In a message dated 98-01-01 16:21:12 EST, you write:

<< Ok this list is slow, so in this time of slow goings I want to posse these 
 questions conserning some of Pioneer's other series that they have released.
 
 <<-HYPERDOLL what is the general opinion of this 2 video series? Was it a
good 
 satire? Why did the series start where it did and end where it did?>>

A little too goofy for my taste. Moldiver at least had heart and likeable
characters, but Hyperdolls seemed like it was trying too hard to be funny
without making you care about the protagonists. The OAVs did seem like they
came out of the middle of a longer series. I seem to recall hearing that it
was based on a manga series, so perhaps the Japanese audience was assumed to
be familiar with the situation without having to go into a long drawn-out
origin story (though the opening titles seemed to cover all that). 
 
 <<-MOLDIVER- I personally believe this series deserves it's own continuation,
 because there is so much for the series to tell, like what happened to Misaki
 and what are the second set of Moldivers like? What did everyone think of
this 
 series? <I loved it>>>

Another goofy superhero spoof, but Mirai and her sheer earnestness redeem it.
I have to admit being slightly uncomfortable about the situation of a
schoolgirl in love with her teacher being treated as a Good Thing. I'm also a
little puzzled by the whole business in the latter part of the series where
the little brother turns into a menace for no particularly good reason that I
can see. The voice-acting throughout is fairly wooden, Mirai especially, but
somehow that adds to the charm. Maybe the enthusiasm behind it.
 
 <<-what about the other series I haven't mentioned: Kishin Corps., The 
 Hakkenden, Green Legend Ran?>>

Kishin Corps seems like something that should have gone back to the writer for
another draft. Was this Japan's request to replay World War II all over again,
only with them allowed to change sides? Nice bombastic musical background,
though... (Pioneer's LD release schedules have been listing for a couple of
years "Kishin -- the Symphony," which I assume is an orchestral video of the
Kishin Corps BGM -- I wonder if it will ever come out or if it will eventually
be cancelled due to lack of interest?) Haven't seen the Hakkenden, but I
notice the local Tower Video can't even give the LD episodes away no matter
how much they cut the price. Green Legend Ran was issued on LD only as a
pricey boxed set, so I never bought it. What little I heard about it made it
sound like ecological preaching, of which a little goes a long way.

--Dwight Decker