Category: Anime
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Eden of the East
Akira Takizawa wakes up naked outside the White House with no memories. He’s got a gun and a cell phone. He doesn’t remember the phone gives him access to ten billion yen and a woman who will grant any request. He doesn’t even remember he’s supposed to save Japan and will be murdered if he…
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Lovely Muco
Muco is the sweetest, most lovable dog in the neighborhood. This sparkly-nosed Shiba Inu lives with her owner and best friend, Komatsu, a glassblower who lives in Akita. These two companions have wonderful adventures, from going on walks to playing in the pond in front of their house. No matter where they go or what…
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Tsurukichi Sanpei
Sanpei Mihira is a boy from rural Japan who loves all kinds of freshwater fishing. Takao Yaguchi’s original Fisherman Sanpei manga was serialized by Kodansha from 1973 to 1983. It was adapted to an anime that got big in Italy. Some fishing video games were made in the late 80’s for MSX computers based on…
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City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes
Ryo Saeba is the top “sweeper” in the world and takes on cases with his partner Kaori Makimura as “City Hunter”. In this nostalgia-driven film, a model named Ai Shindo has been attacked and hires him to be her bodyguard. Shinji Mikuni, the president of an IT company that has hired Ai for its ad…
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The Moomins
The Moomins are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, and a comic strip by Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson. They are a family of white, round fairy-tale characters with large snouts who live in a house in a land called Moominvalley. While they might look like hippopotamuses at first glance,…
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BLUE GIANT
The latest great works by Ishizuka Shinichi! A high school 3rd year student, Miyamoto Dai, whose heart was touched by Jazz, continued to play the Saxophone alone in Kawahara, rain or shine, day or night, for many years. “I want to become the world’s best Saxophone player…!!” Effort, talent, faith, environment, luck…which are necessary? A…
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Tsuneo Suzukawa is a 22-year-old university student studying marine biology. He works part-time at a diving shop. On his way home after a lecture, he saves a paraplegic young woman named Kumiko Yamamura, who insists on being called “Josee”. After being invited over for dinner as a token of gratitude, Tsuneo receives a job offer…
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Paripi Koumei
Zhuge Liang, or Kongming (Koumei), was one of the greatest tacticians in the Three Kingdoms period 三國時代 of Chinese history. After having led his army through countless grueling victories, Kongming falls gravely ill. As he draws his final breath, Kongming wishes that if he were to reincarnate, he would be reborn in a more peaceful…
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Shumatsu no Izetta
Set in an alternate Earth on the eve of a fantasized World War II, the story follows Izetta, the last surviving member of a clan of witches that possesses the ability to draw on the power of ley lines to magically manipulate any object that they touch. Izetta pledges to help protect Princess Finé and…