Anime of the Year 1998-IV Fall - Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou

The only masterpiece discovered is Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou

1. Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou His and Her Circumstances 彼氏彼女の事情 [Gainax, J.C.Staff] (Finished 26/26) Tags: Shoujo School Comedy, Drama, Romance  Yukino Miyazawa is the female representative for her class and the most popular girl among the freshmen at her high school. Good at both academics and sports on top of being elegant and sociable, she has been an object of admiration all her life. However, in reality, she is an incredibly vain person who toils relentlessly to maintain her good grades, athleticism, and graceful appearance. She wants nothing more than to be the center of attention and praise—which is why she cannot stand Souichirou Arima, the male representative for her class and the only person more perfect than her. Since the first day of high school, she has struggled to steal the spotlight from her new rival but to no avail. At last, on the midterm exams, Yukino gets the top score and beats Souichirou. But, to her surprise, he congratulates her on her achievement, leading her to question her deceptive lifestyle. When Souichirou confesses his love to Yukino, she turns him down and gloats about it at home with only a hint of regret. But the very next day, Souichirou visits Yukino house to bring her a CD and sees her uninhibited self in action; now equipped with the truth, he blackmails her into completing his student council duties. Coerced into spending time with Souichirou, Yukino learns that she is not the only one hiding secrets. Again Gainax breaks into new genre and shows how it can be done basically underlining primitiveness of all previous Shojo. Of course, manga has a different author, but still it's the first truly psychological shoujo anime. Always considered His and Her circumstances a masterpiece, but only a minor one, not for wide recommendation, due to several shortcomings. As usual for older anime, I'd much appreciate a shorter 13-episode version with mostly main story and without half-filler episodes about side characters that come and go and that I can't start caring about. Romance story does not really need good visuals or backgrounds, but of course priority in recommendation would be to more visually advanced titles like Kaichou wa Maid-sama. Considered that Gainax did the similar trick with ending episode as in Evangelion series, my honest evaluation is still closer to 7.   Overall Rating: 7/10

2. Majutsushi Orphen Orphen 魔術士オーフェン [J.C.Staff] (Finished 3/24) Tags: Mythology Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy Six years ago at the magic school known as the Tower of Fang, a grave accident happened involving the magical sword Baltanders and the magic user Azalie. Unable to control the sword's power, Azalie was transformed into the shape of a great dragon who since that day became known as Bloody August. Krilancelo, a young magician at the Tower who cared greatly for Azalie found much to his disgust that the elders of the Tower of Fang were less than willing to save Azalie and wanted rather to pretend the accident never happened. Angered by their stand, Krilanceloa swore that he would find a way to return Azalie to her former self. Thus he forsook the name Krilancelo and declared himself Orphen, leaving the Tower and his magical studies behind to wander the world... Turns out I watched 2020 remake and liked it for being a concentrated short story that did not beat around the bush. What we face here now is double that size , plus same amount later in sequel for new adventure with adjusted team. This version is for those who get to like characters and their interactions with more details and more loose tempo, thus not for me.   Overall Rating: 6/10

3. Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 バブルガムクライシス TOKYO2040 [AIC] (Finished 3/26) Tags: Adult Cast, Mecha Adventure, Sci-Fi After a mysterious eathquake levels Tokyo, Genom becomes a powerful influence providing their artificial organic lifeforms called Boomers to rebuild and act as a labor class to humanity. However, some of them ocasionally run amok, and even the specially created AD Police are at a loss to stop them. Lina Yamazaki travels to Tokyo for employment but also hopes to join a vigilante force called the Knight Sabers, who pilot powered suits to destroy these rogue Boomers. After all previous OVA I can't take it too seriously. Series becomes double of Silent Mobius as there is more interaction between better developed characters, but incidents just spark here and there without big pattern. It's finally Bubblegum Crisis version that's good enough, but I don't like the concept itself of melee cybersuit Sabers pursuing androids who go crazy because of tarnished pride or something and turning into some half-biological beasts... it's just too simple and unserious.    Overall Rating: 6/10

