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> STELLVIA (a.k.a. UCHUU NO STELLVIA or STELLVIA OF THE UNIVERSE):
> Two centuries after the first wave of a supernova explosion passed
> through the Sol system and killed a large fraction of humanity, many
> of the descendents of the survivors are in space, ready and waiting
> for the explosion's second wave to arrive. This is the backdrop for a
> new high-school class' arrival at the space station "Stellvia".
> Shina Katase, already an exceptional computer programmer at age 16,
> is one of Stellvia's new students. But she's not at school to learn
> how to program - she wants to be a pilot and see the universe with her
> own eyes. When the "Second Wave" finally reaches Earth, a few months
> into the first semester, and the operation to save the lives of
> everyone still on Earth goes wrong, Shina and her classmates are the
> only ones available to make things right... and then the real problems
> emerge.
> STELLVIA is possibly unique in being a shojo space opera. The
> science, while being correct in almost every particular, takes a back
> seat to the relationships and romances between the students (and
> between a few of the teachers). The main characters, and most of the
> secondary characters, have complex personalities; there are no
> stereotypes in the cast. And while there are plenty of situations
> where the characters have to act or risk everything, the consequences
> of those actions are not sugar-coated.
> Parental Advisory: There are a few violent scenes - while death is
> not shown on-screen, it is an important element of one part of the
> story. Also, the characters have a more accepting attitude towards
> some sexual preferences than many modern-day cultures do (while
> nothing is spelled out, Hints Are Dropped).
> Available in R1 from Geneon.
> [Entry by Rob Kelk]
>
> STRANGE DAWN: Strange Dawn is an intriguingly naturalistic take of
> what happens when you drop two ordinary 16 year old girls into a
> parallel world populated by constantly warring tribes of knee-high
> people who hail them as superheroes: Where are the toilets? Oh no, we
> don't have any clean clothes! Do we really want to be saviours, or
> should we just keep our heads down and look for a way home? The
> attention to everyday concerns may sound comical but actually it makes
> the whole thing believable, and heightens the impact of the violence
> which punctuates the tale as rival factions fight over the girls. The
> story is complex and mysterious: every character has their own agenda,
> and neither we nor the girls really know what's going on, and in their
> case they are not sure they even want to know.
> The series is 13 episodes long, and a nicely blended mix of cel and
> CGI. The DVD version is both sub & dub. The dub has a mixed
> Anglo-Australian-European sound to it which non-American viewers find
> refreshing, but many American viewers can't bear. The voice acting is
> good and in keeping with the tone of the original; however the
> translation itself is a salutary reminder of the ambiguities of the
> Japanese language: where it's possible to translate a sentence in two
> different ways, the dub infallibly picks the wrong one. This just
> adds to the overall air of mystery though, so the dub is undoubtedly
> destined to be a cult classic, especially when you throw in the
> complete absence of lip sync.
> Partially released in North America by Urban Vision.
> [Entry by Shez]
>
> SUGAR, A TINY SNOW FAIRY: see TINY SNOW FAIRY SUGAR
>
> SUGAR SUGAR RUNE: Classic-style magic girl shoujo anime returns in
> a big way with the 51-episode Studio Pierrot/TV Tokyo adaptation of
> Moyoco Anno's SUGAR SUGAR RUNE. This bright, lively and entertaining
> series combines everything that you want in mahou shoujo anime; magic,
> mystery, cute outfits, comic sidekicks, pretty girls and plenty of
> bishiis, along with comedy, romance and drama. The animation ranges
> from good to occasionally surprisingly excellent, the voice acting is
> spot-on, the direction is crisp and the story builds towards and
> delivers a self-consistent and satisfying conclusion.
> Witch People from the Magical Realm in a parallel world regularly
> come to Earth to "capture hearts" from unaware humans. These
> crystalline "hearts" are the embodiments of the emotions of a human.
> Crystal hearts that contain the various ranges of love are most
> valued, but even hearts containing negative emotions have power. Two
> young witches, Chocola and Vanilla, are sent to Earth on a special
> mission; they must compete against each other for crystal hearts, and
> the eventual winner will become the future Queen of the Magical Realm.
> Chocola and Vanilla are enrolled in a private middle school on Earth
> and are under the care of an adult and powerful Mage, Robin, who
> covers his actions on Earth under the guise of being a rock star.
