:Gude Crest
{{Short description|1990 film by Kazuhito Kikuchi}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Gude Crest - The Emblem of Gude
| image =
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| screenplay =
| director = Kazuhito Kikuchi
| producer = {{Plain list|
- Tairiku Shobu
- Hiroshi Takao
- Yoshiaki Aihara
}}
| based_on = A fantasy novel by Reiko Hikawa
| starring = {{Plain list|
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| music = Shoji Honda
| studio = J.C.Staff
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1990|6|23}}
| runtime = 45 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
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{{nihongo|Gude Crest - The Emblem of Gude|女戦士エフェ＆ジーラ グーデの紋章|Onna Senshi Efe & Jīra: Gūde no Monshō|"Female Soldiers Efe & Jira: Crest of Gude"}} is a 1990 one-shot anime. The anime, based on the fantasy novel series {{ill|Onna Senshi Efera to Jiriora|ja|女戦士エフェラ&ジリオラ}} by {{ill|Reiko Hikawa|ja|ひかわ玲子}}, runs for 45 minutes and was produced by J.C.StaffClements, Jonathan and Helen McCarthy. The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917. Stone Bridge Press, November 6, 2012. {{ISBN|1611725151}}, 9781611725155. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rZg4AAAAQBAJ&pg=PT355 page unstated] (Google Books PT 355) and by Tairiku Shobu (大陸書房)."[http://enoki-films.co.jp/pro_junandsarah.php Jun and Sarah]". Enoki Films. Retrieved on March 26, 2014. It was published in English by ADV Films. Enoki Films USA licensed the series as Jun and Sarah: Sacrifice of the Evil Spirit.
Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy, authors of The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, described the work as being "in the spirit of the later Slayers{{-"}}.
Characters
Clements and McCarthy describe the main characters, Efera and Jiliora, as being "modeled rather obviously on the Dirty Pair".
- Efera
- In the Japanese version, she is Efe (エフェ). Enoki Films named her Princess Juniana "Jun".
- Jiliora
- In the Japanese version, she is Jeila (ジーラ Jīra). Enoki Films named her Lady Saraphina-Effra "Sarah".
- Orlin (オーリン Ōrin)
- A friend of Efera and Jiliora who helps them escape. Named Orin by Enoki Films.
- Kilian (キリアン Kirian)
- Kilian is a boy who helps Efera and Jiliora escape. He dies. Named Kirian by Enoki Films.
- Yurion (ユリオン)
- Kilian's brother.
- Rubiera (ルビエラ)
- Kilian's sister.
- Baron Celdion (セルディオン Serudion)
- A man planning to take over various places.
- Holy Supreme Mother (皇母)
- An evil goddess. Named Kira by Enoki Films.
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/19980117011256/http://advfilms.com/adv/framecat/gude.html Gude Crest] at ADV Films (Archive)
- [http://enoki-films.co.jp/pro_junandsarah.php Jun and Sarah] at Enoki Films
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