Anime News Letter Season 4:
ANL Neo

Season 4, Issue 7

Anime News Letter
Season 4, Issue 7
5/26/03

Editor/Reviews/Battle Square: Sephiroth/Inu Yasha/Seanma
Tea Wench/All Purpose Cat Girl/Asst. Editor/Webmaven: Pink
Lowly Reporter/Asst. Editor: Purin/Bryoga/Eevee/Jiggleevee/Kyusaku
Hyper Ninja: Yuffie/Kunimitsu
ANL Bounty Hunter: Iria
Card Game Expert/Monster Trainer/Hopeful Future Dictator: Joey/Daisuke/Ilpalazzo
Local Mazoku/Priest/Head Writer: Xellos Metallium/Alucard
Announcer: Koto

Dear viewer,
      Time to burst out another issue with great vigor! This time we’re having a mecha fight of great intrigue. Also, check out the site! It has some nifty updates!
Sincerely,
Sephiroth “Pokemon Master” Jenova
Editor-in-Chief

Anime Preview: Alien 9
Written by Sephiroth
Sephy: ***
      Yuri Otani was a normal student, until her classmates voted her to be part of an alien task squad. Together with two other students, they capture the aliens that target and attack their school. What transforms these normal school girls into heroes? The symbiotic Borg aliens. Unlike the Star Trek version, these creatures are frog-like bicycle helmets with wings. To make them even more frightening, there’s their ability to control their wing structure to go from feathers to steel shield to metal drills. To make it even better, the girls are given silly outfits and roller blades (matched with protective pads) and butterfly nets. It may be silly to see them chase after a headless centaur alien, but they are successful in the end. Although this is a very humorous OAV, it does have some seriousness to it while having a few underlying themes of sexuality. Alien 9 is great for a quick laugh, but would have to work a little harder to have a continuing story line with how it currently sits.

Anime Review: Hakkenden [Legend of the Dog Warriors]
Written by Sephiroth
Sephy: *****
      If a person ever wanted to take a break from silly and humorous titles, Hakkenden would be a good start. The story is one soaked in sadness and magic. During Ancient Japan, the Awa clan faced devastation from poor crops and a merciless neighbor. It got to the point where it was so bad that the Lord of the clan offered the family dog the hand of the princess if he brought back the head of the enemy general. At the next clan meeting on a dark and stormy night, the dog entered with the enemy’s head. The Lord of Awa didn’t want to honor his promise, yet the princess accepted and went away into the wilderness. Soon, she was pregnant as the result of a curse laid upon the Awa Clan several years prior. An assassin was sent out to kill the dog and managed to kill not only the dog, but the princess as well. The souls of the children were reincarnated in eight warriors who gathered together and sought to destroy the demons and put the family curse to an end.
      The story line is more than a little confusing with the wild imagery and symbolic visions, but holds together quite well. This, of course, can be expected of it since the story was originally a Japanese novel written during feudal times. Despite the sometimes confusing scenes, this thirteen episode series is truly wonderful in its depiction of an ancient Japanese novel. The Bushido symbolism with the eight main characters brings a new outlook on Japanese knightly honor.

