Autumn 2009

* Based on a shoujo manga by Shiina Karuho, serialised in Bessatsu Margaret. Kuronuma Sawako is the perfect heroine... for a horror movie. With her jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanour, she is often mistaken for the haunting movie character Sadako from The Ring. But behind her scary façade is a very misunderstood teenager. Too shy to fit in, all she wants to do…

* Based on Minazuki Suu's shounen manga series Sora no Otoshimono ("Lost Property of the Sky"), serialised in Shounen Ace. Sakurai Tomoki, a normal student, tries to live by his motto: "Peace and quiet is the best." The only thing abnormal in his life are the dreams of a girl whose face he can never remember, always waking up with tears in his eyes. He tries to ignore the…

The Defend Love music video was a collaboration with Sunrise Animation, featuring Amuro Namie as an animated character interacting with Amuro Ray of Mobile Suit Gundam. Part of the video re-creates the encounter between Amuro Ray and Lalah Sune in the Ghost of Solomon event, with Namie Amuro in place of Lalah piloting a pink Elmeth.

* Bases on the eroge by the same name, created by BaseSon. Kan'u and Chouhi's group rescue a mysterious girl, who is actually the real Ryuubi, her name and heirloom sword stolen after previous events. The group sets off to recover Ryuubi's sword. At the same time, a group of street performers, the three Chou Sisters, are given a mysterious magic book that may be more trouble…

* Based on a game book by Hobby Japan. In the city of Gainos, Leina the vagrant warrior enters the competition of Queen's Blade to decide the new queen of the continent, but there are a number of obstacles in her way, namely other powerful fighters, and each one with her own reason for fighting. Source: ANN

* Adaptation of a book by Happy Science founder Ookawa Ryuuhou. 17-year-old Amanokawa Sayako aspires to become a journalist, just like Kanemoto, an elite newspaper writer she looks up to. But Kanemoto, ashamed of making an erroneous report about a corruption scandal, jumps in front of a train and commits suicide. Since that incident, Sayako suddenly becomes able to see…

* Based on Takahashi Yashichirou's light novel series. Reshuffle — While searching through the Hunter's nest for a particular treasure, Shana and Yuuji encounter some unforeseen difficulty when they discover a Hougu named Reshuffle, that swaps their minds. And to make things even more complicated they cannot let anyone know that this body transfer happened. Domicile — Shana…

Note: PV shown at Tokyo Game Show 2009.

* Based on a light novel series by Nishino Katsumi, with illustrations by Koin. It is summer, the temperatures are up, and Chizuru still embarrasses Kouta with her more or less intentional ecchi behaviour. Note: Initially both episodes aired on the AT-X channel with the Blu-ray & DVD release following about a month later (Volume 1 on 25.11.2009 and Volume 2 on 22.12.2009…