Anime starting in Summer 1987 1t6v52
Summer 1987 296ft
?? June
Music Video, 1 ep
Average:
A happy Minna no Uta song reminiscent of 'Singing in the Rain,' this time it's dancing umbrellas. Animation by Taku Furukawa and song by Aya Etsuko.
21st June
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
This half-hour music video consists for the most part of clips from Ichijou Hikaru. As the fleet prepares to launch, Minmay gives her last concert in Macross City. Hikaru tests the new VF-4 Lightning III variable fighter, and Minmay packs for her trip. After having one last look at the concert hall, she boards the Megaroad-01, which takes off from Earth and heads out into space to spread out the human race.
The footage used in this music video was originally meant to be the ending for the movie, but it wasn't quite ready; the footage used here updates the old TV designs and makes them fit with what is seen later in Macross Plus.
Source: www.mahq.net/animation/macross/series/fb2012.htm
The footage used in this music video was originally meant to be the ending for the movie, but it wasn't quite ready; the footage used here updates the old TV designs and makes them fit with what is seen later in Macross Plus.
Source: www.mahq.net/animation/macross/series/fb2012.htm
21st June
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on the science fiction manga by Hoshino Yukinobu, serialised in Monthly Super Action in 1984.
In 2085, a sleeper ship carrying the embryos of the Robinson Family launches for planet Ozma. A community begins to thrive on board the ship, and when it reaches Ozma 375 years later, the terraformed planet is settled.
Source: The Anime Encyclopedia
In 2085, a sleeper ship carrying the embryos of the Robinson Family launches for planet Ozma. A community begins to thrive on board the ship, and when it reaches Ozma 375 years later, the terraformed planet is settled.
Source: The Anime Encyclopedia
28th June
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on the story Booby-Trap from Shirow Masamune's manga Black Magic.
When two top secret military robots are lost in an accident, Sybel, a free-lance video journalist, becomes involved in a dangerous military fiasco. One of the lethal M-66 units escapes with the mission to eliminate Ferris, the granddaughter of its creator. Time is running out as Sybel faces the deadly M-66 humanoid robot in an epic battle to save Ferris!
When two top secret military robots are lost in an accident, Sybel, a free-lance video journalist, becomes involved in a dangerous military fiasco. One of the lethal M-66 units escapes with the mission to eliminate Ferris, the granddaughter of its creator. Time is running out as Sybel faces the deadly M-66 humanoid robot in an epic battle to save Ferris!
3rd July
TV Series, 35 eps
Average:
Heasters starts with Galvatron leading a new batch of Decepticons to wage war on planet Cybertron with the Decepticon Heasters. The Cybertronians are rescued by the arrival of the Autobot Heasters, led by Fortress (Cerebros, the head of Fortress Maximus). It is revealed that Fortress left planet Cybertron millions of years ago in search of energy, and have finally managed to come home.
It is revealed that the Heasters are a group of small Cybertronians who departed the planet millions of years ago and crash-landed on the inhospitable planet Master. To survive its harsh climate, a select few Cybertronians constructed larger bodies called "Transtectors", to which they connected as the heads. They have now ed the Autobot-Decepticon conflict. The super-science of the planet Master forms the backbone of the conflict, which consequently became known as the Master Wars.
Source: ANN & TFwiki
Note: Originally meant to be Season 4 of Transformers, Heasters became an all Japanese production when toy sales declined dramatically in the U.S. Instead, Americans got the 3-part miniseries "Rebirth" to end Transformers in the U.S. The show however, directly continues from Season 3 of American Transformers, assuming "Rebirth" never happened. Every subsequent Transformers anime was produced in Japan.
It is revealed that the Heasters are a group of small Cybertronians who departed the planet millions of years ago and crash-landed on the inhospitable planet Master. To survive its harsh climate, a select few Cybertronians constructed larger bodies called "Transtectors", to which they connected as the heads. They have now ed the Autobot-Decepticon conflict. The super-science of the planet Master forms the backbone of the conflict, which consequently became known as the Master Wars.
Source: ANN & TFwiki
Note: Originally meant to be Season 4 of Transformers, Heasters became an all Japanese production when toy sales declined dramatically in the U.S. Instead, Americans got the 3-part miniseries "Rebirth" to end Transformers in the U.S. The show however, directly continues from Season 3 of American Transformers, assuming "Rebirth" never happened. Every subsequent Transformers anime was produced in Japan.
14th July
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
Note: Shown in theatres as a double bill with the anime feature TWD Express Rolling Takeoff.
18th July
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
Goku and Kuririn are given an assignment by Kame-Sen'nin: "Retrieve the sleeping princess from Lucifer and I will take you as my students." But the mission proves to be more perilous than originally thought.
