The Oishinbo gang takes time off from the normal culinary wars to get involved with a political dispute about American rice imports. The economic conflict between a pushy US Senator from California and a nationalistic Japanese politician is further complicated by concerns about the cumulative effect of pesticide use in both American and Japanese agriculture.
Autumn 1993
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Source: Orphan…
The recently ennobled Reinhard von Lohengramm who on suspicion of imperial favouritism and nepotism is facing resistance from his peers, and Yang Wen-Li the unwilling hero of the opposite faction, must prove their worth in the Battle of Astate...
Note: The film is a more detailed retelling of the first 2 episodes of the Legend of Galactic Heroes OVA series.
* Based on the manga by Hiwatari Saki, originally published in Hana to Yume magazine.
Ever since she was a little girl, plants and animals have always seemed to love the Japanese high school student, Sakaguchi Alice. Her next door neighbour Rin loves her too. Even though he is only eight years old, he is determined to marry Alice one day.
Alice's classmates, Jinpachi and…
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Source: ANN
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The sisters Mariko and May, along with Mariko's bad-tempered boyfriend, become involved with Ichiro, an arrogant, womanising male model.
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Source: Collectr's Blog