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Stéphane Dumas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Kelk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.fandom,rec.arts.anime.misc Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 8:00 PM Subject: [INFO] The Anime Primer, or "What Anime Should I Watch Now?" (2/10) > (continued from part 1) > > ANGELIC LAYER: Mizaki Suzuhara is moving to Tokyo. Upon arriving > at the train station, she gets lost (it's her first time in Tokyo) and > wanders outside, where she witnesses a battle that wows her on a > gigantic screen. It turns out that the battle was part of Angelic > Layer, a game that's very popular. She gets drawn into the game and > goes on a wild adventure. This series has something for everyone, > from the comedic wiggly-squiggly Icchan, to more heart-felt moments, > and even intense battles. So go out now, and see the series that one > of the voice actresses calls "DRAGON BALL Z for Girls!" Available > from ADV films. > R1 official website: <http://www.angeliclayerdvd.com/main.php> > [Entry by Bill Martin] > > AOZORA SHOUJOTAI: see 801 T.T.S. AIRBATS > > ARIA: In Neo-Venezia, despite a backdrop of science fiction > technology, life has returned to simpler times. Akari Mizunashi is > living in Neo-Venezia (a recreation of the city of Venice) on the > planet Aria (a terraformed Mars). She is employed by Aria Company as > a "Single" or trainee Undine, the name given to gondoliers in > Neo-Venezia. Together with her friends and fellow would-be Undines > Aika and Alice, Akari spends her days learning to become a > full-fledged Undine and experiencing the joys of life, love, and > friendship among the canals of her adopted home. > ARIA is a laid-back slice-of-life story that shows the "Magic of > everyday life" through Akari's eyes. Cooked from the same recipe as > YOKOHAMA KAIDASHI KIKOU, Aria's episodic pace and lovely background > music can best be described as relaxed. Warm and fuzzy feelings are > the order of the day for ARIA. > ARIA spans three seasons - ARIA THE ANIMATION (13 episodes), ARIA > THE NATURAL (26 episodes), an OVA and the final ARIA THE ORIGINATION > (13 episodes). It is based on the two manga series "Aqua" and "Aria" > by Amano Kozue. The first season has been licenced by RightStuf. > [Entry by Abraham Evangelista and Robert Sneddon] > > ARJUNA: see EARTH GIRL ARJUNA > > ARMITAGE III: In the future, mankind has terraformed and settled > Mars. We've also developed a line of human-like androids with > designations of "first," "second" and "third". Ross Sylabus, a police > detective from Earth with an antipathy for androids, has transferred > to Mars. What he finds there is a political conspiracy that covers > two planets and involves his colleague, the child-like female > detective Armitage. Well drawn and animated, with moments of both > levity and action. Some violence. Four episodes, or one movie which > is the episodes edited together with some omissions. Subbed and > dubbed both available. From Geneon, and Madman in Australia. > [Entry by Ben Cantrick] > [There is also a sequel movie ARMITAGE III - DUAL-MATRIX, which > contains spoilers for the original ARMITAGE III story. - Rob Kelk] > > ARSLAN SENKI (a.k.a. THE HEROIC LEGEND OF ARSLAN): 5 part OAV > running approximately 4 hours total. Slow paced historical fiction. > The kingdom of Pars is overrun by a neighboring kingdom, with inside > help. The king is imprisoned and it's up to the young prince and his > loyal retainers to win the kingdom back. The story is more sword and > political intrigue than it is sword and sorcery, not much fighting, no > comedy, full of shoujo-esque character designs, and is unfinished, the > remainder of the story is available in novel or manga form. Original > novels by the same author as LEGEND OF GALACTIC HEROES. DVD box set > includes all OAVs. By U.S. Manga Corps. > [Entry by MimiE] > > ASH WINGS ALLIANCE: see HAIBANE RENMEI > > ASTRO BOY (originally TETSUWAN ATOMU/MIGHTY ATOM): The first real > Japanese anime TV series aired in 1963, ASTRO BOY was made by the > anime "God" Osamu Tezuka. It is a story of a little robot boy, who > ages and becomes mature through the series. It was the first anime > which featured familiar things such as continuous story and plot for > the entire series, character development, and so on. And remember, it > was the first TV anime series! > (This description refers to the original series, not the later > remake.) > Licenced by The Right Stuf International in North America, and by > Madman in Australia. > [Entry by Andrew V. Tupkalo] > > AURA BATTLER DUNBINE: Motorcycle racer Show Zama is pulled into an > alternate world where he is drafted as an Aura Battler. An Aura > Battler is a person from Upper Earth (our world) that has the aura > power to control the insect-like mechs this world uses to fight its > wars. While the natives can also drive these things they cannot do so > with the proficiency of Upper Earthers. Show finds himself involved > in a war of conquest led by Drake Luft and soon decides he's on the > wrong side. It's quite an epic from the man who gave the world > GUNDAM. > Licenced by ADV Films. > [Entry by Kyle Thomas Pope] > > AZUMANGA DAIOH: Popular 26 episode comedy series which follows the > fortunes of seven girls, two teachers, and one dog through the three > years of senior high school. Much of the story centres on Chiyo-chan, > a ten year old genius who has been put in their class and whose > combination of cuteness and superior academic ability inspires > ambivalent feelings amongst her considerably older classmates. Each > character is sharply defined and a lot of the humour arises from our > anticipation of their inevitable behaviour, from the narcoleptic Osaka > who lives in a dream to the manic Tomo whose hijinks go a little too > far. The animation is minimal and at times repetitive, but the images > are beautifully drawn with a refreshing look and equally good > background music. > Available from ADV. > Note: the AZUMANGA DAIOH "Movie" (included on the sixth ADV DVD, > not included in the box set) is actually just a five minute widescreen > short which reworks a few scenes from the series. > R1 official website: <http://www25.advfilms.com/titles/azumanga/> > [Entry by Shez] > > B > > BAKUEN CAMPUS GUARDRESS (a.k.a. COMBUSTIBLE CAMPUS GUARDRESS or > CAMPUS GUARDRESS): Girl is sister to boy who is the reincarnation of > a man whom the girl's previous incarnation loved. He died last time > saving the world for evil monsters from another dimension who are bent > on world conquest. And now it's happening all over again. How will > the girl ever manage to save her brother and the world at the same > time, how will she deal with her incestful feelings for her brother, > and how can she deal with her mother making moves on her boy? > This is a bimodal show with characters and input from Hagiwara, the > author of BASTARD! DESTRUCTIVE GOD OF DARKNESS. As such, it is a > combination of the sublime and the profane in a very cute mix. The > attack names are a wonderful throwback to some of the spells in > BASTARD!, and have such names as "Thousand Slices of Radish Attack" or > "Puppy Dog Attack". > If you liked BASTARD!, you'll like this one. > [Entry by Anand Chelian] > > BAMBOO BLADE: After making a bet with a senpai from his > high-school days, Muroe High School's kendo club instructor Ishida > Toraji desperately needs five female club members for a match with the > kendo club led by his senpai. Freshman Kawazoe Tamaki almost > perfectly fits the bill, since she turns out to be a kendo prodigy. > But Tamaki is pretty reserved and can't think of kendo as a hobby, so > she refuses. However, when an older member of the kendo club starts > bullying some of the new members, her sense of justice makes her join > temporarily to fight him off. > [Entry by Ansgar "59cobalt" Wiechers] > > BASTARD!: It was an age of lawlessness > Of disorder and Chaos > Blood and steel, flesh and bone > An age of Magic > The four kingdoms are under siege from the evil dark armies of > Chaos. The only one who can save them is the evil wizard who nearly > conquered the world 15 years ago. > BASTARD!! > A tale of sorcery and combat, of scantily clad maidens and a more > scantily clad hero. High Shonen Fantasy at its most extreme. Enter > a world of action, excitement, danger, and ... laundry. > Available from Geneon in North America. > [Entry by "Akodo Bob"] > > BATTLE ANGEL (a.k.a. BATTLE ANGEL ALITA or GUNNM): The Scrapyard > is the name given to a large decaying city that exists due to the > garbage dumped from the floating city above it, named Zalem. Humans, > androids and cyborgs live in this dark and dirty place, all > intermingling. Living with each other, trading with each other, > sometime mugging each other. Ido, A brilliant cyber-doctor, discovers > the wreckage of an extraordinary cyborg in one of the city's junk > piles, and