OVA The Abashiri Family

1 ova

1.1 plot
1.2 episodes
1.3 staff & cast
1.4 releases
1.5 releases outside japan

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plot

the 4 abashiri prepare rob large bank last work. bank, however, in reality trap police, ready expend every necessary resource end abashiri. although apparently cornered, abashiri overwhelm police , kill or badly injure several of policemen. use power destroy large part of loot.

after return home, daemon informs them reason behind retirement. kikunosuke, whom rest brothers considered boy, girl. generations abashiri believed have been cursed because no female child had been in family until arrival of kikunosuke. prompts mother request daemon stop criminal activities of family after kikunosuke reaches age. brothers surprised revelation , lecherous goemon takes special interest in sister. daemon intends send private school can become proper lady. although kikunosuke refuses, daemon tricks saying try , forces go, under identity of shiratori.

the paradise school, however, turns out criminal school students have fight survival. strength, manages overcome teachers. @ same time, brother goemon fixated seeing naked decides secretly @ new school. kikunosuke able make new friend, yukiko, girl, who, unlike kikunosuke, defenseless against teachers , other students.

for standing against teachers, 1 of them plans kill kikunosuke kills him. s able recognize true identity , pass message among other teachers. runs rescue yukiko, realizes won t able beat teachers herself , ask help. of leader of students, revolt formed , school director orders kill them all.

daemon realizes danger in kikunosuke , sons goes save her. meanwhile, goemon manages arrive school find yukiko captive , himself caught. students , kikunosuke (despite being injured) fight opposition , despite losing several students, holding on. s revealed student s leader has been preparing take school himself. rest of abashiri enter fight , daemon recognizes true identity of director, danjuro namakubi, whom has fought 2 times in past. director able defeat naojiro. point, students leader has betrayed kikunosuke , uses goemon , yukiko hostages in order subdue her. daemon able kill director, has surrender students leader because holds kikunosuke , goemon while killing yukiko, tried free kikunosuke.

as abashiri executed, remaining abashiri, kichiza, enters abruptly , special explosive costume manages kill of leader s gang , free kikunosuke, leaves alive leader in order let kikunosuke deal him. enraged kikunosuke shows no mercy , uses powerful technique, abashiri 8 god attack, kills leader in painful way. experience lived makes kikunosuke cry , daemon consoles her.

years later, , old daemon shown watching grandson (named kikunosuke) practice abashiri 8 god attack while mother, kikunosuke arrives, being normal woman , fulfilling daemon s wish of having peaceful normal live.

episodes

staff & cast

distributor: nextart (pony canyon)
original work: go nagai
director/storyboards: takashi watanabe
character design/animation director: shigeki awai
art director: hitoshi nagao
music director: yoshikazu iwanami
music: takeo miratsu
producer: yukina hiiro, shigenori kurii
production: dynamic planning, studio pierrot
theme song: yasashiku nanka nai! (やさしくなんかない！) (lyrics yumi morita, composition daijiro nozawa, arrangement satoru osanai, song kyoko tongu)
cast: kyoko tongu (kikunosuke), kosei tomita (daemon), shigeru chiba (goemon), tessho genda (naojiro), taiki matsuno (kichiza)

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releases

the ova released part of studio pierrot s video magazine show anime v comic rentaman (アニメ・v・コミック　レンタマン) along yumemakura baku twilight gekijo, eguchi hisashi no kotobuki goro show , akai hayate. rentaman experimental concept consisted of these anime divided in episodic short serials. reason, running time of each episode varies greatly. rentaman released on vhs format , published under nextart label (pony canyon).

anime v comic rentaman

after release of rentaman, abashiri ikka released single release in both vhs (pcvf-30022) , laserdisc (pclp-00279) format, nextart in march 21, 1992 (1992-03-21).

releases outside japan

the ova released in united states in november 11, 1998 (1998-11-11) adv films, subtitled , in vhs format.