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      FUSHIGI NO UMI NO NADIA: see NADIA   
      
      FUSHIGI YUUGI (a.k.a. MYSTERIOUS PLAY):  One of the most emotional   
   anime of all time, truly heartwrenching, though it does delve into sap   
   a little by the end.  The anime focuses on a young girl, Miaka, who   
   gets pulled into an ancient Chinese text and becomes a part of the   
   story - a priestess, in fact, of one of the book world's four gods,   
   Suzaku.  When she tries to get out, her best friend Yui is taken in   
   her place!  Miaka goes back in after her, but things have happened   
   since Miaka returned to the real world...  With her guardians, the   
   Suzaku Shichiseishi, and her love Tamahome, Miaka must go through many   
   trials in order to regain both peace for her warring kingdom, and her   
   best friend as well.  (Geneon)   
      [Entry by KireiSarah]   
      
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      GALAXY ANGELS:  The universe is a dangerous place.  Pirates, aliens,   
   and terrorists are everwhere, threatening to destroy civilization as we   
   know it.  But fear not!  The gun loving, boy crazy, cosplay obsessed,   
   obsessively religious, and super lucky Angel Brigade are here to make a   
   buck and save the day!   
      Resembling a harem anime without the boy, GALAXY ANGELS takes the   
   classic "Cute Girls Doing Bad Things", and puts it in space.  An   
   episodic half length anime, GALAXY ANGELS is mostly character (or often   
   character flaw) driven comedy, with the occasional foray into melodrama.   
      Available in R1 from Bandai Entertainment   
      [Entry by Abraham Evangelista]   
      
      GALL FORCE:  A series of nine SF OAVs, split into two distinct   
   series, based around the actions of a group of girls.  Each series   
   follows the same group, although they are often recast for whatever is   
   going on in the series.  In one series, they are the last surviving   
   group on one side of a space battle which they attempt to escape,   
   sacrificing much in the process, to reach a planet on which they can   
   shelter.  In the other series, Earth is attacked, and the survivors have   
   to get help, find ways of getting off the planet and survive whilst   
   doing it.  There was also a parody of one of the stories - "10 Little   
   Gall Force" was a parody of "Stardust War".  The team(s) also turn up in   
   the ArtMic parody OAV, Scramble Wars.  The series is available in the US   
   from USMC/CPM, whilst the parodies were available from AnimEigo.   
      [Entry by Chika]   
      
      GENSOMADEN SAIYUKI:  An amazing adaptation of the original "Journey   
   To The West".  In this retelling, the Sanzo priest (Genjo Sanzo) is   
   accompanied by Son Goku, Cho Hakkai (with his flying dragon Hakuryu),   
   and Sho Gojyo.  On their way to investigate the resurrection of Gyumaoh,   
   they encounter several demons, and that's about where the similarities   
   end to the other versions.  Sanzo's a cursing, drinking, gun-toting monk   
   with blond hair, Goku's always hungry, Hakkai uses chi blasts, Hakuryu   
   can turn into a jeep, and Gojyo's a poker playing womanizer.  Basically,   
   to rip off an old car commercial, this isn't your father's "Journey To   
   The West".  The main force trying to stop the Sanzo party is led by   
   Kougaji, who is being forced to oppose Sanzo by Gyukumen Koushu,   
   Gyumaoh's concubine.  Aiding Kougaji are his half-sister, Lirin, and his   
   trusted friends, an apothecary named Yaone, and a warrior named   
   Dokugakugi.  Action, adventure, mystery, mysticism, introspection, an   
   awesome opening song, and a sense of humor that shows up whenever it   
   feels like it, all make this a top-notch anime.   
      [Entry by Bill Martin]   
      
