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   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]   
      
      KING OF BANDIT JING:  Perhaps best described as a mixture of LUPIN   
   III and early DRAGONBALL; this shows the adventures of a teenaged master   
   thief named Jing and his love-hungry talking albatross sidekick, Kir.   
   Jing and Kir go after great riches in a  world full of bizarre   
   characters, cities and kingdoms, often accompanied and advised by the   
   mysterious Postino.  If you like the more offbeat styles of anime, this   
   is for you.   
      [Entry by Andrew Kieswetter]   
      
      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   
   either engage in self-destructive behaviour or have ugly aspirations.   
   Kino, while largely a moral agent, at times skirts the line of amorality   
   in just drifting through these situations.   
      This is a fascinating series with solid storytelling that's chock   
   full of black humour, irony, surrealism and cynicism.  Despite the   
   general downbeat nature of this series, there's a undercurrent of   
   happiness to it (not a little of which is embodied in the very laid-back   
   Kino).   
      Available in North America from ADV Films.   
      [Entry by Michael Lo]   
      
      KISHIN HEIDAN (a.k.a. KISHIN CORPS or GEO-ARMOR):  An interesting   
   admixture of World War II, an Alien invasion, and the giant robots   
   captured alien technology makes possible.  Fast-paced adventure,   
   available from Geneon under the name GEO-ARMOR.   
      
      KODOMO NO OMOCHA (aka KODOCHA; CHILD'S TOY):  Sana Kurata is a   
   child actress renowned for her hyperactivity and her role on the TV   
   show of the title (yes, a show within a show; cute, innit?), and is   
   the adopted daughter of the eccentric author Mariko Kurata.  Despite   
   her stardom, she still goes to a non-exclusive school, in which her   
   class is terrorized by a bully named Akito Hayama, a cold and quiet   
   boy who manages to rally the other boys around him and make the class   
   hell for the teacher.  When Sana decides enough is enough and stands   
   up to him to try to get him to stop, she discovers just how troubled   
   he and his life actually are, and eventually goes from enemy to   
   friend ... or is it even more?   
      Zany comedy and very touching drama exist side by side in KODOCHA's   
   shoujo frame, and it still manages to work very well.  While the TV   
   series still hasn't been announced as licensed yet (and it's hard to   
   say if it ever will, since it's over 100 episodes long and its pace   
   and puns make it difficult to translate), TOKYOPOP is now releasing   
   Miho Obana's manga under the name KODOCHA.   
      [Entry by David Watson]   
      
      KOKO WA GREENWOOD:  see HERE IS GREENWOOD   
      
      KURENAI NO BUTA:  see PORCO ROSSO   
      
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      LAIN:  see SERIAL EXPERIMENTS LAIN   
      
      LANDLOCK:  Firstly, this is *not* a Shirow story.  It merely uses   
   some character designs.  A typical brother and sister eventually find   
   that they have more to them than meets the eye.  Or two eyes; each one   
   a different colour!  This story is a typical quest to save the world   
   against insurmountable odds and evil mentors.  Available from Manga   
   Video.   
      [Entry by Chika]   
      
      LAPUTA, CASTLE IN THE SKY:  Young Pazu's life is turned upside down   
   when a girl, Sheeta, floats down from the sky into his sleepy mining   
   village wearing a mysterious blue pendant.  Together they search for the   
   flying castle in the sky, Laputa, while pursued by nefarious government   
   forces after the secrets that Sheeta and her pendant hold.  A   
   rip-roaring adventure classic from Studio Ghibli and master director   
   Hiyao Miyazaki, with an almost relentless pace, animation that still   
   impresses twenty years after it was made and amazing attention to   
      
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