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      [Entry by Bill Martin]   
      
      AOZORA SHOUJOTAI:  see 801 T.T.S. AIRBATS   
      
      ARJUNA:  see EARTH GIRL ARJUNA   
      
      ARMITAGE III:  In the future, mankind has terraformed and settled   
   Mars.  We've also developed a line of human-like androids with   
   designations of "first," "second" and "third".  Ross Sylabus, a police   
   detective from Earth with an antipathy for androids, has transferred   
   to Mars.  What he finds there is a political conspiracy that covers   
   two planets and involves his colleague, the child-like female   
   detective Armitage.  Well drawn and animated, with moments of both   
   levity and action.  Some violence.  Four episodes, or one movie which   
   is the episodes edited together with some omissions.  Subbed and   
   dubbed both available.  From Geneon in North America, and Madman in   
   Australia.   
      [Entry by Ben Cantrick]   
      [There is also a sequel movie ARMITAGE III - DUAL-MATRIX, which   
   contains spoilers for the original ARMITAGE III story.  A review of   
   this movie is being written.  - Rob Kelk]   
      
      ARSLAN SENKI (a.k.a. THE HEROIC LEGEND OF ARSLAN):  5 part OAV   
   running approximately 4 hours total.  Slow paced historical fiction.   
   The kingdom of Pars is overrun by a neighboring kingdom, with inside   
   help.  The king is imprisoned and it's up to the young prince and his   
   loyal retainers to win the kingdom back.  The story is more sword and   
   political intrigue than it is sword and sorcery, not much fighting, no   
   comedy, full of shoujo-esque character designs, and is unfinished, the   
   remainder of the story is available in novel or manga form.  Original   
   novels by the same author as LEGEND OF GALACTIC HEROES. DVD box set   
   includes all OAVs.  By U.S. Manga Corps.   
      [Entry by MimiE]   
      
      ASH WINGS ALLIANCE:  see HAIBANE RENMEI   
      
      ASTRO BOY (originally TETSUWAN ATOMU / MIGHTY ATOM):  The first real   
   Japanese anime TV series aired in 1963, Astro Boy was made by the   
   anime "God" Osamu Tezuka.  It is a story of a little robot boy, who   
   ages and becomes mature through the series.  It was the first anime   
   which featured familiar things such as continuous story and plot for   
   the entire series, character development, and so on.  And remember, it   
   was the first TV anime series!   
      (This description refers to the original series, not the later   
   remake.)   
      [Entry by Andrew V. Tupkalo]   
      
      AURA BATTLER DUNBINE:  Motorcycle racer Show Zama is pulled into an   
   alternate world where he is drafted as an Aura Battler.  An Aura Battler   
   is a person from Upper Earth (our world) that has the aura power to   
   control the insect-like mechs this world uses to fight its wars.   While   
   the natives can also drive these things they cannot do so with the   
   proficiency of Upper Earthers.  Show finds himself involved in a war of   
   conquest led by Drake Luft and soon decides he's on the wrong side.   
   It's quite an epic from the man who gave the world GUNDAM.   
      Licenced by ADV Films.   
      [Entry by Kyle Thomas Pope]   
      
      AZUMANGA DAIOH:  Popular 26 episode comedy series which follows the   
   fortunes of seven girls, two teachers, and one dog through the three   
   years of senior high school.  Much of the story centres on Chiyo-chan,   
   a ten year old genius who has been put in their class and whose   
   combination of cuteness and superior academic ability inspires   
   ambivalent feelings amongst her considerably older classmates.  Each   
   character is sharply defined and a lot of the humour arises from our   
   anticipation of their inevitable behaviour, from the narcoleptic Osaka   
   who lives in a dream to the manic Tomo whose hijinks go a little too   
   far.  The animation is minimal and at times repetitive, but the images   
   are beautifully drawn with a refreshing look and equally good background   
   music.   
      Available from ADV.   
      Note: the AZUMANGA DAIOH "Movie" (an extra on the final ADV DVD) is   
   actually just a five minute widescreen short which reworks a few scenes   
   from the series.   
      [Entry by Shez]   
      
