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Summer 1989 581ne

?? June
Music Video, 1 ep
A music video for the song "Obaachan no Takaramono" by Yoshiko Kawase. Aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program.
25th June
OVA, 3 eps
Rating: 3.71 (222)
Average: 5.50 (224)
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk. II delivers with more tongue-in-cheek humour than the first series. In The Rolling Colony Affair, a colony is hosting a cabaret show featuring the girls of Gundam. But the show turns disastrous when men and mobile suits go crazy over the girls, sending the colony rolling out of control. A parody of the videogame RPG genre, Gundam Legend has Amuro, Kamille and Judau sent on a perilous quest to rescue the princess of the Zeta Kingdom from Char Aznable and his vicious Zeon MS forces.

Source: ANN
25th June
OVA, 1 ep
Rating: 4.75 (192)
Average: 5.51 (192)
A Retelling of the prison arc of the manga RIKI-OH!

The story follows Saiga Riki-Oh, a young man blessed with inhuman strength. After taking revenge against a yakuza boss who was responsible for the death of his girlfriend, he ends up in a maximum security prison owned by a private organization.
1st July
OVA, 2 eps
Rating: 3.75 (170)
Average: 5.23 (172)
To save the Earth from alien invaders and their giant monsters, Dr. Kishida does what any other red-blooded mad scientist would do: he builds a giant robot - Ariel - the ultimate feminine fighting robot!

Unfortunately, his grand-daughters refuse to pilot it! Apparently, they've got more important things to do than becoming teenage super-heroes. Besides, how are you supposed to study for your college entrance exams while getting beaten-up in battle?

Fortunately for Dr. Kishida, things aren't too well for the invaders, either. According to their reports, the Earth was the perfect target: lush, peaceful, and relatively defenseless. Theoretically, the planet should've surrendered long ago. Now, the war is at a standstill, the dreaded ing Department is warning about the serious cost overruns, and the head of the home office has arrived from Galactic Headquarters to personally oversee operations. Has Headquarters decided to unleash, The Audit - or do they have something even more evil in mind?

The fate of the world rests upon two people: Kishida Aya, one of the doctor's granddaughters, who may have to give up prep school to pilot the mighty (and lovely) Ariel; and a mysterious alien named Saber Starblast, who may have the power to defeat the invaders once and for all...

Source: AnimeNfo

Note: This OVA initially received a cinematic release together with the second volume of Kujakuou, before being released in two parts on VHS. The title of the film was simply Ariel.
1st July
OVA, 13 eps
Rating: 5.40 (331)
Average: 6.80 (339)
Shin Captain Tsubasa takes place at the U-16 word cup in . After some friendly matches in , the underdog Japan has to face the world's best teams. Will they make it to the top?
5th July
TV Series, 25 eps
Something like cooking contests in anime form. Approximately three minutes long per episode, in each story there is an evaluation judgement about preparing home food. The preparation is described as humorously as possible. Funny wordplays are often mentioned several times in a consequence and are particularly salient but are repeated in a merry way.
7th July
TV Series, 13 eps
Hany is a small tomboy and slightly troublesome teenager who lives life a bit carelessly on her own since her Father lives abroad due to work in the Middle East and her Mother died when she was very small. The only thing Hany is very good at is running~ fast!

Source: Cute in Korea
15th July
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 4.98 (39)
Average: 5.20 (39)
Dr. Faust is fighting against monsters for 400 years. But he is old and infirmity, He initiates his magic to a boy called Akuma-kun. Akuma-kun summon Mephist a magician to exterminate monsters.
15th July
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 3.73 (2064)
Average: 6.16 (2087)
Gohan is kidnapped! The evil Garlic Jr. is gathering the seven Dragon Balls to wish for immortality. Then Garlic Jr. plans to take over the world and make the entire human race suffer for the death of his father.

