[ANIME] Abashiri Ikka [1991]

Title: Abashiri Ikka (あばしり一家)
Type: OVA
Release date: 1991-05-21, 1991-07-21, 1991-09-21, 1991-11-21
Running time: 21, 14, 17, 22 minutes (total 75 minutes)
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
Actor: Kyoko Tongu (Kikunosuke), Kosei Tomita (Daemon), Shigeru Chiba (Goemon), Tessho Genda (Naojiro), Taiki Matsuno (Kichiza)
Musical themes:
·Yasashiku Nanka Nai! (やさしくなんかない!) (lyrics by Yumi Morita, composition by Daijiro Nozawa, arrangement by Satoru Osanai, song by Kyoko Tongu)



Other names: The Abashiri Family (us)



VHS:

1991-05-21; Rentaman #1 - Sakuretsu Violence!! Ore tachi ni Seigi wa nai!, Nextart, PCVF-30006 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000064MX5

1991-07-21; Rentaman #2 - Jigoku! Paradise Gakuen (地獄!パラダイス学園), Nextart, PCVF-30007 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000064MX6

1991-09-21; Rentaman #3 - Boudou! Paradise no Arashi (暴動!パラダイスの嵐), Nextart, PCVF-30008 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000064MX7

1991-11-21; Rentaman #4 - Uragiri no Houshuu (裏切りの報酬), Nextart, PCVF-30009 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000064MX8

Standalone


1992-03-21; Abashiri Ikka, Nextart, PCVF-30022 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000064MXE http://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/2192050081 http://www.instead.co.jp/cab/shop/detail.php?code=Cn-an-a1-PCVF-30022



LD:

1992-03-21; Abashiri Ikka, Nextart, PCLP-00279 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005L0UN





A strange anime adaptation of the manga. The manga isn't like the animation at all. The original story happened in jail, not in a school. All the members already know Kikunosuke's secret and the true hero at the end was Kichiza. This OVA focuses only on a very small part of the manga, even a very small part of the first two volumes. It doesn't have a lot of comedy like the manga.



Abashiri Ikka was initially published as part of the Anime V Comic Rentaman (アニメ・V・コミック　レンタマン) series with 3 other series. From Rentaman, Abashiri Ikka was the only one released outside of Japan. Interesting fact, the OVA never came out on DVD.



Links:
http://anidb.net/a1317
http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/yashiki_yashiki/eiabashiri.html
http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=159399
http://www.mazingerz.com/ANIME/OVA.html
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/あばしり一家
http://pierrot.jp/title/list_ova.html
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=506
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,23,tmbaxc,abashiri_ikka.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122369/
http://www.accessup.org/janime/7_Abashiri_20Family/
http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/yashiki_yashiki/syoyuu_ld.html LD
http://www.world-art.ru/animation/animation.php?id=183
http://www.anime-kun.net/animes/fiche-abashiri-ikka-911.html
http://www.animeclick.it/anime/Abashiri+Ikka
http://bestanime.co.kr/newAniData/aniInfo.php?idx=9
http://anison.info/data/song/9459.html





This is an original topic by jfgslo from GO NAGAI, GO!

Abashiri Family! I am probably one of the few people who really love this ova.

By the way, are there any Rantaman raws out there?

I actually like this ova too, but I wished it was released on DVD. The image quality is pretty bad.