Dream Hunter Rem

Dream Hunter Rem
	Dream Hunter RemDennō Kūiki no MeiroCD cover
ドリームハンター lệ mộng; (Dorīmu Hantā Remu)
Genre	Girls with guns; Supernatural thriller; Hentai(pilot);
Created by	Seiji Okuda (story); Kazuaki Mōri(characters);
Original video animation
Pilot episode
Directed by	Satoru Kumazaki
Written by	Seiji Okuda
Music by	Hideo Gotou
Studio	Aubec
Released	June 10, 1985
Runtime	22 minutes
Original video animation
Directed by	Seiji Okuda (chief)
Produced by	Kiyoshi Tonosaki; Masatsugu Nagai (eps.1–3); Masayoshi Ozaki (eps. 4–5);
Written by	Seiji Okuda; Yoh Yuki;
Studio	Anime R (eps. 1–3); Studio Sign (eps. 4–5); Aubec (ep. 1);
Released	December 5, 1985–December 16, 1992
Runtime	36–58 minutes
Episodes	5(List of episodes)
Manga
Dream Hunter Rem XX
Written by	Satoru Kumazaki
Illustrated by	R. Hiura
Published by	Kill Time Communication
Magazine	Comic Unreal
Demographic	Seinen
Published	2009
Volumes	1
Manga
Dream Hunter Rem Alternative
Written by	Seiji Okuda
Illustrated by	R. Hiura
Published by	Kill Time Communication
Magazine	Comic Valkyrie
Demographic	Seinen
Published	2011
Volumes	2

Dream Hunter Rem(ドリームハンター lệ mộng^[c],Dorīmu Hantā Remu)is a JapaneseOVAseries released from 1985 to 1992.^[2]Rem Ayanokōji is a "dream hunter", a person capable of entering thedreamsof sleeping people and fighting the demons causingnightmares.^[3]The stories have their base insupernaturalandstandard horror,withaction scenesandmysterythrown in. The pilot episode was originally animated by Aubec and released as a side project OVA which contained a short episode. Due to high popularity, the production team decided to release subsequent videos into the anime market.^[4]The pilot episode was later re-released as "Special Version", removing allpornographicscenes and adding nearly 30 minutes of new footage made by Anime R.

Characters

Rem Ayanokōji(Lăng tiểu lộ lệ mộng,Ayanokōji Remu): Voiced by:Naoko Matsui; While appearing to be a typical junior high school age girl, Rem's age is unclear and her family situation unknown, and she never discusses these matters. Rem has thepsychicability to enter the dreams of other individuals. She is a descendant of a long line of people with the ability to be "Dream Guardians," those who hunt down thedemonswho try to steal the life force of humans by invading their dreams. She makes her living as aprivate detectiveinvestigatingsupernaturalmatters. Her headquarters, the Ayanokōji Detective Agency, is located on a side street offAoyamainTokyo.As her investigations are limited to supernatural and bizarre phenomenon, her advertising is limited toword of mouthfrom grateful clients.
Alpha(アルファ,Arufa): Voiced by: Masumi GotōandSanae Miyuki; Rem's pet kitten, who also acts as support by transforming into a largewild catduring confrontations with Rem's opponents.
Beta(ベータ,Bēta): Voiced by:Naoki Tatsuta; Rem's pet puppy, who acts as support by transforming into a largewild dogwhen needed. Beta has the ability totrack ghosts and spirits.
Enkō(Viên quang): Voiced by:Show Hayami; A mysteriousascetic monkwho, while unable to enter dreams and confront dream demons there, he is able to offer strong assistance when Rem is fighting outside the dream world. He has very powerful abilities due to his strongfaith.In the real world, he is able to use powerfulmartial artstechniques in order to fight the demons in their true form. He also has strong feelings of love toward Rem.
Detective Junichirō Sakaki(Thần thuần nhất lang cảnh bộ,Sakaki Jun'ichirō Keibu): Voiced by:Kenji Utsumi; An inspector from police headquarters. He became acquainted with Rem during a demon nightmare incident involving his daughter Yukari. While he was decorated for meritorious service during the incident, he has come to think of himself as incompetent and been involved in many bizarre occurrences.
Umimaru Kidō(Quỷ đồng hải hoàn,Kidō Umimaru): Voiced by:Shūichi Ikeda; A dedicated student ofpsychology,and assistant professor at Genjōsai University, Kidō is also a computer expert. He also has strong romantic feelings toward Rem, and frequently battles Enkō for her attention.
Dr. Shinigami(Tử thần bác sĩ,Shinigami Hakase)/ Mephisto(メフィスト,Mefisuto): Voiced by:Tamio Ōki; His real name is Shimura ( tử mộng la ), and he has the same Dream Guardian ancestors as Rem. However, he uses his power in order to murder people in their dreams.
Tokiko Ozu: Voiced by:Kazuko Yanaga
Saeko Asuka: Voiced by:Masako Katsuki
Yōko Takamiya: Voiced by:Sumi Shimamoto
Kyōko Takamiya: Voiced by:Sumi ShimamotoandKei Tomiyama

