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Title (English) Blue Submarine no.6

Title (Japanese) Ao no Rokugo

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Fantasy Novel

Notes OVA series by Bandai Visual, 1998. Episodes are 30 mins each.
US release, 30 min tapes, subbed from AnimeVillageCom, dubbed from Bandai Entertainment, not rated. From a comic by Satoru Ozawa.

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Synopsis Science fiction adventure set in a future where the environment has been damaged and their has been a massive rise in sea levels. The land is under attack by forces of marine creatures created by the renegade scientist Zorndyke. The Blue fleet is defending the land against this attack. In this first episode we see an attempt to persuade a former crewman to return to Blue 6, and an attack on the port.

Review Image: Mermaid
This anime contains an exceptional amount of computer animation, which is well integrated with the cell animation. At the end of the episode, one is left thinking that it looks superb, rather than wondering what happens next.
As is sometimes the case with anime adapted from manga, there is a feeling that one should have read the manga to catch up on "the story so far". It sems that a war between Zorndyke, in the sea, and the surviving humans, has been going on for some time, and that the sea level has risen, and the human population has fallen. Zorndyke claims to be wreaking this destruction for environmental reasons; he clearly thinks that it is time for mankind to be cut down to size.
In the anime, there is plenty of dramatic action as the war-machines attack each other. The sea-creatures are beautiful, some of them. There are glimpses of a swarm of mutated sea-creatures cackling over their victories and looking like some Breugelian vision of Hell. The drama between the human characters, principally Mayumi Kino, a young, female, dedicated sub-pilot, and Tetsu Hayami, a disenchanted but skilled submariner, is somewhat cramped by the visual spectacle.
The second episode, "Pilots", doesn't disappoint, and confirms the formula of dramatic action, striking visuals, and some human interest. In this episode the humans suffer the loss of another of their land bases, plan a counter-offensive, but find that Zorndyke is able to hack into their televised conference.
Well worth watching. Collect it if you pocket can stand the prices.
***

Credits Chief producers:Kazuhiko Ikeguchi,Takao Nagayama
Director: Mahiro Maeda
Screenplay: Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Original character designs: Range Murata, Takuhito Kusanagi
Mechanical designers: Shoji Kawamori, Takuhito Kusanagi, Range Murata, Ikuto Yamashita, Seiji Kio, Kanetake Ebikawa
Art director: Masanori Kikuchi
Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

Episodes

Release US:VHS, US:DVD, GER:TV

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1998

Production

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Blue Submarine no.6
Title (Japanese)	Ao no Rokugo
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	OVA series by Bandai Visual, 1998. Episodes are 30 mins each. US release, 30 min tapes, subbed from AnimeVillageCom, dubbed from Bandai Entertainment, not rated. From a comic by Satoru Ozawa.
Classification	-
Synopsis	Science fiction adventure set in a future where the environment has been damaged and their has been a massive rise in sea levels. The land is under attack by forces of marine creatures created by the renegade scientist Zorndyke. The Blue fleet is defending the land against this attack. In this first episode we see an attempt to persuade a former crewman to return to Blue 6, and an attack on the port.
Review	Image: Mermaid This anime contains an exceptional amount of computer animation, which is well integrated with the cell animation. At the end of the episode, one is left thinking that it looks superb, rather than wondering what happens next. As is sometimes the case with anime adapted from manga, there is a feeling that one should have read the manga to catch up on "the story so far". It sems that a war between Zorndyke, in the sea, and the surviving humans, has been going on for some time, and that the sea level has risen, and the human population has fallen. Zorndyke claims to be wreaking this destruction for environmental reasons; he clearly thinks that it is time for mankind to be cut down to size. In the anime, there is plenty of dramatic action as the war-machines attack each other. The sea-creatures are beautiful, some of them. There are glimpses of a swarm of mutated sea-creatures cackling over their victories and looking like some Breugelian vision of Hell. The drama between the human characters, principally Mayumi Kino, a young, female, dedicated sub-pilot, and Tetsu Hayami, a disenchanted but skilled submariner, is somewhat cramped by the visual spectacle. The second episode, "Pilots", doesn't disappoint, and confirms the formula of dramatic action, striking visuals, and some human interest. In this episode the humans suffer the loss of another of their land bases, plan a counter-offensive, but find that Zorndyke is able to hack into their televised conference. Well worth watching. Collect it if you pocket can stand the prices. ***
Credits	Chief producers:Kazuhiko Ikeguchi,Takao Nagayama Director: Mahiro Maeda Screenplay: Hiroshi Yamaguchi Original character designs: Range Murata, Takuhito Kusanagi Mechanical designers: Shoji Kawamori, Takuhito Kusanagi, Range Murata, Ikuto Yamashita, Seiji Kio, Kanetake Ebikawa Art director: Masanori Kikuchi Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka
Episodes
Release	US:VHS, US:DVD, GER:TV
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1998
Production
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.