Tanaka Atsuko

It has been a thousand years since the Gauna, a strange alien race with no known method of communication, destroyed the solar system. A portion of humanity managed to escape using enormous seed ships like the Sidonia, which have allowed them to maintain the population while drifting through space. Tanikaze Nagate is a young man who has been raised deep in the bowels of the…

After the events of season one, the authorities of Sidonia plan to turn the tables and strike at the enemy's heart. Ace pilot Tanikaze Nagate and company must again put their lives on the line to protect Sidonia, but now in the company of an unexpected ally: a sentient Garde-Gauna hybrid. Source: ANN Note: The first two episodes received a special pre-airing on November 23,…

* 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

* Based by a gamebook by Hobby Japan. In four years time the competition that will decide who the next Queen shall be will start. The strongest warrior will continue to rule the country according to tradition and expand it. The contestants need only be older than 12 years. They need not be human, intelligent or even of that country. The rules for the tournament are simple:…

Five Japanese high school students are too young to be called adults, but no longer think of themselves as children: Sakai Wakana once took music lessons, but she withdrew from music after losing her mother. Miyamoto Konatsu is a positive-thinking girl who loves singing and spends time after school at the vocal music club. Okita Sawa, a spirited archery club member, dreams of…

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 a light novel series written by Takezuki Jou and illustrated by Sikorsky. The sixteen-year-old high school student Kusanagi Godou was running an errand for his grandfather, delivering a magic artefact to the Witch of Sardinia, Lucretia Zola. Before concluding his errand, however, he got himself caught up in a battle between Heretic Gods and met Erica Blandelli, a…

Blade, the Vampire Hunter. Whilst pregnant with him, Blade's mother was attacked by a vampire. As a result, he was born as a Day Walker, with a mix of vampire and human blood flowing through his veins. He possesses the superhuman strength, senses, and regenerative abilities of vampires, but not their vulnerability to sunlight. By utilizing these strengths, combined with his…

* Based on the 2009 action game Bayonetta: Bloody Fate. Follows the story of the witch Bayonetta, as she defeats the blood-thirsty Angels and tries to remember her past from before the time she awoke, 20 years ago. Along her side are a mysterious little girl, Cereza, who keeps calling her "Mummy", a journalist, Luka, that holds a personal grudge against Bayonetta, and an…

Shiga Haruki happens to find a diary in a hospital one day. The diary belongs to his classmate, a girl named Yamauchi Sakura, who is revealed to be suffering from a terminal illness in her pancreas, and who only has a few months left to live. Sakura explains that he is the only person apart from her family that knows about her condition. He promises to keep it secret and,…