MOVIEKomaneko is a female kitten who lives with her grandfather in their mountain home, where Komaneko loves to make handicraft. Komaneko is looking forward to Christmas when she can see her papa and mama, and an early present arrives at her home. The present is a cute doll, but included with the doll is a letter, "We can't be home for Christmas." Despondent but determined, Komaneko and her friend, Rajiboo set off on an adventure together. (Source: Anime News Network)
MOVIEThe movie version is the complete version of the story. It includes all the OVAs and completely new scenes giving details on the background story of some characters. Sometime in future Japan, androids have been involved in every aspect of peoples lives. One day, upon checking his android's behavioral log, Rikuo, a student, noticed his android's returning times have been odd recently. With his friend Masaki, they found out the place where his android, Sammy, have been visiting: a small cafe called Eve no Jikan where androids and human are not seen as different. Upon talking with the "people" in the cafe and discovering more of Sammy's behavior, Rikuo changed his view about androids and treat them as friends rather than tools. At the same time, elsewhere in Japan, the Ethics committee is trying to impose policies to reduce the involvement and use of androids in society. (Source: Anime News Network)
MOVIEOdd Jobs Gin has taken on a lot of odd work in the past, and when you're a Jack of All Trades agency based in a feudal Japan that's been conquered and colonized by aliens, the term "Odd Jobs" means REALLY ODD jobs. But when some more than slightly suspicious secrets from the shadows of Gintoki Sakata's somewhat shady former samurai past and a new pair of odd jobs collide, the action is bound to get so wild and demented that only a feature film will do it justice! (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
MOVIERennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage, during a slump in its fortunes during the Middle Ages. According to legend, his motivation was a pivotal childhood incident at the age of just six when his mother summoned him and informed him of his destiny to revive the fortunes of the Honganji school to which he was the next in line. She then mysteriously disappeared from the temple. Taking her words to heart, from a background of great poverty and hardship, at the age of 16 he set out to spread the word across the land.
OVAAno Ko ni 1000% is a high school love story. Azusa Kawahara is the soccer team manager, and her love for childhood playmate Ikumi is mutual. Although the whole school knew what was happening between Azusa and Ikumi, there were rivals who came between them.
MOVIEJi Chang is an excellent archer that strives to be the best in the world. He looks for a certain man that is capable of shooting a leaf from a distance. He decides to make this man his master. He visits his master occasionally over the years for training. He eventually masters the techniques of the bow and decides to head out for the mountains in search of an old man with supernatural abilities.
TVBased on Ooyama Masutatsu's early years. After having survived the war as a Kamikaze pilot, Ken goes on a path to become the strongest martial artist in the world. Fighting bears, bulls and countless other martial arts such as Muay Thai, Tai Chi and many more around the world.
OVAStudent Fuji Takao is inexorably drawn towards his classmate Kawahara Sunao despite class rumors that she has appeared in a porno movie. (Source: AniDB)
ONAAn award winning surreal stop motion anime from Korea using noodles, about a little Bologee (a so-called convex boy) who was born on the Concave Planet. He desperately wants to get to a another planet called Convex Star. When he finally manages to get there he falls in love with a girl from the Convex Planet. The people living there do not approve......
TV SHORTIs a clay animation staring a small caterpillar of mint green named "Knyacki" who is easygoing and likes to go at his own pace in life, but is also full of curiosity.
MOVIEWhen a young noblewoman, Iratsume, falls into a trance after copying Buddhist sutras and walks to a remote temple that women are forbidden to enter, she stirs up the ghost of the executed Prince Otsu. Otsu's ghost then mistakes Iratsume for one of her ancestors, a young woman who came to watch his execution. The beautiful face of this young woman was the last thing the Prince saw before he died, and his ghost cannot rest while her face haunts his sleep.
ONAA dark stop motion anime about a loan traveller in a desert who finds a solitary box. When he opens it he finds a rundown and rather spooky city made up of large tower block apartments. Suddenly a mysterious ghostly stick entity appears and seems to follow our hero. What is the purpose of this strange figure?
MUSICThe haunting, hallucinatory, and oddly cute journey of a young woman into a fantastical world called "dambo", lovingly crafted in stop-motion animation. Music by the Japanese electro-pop band, Electrical Lovers.
