BASToF Lemon (also known as BASToF Syndrome) is a South Korean animation series, which ran for 26 episodes in 2001. Six volumes of videos were released on VHS

VHS

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 and DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 in North America

North America

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 by ADV Films, the largest producer-distributor of animation

Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...

. "BASToF" stands for "Be A Stranger To Fear."

Plot

The setting of the story is the year 2097 AD, the place the city of Xenon. An ultimate cyber game, where players fight as biomech cyber robots, has been developed. However, there's something wrong: the game's cyberspace and the real world are linked, thus the damage done in the game's cyberspace creates real destruction in the city of Xenon. This all started when players heard a painful scream, saw a ghostly face, and a powerful scent of lemon overcame them. To solve this mystery, the creator of the game assembles a "Dream Team," which is the top three gamers in all of Xenon. The team is composed of rebellious and arrogant teens, who have to overcome their attitudes and fears to find the answers, answers to the mystery that is much bigger than just the game.

This animation parodies the MMORPG

MMORPG

Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....

or Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.

Characters

• Pseudo(슈도)
• Mint(민트)
• Bewefau(베베파우)
• Moderato(모데라토)
• Cora(코라)
• Tiel(티엘)
• Bomb(밤)
• Pudding(푸딩)
• Pluto(플루토)
• Hadim(하딤)

Awards

• A good film in Film section of 2nd quarter for Digital Content in 2001 by Ministry of Information & Communication, Maeil Economic Newspaper
• Bronze medal at 2001 Digital Contents Competition (Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency)
• Top 100 for Digital Innovation in 2001 by Hankuk Daily Newspaper
• Best TV series in "Korean Cartoon Competition" sponsored by Ministry of Culture & Tourism

External links

• Dongwoo Animation page
• BASToF Lemon at Mimanbu (Korean)