From: doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi)
Subject: Animedia-April 1992 [all]
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Japan, R&D center
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 22:56:23 GMT
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Scanning through the April issue of Animedia.

The cover has kids from Raijin-Oh.

Article on the end of Raijin-Oh.

Article on "Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbarugar".
 New TV series will start on 4/1.  (every wed 6PM, TV Tokyo)
 Little kids (4th graders), giant robots, bad guys..

Article on Tekkaman Blade.
 On air now.  (every tue 6:30PM, TV Tokyo)

Article on Free Kick.
 New TV series will start 4/14.  (every tue 5PM, Nihon TV)
 Free Kick is a seishun soccer anime.  The main character Godai Shun
 is one quarter Italian.  Age 16.  Before coming to Japan, Shun played
 polo in England.  Now he is going to business school and is very
 interested in soccer.  But Shun is not very interested in winning.
 He is just interested in having fun.
 By watching episode 1, there are many things that will make one
 bewildered.  The story is supposed to take place in some resort
 area in Japan.  But it does not look anything like Japan.  The
 cars drive on the right side of the street, and the 16 year old
 boy is driving around in a sports car.  Also there are youths from
 various countries on the Godai Youth Soccer team.
 Since this is soccer anime, there are many soccer scenes.  But instead
 of winning or losing, more emphasis it put on individual play.
 It can be said that Shun is very "feminine".  The scene in episode 1,
 where he sleeps on the bed, and the scene in episode 2 where he takes
 a shower makes him look like a girl.

Video Journal
 Granzort Boukenhen part 2
 (on sale 3/27, 30 min, 4944 yen)

 3x3 Eyes IV
 (on sale 3/19, 30 min, 4800 yen)
  This is the last episode of 3x3 Eyes.
  After defeating the huge monster Ryuuko and saving Meishin, Yakumo
  went back for Pai.  (this was in episode 3)  After carrying Pai out
  of the flames, Yakumo saw Linlin's helicopter waiting for them.
  They got the statue (ningen no zou) and returned to Kou's house.
  There Linlin and Lon (Meishin's brother) tried to investigate the
  statue.  Pai, Yakumo, and Meishin went into Hong Kong to relax.
  But while they were shopping, they ran into Kaiyanwan's Uu, Benares.
  Kaiyanwan was the strongest of the sanjiyan and wanted to destroy the
  world.  The other sanjiyan's all fought and defeated Kaiyanwan.  But
  they were all destroyed except for Pai.  Benares was after the same
  statue.  Benares was much stronger than Yakumo.  Yakumo was not sure
  that he can protect Pai.
  On the night of Lon's party, Benares used his magic to take over
  Meishin's body.  Benares tried to take the statue using Meishin's
  body.  But Pai used her sanjiyan power to stop Benares.  Later
  Benares sent Pai Takuhi's dead body, and challenged her.
  That night Yakumo was getting worried about the upcoming battle.
  But Pai was just feeling happy that she was with Yakumo.  Then
  later that night Pai went off by herself to fight Benares.
  [a description of some of the pictures]
  - Linlin smiling at Pai and Yakumo from the helicopter.
  - Pai saying, "That's why I like humans" after seeing the
    helicopter waiting for her.
  - Pai going off to fight Benares.
  - Pai (sanjiyan) using her magic against Benares.
  - Yakumo tried to go after Pai, but didn't make it in time.
    There was a big explosion of light.
  - Linlin and Lon trying to investigate the statue.
  - Benares
  - Pai using her power against the magic that had taken over Meishin.
  - Yakumo who had been thrown against a wall by Benares' power.
  - A beaten up and dead Takuhi.
  - Meishin (who had been taken over by Benares) going in to steal
    the statue.
  - Pai and Yakumo "If I become human again, I'm going back to Japan",
    "Yakumo, you're going..", "So, Pai.  Will you come with me?",
    "Yes.  If we become human."

