6 Angels

is a 2002 science fiction action anime ona series directed by Makoto Kobayashi, with scripts by Yasushi Hirano and story, layouts, and original concepts by Yasushi Akimoto. Background Production began in 2000 with an original release expectation for January 2001. Character design was by Hiromi Kato and mechanical design was by Makoto Kobayashi. There are 6 chapters of uneven duration, originally released on the Internet as separate episodes, and the total running time is 100 minutes. Synopsis The movie is set in the near-future in a large underground prison at a former nuclear test site in Utah known as Neo Purgatory, where the characters of Maki (Fumiko Orikasa), Naomi (Michiko Neya), Doris (Akemi Okamura), Marilyn (Mayumi Asano), and Katherine (Yuri Shiratori) make up an all-female mercenary outfit called the "Guard of Rose" and acting as a guard patrol. The prisoners, many of whom are mutated by the ambient radiation, are left to their own devices, but a criminal known as Donn Canyon (Takeshi Watabe) and his family take control of the prison and declare war upon the world by gaining control of the American orbital nuclear missile platform and vowing the "purify the world with radiation" in a nuclear holocaust. After an abortive attempt by the United States and Soviet militaries to assault the prison, the Guard of Rose is tasked with infiltrating and defeating the Canyon family to preserve global peace. Cast Fumiko Orikasa as Maki Aoba Michiko Neya as Naomi Jones Akemi Okamura as Doris Nicholas Mayumi Asano as Marilyn Moreau Yuri Shiratori as Katherine Hook Takeshi Watabe as Donn G Canyon Daisuke Sakaguchi as Akira Canyon Hideyuki Umezu as Ed Canyon Bunkoh Ogata as Terry Canyon Akira Ishida as J C Kurumi Mamiya as Link Banjou Ginga as Giga Junko Noda as Tereshkova Katsumi Chou as President of the United States Katsuhiro Kitagawa as Premier of the Soviet Union Ken Narita as Mike Maria Kawamura as Angel Takehiro Murozono as First Lieutenant Tadahisa Saizen as Tower operator Daisuke Kishio as Boy Hirotoku Miyata as Leader of U.S. Personnel