4. Master Keaton マスターキートン [Madhouse] (Finished 3/24) Tags: Seinen Adult Cast, Historical Adventure, Drama, Mystery The amazing Taichi Keaton works on cases around the globe that always lead to adventure! He combines his arsenal of multidisciplinary expertise in investigation, archeology, and survival with his experience as a professor, a Falklands Conflict veteran and a SAS agent to unravel the often dangerous challenges in each riveting episode. It's somewhat difficult to explain. Basically, master Keaton is a former intelligence agent excelling at everything at all, and now he is an insurance investigator. Sometimes it's more of detective work, sometimes more of fighting, but the concept is such that his brilliant insight every time puts everyone to shame and gives brilliant results. I seriously dislike such episodic pseudo-detective stories.   Overall Rating: 6/10

5. Devilman Lady The Devil Lady デビルマンレディー [TMS Entertainment] (Finished 4/26) Tags: Psychological Action, Drama, Horror Fudo Jun is a beautiful supermodel who is idolized by many. She also has a dark secret that not even she knows about at first, for within her veins run the genes that hold the next step in the evolution of mankind. The same blood as the beastlike superhumans that terrorize the city. Unlike the rest of them, though, Jun has managed to hold a tenuous grip onto her humanity, and she is recruited by the mysterious Asuka Ran, member of a secret organization within the government, aimed at controlling, if not eliminating, these berserk destroyers of mankind. Jun, as Devilman Lady, must now exterminate her own kind, but how much longer can she keep her sanity in a situation she never chose in the first place? Let's speak honestly, manga discerning feature was sexualization and shock. With it all torn out in anime the result is rather usual for half-beast protagonist. There's nothing special about it now, just habitual monster of the week.   Overall Rating: 6/10

6. Gasaraki ガサラキ [Sunrise] (Finished 7/25) Tags: Drama, Supernatural Mecha, Military, Psychological The flames of war explode in the Middle East as two shadow forces unleash monstrous new weapons of mass destruction! But in a world in which giant robots are real, the most dangerous weapon of all lies buried within a human mind. Yuushirou, the fourth son of the mysterious and powerful Gouwa family, finds himself at the center of events that will change the future of mankind forever! Nothing can prepare the human race for what is about to be unleashed in Gasaraki! What always irritated me in Gundam was initial flaw in world and nature of confrontation as same looking people speaking same language never even discussed the idea of negotiation. I see Gasaraki as an attempt to launch Gundams in the more realistic world with complex relations between many groups. Patlabor movie might be another inspiration, but watching a one and half hour movie is one thing and watching a 9-hour 25-episode series is a totally different one. By the end of 7th episode nothing has even started yet besides short initial clash and another potential clash drawing out slowly. Tempo is absolutely horrible. There's a huge number of characters, but with too many shifts the supposed team of protagonists is showed a very small percentage of screen time and it's usually just going somewhere or doing nothing. Gasaraki revived Sunrise concept with same flow as usual - show same looking people in same looking uniforms , and fans will cut through everything to learn the story. The problem is that story is not that interesting to know in first place , and taking away focus from one team does more harm than good. Make it interesting or don't make at all. A rare bore as a result .   Overall Rating: 6/10

7. Saber Marionette J to X セイバーマリオネットJ to X [Hal Film Maker] (Finished 3/26) Tags: Harem, Mecha Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi Taking place mere months after the Saber Marionette J OVA series, this newest installment in the Saber Marionette line follows the continuing adventures of Otaru and his clan of selfless, obsessive marionette girls. This time, the evil Faust is back, and again toying with Marionette technology that was never meant to be explored. The Saber Dolls are back, and torn between their newfound love for Otaru and their undying loyalty to Faust; Will Otaru, Lime, Cherry and Bloodberry be able to stop Faust again, or are they all headed for the scrap heap? Finally last nail in this series. It manages to get even worse each time.   Overall Rating: 5/10

8. Generator Gawl ジェネレイターガウル [Tatsunoko Production] (Finished 4/12) Tags: Time Travel Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi Ryo, Gawl and Koji are 3 young boys who travel back into the past with only 1 objective: change history. In their time they discover that their country, Kubere, uses genetically enhanced persons called generators as a military tool. These generators are the cause for the Third War which kills most of the human population. Now Koji, Ryo and Gawl are there to change all the events. Finally stories start to adapt to shorter format, because with enough competition continuation or not should be decided upon afterwards by impression and not taken for granted. The flow is mostly about SOL at school and boarding house of three male travelers from future and some girls around them. Of course the main science line of preventing future war is also threading with occasional clashes. As it usually comes, it's interesting enough, but not super interesting. It's easy to finish thanks to short format, but masterpieces are not given for pacing...   Overall Rating: 6/10