restores it to full health with his skills. She has no > memory of her past, so he names her Gally and raises her as his own > daughter. However, there is more to her than meets the eye ... Good > artwork and animation. From the much-acclaimed manga of the same name > by Yukito Kishiro. Contains violence, gore, nudity. > Was dubbed and subbed from ADV Films, but is no longer available in > North America (possibly due to an expired license). However, BATTLE > ANGEL ALITA is still listed in the Madman catalog, so Australians can > still obtain this anime. > [Entry by Ben Cantrick, edited by Rob Kelk] > > BATTLE ATHLETES VICTORY: Battle Athletes Victory chronicles the > trials of a 15 year old athlete, Akari Kanzaki. Akari's dream is to > become the Cosmo Beauty, the title given each year to the greatest > athlete in the Solar System. The title is fought for at the > University Satellite, a space station that orbits Earth. Akari lives > in the shadow of her mother, Tomoe Midoh, who was widely regarded as > the greatest Cosmo Beauty ever. Akari's journey begins at a training > school in Antarctica, but stretches past the University Satellite ... > Available from Geneon. > [Entry by Matt Huber] > > BATTLE FAIRY YUKIKAZE: see YUKIKAZE > > BATTLE SKIPPER: A new intake and the usual scrap for the best by > the school hobby clubs, but three young girls end up taking the fast > track into the secret world of one particular club, a cover for some > pretty heavyweight mecha in the usual clash of good bot meets bad > bot ... apparently the folk who did PLASTIC LITTLE had much to do with > this title. (CPM/USMC) > [Entry by Chika] > > BETTERMAN: Mix a high school odd couple (childhood friends who > fell out of touch) with him as the geeky nerd and her as the popular > but secretly insecure type due to being orphaned by family > disappearing under mysterious circumstances, giant mechas produced by > a genius businessman and inventor, his sickly psychic daughter, a > handpicked crew of pilot teams and support personnel, mysterious > beings of unknown, possibly evolutionary/mutation origin, and a virus > or other factor that is behind a serious of threatening events. Then > stir in some hard science without any ST speak, and give the viewer > room to figure out what is going on without talking down to 'em. > You'll have control! > Shares a universe and some characters with the series THE KING OF > BRAVES GAOGAIGAR. 26 episode series produced by Sunrise (Studio 7), > originally aired on TV Tokyo April - September 1999. Issued in Region > 1 by Bandai (six disks) and broadcast on the now-defunct Tech TV's > "Anime Unleashed." > [Entry by Aje RavenStar] > > BIG O: Roger Smith is a Negotiator, an agent for hire in the > amnesiac city of Paradigm, enclosed in giant glass domes. Alongside > his mysterious Megadeus (giant robot), the Big O, the deadpan android > R. Dorothy Wainwright and his ever reliable butler Norman, he polices > the city where the military police cannot. Yet Paradigm City holds > many secrets, "Memories" of what happened forty years ago before all > the residents of Paradigm lost them, and there are those who will stop > at nothing to gather them - and Roger's Memories may be some of the > most important of all. > Highly influenced by "Batman", this odd mecha series owes its > success partly to the US Cartoon Network, who funded the second > season. Written by the ever confusing Chiaki Konaka (LAIN), the > fairly superfluous (although very well animated) mecha fights take a > back seat to the utter madness of the plot, particularly in the > superior second season. High production values and interesting > characters - R. Dorothy is a particular fan favourite - contribute to > make an intriguing addition to the mecha genre. > Available from Bandai in Region 1 on seven DVDs, with two extremely > inexpensive collections available of both seasons. > [Entry by Andrew Hollingbury] > > BIGWARS: Man has colonised Mars and an alien race doesn't much > care for that. This is a tale of Man's struggle against the odds as > the alien, who styles itself as a kind of god, uses awesome weapons to > beat back the expansionist humans. It's now down to one last > chance ... > (CPM/USMC) > [Entry by Chika] > > BINZUME YOSEI: see BOTTLE FAIRIES > > BLACK HEAVEN: see LEGEND OF BLACK HEAVEN > > BLACK LAGOON: On a business trip in Roanapur, Thailand, Japanese > salaryman Rock gets double-crossed by his boss and left in the hands > of a mercenary group