======== Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.info Subject: [APG]: Anime Pocket Guide (14/17) From: Alan Takahashi Date: 11 May 1997 21:38:01 -0400 Title: Slayers (TV,FILM,OAVs) gCO tSLY Cast: tSLY Lina Inverse ......................... Megumi Hayashibara vHaM1 tSLY Gourry Gabriev ....................... Yasunori Matsumoto vMaY4 tSLY Zelgadiss ............................. Hikaru Midorikawa vMiH tSLY Zangulz ..................................... Bin Shimada vShB tSLY Amelia .................................... Masami Suzuki vSuM4 tSLY Sylvia ....................................... Yumi Touma vToY tSLY Lezo .................................... Takehito Koyasu vKoT3 tSLY Naaga (Slayers movie) .................... Maria Kawamura vKaM4 tSLY Eris .................................... Etsuko Ishikawa vIsE tSLY Rahanim ............................... Yuuichi Nagashima vNaY1 tSLY Nunsa ..................................... Kouzou Shioya vShK4 tSLY Zeros (Slayers Next) ..................... Akira Ishida vIsA0 tSLY Martina (Slayers Next) ................... Mifuyu Hiiragi vHiM0 tSLY Alfred (Slayers Next) ....................... Hiro Yuuki vYuH tSLY Mazenda (Slayers Next) ..................... Mako Hyoudou vHyM tSLY Kanzel (Slayers Next) ................... Issei Futamata vFuI tSLY Description: tSLY After a successful raid, a bandit group is celebrating how much tSLY booty they got. In the middle of the dancing and bonfire, a tSLY Fireball (TM) comes streaking out of the sky. The fortress wall tSLY is blown inward and major destruction follows. In the middle of tSLY all of this is a small unassuming woman, who the bandit leader tSLY recognizes as "Li-Li-Lina Inverse!". After dispatching the rest tSLY of the bandits, Lina helps herself to the booty. The next day, tSLY Lina is accosted by another bandit group and finds herself being tSLY 'rescued' by Gourry, a dim-witted, but earnest warrior. Gourry tSLY rapidly finds out that this 'little girl' is a great magician tSLY and fighter with a reputation to match. Not to mention her tSLY enormous appetite. This is a series that makes fun of virtually tSLY every element of RPGs that it can find, with a little serious tSLY adventure mixed in. tSLY Release Info: tSLY "Slayers" TV series - The story of Lina, Gourry and the quest of tSLY the Red Mage. 26 episodes. tSLY "Slayers SP" movie - Theatrical release of "Slayers". Adventure tSLY with Lina and Naaga. Gourry doesn't make an appearance. tSLY "Slayers Next" TV series - Lina, Gourry and company search for tSLY the 'Clear Bible'...a book containing great magical secrets. tSLY They are joined by a traveller who may, or may not be on tSLY their side. 26 episodes. tSLY "Slayers" OAV series - continues the adventures of Lina and tSLY Naaga. tSLY US Release by: Software Sculptors (subtitled) tSLY Rating: [1 2 3 ] tSLY Title: Saber Marionette J (TV,OAVs) gCO tSMJ Cast: tSMJ Otaru Mamiya .................................. Yuka Imai vImY tSMJ Lime ................................. Megumi Hayashibara vHaM1 tSMJ Cherry ................................... Yuri Shiratori vShY3 tSMJ Bloodberry .............................. Akiko Hiramatsu vHiA0 tSMJ Hanagata ................................ Takehito Koyasu vKoT3 tSMJ Luchs ..................................... Yuko Mizutani vMiY6 tSMJ Panther .................................... Kikuko Inoue vInK1 tSMJ Tiger ...................................... Urara Takano vTaU tSMJ Faust ................................. Hikaru Midorikawa vMiH tSMJ Ieyasu .................................... Kenichi Ogata vOgK tSMJ Hikosagoemon .............................. Shigeru Chiba vChS tSMJ Tamasaburou .............................. Maria Kawamura vKaM4 tSMJ Baikou ....................................... Ai Orikasa vOrA tSMJ Joi ..................................... Hiroyuki Oshida vOsH tSMJ Hess ................................. Tomohiro Nishimura vNiT0 tSMJ Iwadera ................................ Hiroyuki Yoshino vYoH tSMJ Description: tSMJ A crippled spaceship is orbiting a planet. On board, emergency tSMJ evacuation is underway, but an explosion destroys the ship. Only tSMJ a small lifeboat survives with 6 men on board. Many years later,tSMJ cities have sprung up on the planet. This society is made up of tSMJ clones of the 6 survivors. In Japones, a young man named Otaru tSMJ makes a meager living doing odd jobs. He accidentally stumbles tSMJ on an activation tube for a marionette. Marionettes are female tSMJ robots that are usually mindless automatons with no personality. tSMJ This one is called Lime and the first thing she does is say she tSMJ loves Otaru! Lime is a wide-eyed child who is devoted to Otaru tSMJ and has massive strength and speed (:-)). This action-comedy tSMJ follows the misadventures of the impoverished Otaru. Things pick tSMJ up when he accidentally (of course) picks up 2 more marionettes tSMJ (Cherry and Bloodberry) who also love him! tSMJ NOTE: This description and rating are based on the TV series. tSMJ Release Info: tSMJ 1996 Radio Show - "Saber Marionette" (and others) tSMJ 1996 TV series - "Saber Marionette J". tSMJ 1996 OAV series - "Saber Marionette R". tSMJ Rating: [1 2 3 ] tSMJ Title: Sol Bianca (OAVs) gSF tSOL Cast: tSOL Jany .................................... Minami Takayama vTaM1 tSOL April ........................................ Rei Sakuma vSaR0 tSOL May ........................................... Miki Itou vItM0 tSOL June ................................... Yuriko Fuchizaki vFuY0 tSOL Feb ...................................... Youko Matsuoka vMaY5 tSOL Yuhri .................................... Shuuichi Ikeda vIkS0 tSOL Rim .................................... Daisuke Namikawa vNaD1 tSOL Emperor Badros ............................. Takeshi Aono vAoT tSOL Commander Gembas ........................... Rokurou Naya vNaR4 tSOL Dr. Delapaz ................................ Tessho Genda vGeT tSOL Gomes (Part 2) ........................... Daisuke Gohri vGoD tSOL Hunter (Part 2) .......................... Hideyuki Umezu vUmH tSOL Description: tSOL In an undetermined future, a graceful pirate ship plys the tSOL spaceways. Pity the poor freighter that the Sol Bianca raids. tSOL There is little chance that the cargo will be saved. The Sol tSOL Bianca is "manned" by 5 girls of varying ages...all named after tSOL months of the year. The first OAV carried the Sol Bianca to a tSOL planet named Tres...where, in the pursuit of treasure, they tSOL acquire a stowaway, and free Tres from its tyrannical leader. tSOL In the 2nd OAV, the girls fall into a trap set for them by a tSOL mysterious man who knows a lot about them. tSOL Release Info: tSOL 2 part OAV. The ending of the 2nd part clearly indicates that a tSOL 3rd part was intended to be made, but none ever was. There tSOL was a script for "Part 4" which surfaces from time to time. tSOL The script was an April Fools joke and is completely fake. tSOL The 4th part doesn't exist... tSOL US Release by: AD Vision (subtitled) tSOL Rating: RECOMMENDED - the 2nd OAV wasn't that good, though tSOL Title: Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Melancholy (OAV) gFA tSOW aka: Spirit of Wonder: China-san no yuu-utsu tSOW Cast: tSOW Miss China ................................ Noriko Hidaka vHiN1 tSOW Dr. Breckenridge .......................... Michio Hazama vHaM2 tSOW Jim Freud ............................ Hiroyuki Shibamoto vShH0 tSOW Lily ................................... Yuriko Fuchizaki vFuY0 tSOW Nancy ................................... Akiko Hiramatsu vHiA0 tSOW Rock ..................................... Shouzou Iizuka vIiS tSOW Paul ....................................... Ikuya Sawaki vSaI1 tSOW Robin .................................... Chisa Yokoyama vYoC tSOW Titi ...................................... Tamao Hayashi vHaT1 tSOW Description: (by Enrique Conty) tSOW The easiest way to describe it would be: "What if H.G. Welles tSOW wrote a romance story?". In a small port town in Victorian tSOW England, Miss China is the owner of the popular Tenkai tSOW restaurant. Her lodger, one Dr. Breckenridge, has been working tSOW on "alternative" methods to get to the moon. Breckenridge's tSOW assistant, Jim, is in love with Miss China, and eventually tSOW presents her with a very special gift... tSOW US Release by: AnimEigo (subtitled and dubbed) tSOW Rating: RECOMMENDED tSOW Title: No Need for Tenchi (TV,OAVs,FILM) gCO tTEN aka: Tenchi Muyou, Ryo-Oh-Ki tTEN aut: Hitoshi Okuda (Comic Dragon) tTEN Cast: tTEN Tenchi Masaki ............................ Masami Kikuchi vKiM0 tTEN Ryouko ....................................... Ai Orikasa vOrA tTEN Ryo-Oh-Ki ............................... Etsuko Kozakura vKoE tTEN Princess Aeka .............................. Yumi Takada vTaY0 tTEN Princess Sasami ......................... Chisa Yokoyama vYoC tTEN Detective Mihoshi ......................... Yuko Mizutani vMiY6 tTEN Detective Kiyone ............................. Yuri Amano vAmY tTEN Kamidake .................................. Kenichi Ogata vOgK tTEN Azaka ..................................... Wataru Takagi vTaW tTEN Katsuhito Masaki ........................... Takeshi Aono vAoT tTEN Nobuyuki Masaki ........................... Takeshi Aono vAoT tTEN Washuu ................................... Yuko Kobayashi vKoY0 tTEN Kagato ................................... Norio Wakamoto vWaN0 tTEN Tsunami .................................. Chisa Yokoyama vYoC tTEN Yosho ................................... Takehito Koyasu vKoT3 tTEN little Tenchi .............................. Mari Mashiba vMaM3 tTEN {Unknown character} ...................... Hideyuki Umezu vUmH tTEN okami (manager of the inn) ................ Hisako Kyouda vKyH tTEN Dr. Cray .................................... Seizou Kato vKaS2 tTEN D3 ................................... Ryuuzaburou Ohtomo vOhR1 tTEN Misaki ............................... Yoshiko Sakakibara vSaY1 tTEN Tokimi ....................................... Yumi Touma vToY tTEN Achika (Tenchi Muyou in Love) ........ Megumi Hayashibara vHaM1 tTEN Description: tTEN After tricking his grandfather, Tenchi gets the keys to an old tTEN shrine. Family legend says that a hero defeated a horrific tTEN demon long ago, and the demon was imprisoned here. The hero's tTEN sword was placed next to the demon to guard it. Tenchi finds tTEN the old sword...and a mummy. Since Tenchi broke the seals, the tTEN mummy rises. Frantically, Tenchi tries to reseal the shrine and tTEN escapes. Later, Tenchi is back at school. He is startled by a tTEN girl who appears out of nowhere. This is Ryouko, space pirate, tTEN former mummy, and a VERY annoyed demon. She decides to kill tTEN Tenchi, 'cause she has to take it out on *someone*. Tenchi tTEN escapes from the destroyed school...to find that Ryouko has tTEN decided to move in with him. Things get REALLY interesting when tTEN Aeka, Princess of the Jurai, comes to Earth looking for her tTEN brother...the long-dead hero who sealed Ryouko up the first time.tTEN This is a very funny, fast-moving action comedy with lots of tTEN unique elements...including spaceships grown from trees and a tTEN pirate ship that becomes a cute bunny... tTEN NOTE: The title might also be translated as "This Side Up,Tenchi"tTEN and, in fact, is carried that way at Nikaku. This is because tTEN the kanji used can be interpreted more than one way... tTEN NOTE: The rating for this entry is based less on how much I like tTEN the series, and