 Shurato vol 5
 (on sale now, 26 min, 5800 yen)

 Pat Labor vol 15 "Hoshikara kita Onna"
 (on sale 3/19, 30 min, 4800 yen)
  There are only two more OVA's left in this series.  In contrast to the
  serious romance of the last story, this one is a funny parody.
  Noa was feeling very tired.  Then she had a nightmare and woke up
  early.  When she looked outside, she saw the light on in a little
  boat shack.  Noa went to investigate and fell into a strange world..
  The tokusha nika was just a cover for the Japan office of CLAT
  (creature from luna attack team).  Also they were in danger of being
  attacked by some aliens.  Noa thought that it was just a dream.
  The UFO's came, ace pilot Nagumo returned, and Ohta and Shinshi
  got captured.  Clones of Ohta and Shinshi were placed in the CLAT
  base.  Then Noa started to get into the act too.
  The monster Griffon appeared.  Noa was the "Ingraman"!  The battle
  between the Griffon and Ingraman began.
  [a description of some of the pictures]
  - The Griffon was a monster that appeared from the UFO.
  - Nagumo found out that the Ingraman was really Noa.
  - Noa arguing with Asuma.
  - Noa figuring out that she is the Ingraman that had come from the
    AV98 galaxy.
  - Goto piloting the CLAT Hawk fighter plane.
  - Nagumo Shinobu piloting another CLAT Hawk fighter plane.
  - The alien Utsumi who had come to earth.

Article on Jump anime.
 Video Girl Ai
 (OAV vol 1 on sale 3/27, 4500 yen)
  The story is about a video girl, a girl who comes out of a video, and
  Youta.  One day Youta was rejected by Moemi.  On the way home, he went
  into a strange rental video store.  The owner said that his store can
  only be seen by someone with a pure heart.  Then Youta found a video
  titled, "Nagusamete Ageru" [I will comfort you].  At home Youta played
  the video and was being comforted by the kind words spoken by the girl
  Ai in the video.  Then the girl appeared out of the TV screen and
  landed on Youta's bed.  Ai was a video girl and was supposed to comfort
  people.  But since Youta's video player was a little broken, Ai turned
  out a little boyish.  Ai was determined to make Youta a cool guy so
  that Moemi would turn to him, and the story began.
  The 6 volume OAV set will tell the story up to chapter 10.
  [Many cute pictures of Ai-chan.  But they are not color..]
  - Ai lying down in the grass looking up at the sky.
  - Ai in a pretty dress.
  - Youta eating Ai's cooking.  Youta was very happy, but the taste..
  - Takashi saying that the girl Youta liked was Moemi.
  - Moemi looking at Youta, just after what Takashi said.
  - Ai coming out of the video.
  - Moemi running away because Takashi said that he didn't like her.
  - Ai found a kind spot in Youta.
  - Ai saying that she will make Youta into a cool guy.

 Bastard
 (OAV vol 1 on sale 8/25, 4500 yen)
  The story of the great magician Dark Schneider after the current
  civilization had been destroyed.  Dark Schneider had been awakened by
  the kiss of Thea Noto Yoko, and will have to fight against the
  "shi ten ou", who were trying to control the world.

Articles on current TV series.
 Dragonball Z (Wednesday at 7:00 PM on Fuji TV)
  * * * * * some spoilers * * * * *
  [large picture of Trunks]
  Trunks who had returned to his own time for a while, came back in
  episode 131.  Number 19 had been destroyed by Vejiita.  Number 20 was
  getting beaten up by Piccolo.  Then Trunks appeared and made a shocking
  statement.  He said that number 19 and number 20 were not the cyborgs
  that he knew about in the future.  History had changed.  So the battle
  was only beginning.  The battle against the cyborgs that Trunks had
  faced in the future will begin in episode 135.  Although Vejiita had
  become a super saiya-jin and Piccolo had increased his power a lot,
  they will didn't have Goku.  Also Trunks now had to fight in front of
  his father Vejiita and his mother Buruma.  We will get to see some
  weaknesses in Trunks that we had not seen before.

  About Trunks
  Power: "A child born between a saiya-jin and a human (earth people)
   can quickly become a fighter."  As this saying goes, Trunks has a
   power greater than Vejiita or Goku.  For example, he easily defeated
   Freeza.
   [I wonder if this means that Gohan is going to be the strongest
    character in Dragonball in the future? - H.Doi]
  Parents: Trunks had been raised by just Buruma, without his father
   Vejiita (in the future).  Because of this we feel some depth in
   his human nature.  Also in episode 131, Buruma said that he was
   a handsome boy.
  Friends: In the battle against the cyborgs, Trunks fights with the
   Z fighters.  They are like the first family that he has.  Especially
   Goku and Gohan become very close to Trunks.

