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The Animation Studio, Ufotable (“Coyote Ragtime Show”), That Is Famous for High Quality and Unique Style Animation

The Animation Studio, Ufotable (“Coyote Ragtime Show”), That Is Famous for High Quality and Unique Style Animation

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2008 New Titles

1aPROM08824.OT1A.indd 2008 New Titles

“I can kill everything, even God”

After two years in comma, Ryogi wakes up amnesiac. She finds, in turns, that she had obtained “eyes of death perception” with which she can see death of things and around her. This is a suspense where she fights supernatural incidents with the psychic power.

Based on the hit cult novel by Kinoko , “the Garden of sinners” has finally became . The movie series have been created by the , (“Coyote Ragtime Show”), that is famous for high quality and unique style animation. “the Garden of sinners” will blow your mind with breathtaking battle scenes and state of art visual!

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Territory English speaking territories & South America Staff Original Story: Kinoko Nasu "Kara no kyoukai" Release Date ( NOVELS) Chapter 1: December 2007 THEATRICAL Director: Ei Aoki (Chapter 1), Takuya Nonaka (Chapter 2), Chapter 2: January 2008 Mitsuru Obunai (Chapter 3) Chapter 3: February 2008 Character Concept: Takashi Takeuchi Program Run Time Character Design & Drawing Director: Tomonori Sudo, Chapter 1: 48 minutes Takuro Takahashi & Mitsuru Obunai Chapter 2: 58 minutes Script: Masaki Hiramatsu Chapter 3: 60 minutes Music: Animation Studio: ufotable Chapter 4~7: TBA http://www.karanokyoukai.com/

©KINOKO NASU/Kodansha・Aniplex・Notes・ufotable 2008 New Titles 2008 New Titles

KANNAGI New Titles Mikuriya, a member of high school art club, finally completes a wooden 2008 statue of a fairy for an exhibition. But the statue is not an ordinary , and it suddenly turns into a girl who calls herself “Nagi the goddess”.

She can be your perfect girlfriend only if she doesn’t open her mouth and behave strangely. Jin’s happy days are over, and a new life with Nagi and gangs starts. -trinity soul- The story is set in Ayanagi City that faces the Sea. The newly built futuristic has recovered from a disaster called“ simultaneous apathy syndrome” which attacked the citizen ten years ago. Territory Worldwide Staff Original Story: Eri Takenashi Release Date 2008 Shin Kanzato (17 years old), a high school student, TV Director: Yutaka Yamamoto Program Run Time TBA and his brother Jun (14) see his elder brother Ryo (28), a young inspector of the PD, Series Script: Hideyuki Kurata Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures for the first time in ten years. http://www.nagisama-fc.com/anime/index.html Meanwhile, strange incidents are happening in Ayanagi City - the crew mysteriously and suddenly disappears from a diving boat, and people start suffering ©Eri Takenashi - ICHIJINSHA from apathy syndrome again after an interval of ten years. Also a series of violent murders called “front-back rotated body case” in which high school students are killed horribly happens. Ryo searches for some organization which is involved in all of the incidents. Shin’s monstrous PERSONA awakes as he In year 2020, a man declares the beginning of “Sekirei Project” on the top of getting involved in the case. A gear of the three brothers’ a skyscraper in the capital of New Imperial . fate starts turning…. 108 warriors called “Sekirei” are released to the human world where each of them find her master to be qualified for battles to win the to control the world. Territory English speaking territories & Europe © / PERSONA-trinity soul- Committee Minato Sahashi, a lame man who just failed college entrance exam, Staff Director: Jun Matsumoto Release Date January 2008 Main Character Concept: Shigenori Soezima Program Run Time sees a mysterious beautiful girl fall from the sky. The girl, Musubi the Sekirei Series Structure & Main Scenario: Yasuyuki Mutou Time 30 minutes 26 episodes warrior, chooses Minato as the master of her destiny. 02 TV Character Design: Yuriko Ishii 03 Series PERSONA Design: Nobuhiko Genma Music: Taku Iwasaki When the bond between the two gets stronger, the story moves to a next phase…. Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures http://www.persona-ts.net/ Territory Worldwide Staff Orignal Story: Sakurako Gokurakuin Release Date Summer 2008 Director: Keizo Kusakawa Program Run Time TV Script: Takawo Yoshioka 30 minutes x 12 episodes Series Character Design: Shinpei Tomooka Animation Studio: SEVEN・ARCS TETSUWAN BIRDY DECODE www.sekirei-tv.com ©Sakurako Gokurakuin / SQUARE ・SEKIREI Project There is an object called "Ryunka" which has power to even extinguish a planet.

Birdy Siffon Altira, a Space Federal investigator, follows off a fugitive who had stolen "Ryunka" to Earth, and she accidentally kills a high school boy, Tsutomu Senkawa, during the investigation. RH+ While recovering his body, Birdy secures Tsutomu’s memory and mind in her body. At a styled house called Geccho-kan in a town, there lives four guys New life of Birdy who has “two minds in one flesh" has thus started: Life as a high Kiyoi, a caretaker, Masakazu, a college student, Makoto and Ageha, high school school student and as an investigator at the same time. students.

Motives of the space and Earth sides on “Ryunka” depart toward differ directions, The four seem to be ordinary people and lead normal lives, but they definitely and Tsutomu and Birdy face an unexpected fact in the course of investigation. have a big secret: They are vampires!

In this newly developed original story based on the popular comic, Birdy and This is a story of their life as vampires that solve cases which police doesn’t Tsutomu’s battle has just begun!! work on, and secretly protect the society at night.