Goku rushes to save Gohan, but arrives at the fortress just as Garlic Jr. summons the Eternal Dragon. Krillin and Piccolo try to help Goku, but their combined strength is no match for Garlic Jr., who creates a "Dead Zone" (black hole) to suck our heroes into oblivion. Suddenly Gohan starts to show his hidden power, but will it be enough?!
15th July
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 4.22 (49)
Average: 5.14 (49)
Everybody goes to the ocean for a summer festival and the guys sneak off to a cursed island.
15th July
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 7.67 (1861)
Average: 7.66 (1864)
At the top of a large structure in Tokyo Bay, a scientist walks to the edge and, despite the cries of onlookers, throws himself into the sea to his death. Weeks later, the Special Vehicle Division (SVD) has had little respite due to a recent rash of Labor malfunctions resulting in massive citywide destruction.

No one seems to know the cause of the malfunctions; the only hint points to a cover-up involving a military-class Labor going on a rampage — without a pilot. It is soon evident that a disaster of epic proportions is taking shape, and only Shinobu, and the SVD can counter it. If they succeed, they will be heroes... but if they fail, they will be the most hated villains in history.
15th July
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 3.32 (185)
Average: 5.20 (187)
In "The Storm-Calling School Festival", Char and Haman host a festival to celebrate the union between the Nu School for Boys and the Zeta School for Girls. But all hell breaks loose when the Counterattack School gang - led by Amuro, Judau and Kamille - rush in to crash the party.

Source: ANN

Note: This anime was originally shown in the cinemas on the same screening with the premiere of Kidou Senshi SD Gundam no Gyakushuu: SD Sengokuden - Abaowakuujou no Shou.
15th July
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 5.92 (262)
Average: 6.42 (265)
* Based on the classic Nemo comic strips by Winsor McCay.

The young boy Nemo experiences a nightmare in which he is pursued by a locomotive. Upon awakening the next day, he goes to see a parade welcoming a travelling circus. However, Nemo is unable to see the circus because his father and his mother are too busy to act as his chaperones. Later that night, Nemo imitates the act of somnambulism in an attempt to sneak some pie away, which acts against a promise he had made earlier to his mother. Upon falling asleep that night, Nemo is approached by figures from the parade. The circus organist introduces himself as Professor Genius and claims that they had been sent on a mission by King Morpheus, the king of a realm named Slumberland. The mission involves Nemo becoming the playmate of the princess, Camille. Although Nemo initially has reservations about interacting with royalty of the opposite gender, he decides to set off to fulfil his mission...

Source: Wikipedia

Note: This is the first anime to receive a national US theatrical release.
16th July
OVA, 5 eps
Rating: 4.55 (186)
Average: 6.05 (191)
Sonnet is a cyborg/esper with a harsh background and now trained to be the ultimate warrior and most powerful weapon in the world. She is sent to Japan to watch Komatsuzaki Lan, who is thought to be controlled by the rage of the esper Akai Kiba (Crimson Fang). Lan is a quiet girl, who knows she is different from everybody else and starts to show signs of Crimson Fang after coming into with Sonnet. In the course of fighting with Lan, Sonnet starts to rediscover her humanity. At the same time Lan has to fight to retain her humanity and control the Crimson Fang.

Source: ANN
21st July
TV Series, 55 eps
Rating: 2.98 (44)
Average: 5.40 (44)
Remake of the 1970 series.
22nd July
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 4.37 (39)
Average: 4.91 (39)
Hello Kitty version of Cinderella.
22nd July
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 3.91 (26)
Average: 4.92 (26)
25th July
OVA, 1 ep
Rating: 3.27 (714)
Average: 5.52 (718)
Lemnear, the lone surviving warrior of a village destroyed by the evil Dark Lord, is out to avenge the deaths of her people. But while tracking down the ruler and his wizard Gardein, she discovers that there is more important business to attend to than vengeance. It is revealed that inside of her rests an indestructible power that can save this ancient world from the evil that has come to control it. Her job is not going to be an easy one, however, because the Dark Lord finds out about the power and wants it for himself.
26th July
OVA, 4 eps
Rating: 3.32 (336)
Average: 5.71 (337)
Angels from the planet Eden have been watching Earthians, the inhabitants of Earth, for 5 billion years. Kagetsuya, a minus checker. Each team of plus and minus checkers keep track of Earth events and, if the score ever reaches minus 10,000, the Earth will be destroyed. The story follows Chihaya and Kagetsuya and the different people and events they observe on Earth.
29th July
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 8.02 (6862)
Average: 8.04 (6884)
Kiki is thirteen years old, right at the age when a young witch in training is supposed to travel to another city and strike out for herself. It is a real test of responsibility and independence, and if Kiki can handle it for a year, she will be ready to undergo the rest of her education.

