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A.P.P.P.
is a Japanese animation studio founded on June 22, 1984, and based in Suginami, Tokyo, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. A subsidiary company called Super Techno Arts distributed many of their properties in North America. The current president of A.P.P.P., Kazufumi Nomura, got his start working at Mushi Production. Since its establishment, A.P.P.P. has contributed to the animation of a very large number of anime films and television series in collaboration with other companies. A.P.P.P. has been primarily credited for works including ''Project A-ko'', ''Robot Carnival'', and ''Roujin Z''. A.P.P.P. remains active as a subcontractor for other studios. Works Television series *''Kurogane Communication'' (1998–1999) *''Black Heaven'' (1999, with Anime International Company, AIC) *''Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety'' (1999–2000) *''Sci-Fi Harry'' (2000–2001) *''Fist of the Blue Sky'' (2006–2007) OVA/ONAs *''Cream Lemon'' (1984–1987) *''Project A-ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)
is an original video animation adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's manga series of the same name. Produced by A.P.P.P. (Another Push Pin Planning), it was adapted from the series' third part, '' Stardust Crusaders''. Plot Set in 1987, the series follows Jotaro Kujo and his comrades who have developed mysterious powers known as Stands. Jotaro, his grandfather Joseph Joestar and their allies travel to Egypt in search of the evil and immortal vampire Dio Brando, now known solely as "DIO" to save Jotaro's mother Holly, whose Stand has awakened and threatens to consume her in 50 days. Meanwhile, DIO has commissioned a number of assassins with various types of deadly Stands to destroy them before they can reach him. Broadcast and release The first six episodes were originally released by Pony Canyon on VHS and Laserdisc from 1993 to 1994, adapting the latter half of the story arc. This set of episodes begins with Jotaro Kujo and his companions in the middle of their quest to find D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurogane Communication
is a Japanese manga series written by Hideo Kato and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma. The individual chapters were originally serialized in '' Dengeki Daioh'' in 1997 and published in two ''tankōbon'' volume by MediaWorks. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which a lone human survivor, a girl named Haruka, lives with a family of five robots. The manga series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Go! Comi. A 24-episode anime television series adaptation animated by A.P.P.P. premiered in Japan on Wowow on October 5, 1998 and ran until its conclusion on March 29, 1999. The anime series was released to Region 1 DVD in North America by Media Blasters. A two volume light novel series, written by Mizuhito Akiyama, was also published in Japan 1998 and 1999 by MediaWorks under their ''Dengeki Bunko'' label. Plot Haruka is an ordinary 13-year-old girl, but her life is extraordinary because as far as she knows, she is the sole human survivor of a global ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roujin Z
is a 1991 Japanese animated science fiction action thriller film directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo and written by Katsuhiro Otomo. The animation for ''Roujin Z'' was produced by A.P.P.P. in association with other companies including Movic, Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Aniplex and TV Asahi. Plot ''Roujin Z'' is set in early 21st-century Japan. A group of scientists and hospital administrators, under the direction of the Ministry of Public Welfare, have developed the Z-001: a computerized hospital bed with robotic features. The Z-001 takes complete care of the patient: it can dispense food and medicine, remove excretory waste, bathe and exercise the patient lying within its frame. The bed is driven by its own built-in nuclear power reactor—and in the event of an atomic meltdown, the bed (including the patient lying within) would become automatically sealed in concrete. The first patient to be "volunteered" to test the bed is an 87-year-old dying widower named Kijuro Takazawa. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom Blood (film)
is a 1987 manga series created by Hirohiko Araki, and the first part of the larger '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' series. The manga was originally serialized by Shueisha in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' under the title and was collected in five volumes; a three-volume collection was released by Shueisha in Japan in 2002, and by Viz Media in North America in 2014. The arc was serialized for more than 10 months; from January 1, 1987, to October 26 of that same year. It was followed by ''Battle Tendency''. The story is set in England in the early-to-late 1880s, and follows Jonathan Joestar, the heir of the wealthy Joestar family, and his adoptive brother Dio Brando, who wishes to take the Joestar fortune for himself. Using an ancient stone mask, Dio transforms himself into a vampire, and Jonathan learns the sunlight-based martial arts technique of to fight him. Araki described the themes of the story as "being alive" and "an affirmation that humanity is wonderful", with character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Heaven
, also referred to as ''The Legend of Black Heaven'' and ''Kacho-Ōji'', is a Japanese anime television series conceptualized by Hiroki Hayashi and produced by Pioneer Corporation, Pioneer LDC Inc., AIC and A.P.P.P. It is directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi, with Naruhisa Arakawa handling series composition, Kazuto Nakazawa designing the characters and Kōichi Korenaga composing the music. The series is about the middle-aged members of a short-lived heavy metal band and their unexpected role in an alien interstellar war. The Japanese title of the anime is a multi-layered pun; it can be translated as "Section Manager Ouji" or literally "Section Manager Prince." Plot summary Middle-aged Ouji Tanaka has a wife, a child and a mundane job as a salary man in Tokyo's modern society. But his life wasn't always so dull; 15 years ago he was known as "Gabriel", lead guitar of a short-lived heavy metal band called "Black Heaven". Ouji's life takes a sudden turn when he is invited by an enigmat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexy Sailor Soldiers