Territory Worldwide Staff Original Story: YUUKI Masami Release Date First Series: Summer 2008 Territory Worldwide excluding Asia Director: Second Series: TBA Series Structure: Hiroshi Ohnogi Program Run Time Staff Original Story: B's-LOG COMICS "RH Plus" Ayako Release Date January 2008 TV Suwa/ENTERBRAIN, INC. Program Run Time Series Character Design: ryo-timo First Series: 30 minutes x 13 episodes Creative Producer: Yutaka Izubuchi Second Series: 30 minutes x 13 episodes TV Director: Ryuichi Ichino & Nozomu Aida 30 minutes x 13 episodes Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures Series Script: Megumi Sasano & Kimiko Ueno ©YUUKI Masami・ / PROJECT BIRDY Music: Mitsutaka Tajiri http://www.birdy-tv.com/ Production Studio: GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT http://www.rhplus.jp/index.html

©2008 Ayako Suwa / PUBLISHED BY ENTERBRAIN, INC./"RH+" Committee Series FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Series

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Only at the age of 15, Edward is qualified as a national alchemist, who with his younger brother Alphonse had violated the biggest taboo in the world of alchemy, bringing back to life the dead. However, the alchemy ended in a failure and during the process of the alchemy, Edward lost his left leg and Alphonse his entire body. Edward sacrificed his right arm to bring back Alphonse, but was only able to stabilize Alphonse's spirit to an armor suit through the process of alchemy. Alphonse and Edward go out on a journey to find the one thing that can bring back everything that they lost, the "Philosopher's Stone".

Territory Worldwide Staff Original Story: Release Date December 2003 Director: Program Run Time 30 minutes x 51 episodes TV Script: Sho Aikawa Series Character Design: Yoshiyuki Ito Music: ©HIROMU ARAKAWA・ / MBS・ANX・・ 2004 Animation Studio: BONES http://www.aniplex.co.jp/hagaren/ FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST THE MOVIE CONQUEROR OF SHAMBALLA Year 1923, Munich. In exchange for bringing back Alphonse, Edward was the fate of being thrown into the "Real World" where alchemy cannot be used. Edward is living with a young man who looks exactly like Alphonse in the same room rent out by someone looking like Glacier Hughes. Many familiar faces around, however this is not the “Alchemy World” with the same people. Just when Edward was about 04 to give up finding a way back to the world where he came 05 from, an unexpected encounter greatly changes Edward’s fate. He encounters , who had come through the “” just as Edward did. The story begins in Germany after the FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST World War I and starts off on a new journey. Territory Worldwide Series Staff Original Story: Hiromu Arakawa Release Date July 2005 Director: Seiji Mizushima Program Run Time 104 minutes Script: Sho Aikawa THEATRICAL Character Design: Yoshiyuki Ito Music: Michiru Oshima Animation Studio: BONES http://www.aniplex.co.jp/hagaren/hagaren-movie/ ©Hiromu Arakawa・HAGAREN THE MOVIE FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST PREMIUM COLLECTION

PREMIUM COLLECTION includes the "State Alchemists VS. The Seven Homunculus"which was originally aired at combined with previously unreleased footage, and also includes three original short .

Territory Worldwide Staff Release Date March 2006 ORIGINAL Director: Seiji Mizushima Program Run 33 minutes VIDEO Character Design: Yoshiyuki Ito Music: Michiru Oshima Animation Studio: BONES http://www.aniplex.co.jp/hagaren/

©HIROMU ARAKAWA・SQUARE ENIX / MBS・ANX・BONES・dentsu 2004 Series Rurouni Kenshin Series

Rurouni Kenshin TV Series The Revolution was a period of transition for Japan, overthrowing the nobles and drastically changing into a democratic parliamentary government. , who was once the deadliest assassin at the end of the feudal ear, has pledged his skills to commit to helping people. Kenshin carries a sakabatou, which is a sword that is sharpened only on the back edge, meaning he can only use his sword to disable the enemy. Wandering around the country, Kenshin meets many friends and past enemies during his journey. The reason for his change of heart from a killer to a savior is a mystery… Territory Worldwide Staff Original Story: Release Date January 1996 Director: Program Run Time 30 minutes x 94 episodes TV Character Design: Hideki Hamasu Series Animation Studio: & ©N. Watsuk・i /Fuji-TV・Aniplex Inc. http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Movie/TV/Kenshin/

Rurouni Kenshin - The Motion Picture During , there was a legendary assassin called Kenshin who was feared by all. At the beginning of the Meiji period, Kenshin pledged not to kill and was in Tokyo protecting the innocent and keeping peace. One day, Kenshin visits Yokohama and meets Takimi Shigure. As both were swordsman living in the transition period of Bakumatsu to Meiji era, they sympathized with each other, but each had no idea of their destiny. Shigure inherited the spirits of the many deaths, which occurred during Bakumatsu and gathers people to rise in a rebellion against the Meiji government. During this rebellion, Kenshin steps in and confronts Shigure’s rebel. The sword battle between the two revives the destiny!

Territory Worldwide Staff Original Story: Nobuhiro Watsuki Release Date May 2000 Script: Yukiyoshi Ohashi Program Run Time 103 minutes Animation Director: Hatsuki Tsuji THEATRICAL Character Design: Hatsuki Tsuji ©1997 N. Watsuk・i Shueisha / Fuji-TV・Aniplex Inc. Animation Studio: GALLOP http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Movie/TV/Kenshin/ 06 07

Rurouni Kenshin Rurouni Kenshin Tsuioku- In 1864, small clans of soldiers began to revolt and sought to overthrow the Series dictatorship of Tokugawa Shogunate. Enter Kenshin Himura, who has turned into a deadly assassin under the service of the revolutionary leader, Katsura. Kenshin’s hopes for a new world of peace relying on his killing sword. One rainy night, Kenshin meets a mysterious girl, Tomoe, who inspires Kenshin to become aware that there are different ways of changing the world. Tsuioku Hen is one of the most important episodes of Kenshin series, which focuses on the roots of Kenshin and reveals the history of Kenshin’s scar. Territory Worldwide Staff Original Story: Nobuhiro Watsuki Release Date February 1999 ORIGINAL Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi Program Run Time VIDEO Character Design: Masahide Yanagisawa 35 minutes x 4 episodes ©N. Watsuk・i Shueisha / Fuji-TV・Aniplex Inc. ANIME Animation Studio: Studio DEEN http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Movie/TV/Kenshin/ Rurouni Kenshin Seisou-Hen Kenshin is missing for half a year after his ship was wrecked on his way to the continent of China to help find the Japanese soldiers who fought in the Nisshin-War. Kaoru waits for Kenshin’s return and goes to the harbor almost everyday hoping for his return. Would Kenshin at last be able to find a way to atone for killing so many people? Thinking of Kenshin, Kaoru asks herself what she can do for him; at the same time she is afraid that Kenshin might disappear from her life someday.