called The Black Lagoon company. Originally > kidnapped for some extra ransom, Rock bonds with the crew and becomes > one of them. But this series has a little more going on than "girls > with guns" and a lot of swearing. The series rips apart Rock's almost > hypocritical world view of Good and Evil and shows him that it's > simply a world where people are trying to get things or die trying. > What good is loyalty if everyone has a price? And how can he consider > himself a good guy when he's up to his neck in crime and murder? This > is a thinking man's action series, and has a lot more to offer than > explosions and violence. > Age: 14+. Lots of swearing (especially in the dub), smoking, > drinking, extreme violence and nuns with bad habits. > [Entry by Travers Naran] > > BLACK MAGIC M66: A side story to Masamune Shirow's manga BLACK > MAGIC, this movie tells the story of one of the first combat androids > ever built. Unfortunately, the military scientist who designed it > used his daughter as the test subject for the android to target. Even > more unfortunately, the android has escaped from the aircraft > transporting it from the test facility ... If you liked "The > Terminator", you'll probably like M66. The anime was previously > available from Manga Video (the licence has expired), and the > collected comic is available from Dark Horse. > [Entry by Rob Kelk] > > BLACKJACK: He's called Blackjack, and he is a practitioner of > "underground surgery". A Tezuka character of old, in this story he is > caught up in a mystery concerning the appearance of "Super Humans", > and the lethal secret behind it. BLACKJACK is based around a manga > where he is a character that appears, performs surgery that no > legitimate surgeon would consider, charges high fees for it then > vanishes. Released by Manga in North America, and Madman in > Australia. > [Entry by Chika] > > BLEACH: How far would you go for your friends? Would you even > challenge the Gates of Heaven? BLEACH is a Shonen Jump adventure > story with well-crafted characters more real than your average shonen > anime, great visuals and really interesting ideas. > Ichigo Kurosaki is a 15 year old high school student with a > penchant for trouble and protective of his little sisters. One night, > a ferocious demon called a Hollow appears, drawn to Ichigo's spirit > power. For reasons he does not understand, he can *see* the demon, > and more importantly, the Death God (shinigami), Ruchia, pursuing it. > In the fight for his life, Ichigo borrows Ruchia's power, becoming a > Death God himself, and defeats the Hollow. But this just begins a > sequence of events that leads him on a journey that will test his > spirit to the brink of death and beyond. > The series derives its strength from its well written characters. > You feel loyalty to Ichigo: a sarcastic delinquint who will literally > bleed for his friends. You care about Ruchia: the young Death God who > tries to be a serious professional, but is still an awkward teenage > girl. You want to protect Orihime who is delightfully ditzy, but not > as weak as she seems. Their adventures test them and help you bond > with them while leading up to their biggest challenge. A story more > epic than the initial episodes would lead you to believe. > Age: 12 and up (if they can handle horror movies, they'll be OK) > PARENTAL: Swordplay, violence and some coarse language. Scary > scenes for young children. > [Entry by Travers Naran] > > BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE: Demons called Chiropterans are living > among humanity, preying on humans for their blood. However, a secret > US government organization is after them. Their main weapon is a > seemingly young girl called Saya, who is said to be "the only > remaining original." On the verge of the Vietnam War, she's sent to a > US air base in Japan which probably is infested by Chiropterans. > A very dark, atmospheric movie that mixes suspense and action > elements. > Available in North America from Manga Entertainment, in Germany > from Panini Video. > [Entry by Ansgar "59cobalt" Wiechers] > > BLUE SEED: Momiji is a high-spirited 15-year-old girl who is the > current inheritor of the Kushinada bloodline, and has spent her life > being prepared for the possibility that she may have to be sacrificed > to protect Japan if the Aragami return to the world. The Aragami are > a kind of monster that is mutated by a "blue seed," called a mitama. > One day, Kusanagi, a strange