9. Jikuu Tantei Genshi-kun Flint the Time Detective 時空探偵ゲンシクン [Group TAC] (Finished 3/39) Tags: Shounen Time Travel Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi It is the 25th century. The dark lord has 'infected' history with time-devices that could damage history beyond repair. Genshi and his father lived in the prehistorics when they got turned into fossiles. They are discovered and Genshi gets turned back to his original state. With the help of his father, a boy Tony and a girl Sara he has to travel trough time to bring the time-devices back to the land of time so history will be saved. Glad to find it not that absurd as it seemed to be, but it's rather childish indeed. Concept is actually exactly that of Time Bokan series, only for kids.   Overall Rating: 5/10

10. Mamotte Shugogetten! Protect Me, Heavenly Moon Guardian! まもって守護月天！ [Toei Animation] (Finished 3/22) Tags: Shounen Comedy, Fantasy, Romance  Tasuke Shichiri is the envy of his friends because since his parents are always traveling he can do as he pleases. It's a surprise present from his father that keeps him from being lonely: an odd ring known as the shitenrin. From it comes a moon goddess named Shaorin, dedicated to protecting her "master" -- no matter how much of a mess she makes doing it! Overprotective spirit usually destroys entire buildings to protect master. Of course, rival magician girl shows up as early as episode 2. There has been no shortage of such plots since Urusei Yatsura, and since there's nothing outstanding this time... futsu...   Overall Rating: 5/10

11. Kurogane Communication 鉄コミュニケイション  [APPP] (Finished 4/24) Tags: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi  In the aftermath of a great and terrible war, Haruka finds herself the last surviving human on Earth. Though humanity may have been wiped out, she is not entirely alone. Advanced robots have survived the apocalypse, and Haruka lives with five who care for her: Spike, a boyish android who is very attached to her; Trigger, hot-tempered with a penchant for firearms; Cleric, the intelligent problem solver; Reeves, whose thoughtfulness overshadows his intimidating appearance; and Angela, a sword wielding recluse with an aversion towards humans. Residing in a high-rise building at the center of the city, Haruka lives a relatively peaceful life with her mechanical family. However, her life is far from a stable one. Not only is a lack of resources a concern, but violent, remnant robots from the war roam free, ready to destroy whomever they meet. Kurogane Communication follows Haruka as she tries to survive in an apocalyptic world while facing many dangers that will challenge her daily life. 15-minutes episodes about sole survivor SOL with robots. And if you imagine some super cool robots, best tone down expectations and just imagine normal boring robots of different specializations and forms. Basically, it lacks everything to be interesting.   Overall Rating: 5/10

12. Eat-Man '98 イートマン `98 [Studio Deen] (Finished 3/12) Tags: Shounen Super Power Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi The continuing adventures of Bolt Crank, the World's Greatest Mercenary, who has the ability to eat any object, mostly metal and weapons. When the time comes, Bolt can then reproduce those weapons and items in his right hand. It's obvious that Eat-Man is not going to change from episodic futuristic show about discrete cool stories. But there are many longer stories now, so overall number is just 6. Everything else is within expectations range.   Overall Rating: 6/10

13. Chousoku Spinner Super YoYo 超速スピナー [Xebec] (Finished 3/22) Tags: Shounen Sports  Despite being talented in various sports, Shunichi Domoto is not passionate about any of them in particular—that is, until he discovers the world of competitive yo-yo. It all begins when Shunichi's friend, Beso Kimura, loses his yo-yo in a duel against the school bully, Benkei Musashimaru. Albeit inexperienced, Shunichi eventually agrees to help Beso retrieve his yo-yo. After practicing for three days, Shunichi challenges and unexpectedly defeats the relatively skilled Benkei. Shunichi's win instills the belief that the yo-yo is easy to master, and that he is ultimately able to easily master anything he puts his mind to. However, after losing to the exceptionally gifted yo-yo player Seito Hojoin, Shinichi finds his ego shattered. As the humiliating loss ignites a spark in Shunichi, he decides to surpass Seito in Japan's national Yo-yo Championship! Merchandise spokon shounen for children - four misses out of four , regarding my tastes. It's too unserious and irritation to even start caring about.   Overall Rating: 5/10

