======== Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.info Subject: [APG]: Anime Pocket Guide (16/17) From: Alan Takahashi Date: 11 May 1997 21:38:07 -0400 Title: Phantom Quest Corp. (OAVs) gCO tYKA aka: Yuugen Kaisha tYKA Cast: tYKA Ayaka Kisaragi ........................... Rica Matsumoto vMaR tYKA Mamoru Shimesu .............................. Kazue Ikura vIkK tYKA Nanami Rokugou ......................... Kotono Mitsuishi vMiK1 tYKA Yuujirou Ishibara ......................... Naoki Tatsuta vTaN2 tYKA Ruriko Asakaga ........................... Youko Kawanami vKaY3 tYKA Suimei ................................... Naoko Watanabe vWaN1 tYKA Kouzou Karino .......................... Kouichi Yamadera vYaK1 tYKA Natsuki Ogawa {volume 3} ................... Aya Hisakawa vHiA1 tYKA store person {file 3} ..................... Miki Nagasawa vNaM1 tYKA Mukyou ................................... Toshihiko Seki vSeT1 tYKA Description: tYKA Have you been having a bad day? Being haunted by events, tYKA spectres, or ghosts? Do you *really* have a spooky problem? tYKA Then you're a prime client for the Phantom Quest Corp. Ayaka tYKA Kisagi runs this unusual corporation that performs exorcisms, tYKA evicts ghosts and solves supernatural mysteries. Her team of tYKA specialists is available to solve the cases that she takes on. tYKA Now, if only her penchant for good sake and designer clothes tYKA allowed her to make a profit... :-) tYKA NOTE: In setup, this OAV series is very similar to "Ghost tYKA Sweeper Mikami", so if you like one, you'll probably like the tYKA other... tYKA Release Info: tYKA 4 part OAV. tYKA US Release by: Pioneer Video (subtitled and dubbed) tYKA Rating: [1 2 3 ] tYKA Title: Idol Angel Yohkoso Yohko (TV) gMI tYOH aka: Idol Tenshi Yohkoso Yohko tYOH Cast: tYOH Yohko Tanaka ................................. Mika Kanai vKaM0 tYOH Saki Yamamori ........................ Megumi Hayashibara vHaM1 tYOH Muu ...................................... Katsumi Suzuki vSuK2 tYOH Hideki Yamashita ....................... Hirotaka Suzuoki vSuH tYOH Ryou Hayami .............................. Toshihiko Seki vSeT1 tYOH Chougorou Shibuya ................... Tomomichi Nishimura vNiT1 tYOH Kyouko Hoshihana .......................... Yuko Mizutani vMiY6 tYOH Toshio Harada ............................. Shinya Ohtaki vOhS1 tYOH Kumiko Yoshiaki ........................... Saeko Shimazu vShS2 tYOH Tokudaiji ............................... Kenyuu Horiuchi vHoK1 tYOH Yutaka ............................... Yasunori Matsumoto vMaY4 tYOH Omo-san ................................... Kenichi Ogata vOgK tYOH Yasu-san ............................... Kappei Yamaguchi vYaK2 tYOH Claude (ep 5) .............. Kouichi Yamadera vYaK1 tYOH Misa (ep 14) ................. Maria Kawamura vKaM4 tYOH Keiko Matsushima (ep 31) ............. Yoshiko Sakakibara vSaY1 tYOH Johnny (ep 33) ................. Chika Sakamoto vSaC0 tYOH Maria Nagai (ep 34) ..................... Ai Orikasa vOrA tYOH Daichi (ep 36) ................ Takehito Koyasu vKoT3 tYOH Chicchi (ep 40) ................. Chisa Yokoyama vYoC tYOH Description: (by Chris Swett) tYOH This is a 40-episode shojo (girl's) anime series about two young tYOH girls who try to become idol singers in Shibuya. Yohko is tYOH intensely upbeat and talented but has a mysterious past that she tYOH won't talk about. She meets the second girl, Saki, on the tYOH Shinkansen (bullet train) when she's on her way to Tokyo. They tYOH team up in their assault on the showbiz industry. Yohko also tYOH has a pet flying squirrel named Muu. His primary role is: tYOH 1) cause Yohko to meet all kinds of strange Shibuya residents tYOH 2) fetch a mirror-ball prop whenever Yohko looks like she's tYOH going to break into song. tYOH This series has at least one song per episode and could be tYOH classed as a musical. There is also an extremely *cheerful* air tYOH to it. Note that Yohko's origin is never explained and in fact, tYOH the last episode shows her unchanged on TV 50 years from now... tYOH Rating: RECOMMENDED tYOH Title: Yotoden (OAVs) gAD tYOT Cast: tYOT Ayanosuke (Ayame) ............................ Keiko Toda vToK0 tYOT Sakon Hayate ............................. Kazuhiko Inoue vInK0 tYOT Ryoma Kogure ........................... Takeshi Watanabe vWaT tYOT Ranmaru Mori ............................ Kaneto Shiozawa vShK5 tYOT Oda Nobunaga ................................. Kazuki Yao vYaK7 tYOT Jinpei ................................... Masami Kikuchi vKiM0 tYOT Genyuusai ............................. Kiyoshi Kobayashi vKoK2 tYOT Momochi ............................. Tomomichi Nishimura vNiT1 tYOT Ryoan ......................................... Eken Mine vMiE tYOT Ongyo no Kiheiji ......................... Shouzou Iizuka vIiS tYOT Otowa no Genzou ............................. Ritsuo Sawa vSaR2 tYOT Description: tYOT A giant demon destroys a ninja village. The only 2 people left tYOT are a girl, Ayame, and her brother. He gives her a dagger, the tYOT sacred weapon of their clan, and turns back to fight against the tYOT demon. Only Ayame is left. In ninja tradition, she vows to tYOT take revenge on those responsible. Later, a group of thieves tYOT attack a lone figure. They find that killing this stranger is tYOT not easy, and Sakon, their leader takes the stranger on. During tYOT the fight, Sakon and Ayanosuke (she had masculinized her name) tYOT find that their blades have an affinity with each other. Demons tYOT kill the thieves and are destroyed, in turn, by a priest. He tYOT sends them in the direction of Ryoma who has a pike made of the tYOT same meteor metal as the other 2 weapons. In this way, the old tYOT prophecy is coming true...the 3 mystic weapons working together tYOT under the flaming star (a comet) will vanquish evil. The evil, tYOT in this case is the demon-possessed Lord Nobunaga. This series tYOT is set up like an historical drama with intrigue and tYOT confrontations in historical Japan...with some magic and demons tYOT added. Note that Nobunaga is a real figure in Japanese history tYOT and tried to unite Japan under himself. He was the first to use tYOT Western weapons as opposed to the more 'honorable' weapons. This tYOT series is also noted for its realistic human animation. tYOT Rating: [1 2 3 4 ] tYOT Title: You're Under Arrest! (TV,OAVs) gDR tYUA aka: Taiho Shichauzo! tYUA aut: Kosuke Fujishima ( ) tYUA Cast: tYUA Miyuki Kobayakawa ....................... Akiko Hiramatsu vHiA0 tYUA Natsumi Tsujimoto ....................... Sakiko Tamagawa vTaS3 tYUA Ken Nakajima ................................ Bin Shimada vShB tYUA Yoriko .................................. Etsuko Kozakura vKoE tYUA Reiko Sakai .............................. Yuko Nagashima vNaY0 tYUA kachou ................................... Issei Masamune vMaI tYUA Description: tYUA Natsumi is riding on her scooter...late for an appointment. She tYUA decides to take a short cut, breaking several traffic laws on tYUA the way. A patrol car spots her and the chase is on! Natsumi tYUA has the advantage, but somehow the policewoman manages to keep tYUA up. In the end, the policewoman is writing Natsumi's ticket and tYUA hands it to her...addressing her by name. The befuddled Natsumi tYUA makes it to her appointment anyway -- her new assignment at a tYUA small police station. There she finds herself assigned as a tYUA partner to Miyuki...the ticket-writing officer! The two patrol tYUA officers are very different..Miyuki is a quiet woman who is good tYUA with computers and tinkers as the department's mechanic. Natsumi tYUA is a more aggresive woman who exhibits incredible strength and tYUA is a great motorcyclist. Despite the rocky start, the two learn tYUA how to work together as a team and are becoming friends. That's tYUA fortunate, since they're also going to be living together as tYUA roommates (:-)). Created by Kosuke Fujishima before his hit tYUA "Aa! Megami-sama", this comedy-drama follows life at a small tYUA police department and of the officers within. Now, just how tYUA long WILL it be before Miyuki and Nakajima get together? tYUA Release Info: tYUA 4 part OAV series. Though this OAV series came later, this is tYUA actually based on Fujishima-san's previous manga before his tYUA hit "Aa Megami-sama". tYUA 1996-97 TV series. The first 4 episodes were edited versions of tYUA the OAVs. Animation quality suffers a bit, but that's only a tYUA minor flaw in this enjoyable series. tYUA US Release by: AnimEigo (subtitled and dubbed - OAVs only) tYUA Rating: [1 2 3 4 ] tYUA Title: Yuu Yuu Hakushou (TV,FILM) gFA tYYH Cast: tYYH Yuusuke Urameshi .......................... Nozomu Sasaki vSaN2 tYYH Botan ...................................... Sanae Miyuki vMiS1 tYYH Kurama Youko ........................... Shigeru Nakahara vNaS0 tYYH Shizuru Kuwagara ............................. Ai Orikasa vOrA tYYH Koto ......................................... Ai Orikasa vOrA tYYH Byakko ................................. Takeshi Watanabe vWaT tYYH Sakyou .................................. Nobuyuki Furuta vFuN1 tYYH Keiko Yukimura ............................... Yuri Amano vAmY tYYH Kazuma Kuwabara ........................... Shigeru Chiba vChS tYYH Juri ...................................... Katsuyo Endou vEnK tYYH Kaidou ................................... Issei Futamata vFuI tYYH Hiei .................................... Nobuyuki