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Title (English) Goshogun - the Time Etranger

Title (Japanese) Sengoku maijin goshogun etrangere

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Fantasy Novel

Notes Movie, 90 mins, 1985, Ashi/Tokuma Shoten
Central Park Media, 1995
GOSHOGUN - THE TIME ETRANGER (Manga Video, 80 mins, cert PG, ｣12.99)

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Review The movie sequel to a long-forgotten Japanese video series which featured the Goshogun group, adventurers who travelled around the Galaxy. The movie is as strange as its title, and I'm rather surprised to find it turning up as a Manga Video release. Some forty years on, retired adventurer Remy Shimada, who refused all rewards, is a recluse, while her former co- adventurers have become wealthy or successful in various professions. While the police in a future city chase bank robbers, Remy, in a hurry to make a meeting she has set up with her former colleagues, interferes and forces the robbers off the hover-road. She then crashes her hovercar while swerving to avoid a bird and is critically injured. Her former comrades gather at the hospital. In flashbacks we relive segments of her life, and in particular a time when they were trapped in a nameless city, peopled by religious fanatics of Arabian appearance, with their deaths foretold for a date a few days away. The images of a young, vigorous Remy, contrasted with the older, dying woman, are unbearably poignant. The city is, perhaps, a metaphor for Remy's struggle for life. The fan subtitled version is one of my favourite pieces of anime. Even though much of the animation isn't very good, there are some scenes, such as the dark Arabic city, and the fight to reach the temple, that work well. A great story, very odd stuff, dramatic and ultimately very moving. Make up your own interpretation. The MV version gives the heroine an uncertain French accent but otherwise is okay. (****)

Credits Dir:Kunihiko Yuyama

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Release US:DVD, US:VHS, UK:VHS

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 1985

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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)	Goshogun - the Time Etranger
Title (Japanese)	Sengoku maijin goshogun etrangere
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	Movie, 90 mins, 1985, Ashi/Tokuma Shoten Central Park Media, 1995 GOSHOGUN - THE TIME ETRANGER (Manga Video, 80 mins, cert PG, ｣12.99)
Classification	-
Synopsis
Review	The movie sequel to a long-forgotten Japanese video series which featured the Goshogun group, adventurers who travelled around the Galaxy. The movie is as strange as its title, and I'm rather surprised to find it turning up as a Manga Video release. Some forty years on, retired adventurer Remy Shimada, who refused all rewards, is a recluse, while her former co- adventurers have become wealthy or successful in various professions. While the police in a future city chase bank robbers, Remy, in a hurry to make a meeting she has set up with her former colleagues, interferes and forces the robbers off the hover-road. She then crashes her hovercar while swerving to avoid a bird and is critically injured. Her former comrades gather at the hospital. In flashbacks we relive segments of her life, and in particular a time when they were trapped in a nameless city, peopled by religious fanatics of Arabian appearance, with their deaths foretold for a date a few days away. The images of a young, vigorous Remy, contrasted with the older, dying woman, are unbearably poignant. The city is, perhaps, a metaphor for Remy's struggle for life. The fan subtitled version is one of my favourite pieces of anime. Even though much of the animation isn't very good, there are some scenes, such as the dark Arabic city, and the fight to reach the temple, that work well. A great story, very odd stuff, dramatic and ultimately very moving. Make up your own interpretation. The MV version gives the heroine an uncertain French accent but otherwise is okay. (****)
Credits	Dir:Kunihiko Yuyama
Episodes
Release	US:DVD, US:VHS, UK:VHS
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	1985
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.