      GENESIS SURVIVER GAIARTH:  A post-apocalyptic world sees a young   
   boy with no parents brought up by a stranded war robot (warroid) as a   
   soldier but when a mysterious enemy slaughters the only parent he had   
   ever had, he goes to war only to find that the war had ended many   
   years before.  He meets up with a battered warroid who has no memory   
   of his past but seems to be full of surprises and a girl who gets the   
   hots for him, when she isn't thinking of money, and the group go off   
   treasure hunting, only to find that their hunt will eventually turn   
   into a fight to save the planet and end the long dormant war...   
   Available from AnimEigo.   
      [Entry by Chika]   
      
      GEO-ARMOR:  see KISHIN HEIDAN   
      
      GEOBREEDERS:  It's a time when cats are feared.  They possess the   
   ability to change into nekojin (cat-people), enter electronic equipment,   
   and they torture humanity.  The best way to defeat them is with the use   
   of talismans that have been plugged into a computer.   
      However, not all of the "Phantom Cats" are evil.  Such is the case of   
   one named Maya who hangs around Yoichi Taba, the lone guy working for   
   Kagura Security.  When Maya gets kidnapped, Yoichi gets "forced" into   
   hiring his Kagura Security compatriots to get her back.  Hijinx ensue   
   when the ladies try to take advantage of his situation.   
      Available in North America from CPM.   
      [Entry by Bill Martin]   
      
      GHOST IN THE SHELL:  Hong Kong, years from now, and a collaboration   
   work between Masamune Shirow and western influences to produce a   
   special police force on the hunt for a mysterious creature that steals   
   peoples' "ghosts" and reprograms them for its own purposes.  However,   
   it seems to be so elusive that it is questionable if it is actually   
   one person, or even human.  The common factor with the force is their   
   cybernetic upgrades.  Based on the successful manga series, though the   
   manga is nowhere as dark as the film.  Some folk refer to this film as   
   "Frain's Folly" as it saw the end of Andy Frain at Manga Video after   
   poor sales in the UK.   
      [Entry by Chika]   
      
      GOKUDOU-KUN:  Sword and Sorcery go "slumming" in this bawdy tour   
   across the myths and magical tales of dozens of countries.  Teenaged   
   thief, swordsman and sometime sorcerer Gokudou wants the simple things   
   in life:  unlimited wealth, beautiful women, and a chance to get away   
   from his old witch Mother (who happens to be a very good sorceress).  He   
   sets off on a series of adventures that take him to strange lands with   
   odd companions and the occasional body switch.  Comedy, adventure,   
   pretty girls and even musical reviews make "Gokudou-kun" a fast-pasted   
   and fun piece of "low fantasy".   
      [Entry by Dave Baranyi]   
      
      GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES:  A powerful and moving story about two   
   children orphaned when their village is fire-bombed in WWII.  This is   
   an excellent work by Studio Ghibli that should include the warning   
   "May cause severe sadness."  The art is fabulous and the story has a   
   strong emotional impact.   
      [Entry by Robin Casady]   
      
      GREAT TEACHER ONIZUKA:  see G.T.O.   
      
      G.T.O. (a.k.a. GREAT TEACHER ONIZUKA):  Even though the series starts   
   off with an shot up a schoolgirl's skirt, the series follows the   
   exploits of Ekichi Onizuka in his quest to be a great teacher and all   
   the troubles he encounters.  From the vice principal to the class that   
   hasn't keep a teacher all year in who knows how long, he's got his hands   
   full, then there's the fact that he's got the hots for a fellow teacher.   
   Released by TokyoPop in North America.   
      [Entry by Bill Martin]   
      
      GUNBUSTER (a.k.a GUNBUSTER, AIM FOR THE TOP!):  An affectionate   
   parody of mecha anime and a good story concerning the life and times of   
   Takaya Noriko, a schoolgirl whose father died in mysterious   
   circumstances during an ongoing war with a strange alien race.  Noriko   
   has to learn how to control her mecha, make friends, deal with a   
   traumatic love affair that ends badly, and try to prop up her mentor   
   who, while she starts out strong enough, she suffers later on.  All this   
      
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