> Chocola and Vanilla have been friends since early childhood,
> although their backgrounds are different. Chocola is an orphan who
> was raised by her eccentric grandfather. Vanilla is the daughter of
> the current Queen of the Magical Realm. Chocola is brash, outgoing
> and a bit tomboyish, characteristics that make her very popular in the
> Magical Realm. Vanilla is shy, unsure of herself and quiet. Once on
> Earth, Vanilla's character makes her an immediate hit with all the
> boys around her, allowing her to easily acquire crystal hearts. But
> Chocola's personality has the opposite effect, reducing her ability to
> compete with the cute and very feminine Vanilla.
> But many things are going on in the background, unbeknownst to the
> two young Queen Candidates. The Magical Realm is threatened by a
> force from the past that is bent upon revenge, and even the two girls
> on Earth can't escape from the threat from the Dark Realm. In
> particular, Chocola is drawn towards the mysterious and enigmatic
> older boy Pierre, who is not only immune to Chocola's magic charms,
> but appears to have some dark secrets of his own.
> All-in-all, SUGAR SUGAR RUNE delivers a very enjoyable story with
> memorable characters that is suitable for mahou shoujo fans of all
> ages.
> [Entry by Dave Baranyi]
>
> SUKEBAN DEKA: A very nice production of two OVAs where a deliquent
> girl is persuaded by the threat of Death Penalty for her murderous
> mother to pose as a student at her old high school and figure out who
> is responsible for the deaths of two bus loads of students.
> Strong character in the heroine, Saki the YoYo, with her
> police-supplied Super Yoyo. I wonder why it never went on to a series
> but most likely the police weren't happy as one is depicted as
> corrupt.
> It is lurid with loads of violence. I saw the KOR production
> inspired by this which is why I decided to watch it.
> 100 minutes Hybrid DVD; ADV Films.
> [Entry by bobbie sellers]
>
> SUPER GALS!: To slightly misquote the old Cyndi Lauper song, "Gals
> just wanna have fun!" Ran Kotobuki is a typical slacker student -
> barely passing at school and not caring about it - who lives for the
> after-school experience of shopping and dating. But Ran has a mean
> left hook and a strong moral streak (her parents and brother are all
> police officers), which leads her to stand up to injustice when it
> isn't inconvenient or when it really offends her sensibilities. Ran
> spends most of the series hanging out in Shibuya with her best friend
> Miyu (who is in love with Ran's brother), their formerly-studious
> classmate Aya, and some others who it would spoil the plotline to name
> here ...
> This is a good corrective to all the anime that are filled with
> model students (such as AZUMANGA DAIOH and CARD CAPTOR SAKURA); it
> shows that there are Japanese students who just get by in class and
> get into trouble with their teachers, too. While the tone of SUPER
> GALS! is sometimes serious, it's primarily about having fun, living
> life to the fullest even when you've already spent all of your
> allowance, and being true to your friends and your favourite place to
> hang out.
> The first 26 episodes of SUPER GALS! have been released in North
> America by ADV; the remainder of the series has been released in North
> America by Right Stuf.
> [Entry by Rob Kelk]
>
> SUPERGIRL MARIS: see MARIS THE CHOJO
>
> T
>
> TAIHO SHICHAUZO!: see YOU'RE UNDER ARREST!
>
> TANK POLICE: see DOMINION
>
> TARUTO: see MAHOU SHOUJO NEKO TARUTO
>
> TENCHI MUYO: A story about a teenage boy, the pretty alien girl
> who loves him, the other pretty alien girl who loves him, the *other*
> other pretty alien girl who loves him, and a few other pretty alien
> girls (some of whom love him, too). And they all just happen to be
> some of the most powerful people in the universe. The plotline varies
> between sit-com and space opera, occasionally in the same episode.
> The plot of the first OAV series was heavily re-written to become the
> basis of TENCHI MUYO TV. The first two OAV series are available in
> North America from Geneon under the name "Tenchi Collection" - in
> fact, this was Geneon's flagship title - and an edited version of
> these has been aired on U.S. cable TV. The North American rights to
> the third OAV series are held by Funimation. The manga (with the
> translated title "No Need for Tenchi") is available from Viz.
