Burn Up!

Burn Up!

ADV Film DVD cover.
バーンナップ
(Bānnappu)
Genre Action, comedy, science fiction
Original video animation
Directed by Yasunori Ide
Studio AIC
Licensed by Canada United States Sentai Filmworks
Released March 21, 1991
Runtime 50 minutes

Burn Up! (バーンナップ) is a 1991 Japanese anime original video animation release. It concerns a special group of police officers called Team Warrior who are often given special assignments in the police department.

In 2005, ADV Films released Burn Up! on DVD in the USA. The DVD also contains the English dub. Sentai Filmworks re-released the OVA on DVD in September 2009.[1]

Sequels

  1. Burn-Up W, a 4-part OVA series from 1996.
  2. Burn-Up Excess, a 13-part TV series from 1997-8.
  3. Burn-Up Scramble, a 12-part TV series from 2004.

Background

There are three series that are sequels to Burn Up. Two of the series, Burn-Up W (an OVA in 4 parts) and Burn-Up Excess (13 parts) form a mostly united story arc. Many of the characters in Burn Up also appear in Excess, but have different names. The third series, Burn-Up Scramble, is unrelated to the other 2 series, except in that it is a complete re-envisioning of the series.

Characters

Maki
Voiced by: Yumiko Shibata (Japanese), Tiffany Grant (English)
The main character, a blonde bombshell who always takes control of a fight. Reacts with burning ferocity when hit on by would-be suitors, but then is chagrined, left wondering why more guys don't dig her...
Yuka
Voiced by: Kumiko Nishihara (Japanese), Kimberly Yates (English)
A pink haired cutie who's the computer expert of the group. She's captured and held hostage midway through the story.
Kenji
Voiced by: Hirokazu Hiramatsu (Japanese), Milton Lawrence (English)
The male of Team Warrior and the leader. He's in a romantic relationship with Maki.
Reimi
Voiced by: Miki Itou (Japanese), Amanda Winn (English)
Maki's friend and coworker, she has black hair and loves her electronic devices...usually to the point of entering violent rage if they should ever become damaged (she has to pay for them, and can't quite really afford it).

Other characters

Samuel McCoy
Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (Japanese), Aaron Krohn (English)
Leader of the McCoy gang, which has been capturing young girls, brainwashing them, then selling them as slaves to perverted, rich clients.
Sayaka
Voiced by: Yuri Shiratori (Japanese), Renee Foresman (English)
A young girl who works for McCoy, possibly his lover. Tricks Yuka and many of McCoy's other victims into being captured. She is completely indifferent to the suffering that McCoy and his henchmen subject the abducted young girls to.
Banba
Voiced by: Shoichiro Akaboshi (Japanese), Don Huffman (English)
Banba is a black male police officer of the precinct that is after Samuel McCoy. He is a dedicated officer, and an ace marksman whose accurate shooting skills prevent the criminal Samuel McCoy from escaping his own mansion during the police siege. He is intelligent, relays facts accurately and with careful research. He is partnered with fellow police officer Kenji, and acts towards his job with discipline and professionalism.
Ryuji
Voiced by: Hideyuki Umezu (Japanese), Henry Pinter (English) (Japanese)
Henchman in the McCoy gang, and chief interrogator. Tortures Yuka and tries to get her to reveal her intentions toward investigating the club.
Gonnack
McCoy's bodyguard, and suspected assassin. Very strong, not very bright, but very very quick.

Plot Summary

The trafficking of young women as sex slaves has reached epidemic proportions and the criminals aren't even getting caught. With the wealthy and powerful calling the shots, the chief of police says there's nothing that can be done. Even when one of his own officers, Yuka, is kidnapped during an attempted sting operation and sold into slavery herself. Now it's up to her fellow officers, Maki and Reimi, to break all the rules, steal weapons and armor from their own department, and get Yuka back themselves. They can only hope that they get to her before it's too late, and that they'll escape the rescue with their jobs... and their lives.

References

  1. ↑ Burn Up DVD (2009)

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