MUSICA girl dreams that she is an astronaut and her friend is a farmer. While describing the wonders of space, she recalls the smell of her friend's tomatoes and lettuce. This Minna no Uta song is sung by Sakamoto Maaya for the NHK program.
ONACrystal and Garnet are stuck on the dead and war-torn planet of Walpurgis. Instead of traditional distress signals to aid their rescue, the two girls and their robot companions broadcast a variety of self-produced oddball TV shows.
SPECIALWhile playing in the ocean near a tropical resort, Pikachu & Co. get in a scuffle with Team Rocket's Pokémon. This scuffle causes the Pokémon to wind up miles away in an Ice-covered Paradise. However, when they get there, they are seperated soon find that certain Pokémon in the area require their assistance. Will they be able to reunite with their friends and help these Pokémon out? (Source: Serebii)
SPECIALEpisode 0 of SOS TV Walpurgis Night Fever, introducing the characters and the world. Crystal and Garnet decide to spice up their distress signals in the hopes of getting rescued from the planet Walpurgis.
SPECIALThe film takes a simple idea – creating a picture using a simple thread – and transforms it into an engaging flow of animated images. From East Asian folklore, Okushita takes the symbol of the red string of fate. There are many variations of this ancient tale, but the main idea is that the gods tie men and women together who are destined as each other's soul mates together with a red thread. An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break. - ancient Chinese belief (Source: Nishikata Film Review)
MUSICTwo aliens traveling through space watch from the porthole, jousting each other for a better view. When they reach the Earth, they are bombarded with messages which cause them to leave the Earth's orbit. This is a comedic Minna no Uta song.
MUSICA happy Minna no Uta song reminiscent of 'Singing in the Rain,' this time it's dancing umbrellas. Animation by Taku Furukawa and song by Aya Etsuko.
MUSICA calf goes to a new home while memories of happiness flash by. This is a 1969 Japanese version of an old 1938 Yiddish folk song that was featured in NHK's Minna no Uta.
MUSICA creature takes care of a plant that rewards him in unexpected and wondrous ways. This tree grows throughout the seasons and sustains those around it until it comes full circle with its caretaker. A Minna no Uta song by Ann Sally for the NHK Heart Exhibition.
TVHotori Arashiyama loves mysteries, but there's one she just can't solve: why does the solution to one problem inevitably seem to lead to another? Like how when Hotori has to start working at the Seaside Maid Cafe after school to pay off a debt and her friend Toshiko fortunately knows exactly how a Maid Cafe should be run. Which is fortunate since Hotori has no clue. Except that, unfortunately, Toshiko has no interest in working at the cafe - until she discovers that Hotori's childhood friend Hiroyuki is a regular. Which SEEMS fortunate. Except that Hotori doesn't know that, while Toshiko likes Hiroyuki, Hiroyuki secretly likes Hotori, while Hotori secretly has a crush on... No, no more spoilers! But if that's not enough drama, there's work, angst with a certain math teacher, table tennis between her classmates, her younger brother versus the school's bad girl... And yet, even though everything seems like it's going to crash at any moment, somehow Hotori's life keeps going hilariously forward. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
SPECIALThe students of Ashford Academy are busy preparing for the upcoming school festival. Their preparations are interrupted when terrorists from the Neo-Chinese Federation attack and take control of the school. It's up to Lelouch and and his friends to stop the terrorists from achieving their goals.
MUSICThis is a song meant for a kindergartener's graduation ceremony. Many tears will be shed this season for the students moving up to Junior high school, leaving 6 years of fun, frolic and memories behind. But the circle begins again for the fresh faced, cute little 6 year olds to start the journey that each child must inevitably travel. (Source: dandelionjp - YouTube)
MUSICA young girl wakes up inside the Metropolitan Museum and spends an enchanting night with its denizens. Sung by Taeko Onuki for NHK's Minna no Uta. Stop motion puppet animation by Tadanari Okamoto.
MUSICTwo playing children see a hat blown away by the breeze and land at the top of a tall tree. They can only look at that bright thing perched snugly up high. Song by Japanese singer Shimonari Satoko on NHK's Minna no Uta show.
MUSICThe story of the Greek Icarus who wanted to escape the island by creating a pair of wings. Icarus, so enamored with the success of his wings, rose higher and higher toward the sun. Unfortunately, this results in the glue of the wings melting under the sun's heat.
OVASet over 20 years prior to the main One Piece story, this limited release OVA chronicles the confrontation between Gold Lion Shiki and Gold Roger as well as other events around the world around the time of the Pirate King's execution.
