Nessa no Wakusei

Okizari presents the first English-subtitled release of the original version of Nessa no Wakusei (Desert Planet or Hot Sandy Planet), a mid-1990s borderline hentai OVA. It's better known in North America in its "enhanced" version, Bondage Queen Kate. This release is part of the ProxyMan project.

Nessa no Wakusei was created by a short-lived anime company called All Products. They specialized in borderline hentai like the Sei Michaela Gakuen series, Dragon Knight Gaiden, and Fencer of Minerva. Their first release was in 1990; by 1996, they were gone. Rights to their works fell into the hands of another short-lived hentai anime company, Five Ways. They tarted up Nessa and Gaiden with a few very short explicit scenes to create hentai OVAs for North America and other markets. This version of Nessa no Wakusei, from a Japanese laserdisc, is the first time the original OVA has been released with English subtitles. Blasphemboys has already released the original Dragon Knight Gaiden. 

The original Nessa no Wakusei is no masterpiece. It's an exercise in BDSM titillation, as close to porn as possible without earning an X (or NC17) rating. Based on an erotic novel by Hakage Tatenao, its protagonist is Second Lt. Kate Curtis of the Galactic Union Military Security Department, aka, the Galaxy Police.

Young (19), pretty, buxom, and a virgin, she is sent undercover by Major Jones to the desert planet of Doune, where young women are disappearing in alarming numbers.There, she is dropped into the hands of human trafficking criminals who kidnap and train women as sex slaves. 

Her captor, Brick, drugs, binds, and rapes her, then shares her with his fellow trainer, Dick. Brick is impressed by Kate's passionate responses and decides to keep her for himself as hit "pet." 

He and his ex-wife Cathy train her. Even though he's a rapist and a sadist, Kates falls in love with him. She's distraught when he pays attention to Amy, another slave.. Eventually, Lt. Smith and Kate's support team rescue her, to her dismay. After a half-year leave of absence, she finds Brick on another planet and throws herself into his arms (and ropes) once again.

I could try to write a learned dissertation on Nessa no Wakusei's place in a long line of erotica about female submission, from Story of O to Fifty Shades of Grey, but there's no point. It's erotic trash, designed to earn a quick yen. The only interesting question, at least for me, is why Five Ways thought it was a good idea to make it into hentai by adding a bit (less than 20 seconds, total) of explicit content. Some All Products' releases went in the opposite direction. For example, CPM eliminated the only explicit scene in Fencer of Minerva for its North American release.

Nessa was badly mastered for its North American DVD, and the added explicit scenes are badly animated (static or low frame rate). Nessa no Wakusei on laserdisc (top) looks much better than Bondage Queen Kate on DVD (bottom):

A few notes: 

• Kate appears in another Hakage Tatenao BDSM-themed erotic novel, Rebellion on the Spaceship Diana: Female Security Officer Kate's Voyage of Abuse.
• The setting, planet "Duone," is a rip-off of Dune, complete with sandworms.
  
  
  
  
  
• Kate's superior, Major Jones, prefers singing karaoke to organizing her rescue. His idea of appropriate equipment for her mission is a carry-on full of sex toys and skimpy clothing, with "Rape Me" on the side. 

By the 1990s, working on erotic anime had become more acceptable, and the voice actors used their real names, not pseudonyms:

