Autumn 2006

A stop-motion animation produced by dwarf and NHK. Composed and sung by Utada Hikaru, this is a colorful children's music video about a bear, what he can and cannot do, and what he is not (such as a car, chocolate, etc.). His rival is a fried shrimp.

After the PlayStation port of Resident Evil 4 hit the stores Capcom released a new 97 minute DVD some time later which intended to summarize the whole story of Resident Evil 4. It's played on English audio with Japanese subtitles. It also included a little book which explains the life on El Pueblo before and the arrival of Osmund Saddler. It also solved some plot holes like…

Bored with his deteriorating world and the laconic way of his fellows, shinigami Ryuk drops his Death Note on Earth and watches to see if it stirs up anything interesting. His plan succeeds beyond his wildest expectations when the Death Note is found by brilliant high school senior Yagami Light, who is also bored with a world he considers rotten. Although initially he regards…

* A spin-off show from Kimi ga Nozomu Eien. Ayu and Mayu, the two waitresses from the Sky Temple family restaurant, get into all sorts of daily adventures.

It is the end of the Edo period, the final years of the age when a man would live and fight as a samurai, entrusting his life and beliefs to a sword. The long peaceful era of the Tokugawa Dynasty begins to be overshadowed by the arrival of Westerners. During the upheaval, when youths seek to prove themselves in a new age, a nefarious existence called Hasha no Kubi, or the Head…

* Based on a manga by Yamada J-ta, serialised in Blade Comics. A girl and a woman — tied together by their secret desires, a young man and a small roadside shrine rumoured to be able to grant wishes. Iokawa Karada is troubled by being looked after by Hiro, her older brother. The death of their parents some four years ago brought her older brother back into her life and since…

In the future, mankind will venture to the far reaches of the cosmos using technologically advanced trains. The fleet of the Galaxy Railways transports countless galactic citizens from one exotic planet to the next, protected by the Space Defence Force, or SDF, the elite force protecting the Railways Fleet against terrorists, meteor storms and malicious alien life. Source: ANN

Second of the four clips on Studio 4°C's Amazing Nuts! DVD, an anthology of four animated shorts with each featuring its own distinct animation style and music. Director: Takashi Yamashita Character designer: Koji Morimoto Music: RAM RIDER (Smile Again)

First of the four clips on Studio 4°C's Amazing Nuts! DVD, an anthology of four animated shorts with each featuring its own distinct animation style and music. Director & Character designer: Daisuke Nakayama Music: M-flo loves Doping Panda (She loves the Cream)

Okajima Rokuro — now known almost exclusively as Rock — was once a typical, put-upon Japanese businessman. Then, on a routine business trip, he was kidnapped and ransomed by the Lagoon Company — a band of mercenary pirates operating out of the crime-riddled city of Roanapur. Abandoned by his bosses, he joined the Lagoon Company. Now he must try and stay afloat amongst the ever…