Battle Square NEO!
Sephy: Everyone, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for! From G Gundam, Domon is piloting Neo-Japan’s Burning Gundam in a fight against a mysterious fighter piloting a Valkyrie from Macross. Ready? Set! Gooo!
Koto: *the cute fox chick announcer from Yu Yu Hakusho* This match will be my debut as the ANL Referee! Let’s gooo!
Purin: Ah, these systems are truly wonderful. *drools over a blueprint of Burning Gundam*
Domon: *from inside Burning Gundam* Gundam set! Goo! *races his Gundam forward towards the mecha mode Valkyrie*
Valkyrie: *starts firing its rifle hitting Burning Gundam a few times*
Sephy: Valkyrie are military space craft with three forms. Currently it is using its mecha mode.
Burning Gundam: *punches into the opponent’s arm, forcing it to drop the rifle*
Valkyrie: * attempts to spin kick Burning Gundam but misses and follows up with a round from it vulcan cannons*
Koto: It looks like the two mecha are going hand to hand in this fight! That vulcan cannon is a typical weapon for almost all anime mecha. Let’s see how Burning Gundam is going to recover!
George: [Gundam Rose’s (Neo-France) Pilot] Well, Domon, let’s see how you’re going to survive this encounter.
Sephy: Hey, Koto, who is the pilot in the Valkyrie?
Koto: Someone named Min Mei.
Joey: *shocked and disgusted look* Oh no! This is terrible!
Purin: Burning Gundam! Kill it! Kill it!
Valkyrie: *shifts to half-mecha, half-jet mode [Gerwalk Mode] and sends out a spray of missiles*
Burning Gundam: *rushes forth from the blaze with its thermal blade out and falls flat on its face from being blinded*
Koto: It looks like the Burning Gundam’s at a disadvantage right now! *carefree smile* At this rate we’ll have to listen to Min Mei’s victory song!
Sephy and Purin: *nod to each other and rush off*
Pink: *blinks* Where did those two go to?
Joey: Hm... I’m not sure. *starts looking through his deck*
Valkyrie: *releases some more missiles*
Burning Gundam: *rolls away from the blast before jumping back to its feet and swinging out with its sword and slashing into its opponent*
Koto: Maybe Burning Gundam will make a come back!
Valkyrie: *backs up a little before sending out more missiles*
Burning Gundam: *is hit heavily by the missiles*
Koto: *sweat drop* Or not...
Domon: *starts collecting energy* This hand of mine is burning red and it’s telling me to seize victory! *launches Burning Gundam’s hand at Valkyrie, ripping off a wing*
Valkyrie: *goes back to mecha mode, grabs its rifle and fires a few rounds into Burning Gundam, knocking it down*
Koto: Could this be it?! Is Burning Gundam out for the count?!
Burning Gundam: *no signs of activity... looks pretty beaten up*
Koto: Min Mei is the winner! Now for her victory song!
Min Mei: *starts a song over the loud speakers of her mecha before being attacked by missiles from a mysterious source*
Sephy: *over the loud speakers of Queen Margarita* This is an official notice! Stop singing or we WILL destroy you.
Purin: *from Jigglymech Zero-1* Either way! *fires the suicide cannon leaving a pile of junk in place of the Valkyrie*
Sephy: *sweat drop* We usually issue warnings before killing them. *gets a call on his cell phone* Talk to me. Oh? Oh? Really? Okay. Thanks. *hangs up* Purin... the International Peace Federation’s giving you an award for a service to the human race.
Purin: Yay! *Final Fantasy victory music starts up in the background*

Yu-Gi-Oh Card Of The Week
Brought to you by Joey Wheeler
Effect Monster Card: Injection Fairy Lily
STATS-
Type: Spellcaster
Attribute: Light
Stars: 3
Rarity: Secret Rare
ATK/DEF: 400/1500
Effect: “During your Damage Step, you may pay 2000 Life Points to increase this monster’s ATK by 3000 for that Damage Step.”
Here’s a spiffy card I got in my second 1st edition booster of Legacy Of Darkness. This is the retail Secret Rare. I’ll do Last Turn and Fiber Jar later. Anyhow, first, I need to explain the Damage Step. The only things thus far that can be activated during the damage step are this card’s effect and another new trap card (Nutrient Z) because they specify the damage step. Otherwise, no traps/quick-plays may be activated during this step. This step comes after you declare an attack and you and your opponent have the option of playing trap or magic cards. Afterwards, you may choose to boost the attack. So, basically, your opponent can’t play Magic Cylinder to send 3400 ATK back at you, since all but one trap can’t be played during this step, making this potent. The 2000 LP is costly, but if you’re in a fix or it can win you the game, use your Witch of the Black Forest or Sangan or Shining Angel to get this anime-style card on the field. And with Life Absorber, you can gain back 1000 of the LP you paid. Now, this isn’t a staple mind you, just one of the kings of sneaky, hard-to-beat beat down monsters. The other downside is it goes back to 400 ATK the next turn, making it easy prey for any of your opponent’s monsters. I give this card a solid 7/10. 10/10 for the artwork on it though.