• Amano Yuri (Kate, ep 1) played the title role in The Legend of Snow White, Julia in Daddy Long Legs, Kiyone in the Tenchi Muyo franchise, and Moemi in Video Girl Ai. She appeared as Lady Freeze in Bakuen Campus Guardress, Catherine in Okama Hakusho, Kuzunoha in Akuemon, Angie in Condition Green, Elthena in Eien no Filena, Kitagawa in Nozomi Witches, Noriko in Singles, the teacher in Tanjou: Debut, Tonto in the Blue Knight segment of Tezuka Osamu: Kyoto Animation Works, the Chinese whore in Shibuya Honky Tonk, and Yuko in St. Michaela Gakuen Hyouryuuki, as well as multiple roles in Fukuyama Gekijou and Gakkou no Yuurei, volume 1, all Orphan releases.
• Honma Yukari (Kate, ep 2) played Mikako in Kazu & Yasu Hero Tanjou, Ayu in Mermaid Forest, and Yugo in Project Arms. She appeared in Pops, Cosmic Fantasy, and Gakkou no Yuuri, volume 2, all Orphan releases.
• Yanada Kiyoyuki (Brick) played Takenori in Slam Dunk, Gateau Mocha in Bakuretsu Hunter, and Kuroinu the black cat in Chii's Sweet Home. He appeared in Nanatoshi Monogatari, Hidamari no Ki, Hayou no Tsurugi, Exper Zenon, Akai Hayate, Nozomi Witches, Mellow, and Ai no Kusabi, all Orphan releases
• Yamaguchi Kappei (Dick) played the title roles in the Detective Conan, Ranma 1/2, and Inuyasha franchises, Usopp in the One Piece franchise, Sakuma Ryuichi in Gravitation, and the title roles in the Arslan no Senki OVA series and Mouse, among many others. He played Tacchan in Ashita Genki ni Naare!, Suzuki Kyota in Aoi Kioku, Shibuya in Zetsuai 1989,  Billia in Tottoi, Matsuoka Eiji in Chameleon, Nichol Hawking in Plastic Little, and Tooru in Boyfriend, and appeared in Shin Gakkou no Yuurei, all Orphan releases.
• Nakahara Shigeru (Jenkins, a psychotic trainer) played the title role in Arion, Trowa Barton in Gundam Wing, Fujiwara no Takamichi in Haruka Naru Toki no Nake de: Hachyoushou, and Kurama in Kyousogiga. He also played Hyakutaro in Ushiro no Hyakutaro, Fujiwara no Yukitata in Haruka Naru Toki no Nake de 2, Arikawa Yuzuru in Haruka Naru Toki no Nake de 3, and had featured roles in Aoki Honoo, Ziggy Sore Yuke! R&R Band, Ai no Kusabi, Dragon Fist, Dokushin Apartment Doukudami-sou, Chameleon, and Neko Neko Fantasia, all Orphan releases.
• Sawaki Ikuya (boss of the organization) played Gooley in the Dirty Pair franchise. He also played Kentaro in Ushiro no Hyakutaro, Samuel Hunter in Wolf Guy, Masayoshi Hotta in Hidamari no Ki, Barry in Joker: Marginal City, Alan in Mother: Saigo no Shoujo Eve, Itakura Shirouemon in Sanada 10, the Kaiser in Apfelland Monogatari, Gonbei the cat in Satsujin Kippu wa Heart-iro, and multiple role in Shibuya Honky Tonk, as well as small parts in Heavy, Dallos, Heart Cocktail, and Chameleon, all Orphan releases.
• Shinohara Emi (Eva, another policewoman, ep 1; Cathy, ep 2) played B-Ko in the A-ko properties and Sailor Jupiter in the Sailor Moon franchise. She appeared as the goddess in the Unico segment of Tezuka Osamu: Kyoto Animation Works, Yuri Onagara in Blue Sonnet, vulgar daughter Stephanie in Eguchi Hisashi no Kotobuki Gorou Show, Reiko in Akai Hayate, Lady Manthrum in Hayou no Tsurugi, Yoshie in Shibuya Honky Tonk, a newscaster in Junk Boy, and Android 1025 in Oz, all Orphan releases.
• Mizusawa Jun (Amy, Dick's "pet," ep 2) played Sakakibara Miyuki in Sotsugyousei, an Orphan release, and appeared in Android Ana Maico 2010.
• Tsujitani Kouji (Lt. Smith) played the title role in the Captain Tylor franchise and the lead role in the 3x3 Eyes OVAs. He also played Takei in Sotsugyou: Graduation, Honda in Bakuen Campus Guardress, Guy in Ai no Kusabi, Homare in Okane ga Nai, Shou in Condition Green, Saburou in Kasei Yakyoku,(the northern tribe's leader in Michite Kuru Toki no Mukou ni, Kotarou in Genji, Part 1, and Seishirou in Yuukan Club, all Orphan releases.
• Ootaki Shinya (Major Jones) played Beat in Scoopers. He appeared in Shibuya Honky Tonk, Aoki Honoo, Wolf Guy, Elf ,17, Hoshizora no Violin, Gakkou no Yuurei volume 1, and Hi-Speed Jecy, all Orphan releases.

Some of the animation was done by a first-line company, J.C. Staff. The director, Asami Takashi, also did the storyboards.

The original English translation is credited to "Tokyo Rose," a pseudonym for a translator with many hentai credits. Perevedodildo translation checked and timed. I edited and typeset. Paul Geromini and Muzussawa QCed. The raw is from Proxyman, ripped and encoded from a Japanese laserdisc. It includes two AMVs and promo. Both episodes have a longer version of the OP song, "Really Serious," set to a montage of highlights. The second episode has a promo for the second episode.

It wouldn't be correct to call the original version of Nessa no Wakusei a censored version of Bondage Queen Kate; the latter is an augmented version of the former. Even without the extra scenes, Nessa no Wakusei contains a plethora of nudity, sex, and BDSM content and is totally NSFW. If you can live without the inserted explicit scenes and would like to watch the show with better video quality, you can get this release from the X-rated side of the usual torrent site.