more on the fan reception that I saw at a con. tTEN Release Info: tTEN 6 part OAV - Tenchi meets Ryouko and Aeka (and Sasami) and tries tTEN to deal with these additions to his life. tTEN 1 part OAV - "Tenchi Muyou Special". To gain Tenchi's love and tTEN affection, Aeka and Ryouko take lessons from shoujo manga... tTEN 1 part OAV - "Tenchi Music File". Music videos with many scenes tTEN from the original OAV series. Pretty Sami debuts here... tTEN 1 part OAV - "Mihoshi Special". Mihoshi tells a story about a tTEN Galaxy Police assignment that she was involved in... tTEN New OAV series - Continues the OAV storyline. tTEN Part 8 - The cast try to take care of a baby for one day. tTEN Part 9 - Sasami becomes morose and her secret is revealed. tTEN Part 10- Ryo-oh-ki infects the Masu with the desire to help tTEN Tenchi. tTEN Part 11- Ryouko is replaced with a double to capture Washuu. tTEN Part 12- Ryouko's double still tries to capture Washuu while tTEN trying to reconcile her feelings for Tenchi. tTEN Part 13- It's time for Aeka and Sasami to go home... tTEN 1995 TV series: "Tenchi Muyou-Earth Edition". Begins the Tenchi tTEN story again with no connection to the preceding OAVs. tTEN "Pretty Sami" OAV - Sasami is Tenchi's little sister who becomes tTEN a Magical Girl, courtesy of Tsunami and Ryo-oh-ki. There is tTEN no connection to other Tenchi stories. See "Pretty Samy" tTEN entry for more release details. tTEN _Tenchi Muyou in Love_ - Tenchi and friends have to go back in tTEN time to help his mother. A powerful force threatens to kill tTEN her in the past...which will eliminate Tenchi in the present.tTEN This movie is based on the TV series, not the OAVs. tTEN US Release by: Pioneer Video (subtitled and dubbed) tTEN UK Release by: Pioneer LDCE (dubbed) tTEN Rating: [1 2 3 4 5] tTEN Title: Tobe! Isami (TV) gKI tTOB Cast: tTOB Isami Hanaoka .......................... Michiyo Nakajima vNaM2 tTOB Soushi Yukimi ............................. Noriko Hidaka vHiN1 tTOB Kei Tsukikage ................................. Yuko Mita vMiY2 tTOB Reiko Hanaoka (Isami's mother) ............. Kikuko Inoue vInK1 tTOB Kikumaru ................................. Satomi Koorogi vKoS tTOB Jasmine ................................... Yuko Mizutani vMiY6 tTOB Kazuma Sakamoto ............................. Kenichi Ono vOnK0 tTOB Ken/Gin Tengu ............................... Kenichi Ono vOnK0 tTOB Eisuke Yukimi ............................ Hideyuki Umezu vUmH tTOB Yoroi Tengu .............................. Hideyuki Umezu vUmH tTOB Onna Karasu Tengu ....................... Kumiko Watanabe vWaK tTOB Kai Hanaoka ................................. Kouji Ishii vIsK tTOB doll ........................................ Kouji Ishii vIsK tTOB Toshi's father ........................ Hirohiko Kakegawa vKaH0 tTOB Toshi Tsukikage ........................... Yoshiko Kamei vKaY1 tTOB Soushi's mother ........................ Sakurako Kishiro vKiS2 tTOB Isami's grandfather .................... Kouichi Kitamura vKiK3 tTOB Description: tTOB Isami Hanaoka is an 11 year old girl who has just moved in with tTOB her grandfather. She wakes up and is momentarily disoriented, tTOB then realizes where she is. She races to catch the morning news tTOB broadcast, since her mother is the new anchorperson. Afterwards,tTOB she heads off to her new school. Her father is a professor who tTOB is away on some business. Until he returns, her grandfather's tTOB shrine is Isami's new home. Isami's first day goes off pretty tTOB well, but that night, two boys from her school follow an old tTOB 'treasure' map and break into the shrine. Isami catches them in tTOB the act, but the trio discover a cache belonging to an old group tTOB called Shinsen Gumi. As it happens, a crime organization called tTOB Kurotengu (Black Goblin) is active in the area, so