So, with only a little money, her pet cat/confidante Jiji, and her mother's broom, Kiki makes her way to a big city by the sea, where witches have not been seen for years and the demand for them is not exactly significant. Being resourceful, Kiki starts the kind of business most suitable for a witch who can fly on a broom: an airborne package delivery service. As her fledgling business becomes more and more successful, she meets various friends who each teach her about independence, inspiration, and what to do on days when both seem to vanish.
3rd August
OVA, 3 eps
Rating: 2.14 (170)
Average: 4.25 (171)
The Super Mario Amada Series are a series of short Japanese fairy tales anime that is found and released only in Japan. The series are released in August 3, 1989 once again only in Japan; making it extremely rare to people not living in Japan.

The series is based on one of the three Japanese fairy tales that are told to children. Additionally, the series contained Mario series that are played in the three short Japanese fairy tales. The characters introduced Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, and his Koopalings during the fairy tales. Each fairy tale shown in anime consists of about 15 minutes. The three Japanese fairy tales contain; Momotaro, Issunboshi, and Snow White.

Source: http://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Amada_Series
4th August
Movie, 1 ep
A film about the Battle of Okinawa during the last days of World War II.

During the World War II island hopping campaign there was a fierce battle on Okinawa that devastated the population and ravaged the land and left a mark on the populace of the Okinawan people forever. After the war Okinawa was under the control of the United Stated Military. Without any goods and extreme scarcity of Natural resources the Okinawans were in a desperate day to day survival for the basic needs of life. The Okinawans however, despite their dire situation used song and dance to lighten their spirit and make the best of the situation. But with the loss of almost everything of value on island due to constant shelling bombing and fighting between the Japanese and American all the regular sanshin (an Okinawan musical instrument and precursor of the Japanese shamisen) had become very scarce and hard to find. The American were supplying the Okinawans with powdered milk among other items to help keep starvation low. And from those cans of food they would find a way to bring music back to the people again.
5th August
OVA, 6 eps
Rating: 7.44 (310)
Average: 6.95 (313)
The Yomota family is small and typical: father Kinekuni (42), mother Tamiko (38), and son Inumaru (17). One day, a beautiful girl appears at their front door, calling herself Maroko Yomota, granddaughter of Inumaru who travels back in time with a time machine to visit her ancestors. Even with Tamiko's strong objection, Kinekuni and Inumaru welcome her to stay with them, and the structure of a happy family has begun to collapse.

Source: ANN
16th August
OVA, 1 ep
Rating: 4.34 (64)
Average: 5.11 (66)
* Based on a manga by Weekly Young Jump.

Everyday salary man Shimano Yuji meets and beds a pretty young girl at his bachelor party. Meeting her again at his wedding, he realises that he has just began an affair with his sister-in-law.

Source: The Anime Encyclopedia
1st September
OVA, 6 eps
Rating: 3.75 (673)
Average: 5.84 (682)
Japan is under attack. A group of violent terrorists, known as the Red May, have launched a wave of bombings and murder across Tokyo, threatening the stability of the entire country. In response, the government calls in the Special Security Force (SSF), an elite law enforcement division with the authorization to use any means necessary to protect public safety.