Territory Worldwide Staff Original Story: Nobuhiro Watsuki Release Date December 2001 ORIGINAL Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi Program Run Time VIDEO Character Design: Matsushima Episode 1: 35 minutes ANIME Music: Taku Iwasaki Episode 2: 60 minutes Animation Studio: Studio DEEN

©N. Watsuk・i Shueisha / Fuji-TV・Aniplex Inc. http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Movie/TV/Kenshin/ Series GURREN LAGANN Series

GURREN LAGANN The story takes place in the future on Earth... For over couple hundred years, people have been living quietly underground. They dug, built houses, raised domestic animals and feared the occasional earthquakes and cave-ins. One day in a village called Giha, Simon, a boy who was digging to further expand his village, finds a small drill, that shined mysteriously. Kamina, who is like a brother to Simon, believes that there is a “surface of earth” above where they live. He is the leader of “Gurrens”, a group of thugs, and he secretly plans to crash through the ceiling to escape to the surface above. Then one day, the ceiling of the village collapsed with an earthquake 08 and a gigantic machine falls from the sky! At that moment, 09 Kamina realizes that the surface do really exist and he tries to fight against the raging machine. Moments later, Yoko, a girl with a rifle, also comes down from the surface. She was following the GURREN LAGANN machine to take it down, but with her rifle, she is only able to slow it down. As they came to the push, Simon shows Kamina Series and Yoko, the mysterious drill he found the other day. The ©, KAZUKI NAKASHIMA / Aniplex, KED-J, TV TOKYO, DENTSU drill was actually a machine with its head only...

Territory Worldwide Staff Director: Release Date April 2007 Script & Series Composition: Kazuki Nakashima Program Run Time TV Character Design: Atsushi Nishigori 30 minutes x 27 episodes Series Mechanic Design: You Yoshinari Animation Studio: GAINAX http://www.gurren-lagann.net/

GURREN LAGANN THE MOVIE COMING SOON! BLOOD Series BLOOD Series

BLOOD THE LAST VAMPIRE

At the Yokota Base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam War. But a greater threat exists within the walls of the heavy-guarded compound: Vampires. A team of top-secret undercover agents learn of these blood-sucking fiends, and dispatch the mysterious Saya to hunt down and destory them. This beautiful yet dangerous vampire slayer must use her extraordinary abilities and lethal Japanese sword to save the humans from these sinister creatures of the night.

Territory Worldwide Staff Director: Release Date November 2000 Character Design: Terada Program Run Time ©2000 Production I.G / ANX · SCEI · IPA Planning in Cooperation: 48 minutes THEATRICAL Animation Studio: Production I.G http://www.aniplex.co.jp/blood/

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Based on -selling anime movie title "Blood the Last Vampire", BLOOD+ focuses on the ongoing conflict between two groups: evil Chiropterans, bat-like monsters with super-human strength and speed that can change their appearance to look like and infiltrate the humans upon whom they prey, and Red Shield, a secret organization whose goal is to track down and exterminate the Chiropterans. Amidst this chaos is an unlikely heroine - a mysterious high-school girl with little recollection of her past, living a peaceful life with her family, unaware that at one time she was a great warrior who battled with the Chiropterans. The Red Shield turns to her, and her sword, in their battle against the Chiropterans.

Territory Worldwide Staff Original Story: Production I.G / Aniplex TV Director & Series Composition: Junichi Fujisaku Series Chief Production Direction: Jun Matsumoto Character Design: Chizu Hashii Animation Character Design & Main Drawing Director: Akiharu Ishii Art Director: Junichi Higashi Mechanic Design: Kenji Teraoka Design in association with: Katsuya Terada Planning in association with: Mamoru Oshii Music: Mark Mancina Music Producer: Hans Zimmer Animation Studio: Production I.G

Release Date October 2005 Program Run Time 30 minutes x 50 episodes

©2005 Production I.G · Aniplex · MBS · HAKUHODO http://www.blood.tv Jigoku Shoujo Series Jigoku Shoujo Series

Jigoku Shoujo Somewhere in the vast realm of the Internet, there is a website called “Jigoku Tsushin” (Hell Message), which could only be accessed at the stroke of midnight. When grudges are posted on that website, Jigoku Shoujo () will appear and drag the nemesis into . Such rumor seemed to be an urban legend that was believed between children but it was not just a rumor. Jigoku Tsushin really existed. Ai Enma turns into Jigoku Shoujo when grudges are posted onto Jigoku Tsushin. She has the power to drag the nemesis into inferno but there 012 is one condition. “Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. Your soul 013 will also be taken to inferno, but yours will be taken after you live your life. It is up to you.” High ratings are marked in spite of its midnight broadcasting time. Ai, a girl in a kimono dress, develops with specters. Territory Worldwide Jigoku Shoujo Staff Original Concept: Hiroshi Watanabe Release Date TV Original Work by: Jigoku Shoujo Project First Series: October 2005 Series Director: Takahiro Ohmori Second Series: October 2006 Series Story Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki Third Series: October 2008 Character Design: Mariko Oka Program Run Time Art Director: Yoshinori Hishinuma First Series: 30 minutes x 26 episodes Music: & Second Series: 30 minutes x 26 episodes Hiromi Mizutani Third Series: 30 minutes x 26 episodes Animation Studio: Studio DEEN http://www.jigokushoujo.com/

© Jigoku Shoujo Project / SKY Perfect Well Think ･ Aniplex Theatrical Animation Theatrical Animation

TEKKONKINKREET New/old, adult/child, life/death, and Black/White... Super- sensation-live-story of brotherhood and bond which Black and White followed in the world composed of these opposing forces. “Treasure Town” ruled by the time-honored love and duty. Black and White, two boys being called “Cats”, making this town a home, ruled by no-one, and freely fly around. The Cats, knowing the town inside out, were having a life repeating robbery with violence. Two have been living by helping each other and by winning the town over to their side. But the wave of “Redevelopment” is gradually approaching, decadence of the city. Black and White encounters the battles which links to the transition of the town. “Black” and “White”, with opposing nature, have been helping and complementing each other and deeply entrenched in the town. But their balance starts to collapse with the transition of the town… Following blockbuster live- “”, Taiyo Matsumoto’s master is now in an animation film. 3D x 2D animation, created without losing the original taste, is a must-see!

