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Title (English) Dominion Tank Police

Title (Japanese) Dominion Hanzai...

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Fantasy Novel

Notes 4 OVAs, 40 mins each. 1989 Masamune Shirow/Hakusensha Agent 21/Toshiba
US: Central Park Media, 1991, UK: Manga Video DOMINION TANK POLICE ACTS I & II
DOMINION TANK POLICE ACTS III&IV
(Japanese secondary titles vary) 1988-89.

Classification -

Synopsis Comic police in tanks.

Review DOMINION Part1 (Acts I and II), (Masamune Shirow),
(Manga Video) 67 mins, cert 15, ｣12.99
Shirow wrote the DOMINION manga, featuring the
manic Tank Police, in 1986, as some light relief from his
APPLESEED manga and anime. The four DOMINION
original video animations (OVA's) followed in 1988 and
1989, and proved very popular with anime fans in Japan
and the USA. The premise: in the future the world's
pollution problems have escalated and toxic micro-
organisms force people to wear filter masks out of doors.
Crime rates are very high, and to counter it the Tank
Police, a special SWAT unit, have been formed. Their
main task is to catch the criminal BUAKU gang. The
residents of Newport, a vast bio- constructed city, are
more enraged by the destructive activities of the Tank
Police than those of the criminals.
As ACT 1 opens, Leona, gung- ho red-haired female
recruit to the Tank Police, reports for duty as Lt. Britten
and his men are interrogating a prisoner with the hand-
grenade torture. Meanwhile the cyborg Buaku and his
female sidekicks the Puma twins are planning to hold up
a hospital. This is rock'n'roll sci-fi, loud, flashy, exciting,
rather violent, with glimpses of sexuality and often very
funny. The music soundtrack is excellent and the whole
thing is carried out with the unashamed panache typical
of popular Japanese animation work.
Manga Video's release is taken from a US Manga Corps
version, hence the dubbing, which is fairly well done,
uses American voices. The visual quality of the copy I
viewed was excellent. Curiously, there is almost nothing
on the box to indicate that this video is either an
animation or Japanese.
Collectors should note that the OVA's are originally 38
mins long including the lengthy title, reprise and credit
sequences, some of which Manga Video have omitted.
The four OVA's are also available subtitled from the
USA at 35 dollars each. Recommended.
DOMINION Part2 (Acts III and IV), (Masamune
Shirow), (Manga Video) 67 mins, cert 15, ｣12.99
In the concluding episodes of this Japanese animated
video series the ecological background continues. In Act
III Buaku steals an overpriced painting of himself with
the assistance of the sexy Puma Twins. There is a
wonderful brief cameo here of the girls as society
sophisticates. Meanwhile at Tank Police headquarters it's
"Showtime." Girl recruit Leona, in Bunny costume, helps
lob knives at a drug dealer strapped to a spinning board
with a live hand grenade in his mouth. The audience
place bets on how many seconds it will take him to spit
out the grenade. The Tank Police attend the burglary but
Leona is captured by Buaku. In the final episode the
'green' theme recurs and we find (as is typical of Anime)
that some of the bad guys were less bad than we thought.
Not quite politically correct but great fun. The artwork in
the DOMINION title sequences is a treat, and the use of
dubbing is quite acceptable this time.
Recommended.

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Episodes 4

Release UK:VHS, US:DVD, US: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 1989

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)	Dominion Tank Police
Title (Japanese)	Dominion Hanzai...
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	4 OVAs, 40 mins each. 1989 Masamune Shirow/Hakusensha Agent 21/Toshiba US: Central Park Media, 1991, UK: Manga Video DOMINION TANK POLICE ACTS I & II DOMINION TANK POLICE ACTS III&IV (Japanese secondary titles vary) 1988-89.
Classification	-
Synopsis	Comic police in tanks.
Review	DOMINION Part1 (Acts I and II), (Masamune Shirow), (Manga Video) 67 mins, cert 15, ｣12.99 Shirow wrote the DOMINION manga, featuring the manic Tank Police, in 1986, as some light relief from his APPLESEED manga and anime. The four DOMINION original video animations (OVA's) followed in 1988 and 1989, and proved very popular with anime fans in Japan and the USA. The premise: in the future the world's pollution problems have escalated and toxic micro- organisms force people to wear filter masks out of doors. Crime rates are very high, and to counter it the Tank Police, a special SWAT unit, have been formed. Their main task is to catch the criminal BUAKU gang. The residents of Newport, a vast bio- constructed city, are more enraged by the destructive activities of the Tank Police than those of the criminals. As ACT 1 opens, Leona, gung- ho red-haired female recruit to the Tank Police, reports for duty as Lt. Britten and his men are interrogating a prisoner with the hand- grenade torture. Meanwhile the cyborg Buaku and his female sidekicks the Puma twins are planning to hold up a hospital. This is rock'n'roll sci-fi, loud, flashy, exciting, rather violent, with glimpses of sexuality and often very funny. The music soundtrack is excellent and the whole thing is carried out with the unashamed panache typical of popular Japanese animation work. Manga Video's release is taken from a US Manga Corps version, hence the dubbing, which is fairly well done, uses American voices. The visual quality of the copy I viewed was excellent. Curiously, there is almost nothing on the box to indicate that this video is either an animation or Japanese. Collectors should note that the OVA's are originally 38 mins long including the lengthy title, reprise and credit sequences, some of which Manga Video have omitted. The four OVA's are also available subtitled from the USA at 35 dollars each. Recommended. DOMINION Part2 (Acts III and IV), (Masamune Shirow), (Manga Video) 67 mins, cert 15, ｣12.99 In the concluding episodes of this Japanese animated video series the ecological background continues. In Act III Buaku steals an overpriced painting of himself with the assistance of the sexy Puma Twins. There is a wonderful brief cameo here of the girls as society sophisticates. Meanwhile at Tank Police headquarters it's "Showtime." Girl recruit Leona, in Bunny costume, helps lob knives at a drug dealer strapped to a spinning board with a live hand grenade in his mouth. The audience place bets on how many seconds it will take him to spit out the grenade. The Tank Police attend the burglary but Leona is captured by Buaku. In the final episode the 'green' theme recurs and we find (as is typical of Anime) that some of the bad guys were less bad than we thought. Not quite politically correct but great fun. The artwork in the DOMINION title sequences is a treat, and the use of dubbing is quite acceptable this time. Recommended.
Credits
Episodes	4
Release	UK:VHS, US:DVD, US: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	1989
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.