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   drug dealer with hand grenades playing golf around him, and title of   
   Captain Brenten's favourite book is "How to Kill".)   
      Note: This may be set in the same city and the same time as   
   Shirow's GHOST IN THE SHELL manga - the Puma sisters, two cyborg-babe   
   villains in DOMINION, have a cameo appearance in GitS where they fight   
   with Motoko's fuchikoma.   
      [Entry by Andrew V. Tupkalo]   
      
      DRAGON BALL:  The first series concerning the adventures of Son   
   Goku, a strange child who, in his earliest days, possesses a tail.   
   When he runs into Bulma (or "Bloomers"), he gets involved in the   
   search for Dragon Balls, mystical stones that, when collected   
   together, can be used to call forth a magical dragon who can then   
   grant your hearts' desire.  Heavily involved in martial arts, Goku's   
   main part in all this is to fight off a variety of monsters and other   
   opponents to gain these balls while learning his fighting skills.   
   This series was dubbed into a number of languages and has been shown   
   on TV in mainland Europe and the US.   
      [Entry by Chika]   
      
      DRAGON BALL Z:  Moving on from the original Dragon Ball series,   
   this series opens when Goku's long lost brother, Raditz, shows up on   
   Earth during a reunion party and declares that he intends to destroy   
   the planet.  The ensuing battle is the first of many that Goku and his   
   son Gohan have to deal with, including the discovery of Piccolo's home   
   planet and the destructive battles with Freeza there as well as the   
   intervention on Earth by future son Trunks, the android wars and so   
   forth.  Far more violent than the original series, and the Freeza war   
   in particular is panned by some for being too long.  Again, dubbed for   
   TV in Europe and the US as well as UK, where it started Toonami on   
   Cartoon Network there.   
      [Entry by Chika]   
      
      DRAGON HALF:  Absolutely whacked comedy playing off everything from   
   fairy tale world to "idol singers".  Lots of visual gags, lots of   
   nuttiness, lots of fun.  Note: this is a *very* disorienting title to   
   many viewers because the style of animation frequently shifts to   
   punctuate the gags; some people even find it difficult to connect the   
   character in one frame drawn in 'realistic' style to the same   
   character in the next frame, drawn in a deliberately crude, cartoony   
   style.  If you want a hilarious hour of goofy humor, however, you   
   really should check this out.  Note:  Only two OAVs were ever produced   
   in Japan, and they are released domestically on a single tape or DVD.   
   Available from ADV Films.   
      [Entry by Antaeus Feldspar]   
      
      DUAL! PARALLEL TROUBLE ADVENTURE:  AIC's parody on Evangelion.   
   That says it all.  "Shinji" who's willing to fight, "Gendo", who is   
   caring father of... "Asuka", and a very good person himself, dozens of   
   other related gags, mixed with a parallel world motif and AIC's   
   special - harem of the main male character. ^_^  On the other side -   
   an apparently low-budget series with sometimes *very* limited   
   animation, character designs taken directly from EL HAZARD, and other   
   bad things.  So I can recommend it only to the fans, if you want to   
   see a good parody and don't mind it's a bit cheap.   
      [Entry by Andrew V. Tupkalo]   
      
      DUNBINE:  see AURA BATTLER DUNBINE   
      
      
   (continued in Part 3)   
   --   
   Rob Kelk  robkelk -at- gmail -dot- com   
     "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, 1947   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)