> [Entry by Rob Kelk]
>
> TENCHI MUYO: MIHOSHI SPECIAL: A side story to the TENCHI MUYO OAV
> series, this is Galaxy Police officer Mihoshi's recounting of her
> biggest case ever. The names in the story have been changed to
> protect the innocent, of course, but Mihoshi changes them to the names
> of her friends! Somehow, the relationships just don't change ... This
> comedy marks the first alternate TENCHI MUYO continuity, the first
> appearance of Kiyone, and one of the earliest appearances of Magical
> Girl Pretty Sammy. Available on VHS as part of the TENCHI COLLECTION,
> or on DVD as part of the MAGICAL GIRL PRETTY SAMMY collection, from
> Geneon.
> [Entry by Rob Kelk]
>
> TENCHI MUYO TV: Tenchi Masaki is an ordinary schoolboy until
> gorgeous alien women (with their little sisters and meowing spaceships
> in tow) start to crash-land in his backyard. A little bit of URUSEI
> YATSURA and a little bit of RANMA 1/2, with some Star Wars homages
> thrown in for good measure. The TV series is generally considered a
> parallel universe to the version of the story told in the OAV series.
> Highly recommended for fans of romantic comedies and sci-fi adventure.
> Available from Geneon under the title TENCHI UNIVERSE.
> [Entry by Dave Menard]
>
> TENCHI IN TOKYO (a.k.a. SHIN TENCHI MUYO): This latest installment
> of Tenchi fun is yet another parallel universe from the OAV and first
> TV series. In this story, Tenchi goes off to school in Tokyo leaving
> the girls behind in Okayama. This doesn't sit well with the passel of
> alien women, especially since Tenchi's getting awfully close to that
> new girl, Sakuya ...
> Available from Geneon.
> [Entry by Dave Menard]
>
> TENCHI MUYO movies
> TENCHI MUYO IN LOVE!: Tenchi and the girls must race back in time
> to keep an intergalactic criminal from altering the past. The first
> TENCHI movie, based off the TV series continuity. Spectacular
> animation combined with a good story make this film in many ways the
> best TENCHI feature.
> TENCHI MUYO: DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS (a.k.a. MANATSU NO EVE): Known
> as MIDSUMMER'S EVE in the UK and Europe. Tenchi's daughter appears,
> but who's the mother? And what does all this have to do with Yosho's
> childhood on planet Jurai? Not as well received by fans as the first
> TENCHI movie, DoD is nevertheless high-quality animation, though the
> story may seem to be a little rushed. This may be due to the
> long-circulated rumour that the plotline was originally written for a
> third OAV series.
> TENCHI MUYO IN LOVE 2 - TENCHI FOREVER: According to Pioneer/AIC,
> the *final* TENCHI MUYO TV feature. FOREVER does a fair job of
> resolving some of the longstanding conflicts between the two primary
> rivals for Tenchi's heart, and the bittersweet ending suggests that
> Tenchi has finally made a choice. A languid pace makes this feature
> tricky viewing, especially compared to the more frenetic pace of the
> earlier films. Worth watching only if you are willing to invest the
> attention needed to appreciate this final chapter.
> [Entries by Dave Menard]
> [Dave's comment about the first movie being the best is his
> opinion - some people, including the list maintainer, like the second
> movie better. All three movies are available from Geneon. - Rob
> Kelk]
>
> TENCHI UNIVERSE: see TENCHI MUYO TV
>
> TENKU NO SHIRO LAPUTA: see LAPUTA, CASTLE IN THE SKY
>
> TENSHI NI NARUMON (a.k.a. I'M GONNA BE AN ANGEL): An odd romantic
> fantasy with an edge, concerning a teenaged boy named Yusuke whose
> life is turned upside down by the appearance of a very strange girl
> called Noelle and her even stranger family who come out of nowhere to
> change Yusuke's home into a fantasy toy house and Yusuke's life into
> chaos. Noelle seems to be out-of-this-world in many ways, not the
> least being her desire to "become an angel". But at the same time
> different otherworldly things are going on in the background which
> threaten Noelle, Yusuke and the others around them. The series takes
> a big "left turn" at the halfway point and becomes stranger and much
> darker. All-in-all TENSHI NI NARUMON is a very different, compelling
> and ultimately satisfying fantasy.
> Licenced in North America by Synch-Point.
> [Entry by Dave Baranyi]
>
> TETSUWAN ATOMU: see ASTRO BOY
>
> THOSE OBNOXIOUS ALIENS: see URUSEI YATSURA
>
> TIME STRANGER: An involving variation on The Terminator, with
> slight nods of the head towards Time Bandits. The animation is very
> good and the story, complex. Feudal Japan is depicted nicely and in
> detail, as is the far future. Great plot complications throughout.