Kyoko is Yoko's twin sister, Yoko states Kyoko was mature and outgoing, unlike her. Kyoko fought back against Saeko, Yoko told her that they couldn't compete with Saeko's beauty. Everyone began to hate Kyoko, Yumi, Hiroko and Akane bullied Kyoko. Saeko punished Kyoko with a rose whip and locked her in a room in the Clock Tower.

Akemi Katsuragi: Voiced by:Miki Takahashi
Elizabeth: Voiced by:Emi Shinohara

Sources:^[3]

Releases

OVAs

No.	Title	Episode director	Writer	Music composer	Runtime	Release date	Distributed by	Ref.
00	Dream Hunter Rem^{[Jp 3]}	Satoru Kumazaki	Seiji Okuda	Hideo Gotou	22 minutes	June 10, 1985	Orange Video House	^[5]
01	Dream Hunter Rem — Special Version: Nightmare! The Resurrection ofDr.Shinigami^{[Jp 4]}^[d]	Satoru Kumazaki (1st half) Seiji Okuda (2nd half)	Seiji Okuda	HeitaroManabe & Hideo Gotou	46 minutes	December 5, 1985	Sai Enterprise	^[6]
02	Dream Hunter Rem 2: ASpectreat Seibishinjo Academy^{[Jp 5]}	Makoto Nagao	Yoh Yuki	Hiroshi Sugiyama	58 minutes	September 5, 1986	Sai Enterprise	^[7]
03	Dream Hunter Rem 3: Hidden Dream! The Legend of theHeadless Knight^{[Jp 6]}	Yasunori Kamii	Yoh Yuki	Kenji Kawai	55 minutes	February 5, 1987	Sai Enterprise	^[8]
04	New Dream Hunter Rem: The Dream Knights^{[Jp 7]}	Seiji Okuda		Tsuyoshi Ishibashi	36 minutes	December 16, 1990	Meldac
05	New Dream Hunter Rem 2: Massacre in the Labyrinth^{[Jp 8]}	Seiji Okuda		Seikou Nagaoka	50 minutes	August 21, 1992	Cyclone

CDs

Dream Hunter Rem Original Soundtrack: Special(King Records,K30X-7102, December 21, 1987)
Dream Hunter Rem: Dennō Kūiki no Meiro(King Records, K30X-7140, October 21, 1988)
Dream Hunter Rem: Minami Azabu Mahō Club(King Records, 276A-7003, April 21, 1989)
New Dream Hunter Rem Image Album: Yume no Kishi-tachi(Meldac, MECH-30001, November 21, 1990)
New Dream Hunter Rem Voice Movie: Yume no Kishi-tachi(Meldac, MECH-30004, January 21, 1991)
New Dream Hunter Rem: Sōtō no Mercedes(Cyclone, CYCC-10002, April 25, 1992)
New Dream Hunter Rem Voice Movie: Satsuriku no Labyrinth(Cyclone, CYCC-10005, September 25, 1992)

DVDs

Dream Hunter Rem DVD-BOX 1(Only Hearts, OHK-0028, November 22, 2006)
Dream Hunter Rem DVD-BOX 2(Only Hearts, OHK-0035, May 23, 2007)

