''BASToF Lemon'' (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...

: 사이버 영혼 바스토프 레몬) is a South Korean animated series, which ran for 26 episodes in 2001. "BASToF" stands for "Be A Stranger To Fear." The show was formerly licensed by

ADV Films A.D. Vision Holdings, Inc. (known simply as ADV and also referred to as ADV Films) was an American multimedia entertainment distributor headquartered in Houston, Texas, and founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and anime fans Matt Gre ...

who dubbed and released the show as ''BASToF Syndrome'' on six DVD volumes from May to November 2004, holding on to the license until its shutdown in 2009. It is currently unlicensed.

Plot

The setting of the story is the year 2097 AD, the place the city of Xenon. An ultimate cyber game, where players fight as biomech cyber robots, has been developed. However, there's something wrong: the game's cyberspace and the real world are linked, thus the damage done in the game's cyberspace creates ''real'' destruction in the city of Xenon. This all started when players heard a painful scream, saw a ghostly face, and a powerful scent of lemon overcame them. To solve this mystery, the creator of the game assembles a "Dream Team," which is the top three gamers in all of Xenon. The team is composed of rebellious and arrogant teens, who have to overcome their attitudes and fears to find the answers, answers to the mystery that is much bigger than just the game. This animation parodies the

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or Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.

Characters

*Pseudo (슈도) (voiced by Won-Hyeong Choi in Korean and

Jason Douglas Jason Douglas is an American film, television and voice actor, known as Tobin on AMC's '' The Walking Dead'', as the voice of Beerus in the anime film '' Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods ''and the series Dragon Ball Super, and Krieg in the video ...

in English) *Mint (민트) (voiced by

Song Do-yeong Song Do-yeong (Hangul: 송도영; born December 22, 1951, in Changwon, South Korea) is a South Korean voice actress who joined the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation's Voice Acting Division in 1970. Roles Broadcast TV * 24 (replacing Leslie Hope b ...

in Korean and Cynthia Martinez in English) *Bewefau (베베파우) (voiced by Ja-Hyeong Gu in Korean and

Chris Patton Chris Patton is an American voice actor who has worked on a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series that have been dubbed by ADV Films, Funimation, and Sentai Filmworks. Some of his major roles at ADV include Sousuke Sagar ...

in English) *Moderato (모데라토) (voiced by Mun Gwanil in Korean and

Illich Guardiola Illich Auyapah Guardiola (born July 5, 1972) is a Honduran former voice actor who provided voice roles for Japanese anime. He previously worked for ADV Films, Funimation, and Seraphim Digital, and as a stage actor and director in the Houston thea ...

in English) *Cora (코라) (voiced by Hui Seon-Kim in Korean and

Kim Prause Kimberly Prause is an American voice actress and theatre actress. She has done several anime voice roles for ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks. Voice roles * ''Air'' - Kano's Mother * ''Akame ga Kill!'' - Client (Ep. 2), Spear (Ep. 7) * ''Angelic L ...

in English) *Tiel (티엘) (voiced by Hui Seon-Kim in Korean and

Luci Christian Louisa Michelle Christian (born March 18, 1973) is an American voice actress and ADR script writer at Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks. She has provided many voices for English versions of Japanese anime series and films. Life a ...

in English) *Bomb (밤) (voiced by In-Suk Han in Korean and

Greg Ayres Greg Ayres is an American voice actor who works on a number of English versions of Japanese anime series at ADV Films, Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. He voiced Hideki in ''Nerima Daikon Brothers'', Koyuki Tanaka in '' Beck: Mongolian Chop Squa ...

in English) *Pudding (푸딩) (voiced by Hyun-Sun Lee in Korean and

Kira Vincent-Davis Kira Vincent-Davis is an American voice actress best known for her work in English-language versions of Japanese anime. She voices Lucy/Nyu in ''Elfen Lied'', Anchovy in ''Girls und Panzer'', Izuna Hatsuse in ''No Game No Life'', Ayumu Kasuga in ...

in English) *Pluto (플루토) (voiced by Seung-Seop Hong in Korean and

Chris Ayres Chris Ayres is a screenwriter, a contributing editor at ''British GQ'', and author. He wrote the book ''War Reporting for Cowards'', and co-wrote Ozzy Osbourne's memoir ''I Am Ozzy'', which became a New York Times Best-Seller. As a screenwriter, ...

in English) *Hadim (하딤) (voiced by Seol Yeongbeom in Korean and

Andy McAvin Andrew Mark McAvin (born January 4, 1952) is an American voice actor with nearly 80 credits to his resume. He also appeared in over 120 professional theatrical productions including Broadway musicals. He does voice work in anime dubs for ADV Fil ...

in English)

Awards

*''A good film in Film section of 2nd quarter for Digital Content in 2001'' by Ministry of Information & Communication, Maeil Economic Newspaper *Bronze medal at 2001 Digital Contents Competition (Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency) *''Top 100 for Digital Innovation in 2001'' by Hankuk Daily Newspaper *''Best TV series'' in "Korean Cartoon Competition" sponsored by Ministry of Culture & Tourism

External links

Dongwoo Animation page
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