>
> TINY SNOW FAIRY SUGAR: The weather is something that happens, not
> something that's created, right? But Did you know that fairies can
> create the very weather itself?
> In the picturesque town of Muhlenburg lives an 11 year old girl
> named Saga. An organized, efficient, "make a decision and go!" kind
> of girl, Saga is very embodiment of industrious, whose only character
> flaw is an impatient temper. She's not the type to be superstitious.
> But Saga can see fairies. As a child, Saga looked to a sky while
> lying in a snow bank, and saw a beautiful fairy flying away on a trail
> of falling snow.
> Still, childhood memories are easily dismissed as figments of the
> imagination, so it's no surprise when Saga dismisses the fairy she
> finds while running her errands, as a mere illusion. After all,
> fairies are lovely, beautiful creatures, not hyperactive, selfish,
> lazy, waffle-eating, 3-inch-tall toddlers.
> But this one is! Her name is Sugar, and she's come to the human
> world to find her "twinkle" and become a great Snow Fairy, just like
> her mother.
> With an appropriately whismical soundtrack and characters designed
> by the Queen of Cute, Koge Donbo, TINY SNOW FAIRY SUGAR is best
> described as an heartwarming animated fairytale.
> Licenced by Geneon in North America.
> [Entry by Abraham Evangelista]
>
> TO HEART: A 13 episode slice of life drama about a group of
> 17-year-old high-school students. The nail-biting climax of episode
> one concerns whether or not Akari, a total sweetie with cherry-red
> hair, will get to sit next to the boy she likes, and the rest of the
> series pretty much follows on at the same tempo. Akari's squeeze is
> the sleepy-headed but kind-hearted Hiroyuki, whose ever-helpful nature
> causes him to acquire new female friends in each episode. The genius
> of this charming series is how its focus on the events of everyday
> life manages to elevate them to a level of importance that supplants
> any need for magical superheroes or quests to save the world. Having
> said that, many of the girls that Hiroyuki befriends have intriguing
> quirks: e.g. Serika practices black magic, Kotone is a psychic who
> only makes unlucky predictions, and Multi is an incompetent android
> sent to the school for field trials.
> Rather remarkably for a TV series that is bordering on shoujo, TO
> HEART actually started life as a Hentai dating sim. As well as the 13
> episodes, there are 6 little "omake" (extras) which were originally
> broadcast with some of the episodes. They use super-deformed versions
> of the characters and are mostly even more low key than the main
> episodes.
> Licenced by Right Stuf.
> [Entry by Shez]
>
> TONARI NO TOTORO: see MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
>
> TRIGUN: A sci-fi western comedy (mostly) focusing around the
> world's most unlikely criminal, Vash the Stampede. The man is
> apparently so dangerous that he's worth 60,000,000,000$$ ("double
> dollars"), but whenever anyone catches up to him in hopes of snagging
> the reward, they're always thwarted: sometimes by his skill with a
> gun, but mostly by his inherent goofiness. However, Vash does have a
> dark past, so mysterious that even he himself doesn't know what it is!
> All in all, a fairly lighthearted show with some serious themes, but a
> hilarious watch. (Geneon)
> [Entry by KireiSarah]
>
> TSUKIKAGE RAN (a.k.a. KAZEMAKASE TSUKIKAGE RAN, or CARRIED BY THE
> WIND): Ran, a female samurai, is a self-described "beautiful female
> drifter" wandering through feudal Japan, carried only by the
> ever-changing wind and her eternal thirst for sake. Generally
> accompanying her is Miao (Meow), a wandering martial artist from China
> characterised mostly by happy-go-luckiness, a good heart, and an
> utter, frightening lack of anything resembling forethought or
> intelligence. Together the two, rather more frequently than Ran would
> like, get embroiled in resolving problems of local corruption or
> crime. An episodic light-hearted parody of Japanese "wandering
> samurai and his sidekick" shows, high points being likable characters
> and spectacular fight scenes. 13 episodes, available now from Bandai.
