rating is by contributor. tMIY Release Info: tMIY 1 part OAV. The actual OAV has two distinct stories in it. tMIY Well, sort of... tMIY US Release by: AD Vision (subtitled) tMIY Rating: [1 2 3 ] tMIY