14. Yoiko よいこ [Pierrot] (Finished 3/20) Tags: School Comedy, Slice of Life, Ecchi Her name is Esumi Fuuka. Standing tall at 163 cm with a slender bodyline, she must be a university undergraduate; however, in reality, she is only an elementary school student. With a body figure of an adult and the mentality of a small child, she creates many misunderstandings around her. Another weird half-length episode series, something that could not run nowadays as it's all about sexual allusions towards elementary school student who also flashes quite a lot. Nothing here but expected pervy humor.   Overall Rating: 5/10

15. Kaiketsu Jouki Tanteidan Steam Detectives 快傑蒸気探偵団 [Xebec] (Finished 3/26) Tags: Detective, Mecha Action, Mystery The scene is Steam City, a London-ish city which represents an entire civilization run by coal and steam power. Because of steam, the city is sometimes covered in a mist. Villains take advantage of the steamy mist to hide and execute their evil plans. Only a few dare venture into what's beyond the steamy mist. They are known as the Steam Detectives: Narutaki (and his convertible all-purpose pistol), his nurse-assistant Lingling, and his Megamaton robot Gohliki. I can't stand episodic format, steampunk elements and detective activity, so I'm just not the one to be asked opinion here. But if anything, feels super boring and artificial.   Overall Rating: 5/10

16. Super Doll Licca-chan スーパードール リカちゃん [Madhouse] (Finished 3/52) Tags: Adventure, Comedy  Licca is in grave danger once she finds out that she is the princess of the Doll Kingdom. Now, the evil Dr. Scarecrow is after her and her throne. So Licca's grandmother gives her a set of dolls. When needed, the dolls will transform into larger versions known as the Doll Knights. Together, they will protect Licca. If you're a kid and like to play dolls imagining to be their princess, maybe... because it's that bad.   Overall Rating: 5/10

17. Popolocrois Monogatari ポポロクロイス物語 [Bee Train] (Finished 3/25) Tags: Adventure, Fantasy Prince Pietro is the half-human, half-dragon prince of the kingdom of Popolocrois. After the evil GamiGami tries (unsuccessfuly, as ever) to take over the Kingdom, a mysterious girl named Hyuu appears in the forest near Popolocrois Castle, which is the beginning of an adventure for Pietro, his witch friend Narcia, and all their friends. Set following the events of the first Popolocrois game. This anime is too childish to be enjoyed by most adults.   Overall Rating: 5/10

18. Saint Luminous Jogakuin St. Luminous Mission High School 聖ルミナス女学院 [Triangle Staff] (Finished 3/13) Tags: Psychological Mystery, Supernatural Kaihei is a rather normal high school student but soon discovers that his deceased grandfather has left him the chairman position of his all-girls high school, St. Luminous Mission High School. Besides being the only male student on campus, he is also now the young chairman in charge of campus rules, happenings and punishments. When Kaihei arrives however, it seems a student has gone missing. Kaihei, along with his closest friends, are now determined to solve this mystery (without getting the local police involved) before graduation. Main problem is incapable and indecisive protagonist, so he basically does nothing and hopes for the case to solve itself somehow with time. Not a pleasant sight overall, rather average.   Overall Rating: 5/10

19. Dokkiri Doctor Startling Doctor どっきりドクター [Pierrot] (Finished 1/26) Tags: Shounen School Comedy Haruka Nishikikoji is an overweight doctor that never seems to attract any girls. Fate finds a way as he lands a job as a doctor in an elementary school, wherein his workplace can be found on top of the schools' roof and the actual clinic looks like a medieval castle. Just when everything seems to go downhill, a surprise came one day, her first love Koizumi Miyuki, applies as her soon to be nurse. Only one episode seems to be translated. It's a goofy comedy, can't say it's special or great or anything.   Overall Rating: 6/10

20. Totsugeki! Pappara-tai Charge! Pappara Team 突撃! パッパラ隊 [Magic Bus] (Finished 3/25) Tags: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi An elite soldier, whose nickname is God of Death, is transferred to another unit known as the PaPaRa Army. The PaPaRa Army is infamous for its elite but hilariously crazy members. There is no plot to speak of other than humour, hilarious brutality, and general nonsense. This is also Matsuzawa-sensei's debut work. Not translated. Too much absurdity, as expected. Absolutely not for everyone.   Overall Rating: 5/10