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      BAKUEN CAMPUS GUARDRESS (a.k.a. COMBUSTIBLE CAMPUS GUARDRESS or   
   CAMPUS GUARDRESS):  Girl is sister to boy who is the reincarnation of   
   a man whom the girl's previous incarnation loved.  He died last time   
   saving the world for evil monsters from another dimension who are bent   
   on world conquest.  And now it's happening all over again.  How will   
   the girl ever manage to save her brother and the world at the same   
   time, how will she deal with her incestful feelings for her brother,   
   and how can she deal with her mother making moves on her boy?   
      This is a bimodal show with characters and input from Hagiwara, the   
   author of BASTARD! DESTRUCTIVE GOD OF DARKNESS.  As such, it is a   
   combination of the sublime and the profane in a very cute mix.  The   
   attack names are a wonderful throwback to some of the spells in   
   BASTARD!, and have such names as "Thousand Slices of Radish Attack" or   
   "Puppy Dog Attack".   
      If you liked BASTARD!, you'll like this one.   
      [Entry by Anand Chelian]   
      
      BASTARD!:  It was an age of lawlessness   
      Of disorder and Chaos   
      Blood and steel, flesh and bone   
      An age of Magic   
      The four kingdoms are under siege from the evil dark armies of   
   Chaos.  The only one who can save them is the evil wizard who nearly   
   conquered the world 15 years ago.   
      BASTARD!!   
      A tale of sorcery and combat, of scantily clad maidens and a more   
   scantily clad hero.  High Shonen Fantasy at its most extreme.  Enter a   
   world of action, excitement, danger, and ... laundry.   
      [Entry by "Akodo Bob"]   
      
      BATTLE ANGEL (a.k.a. GUNNM):  The Scrapyard is the name given to a   
   large decaying city that exists due to the garbage dumped from the   
   floating city above it, named Zalem.  Humans, androids and cyborgs   
   live in this dark and dirty place, all intermingling.  Living with   
   each other, trading with each other, sometime mugging each other.   
   Ido, A brilliant cyber-doctor, discovers the wreckage of an   
   extraordinary cyborg in one of the city's junk piles, and restores it   
   to full health with his skills.  She has no memory of her past, so he   
   names her Gally and raises her as his own daughter.  However, there is   
   more to her than meets the eye...  Good artwork and animation.  From   
   the much-acclaimed manga of the same name by Yukito Kishiro.  Contains   
   violence, gore, nudity.  Was dubbed and subbed from ADV Films, but is   
   no longer available in North America (possibly due to an expired   
   license).  However, BATTLE ANGEL is still listed in the Madman   
   catalog, so Australians can still obtain this anime.   
      [Entry by Ben Cantrick, edited by Rob Kelk]   
      
      BATTLE ATHLETES VICTORY:  BATTLE ATHLETES VICTORY chronicles the   
   trials of a 15 year old athlete, Akari Kanzaki.  Akari's dream is to   
   become the Cosmo Beauty, the title given each year to the greatest   
   athlete in the Solar System.  The title is fought for at the   
   University Satellite, a space station that orbits Earth.  Akari lives   
   in the shadow of her mother, Tomoe Midoh, who was widely regarded as   
   the greatest Cosmo Beauty ever.  Akari's journey begins at a training   
   school in Antarctica, but stretches past the University Satellite...   
      Available from Geneon.   
      [Entry by Matt Huber]   
      
      BATTLE SKIPPER:  A new intake and the usual scrap for the best by   
   the school hobby clubs, but three young girls end up taking the fast   
   track into the secret world of one particular club, a cover for some   
   pretty heavyweight mecha in the usual clash of good bot meets bad   
   bot... apparently the folk who did PLASTIC LITTLE had much to do with   
   this title.  (CPM/USMC)   
      [Entry by Chika]   
      
      
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