{"id":718,"date":"2003-07-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-07-22T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/2003\/07\/22\/ask-john-how-much-cream-lemon-is-there\/"},"modified":"2003-07-22T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-07-22T14:00:00","slug":"ask-john-how-much-cream-lemon-is-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/ask-john-how-much-cream-lemon-is-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask John: How Much Cream Lemon is There?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question:<\/strong>
\nI’ve been wondering about the Cream Lemon series. I know it is an H-anthology series, but I can’t seem to find any good, detailed information on it. Do you know anything about it? Also, how much of it has been licensed for release in the US? Finally, have any famous character designers or directors worked on the series?<\/p>\n

Answer:<\/strong>
\nThe Cream Lemon adult anime series is justifiably famous for its quality and its frequently groundbreaking content. Even now, more than 20 years after its debut, many of the original Cream Lemon episodes hold up remarkably well in both production quality and timeliness. Comedy episodes like Pop Chaser, Star Trap and Nalice Scramble remain as funny today as they were two decades ago. Serious stories like the Escalation and Ami series still have the emotional and dramatic impact they did when they were new. The Cream Lemon series is also significant for giving early work to animators who would continue on to greater accomplishments, including Toshihiro Hirano, who went on to create Iczer-One and direct Rayearth and Devilman Lady, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, who later directed Blood: The Last Vampire and Golden Boy, and Yuji Moriyama, who later directed Project A-ko, Geobreeders and Jungle de Ikou. On a side note, the first Project A-ko movie was originally conceived of as a Cream Lemon episode, but its potential lead to it being developed as a mainstream, rather than adults only, project.<\/p>\n

The following is, as far as I’m aware, the most complete and comprehensive Cream Lemon chronology available.<\/p>\n

08\/10\/84 Be My Baby
\n09\/10\/84 Escalation: Tonight It’s Hard Core
\n12\/03\/84 Superdimensional SF Legend Rall
\n03\/13\/85 Pop Chaser
\n04\/10\/85 Ami Again
\n05\/25\/85 Escalation 2: Forbidden Sonata
\n07\/12\/85 Don’t Do It Mako-chan! Mako Sexy Symphony Part One
\n09\/10\/85 Super Virgin
\n10\/20\/85 Happening Summer
\n12\/15\/85 Ami Image ~ White Shadow
\n12\/25\/85 Star Trap
\n01\/25\/86 Black Cat Manor
\n02\/25\/86 Don’t Do It Mako-chan! Mako Sexy Symphony Part Two
\n05\/25\/86 Now I Embrace You, Ami
\n08\/05\/86 Nalice Scramble
\n08\/10\/86 Cream Lemon Adventure: Ami Final chapter
\n11\/01\/86 Ami Young Graffitti – Cream Lemon Ami Highlights
\n12\/05\/86 Superdimesional SF Legend Rall 2
\n02\/21\/87 Escalation 3: Epilogue of Angels
\n03\/21\/87 New Cream Lemon 1: Tou Moriyama Guest Special – Five Hour Venus
\n04\/15\/87 New Cream Lemon 2: White Shadow
\n05\/01\/87 New Cream Lemon 3: Evil Doll
\n06\/01\/87 Don’t Do It Mako-chan! Mako Sexy Symphony Highlights
\n06\/21\/87 New Cream Lemon 4: Etude: Snow Heartbeat
\n06\/25\/87 Cream Lemon Special: Dark
\n07\/01\/87 New Cream Lemon 5: Dream Colored Bunny
\n07\/30\/87 New Cream Lemon 6: Summer Wind
\n10\/02\/87 Cream Lemon Lemon Angel TV series (46 episodes)
\n10\/21\/87 Cream Lemon 3 Year Anniversary Special Graduation Album
\n12\/26\/87 New Cream Lemon 7: Two People’s Life of Heartbreak
\n01\/21\/88 New Cream Lemon 8: Etude 2: Early Spring Concerto
\n02\/03\/88 Midnight Anime Lemon Angel Special 1
\n03\/21\/88 New Cream Lemon 9: Tou Moriyama Special 2 – Afterschool XXX
\n06\/21\/88 Cream Lemon Climax 1
\n06\/21\/88 Cream Lemon Climax 2
\n07\/07\/88 Midnight Anime Lemon Angel Special 2
\n07\/21\/88 Cream Lemon Climax 3
\n07\/21\/88 Cream Lemon Climax 4
\n08\/21\/88 Cream Lemon Climax 5
\n10\/21\/88 Ami After That 1: Removing the Sorrow Within
\n02\/02\/89 Ami After That 2: I Wish I Can Forget
\n06\/21\/89 Ami After That 3: I Wish Someone Would Hold Me
\n05\/21\/90 Ami After That 4: A Smile Within
\n09\/01\/89 Heresy Town Astalot
\n12\/02\/89 Toshiki Yui Best Hit: Impressions of Europa
\n04\/04\/90 Cream Lemon Tou Moriyama Special: Sou Kamo Shinai
\n07\/21\/90 Cream Lemon Kei Amagi Best Hit: Cherry Melancholy
\n09\/21\/90 Cream Lemon Climax: Ami After That Highlights
\n10\/21\/90 Cream Lemon Cilmax: Ninki Manga-za Zenshu
\n07\/17\/92 Cream Lemon Young Love: Angie & Rose
\n03\/19\/93 Black Cat Manor Continued
\n07\/27\/01 New Century Cream Lemon: Escalation – Die Liebe
\n08\/23\/02 New Century Cream Lemon: Ami Rencontrer
\n09\/25\/04 Cream Lemon (live action movie)
\n09\/23\/05 Cream Lemon: Ami’s Diary (live action OVA)<\/p>\n

A surprising number of Cream Lemon episodes have actually made it into the American market in one form or another. Currently Legend of Superdimension Rall and Star Trap are available dubbed and uncensored as a double feature on the “Offenders of the Universe – Brothers Grime Adult Cartoon Volume 2” DVD from Excalibur Films. Dark, White Shadow and Evil Doll are all available in English language, uncensored versions on the “Pandora An Erotic Trilogy – Brothers Grime Adult Cartoon Volume 3” DVD. The first Cream Lemon episode- the beginning of the Ami Nonomura storyline, and the 4 episode Ami Sorekara OVA series- the end of the Ami storyline- are available on American DVDs titled “By My Honey” and “Story of Ami.” Oddly, the American DVDs contain the original Japanese censoring and have no English translation.<\/p>\n

Article revised October 13, 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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