Novels

Dream Hunter Rem V: Yume Circus Bishōjo Jigokuhen(written by Seiji Okuda, art by Kazuaki Mōri,Tokuma Communications,October 1989)
Dream Hunter Rem: Floyd-jō Genmutan(written by Yoh Yuki, art by Kazuaki Mōri,Keibunsha,January 30, 1992)

Comics

Dream Hunter Rem XX(Kill Time Communication, 2009)
Dream Hunter Rem Alternative(Kill Time Communication, 2011)

Anthology comics

Party of Rem(Rapport,January 20, 1991)
Fiesta of Rem(Rapport, August 20, 1992)

Books

Dream Hunter Rem I(Tokuma Communications, December 10, 1987)
Dream Hunter Rem II(Tokuma Communications, April 10, 1988)
Dream Hunter Rem III(Tokuma Communications, July 20, 1988)
Dream Hunter Rem SP(Tokuma Communications, March 31, 1990)

Additional release sources:^[2]

In other media

Rem appears as a playable character in thePlayStation 3andPlayStation Vitasimulation RPG,Super Heroine Chronicle.^[9]

Notes

^Pilot episode andDream Hunter Rem XXmanga series only.
^Aubec animated the first half of episode 1 (which is actually the pilot episode without the erotic scenes) whileAnime Ranimated the second half (which isde factoepisode 1).
^Originally released in Japan under the title ドリームハンターレム, withRemwritten inkana(レム) instead ofkanji( lệ mộng ).
^The first half of episode 1 is a remake of the pilot episode without theeroticscenes.

Japanese titles

^ドリームハンター lệ mộng XX,Dorīmu Hantā Remu Daburu Ekkusu
^ドリームハンター lệ mộng オルタナティブ,Dorīmu Hantā Remu Orutanatibu
^ドリームハンターレム,Dorīmu Hantā Remu
^ドリームハンター lệ mộng スペシャルバージョン／ thảm mộng! Tô る tử thần bác sĩ,Dorīmu Hantā Remu Supesharu Bājon: Akumu! Yomigaeru Shinigami Hakase
^ドリームハンター lệ mộng 2／ thánh mỹ thần nữ học viên の yêu mộng,Dorīmu Hantā Remu Tsū: Seibishinjo Gakuen no Yōmu
^ドリームハンター lệ mộng 3／ mộng ẩn! Thủ なし võ giả vân thuyết,Dorīmu Hantā Remu Surī: Yumegakushi! Kubinashimusha Densetsu
^NEWドリームハンター lệ mộng ／ mộng の kỵ sĩ đạt,Nyū Dorīmu Hantā Remu: Yume no Kishi-tachi
^NEWドリームハンター lệ mộng 2／ sát lục のMộng huyễn mê cung(ラビリンス),Nyū Dorīmu Hantā Remu Tsū: Satsuriku no Rabirinsu

References

^^a ^bOppliger, John (November 6, 2009)."Ask John: What Are the Best Girls With Guns Anime?".AnimeNation.Archived fromthe originalon January 12, 2010.RetrievedJune 22,2020.Dream Hunter Rem &Venus Versus Virusare supernatural thrillers that star girls who carry and use guns.
^^a ^bLăng tiểu lộ tham trinh sự vụ sở - lệ mộng の sự kiện bộ(in Japanese). Archived fromthe originalon 2006-12-15.Retrieved2007-01-23.
^^a ^b"Anime Web Guide: Dream Hunter REM".Anime Web Guide. 1998-07-10. Archived fromthe originalon 2006-11-10.Retrieved2007-01-23.
^Clements, Jonathan;McCarthy, Helen(2010) [2006].The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917(Revised & Expanded ed.). Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. p. 166.ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5.
^Baricordi, Andrea; de Giovanni, Massimiliano; Pietroni, Andrea; Rossi, Barbara; Tunesi, Sabrina (2000) [1991]. "Chapter Twenty-four: 1985". InPelletier, Claude J(ed.).Anime: A Guide to Japanese Animation (1958-1988).Adeline D'Opera (translator).Montreal,Quebec,Canada:Protoculture.p. 188.ISBN 2-9805759-0-9.
^Anime: A Guide to Japanese Animation (1958-1988),p.192.
^Anime: A Guide to Japanese Animation (1958-1988),p.213.
^Anime: A Guide to Japanese Animation (1958-1988),p.230.
^"Who's Who In Super Heroine Chronicle | Siliconera".www.siliconera.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2013-06-07.