is an erotic original video animation (OVA)Critical Mass Video Announces Two New Titles (May 30, 2006) in English. based on the ''Nami SOS!'' created by Chataro in 1995. The animation was given a different name in North America for several reasons. The manga on which it is based was largely unknown in the Western world. The title ''"Sexy Sailor Soldiers"'' was chosen for its similarity to the popular anime, '''', which had achieved commercial success in the West. The author took inspiration from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sci-Fi Harry
is a 1995 Japanese manga series written by George Iida and illustrated by Asami Tohjoh which was adapted into an anime series broadcast in Japan in 2000. It was a joint production of TV Asahi Corporation and Nagoya Broadcasting Network. The series was produced for nighttime broadcast slot. Plot Harry McQuinn is a school loser until he discovers he has psychic powers. However, whenever Harry uses his powers, someone in the area near him is killed. Episodes # "Jellyfish" # "Omen" # "Force" # "Isolation" # "Escape" # "Contact" # "Affinity" # "Heat" # "Recover" # "Day Dream" # "Assassin" # "Vortex" # "Inquisition" # "Greed" # "Trap" # "Suspicion" # "Decoy" # "Experiment" # "Chaos" # "Cosmos" Theme Songs *Opening: "Mysterious" by Janne da Arc *Ending: "Ai wo Shiru ni wa Hayasugita no ka" by LUCA The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the most recent population from which all organisms now living on Earth share common descent—the most recent common ancestor of all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cream Lemon
is an early hentai series. The first ''Cream Lemon'' OVA was released in August 1984, though ''Cream Lemon'' was not the first hentai OVA. The first was ''Lolita Anime'', released earlier in February 1984. Related to ''Cream Lemon'' is the ''Project A-ko'' franchise, which was meant to be the third installment of ''Cream Lemon'' but changed during production to be a mainstream film. The only remaining indication is the bath scene with B-ko. Adult entertainment company Excalibur Films dubbed, edited, and released in English five ''Cream Lemon'' OVAs as parts two and three of their three-volume ''Brothers Grime X-Rated Cartoons'' series in 1987 and 1989. In 1987, Brazilian distributor Everest Video licensed the series and released much of it on VHS, in uncensored form. Plot ''Cream Lemon'' is a collection of sometimes surreal stories having different settings and situations, with genres including fantasy, comedy, suspense, sci-fi, action, drama, mecha, magical girl, ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fist Of The Blue Sky
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara, with plot supervision by Buronson. It was serialized in ''Weekly Comic Bunch'' from 2001 to 2010, with the chapters collected into 22 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shinchosha. It is a prequel to the popular 1980s manga ''Fist of the North Star'', which Hara originally illustrated with Buronson writing. Set primarily in Shanghai during the 1930s, the series centers on the 62nd successor of the Hokuto Shinken martial arts style, Kenshiro Kasumi, the namesake and predecessor of Kenshiro from ''Fist of the North Star''. The manga was adapted into a 26-episode anime series that aired on TV Asahi from 2006 to 2007. A continuation of the manga, titled , began serialization in the December 2017 issue of '' Comic Zenon''. It is written by Hiroyuki Yatsu and illustrated by Hideki Tsuji with the additional involvement of Tetsuo Hara. An anime series of the same name began airing from April 2 to December 17, 2018 with oversi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Boy (manga)
''Golden Boy'' (stylized as ''GOLDEN BOY'') is a Japanese sex comedy manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Egawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Super Jump'' from 1992 to 1997, with its chapters collected in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. It tells the story of Kintaro Oe, a 25-year-old freeter "travelling student", who despite having met the requirements for a law degree, left Tokyo University without graduating. Kintaro is living freely, roaming Japan from town to town, job to job. During his travels, Kintaro meets several women whose lives he dramatically changes, despite poor first impressions. He constantly observes and studies the people and events around him, recording his findings in a notebook he carries on his belt. Parts of the manga were adapted into a six-episode original video animation (OVA) series produced by Shueisha and KSS in 1995. In North America, it was first licensed by ADV Films in 1996. ADV's license to the series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robot Carnival
is a Japanese anthology original video animation (OVA) and anime film released in 1987. The film consists of nine shorts by different well-known directors, many of whom started out as animators with little to no directing experience. Each has a distinctive animation style and story, ranging from comedic to dramatic storylines. The music was composed by Joe Hisaishi and Isaku Fujita and arranged by Joe Hisaishi, Isaku Fujita, and Masahisa Takeichi. Segments "Opening" / "Ending" The takes place in a desert. A boy finds a small "coming soon" poster advertising the Robot Carnival, and becomes frightened and agitated. He warns the people in his village, most likely to escape, when a huge machine with many robots performing in niches on its exterior grinds its way right over the village. Once a magnificent traveling showcase, it is now heavily rusted, damaged by decades of weathering in the desert, while its many machines wreak havoc as the village is destroyed beneath its might. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project A-ko
is a 1986 Japanese action comedy science fiction anime film that had several sequels and a spin-off. This film focuses on a happy-go-lucky 16-year-old red-haired, sailor-suited teenage schoolgirl, A-ko Magami, who goes on her magical adventure from high school to outer space as she struggles to finish her homework, rescue her friend C-ko, and save the Earth from an evil alien invasion. This series references a number of other works of anime from the 1970s and 1980s, such as ''Macross'', ''Fist of the North Star'' and ''Gundam''. Plot An alien space craft crashes into Graviton City, wiping out the entire population and leaving a massive crater where the city is rebuilt. Students A-ko Magami, a perky, fun-loving red-haired, sailor-suited teenage girl, and her best friend C-ko Kotobuki, a bubbly, carefree optimist, enter a new year of school as transfer students at the all-girls Graviton High School. Although A-ko possesses superhuman speed and strength, she considers herself an av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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