WHAT IS SCI-FI HARRY?

    Sci-Fi Harry is the story of a shy boy who develops powerful psychokinetic abilities - one of those people who can move things with their minds alone. But his psychokinesis is both incredibly strong and dangerously uncontrolled, and people start turning up dead after each use of his powers...

    This story reminds me most of Stephen King's Carrie, which was also about a social outcast with mysterious powers. Like Carrie, Harry quietly resents always having hiding in the shadows and being picked on, and he sees his new powers as a way to finally be seen and recognized by the world. Many of the characters in Sci-Fi Harry are similar to those in Carrie - the popular cheerleader-type girl who takes an interest in the main character, her popular boyfriend, and so on. But unlike Carrie, Harry can't control his powers, and people nearby end up dead from the psychic backlash of something as simple as bending a spoon.

    WHO IS GEORGE IIDA (IIDA JOUJI)?

    George Iida (飯田譲治), the creator of Sci-Fi Harry, is quite a famous director in his own right. His films tend towards the...how shall I put this...dark? He's directed the following:
    • Rasen ("Spiral" - the sequel to Ring)
    • NIGHT HEAD (apparently the original paranormal TV series/movie - pre-X-Files - SCI-FI HARRY is supposedly a sort of prequel to this)
    • DRAGON HEAD
    • ANOTHER HEAVEN / ANOTHER HEAVEN ~eclipse (about cops investigating a cannibalistic serial killer)
    • akagi
    • Gift

    MANGA INFORMATION

      Sci-Fi Harry THE COMIC
      Story: George Iida
      Art: Shinobu Abe
      ¥980


    ISBN 4-04-926172-3
    (order here)
    ISBN 4-04-926184-7
    (order here)


    ANIME INFORMATION

    Running Dates: 10/05/00 - 03/23/01


    Episode
    English Title
    Japanese Title
    Air Date
    1
    jellyfish
    いくじなし
    10/05/00
    2
    Omen
    前兆
    10/12/00
    3
    Force
    力
    10/26/00
    4
    Isolation
    隔離
    11/03/00
    5
    Escape
    逃亡
    11/10/00
    6
    Contact
    接触
    11/17/00
    7
    Affinity
    親和力
    12/01/00
    8
    Heat
    熱
    12/08/00
    9
    Recover
    奪還
    12/15/00
    10
    Day Dream
    白日夢
    12/22/00
    11
    Assassin
    暗殺者
    01/06/01
    12
    Vortex
    うねり
    01/13/01
    13
    inquisition
    査問
    01/19/01
    14
    greed
    欲望
    02/02/01
    15
    trap
    罠
    02/09/01
    16
    suspicion
    疑惑
    02/16/01
    17
    decoy
    囮
    03/02/01
    18
    experiments
    実験
    03/09/01
    19
    chaos
    混沌
    03/16/01
    20
    cosmos
    調和
    03/23/01

    VOICE ACTORS

    Ginori: Nogami Yukana
    Police Chief: Akimoto Yosuke
    Guise: Asoh Tomohisa
    Harry: Itou Ryuu
    Mick: Ohtsuka Akio
    Tanya, Masha: Kaneda Tomoko
    Meryl: Kingetsu Mami
    Chris: Sakaguchi Koichi
    Female Students: Sakuma Kumi
    Kate: Soumi Yoko
    Mike Stanford: Tanaka Nobuo
    Dolph: Tanaka Masayuki
    Elliot Chapman: Chiba Saeko
    John Mayfield: Chiba Susumu
    Lyle: Houki Katsuhisa
    Catherine Chapman: Horie Yui
    Catherine's Father: Murozono Takehiro
    Catherine's Stepmother: Yamada Miho
    Chris's friend, Reporter, Cop: Yamamoto Taisuke
    Rod: Wakamoto Norio




    SOUNDTRACK INFORMATION

    Catalog No.: FSCA-10151
    Release Date: 2000/12/06
    Price: 2667 Yen
    Unfortunately, OUT OF PRINT
    Composer: Ikerai Hiroshi
    Contains OP (Janne Da Arc - MYSTERIOUS) and ED (LUCA - 愛を知るには早すぎたのか)

    I don't have this, I'm afraid - but I have both the OP and ED, and I like them both. They're sort of fast-paced and punkish.

All images, works, etc. © George Iida, Shinobu Abe, and the respective owners that I can't think of.
Everything else is Priya's fault and must be credited to her. Or I'll bend a spoon near you.