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Title (English) Bounty Dog

Title (Japanese) Bounty Dog

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Fantasy Novel

Notes BOUNTY DOG (Manga Video, 60 mins, cert.18, ｣11.99)
2 OVAs, 30 mins each. 1995.

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Synopsis Sci-fi mystery set on Moon.

Review The title gives no clue to what this is; in fact it's an example of the kind of weird, rather romantic sci-fi that only the Japanese could produce. Yoshioki, Shouko and Kay, comprising undercover investigation team "Bounty Dog", head for the moon, posing as tourists. Yoshioki poet who writes blank verse on his laptop as their shuttle nears the cratered surface. A fire and minor explosions serve as a diversion for their investigation of the powerful Constans Development Corporation. However, a strange girl, Inez, accosts Yoshioki. and seems bewildered and angry when he fails to recognise her. He belatedly realises that she is a reincarnation of his dead girlfriend, Yayoi. Meanwhile it emerges that contrary to what they imagined, the Constans corporation is concealing a dark alien force, the Sleeper, which is rapidly awakening, and that in a strange duality Inez and his dead girlfriend are linked to it. The predicted 18 certificate seems a little extreme as the action scenes are no more explicit than in hundreds of other anime. The strengths of this video are in the more poetic and romantic bits which momentarily are quite powerful. The science fiction elements are wildly implausible - a breathable lunar atmosphere in our lifetimes, indeed! - and the animators have made no attempt to portray the effects of the low lunar gravity. The action sequences, in which swarms of soldiers with battle robots appear on the supposedly demilitarised Moon, are rather hackneyed. Interesting stuff, though. (***)

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Episodes 2

Release UK:VHS, US:DVD

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 1995

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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)	Bounty Dog
Title (Japanese)	Bounty Dog
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	BOUNTY DOG (Manga Video, 60 mins, cert.18, ｣11.99) 2 OVAs, 30 mins each. 1995.
Classification	-
Synopsis	Sci-fi mystery set on Moon.
Review	The title gives no clue to what this is; in fact it's an example of the kind of weird, rather romantic sci-fi that only the Japanese could produce. Yoshioki, Shouko and Kay, comprising undercover investigation team "Bounty Dog", head for the moon, posing as tourists. Yoshioki poet who writes blank verse on his laptop as their shuttle nears the cratered surface. A fire and minor explosions serve as a diversion for their investigation of the powerful Constans Development Corporation. However, a strange girl, Inez, accosts Yoshioki. and seems bewildered and angry when he fails to recognise her. He belatedly realises that she is a reincarnation of his dead girlfriend, Yayoi. Meanwhile it emerges that contrary to what they imagined, the Constans corporation is concealing a dark alien force, the Sleeper, which is rapidly awakening, and that in a strange duality Inez and his dead girlfriend are linked to it. The predicted 18 certificate seems a little extreme as the action scenes are no more explicit than in hundreds of other anime. The strengths of this video are in the more poetic and romantic bits which momentarily are quite powerful. The science fiction elements are wildly implausible - a breathable lunar atmosphere in our lifetimes, indeed! - and the animators have made no attempt to portray the effects of the low lunar gravity. The action sequences, in which swarms of soldiers with battle robots appear on the supposedly demilitarised Moon, are rather hackneyed. Interesting stuff, though. (***)
Credits
Episodes	2
Release	UK:VHS, US:DVD
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	1995
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.