Isami and her tTOB new friends resurrect Shinsen Gumi with an energy sword that no tTOB one really understands. With the sword, Shinsen Gumi often stop tTOB whatever Kurotengu's latest plot is. One of Kurotengu's goals tTOB has now become finding out who Shinsen Gumi is...but another is tTOB finding and capturing Professor Hanaoka, Isami's father. This is tTOB a kid's series with a bit of a "Nancy Drew" type of atmosphere. tTOB Rating: [1 2 3 ] tTOB Title: Tonde Buurin (TV) gMG tTON aut: Taeko Ikeda (Chao) tTON Cast: tTON Karin Kokubu ............................. Yuri Shiratori vShY3 tTON Tonrariaano III ........................ Yuriko Fuchizaki vFuY0 tTON Keiko Kuroha ............................. Rica Matsumoto vMaR tTON Nanako Tateishi .......................... Maria Kawamura vKaM4 tTON Shouhei Kokubu ........................... Satomi Koorogi vKoS tTON Rikako Kokubu ............................ Yuko Mizutani vMiY6 tTON Kaoru Hidaka ................................ Junko Asami vAsJ tTON Kouichi Mizuno ............................. Akira Ishida vIsA0 tTON Masami Yamakawa .............................. Chie Satou vSaC2 tTON Shinichirou Kokubu .......................... Kenichi Ono vOnK0 tTON Buutan (ep 4) ...................... Tomoko Maruo vMaT0 tTON sempai wrestler(ep 4) ...................... Urara Takano vTaU tTON Pretty Koizumi (ep 4) ........................ Yumi Touma vToY tTON Makoto Arashiyama .......................... Taro Arakawa vArT tTON Rikako Kokubu ............................... Yumi Hikita vHiY0 tTON Takuma Mushanokouji ................. Tsutomu Kashiwakura vKaT2 tTON Masayoshi Kondou ......................... Keiichi Sonobe vSoK1 tTON Jimmy Matsumoto ........................... Wataru Takagi vTaW tTON Description: (by Hitoshi Doi) tTON Karin Kokubu is a slightly klutzy junior high school student. tTON One day on the way to school, she finds an injured pig. She tTON wants to help it out, but she was already late for school. The tTON pig eats Karin's lunch and recovers. Karin runs off to school tTON and the pig follows her. Later on, the talking pig gives Karin tTON a compact that will turn her into a flying pig super hero called tTON Buurin. Karin doesn't like the "shape" of Buurin, but she can't tTON transform into any other shape until she gets 108 "pearls". tTON (Every time Buurin saves somebody, she will get one pearl that tTON she puts into a "bank".) Also if anybody finds out about tTON Buurin's identity, Karin will be stuck in Buurin's form forever. tTON Release Info: tTON 1994-95 TV series - 51 episodes. tTON Rating: [1 2 3 ] tTON Title: My Neighbor Totoro (FILM) gDR tTOT aka: Tonari no Totoro tTOT aut: Hayao Miyazaki (Tokuma Shoten) tTOT Cast: tTOT Satsuki ................................... Noriko Hidaka vHiN1 tTOT Mei ...................................... Chika Sakamoto vSaC0 tTOT Satsuki & Mei's mother ................... Sumi Shimamoto vShS1 tTOT Kenta's father ........................... Masashi Hirose vHiM5 tTOT Dai-Totoro ............................... Hitoshi Takagi vTaH1 tTOT grandmother ................................ Reiko Suzuki vSuR1 tTOT Elementary school teacher ................ Machiko Washio vWaM0 tTOT {Unknown character} ..................... Akiko Hiramatsu vHiA0 tTOT Description: tTOT Moving out to the countryside, Satsuki and Mei (along with their tTOT father) settle in a new house in a farming community. Their tTOT mother is in a hospital, and is suppose to join them soon. Mei tTOT is the first to encounter a magical creature who she names tTOT "Totoro". After Satsuki meets Totoro, their lives fill up with tTOT the magic that nature and Totoro provides. A heartwarming film tTOT from Hayao Miyazaki. tTOT US Release by: 50th Street Films/Troma (dubbed) tTOT Rating: [1 2 3 4 5] tTOT Title: The Transformers (TV,FILM) gGR