Anime OVA films and series released from January 1, 1990 through December 31, 1990.
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1. Dirty Pair – Dirty Pair is a series of sci-fi comedy light novels written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions. The 1985 television series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for that year, the stories take place in the years 2138-43, by which time humanity has spread across some few thousand star systems. Kei and Yuri are the two members of Trouble Consultant team 234, code named Lovely Angels, almost every mission they are involved with ends up in disaster, but not failure, and thus they are more generally known as the Dirty Pair, a nickname they hate. They are always cleared of any wrongdoing by the 3WAs Central Computer because the extreme damage is never actually their fault. In some but not all continuities, they have joint ESP powers and this talent was the reason they were recruited in the first place. Kei is a tomboy with red hair and tanned skin who wears a silver-white uniform. She favors large weaponry and prefers to shoot first, ask questions later, the more aggressive of the two, she is also the bustier of the pair and is attracted to manly, muscular men. Yuri is of Japanese ethnicity, and wears a golden-yellow uniform and she often uses non-gun weaponry such as energy whips or throwing cards. While the more feminine of the two, she is known to become violent when crossed. She is the more bottom-heavy of the team and is also a coy flirt who prefers cultured, refined men and her most recognized weapon is the Bloody Card, a technologically enhanced throwing card that can be used to take down several people at once. The inspiration for Dirty Pair novels was a visit to Japan by the British Australian SF author A. Bertram Chandler, on his itinerary was a stop at the young Studio Nue, which Takachiho co-founded. The card included the highly-popular wrestling team, the Beauty Pair, the team code-name Lovely Angels is also play on the names of certain womens teams of the time, such as the Queen Angels. The light novels are written by Haruka Takachiho with illustrations by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, between 1980 and 2007, eight novels were published. The first four books were serialized in the Japanese publication SF Magazine. The light novels have begun to be released in English translation from DH Press, the complete first book appeared in September 2007, and the second book appeared in March 2008. English translations previously existed only for the first story and the fifth book, despite winning the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1985, it was canceled after 24 episodes due to its ratings, leaving the last 2 episodes that were produced to be unaired. The episodes were released alongside the 10-episode sequel OVA series released on December 21,1987 through April 21,1988 under the title With Love from the Lovely Angels. The TV series was licensed for a release by Nozomi Entertainment and this makes the television series the only Dirty Pair animation to not have an English dub of any kind
2. A.D. Police Files – Police Files is a three-part original video animation produced by Youmex and animated by Artmic and AIC. Its a spin-off of the Bubblegum Crisis series, due to the legal conflict between Artmic and Youmex, the production of the series was stopped with only three complete episodes made. Chronologically set before the events narrated in Bubblegum Crisis, it tells about AD, Police inspector Leon McNichols early days in the AD. Police when he was a mere officer, at the beginning of the episode, a heavily-wounded Leon, who is still part of the regular police force, faces down and manages to kill a rampant female Boomer. The action then cuts to an incident, where regular police are attempting to subdue an older-model female Boomer that has gone rampant in a local tea shop. The Boomer proves too tough for them to take down, killing and injuring several officers, Police are called in to assist. Several AD officers rush the synthetic and attempt to shut it down. Polices veterans, is dead when the Boomer slips out of the squads control. Having obtained the owners permission, the squad commander orders the boomer to be destroyed by firing squad. Later, as the squad mourns Alles, an official calls the legitimacy of his death into question. He says that after investigation, there were no faults found in the tea shop boomers programming, it was simply overworked. Leon and Gina both disagree with this claim, and aim to prove it incorrect and they set out to show that other local boomers had hidden faults as well. They make a visit to a contact of Ginas who is able to provide them with a list of possible users that have been illegally recycling old. Meanwhile, they are shadowed by a female, who is revealed to be the boomer Leon killed when he was with the regulars. Gina and Leon split up to follow separate leads on boomer recycling operations, after interrogating a shady factory owner, Gina discovers that the original, recycled boomer was part of an underground sex trafficking business. Leon is stalked by his boomer, but does not recognize her, the boomer begins erotically fantasizing about Leon killing her again, is driven mad with bloodlust, and attacks him, hoping that hell shoot her again. In the ensuing fight, Leon is again injured, and runs out of bullets, just as the psychotic boomer is about to kill him, Gina arrives and puts a round through her head, saving him. The episode ends with Leon questioning whether humans have a place in the city, after a gruesome murder on the subway in an area called Paradise Loop, A. D
