Blue Submarine No.6
Blue Submarine No.6 (青 の6号jap, Ao no Roku - gō ) is a manga series by Satoru Ozawa and an anime based on it. The manga was published in 1967, the Anime was published in 1998 as an original video animation. Both are to be classified in the genre of science fiction.
Content
In the distant future, the mad scientist has Zorndyke melt the polar ice caps and created dangerous water creatures to destroy humanity. Against him and his nature is fighting the rest of the people, especially the U- boat fleet of Blue Submarine. The Blue Submarine No.6 is led by officer Mayumi cinema. This will Tetsu Hayami convince them to fight with her, and then defeat Zorndyke final.
Publications
Manga
The manga by Satoru Ozawa was published by Edition 2 (8th January) to issue 45 (November 5, 1967) in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday. The publisher Shogakukan brought the chapter in 1974 out in three anthologies.
Anime
The Studio Gonzo produced from 1998 to 2000, directed by Mahiro Maeda an anime adaptation of the manga as her first OVA production. Here, Hiroshi Yamaguchi wrote the screenplay. As artistic director Masanori Kikuchi was responsible. The four 30 minute long episodes were first released as OVA and later broadcast by Bandai Channel.
In 2000, an English version was released by Bandai Entertainment and was broadcast by Cartoon Network, a French version showed Canal . There were also publications and broadcasts in Spain, Italy, Russia, Netherlands, Taiwan and Latin America.
A study commissioned by ACOG German synchronization was first shown on 15 December 2001 by VOX, as a movie in the night program. It was followed by several repetitions, from 2003 on VIVA. In the anime OVA film was released on DVD.
Video Games
In Japan in 2000 published two video games to Blue Submarine. Bandai published Ao no 6- gō: Antarctica for the PlayStation and the Dreamcast appeared Ao no 6- gō: Saigetsu Fumahito Time and Tide by Sega.
Reception
The OVA was in 2001 under the Japanese magazine Animage mentioned by the 70 best anime of all time.
In North America, the anime from the magazine Anime Invasion 2001 was numbered among the top 25 anime and the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation Films ( The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation ) awarded him as the best OVA release in the U.S. in 2000. The magazine Animerica certifies the OVA a balanced mix of cell animation and computer animation, both going in the correct scenes. These come a thrilling plot. The German fanzine FUNime confirms the well-done animation.