young man who has many mitamas, appears, > tells her a sister she never knew she had is dead, threatens to kill > her, and then apparently protects her from some sort of dragon > creature. Two other people from the TAC (Terrestrial Administration > Center), the group that had raised her sister in preparation for the > return of the Aragami threat, appear and rescue her. Later, after > Momiji's school is attacked by an Aragami, Momiji joins the TAC for > protection and to help them fight for the survival of Japan, and > possibly the world. > Available in North America from ADV. > [Entry by "HiEv"] > > BLUE SONNET: There have been many stories about making a humanoid > "ultimate weapon". This is one of those, in that Sonnet is a cyborg > that has awesome psychokinetic powers. However it is known to her > creator that somewhere out there is an even greater power lying > dormant. In fact the person in question becomes a classmate of > Sonnet's. While this girl discovers her hidden power, Sonnet > discovers her lost humanity in a background of corporate domination. > (USMC) > [Entry by Chika] > > BLUE SUBMARINE #6: The world is at war with aliens. Most of the > world is covered in water. But not everything is as it seems. There > is a lot of action in this series and some interesting twists. It's a > combination of hand drawn and computer animation which in my opinion > worked nicely. The episodes are short and only one episode per DVD. > Still cheaper than the old way of buying a dub and a sub version of > the VHS, but in today's DVD age it seems a bit expensive. An single > disk is also available with the violence edited out. The dub is > alright but is better watched in original. Available from Bandai in > North America, and from Siren in Australia. > [Entry by Shawn Granger] > > BOOGIE POP PHANTOM: This is a sci-fi horror story within a story > involving an urban legend of a cloaked murderer who's turned the city > into a killing field while the inhabitants begin expressing > frightening powers that are beyond their control. The episodes are > connected but in a very loose, convuluted chronology and the series is > done in washed-out, bleak tones so it's not for everyone. Still, what > the series sets out to do, it does extremely well. It disturbs by > presenting the helplessness of humans in the face of unnatural forces > and also in giving a despairing, microscopic view of the uglier side > of life and family. > Licenced by ADV in North America and the UK, and by Madman in > Australia. > [Entry by Michael Lo] > > BOTTLE FAIRIES (a.k.a. BINZUME YOSEI): Based on Yuiko Tokumi's > "reader-participation manga" in Magi-Cu Premium magazine, this > thirteen episode TV series tells the month-by-month adventures of four > tiny naive fairy girls, Sarara, Kururu, Chiriri and Hororo who live in > glass jars on the desk of Sensei-san, a young college student. Each > show covers a month in Japanese life with the fairies learning about > what it is to be human, assisted by Loose Cannon Tama-chan, their > highly-opinionated six-year-old neighbour who is *never* wrong. > In the wrong hands this could have been saccharine beyond belief > but the scripts and storylines belie the basic idea and make each > episode delightful as the girls use their imagination to try and > figure out the world. The equally-delightful ending songs are sung by > the fairy seiyuus, with a different seiyuu and song for the three > shows in each "season". > Licenced by Geneon in North America. > Official manga website: <http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~hakka-ya/> > Official anime website: > <http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/binzume/> > [Entry by Robert Sneddon] > > BRIGADOON: Marin Asagi is an orphaned outcast living in a tenement > building in 60's Japan. Her life changes when a mysterious glowing > world appears in the sky and a giant machine called a Monomakia falls > from the sky attempting to kill her - she is only saved by a blue > android called Melan Blue that she discovers concealed in a shrine. > Together Marin and Melan need to fend off the continuing Monomakia > attacks - but why are they after Marin, and why has this strange > world - called Brigadoon - appeared? > Brigadoon's deceptively cutesy exterior hides an extremely dark > show - there seems to be no end to the amount of sorrow inflicted on > Marin over the course of the series. This, plus some slight > fanservice which may put off some due to