ONASet in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by nuclear war, it tells the story of a damaged robot found by futuristic soldiers investigating a devastated area. The humanoid appeared to be household robot, reminiscent of Asimov, and when the soldiers booted it up, they were able to see what was left of videos recorded inside its memory as seen by the robot throughout the years. In just under seven minutes and with no dialogue, the film poignantly reminds us that all our experiences, the things that we hold dear in our lives, are in constant threat. (Source: Bouncing Red Ball.com)
OVAIn the year 199X, mankind faces extinction due to frequent calamities like abnormal weather or huge insect swarms, caused by the power of the demons. However, Rosa, a woman with mysterious powers appears. Not only does she drive back all disasters, she is also revered as the savior of the world. The demons' leader, Demon, is not happy with this. For the sake of his plan to wipe out humanity, he starts the activation of the Tower of Babel, something which causes his life to be targeted by Rosa. On the other hand, Rosa has started the construction of the Tower of Cain. Now an all out battle which will decide the destiny of mankind begins.. (Source: Rough translation of the Japanese summary on Wikipedia)
TV SHORTFutari Gurashi follows an aspiring manga-ka called Kenji Aoyama, when he meets a boy called Saitou Hikaru. However it turns out that "he" is actually a girl who was raised as a boy.
SPECIALHiyori, a small and timid girl, goes to school for the first time in a year since an accident left her hospitalized. Follow her as she struggles with her social skills, tries to make friends and maybe even a little bit more...? (Source: One Manga)
TVKousaka Kyousuke, a normal 17-year-old high school student living in Chiba, has not gotten along with his younger sister Kirino in years. For longer than he can remember, Kirino has ignored his comings and goings and looked at him with spurning eyes. It seemed as if the relationship between Kyousuke and his sister, now fourteen, would continue this way forever. One day however, Kyousuke finds a DVD case of a magical girl anime which had fallen in his house's entrance way. (Source: Crunchyroll)
SPECIALOne of the first anime ever televised. It comprises of three stories: "The Third Plate" (第三の皿), "Oppel and the Elephant" (オッペルと象), and "Sleepy Town" (眠い町).
TVEleven-year-old Julie Braun lives in the lush green mountain pastures of Austria's Southern Tyrol. Her parents are killed by Italian soldiers, and she is sent to Vienna to live with her relatives, the Clementes. She befriends cousins Johan and Tanya but has trouble adjusting to life with Uncle Karl and Aunt Klara. As Austria is plunged into World War I, Karl is fired from his job at a glass factory, and Julie's new family is forced into a life of hardship. (Source: animevice.com)
MUSICA Japanese version of an old 15th century French song 'Sur le Pont d'Avignon,' which describes how people would come and dance on the Pont St. Bénézet (Pont d’Avignon).
MOVIEPrince Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King is a 1979 Chinese animated film. It was screened out of competition at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. (Source: Wikipedia)
TVA comedy about a country boy that travels to the city to study judo. He ends up meeting the daughter of a prominent dojo and her judo skilled cat. Each episode features 2 stories. (Source: AniDB)
OVAMadobe Nanami is a computer store employee who instructs customers on how to magically assemble their PCs. She also shows them some of the features of Windows 7.
TVPanty and Stocking – the Anarchy Sisters – are two nasty-ass angels who got booted from the pearly gates for being foul-mouthed bitches! Now they spend their nights blowing up ghosts in the seedy abyss between Heaven and Earth. Panty likes sex, Stocking likes sweets, their afro-sporting main man Garter Belt has a fetish we can't mention. Together, they're turning the mean streets of Daten City into a buffet of bodily fluids. Ghosts don't stand a chance against their lingerie of mass destruction, and if this debaucherous duo can collect enough Heaven Coins, they just might get their halos back. It's a slim chance in hell, but anything can happen when you're rolling commando, especially with Panty and Stocking! (Source: FUNimation)
TVOn planet Kirakira live two tribes: Senobi and Robot. Senobi, quiet and peacefully set, settle down in the forest. Robot comes from the desert and starts war to take control of afforested grounds. A young hero coming from Senobi tries to appease the whole situation.
TVTakashi loves reading books and especially loves "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". One day, he buys some used books, and he finds one book thrown in. When Takashi opens the book, "the God of Math" M-1 appeared. Takashi is told that Alice is kidnapped, and he's asked to rescue her by M-1. And Takashi goes on an adventure in Wonderland to rescue Alice. (Source: Anime News Network)
TVThe anime is based on the 4-panel comic strip drawn by Morishita Hiromi and published in Young Jump. The story describes the daily life of Ashibe (an elementary school boy) and his family and friends, including a pet white sea lion.
