Burn Up Excess - Under the Gun (Vol. 3)
from A.D. Vision
When a group of killer drag queens get out of jail, they've got their eye shadow fixed on Nanvel's new "makeover" device that renders the wearer beautiful or, on high setting, invisible! Then, in an exciting cliffhanger, Rio and Team Warrior must escort a top-secret tank across the globe. But when the transport plane is attacked, Rio finds herself alone in a hostile desert, with the supertank as her only ally-and her only hope of survival! Don't miss the wildest, sexiest, strangest Team Warrior adventure yet!
Burn Up Excess - Crimes and Missed Demeanors (Vol. 2)
from A.D. Vision
The frenetic Burn Up Excess television series (1997) was the second follow-up to the original Burn Up OAV (1991). Rio, Lilica, Maya, Maki, and Yuji of the Tokyo Police Warrior Team continue to battle various lowlifes and sleazebags, most of whom are somehow linked to the femme fatale Miss Ruby. In "An Idol Never Sleeps," a pop singer haunted by a stalker crosses paths with an international arms smuggler. The episode-long flashback "Rambo! Bravo!" explains how the ditzy, perennially broke Rio Kinezono became a member of the elite Warrior team, despite her disastrous record at the Police Academy. Rio, who makes Mihoshi in Tenchi Muyo sound like an intellectual, jiggles her way through these misadventures in a variety of minimal outfits. Burn Up Excess is definitely not PC, but some otaku delight in its cheerfully unabashed sexism. Rated 15 Up: Nudity, profanity, violence, sexual humor, alcohol use. --Charles Solomon
Burn Up Excess - To Serve and Protect (Vol. 1)
from A.D. Vision
The 1997 television series Burn Up Excess was the second follow-up to the original Burn Up OAV (1991). Rio, the four other women of the Tokyo Police Warrior Team, and Yuji, the lone male, swing back into action, battling the machinations of the mysterious Miss Ruby. Although the Team solves hostage situations, jewel robberies, terrorist activities, serial underwear thefts, and underworld wars, Excess features less violence and more slapstick than the original. But the point of the series is the jiggle shots, gratuitous nudity, and jokes about men driven to unseemly behavior by animal lust. The extras include a "jiggle counter" that enumerates the number of times each character's breasts bounce. The buxom character designs and over-the-top shootouts embody the clichés that lead many Americans to dismiss anime as "Big Eyes, Big Breasts, and Big Guns." Rated 15 Up: Nudity, profanity, violence, sexual humor, alcohol use. --Charles Solomon
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