the characters being only 13, > means Brigadoon has become something of a niche show - however, it has > a lot to recommend it, from its stirring Celtic-influenced score to > its excellent animation (the Monomakia fights are particularly well > done, and Marin isn't totally passive either, a refreshing change for > shows of this type) and likeable characters, although the somewhat > erratic switching from hyperactive comedy to dark drama mitigates this > somewhat. > Available in Region 1 from Tokyopop on 6 DVDs. > [Entry by Andrew Hollingbury] > > BROTHER, DEAR BROTHER: see ONIISAMA E > > BUBBLEGUM CRISIS: A classic cyberpunk tale of a corporation gone > rotten and a group of hi-tech vigilantes that seek to bring the worse > elements and deeds of that corporation under control. > Mega-Tokyo is a corporate town built on and around the ruins of > Tokyo which was mostly destroyed some years before the story opens by > an earthquake. The corporation that helped to rebuild the town is > Genom, a multi-national that, among other things, builds "Boomers". > These robotic creatures are used for both good and evil, and where the > latter is involved, the Knight Sabers will tackle them, especially as > their leader, Sylia, has a past connection with these creatures. > Often praised for its musical content and some of the designs, the > show is seen as styled after the US movie "Blade Runner", and > continues to have a following many years after the show was completed, > though it has produced spin off shows including AD POLICE, BUBBLEGUM > CRASH and BUBBLEGUM CRISIS TOKYO 2040. > Available in the US from AnimEigo, in Australia from Madman. > Originally available from Anime Projects in the UK, now licenced to > MVM. > [Entry by Chika] > > BUBBLEGUM CRISIS TOKYO 2040: BGC2040 is a 26-episode TV series > that "borrows" certain elements from the original BUBBLEGUM CRISIS, > but changes them enough to make it an alternative retelling of the > original story. The basic concept is the same: Four women use powered > armor to fight a secret war against renegade androids (Boomers) and > the shady corporation who makes them (Genom). Some things (such as > Priss being a biker chick and singer of a rock band) remain the same > from the original series, but most other aspects are completely > different, ranging from the personalities of the characters to the > nature of the technology they use. As a result, the show has a > different feel than its predecessor - at times it feels more like > EVANGELION than "Blade Runner". Many (but not all) fans of the > original series dislike this show intensely. Much of the criticism > has to do with certain plot twists that strike some as implausible. > However, BGC2040 has its own fans as well. It's probably best to > judge the show on its own, rather than comparing it against its famous > predecessor. Available from ADV Films in North America, and Madman in > Australia. > [Entry by Scott Fujimoto] > > BURN UP W: Surrounding a group of specially selected (female) > police who, when called into action, display special skills (and a lot > more in those inevitable skin tight costumes!) This series runs > through a number of side plots but is essentially concerned with an > underworld plot to control the minds of various powerful folk using an > addictive device. Available from ADV Films in North America, and > Madman in Australia. > [Entry by Chika] > > C > > CAMPUS GUARDRESS: see BAKUEN CAMPUS GUARDRESS > > CARDCAPTOR SAKURA (a.k.a. CARDCAPTORS): A sweet and charming > 'magical girl' show by the popular CLAMP team, built on the framework > of a collectable card game. 4th grader Kinomoto Sakura (renamed to > "Sakura Avalon" in the dub) accidentally releases a number of magical > cards from an ancient book. With the aid of the cards' guardian, > Keroberos, who appears as a winged toy bear, and her adoring > girlfriend Tomoyo (called "Madison" in the dub), Sakura must recapture > the cards and return them to their book, using the captured cards' > powers to help her. Complications ensue with the appearance of other > seekers of the cards. CARDCAPTOR SAKURA is as much about the joys, > vicissitudes and perplexities of growing up, of what friendship really > means, of how to be brave in the face of danger, as it is about its > frame story of the chase after magical cards. As with all CLAMP > shows, the character and costume designs are utterly charming, and as > with all CLAMP shows, there are hints of homoeroticism. > This