3. Angel (manga) – Angel is a hentai manga series written and illustrated by U-Jin. The original manga series met with controversy in 1990–1991 in Japan and was retired from its magazine serialization and it was adapted into an OVA of the same name and a sequel called Angel, the women whom delivery host Kosuke Atami healed. The story is about the adventures of sexually driven boy Kosuke Atami and its a gag comedy with strong touches of eroticism, where the main concept is how Kosuke helps people through the story. Because of the controversy, its serialization was interrupted in 1991 and it was later fully reprinted by Cybele Publishing, which also included two new volumes for a total of 7 volumes, although Cybele volumes had in fact less pages than Shogakukan volumes. In the cover of the Cybele volumes, the legend We came back, can be read above the title, in reference to the incident that provoked its temporal ban. The manga was published in Taiwan by company Li-Yi, in France by Tonkam, Shogakukan Cybele Publishing This version includes several autostereograms. Since foreign versions were based on one, they also include the autostereograms. Cybele Publishing Ohzora Publishing Along with this volumes, there is another collection which combines Angel with Konai Shasei, the collection is simply called Konai Shasei X Angel. Instead of a regular numbering, each volume has a different subtitle, Ohzora Publishing The series is also available in ebook format by ebookjapan. The first OVA, a single episode anime titled Angel, was produced by Green Bunny and originally released in October 25,1990, published in VHS and it was later re-released by Tairiku Shobo. A DVD of the anime was released in October 25,2001 by Happinet Pictures with standard number GBBH-1896, the second OVA consisted of five episodes. Shin Angel, better known in the US and Western countries for its translated titled and it was produced by Pink Pineapple and Triple X. In the US the OVA has been released by SoftCel Pictures and it was originally released in VHS format in 1995,1996 and 1998 and it was released in both uncut and edited versions for the first four episodes. It was also released in DVD format by the company in two volumes, the first released in May 13,2003 and the second in June 24,2003. Shin Angel was also released in France, in VHS by Katsumi vidéo and in DVD by Anime Erotik, a video game for the NEC PC-9801 based on Angel and with the same title was released in October 1,1993 by the Japanese company Cocktail Soft. Two adult live-action films based on the manga were produced. The first one, Angel, Ichiban Saisho wa Anata ni A. Ge. Ru, was released in February 14,1997, both films have the participation of Japanese Adult Video actresses Yui Kawana and Mizuki Kanno and were released by the company dez. Both films were released in the US by Kitty Media in DVD format in July 8,2008 as a release called Angel Collection
4. Cyber City Oedo 808 – Cyber City Oedo 808 is a 1990-1991 cyberpunk original video animation. It was directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, set in the year 2808 in the city of Oedo, it tells the story of three criminals who are enlisted into fighting crime in exchange for reduced sentences. They are Sengoku, a maverick, Gogol, a mohawk wearing hacker, and Benten. The UK release of the OVA includes a new score by Rory McFarlane. Cuts of the story were included in the video for Innocence. Three such criminals are Sengoku, Gogol and Benten who are serving their 300-or-more year sentences in an orbital penitentiary, for duty served, each criminal will receive a reduction in their prison time. Desperate to get away from the boredom and monotony of jail life and they answer to police chief Hasegawa who keeps them in check thanks to an explosive collar that each criminal wears around his neck. Hasegawa can blow this collar remotely and it will explode if they fail to complete their missions within an allocated time period. Each one is armed with a jitte, although they also have access to more powerful weaponry. Although there are no specifics to what kind of society the series is based in, it is presented as very high-tech, in the first episode for example, a man under pressure confesses to a murder and which is responsible for the present crisis. This is enough for Hasegawa to order Sengoku to kill the man there, when Sengoku fails to do so his sentence is increased. There are three episodes, each one serving to more on the personal exploits of one of the three-man team. The UK release had different titles for these episodes than other markets did, episode 1, Virtual Death, Sengoku is sent to save 50,000 people trapped in Oedos largest skyscraper after its central computer is mysteriously taken over. Along the way, he finds that the suspect is a dead man. Episode 2, Psychic Trooper, Gogols investigation of a murder pits him against an experimental military cyborg as he tries to rescue his ex-partner. Cyber City Oedo 808, Attribute of the Beast is an adventure game released on March 15,1991 for the PC-Engine CD-ROM² by Nippon Computer System exclusively in Japan. The storyline is original and not an adaptation of any episode. The original British VHS release features a more rock-centric 23 track score composed by Rory McFarlane not present on the US or Japanese versions, mcFarlanes score combined metal, electronica and ambient styles