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I think that cartoons that show nudity and graphic violence is probably what defines Japanese animation to those who are virtually clueless about anime. This may also be the same for US distributors because these seem to be essential to get theatrical releases in the west. Despite the dirty connotation I am giving these films and shows, these are probably the most important films in animation. Films like Akira and Ghost in the Shell show that animation is not only for kids and that limitations exist due to a writer's imagination. |
| Akira In 1988, a nuclear explosion destroyed Tokyo. In 2019, the leaders of Neo Tokyo are trying to harness the power that may have caused the destruction of the original capital inside of a typical teenage boy. This may succeed as long as the kid does not go insane. Story and Plot • Skip to my opinion |
| Armitage
III: The Third (a.k.a. Armitage III - Polymatrix the Movie) On Mars, some robots have the ability to impersonate humans, and for this they are being murdered. It is up to Naomi Armitage (voiced by Elizabeth Berkley) and her Martian Police Department partner Ross Sylibus (voiced by Keifer Sutherland) to stop this madman from anihilating these machines/persons. Story and Plot • Skip to my opinion |
| Armitage
III Dual Matrix Armitage must give up her quiet life with her family on Mars to discover what is behind robot on the earth. Shockingly, this seems to be related to the development of more Third type robots. Story and Plot • Skip to my opinion |
| Burn-Up
W - File 1: Skin Dive Terrorist have taken over a hotel where a world peace conference was being held, but they do not seem to be the martyr types since their biggest demand is to see Japan's premier pop icon take a nude bungee jump from the top of the building. Only one elite team of cops has the nerve and lack of dignity to take these bad guys on, and that is team Warrior. Story and Plot • Skip to my opinion |
| Iria
- Zeiram the Animation: Volume 1 The tomboyish Iria idolizes her older brother Gren, so she cannot wait for her next birthday to be a fully licensed bouty houther like him. She also cannot help, but tag along on all his mission. This may become a fatel mistake as they soon have to face the "unkillable" Zeiram space creature. Story and Plot • Skip to my opinion |
| Knights
of Ramune: Blast Off Parfait's quest to become a "Holy Virgin" must be put on hold as she and her friend Cacao are sent on a mission to save the Knight Ramune. A few questions are left unasked about this mission like...what does he need saving from, and what if he is a lecherous, pompous a$$hole. Story and Plot • Skip to my opinion |
| New
Cutey Honey: Collection One The future looks bleak in the city where Chokkei lives. It was not like it was bad enough when mutant hooligans were running wild, but now the evil dark lord Dolmeck wants control of the place. Fortunately, the legendary Cutey Honey reappears to protect the weak and to settle a goal with the latest threat. Story and Plot • Skip to my opinion |
| Ghost
in the Shell Everybody and everything has become computerized, and what ever remains of the original mind is called a ghost thus bodies are merely shells. But, since the brain is now hooked up to networks, a persons ghost can now be hacked into. Major Motoko Kusanagi's goal is to find the most infamous ghost-hacker to protect others and to find out more about herself. Story and Plot • Skip to my opinion |
| Serial
Experiments Lain: Navi A communication network that is comparable to the Internet called the Wired is all the rage. This network has touched so many people in so many ways that it has even developed its own society. Some have killed themselves because of this believing they will live forever as their "Wired" selves. Lain, an introverted girl, gains a curiosity for the network when she receives an e-mail from one of the recently "deceased". Story and Plot • Skip to my opinion |
| Tenchi
the Movie 2: Daughter of Darkness Tenchi, from Tenchi Muyo!, finds out he has a daughter, but being virtually naeve about women makes that seem to be an impossiblility. Ryoko senses an evil spirit from this girl, and believes she is out to kill her father, but from under whose control? Story and Plot • Skip to my opinion |
| Tenchi
Forever: Tenchi Muyo! in Love 2 Tenchi has had enough of Ryoko and Ayeka fighting over him, so he decides to hide out in the woods behind his house. During his wandering, he approaches a calmilia tree, and this tree seems to have a spirit. Such a spirit that it apparently seduces and absorbs our main character. To keep Tenchi out of harms way, Ayeka and Ryoko must find a way to bring him back to reality. Story and Plot • Skip to my opinion |
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