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80th Annual Academy Awards The Best Animated Feature Film Nomination Territory Worldwide 55th Motion Picture Editors Guild Awards Best Sound Editing in Feature Film: Animated Nomination Staff Release Date 57th Berlin International Film Festival Original Story: Taiyo Matsumoto December 2006 Generation14 Plus, Best First Feature Nominations THEATRICAL Director: Program Run Time Script: Anthony Weintraub 104 minutes 9th Deauville Asian Film Festival Production Direction: Hiroaki Ando Panorama Selection Character Design: Shojiro Nishimi 40th Sitges Film Festival Drawing Director: Masahiko Kubo & Chie Uratani ANIMA’T Gertie Award Special Mention Art Director: Shinji Kimura Anima 2008 Music: Plaid Feature Film Grand Prix, Audience Award for Best Feature Animation Animation Studio: STUDIO4°C 61st http://www.tekkon.net/ Ohfuji Noburo Award 31st Japan Academy Prize Best Animation of the year

Roujin Z An elderly invalid is volunteered for a bizarre science experiment. He is given a robotic bed linked directly to his brainwaves! It appears first to be a good plan, especially in the eyes of the younger generations. However, when it is trialed on old Mr. Takazawa, the bed transforms into an unstoppable robot and reveals the true reason of the machine's creation.

Territory Worldwide Staff Original Work, Script & Mechanic Design: Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo THEATRICAL Character Concept: Hisashi Eguchi Music: Bun Itakura Art Director: Shinji Kimura Animation Studio: A.P.P.P Release Date September 1991 Program Run Time 80 minutes ©1991 TOKYO THEATERS CO.,INC · PUBLISHING CO.,LTD · CO.,LTD · http://www.aniplex.co.jp/roujinz/ · Aniplex Inc. Series Series Kikaider Series Mirage of Blaze Series

Humanoid Kikaider - The Animation Mirage of Blaze The Kikaider TV Animation series is originated from Shotaro The generals during the Warring State Period who passed away Ishinomori's comic book. It is focused on the main character Jiro and his without unifying the country have waken from death as vengeful mental conflict as a robot and a human being, due to a circuit built spirits and turned the world into a "Dark Warring Country". Fighting inside him giving him feelings like a human being. Throughout the "Dark Warring World", underworld Uesugi had the most powerful the story, he suffers through this conflict along with experiences of "FORCE" and purified the bad spirits and sent the spirits to the unrequited love for Mitsuko. Jiro searches for his creator looking for an underworld. A boy named Takaya Oogi is told by Naoe at one incident answer of why he was created and the reason for his existence. that he is actually Kagetora Uesugi, the head leader of Uesugi Territory Worldwide Underworld Army... Staff Original Story: Release Date Territory Worldwide Director: November 2000 Staff Original Story: Mizuna Kuwabara Release Date November 2002 TV Character Design & Art Director: Naoyuki Konno Program Run Time Supervised: Toshio Hirata Program Run Time Series Series Composition: Akemi Omode 30 minutes x 13 episodes TV Director: Susumu Kudo 30 minutes x 13 episodes Animation Studio: RADIX and Studio OX Series Character Design: Itsuko Takeda ©2002 MIZUNA KUWABARA / SHUEISHA Inc., Aniplex Inc. Animation Studio: http://www.aniplex.co.jp/Kikaider/ ©2000 Ishimori Pro / Aniplex・BT http://www.aniplex.co.jp/mirage/

- the Animation Kikaider 01 Mirage of Blaze - Minagiwa no Hangyakusya A sequel to the TV animation “Humanoid Kikaider” produced in 2000 [see also “Humanoid Kikaider” in this catalog]. Jiro meets Takaya and Ayako were in chasing Araki who had become a Rieko and Akira who are being chased by a secret organization. revengeful ghost. At the same time, "Ikoushu" were chasing Araki as Jiro confronts robots from the organization through battles. Jiro, well. They were after "Ihatsu Mandara", which confined the long-held a humanoid, recognizes that there is a strange “memory” inside grudge of Araki clan, to use it to create a powerful weapon. Takaya his program. Watch how this “memory” leads Jiro to meet his and Ayako finally found Araki, then found out that Araki looks exactly elder brother, “Kikaider 01” and finds out what message Dr. like Ayako's lover whom she had been waiting for 200 years. Koumyoji’s has implanted into this “memory”. Territory Worldwide Territory Worldwide Staff Original Story: Mizuna Kuwabara Release Date November 2004 Staff Original Story: Shotaro Ishinomori Release Date November 2001 ORIGINAL Director & Character Design: Fumie Muroi Program Run Time Director: Keitaro Motonaga Program Run Time ORIGINAL VIDEO Assistant Director: Kunio Katsuki 30 minutes x 3 episodes Character Design: Naoyuki Konno 30 minutes x 4 episodes VIDEO Script: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu ANIME Script: Shinsuke Ohnishi and Saizo Nemoto ©2004 MIZUNA KUWABARA / SHUEISHA Inc., Aniplex Inc. ANIME Color Design: Osamu Mikasa Animation Studio: Studio OX Animation Studio: MADHOUSE ©2001 Ishimori Pro / Aniplex http://www.aniplex.co.jp/Kikaider/ http://www.aniplex.co.jp/mirage/ 016 017 Series R.O.D Series GRAVITATION R.O.D - READ OR DIE- Shuichi’s dream has come true that his band “BAD LUCK” is now a Like a book having a front cover and the back of it, the world also has a side of the hidden. It is a world popular band and the release of their new song is already announced that is in battle which regular people can never see. There is a woman who always gets involved in on media. But Yuki seems to be avoiding Shuichi these days. those battles. The woman’s name is Yomiko, whose special ability is “Paper Manipulation”. She hides Why? Is that the reason for Shuichi’s bad mood and not being able to her as a secret agent belonging to a special execution unit in the Great Britain library. Even write the lyrics for his song? BAD LUCK’s staffs are worried if Shuichi today there waits a battle with the “ World’s Great Man Forces” who are conspiring to change the can recover from his slump. The staff books Shuichi to appear on a TV world in an evil way. The world’s fate belongs in the hands of a single paper of Yomiko’s… program to cheer him up but it turns out to be a bad plan… Territory Worldwide Territory Worldwide Staff Script: Hideyuki Kurata Release Date May 2001 Director: Koji Masunari Program Run Time Staff Original Story: Maki Murakami Release Date July 1999 ORIGINAL Original Charater Design: Taraku Uon 32 minutes x 3 episodes ORIGINAL Script: Hiroyuki Kawasaki Program Run Time Character Design & Animation Director: VIDEO Character Design: Hiroya Iijima 30 minutes x 2 episodes VIDEO ANIME Masashi Ishihama ANIME Music: Daisuke Asakura Mechanic Design: Noriyuki Zinguzi Animation Studio: Film Animation Studio: Studio DEEN ©MAKI MURAKAMI/GENTOSHA COMICS Inc. http://www.aniplex.co.jp/gravi/ ©2001 STUDIO ORPHEE / Aniplex ©1999 MAKI MURAKAMI / Magazines Inc., MOVIC, Aniplex Inc. http://www.aniplex.co.jp/ROD/ GRAVITATION - TV Series Shuichi Shindo is a vocalist of a music band called “BAD LUCK”. R.O.D - THE TV- Shuichi is a cheerful character and he tries his best to make the band The story takes place 5 years after the ending of the “R.O.D” OVA. This time, the new agents are three popular. On the other side, in his private life, he is in love with a very beautiful sisters! They all have the same ability to manipulate paper as Yomiko. Each has a special handsome and talented man. His lover’s name is Yuki. The story ability; Maggie: she has the special ability to use paper to defend against attacks; Anita: she is able evolves around BAD LUCK’s challenges to stardom and Shuichi’s love to manipulate paper to attack at close range; Michelle: her paper manipulation is specialized in long

