JayDee Posted August 10, 2014 Report Posted August 10, 2014 (edited) Hi, This is not fanfiction specific so I have posted here. I saw some series or possibly they were just tv movies/miniseries type one offs years ago and I cannot recall what they were called, so with the hugely active anime boards here I figured someone might be able to identify what they were. I can remember some of the series names like Dominion Tank Police, Ghost in the Shell, Pokemon etc I don't think any of them were hentai/porny ones. It's not real important ('nother point in favor of aimless babble posting) but I was kinda curious so I will start with these five: 1) I think the characters had some kind of bomb collars on their necks. There was one guy with like white or pale hair who looked pretty feminine, and I think he was a criminal of some kind. It was awesome. 2) In another one, there were these people who were dragon or dragon spirits and there was a lot in there about tension between Japan and America and there was one woman who was a total bitch who might have been half American and I think she lost. 3) A little vampire girl and her masked buddy had wacky adventures. A journalist stalked them. 4) Kick ass biker scenes, lots of explosions, think it was some kind of post-war civil war type thing and psychic powers. Akira! Thanks 5) There was a girl who was some kind of robot or android (not Ghost in the Shell) and I think a floating city where rich people lived tethered to the ground with something like spinning blades moving up and down that stopped people climbing up. Any ideas? I don't wanna google fu, because I'm lazy. And also "android girl" and "feminine lookin' dude" returns many, many replies. Must be tropes. Edited August 10, 2014 by JayDee Quote
Muhabba Posted August 10, 2014 Report Posted August 10, 2014 !) Sounds like Gantz, maybe. (it's been a while since I seen it) 4) Sounds like Akira Well that's all I got. The rest sound familar but I'm really old. Good luck. JayDee 1 Quote
GeorgeGlass Posted August 10, 2014 Report Posted August 10, 2014 I saw #1 more than 20 years ago at an SF convention. I don't remember the name of it, but I can provide a couple more details (which I'm hoping I remember accurately) that may help you in your search. --There were 3 guys with bomb collars. They were all convicted criminals who were being forced to stop a criminal or terrorist plot as a sort of "community service." The collars were to prevent them from trying to escape. --The story involved a tower that was so tall, it needed a kind of gyroscope-like system on one of its upper floors to keep it stable. Also, I second Muhabba's speculation that #4 is AKIRA. JayDee 1 Quote
JayDee Posted August 10, 2014 Author Report Posted August 10, 2014 (edited) Yeah, these would definitely be quite old series, at least from the 1990s if not older - Akira sounds right, looked it up and yes! That's it! As for the bomb collars, yes I remember the other guys now, and I thought the one guy was a criminal so makes sense others would be. I don't think it's Gantz though. Thanks for looking into it at least! Edited August 10, 2014 by JayDee Quote
JayDee Posted September 1, 2014 Author Report Posted September 1, 2014 Alrighty, well, I guess the attitude of everyone else apart from you two is is "Just fucking google it." So I unleashed my google fu, and thanks to screencaps and descriptions I know 1) is Cyber City Oedo 808, 3) is the little miniseries version of Vampire Princess Miyu (and the stalker wasn't a journalist!) and I think that 5) may well have been Battle Angel, but I don't really remember it well enough apparently. I certainly don't recall any sex, but the descriptions seem to suggest it had a shitton. So it's just the damn dragon thing. And now I really want to see Cyber City Oedo 808 again most of all. Quote
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