> [Entry by Blade]
>
> TSUKUYOMI MOON PHASE: Kohei is a young man from a family of
> powerful spiritualists who happens to not have any of the powers of
> his relatives, other than an ability to take photographs of
> supernatural occurrences and a tendency to not be affected by many
> aspects of magic. Kohei's life begins to change when while on an
> assignment to photograph an old haunted castle in Germany he meets a
> pretty young girl named Hazuki who happens to be a vampire who has
> been trapped in the castle. Kohei helps Hazuki to break free, and
> becomes involved in Hazuki's search for her mother who disappeared
> years before. But powerful forces in the shadowy world of vampires
> want Hazuki back, and Kohei finds himself in the role of protecting
> Hazuki while trying to come to an understanding of their odd mutual
> attraction. With a brilliant and witty script that is matched by
> aggressively edgy animation, masterful swings between French bedroom
> farce-style humor and gothic horror, a compelling sound track and very
> likable characters, TSUKUYOMI is a totally enjoyable fantasy.
> [Entry by Dave Baranyi]
>
> THE TWELVE KINGDOMS: see JUUNI KOKKI
>
> U
>
> UCHUU NO STELLVIA: see STELLVIA
>
> URUSEI YATSURA: The title translates as something like THOSE
> OBNOXIOUS ALIENS, though the title itself is actually a pun in
> Japanese. This was the series that broke Rumiko Takahashi onto the
> manga and anime scene, first in Japan, then around the world. Ataru
> Moroboshi is this planet's unluckiest person, so it was a foregone
> conclusion that he would be the target of a contest, the outcome
> deciding the future of the world. When Moroboshi wins unexpectedly,
> his cry of "Now I can be married!" is misinterpreted by his "Oni"
> opponent, a rather nubile young thing called Lum. Now Lum believes
> herself to be married to her "darling", much to the disgust of most of
> the male population of Tomobiki-cho. A full compliment of characters
> conspire to make life interesting for the happy couple, as well as
> copious numbers of special and repetitive guests in this long-running
> series which includes six movies, several OAV's and more than 200 TV
> episodes.
> Originally released as a subtitled-only series by AnimEigo, though
> a dub version was attempted - that was aborted after only two episodes
> due to unfavourable feedback from fans.
> [Entry by Chika]
>
> UTENA (a.k.a. SHOUJO KAKUMEI UTENA, REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA): You
> could go off roses! A different twist on the magical girl series in
> that the subject here makes no attempt to transform into anything
> except by the fact that as a very young girl, grieving her parents'
> death, she encounters a "prince" who comforts her and tells her that
> they are destined to meet again, giving her a ring. She vows to grow
> up as noble as this prince, but takes it too literally, shunning the
> usual fuku of her peers for more masculine garb. On her acceptance to
> a school with a mysterious club, she finds that not only were there
> other people with the same ring as her, but that they regularly fought
> for the hand of the "Rose Bride", in the hope that eventually the
> lucky winner will gain entry to the strange castle visible from the
> duelling ring, though each has a different reason driving them.
> Available from Software Sculptors.
> [Entry by Chika]
>
> V
>
> VAMPIRE HUNTER D (1985): A.D. 12,090 is a lot like the Old West,
> except for the mutants and vampires. When Count Magnus Lee, an
> ancient and powerful bloodsucker, sets his sights on a young woman of
> the frontier, Doris Lang, she hires a cape-clad, sword-swinging
> stranger known simply as D to get rid of a suitor who doesn't
> understand "No." D must fight his way past a horde of supernatural
> guardians as well as taking on Count Lee himself, and also must
> contend with his own unnatural aspects. In addition to being a
> dhampir (half human and half vampire), D has in his left palm a
> symbiotic creature that exercises weird powers on his behalf but also
> taunts him for his shortcomings at every opportunity.
> Some fans look down on VHD for its crude animation and cliched
> storyline, but it has become a cult classic, perhaps for its stunning
> imagery and larger-than-life conflicts. There's romance as well when
> Doris starts falling for her half-human savior. VHD is also notable
> for its violence, as D's blade slices through nearly anything that
> will make a blood splash. Tetsuya Komuro's soundtrack gives a rich
> atmosphere to both action and quieter moments.
> Available from Urban Vision.
> [Entry by Cathy Krusberg]
>
> VAMPIRE HUNTER D (2000): A second VAMPIRE HUNTER D movie was
> released to Japanese theaters in April 2001 and is slated for American
> theatrical release in September 2001. Also titled VAMPIRE HUNTER D,
> it is based on the third novel in Hideyuki Kikuchi's VHD series, "D -
> Yousatsukou" (D - Demon Deathchase). D is hired to retrieve a woman
> kidnapped by the vampire Meier Link, but his task is complicated by
> two factors: a competing set of hunters, and the true love that led
> the woman to accompany Meier of her own will. The character designs
> in the new movie are much closer to Yoshitaka Amano's vision, and the
> animation is top notch.