As the Red May continue their assault the SSF unleash their deadliest weapon: Angel, a woman whose beauty is matched only by her skills in combat. But Angel soon learns that the situation is far more complex and dangerous than she first thought. The terrorists are dying before she can get to them, ripped apart by some ferocious and inexplicable force. Someone else is after the Red May — someone with the power to destroy anything or anyone in their way including Angel and her team!
1st September
OVA, 1 ep
Rating: 4.60 (72)
Average: 5.52 (73)
Only three people remain of the Borgman project: Chuck Sweager, Ryo Hibiki, and Anice Farm. The adjustment to a moderately normal, everyday existence is not necessarily easy, but they've all done their best. Three years have ed, and all three of them have settled into jobs where they can be content, if not wholly happy and satisfied.

Three years have ed, and Chuck has continued his relationship with police woman Miki Katsura. He himself has ed the police force as a special investigator. And soon he and Miki have some serious investigating to do. Someone somewhere has begun developing new cyborgs...a notable accomplishment since the methods used by Memory in the Borgman project were years ahead of her time and supposedly died with her. But what else can these people be? Ordinary people can't pick up cars and throw them around like baseballs. Ordinary people can't be buried by a collapsing building yet emerge from the rubble relatively unscathed. And ordinary people certainly can't jump in excess of ten metres in a single bound. So they must be cyborgs, right? But who's making them, and why?

Ryo and Anice, meanwhile, have settled in Florida, where Ryo has ed the workforce constructing a new rocket. Anice, since she can't contribute much to the project, became a waitress at a coffeeshop, but she's becoming increasingly discontent with her life. So it's understandable when a letter arrives offering her a job back in Tokyo where she can be useful. She shares the news with Ryo, begging him to come back to Japan with her, but he says that he can't go now, not when the rocket launch is only days away. She leaves alone, and back in Japan hooks up with Chuck and Miki, who ask her to help investigate Heaven's Gate, an energy project that seems to be the center of a rash of disappearances from all around Tokyo Bay. She does so, but Heaven's Gate is definitely more than it seems. Now, can Ryo and Chuck arrive in time to save Anice, and will they even stand a chance against a new breed of cyborgs?

Note: The OVA received a theatrical release starting on 16.09.1989.
5th September
OVA, 12 eps
Rating: 4.11 (79)
Average: 5.32 (79)
Jecy is a young man on a quest for revenge; he lost his parents to the hands of the organized crime syndicate called the Bismark House - a group on a hunt to acquire a product called "lyzorium" at any cost. With incredible abilities such as increased speed and agility, Jecy travels through space with a girl named Tiana; Fork Green, a priest of the Heartland religion who kills criminals slowly to send them to heaven; and a living ship called Paolon. However, Jecy's revenge won't come easily - a woman named Jera, her bloodthirsty little brother Cross and a number of other adversaries stand in their way!

Source: Anime-Planet
15th September
OVA, 2 eps
Rating: 4.73 (62)
Average: 5.24 (62)
Shinokita Reiko and Yajima Junko are second-year high school students who travel from school to school fighting bad guys, ninjas, yakuza and corruption. At this high school they encounter a secret ninja order and a corrupt , as well as a tragic death in the distant past. With the help of Kotetsu, a skilled ninja, they set the school to rights, but not before leaving several broken hearts behind.
16th September
OVA, 1 ep
Rating: 4.32 (738)
Average: 5.89 (743)
* Based on a manga by Weekly Shounen Jump.

A parasitic worm, known as Sumire (also held captive due to her abilities), sets him free and the two escape together.

The parasite makes Ikurou nearly immortal and gives him the ability to transform into a very powerful beast when in trouble. Doress intends earn a fortune dominating the field of bioengineering, using Baoh parasites as potent weapons for the military. And the maniacal scientist, Chouon Senshi Borgman: Last Battle in theatres in Ikebukuro and in Osaka on 16.09.1989.
22nd September
OVA, 2 eps
Rating: 3.69 (28)
Average: 4.96 (28)
Shinjuku gangster Sabu and his young wife Koiko try to live a normal life, despite the interferences of gang politics and criminal deals. After she saves his life, Sabu's gang-boss, Tominaga, falls in love with Koiko, and sends Sabu into increasing dangerous situations, hoping to cause his arrest, and thus obligate himself to "take care" of Koiko while Sabu is in prison.
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