MUSICA stop motion animation produced by NHK. A colorful children's music video about a clumsy bear; what he is, and is not; and what he likes and dislikes.
TVTai Chi Chasers focuses on Rai, a young orphan, shocked to discover he's a secret descendent of the Tigeroids: an ancient race of peaceful beings locked in struggle with the ruthless and cunning Dragonoids. In a parallel universe called Suhn, the Tigeroids and Dragonoids are locked in an age-old race to recover 500 lost tai chi symbols. Whoever recovers these precious and potent symbols will possess the ultimate power to rule their realm…and destroy their enemies. Rai must now hone his innate tai chi card skills to fight the Dragonoids, find the lost symbols and battle to become one of the champion Tai Chi Chasers. (Source: Anime News Network)
MOVIEA western occupation propaganda film in which a boy repairs a western style doll that comes to life and uses a magic pen to rebuild his bleak and war torn world into a happy place resembling western civilization. (Source: AniDB)
MOVIEDuring a concert in the forest, the big bad wolf begins to annoy the other animals with his foul smoking, noisy interruptions and destruction of the grounds. The other animals band together and eject the wolf for poor manners.
MOVIEAn early color animation which uses the color to help tell the story. Three butterflies save a bird that falls out of it's nest during a rainstorm. The butterflies decide to ask the flowers for cover, but the red rose will only help the red butterfly since they are the same color.
MOVIEOn a winter's night a bear, a fox and a squirrel seek refuge from the cold. They are drawn by the hearths in the homes of two woodcutters. One man treats them poorly, while the other welcomes them. (Source: Anime News Network)
MOVIEAlternative release of Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files OVA. Was aired 2 years later. Created by the original staff of the series, with an all new story about the end of the 100 year war.
MOVIEKomaneko is the story of a very curious cat, named Komachan, that attempts to make his own stop motion. He deals with many challenges, but he also made some friends while creating his movie. His curiosity makes him even more friends.
TVFive youths from Edo City explore a strange rocky island and discover the mecha that Doctor Hoarai had been creating in order to resist the impending attack by a race of subterranean rock people. Doctor Hoarai was ridiculed by the scientific community for his predictions that such an attack would take place. The youths decide to join the doctor (who was dead but had transferred his mind into a computer) in piloting the vehicles and protecting Earth. The Gowapper 5 Godam team is born! With the aid of the giant fighting robot Godam, the Gowapper team under the leadership of Yoko Misaki must face the hordes of the inhuman subterranean people.
TV SHORTReinya appears to be an ordinary girl working at a convenience store but she is in fact, the Phantom Thief Reinya. Together with her assistant Chuutarou; in their secret hideout right below the local convenience store, Reinya hatches plans to steal various treasures made of gold. They face an incompetent trio of a perverted police inspector, a policewoman who is a natural airhead, and a detective totally infatuated with Reinya, all of them in a police station beside Reinya's convenience store. (Source: Anime News Network)
TVThis story takes place in Los Angeles, USA. The main characters are the lovable members of the Andersons; each one has his or her own different characterstics which conflict and support the others'. By going through many events (meaningful ones as well as weird ones) together, the bond between them grows stronger and tighter.
MOVIEAn alternate retelling of the beginning of the original series. Mikako and Tsutomu lived next door to each other since they were little. They both attend an art school, where Mikako is pursuing her dream of being a fashion designer. They formed a club called Akindo with several of their friends. Akindo participates in flea markets, where they sell their creations--clothes, dolls, and artwork.
SPECIALHitotose Chitose was always alone and untrusting of people but when 5 female teachers appear and started living together with him in his family's house as his mothers, things started to change and pick up, together with Hazuki-nee and Minazuki (his 2 sisters) everyday is a lesson. (Source: Anime News Network) Note: Additionally aired as the 9th episode of HAPPY☆LESSON ADVANCE, with an updated opening and ending to match the season, as well as some minor changes to the episode itself.
TVLife gets crazy for Hakufu when she takes on a pupil that acts just like her! A tournament between the school heads start, but due to Hakufu's negligence, her pupil ends up taking her place. The tournament isn't what it seems, and the girls find themselves in the middle of a plot to take over the clans. (Source: FUNimation)
