Forgotten Anime #50: “Battle Royal High School”
No, not the R-rated live-action Battle Royale that was the notorious precursor to The Hunger Games. This OVA “Battle Royal High School” is based on a manga by Shinichi Kuruma.
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Forgotten Anime #49: “Tokyo Revelation” (1995)
First off, Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings to all. What better way to spend the holiday than to recount the pseudo-sequel to Digital Devil Story?
Forgotten Anime #48: “Digital Devil Monogatori” (1987)
Ugly art, extremely limited animation, minimal characterizations, a sickening amount of gore, risqué dialogue and unbelievably inappropriate music. Have I missed anything?
Forgotten Anime #47: “Joker: Marginal City”
It’s about a police officer/superman who is a genetically-engineered/cyborg shapeshifter who can absorb the DNA of any person who he touches, and becomes a duplicate of that person.
Forgotten Anime #46: “Wizardry” (1991)
This “Wizardry” OAV, based on the US role-playing game, was released in Japan in 1991, produced by TMS Entertainment and released on VHS by Shochiku Fuji.
Forgotten Anime #45: “Open The Door” (1986)
This anime had a brief 1986 theatrical release and immediately went to a video. Teenager Neko-chan has a secret power (telekinesis) and a handsome boyfriend, Haruka, who is also “magic” (teleportation).
Forgotten Anime #44: “Cosmos Pink Shock” (1986)
Cosmos Pink Shock was a sci-fi comedy satirizing then-current anime – the kind of thing Project A-Ko did much better. I don’t think it was ever released in the United States.
Forgotten Anime #43: “Dallos” (1983)
Dallos is arguably not forgotten. It will never be forgotten for one major reason: it was an early directorial work by Mamoru Oshii, the director later famous for Ghost in the Shell (1995).
Forgotten Anime #42: “Explorer Woman Ray” (1989)
Explorer Woman Ray was inspired by Indiana Jones, with a feisty young woman archaeologist, a hidden treasure/mystic artifact of world power, and an unscrupulous rival.
Forgotten Anime #41: “Dream Dimension Hunter Fandora” (1985)
Fandora was created by Go Nagai and was obviously aimed at teen anime fandom rather than at children, with brief, mild drunkenness and nudity.