GRAVITATION Series for Yuki. Enjoy the cool music of the band and good looking characters range attacks. The story takes place in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Watch how Yomiko gets involved in along with the comical way of how the story develops. this super spy action animation! Territory Worldwide

Territory Worldwide R.O.D Series Staff Original Story: Maki Murakami Release Date Director: Bob Shirahata February 2001 Staff Script: Hideyuki Kurata Release Date October 2003 TV Character Design: Miho Shimogasa Program Run Time Director: Koji Masunari Program Run Time Series Script: Michiko Yokote, Akemi Omode and Mamiko Ikeda 30 minutes x 13 episodes TV Original Charater Design: Taraku Uon 30 minutes x 26 episodes Animation Studio: Studio DEEN Series Character Design: Masashi Ishihama Mechanic Design: Noriyuki Zinguzi http://www.aniplex.co.jp/gravi/ Animation Studio: J.C. STAFF ©MAKI MURAKAMI/GENTOSHA COMICS Inc. ©2000 MAKI MURAKAMI / Sony Magazines, Aniplex Inc. ©STUDIO ORPHEE / Aniplex http://www.aniplex.co.jp/ROD/ King of Bandit Jing Series King of Bandit Jing Series King of Bandit Jing KAIDOHMARU Kaidohmaru is one of “the four knights”, who Jing is called the “King of Bandits”. He is known to be able to steal work under the general Minamoto-no Raikoh. anything. But he is not your ordinary bandits stealing jewelry or He and the other knights risk their lives to money. He steals things like “time”, “bad dreams” or “power”, to bring protect the peace of the capital. Sakata-no- peace to the world, but also steals the hearts of everyone he meets with Kintoki, a.k.a. Kaidohmaru is brought up as his charm and sincerity.Jing is off again on a journey to an unknown a boy and fights like a boy, but in reality, she country, stealing various things in order to bring peace to the world. is a girl. She grows to love Raikoh who is also Territory Worldwide fighting for peace with her, but he is hardly

Staff Original Story: Yuichi Kumakura Release Date August 2002 aware of her feelings. Opposite of Kintoki as TV Director: Hiroshi Watanabe Program Run Time good, there is an evil princess, Ouni-Hime Series Character Design: Mariko Oka 30 minutes x 13 episodes Animation Studio: Studio DEEN who used to play with Kintoki during their http://www.aniplex.co.jp/jing/ childhood. Beautiful but evil, Ouni-Hime ©Yuichi Kumakura · Kodansha/Aniplex Inc. finds Kintoki with Raikoh one day and becomes jealous. She tries to destroy not only King of Bandit Jing in Seventh Heaven these two but also the whole capital. Prison number 7 so called "Seventh Heaven" is terrified by any and all criminals. Jing and Kir were Territory Worldwide Staff Director: Kanji Wakabayashi Release Date December 2001 transferred by prison van intending to steal "Yumedama [dream ball]" produced by Campari. ORIGINAL Script: Nobutoshi Terado Program Run Time However, Jing and Kir were trapped into the dream-world created by Campari contrary to their VIDEO Character Design: Sho-u Tajima 43 minutes ANIME Animation Director: Kyouji Asano purpose. Would they be able to escape from the dream-world where the time and the space shuffle Animation Studio: IG PLUS & Production I.G ©2001Production I.G / ANX through? And would they be able to successfully get the Yumedama? "Seventh Heaven", the episode http://www.aniplex.co.jp/kaidohmaru/ which has been failed to make into anime because of the complicated world-view it creates. Now, one of the most popular episodes of "King of Bandit Jing" is in high-quality 3 volumes OVA. Territory Worldwide

Staff Original Story: Yuichi Kumakura Release Date January 2004 ORIGINAL Director: Hiroshi Watanabe Program Run Time VIDEO Character Design: Mariko Oka 30 minutes x 3 episodes ANIME Animation Studio: Studio DEEN Le Portrait de Petit Cossette