tTRA Cast: tTRA {Cast omitted} tTRA Description: tTRA On the planet Cybertron, the 'life forms' are robots that are tTRA able to transform into other machinery. There was a war between tTRA 2 factions, and the Deceptacons won. The Autobots retreated to tTRA the planet Earth, led by Optimas Prime. As the name implies, tTRA Autobots can transform into motor vehicles with Prime becoming a tTRA 18-wheel truck. The Deceptacons pursued the Autobots to Earth tTRA led by Megatron, who transforms into a gun. Most of the other tTRA Deceptacons transform into jets. The war continues on Earth. tTRA The "Transformers Movie" ends this war with the Autobots winning,tTRA but having to face a planet-eating robot called Omicron Theta... tTRA (This, of course, generates many toys for Hasbro to sell... :-)) tTRA tTRA Note: Despite the giant robots, this is an American creation and tTRA production. The concept proved popular in Japan, however, and tTRA a new anime Transformers series ran there with original tTRA stories, using Japanese writers and voice actors... tTRA Rating: RECOMMENDED - little anime connection, though tTRA Title: Irresponsible Captain Tyler (TV) gCO tTYL aka: Musekinin Kanchou Tylor tTYL Cast: tTYL Justy Ueki Tyler ........................ Kouji Tsujitani vTsK1 tTYL Yuriko Star .................................. Yuri Amano vAmY tTYL Makoto Yamamoto .............................. Sho Hayami vHaS tTYL Azarin .................................. Hiroko Kasahara vKaH2 tTYL Dom ...................................... Toshihiko Seki vSeT1 tTYL Vice Admiral Mifune ............................ Mugihito vMUG tTYL Vice Admiral Fuji ................... Tomomichi Nishimura vNiT1 tTYL Kyung-Hwa Kim .......................... Kotono Mitsuishi vMiK1 tTYL Katori ....................................... Ken Narita vNaK8 tTYL Dr. Kitaguchi .............................. Jouji Yanami vYaJ1 tTYL Harumi ..................................... Maya Okamoto vOkM0 tTYL Yumi & Emi Hanner ............................ Mika Kanai vKaM0 tTYL Kojiro Sakai ............................... Mitsuo Iwata vIwM tTYL Has Shia ...................................... Yuko Mita vMiY2 tTYL Anderson ............................. Hiroyuki Shibamoto vShH0 tTYL Bob ......................................... Kazue Ikura vIkK tTYL test officer ............................. Masako Katsuki vKaM3 tTYL Carlson ............................... Minori Matsushima vMaM6 tTYL Clyburn ................................. Kazuhiro Nakata vNaK4 tTYL Jason ..................................... Kousuke Okano vOkK1 tTYL Miranda .................................. Sumi Shimamoto vShS1 tTYL Bunta ........................................ Yuuji Ueda vUeY tTYL Description: tTYL This series is set in the far future. Justy Tyler is wandering tTYL the streets when his eye catches a recruiting ad (on a very tTYL LARGE TV screen). Actually, his eye is caught by the girl in tTYL the commercial. He signs up immediately. During his screening/ tTYL training/testing, he manages to seduce the main computer at the tTYL HQ...completely disrupting operations during an invasion, and tTYL stops an alien-induced hostage situation...neither the criminals tTYL nor the hostages knew what to make of him. Now, he's been given tTYL *command* of his own space battleship...an antique. His crew is tTYL a collection of misfits, including 3 of the aforementioned tTYL hostages: Yuriko and his twin aides Yumi & Emi. Also Yamamoto, tTYL the officer in charge of the hostage drama...before Tyler walked tTYL in. This series would be utterly chaotic if it wasn't so funny. tTYL tTYL Note: In both the spoken and katakana forms, his name is "Tyler" tTYL or "TAIRA". In the eyecatch, his name is "Tailor" written in tTYL English. Make whatever you want out of this... :-) tTYL Rating: [1 2 3 ] tTYL