* Based on a manga series written and illustrated by Noda Satoru.
In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Sugimoto "Immortal" Saichi scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not…
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Yawara! is a sports anime laced with comedic and romance elements. It starts off with Inokuma Yawara, a high school girl who is most interested in doing the things that your average Japanese high school girl does. However, she has been trained in Judo for years by her grandfather, Jigorou (a former Japan Judo Champion), who has much grander plans in store for her as a Judo…
* Original story based on Yoshitomi Akihito's Blue Drop manga.
In 1995, all 800 inhabitants of the isolated Kamikakushi Island vanished in one night, all but a single girl who lost her memory. The cause of the disappearances was never identified.
Four years later, that girl, Mari, transfers to the girl's dormitory school, Kaihou Gakuen, leaving behind her grandmother, who…