Autumn 2005

16-year old Sakurano Tazusa is a Japanese figure ice-skater who considers herself to be worth $10 billion in beauty. While executing her moves in the Women's Figure Skating Grand Prix, she stumbled and landed badly, hence resulting in her loss in the competition. At the same time in a different place, a Canadian youth by the name of Pete Pumps was performing an air stunt when…

* Based on a game by F&C FC01. Kamikura Hiroki was expected to become an artist when entering high school, but for some reason he gave up painting. Now, as a college student at the Nadeshiko Academy, he is studying to become a teacher. He also works as a substitute teacher for the art club of the same academy's high school division. One day, his cousin, Housen Elis,…

Six animated shorts about discrimination and being different. "Daydream" talks about dealing with people with disability. It homes in on the daily life of a father with a daughter whose hands and feet are deformed. "Animal Farm" relies on the rough-and-ready feel of stop-motion clay animation to create a satire of bullying and mob dynamics. "At Her House" paints a devastating…

Yukari is a typical high school student who listens to her parents and attends school every day. As she starts to question her way of life, she encounters a group of fashion design students who own a clothing label known as Paradise Kiss. The group needs to find a model to showcase their designs in an up-coming fashion show and decides to pick Yukari. Initially, Yukari was…

The war never stops: in a different time, on a different battlefield, hiding deeply in the folds of history... They are called Chiropterans. They can change their form and disguise as human beings, but they are not. They are immortal creatures that feed off blood. An organization, named Red Shield, has been fighting to exterminate this pestilence, and the struggle has now…

The mega-corporate Daedalus Group is under attack by a small group of activists known as the Ghost of Icarus. While taking care of some of the victims of the bombing, Black Jack encounters Dr. Kiriko, also known as Death Incarnate, who just like him, asks his patients huge sums of money but instead of saving them, he offers them a painless death. When the activist group…

A girl gently strolls through a bug town while singing and playing her acoustic guitar. Source: ANN Note: Was included on the Ghibli ga Ippai Special Short Short DVD.

The world is secretly controlled by a secret organizition, Chronos. Under the command of this mysterious organization are the Chronos Numbers, a group of powerful assasins, taking orders to eliminate certain targets secretly to keep the so-called peace. One of the most powerful is the Number XIII, Train Heartnet, also known as Black Cat. At first he seems to be a cruel killer…

* Based on the manga written by Sanjou Riku and illustrated by Inada Kouji. It is the dark century and the people are suffering under the rule of the devil, Vandel, who is able to manipulate monsters. The Vandel Busters are a group of people who hunt these devils, and among them, the Zenon Squad is known to be the strongest busters on the continent. A young boy, Beet, dreams…

* Based on Kimura Yuuichi's extraordinary best-selling picture books, which has won loyal followers from kindergarteners to grandparents. Gabu and Mei, a wolf and a goat, meet by chance, developing a friendship that transcends the natural enmity between predator and prey. Gabu is tormented by his literally wolfish instincts and Mei only compounds his troubles. Mei's flock and…