Spicy City

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Spicy City was an animated television miniseries created by Ralph Bakshi, who wrote two episodes.

The series, produced by HBO, premiered in July 1997, and was one of the first animated TV shows made strictly for adults, predating South Park by one month.

Spicy City was an anthology series, along the lines of Tales from the Crypt, but with a sexier, animated host: Raven, voiced by Michelle Phillips. Each episode featured a different science fiction story set in a futuristic city with a seamy side.

The show lasted for only one season, but became a cult favorite among Bakshi fans. Episodes, however, became extremely hard to find, as they were never officially issued on VHS or DVD. Bootleg copies, however, have shown up on eBay and bittorrent sites.

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Love is a Download Original airdate: July 11, 1997 (A prostitute living with her abusive boyfriend finds true love in a 3D Internet world under the guise of a geisha)
Mano's Hands Original airdate: July 18, 1997 (A strange tale of a bongo player's hands coming to life and running away after mob members chop them off)
Tears of a Clone Original airdate: August 1, 1997 (A clone struggles to become human)
An Eye For an Eye Original airdate: August 8, 1997 (A ruthless female cop named Margo known for betraying and blackmailing people gets her comeuppance when Margo is arrested for killing her partner's wife and is sentenced to death by vivisection)
Sex Drive Original airdate: August 15, 1997 (A female police detective and an android stripper uncover a plot to suck the intelligence from men with virtual exotic dancers)
Raven's Revenge Original airdate: August 22, 1997 (Raven is hounded by futuristic police forces for being born with a DNA pattern that brands her as a freak)