21. Hanasaka Tenshi Tenten-kun 花さか天使テンテンくん  [Nippon Animation] (Finished 0/43) Tags: Shounen Comedy, Fantasy  A foolish clumsy angel came to the human world to help a very unlucky boy. But more accidents are then created... Not found.   Overall Rating: 0/10

22. Ao no 6-gou Blue Submarine No. 6 青の6号 [Gonzo] (Finished 4/4) Tags: Shounen Mecha, Military Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi The once famous and well respected scientist Zorndyke has bred a new genre of living being, one that thrives on the oceans and lives to destroy humans. Zorndyke believes it is time that the humans were relieved of their rule of the earth. It is up to Blue Submarine No. 6 and the rest of the Blue fleet to put an end to Zorndyke's madness and creations. Futuristic improvisation on mermaids with wide use of not so refined 3D graphics. As for me, not that good. Some post-apocalypse, some special effects, some pursuit, several monster designs and some peacekeeping. Ending was foreseeable, and without really memorable characters impression gets toned down even further by pretty bad computer graphics.   Overall Rating: 6/10

23. Slayers Excellent スレイヤーズえくせれんと [J.C.Staff] (Finished 3/3) Tags: Mythology Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Supernatural In these earlier adventures of Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent, learn how the two rivals first met. In their first adventure, the two rivals meet and run into a vampire during a rescue mission. Next, Lina is hired to be the bodyguard of a rich man's daughter, Sirene. Lina is at first very enthusiastic about it at first, as she is being paid very well, but Sirene keeps spending all of Lina's first half of pay. (She gets the other half later) She puts together a fake kidnapping to teach Sirene a lesson, but when she really gets kidnapped, she must team up with Naga to save her. In the final episode, Lina and Naga find themselves on seperate sides in a fashion war. New portion of Lina-Naga cringe.   Overall Rating: 5/10

24. Kashou no Tsuki: Aki Kyougen 火宵の月 ~秋狂言~ [Tokyo Kids, Four Some] (Finished 2/2) Tags: Shoujo Historical Romance, Supernatural When he was young, Arimasa Tsuchimikado rescued an injured cat and wished for it to become human. The cat, Kagetsu, is actually a member of the shape-shifting Kouga tribe and comes to live with Arimasa. Years later, Arimasa is an uneasy presence in his village. The villagers despise him for being half-fox, but he is also the only one able to protect the village against supernatural invasion. Meanwhile, Kagetsu is going through a difficult period where he must choose which sex he will live the rest of his life as, a process he can only complete through sexual intercourse. As pressure from other members of the Kouga clan opposes the wishes in Kagetsu’s heart, Arimasa's village is struck by a large-scale supernatural attack. With his peaceful life threatened, Arimasa will be forced to make undesirable decisions. I block boys love, but of course it is often not properly marked like in this case. There is not even a single girl here among any somewhat important characters, how could it ever be marked shoujo... There are also evil spirits and lots of ugly abstract painting resulting in a horrible stunt.    Overall Rating: 4/10

25. DNA Sights 999.9 火聖旅団[ファイアーフォース]ダナサイト９９９．９[フォーナイン]  [Madhouse] (Finished 1/1) Tags: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi After a meteor hits Earth, traitor forces have (for all intents and purposes) taken over, and the people are suffering. In the chaos, a boy named Tetsuro Daiba, who had lost his parents in the meteor hit, is paid a visit by Mello, a mysterious woman appearing in a bright light. When Daiba comes to, he finds himself in a spaceship infirmary under observation. Stealing a fighter that he didn't know how to pilot (until he tried it), he breaks out, flying like a total pro. He was able to remember how to pilot from his DNA memory... and to find out more, his doctor friend takes him to his secret underground lab, in which he acts as a professor to find out ways to stop the traitor regime. When the forces invade to take him back, a girl named Rei Yuuki mysteriously shoots down their entire carrier with only a fighter jet! Apparently, both have mysterious powers that the enemies want, which may or may not be connected to their being the only two known survivors of the meteor impact. While looking for a third survivor (which turned out to be a cat), the two are taken by force to Queen Photon (ruler of the traitor regime), who claims that she is out to SAVE the Earth from those who sent the Meteor. The two don't know whether to believe her or Mello until the (telepathic) cat breaks them out of the Queen's sealed chamber, and Mello comes to straighten things out. That's when the two (er, three) of them make a choice... Stay on a planet that can't support their advanced race, or strike out into the unknown of space? Another needless super-confusing prequel to something which does not matter , because it's all remade a lot of time since then .   Overall Rating: 5/10

