A 12-year-old boy named Naota is hanging out with 17-year-old Mamimi, the girlfriend of Naota's absentee brother. Their relationship is an uneasy one, since Mamimi seems to enjoy teasing Naota quite a bit. Suddenly, their time together is interrupted by the arrival of Haruhara Haruko, a seemingly insane girl on a motor scooter. She runs over Naota and then whacks him in the…
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Nine regular humans from different parts of the world are abducted and transformed into cyborgs with astounding powers for the purpose of being used as weapons. The nine cyborgs rebel and start to fight against their creators in the name of justice and world peace. Decades later, the nine cyborgs seem to be untouched by time, but they live in a world where "justice" has as…
The story continues to follow the adventures of Section 9's top members, Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, and Togusa. For this second season, Innocence-famed director Mamoru Oshii contributed with his ideas to the concept of the entire series right from the initial planning stages. The series maintains an episodic format and portrays Section 9 dealing with political issues such as…
* Based on the light novel series by Nomura Mizuki.
Prelude of the Girl Who Gazes into Dreams — Amano Tooko is a high school student with the strange power of being able to experience books by savouring them. While visiting the workplace of her deceased father, she stumbles upon the rejected drafts for a writing contest. One of them has such an impact on her that she asks her…
* Based on the short story "Bungaku Shoujo" to Ushi Maou (Minotaurus), published in volume 02 of FBSP.
Amano Tooko and Inoue Konoha are the only members of their high school literature club. After school, they meet so that Tooko can assign topics that will guide Konoha in writing a short story — the Literature Girl Tooko's daily "snack" — within fifty minutes.
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* Based on Tanaka Yoshiki's series of science fiction novels by the same name.
It is late into the 36th century in the ancient Christian calendar; mankind, having developed the technology to travel faster than light speed and colonize many planets, has taken a hold of space, to the point of abandoning Earth almost entirely. Two superpowers comprising almost all the human…
OAD 1: Revolves around Futaba and Kou in middle school. Based on the chapter called Unwritten (Chapter 0).
OAD 2: Counts as episode 13 of the TV series.
Note: Bundled with the 11th and 12th volumes of the Ao Haru Ride manga by Sakisaka Io.
Fena Houtman remembers little about her childhood. Orphaned and raised as a servant in a brothel, her life changes when she escapes to an island of pirates where she discovers the truth behind her family. With Fena being the only one able to unlock her family's secrets, and a formidable crew of female pirates on her tail, she must take her place as captain of her Samurai crew…
Fujimiya Momiji is a descendant of the Kushinada clan whose women possess the power to defeat the Aragami, an alien plant-like race, by sacrifice. After centuries of slumber, the Aragami have awakened and are invading Tokyo en route to conquering the world.
In their way are the hapless schoolgirl Momiji, who becomes infected with one of the Blue Seeds — magatama beads that…
The Aragami return once again to ravage the city, and it is up to the Terrestrial Administration Centre to stop them. Fujimiya Momiji and Kusanagi Mamoru's relationship is on ice; the rest of the TAC is scrambling to get things together so they can effectively wipe out the Aragami. A mysterious girl, claiming to be a half-Aragami like Mamoru, is causing chaos for the TAC and…