Inoue Toshiki

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…

* Based on the manga by Ooba Tsugumi and Obata Takeshi serialised in Weekly Shounen Jump. This recap is a continuation of the first one. It recounts shortly the previous special and continues to retell the final arc of the series. It contains updated dialogue, as well as a few new scenes. Note: This is a TV special which aired on Nippon Television in Japan on August 22, 2008.

* Based on the manga by Ooba Tsugumi and Obata Takeshi serialised in Weekly Shounen Jump. This recap takes place after the end of the series. A Shinigami approaches Ryuk in the Shinigami realm in order to learn more about the human world. Instead, Ryuk tells him of all the events leading up to the last story arc, about Light Yagami and his rival L. It contains updated…

* Based on an action shounen manga by Fujita Kazuhiro. Masaru has just inherited a big fortune after the death of his father. However, people are trying to get their hands on it by any means necessary, even if it means killing him. Narumi helped Masaru from being kidnapped after fighting some weird guys. He found out that they're not humans but wooden puppets with amazing…

Zed is a 15-year-old boy who lives in Calm. He is frustrated by his current daily life and feels that somewhere out there is a place where he can live more fully. One day, at the invitation of a mysterious wind, Zed dives into a space-time crevasse, seeking the answer that might be there. Riding on the wind, he arrives in a world where warriors called Shard Casters fight…

Saeba Ryou works as a sweeper — he sweeps crime off the streets. His partner, the tomboyish Makimura Kaori, deals primarily with the business side of things, and has a crush on Ryou, though she is reluctant to admit it. The clandestine City Hunter team is available for hire for missions like protection and private investigation, and Ryou has made it his policy to primarily…

Ushio thinks that his father's talk of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the creature…

Ushio thinks that his father's talk of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the creature…

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…