show is commercially available in the US (from Geneon) in two > formats: CARDCAPTOR SAKURA has Japanese language and English > subtitles only, and has not been edited for content; CARDCAPTORS, with > an English dub only, is the version that was shown on American TV, and > is heavily edited. Only the latter is available in Australia (from > Madman). > [Entry by Slithy Tove] > > CARRIED BY THE WIND: see TSUKIKAGE RAN > > CASE CLOSED: see MEITANTEI CONAN > > CASTLE IN THE SKY: see LAPUTA > > CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO: see the entry for LUPIN III > > CAT-GIRL NUKU-NUKU: see ALL PURPOSE CULTURAL CAT-GIRL NUKU-NUKU > > CHAR'S COUNTERATTACK: see GUNDAM > > CHARCOAL FEATHERS FEDERATION: see HAIBANE RENMEI > > CHILD'S TOY: see KODOMO NO OMOCHA > > A CHINESE GHOST STORY: A naive tax collector is surprised to find > that he was assigned to work in the land of ghosts and spirits. Too > late, he already fell in love with a beautiful ghost who wants to > harvest his soul for her mistress. He can resist her spell and wins > her love, but now the two lovers find themselves in the middle of a > battle between the three best ghostbusters of the land. Loosely based > on the same Chinese fairy tale as the popular live-action Hong Kong > movie of the same name. Beautiful character design and 2D animation, > badly mixed with ugly, overdone 3D computer graphics that brings down > the overall experience. Yet the great (very Chinese) humour and a > cute story save the film. > [Entry by Hanno Mueller] > > CHOBITS: Can a machine be alive? Can it have a broken heart? How > does it change us to have our ideal partner, but with none of the > challenges that a real person brings? CHOBITS can be mistaken for a > shallow seinen (college student) story about a boy who finds a > beautiful "Persocom" girl robot, but this story came from the > all-female Osaka manga team Studio CLAMP, and nothing is ever what it > seems with them. > A country boy, Hideki Motosuwa, moves to the big city to get an > education and comes across Chi, a Persocom left in the garbage. In > this near future, Persocoms are walking personal assistants, PCs and > cellphones, made to look like beautiful humans, and of course people > begin to become obsessed with them. In finding out the history of > Chi, Hideki learns the secret history of Persocoms and that Chi may be > the legendary "chobits" model: a model that has true emotions. And > who is the mysterious author of those children's books that seem to be > talking about Chi and Hideki? > The story works on so many levels. There's the wonderful (and > ultimately platonic) love story of Hideki and Chi, but the series also > asks interesting questions, like "How do people change when we can > have a relationship with a robot?" and "What happens when we forget > about the humans we used to have relationships with?" From a silly > exploitation premise, CLAMP manages to create an intriguing > philosophical love story. > ADVISORY: Mature content and very suggestive scenes; 16 years and > up. > Licenced by Geneon in North America, and by Madman in Australia. > [Entry by Travers Naran] > > CHRONICLE OF TWELVE COUNTRIES: see JUUNI KOKKI > > CHRONICLES OF THE HEROIC KNIGHT: see RECORD OF LODOSS WAR > > CHRONO CRUSADE (a.k.a. CHRNO CRUSADE): It is the late 1920s, > America is experiencing a boom economy, and the rich keep on getting > richer... and with all that money, they find they have time to pursue > other things, and number one on the list... Devil worship. That's not > jake, so Sister Rosette Christopher, her demon friend Chrono, and the > other members of the Holy Order of Mary of Magdelene must combat this > terrible new menace. Rosette has her own reasons for fighting the > demons, as she searches for her long lost brother, Joshua. This is > definitely not a kid's show, however, the Christmas episode is a heart- > warming one, definitely worth sharing. This series starts off > slightly dark, switches to comedy every now and then, but can and will > get very dark, very fast. So don't be a Mrs. Grundy, go out and watch > this show. > Note: Of all the anime I've seen, this is the one that uses > Christian symbols most closely to their true symbolism, and even > though it seems to be just a Nuns With Guns show, it's much deeper > than that. > Licenced by ADV in North America and the UK, and by Madman in > Australia. > R1 official website: > <http://www25.advfilms.com/titles/chronocrusade/> > [Entry by