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Burn-Up W | |
Genre | Comedy, science fiction |
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Created by |
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Original video animation | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Negishi |
Written by |
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Music by | Hiroyuki Namba |
Studio | AIC |
Licensed by | |
Released | April 10,1996 – September 26,1996 |
Runtime | 25 minutes |
Episodes | 4 |
Manga | |
Written by | Oh! great |
Published by | Tokuma Shoten |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Captain |
Published | 1997 |
Volumes | 1 |
Burn-Up W is a 1996 anime OVA directed by Hiroshi Negishi. [1] It was soon followed by a series version called Burn-Up Excess ,though it occasionally lacks continuity with the series. The OVA consists of four episodes,chronicling Team Warrior through more missions. Like the original series,there is still a large amount of fan service.
Burn Up W is about the adventures of Team Warrior,a band of highly skilled and completely reckless female cops. The team features the loose cannon Rio,trigger-happy Maya and ace hacker Lilica,who get the job done,regardless of the cost to the Tokyo Police Department or the city.
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1 | "Skin Dive" Transcription:"Sukin Daibu" (Japanese:スキンダイヴ) | April 10, 1996 | June 25,1996 | |
Representatives from governments around the world are gathered in Tokyo for an International Peace Forum. A mysterious woman and her team enter the building where the forum is being held and take the leaders and the building's occupants hostage. Police surround the building and sniper Maya impatiently awaits the order to fire on a hot rooftop. The terrorist group,which identifies itself as Falcon Claw,makes some strange demands including that the most popular idol singer,Yumi Kawai,perform a nude bungee jump from the top of the building. Their real strategy is using a virtual drug device to brainwash the leaders into getting their countries to purchase the devices after they leave. Team Warrior is dispatched to save the day and Rio performs the nude bungee jump as a distraction. The amateurish terrorists are captured however the female mastermind escapes. | ||||
2 | "Search for the Virtual Idol" Transcription:"Den-nou aidoru Sagase" (Japanese:電脳アイドル捜せ) | June 26, 1996 | September 24,1996 | |
Beautiful Virtual Idol Maria is the product of a company who also manufacture illegal battle androids. Maria only exists in cyberspace but yearns to experience the real world and escapes in a spare battle android body. Team Warrior is assigned to investigate an underworld battle over the android distribution and to find the now missing Maria. Maria,now in the android body,demands a ransom for her return,but when Rio prepares to hand over the money,the company's battle android attacks and captures her. Nanavel arrives with her huge mechanical attack android AFH-X01,El-Heggunte,but it malfunctions,destroying a city bridge and creating a massive budget blow-out. During the battle,Nanavel saves Maria by transferring her consciousness into El-Heggunte,much to Maria’s disgust. | ||||
3 | "Policetown Assault - Act 1" Transcription:"Porisutaun Kyousyuu-Akuto-1" (Japanese:ポリスタウン強襲-Act-1) | August 25, 1996 | November 19,1996 | |
The police raid a smuggling operation and acquire a mysterious virtual reality device. Meanwhile there is an insight into Team Warrior's personal lives. Rio owes money and goes to a store to sell her used underwear,where she runs into Yuji,who's looking for used uniforms from the Olympic swim team. Maya plays target practice with a robber who's trying to escape with a bag of money. Lilica gets a call from her wealthy father who offers her birthday presents,such as a beach resort and a satellite. The next day,police headquarters are taken over by a terrorist group which includes Wolf Head,Jackal Head and Dober Head. Chisato,an accountant and a friend of Rio's is among many other police killed during the raid. Team Warrior is the only group left that can re-take the base. | ||||
4 | "Policetown Assault - Act 2" Transcription:"Porisutaun Kyousyuu-Akuto-2" (Japanese:ポリスタウン強襲-Act-2) | September 26, 1996 | March 25,1997 | |
Team Warrior decide to take back the police headquarters from the terrorists rather than retreat with the approval of Maki Kawasaki although she is criticized by headquarters for her decision. Maya and Rio strip down to their brief battle undergarments and don their battle suits while the rest provide technical support. Maya has a new gun that's lighter,but more powerful than a tank gun and Rio gets a weapon called the "Armored Knucklebuster" which she wears it on her forearm giving her greater strength when she punches. Maya manages to take out Wolf Head,and Rio manages to take out Jackal Head and then they confront Dober Head disguised as a policeman but gain no information about their intentions. Although they won the battle,Team Warrior may not have won the war against the mysterious woman behind the manufacture of the deadly virtual reality devices. |
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