©Yuichi Kumakura · Kodansha / Aniplex Inc. http://www.aniplex.co.jp/jing/ An art student, Eiri Kurahashi, working at an antique shop has given his heart to a blond girl with blue eyes, who he first sees reflected in an old cut wine glass, and later as a vision he secretly enjoys meeting every 018 night. However, on the seventh night, the cut wine glass spouts fresh 019 Original Video Animation blood. Eiri drinks the fresh blood and makes an agreement with the girl. They promise to search together for the "Cursed Antiques" and break Apocalypse of AMON: the power of the curses. It was their destiny to encounter each other, but The Apocalypse of Devilman, created from the events of Devilman TV series. Demons have risen to also the beginning of their tragedy. conquer the world, and mankind’s best response is to randomly kill people in the hope they might be Territory Worldwide demons. Akira Fudo, who has a demon inside him, must fight to save Staff Director: Akiyuki Shinbou Release Date April 2004 ORIGINAL Script: Mayori Sekijima Program Run Time the world. But his girlfriend has been killed during this nightmarish VIDEO Production Design: okama 38 minutes x 3 episodes ANIME Music: Yuki Kajiura world and loses desire to save the world. Because Akira is hopeless, Animation Studio: Doumu AMON, the devil hidden inside Akira revives…Will Akira’s soul http://www.cossette.jp/ disappear? Or will his conscience to save the world overcome AMON? ©COSSETTE HOUSE / Aniplex Territory Worldwide Staff Original Story: Release Date May 2000 ORIGINAL Director: Kenichi Takeshita Program Run Time 50 minutes VIDEO Script: Ritsuko Hayasaka ANIME Creature Design: Nirasawa Yasushi Animation Studio: Studio Live SUBMARINE 707R ©1999 Go Nagai / Dynamic · Aniplex http://www.aniplex.co.jp/devilman/ To keep peace in the ocean, an organization called PKN, made up of elite ships gathered from leading countries worldwide, receives a surprise attack from an organization called USR which identity I'll / CKBC is unrevealed. PKN's is at a loss with this sudden attack Hitonari Hiragi is a talented basketball player who deliberately chooses an unknown school called Kou- by USR's "Submarine UX", commanded by USR's leader Admiral zu high school to pursue his basketball career. One day he is scouted to play at one of the big league Red, but this crisis is saved by the captain of Japan's obsolete ship schools, but rejects the offer. He chooses to continue to play at Kouzu high school to isolate himself from 707, with an incisively planned retaliation. The following month, his brother and father’s pressure and to play with rival teammate, Akane Tachibana. However, recently a new type Submarine 707 II sails in retaliation against the USR. Akane doesn’t seem to have the enthusiasm to play anymore. Hiragi wants to pursue bascketball to Admiral Red is in rapture to encounter his old enemy and Original Video Animation another level, but Akane seems to see basketball as only a tool to find himself. Through basketball, these commands a massive torpedo attack! Our heroes on the 707 II are two high school boys learn about life and who they are. in serious trouble! Can they triumph!?

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Staff Original Story: Hiroyuki Asada Release Date December 2002 Staff Original Story: Satoru Ozawa Release Date September 2003 ORIGINAL Director: Itsurou Kawasaki Program Run Time Director: Shouichi Masuo Program Run Time VIDEO Script: Takahashi 30 minutes x 2 episodes ORIGINAL Script: Hiroshi Oonogi 40 minutes x 2 episodes ANIME Character Design: Kanami Sekiguchi VIDEO Mechanic Design: Animation Studio: M.S.C. ANIME Character Design: Minoru Murao & Jun Takagi http://www.aniplex.co.jp/CKBC/ Animation Studio: Group TAC ©2002 Hiroyuki Asada / Shueisha・Aniplex ©2002 Satoru Ozawa / ANX http://www.aniplex.co.jp/SS-707/ TV Series TV Series

Elc has no memory of the past five years. He remembers seeing an airship, Silver Noah, from his chilidhood and that his family was killed by someone boarding in that airship. He finds out about a sinister organization "Four Shogun", which are planning suspicious operations. Elk senses that these operations might be related to his loss of memory. Elc meets a boy and together fights to defeat the sinister organization.

Territory Worldwide Staff Director: Itsuro Kawasaki Release Date August 1999 Screen Play: Akemi Omode Program Run Time TV 30 minutes x 26 episodes Series Character Design: Animation Studio: Bee Train http://www.aniplex.co.jp/Arc/ ©1999 Entertainment Inc. Ayakashi Ayashi In the 14th year of the Tenpo era, there is a secret shrine for “Bansha Aratamesho” (a research institution for foreign literature and learners) under the city of Edo. To the public, this organization is punishing the scholars who has studied the Western Culture. However, this organization's true mission is far more significant. Bansha Aratamesho is responsible to slay the “Yoh-is”, the evil spirits with flesh and blood from another world, that are expanding into Edo. Bansha Aratamesho is not an official organization. Members do not have the typical credentials to be the vassal of Shogun. It consists of a man who lost his memory, a man who was raised in a mountain and a girl who dresses up in a man’s outfit. Their special powers are yet to be known, but they all have special abilities that help slay the Yoh-is. The code name given to them is 020 TV Series “Ayashi”. Ayashis collect all types of information that seems bizarre. 021 Through investigation, they locate the Yoh-is and hunt them down.

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Staff Original Story: Sho Aikawa & BONES TV Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori Series Character Design: Concept Design: Takuhito Kusanagi Animation Studio: BONES

Release Date October 2006 ©SHO AIKAWA・BONES / MBS・ANX・dentsu Program Run Time 30 minutes x 30 episodes http://www.ayakashiayashi.com/ BACCANO! Somewhere on the Atlantic Ocean in 1711, a group of alchemists left their homeland and were traveling on ship to find a new world. One day, they got “liquor for an eternal life” from a devil. But the day after they became “immortal”, they started eating each other. New York in 1930’s. There are various kinds of people living in the dark side of the society -- a boy named Firo of Martigio Family and Meyzer, one of excecutives of the same group, Isac and Milia, an elusive robber couple, the Gandor’s three mafia brothers, delinquent Dallas, and his young sister Eve, Celard, a 2000 year old alchemist, and his assistant Enice. They have been living in the same city without linking with each other. However, after Celard reproduces “the liquor of an eternal life”, their lives start interlacing with each other’s. Around the same time, an inter-continental train called Flying Pussyfoot departs Chicago and heads toward New York. A group of people happen to be on aboard at the same time Goose and Sharne of revolutionary terrorist group “Lemrace”, a group of gangs lead by Jaggzee and Neece, a bloody murderer Rad and his fiance Lua, senetor’s wife Mrs.Beriam and her daughter Mary, an immortal boy, a mysterious conductor, an informer, and many others. But there are not only “humans” but something else on aboard! Railtracer, the legendary ghost which is said to trace the shadow of the train and eliminate passengers from the last car, also appears! Territory Worldwide