Closing- Aboard the Airship Hanaryu III
Sephy: Why haven’t we used this before? *looks around the wonderful scenery*
Purin: *wearing a parachute* Skuld said the Hanaryu III was still being developed. I’m not even sure we should be using it right now...
Iria: ... Thankfully I have those wings on my armor.
Joey: Hee hee... I sure won’t have any problem with my Red Eyes.
Xellos: Subspace is a wonderful thing.
Yuffie: Why’s that? *playing tennis with Koto on the deck*
Xellos: Sore wa... himitsu desu!
Sephy: ...
Koto: This is safe to ride on, right? *fails to return the serve as the tennis ball goes flying off of the ship*
Purin: Jiggly... that’s the fiftieth tennis ball we’ve lost today.
Sephy: Any rate, new rule! No one is to ask Xellos questions anymore!
Xellos: ...but...
Sephy: No!
Yuffie and Koto: *doom and gloom background* He didn’t answer the question... *sweat drop*
Sephy: *pokes the tied up Red Jig Mage with a stick* Too bad he didn’t talk at all. *looks off the bow of the ship to notice another airship* Hm. Look at that.
Purin: *starts calculating the best spot to parachute from*
Yuffie: Heheheh... Purin-ni-san, you don’t have a spare do you?
Purin: Nope! Had to make room for the cupcake! *pops it out and eats it* I love the little cupcake!!!
Jigglypuff in white mage robes: Surrender the Red Jig Mage or else be boarded by myself and Fighterpuff!
Sephy: *snickers* Fighterpuff... *unties the Red Jig Mage and throws it on to the other ship*
Xellos: Now, perhaps we should’ve ransomed him?
Sephy: I had a better plan. Fire3! *blows apart the enemy ship*
Trio of Jigglypuff: Looks like Team Jiggly’s blasting off again!!! *star ping*
Iria: You idiot! You set our ship on fire as well! *leaps off with her wings out to be quickly followed by Purin*
Xellos: *phases out*
Joey: *summons the Red Eyes Black Dragon and flies out*
Sephy: *looks around* I wonder where Pink is..?
*back at ANL HQ...*
Pink: *sips her tea while reading the Book of the Four Gods*
Shampoo: Hiya... *is reading the Tale of Genji*
Hello Kitty: *sitting in a chair reading Oh My Goddess manga*
Pink: This book club was a great idea! I wonder where everyone else is...
*back to the doomed Hanaryu III*
Yuffie and Koto: *running around frantically*
Sephy: *get philosophical* Seems rather odd that the latest of the 57 JoA are original Final Fantasy rip-offs... Oh well. *grows a wing and looks over board*
Yuffie: Onii-san!!! Take me with you!
Koto: Me too, me too, me too!!!
Sephy: Fine. Hold on. *Koto and Yuffie cling to him as he jumps off and glides down to an island*
Purin: *finally lands as he gathers up his parachute* We need to stop coming to this island.
Sephy: *looks around at some of the remains of the coconut steamship that Skuld built during Season Two* Well, Purin, it’s your turn to go tell everyone back at base.
Purin: Doduo! I choose you! *sends out the weird wingless bird pokemon and hops on* Fly! *it zooms off into the clouds*
Yuffie: Was that even possible?
Daisuke: Let’s build a raft, right Veemon?
Veemon: *is currently drunk* Sure! Whatever... *falls over*
Daisuke: Veemon? *shakes his digimon* Veemon? Are you all right?
Sephy: And so ends yet another ANL.
Yuffie and Koto: *in tears* That’s the last time we ever let Sephy take us on an airship!

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