18th July
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
Eris is the goddess of chaos and uses the body of Elien, who is a friend of Hyoga, to revive herself. She obtains the golden apple to drain Athena's life energy to make her ressurection complete and to be able to turn the world in a place filled with chaos. But to be able to attack Eris, Seiya and his friends will first have to defeat the Ghost Knights.
Source: ANN
Source: ANN
21st July
OVA, 9 eps
Average:
8 of Japan's leading animators were asked to create a short segment that followed the theme of Robots, for their inclusion in this film. Essentially, this movie is 9 short films, all independent of one another. The common element is human interaction with robots, namely the consequences of creating life with one's own hands, played in nine very different ways.
Source: ANN
Source: ANN
22nd July
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
Koichiro Kamishiro is on a rather esoteric mission: he seeks the Message of God. Interestingly he is very close to finding it. While this philanthropic archaeologist has only the most noble intentions for putting the Message to use, the myriad message-seeking maniacs on his trail are not quite so benign. They will stop at nothing to acquire the Crystal Triangle he has discovered, that seems to be the crucial instrument in making the long-elusive Message available at last. After all, whoever possesses the Message of God, it is said, holds in his hands the fate of the world.
Source: AnimeNfo
Source: AnimeNfo
28th July
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
Yuu, Persia, Mai and Yumi are together in a science fiction-like adventure. An awful monster assault young and beautiful girls, leaving them transformed into ugly hags: only our four magical girls with their powers can fly to the space and fight for Earth 's sake, so Yuu transforms into Creamy Mami, Mai into Magical Emi, Persia into Fairy and little Yumi draws space suits for all of them.
Source: ANN
Source: ANN
1st August
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on a shounen manga by Weekly Shounen Magazine.
On a Wednesday morning, Kenji goes touring to Hakone with his girlfriend Tomomi. There, he sees other riders waiting for something and stops his bike. One of the riders, Hayase Junichi, explains to him that a legendary female driver nicknamed Wednesday Cinderella es this place every Wednesday in her white Porsche. Kenji becomes interested in this mysterious driver; however, racing with her proves more dangerous than it first seems to be.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Singan
On a Wednesday morning, Kenji goes touring to Hakone with his girlfriend Tomomi. There, he sees other riders waiting for something and stops his bike. One of the riders, Hayase Junichi, explains to him that a legendary female driver nicknamed Wednesday Cinderella es this place every Wednesday in her white Porsche. Kenji becomes interested in this mysterious driver; however, racing with her proves more dangerous than it first seems to be.
~ translated and adapted from official site by Singan
?? August
Music Video, 1 ep
Average:
Music video featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
1st August
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on a shounen manga by Shigeno Shuuichi, serialised in Shounen Magazine.
The film is about 4 high-schoolers who are bike racers and illegally partake in races at night on public roads.
Note: The manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for shounen manga in 1985. Shigeno Shuuichi later went on to create the car racing series Initial D.
The film is about 4 high-schoolers who are bike racers and illegally partake in races at night on public roads.
Note: The manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for shounen manga in 1985. Shigeno Shuuichi later went on to create the car racing series Initial D.
1st August
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
This is the second part of "The Phoenix" series of the Kadokawa Haruki Office Co., Ltd. version, a refined animated film based on Tezuka Osamu's original work portraying life based on the myth of Yamatotakeru. The characters are again designed differently from those in the Manga --- they are actually more mature, which had the effect of disappointing some fans of the original drawings.
7th August
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
Failed driver Makoto is ready to quit the business until he is approached by Hayami Go, who offers him a hyper-engine to change his fortunes. Claiming to be "Japan's first 3D anime," this curio using the VHD-3D system features 21st-century youngsters racing "FX" machines - predictable crosses between motorcycles and mechas.
Source: Anime Encyclopedia
Source: Anime Encyclopedia
15th August
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
Foxes Ken and Chin become the proud parents of cubs, Koro and Kan, who enjoy a carefree life on the northern Japanese island of Chironup. They befriend a fisherman and his wife but are forced to run for their lives when soldiers on a military exercise decide to take home some fox pelts as souvenirs. A sweet little film that obliquely symbolizes the plight of Japan's aboriginal Ainu people and the northern islands that have been contested with Russia since they were occupied by Stalin's soldiers in 1945.
Source: The Anime Encyclopedia
Source: The Anime Encyclopedia
21st August
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
Summary of the TV series with an alternate ending
21st August
Movie, 1 ep
Average:
Hyakkimaru a paper cutout artist is a die-hard fan of Tezuka Osamu. He declined all other offers to take part in this short animation project. The story is about a haunted sword called "muramasa," which was found stuck in a wara-ningyo (straw figure). The Samurai who obtained it cut at wara-ningyo every time he found any in order to test the sharpness of the sword. But whenever he cuts, the figures immediately turn into humans. The story symbolizes a warning to protect the current state of peace that rests solely on nuclear deterrence.
