Japanese Animation

Kimagure Orange Road

This series of 48 TV episodes, eight OAVs, and two theatrical release movies ranks high on the list of the anime I've seen. It is a romantic comedy revolving around a 1m/2f love triangle between Kasuga Kyosuke, Ayukawa Madoka, and Hiyama Hikaru. See also the page on the KOR mailing list.

Bubblegum Crisis

This series of eight high-tech OAVs is set in 2032AD and subsequent years. It follows the active opposition of a vigilante group of four women, the Knight Sabres, to the plans of the Genom Corporation to control the world. Non-stop action, rock music, cyberpunk, and girls with guns. See also the page on the BGC mailing list.

Undocumented Features

This is an incredibly huge fanfiction series written by a whole lot of people. It's not really anime per se, but is heavily influenced by it, and it has a big place in net.anime culture.

Super Catgirl Nuku Nuku

A short OAV series about an android with a cat's brain. Mya!

Compiler

I've only seen one OAV, and am not sure myself exactly what's going on yet. Assembler sure is cute though.

Some other anime links at this site:

• As head moderator of rec.arts.anime.creative I get to maintain the submission guidelines and archives. If you're interested in becoming a RAAC moderator you should read the moderator's guide first.
• Visit the Dirty Pair mailing-list page for subscription information and access to list archives.
• For an even more offbeat romantic comedy, visit the Koko wa Greenwood mailing list page, featuring subscription information, list archives and links to other KwG pages around the web.
• Continuing in the genre of romantic comedy (hmm, hard to tell what I like sometimes, isn't it), the Video Girl Ai mailing list page is also here. Drop by the page for subscription information, list archives and pointers to other VGAi web pages.

Lately I've been getting a bit more into anime CDs. There's a fair bit of information on anime CDs on the web, but it can be hard to track down, and rather dry reading, so I'm going to try to create a few pages for my CDs that make them a bit more accessible. This is still pretty rough, but you can see the initial stages in the Tenchi Muyo CD Index.

Major anime links from the rest of the web:

• The Anime Web Turnpike is the web's premiere collection of anime/manga links.
• The SUNET FTP site (ne Venice) has a vast collection of images, sound clips, scripts, and other stuff from many anime shows.

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Japanese Animation

Brian Edmonds <brian@gweep.ca> October 12, 1998