Staff Original Story: Ryohgo Narita Release Date July 2007 TV Director: Takahiro Ohmori Program Run Time Series Edit & Script: Noboru Takagi 30 minutes x 16 episodes ©Ryohgo Narita・Media Works / Project Baccano! Character Design: Takahiro Kishida Music: Makoto Yoshimori Animation Studio: Brain’s·Base http://www.baccano.jp/ TV Series TV Series Ginban Kaleidoscope When an impenetrable field known as “Hell’s Gate” appeared in Tokyo, the city lost its A 16 year-old figure skater, Tazusa Sakurano, real “SKY”. At the same time, unknown species who wield paranormal powers at the is a billion-dollar beauty but not affable at cost of their conscience also emerged. People called them the “Contractors”and feared all. While she is expected as a promising new how they could cruelly kill people without any hesitation. Although nothing in Tokyo player, she struggles to come out of a slump. seem to have changed, agencies in different Countries used the “Contractors” and were One day, she is obsessed with Pete, a ghost vying to unlock the mysteries of “Hell’s Gate”. Hei, the main character of the story of Canadian boy! She gets into a panic, and integrates with society by acting as a timid exchange student from China as Shen Shun besides, her cheek causes the running fire of Lee. However, he is one of the most powerful agents in the first class division known as criticism by mass media. Is she going to be BK201 “the Black Grim Reaper” and is feared by many. The struggle over “Hell’s Gate” selected as a member of Torino Olympic? The only becomes more intense. legend of a vile temper heroine, shaking the figure skating world, is now starting! Territory Worldwide Staff Original Story: BONES & Tensai Okamura Territory Worldwide Director: Tensai Okamura TV Character Concept: Yuji Iwahara Release Date Staff Original Story: Rei Kaibara Release Date Series Character Design: Takahiro Komori April 2007 Original Character Design: Hiro Suzuhira October 2005 Program Run Time TV Music: Series Director: Shinji Takamatsu Program Run Time Animation Studio: BONES 30 minutes x 26 episodes Animation Studio: KARAKU 30 minutes x 12 episodes http://www.d-black.net/ http://www.aniplex.co.jp/ginban/ ©BONES・Tensai Okamura / DTB Committee・MBS ©Rei Kaibara ･ Shueisha / Ginban Committee

FLAG Hakaima Sadamitsu In year 20xx, a civil war broke out in a small country in Asia. With the intervention of the UN army, Sadamitsu is just another ordinary high school delinquent the war only seemed to expand but the unexpected discovery of one photo at the battlefield started a but ends up in an awkward position of fighting against movement to bring peace back to the country. The photo captured the image of soldiers, who should alien creatures called "Rukeitai" who are criminals from have been in war with each other, hanging a “Flag” above the holy ground during the battle. The flag outer space. The story begins with a creature called became the symbol of peace. However, the flag has been despoiled by an armed extremist right before "Ponkotsu" from outer space coming to earth pursuing a cease-fire. To secretly recover the flag, the U.N force opted to throw SDC (Special Development Rukeitai and ends up getting killed. However, the helmet Command) ‘C-DOC’ into the battle and also ordered an accompaniment of a cameraman to keep records of Ponkotsu contains all the data to fight against these of all activities. Saeko Shirasu was assigned to the mission and was actually the person who took the Rukeitai. Sadamitsu accidentally finds this helmet and 022 photograph of the flag. The unit equipped in HAVWC (High Agility Versatile Weapon Carrier) puts it on and transforms into a super human protecting 023 "HARVIC", the latest and strongest armor, imagined that it would be an easy mission but they encounter the earth against creatures invading earth. a strong attack. Who are they fighting? Are they an ordinal armed group? Shirasu’s camera closes in on the truth hidden in the battle. Territory Worldwide

Territory Worldwide Staff Original Work: Masahiko Nakahira Release Date Director: Kouichi Ohata May 2001 Original Work: TEAM FLAG TV Staff Release Date Series Script & Series Composition: Program Run Time Main Director: Ryosuke Takahashi June 2006 Masanao Akaboshi 30 minutes x 10 episodes TV Director: Kazuo Terada Program Run Time Creature Design: Tamotsu Shinohara Series Character Design: Kazuyoshi Takeuchi 30 minutes x 13 episodes Character Design: Akira Kikuchi Animation Studio: The Answer Studio Animation Studio: Studio DEEN http://www.aniplex.co.jp/sadamitsu/ ©TEAM FLAG / Aniplex ･The Answerstudio http://www.flag20xx.net/ ©2001 Masahiko Nakahira・Shueisha / Aniplex Inc.

Gallery Fake Idaten Jump Gallery Fake is a very unique art One day, Sho, an 11 year old MTB boy, suddely gallery, its specialization is the warped into another world called 'X-zone'. In counterfeits. But that is only the X-zone, the hyper MTB race called 'IDATEN battle' surface. There is a rumor that the was performed. The way of returning to the former gallery linked to the black-market world is to collect emblems by winning the MTB and dealing the authentic fine battle. Sho challenges to IDATEN battle with the art. Mr. Reiji Fujita, the owner of MTB, 'Frame Kaizer', made by his deceased father! "Gallery Fake" and who used to be a curator of Metropolitan Museum of Art, unlocks the cases with his Territory English speaking Territories knowledge and connection. Staff Original Story: Toshihiro Fujiwara Release Date TV Director: Takayuki Hamana October 2005 Series Series Composition: Fumihiko Shimo Program Run Time Territory Worldwide Character Design & 30 minutes x 52 episodes Main Drawing Director: Miyako Yatsu Staff Original Story: Fujihiko Hosono Release Date Music: Yasuharu Takanashi Director: Akira Nishimori January 2005 Animation Studio: Trans Arts TV Series Editor: Masashi Sogo Program Run Time Production in association with: Production I.G Series Character Design: Toshiko Sasaki 30 minutes x 25 episodes Animation Studio: TMS Entertainment http://www.idatenjump.com/

©Fujihiko Hosono / Shogakukan・TV TOKYO・GALLERY FAKE project http://www.aniplex.co.jp/galleryfake/ ©TOSHIHIRO FUJIWARA-TOMY-KODANSHA / Aniplex-CUBE-MN-TV TOKYO 2008 New Titles 2008 New Titles

