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Daicon III Opening Animation An unnamed girl watches as the Science Patrol lands their aircraft. A masked individual exits the ship and approaches the girl, entrusting her with a cup of water and a simple task: to water a radish. The girl enthusiastically accepts her mission but is obstructed by a multitude of foes. Faced with waves of unrelenting monsters, mechas, and starfighters, can the young heroine protect the cup of water and make it to the radish unharmed?
Daicon IV Opening Animation Clad in a Playboy Bunny suit, an older version of the same girl takes on new and notable adversaries from around the galaxy.
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Who made the Daicon Opening Animations, and what studio did they become?
They were made by an amateur fan collective in Osaka for the Japan SF Convention. That same group went on to found Gainax, the studio behind Neon Genesis Evangelion, and it included a young Hideaki Anno.
What is the difference between the Daicon III and Daicon IV animations?
Daicon III (1981) is the shorter, simpler film in which the Science Patrol-style visitors task a girl with watering a radish. Daicon IV (1983) is the far more elaborate follow-up, famous for its sequence set to Electric Light Orchestra's song 'Twilight' and packed with cameos of famous sci-fi and anime characters.
Why has Daicon IV never gotten an official home video release?
Rights problems have kept it off the market: the film uses ELO's 'Twilight' without a commercial license and features unauthorized cameo appearances of countless copyrighted characters. As a result, it has circulated for decades through fan copies rather than official releases.
What is the girl's mission in the Daicon films?
A masked visitor from the landed Science Patrol craft entrusts her with a cup of water and the simple task of watering a daikon radish. Fulfilling that mission, with ever-more absurd sci-fi obstacles in her way, is the thread connecting both shorts.
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