Hiyama vHiN2 tYYH Misako ..................................... Chieko Honda vHoC tYYH Kido .................................... Takehito Koyasu vKoT3 tYYH Genkai .................................... Hisako Kyouda vKyH tYYH Yanagisawa .............................. Mitsuaki Madono vMaM0 tYYH Miyuki ..................................... Rin Mizuhara vMiR tYYH Sensui ..................................... Rokurou Naya vNaR4 tYYH Kurama ..................................... Megumi Ogata vOgM tYYH Shura ....................................... Ikue Ohtani vOhI tYYH Atsuko ....................................... Yoko Soumi vSoY tYYH Yukina ................................... Yuri Shiratori vShY3 tYYH Sayaka ................................... Yuri Shiratori vShY3 tYYH Mukuro .................................. Minami Takayama vTaM1 tYYH Koenma .................................... Mayumi Tanaka vTaM2 tYYH Toguro (younger) ........................... Tessho Genda vGeT tYYH young Genkai ......................... Megumi Hayashibara vHaM1 tYYH Koenma's servant .................... Tomomichi Nishimura vNiT1 tYYH Narrator ............................ Tomomichi Nishimura vNiT1 tYYH Description: tYYH [Editor at work! Entry construction in progress] tYYH Rating: [1 ] tYYH Title: Zeguy - Cloudworld Labyrinth (FILM) gFA tZEG Cast: tZEG Miki ..................................... Chisa Yokoyama vYoC tZEG Sayaka .................................... Noriko Hidaka vHiN1 tZEG Himiko ..................................... Eiko Yamada vYaE tZEG Description: tZEG During WWII, a sinister-looking man searches and finds a mask in tZEG the possession of an actor. The actor is slain by demons under tZEG the man's direction and the mask taken. A "warrior of Zeguy" tZEG appears and tries to retrieve the mask, but fails. Undaunted, tZEG the warrior sets off in pursuit. We now shift scenes to the tZEG present where two high school girls are having an argument. Miki tZEG wants Sayaka to give her bell back, but Sayaka refuses. The tZEG argument is abruptly interrupted when the bus is sucked into a tZEG tunnel. When Miki wakes up again, she sees her friend Sayaka tZEG being kidnapped, leaving her alone in a strange land. Miki will tZEG encounter many people, both good and evil, as she learns that a tZEG power-hungry woman named Himiko is trying to unlock the secret tZEG of Zeguy...and that Miki (instead of the mistakenly kidnapped tZEG Sayaka) is the key to that power. tZEG Release Info: tZEG 70 minute theatrical release. tZEG UK Release by: Manga Video (dubbed) tZEG Rating: [1 2 ] tZEG Title: Hades Project Zeorymer (OAVs) gGR tZEO aka: Mei Ou Project Zeorymer tZEO Cast: tZEO Akitsu Masato ............................ Toshihiko Seki vSeT1 tZEO Miku Himuro ................................ Chieko Honda vHoC tZEO Isao Oki ................................ Hideyuki Tanaka vTaH3 tZEO Yuuratei .................................... Mayumi Shoh vShM3 tZEO Saiga ................................... Kaneto Shiozawa vShK5 tZEO Shi-Aen ...................................... Rei Sakuma vSaR0 tZEO ahi-Tau ..................................... Yuko Sasaki vSaY4 tZEO Giso ....................................... Tessho Genda vGeT tZEO Ritsu ........................................ Sho Hayami vHaS tZEO Rockfell ................................. Masako Katsuki vKaM3 tZEO Taiha .................................. Hirotaka Suzuoki vSuH tZEO Rularn ................................. Mahito Tsujimura vTsM0 tZEO narrator ................................. Issei Masamune vMaI tZEO Description: tZEO A young man named Akitsu Masato is 'captured' by a secret govt. tZEO project known as "Last Guardian". He is told that his life as tZEO a normal student was all a lie, and that his real destiny is to tZEO be the pilot of a great robot called "Zeorymer of the Heavens". tZEO The truth of this is hammered in when Masato sees his 'parents' tZEO accept payment for raising him. The Last Guardian is preparing tZEO for the resurrection of "Hau Dragon", an organization bent on tZEO world conquest. 15 years ago, Hau Dragon built 8 great robots. tZEO Each of the mecha represents a force of nature. However, before tZEO any of the robots could be used, their creater Kihara Masaki tZEO destroyed the robots except for the leader: Zeorymer. He took tZEO Zeorymer and an embryo to the government. The embryo became the tZEO boy Masato. Now, Hau Dragon has rebuilt the other 7 mecha and tZEO wants the 8th. It will be up to Masato and Himuro to pilot tZEO Zeorymer and fight against the Hau Dragon...but neither Masato tZEO or Himuro are all that they seem... tZEO US Release by: US Manga Corps (subtitled) tZEO Rating: [1 2 3 ] tZEO