26. Glass no Kamen: Sen no Kamen wo Motsu Shoujo ガラスの仮面～千の仮面を持つ少女～ [Tokyo Movie Shinsha] (Finished 3/3) Tags: Shoujo Performing Arts  Drama An OVA depicting the early events of the Glass no Kamen series. Kitajima Maya is a young girl from a poor background with no talents of use to school or her widowed mother. However, she is obsessed with movies, theatrical plays and TV dramas-to the point of remembering every line from a movie she's seen once, and dramatically acting out the stories, including every character, for anyone who will listen. One day, she encounters an old woman with a scarred face who claims that Maya is the girl she's been looking for-for the old woman has spent years protecting the rights to a 'legendary' play. To remake just beginning... why? Anyway, with 2005 full version remake this little thing is obsolete.   Overall Rating: 5/10

27. Spectral Force スペクトラルフォース [Idea Factory] (Finished 2/2) Tags: Mythology Fantasy In a time when demons rule the world and mankind seeks freedom, human rebels gain control of the demon-slaying sword Tenmaken and attempt to assassinate the Demon King Janus. To preserve the sovereignty of her homeland, the half-human, half-demon Princess Hiro must overcome her deep hatred of the humans or face a war that will ravage the entire world! It's very difficult to make game adaptation right in just 40 minutes... especially if no effort is made in that direction. Horrible directorship, 3D, CGI and animation where it is still used. And every few minutes sword and demon king are show leaving little intrigue. It's too ugly to treat it seriously.   Overall Rating: 4/10

28. Twin Bee Paradise ツインビーPARADISE [Konami, Public & Basic] (Finished 1/4) Tags: Action, Adventure  Pastel ate the cookies Madoka made, and it shrunk her, but because of her condition she couldn't take part in the “Miss Donburi Contest”. To return her to normal, she needed the power-up bell from the clouds. However, a mysterious island floating in the air was absorbing clouds above Donburi Island. When they tried to get power bells back, enemies attacked them suddenly. Would they get back for the contest in time? Only one episode is translated. Just absurd gag comedy around chosen theme.   Overall Rating: 5/10

29. Starlight Scramble Renai Kouhosei スターライトスクランブル 恋愛候補生 [-] (Finished 2/2) Tags: Action, Romance, Sci-Fi In the near future, during the colony war, a girl was saved by a little boy when a space station was attacked by terrorists in which the girl lost her parents. A few years later, the girl joined her grandfather's military school. There she met a young man that looked similar to the boy who saved her... but just when she was prepared to enter the school compound, she sees a 'terrorist' lurking around which is actually a terrorist demo under the school command and so the story begins... Not translated. Mood is rather positive and joking despite terrorist attack, and basically this harem manages to repel the attack in the end. Second episode has a different, yet relating plot. Overall, not bad, but does not catch stars from the sky.     Overall Rating: 6/10

30. Toki no Daichi: Hana no Oukoku no Majo 刻の大地 ～花の王国の魔女～ [Magic Bus] (Finished 3/3) Tags: Adventure, Fantasy  This show is about a group of 3 guys in which 2 are warriors/knights and the other is a kid that loves flowers and monsters that live in that world. So they travel through different towns and explore the world they live in, but one day they find this magician girl that escapes her home because some of her family members want to revive an evil witch so they can control the world with the power of a mythical Dragon and all the other monsters around the area.  Not translated. Main characters in this anime are looking like children , and it's one of the reasons why I can't treat it seriously. Development goes extremely generic and there are quite some irritating factors, so I don't know what to like here.   Overall Rating: 5/10

31. Visitor ビジター [GAGA] (Finished 1/1) Tags: Sci-Fi  In the year 2099, one of NASA's Apollo rocket capsules is found in the Mongolian desert, where it appears to have been for 65 million years. Meanwhile on Mars, a strange black artifact of unknown origins is eating one of the planet's moons. Earth ship Davide is sent to investigate and is sucked into the vortex. Lila Mochizuki and her companions are suddenly a long, long way from home. Not translated. It's fully in ugly CGI of PS1 quality, so I don't consider it anime at all. More of a history artifact.   Overall Rating: 4/10

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