From:
http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/ea/ea013.html
From:
http://en.tezuka.co.jp/anime/sakuhin/ea/ea013.html
21st August
Other, 1 ep
Average:
Due to a delay in completion of "The Legend of the Forest," which was to be exhibited at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival, this work was quickly produced as a replacement. In a convenient world where vending machines offer just about everything, the hero procures whatever he needs from machines on his journey to see the creator. The story is very simple: he tries to make a replacement purchase of the earth. But the creator declines his request, saying simply that there's no such thing as a brand new earth. The simplicity of the story illustrates the depths of Tezuka Osamu's despair at the earth's degradation, forming the gist of this 4-minute work.
1st September
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
The Deep Sleep Capsule technology has allowed man to reach out to the stars. These chambers slow the ageing process by 95%, so that a 20-year trip es, and the traveller only ages by one year.
The year is 2264, and the Syncam Corporation has sent the Saldes and its crew of 13 and one cat out into deep space to explore the potential of a newly found planet 20 years away. Soon after the crew awakens from stasis, however, ever more threatening problems mount up: first, the crew learns that two of the crew are not who they claim to be; then, one by one, crew die suddenly; and finally the ship begins to turn against them. But this is not the end of their troubles...
What was supposed to be a simple exploratory mission has become a struggle for survival...
- The film is heavily inspired by Ridley Scott's Alien and by John Carpenter's The Thing.
Source: AnimeNfo
The year is 2264, and the Syncam Corporation has sent the Saldes and its crew of 13 and one cat out into deep space to explore the potential of a newly found planet 20 years away. Soon after the crew awakens from stasis, however, ever more threatening problems mount up: first, the crew learns that two of the crew are not who they claim to be; then, one by one, crew die suddenly; and finally the ship begins to turn against them. But this is not the end of their troubles...
What was supposed to be a simple exploratory mission has become a struggle for survival...
- The film is heavily inspired by Ridley Scott's Alien and by John Carpenter's The Thing.
Source: AnimeNfo
5th September
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
* Adapted from real-life concerns of correspondents for the corner of the same name in Gakken Publishing's Bomb! magazine.
A sweet humorous look at teen worries.
A sweet humorous look at teen worries.
21st September
OVA, 1 ep
Average:
* Based on the manga by Kamijou Atsushi
Two weeks before a concert at Yaon Hibiya auditorium (1987.8.26), while playing at the club Shinjuku Loft, lead vocalist To-Y (pron: to-o-i) of the band GASP is jumped by a rival, Aikawa Yoji. GASP is a band known for its violence, struggling to be noticed against the popularity of hotshot Aikawa, who's #1 on the charts and beloved by his fans. The Yaon Hibiya concert represents GASP's mainstream debut to break out of the small-time club scene, which is threatened by the schemes of Aikawa's manager, Ms. Kato of Koyama Productions. Kato wants To-Y to leave that "bunch of hoodlums," and sing independently for a major label.
Adding to the confusion is an unexplained character who manifests feline traits, named Niya. Niya presents herself as "To-Y's aijin" ("Niya, To-Y no aijin da yo!") to the consternation of Koishikawa Hiderou, who has interest in To-Y. Koishikawa, also known as "Sonoko-chan," is typed as a "okama" by Niya. A running motif is GASP, it's fans, and associates regarded as unusual by the mainstream public, as exemplified by their musical taste, dress, and Classic Coke-drinking, which only contributes to more difficulty in their struggle to be accepted.
Description by Chen Kangshi - www.cjas.org
Two weeks before a concert at Yaon Hibiya auditorium (1987.8.26), while playing at the club Shinjuku Loft, lead vocalist To-Y (pron: to-o-i) of the band GASP is jumped by a rival, Aikawa Yoji. GASP is a band known for its violence, struggling to be noticed against the popularity of hotshot Aikawa, who's #1 on the charts and beloved by his fans. The Yaon Hibiya concert represents GASP's mainstream debut to break out of the small-time club scene, which is threatened by the schemes of Aikawa's manager, Ms. Kato of Koyama Productions. Kato wants To-Y to leave that "bunch of hoodlums," and sing independently for a major label.
Adding to the confusion is an unexplained character who manifests feline traits, named Niya. Niya presents herself as "To-Y's aijin" ("Niya, To-Y no aijin da yo!") to the consternation of Koishikawa Hiderou, who has interest in To-Y. Koishikawa, also known as "Sonoko-chan," is typed as a "okama" by Niya. A running motif is GASP, it's fans, and associates regarded as unusual by the mainstream public, as exemplified by their musical taste, dress, and Classic Coke-drinking, which only contributes to more difficulty in their struggle to be accepted.
Description by Chen Kangshi - www.cjas.org