External links

(in Japanese)Dream Hunter Rem Official Website
Dream Hunter Rem(OVA) atAnime News Network's encyclopedia

[Hentai-2] Pilot episode andDream Hunter Rem XXmanga series only.

[Aubec-3] Aubec animated the first half of episode 1 (which is actually the pilot episode without the erotic scenes) whileAnime Ranimated the second half (which isde factoepisode 1).

[Title-6] Originally released in Japan under the title ドリームハンターレム, withRemwritten inkana(レム) instead ofkanji( lệ mộng ).

[Pilot-13] The first half of episode 1 is a remake of the pilot episode without theeroticscenes.

[4] ドリームハンター lệ mộng XX,Dorīmu Hantā Remu Daburu Ekkusu

[5] ドリームハンター lệ mộng オルタナティブ,Dorīmu Hantā Remu Orutanatibu

[10] ドリームハンターレム,Dorīmu Hantā Remu

[12] ドリームハンター lệ mộng スペシャルバージョン／ thảm mộng! Tô る tử thần bác sĩ,Dorīmu Hantā Remu Supesharu Bājon: Akumu! Yomigaeru Shinigami Hakase

[15] ドリームハンター lệ mộng 2／ thánh mỹ thần nữ học viên の yêu mộng,Dorīmu Hantā Remu Tsū: Seibishinjo Gakuen no Yōmu

[17] ドリームハンター lệ mộng 3／ mộng ẩn! Thủ なし võ giả vân thuyết,Dorīmu Hantā Remu Surī: Yumegakushi! Kubinashimusha Densetsu

[19] NEWドリームハンター lệ mộng ／ mộng の kỵ sĩ đạt,Nyū Dorīmu Hantā Remu: Yume no Kishi-tachi

[20] NEWドリームハンター lệ mộng 2／ sát lục のMộng huyễn mê cung(ラビリンス),Nyū Dorīmu Hantā Remu Tsū: Satsuriku no Rabirinsu

[AskJohn-1] Oppliger, John (November 6, 2009)."Ask John: What Are the Best Girls With Guns Anime?".AnimeNation.Archived fromthe originalon January 12, 2010.RetrievedJune 22,2020.Dream Hunter Rem &Venus Versus Virusare supernatural thrillers that star girls who carry and use guns.

[dh-history-7] Lăng tiểu lộ tham trinh sự vụ sở - lệ mộng の sự kiện bộ(in Japanese). Archived fromthe originalon 2006-12-15.Retrieved2007-01-23.

[awb-8] "Anime Web Guide: Dream Hunter REM".Anime Web Guide. 1998-07-10. Archived fromthe originalon 2006-11-10.Retrieved2007-01-23.

[anime-encyclopedia-9] Clements, Jonathan;McCarthy, Helen(2010) [2006].The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917(Revised & Expanded ed.). Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. p. 166.ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5.

[anime-guide-1-11] Baricordi, Andrea; de Giovanni, Massimiliano; Pietroni, Andrea; Rossi, Barbara; Tunesi, Sabrina (2000) [1991]. "Chapter Twenty-four: 1985". InPelletier, Claude J(ed.).Anime: A Guide to Japanese Animation (1958-1988).Adeline D'Opera (translator).Montreal,Quebec,Canada:Protoculture.p. 188.ISBN 2-9805759-0-9.

[anime-guide-2-14] Anime: A Guide to Japanese Animation (1958-1988),p.192.

[anime-guide-3-16] Anime: A Guide to Japanese Animation (1958-1988),p.213.

[anime-guide-4-18] Anime: A Guide to Japanese Animation (1958-1988),p.230.

[21] "Who's Who In Super Heroine Chronicle | Siliconera".www.siliconera.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2013-06-07.

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