Forgotten Anime #60: “College Supergirls” (1991)
After five years, I am retiring this column. It’s my 210th weekly column here. It’s been fun, but – for me, at least – it’s time to move on.
Category Archives: FUNNY ANIMALS AND MORE
Forgotten Anime #59: “Ninja Ryūkenden” (1991)
Ninja Ryūkenden was an original spin-off, based on the popular Nintendo arcade games known in America as Ninja Gaiden. It was never released in America.
Forgotten Anime #58: “Taiman Blues” (1987)
Taiman Blues was a motorcycle-gang manga by Yū Furusawa that was divided into two short OAV series: one about the boys’ gangs, and one about a girls’ gang.
Forgotten Anime #57: “Kirara” (2000)
Kirara is an adaptation of a six-volume manga by Toshiki Yui, an artist best-known for romantic comedy manga featuring sexy teenage girls with a lot of “fan service”.
Forgotten Anime #56: Osamu Tezuka’s “Adachi-ga Hara” and “Akuemon”
After his death in 1989, Tezuka Productions animated two manga novels as 25-minute film festival releases; “Adachi-ga Hara”, based on a 1971 manga, and “Akuemon”.
Forgotten Anime #55: “The Abashiri Family” (1991)
Go Nagai’s The Abashiri Family was animated by Studio Pierrot as an OAV in 1991. More specifically, it was a series of four 20-minute OAVs, that were too violent and too much for children’s TV.
Forgotten Anime #54: “Alice” (1991)
Alice is more accurate to Monkey Punch’s art style and raunchiness – which makes this probably the most R-rated column I’ve ever posted.
Forgotten Anime #53: “The Girl from Phantasia” (1993)
A poor imitation of Urusei Yatsura without any of its charm. This one-shot OAV seems so short and vapid that you have to wonder why it was made.
Forgotten Anime #52: “Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M” (2000)
A very minor OAV based on an equally minor manga. Who cared about a manga about a Japanese fireman when there were so many manga of more dramatic s-f adventures?
Forgotten Anime #51: “Grey: Digital Target” (1986)
Grey began as a futuristic war manga by Yoshihisa Tagami, reprinted in the U.S. as a high-quality American comic book, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison.
