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   named Bill Collins "hires" Rally to help him break up a gun-smuggling   
   ring, and big trouble ensues, leading eventually to the Mayor's   
   office.  Based loosely on the manga by Kenichi Sonoda.  Good art and   
   animation.  Some violence and lots of shooting.  Three episodes.   
   Available from ADV Films.   
      [Entry by Ben Cantrick]   
      
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      HACK//SIGN:  see .hack//SIGN  (at the beginning of the Primer)   
      
      HAGANE NO RENKINJUTSUSHI:  see FULL METAL ALCHEMIST   
      
      HAIBANE RENMEI (variously translated as ASH WINGS ALLIANCE,   
   CHARCOAL FEATHERS FEDERATION, or variations on these):  HAIBANE RENMEI   
   is a mysterious and low key story about a girl (Rakka) who wakes up in   
   an unfamiliar but seemingly normal world, except she now has pale grey   
   wings and a halo.  Unable to remember her past life or even her name,   
   Rakka is welcomed into a community of other winged and haloed girls.   
   Are they angels?  None of them know what they are, so they simply call   
   themselves Haibane (grey wings).  The nearby town is populated by normal   
   people, who seem to view the Haibane as little more than beggars.  A   
   high wall surrounds the entire district and no-one, Haibane or human,   
   knows what lies beyond; only the crows and some mysterious visitors to   
   the town are able to go beyond the wall.  In the early episodes Rakka   
   spends her time making friends and finding out about her new world, but   
   her carefree days come to an abrupt end halfway through the series when   
   one of her new friends mysteriously disappears, leaving Rakka bewildered   
   and grief-stricken.  From then on the series has a much darker tone, as   
   Rakka looks into her soul and wonders how she ended up in this walled   
   place (a refuge or a prison?), and tries to learn the secrets of the   
   inscrutable Haibane Renmei (Haibane Union), the monastic order which   
   regulates their lives.   
      The series is by Yoshitoshi ABe who also did the character design of   
   LAIN, who Rakka resembles.  13 episodes.   
      [Entry by Shez]   
      
      HAPPY LESSON:  Most ordinary boys Chitose Hitose's age can only dream   
   of a harem of beautiful women.  Many of them are at that rebellious   
   phase in thier lives, fighting their parents at every step.  Imagine his   
   surprise when in one fell swoop, Chitose suddenly finds himself living   
   with a harem of five beautiful women, who all want to be his mother!   
      Ordinary boys of Chitose's age might for at least part of the day   
   replace the annoyances of family life with the annoyances of school   
   life, but even here, Chitose finds no reprieve, as his 'mothers' are   
   also his teachers!   
      Throw in a cute younger sister, an idol older sister, an 'evil'   
   genius, and the class representative who wants his head on a platter (or   
   a string tied around his heart), and it's a safe bet that Chitose   
   Hitose's life is anything but ordinary.   
      A harem comedy that turns the genre on its head, HAPPY LESSON is a   
   fun filled romp of an answer to the question, "What is family anyway?"   
      Available in North America from ADV.   
      [Entry by Abraham Evangelista]   
      
      HARE NOCHI GUU:  see JUNGLE WA ITSUMO HARE NOCHI GUU   
      
      HELLSING:  Great Britain's secret weapon against things that go bump   
   in the night is a paranormal division called Hellsing, which keeps a   
   vampire named Alucard as its ace agent.  He is very effective in dealing   
   with the targets, but he's also snarky, sadistic, and has the hots for   
   his "Master", one Integra(l) Hellsing.  This tale of vampires as vampire   
   hunters has it all: a buxom young vampire who angsts about losing her   
   humanity, a kickass butler with killer floss, a division of the Vatican   
   dedicated to wiping out monsters, and of course the aformentioned   
   Alucard and Integra.  Some of the animation quality is atrocious, but   
   overall the series is dark, cool, and leaves you cheering for more.  13   
   episodes, subbed and dubbed.   
      Parental Advisory:  Extreme violence (blood, gore, torture, and   
   Alucard doing really scary stuff), swear words up the wazoo (bleeped   
   out on TV, mostly), and lots of sexual tension.   
      [Entry by Dot Warner]   
      
      HERE IS GREENWOOD:  Hasakawa has the worst luck:  He's late for his   
   high school entry exams, then he's late for high school, and his older   
   brother has married the woman of his dreams.  As he heads to school,   
   he figures things are looking up, until he finds out he's been put in   
   "GreenWood", the dorm notorious for its weird residents.  Having a   
   roommate who looks like a girl is the *least* of his problems ...   
      [Entry by Catherine Johnson]   
      
      HEROIC LEGEND OF ARISLAN:  see ARSLAN SENKI   
      
      HIKARU NO GO:  Hikaru was your typical hot-blooded youth who had no   
   interest in Go until he met Sai, a go-obsessed spirit who died before he   
   could achieve his fondest wish: to play the "hand of god", the perfect   
   move.  After being possessed by Sai, Hikaru begins taking interest in   
   this strange "old man's game" (as well as gaining the rivalry of Touya   
   Akira, another go prodigy), and discovers that he's surprisingly gifted,   
   even without Sai's help.  Basically, it's go as a sports anime, a   
   premise that works surprisingly well, understandable even for people who   
   don't play the game.  The series contains 75 episodes and a handful of   
   specials.   
      [Entry by Dot Warner]   
      
      HUMANOID:  Fairly retro feel here in a story about the creation of   
   a scientific genius, referred to as a "humanoid".  The planet on which   
   this happens is also the resting place of other and greater   
   technology, power which the planetary governor wouldn't mind getting   
   his hands on.  The story seems to revolve around the development of   
   the humanoid, some of which is voluntary, indeed resonant of KEY THE   
   METAL IDOL, and around the deeds of the governor as he realises his   
   folly...   
      [Entry by Chika]   
      
      HYPER POLICE:  It is the distant future, normal humans are considered   
   an endangered species.  It is the time of the monsters/half-breeds.   
   This is the story of a 6-year old cat-girl by the name of Natsuki   
   Sasahara.  She works as a bounty hunter with various other monsters.   
   However, the company that she works for is having financial troubles,   
   one of her co-workers has a crush on her, one is trying to eat her, and   
   those are just her partners...  Can she survive when times are tough?   
   Can she get her own Bounty Hunter license?  And ... can she find a pair   
   of undies that she doesn't have to cut out a portion for her tail?   
      [Entry by Bill Martin]   
      
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      I CAN HEAR THE SEA:  A snotty Tokyo girl moves to a provincial sea   
   town, there she clashes with her new classmates in high school.  Told   
   from the perspective of one of the local boys who is first appalled by   
   her, but later befriends her when he finds out about the divorce of   
   her parents and helps her cope with her family problems.  A sweet,   
   subdued story about growing up to be an adult and about first love   
   with some interesting insights into everyday life of Japanese school   
   and college students.   
      [Entry by Hanno Mueller]   
      
      ICZER-1:  An ongoing battle between races with planet-trashing   
   abilities comes to Earth.  Humans suddenly start turning into weird,   
   bloodthirsty monsters without warning.  Into this havoc comes Iczer-1, a   
   girl (well, she looks like one, anyway), and she enlists the unwilling   
   help of a young human girl called Nagisa to help pilot the big   
   Iczer-Robo mecha.  The story behind this is a bit convoluted and   
   difficult to explain without introducing spoilers, but there is a link   
   between Iczer-1 and her enemies, and there is a bigger menace waiting in   
      
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