  The cyborgs
  Number 18: Number 18 looks like a very cute girl.  But she has
   tremendous power.  In episode 136, she fights Vejiita and breaks
   both of his arms.
  Number 17: In episode 134, he kills Dr. Gero and fights against the
   Z fighters.
  Number 16: Number 16 was the test model of the infinite energy model.
   According to Dr. Gero, it has the power to destroy the world itself.
  Dr. Gero himself had destroyed all of the cyborgs up through number 15,
  so these three are the only ones left.  Dr. Gero tries to control
  number 17 and number 18, but he gets killed by them.  Then number 17
  and number 18 activate number 16 too.

 Dragon Quest Dai no Daibouken (Thursday at 7:00 PM on TBS)

 Mahouno Princess Minky Momo (Wednesday at 5:00 PM on Nihon TV)
  Someone had seen Momo transform.  It was a reporter.
  In episode 21, Momo turned herself into a reporter.
  In episode 23, Momo was a western-style gunman.
  In episode 24, Momo was a pizza delivery girl.

 Densetsu no Yuusha Da Garn (Saturday at 5:00 PM on TV Asahi)

 Mama ha Shougaku Yonensei (Friday at 5:00 PM on Nihon TV)
  Natsumi was having a hard time trying to keep the baby Mirai out of
  trouble.  Also she had to make sure that nobody found out about the
  baby.  Otherwise the future might change.  But Daisuke had found out
  about the baby.
  In episode 14, Natsumi overslept and missed the school's field trip.
  Then Natsumi got a message from the future Natsumi.  It said,
  "On today's field trip, something endangering Ryuichi's life
  will happen!"  Since Natsumi liked Ryuichi, she couldn't leave
  it alone.  But Daisuke had found out the whole story about Mirai.

 Yawara! (Monday at 7:30PM on Nihon TV)
  Matsuda had been waiting for Yawara who had returned from Hokkaido.
  In episode 102, we see Yawara riding with Matsuda on his motorcycle
  to try to get to the gym on time.  Yawara told Matsuda had she had
  gotten a better opinion of him because his articles had moved her
  boss so much.

 Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen (Friday at 5:30 PM on Fuji TV)
  The many kinds of "love" in Ranma 1/2.
  In episode 115 [they say 134, but it's a mistake], Gosunkugi's love
  for Akane shows up by his use of the paper dolls.  When Ranma found
  out he tried not to care about it, but he did.
  In episode 116 [they say 135, but it's a mistake], a boy who likes
  Akane showed up.  The boy Satori can read other people's minds.
  Satori finally read Akane's heart and found out who she liked..
  In episode 118 [they say 137, but it's a mistake], there is a totally
  different kind of love.  It is between Ranma and Happosai.  They
  get their bodies stuck together and end up in many weird situations.

Article on Kingyo Chuuihou!
 Kingyo Chuuihou! has ended.

Articles on new TV series starting in April.

 Tetsujin 28 Gou FX (starts 4/5, Sunday at 10:30 on Nihon TV)
  This is a extension of the original Tetsujin 28 Gou that was
  animated about 30 years ago.  All of the designs are different.
  Instead of Kaneda Shoutarou, it will be his son Masato who controls
  the new Tetsujin.

Article on the Dragonball Z movie.
 "Gekitotsu! 100 Oku Power no Senshitachi"
 The action will take place on a man made planet called "Big Gete Star".
 A computer in a forgotten space ship created androids, and the space
 ship grew to be the size of a planet.  It "eats" up other planets to
 get its power.  Big Gete Star sucked up the "brain" of Cooler.  That
 brain created the Cyborg Cooler (Metal Cooler).
 Goku and Vejiita fight against Metal Cooler.

Articles on the new movies that will be coming out in the summer.
 Porco Rosso
  will start on 7/18.

 Hashire Meros
  will start in July.
  The story takes place in ancient Greece.

 Silent Mobius 2
 Arslan Senki II
 Kazeno Tairiku
  will start on 7/18.

Anime TV series viewer ratings (12/23 - 1/12 and 1/13 - 1/19)
  1. Sazaesan                        28.9
  2. Chibi Maruko-chan               27.8
  3. Dragonball Z                    24.9
  4. Kiteretsu Daihyakka             18.4
  5. Doraemon                        17.6
  6. Yawara!                         16.9
  7. Sazaesan (rerun)                16.7
  8. Bush Baby                       14.8
  9. Magical Taruruuto-kun           12.9
 10. Oishinbo                        12.8

 XX. Manga Nihon Mukashibanashi      12.7
 XX. Genji Tsuushin Agedama          12.4
 XX. Kingyo Chuuihou!                12.0
 XX. Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen             11.5
 XX. Dragon Quest Dai no Daibouken   10.5
 XX. Raijin-Oh                        9.6
 XX. Fighbird                         3.9
 XX. Mama ha Shougaku Yonensei        3.6