> Licenced by Urban Vision in North America, by Optimum in the UK,
> and by Madman in Australia.
> [Entry by Cathy Krusberg]
>
> VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU: An enterprising young woman crosses paths
> with a strange girl named Miyu, a demon-hunter who is the last of her
> kind, and follows her as she banishes Shinma with her flame. This
> dark, frustratingly short tale about the monsters without and within
> is a pretty refreshing take on the vampire genre, giving us just
> enough tragedy without seeming too ham-handed.
> PARENTAL ADVISORIES: Heavy violence (blood and gore) and implied
> adult themes.
> Licenced by AnimEigo in North America, and by Madman in Australia.
> [Entry by Dot Warner]
>
> VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU TV: This 26-episode series follows Miyu's
> life as a schoolgirl. In addition to fighting monsters, the focus is
> placed more on Miyu's need for blood. She also gets a cute
> anthromorphic talking monster and spends way too much screen time
> angsting about being a vampire. I consider it to be vastly inferior
> to the OAV series, although some fans think that the TV depiction of
> Miyu is more sympathetic.
> PARENTAL ADVISORIES: Heavy violence (blood and gore) and implied
> adult themes.
> Licenced by TOKYOPOP in North America, by MVM in the UK, and by
> Madman in Australia.
> [Entry by Dot Warner]
>
> VANDREAD: A series with two seasons by Takeshi Mori. A group of
> men have lived for generations on a planet without women. The women
> in this show are the enemy who are feared as monsters by these men who
> are created in genetic laboratories. When Hibiki, our young hero,
> finds himself stowed away on a ship that is captured by the women and
> subsequently cast into deep space by a missile, he and a few others
> must learn to work together to return without killing each other in
> the process.
> The series is fraught with wonderful CGI scenes where the man's
> mecha-inspired Vanguard fighter merges with the women's
> jet-fighter-inspired Dread units to create extremely powerful
> fighters. On top of this the sexual tension of two cultures that have
> never before encountered each other and so have no concept of
> "relations" between the sexes is hilarious to watch.
> Available from Geneon.
> [Entry by Charlie Smith]
>
> VENUS WARS: A group of racers on Venus and a reporter from Earth
> are caught up in the war for the dominance of Venus. A dark film from
> the "sand in my spacesuit" view of the future which sees the racers
> being turned from a group of stunt racers who defeat a tank by sheer
> fluke to hard fighting riders who become instrumental in the war's
> conclusion. Available from USMC.
> [Entry by Chika]
>
> VIDEO GIRL AI: Youta Moteuchi has a crush on his schoolmate, Moemi
> Hayakawa, but she has feelings for his best friend, Takeshi Niimai.
> Since Youta is too nice for his own good, he tries to get the two of
> them together, despite how sad it makes him. A mysterious new video
> store called Gokuraku appears on Youta's path home, and he winds up
> renting an adult video entitled "Ai Amano - I'll Cheer You Up." When
> he plays it on his defective VCR, Ai pops out of the TV screen into
> his life, and promises to help him square things away with Moemi.
> There was one thing she hadn't counted on, however: Amongst other
> flaws, the broken VCR caused her to eventually fall in love with
> Youta, which is forbidden for Video Girls, and causes heartbreaking
> complications for both of them. A six-OVA series based on the popular
> manga by Masakazu Katsura (who had previously distinguished himself
> with WINGMAN). Available domestically from Viz Video, but beware the
> over-massaged, over-localized translations, especially in the dub.
> [Entry by David Watson]
>
> THE VISION OF ESCAFLOWNE: A sixteen year old girl, Hitomi, who is
> magically transported to the land of Gaia, is embroiled in a battle
> with the evil Zaibach empire, bent on manipulating destiny. She aids
> the boy king Van Fanel, who pilots the mecha Escaflowne, the alluring
> knight Allen Schezar, the cat-girl Merle and the willful Princess
> Millerna as she discovers latent psychic powers which may be key to
> the fate of Gaia. This 26 episode series mixes romance, magic, mecha
> and plot in a pacy, beguiling mix, with above average TV animation and
> a musical score widely regarded as one of the best in anime. The dub
> is either loved or loathed.
