Product Details

• Actors: Rio Natsuki, Tomoko Kawakami, Akiko Yajima, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Akemi Okamura
• Directors: Kazuhiro Ozawa
• Writers: Hideyuki Kurata
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
• DVD Release Date: January 26, 1999
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000G3CS
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #113,020 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Training continues for 16-year-old Akari Kanzaki, who hopes to win the "Cosmic Beauty" competition. With her teammates Kris and Anna, she must complete a 40-kilometer obstacle course run through a 1,000-year-old abandoned satellite in "Screaming Advance." They're off to a record-breaking start when the evil Mylandah sabotages the school's computer system, threatening not only the success of Akari's team, but their lives. The trio manages to escape through a combination of pluck, daring, and athletic prowess, although the girls still require the aid of Grant Oldman, the sky-surfing headmaster. The enormous satellite used as a test course crashes to Earth but causes no damage aside from the splash it makes when it hits the ocean. To recuperate, the girls go to a hot spring in the satellite that serves as their training camp/dorm, where they make a shocking discovery about Anna. "Match Unexpected" centers on the annual boys' school vs. girls' school competition, with Akari, Tanya, and Mylandah representing their alma mater in a game of Acro Spike, a cross between soccer and volleyball. The sexual undercurrents move into the open as Headmaster Oldman dresses his players in skimpy outfits and encourages them to pose provocatively to distract the boys. (The strategy backfires when the boys' school sends gay athletes to the contest.) Anna appears with a new identity and Kris, who continues to run around naked, gives Akari a full-body massage. --Charles Solomon

Product Description
Gradually Akari and her friends come closer to attaining the status of "Cosmic Beauty." First they must confront the mid-term exam: A.R.M.S. Orienteering in an orbital elevator. Kris, Anna and Akari overcome various obstacles. However, they soon find themselves in deep trouble. Now their true abilities will be tested in the coldness of outerspace...

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Battle Athletes-- good stuff!, December 16, 2001

By	H-girl (Columbus, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battle Athletes: On Your Mark (OVA volume 1) [Region 2] (DVD)

When I first watched this DVD (...), I instantly connected with it! This is an anime for middle-, highschool girls who like to have a good laugh with friends while watching a pumped-up action-y type anime that's lighthearted. Warning: makes you want to go outside and start exercising! It's all about these girls besting each other to become the greatest athlete. You really identify with all the characters-- my friends and I all chose our favorite people and argued about who was best/right/cute etc. Really fun, very good for a sleepover series and for your bf so you can watch together! WARNING: I wouldn't watch if you are offended by "gay" jokes, nudity, a weird lesbian type relationship with these people, and a perverted headmaster. This is definitly not the mindboggling deep type, but it's cute and fun! Buy immediatlely!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great anime, however...., August 30, 2002

By	connie (bayside (nyc), ny, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battle Athletes: On Your Mark (OVA volume 1) [Region 2] (DVD)

I've already seen all of Battle Athletes Victory. It's very good. In my title when I say "however" I am saying that because if you're looking to buy this DVD, I think you should be aware that this specific DVD isn't the first in the series. Actually, im not completely sure, but all the info about this DVD leads me to conclude that this contains episodes from later on in the series. It starts where Akari has ALREADY entered the University Sattellite. The beginning of the entire series however, starts off at a training school in Antarctica. So... I recommend this series yes, but I also strongly recommend that you watch it from the beginning...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wierd little anime... But oh, so cute!, July 10, 2003

By	David E.Finley (Palm Springs, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battle Athletes: On Your Mark (OVA volume 1) [Region 2] (DVD)

I had heard of Battle Athletes Toshoyden before, (Original Japanese name) way back in 1996,but have never seen it.

I have to say it was well worth the wait, although I found it a bit wierd for them to be using a Saturn IV launch vehicle in the 50th century.

My only disapointment was that the discs only contain a meazly 2 episodes per disc. This could have been a much better series if they had crammed all 6 episodes onto one disc. This would have been a little more {money}, but far less of a waste.

If nothing else, I reccomend these discs for the beauty of the anime alone.

I found a lot of Star Trek , The Outer Limits, and a whole lot of Tenchi in here. All and all, a great little anime!