Bill Martin] > > COMBUSTIBLE CAMPUS GUARDRESS: see BAKUEN CAMPUS GUARDRESS > > COWBOY BEBOP: A jazzy group of bounty hunters meet up and travel > the galaxy. Lots of great individual episodes as well as a main > storyline running through them all. Sharp animation that shows how > well the hand drawn and computer mixed can look. Great music and even > the dub is actually pretty good. Instant classic which appeals to a > wide audience, otaku and non-otaku alike. Available from Bandai in > North America, or Madman in Australia. > [Entry by Shawn Granger] > > CREST OF THE STARS: CotS (a.k.a. SeiMon from Seikai no Monshou) is > a hard sci-fi story set amidst an era of interplanetary empires and > galaxy-spanning war. Humanity has colonized the stars, and the > resulting new order has become one of vast, conflicting empires. The > male lead is the son of a free planet's president who "sold out" his > people to the ABH empire when they came to invade. Now nobility > himself and all but deprived of friends, family, and homeland, Jinto > must enter the ABH military in the hopes of eventually assuming his > rightful place in the nobility. His first contact with the > genetically enhanced ABH is Lafille, a *very* special young woman > whose identity and significance to the political fabric of the empire > becomes only gradually apparent. > The show hits all the bases: politics, deeply imagined culture and > futuristic technology, action both in person and between space > fleets ... and most importantly character development, as Jinto and > Lafille grow up as individuals while growing together as people. The > chemistry between them is the focal point of the animators for this > show, and they pull it off with style. Visuals aren't bad at all > either, as expected of Bandai's frontline animators at Sunrise. > If you want something fluffy, something with major fanservice, > something hyperkinetic, or can't take serious sci-fi, SeiMon is > probably not the anime for you. If the above description sounds > interesting, however, I recommend picking up the first volume and > seeing what you think. > Available from Bandai in North America, and Madman in Australia. > [Entry by Mark L. Neidengard] > > CRIMSON PIG: see PORCO ROSSO > > CROMARTIE HIGH: You know something strange is afoot when the > opening warning of an anime says "Kids, imitating this will get your > thrown in jail" instead of the usual "Step Away from the TV and turn > on the lights". > CROMARTIE HIGH chronicles the misadventures of a delinquent > high-school class whose misfit members more resemble traveling circuis > attractions than students. With a cast that includes a gorilla, a > singing robot, and a student with more than a passing resemblance to > Freddy Mercury, CROMARTIE HIGH is sure to entertain fans of wacky > low-brow comedy. > Available in R1 from ADV. > R1 official website: <http://www25.advfilms.com/titles/cromartie/> > [Entry by Abraham Evangelista] > > CRUSHER JOE: Old-style comic-book action from the writers that > later went on to create DIRTY PAIR: Feature movie and two OAV > episodes available, from the TV series about team Crusher and their > leader Joe, four mercenaries (and one robot) who'll tackle any job in > the galaxy that needs doing, no matter how impossible ... *especially* > if impossible. Available from AnimEigo. > [Entry by Derek Janssen] > > CYBER CITY OEDO 808: In a world dominated by the criminal element, > the forces of law and order turn to setting criminals up to work off > their penalties by becoming unwilling foot soldiers in the march > against crime. Three such criminals are followed in this series, each > with a mission to complete within a given period of time, otherwise a > device locked on their necks will make sure they do not get another > chance. With each successful mission, a portion of their sentences is > erased. (Manga) > [Entry by Chika] > > (continued in part 3) > > -- > Rob Kelk <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/> e-mail: s/deadspam/gmail/ > "I'm *not* a kid! Nyyyeaaah!" - Skuld (in "Oh My Goddess!" OAV #3) > "When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear > of childishness and the desire to be very grown-up." - C.S. Lewis > ------------------------------------ Group email addresses: Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to Yahoo! Groups' SUML page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sailor_Uranus Yahoo! 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