> Licensed by Bandai in North America - a commercial subtitle,
> unedited and cut (Fox Kids) dub are available on VHS, with the DVDs
> containing uncut subtitle and dub. In Australia, Escaflowne has been
> released by Madman.
> [Entry by Andrew Hollingbury]
>
> VOTOMS: Old TV series of post-WWIII world. The army controls the
> world with their mecha, but not everyone goes along. MELLOWLINK is a
> related series in the same universe (set before VOTOMS, made after.)
> VOTOMS has been licensed by USMC.
>
> W
>
> WAR IN THE POCKET: see GUNDAM
>
> WEATHERING CONTINENT: A short drama in the fantasy vein. A
> swordsman, a healer (who knows a little about magic), and a young
> runaway have fallen in together in their travels. This is an incident
> that befell them in the desert amid the ruins of an ancient
> civilization. Very moody.
> 60 minutes. Released in the US by Anime Works.
> [Entry by Jack Bohn]
>
> A WIND NAMED AMNESIA: It happened suddenly. One minute all was as
> it should be, the next ... everyone on Earth had their memory wiped.
> Language, social habit, everything. The story surrounds one boy, who
> has been retrained to normality by another boy who escaped erasure by
> the fact that he was linked to a computer in a radical new way.
> Touring the devastation, he is accompanied by a woman who seems also
> to have escaped erasure but will not say how. On their journey they
> see what Man has made of himself since his memory was wiped, and view
> the consequences, all of which leads to the ultimate questions; who
> did it, and why? Available from USMC.
> [Entry by Chika]
>
> WINDARIA: A lovely fantasy story of two kingdoms at war, and how
> that disturbs two pairs of lovers - one peasant, one royal. A
> tragedy. Well worth the watch, IMHO. Nice music, too.
> [Was available dubbed from Streamline Pictures while Streamline was
> still in business.]
>
> WINGS OF HONNEAMISE: see ROYAL SPACE FORCE
>
> WITCH HUNTER ROBIN: Under the jurisdiction of an organisation
> known as Solomon, a group of "Hunters" known as STN-J targets
> "Witches" in modern day Japan - people with special powers passed on
> by genetics that use them for evil. Into their midsts is introduced a
> new recruit, Robin Sena, a 15 year old ex-nun from Italy with
> pyrokinetic abilities, whose arrival is the catalyst for the
> uncovering of a conspiracy in STN-J itself and the true nature of
> Witches. A dark, subdued series that many may find dull due to its
> episodic first half, the show's strengths lie in its meticulous
> characterisation (particularly of Robin) and realistic production
> stylings alongside sparse, but impressive action sequences.
> Available on 6 DVDs from Bandai in Region 1, and broadcast on
> Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.
> Series website: <http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/robin/>
> [Entry by Andrew Hollingbury]
>
> WITCH'S DELIVERY SERVICE: see KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE
>
> WOLF'S RAIN: Legends tell that wolves are the key to finding
> paradise on Earth. However, wolves were supposedly extinct years ago,
> and now the world has been ravaged by the passage of time. In this
> futuristic, bleak Siberia, wolves have learnt to fool the eyes of
> humans and appear like them so they can scrounge a living in the
> cities. However, one wolf, Kiba, is obsessed with finding paradise
> and Cheza, the "Flower Maiden" who will guide them there. After
> gathering together a group of wolves including Tsume, the hard-bitten
> city wolf, Toboe, the naive cub, and Hige, the seemingly carefree
> slacker, they head out to find Cheza, but draw others into their quest
> for Paradise along the way.
> WOLF'S RAIN shares several staff members with the late-90's classic
> COWBOY BEBOP, and features many of the similar strengths; an exciting
> score from Yoko Kanno, excellent animation, and a melancholic, wistful
> atmosphere. Although not quite as emotionally resonant due to the
> distant, animalistic characterisation of the wolves (the human
> characters that join the quest add a great deal of depth), the
> strongly-written, multi-threaded plot is only really spoilt by four
> consecutive recap episodes that fall in the middle of the series;
> these can easily be skipped, however.
> The complete series is available in Region 1 from Bandai; a cheap
> boxset is forthcoming at the time of writing. It is also currently on
> release in European Region 2 from BEEZ and in Region 4 from Madman.
> [Entry by Andrew Hollingbury]
>
> (continued in part 10)
>
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