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   animation from Gonzo (especially during the various "production numbers"   
   the circus puts on).   
      The first season of 26 episodes is now available from ADV on Region 1   
   DVD, with the second forthcoming shortly.   
      [Entry by Andrew Hollingbury]   
      
      KAMIKAZE KAITOU JANNU (a.k.a. KAMIKAZE PHANTOM THIEF JEANNE):  TV   
   series, 40+ episodes.  Animated by the SAILOR MOON anime team, KAMIKAZE   
   KAITOU JEANNE takes the storyline of SAINT TAIL and gives it some new   
   twists.  Maron is a 16 year old girl with two secrets:  an inner   
   loneliness due to her divorced parents' failure to contact her in years;   
   and the fact that she's the reincarnation of Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc).   
   Sadly, Maron's adventures seem to have nothing in common with those of   
   her namesake, except that both are on missions from God.  Egged on by   
   the diminutive angel Fin that only she can see or hear, Maron must steal   
   and destroy art treasures that have become possessed by demons.  Her   
   missions are hampered by a detective's daughter who is determined to   
   capture Kaitou Jeanne, and by masked rival Sindbad.  The bishoujo   
   character styling is very SAILOR MOONish, whilst the storyline is   
   CARDCAPTOR SAKURA with added cops'n'robbers.  Although the episode plots   
   are feeble and cartoonish, the central character Maron is engaging and   
   just deep enough to make you want to see "just one more" episode.   
      [Entry by Shez]   
      
      KARESHI KANOJO NO JIJYO (a.k.a. KAREKANO; HIS AND HER   
   CIRCUMSTANCES): Yukino Miyazawa is an intelligent and popular student   
   who craves the attention this gives her, and she works hard to keep   
   the impressions she makes in all her classmates' minds.  However, on   
   the day of her high school entrance ceremonies, she finds that the   
   position of incoming class representative that she wanted so much has   
   been taken by a boy named Arimi Souichiro.  While this enrages her,   
   she eventually finds herself drawn closer to him, and he to her.  When   
   their popular masks finally slip in front of each other, they find   
   that they have fallen in love.   
      This romantic drama was Gainax's first TV series after the   
   legendary NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, and carries over some of its   
   experimental tendencies, only this time to more comic effect; they   
   carried that over and built on it in future series such as FLCL and   
   ABENOBASHI MAHOU SHOUTENGAI.  Based on the popular shoujo manga by   
   Masami Tsuda, and, whilst a quality series, the anime has a   
   frustrating non-ending, since the manga is still running in the   
   monthly LaLa at the time of writing.   
      Licenced by Right Stuf.   
      [Entry by David Watson]   
      
      KAZEMAKASE TSUKIKAGE RAN:  See TSUKIKAGE RAN   
      
      KEY THE METAL IDOL:  Tokiko "Key" Mima is a strange, pale, waifish   
   little girl who claims to be an android.  Raised by a scientist in a   
   small town, she is forced to strike out on her own when he dies.  His   
   dying words to her are a puzzling "In order to make yourself a real   
   girl, you must make 30,000 friends."  But things only get stranger   
   from there.  Who is the evil Ajo and his henchman "D"?  Why are they   
   interested in Key?  Is Key really an android?  Decent art and   
   animation.  Subbed and dubbed.  13 episodes.  From Viz.   
      [Entry by Ben Cantrick]   
      
      KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (a.k.a. MAJO-NO TAKKYUBIN):  Kiki, the   
   thirteen-year-old daughter of a witch and a mortal man, strikes out to a   
   new city to live on her own.  Despite having no skills other than   
   flying, Kiki manages to hold her own, discovers some secrets to   
   happiness, and falls in love for the first time. A sweet, delightful   
   coming-of-age tale full of Miyazaki's classic storytelling techniques,   
   such as the sweeping visuals of Kiki's aerial scenes and the subtle   
   plays of light and dark as the mood of the film reflects Kiki's   
   blossoming maturity.  Like most other Studio Ghibli films, this is just   
   about the most family friendly anime you can get.   
      KIKI is available in the US from Disney/Buena Vista.   
      [Entry by Dot Warner]   
      
      KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD:  A tale of a "love triangle", the male   
   protagonist middle school student Kasuga Kyosuke falls in love with   
   Ayakawa Madoka from the moment he meets her but her best friend Hyama   
   Hikaru (2 years younger) falls in love with him when she see what she   
   believes to be an unaided athletic feat.  But the Kasuga family hides a   
   secret, that the children Kyosuke & the twins Manami and Kurumi whose   
   mother died have PSI powers.  Kyosuke gets into a lot of trouble with   
   Ayakawa mostly using his powers to keep others happy.  The action of the   
   series revolves around Kyosuke concealing his love for Ayakawa from not   
   only Hikaru but the classmates, Ayakawa's behavior ("kimagure" means   
   "whimsical") and her old street gang pals, and of course Kyosuke's   
   fantasies.  The twins help to stir things up as well, and Kasuga Takashi   
   (the PSI unpowered dad) is a photographer which leads to some very   
   interesting episodes.  Studying by the characters helps the story along,   
   as do the grandparents.   
      This series ran to 48 TV episodes with 8 OVAs and 2 movies,   
   subtitled.  The second movie is from the original author of the manga on   
   which the whole series is based, Masumoto Izumi.  During the series,   
   reference is made to Ayakawa's musical ability and in the final movie   
   she is a fully developed composer.  The music used in the series is   
   somewhat ambigous but suits the amine very well.   
      Available from AnimEigo.   
      [Entry by bobbie sellers]   
      
      KIMBA THE WHITE LION:  Created by Dr. Osamu Tezuka in 1950 as a manga   
   titled JUNGURU TAITEI (Jungle Emperor), this is a story of what it means   
   to be civilized, of love and loss, and of the need for greater   
   understanding between all creatures, especially between humans and   
   animals.  Along the way you get spiritualism, greed, treachery, love,   
   insanity, and sacrifice.  In 1965, the first portion of the manga was   
   adapted into the first color anime series, which kept the manga's title   
   in Japan but became known as KIMBA THE WHITE LION in the rest of the   
   world.  This was a co-production between Tezuka's Mushi Productions and   
   NBC Enterprises; as a result of the Americans' input, the story was   
   changed considerably, but these changes served to highlight the aspect   
   of the interaction between humans and animals.  The American verison was   
   expertly dubbed into English by ex-radio actors; unfortunately, they   
   were ordered to lighten the tone of the stories considerably.  A vital   
   part of the success of the show was the musical score, written for full   
   symphony orchestra by Isao Tomita.  The show was shown in the US only   
   betwen 1966 and 1978, but retains a huge fan base today.  Since then, a   
   new English dub (with new music) was produced in 1993, which is   
   currently in syndication.  A sequel series was produced in Japan in   
   1966, which made it to the US in 1984 under the title LEO THE LION.   
   Tezuka Productions made a revised series in 1989; in edited form this is   
   partially available English-dubbed on home video as THE NEW ADVENTURES   
   OF KIMBA.  The latter portion of the original manga story was made into   
   a feature film in 1997, available in English as JUNGLE EMPEROR LEO.   
      [Entry by C Andersen]   
      
      KINO'S JOURNEY:  A quietly nihilistic series that makes for a nice   
   contrast with the large number of colourful and perky series out there,   
   KINO'S JOURNEY tells the story of a young wanderer and a robotic   
   motorcycle who journey through various countries, staying no more than   
   three days at a time.  Many of the countries and individuals encountered   
      
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