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 Dragonball Z Hit Collection 10 "Virtual Triangle"
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 Macross The Complete
  3 CD set on sale 3/21
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 Macross II
  CD single on sale 5/21
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  CDS: VICL-10221, 1000 yen

 Macross II Original Soundtrack
  CD on sale 7/21, 3000 yen
  cover drawn by Mikimoto Haruhiko

 Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory Original Soundtrack II
  CD on sale 3/21
  includes new OP/ED and English versions of them too.
  CD: VICL-271, 3000 yen

 Pat Labor "Million Seller Anniversary" [full page ad]
  They have sold over 1,000,000 in videos and LD's (including all of the
  OVAs (new and old) and movie)
  Pat Labor P-15 will go on sale 3/19 (LD on 4/5)
   OVA 15 "Hoshikara Kita Onna"
   TV 43 "Hataraku Ojousan",
   TV 44 "CLAT yo Eienni",
   TV 45 "Shokugyou Sentaku no Jiyuu"
   BES-635, color 105 min, stereo hifi, 7800 yen
  Pat Labor S-15, BES-615, color 30 min, stereo hifi, 4800 yen

 Macross 2036 "Now, the revival of the legendary Macross" [full page ad]
  picture of Komilia Maria Jiinus (17 years old, father is Maximillian
  of earth, mother is Milia of Zendradi.)
  Macross 2036 is a PC engine super CD-ROM^2 game.
  all characters drawn by Mikimoto Haruhiko.  new mecha.
  on sale 1992.04.03, 7200 yen by Masaya

 Video Girl Ai [full page ad]
  the first video will go on sale 3/27.
  videos are 4500 yen each, VHS color, stereo hifi, 30 min, sell or rent
   vol 1: VIVF-10061 (3/27)
   vol 2: VIVF-10062 (4/24)
   vol 3: VIVF-10063 (5/22)
   vol 4: VIVF-10064 (6/26)
   vol 5: VIVF-10065 (7/24)
   vol 6: VIVF-10066 (8/28)
  LD's are 7800 yen each, color, stereo digital audio, 60 min, sell only
   LD vol 1: VILF-20 (8/21)
   LD vol 2: VILF-21 (10/21)
   LD vol 3: VILF-22 (12/16)
  original soundtrack on sale 3/27.
   OP "Ureshi Namida" by Sakai Noriko, ED "Ano hini.." by Kimura Maki.
   contains 6 vocals plus BGM.
   CD: VICL-281, 3000 yen, first press will be a picture CD.
  CD single "Ureshi Namida"/"Karui Kimochino Julia" by Sakai Noriko
   on sale now VIDL-10216, 1000 yen.

 Silent Mobius The Motion Picture
  video on sale/rental 4/24
  wide screen size, digital audio, hifi stereo, 57 min, 9800 yen
  VHS: JHE-358, S-VHS: JSF-1008

 Densetsu no Yuusha Da Garn Original Soundtrack
  on sale 3/27
  contains the OP "Kaze no Mirai he" and ED "Hallelujah Papaya".
  illustrated CD: VICL-282, 3000 yen
  [in the ad, they have one page of a color Da Garn manga in English]

 Godmars LD set 10th anniversary special "memorial box"
  will go on sale 7/5, 96000 yen for 16 LD's.
  there will only be 2000 sets made.
  LD: VPLY-70179, color, mono, CLV, 1600 minutes (64 episodes, 16 LD's)

 Wataru TV series part 1 LD set
  will go on sale 7/5, 72100 yen for 12 LD's.
  LD: VPLY-70194, color, mono, CLV, 1080 minutes (45 episodes, 12 LD's)

 Cyber Formula Round 9
  containing TV episodes 33-37 will go on sale 4/5.
  this is the last of the TV series episodes.
  VHS: VPVY-62899, color, mono hifi, 112 min, 7800 yen

 Minky Momo LD vol 1
  there will be 6 volumes total.
  vol 1 on sale 4/25.  5800 yen.
  LD: VPLY-7-181, color, mono, CLV, 100 min, 4 episodes.
  the video will go out only for rental (not for sale), on 4/5.
--
Hitoshi Doi, International Open Systems Engineering        doi@jrd.dec.com
Japan Research and Development Center               decwrl!jrd.dec.com!doi
Digital Equipment Corporation Japan                     doi@decvax.dec.com
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