Ijiwarukei Daikon Brothers Here in "Oden Yokocho Sanchoume", food-shaped creatures Hideki, a daikon (Japanese radish) farmer, are strangely striding around. Everybody belonging to "the Ichiro, a host working at a club in Ekota and Ijiwarukei Public Entertainment Office" dreams of becoming Mako, an ex-idol supposedly a 19 year girl, a big star and make efforts to promote themselves. However, are the “Nerima Daikon Brothers”. Their the showbiz world is still a long way from reality where dream is to hold a concert at a dome built they have no work to do but giving out the bills on the street over their daikon field. But there is another or reporting dangerous stories. "We, such underlings, can't side to their lives. Based on secret information do you any services, but we are doing our best. You do your and rumors which they acquire from Ichiro’ best too!" This is a heartwarming story with some defects s host club, they form a gang devoted to and damages. justice called “The Shadows of Nerima

Territory Worldwide Daikon Brothers”. Their goal is to collect the “Dark Money”which is generated by the Staff Original Work: TAKA, Hikaru Takesaki & Release Date TV Ijiwarukei Public Entertainment Office December 2004 nasty tricks... Series Producer: Parotte Uedanyo Program Run Time Director: Tetsuro Aminyoro 3 minutes and Scenario: Princess Hojo Chimachima Chinatsu Mikan 20 seconds x 14 episodes Character Design: Pikapon Takesaki Sound Director: Yukio Castella Nagasaki Territory Worldwide Animation Studio: Karaku Staff Original Work: Aniplex & Studio Hibari Release Date Production: Ijiwarukei Public Entertainment Office Director: January 2006 © Ijiwarukei Public Entertainment Office TV Series Composition: Yoshio Urasawa Program Run Time http://www.aniplex.co.jp/ijiwaru-kei/ Series ©2006 Aniplex / Studio Hibari Character Design: Takamitsu Kondou 30 minutes x 13 episodes Animation Studio: Studio Hibari Kamichu! http://www.ndbrothers.com/ Yurie Hitotsubashi is an ordinary junior high school girl who lives in the relaxing seaside town of Setouchi. One fine day, she suddenly becomes a God!! Given a superhuman power, what would she do? Overcoming many obstacles, she realizes that the important thing is to do her best. This heartwarming and delightful story will come across the precious things in the audience. Yukari, the main character, is a high-school student in her senior year who only goes to her schools and jyuku (a cram school) everyday. As she starts to question her life, she meets a group of young designers who have their own clothing brand, "Paradise Kiss". Yukari is scouted to be the model for the fashion show at Yazawa School of Art's 024 festival. Although Yukari feels uncomfortable at first, by getting to know George who is 025 determined to accomplish his dream to become a designer, she starts wanting to find her own dream as well. Influenced by the unique members of "Parakiss" and being pushed around by George's eccentric behavior, Yukari becomes slowly attracted to George. Territory Worldwide Before she realizes, Yukari becomes a girl of passion pursuing her love and her dream. Staff Original Work: BESAME MUCHO Release Date June 2005 Then comes graduation day and goodbyes.... "Paradise Kiss" is one of the best works Director: Koji Masunari Program Run Time TV of , the most manga artist of the moment. "Paradise Kiss" was serialized in Series Script: Hideyuki Kurata 30 minutes x 16 episodes Original Character Design: Taraku Uon the fashion magazine "Zipper" and the characters, going through future worries and Character Design: Takahiro Chiba Animation Studio: Brain's·Base ambition to become a designer, attracted many young fans. More than 500,000 copies of

©2005 Besame Mucho / Aniplex Inc. http://www.aniplex.co.jp/kamichu/ manga have been sold; it has been translated into ten different languages and distributed in North America, Italy, Thailand, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and many other countries, that continues to attract new fans. La corda d’oro ~primo passo~

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Gakuen High School that specializes in music. ©2005 Yazawa Manga Seisakusho/ / Paradise Kiss Committee Her school has two curriculums, the normal course and the music course. She was taking the ordinary course and having a normal life until Territory Worldwide excluding Asia

one day, Lili, the fairy gave her the magical Staff Original Story: Ai Yazawa Release Date violin. The following day, the competitors of the TV Director: Osamu Kobayashi October 2005 Series Character Design & Main Drawing Program Run Time prestigious music contest are announced and Director: Nobuteru Yuki 30 minutes x 12 episodes Kahoko’s name appear on the list . All the other Art Director: Shinichi Uehara Animation Studio: MADHOUSE competitors are elite students that take the music course. How will the contest turn out ? http://www.aniplex.co.jp/parakiss/

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Staff Original Concept: Co., Ltd. Release Date TV Director: Koujin Ochi October 2006 Series Character Design: Maki Fujioka Program Run Time Series Composer: Reiko Yoshida 30 minutes x 26 episodes ©Yuki Kure, , KOEI Co., Ltd. / Corda Committee Animation Studio: Yumeta Company http://www.corda-primopasso.com/ TV Series TV Series Popolo Crois Wild TV Once upon a time when brave men, knight and Sheyenne looks like a kid but in fact he wizard were still active, there was a monarchy is 25 years old. He is the only one who called “Popolo Crois”. The king of Popolo Crois can handle the weapon "ARMS", but one married Sania, who was from a family of , day when he was fighting a war, he was a different family from that of the king’s. The main physically turned into a boy somehow. character is their child, Pietro. Pietro is different Sheyenne goes on a journey to find his real from anyone in his because he has some body with his friend, Kiel, who is a traits of the dragon. One day, a girl from a family scientist. They meet two girls along the of wind accidentally comes to Popolo Crois and way: one, Roleta, is a witch and the other, takes away Pietro’s dragon-power. Pietro sets out Mirabelle, is a vampire. Their policy is on a journey to take back the power. that they will do anything for money,

Territory Worldwide which triggers many of the troubles... Staff Original Work: Yousuke Tamori Release Date TV Director: Kouichi Mashimo March 2000 Series Script: Aya Matsui, Akemi Omode & Hideki Mitsui Program Run Time Character Design: Takayuki Goto 30 minutes x 25 episodes Animation Studio: Bee Train Territory Worldwide http://www.aniplex.co.jp/popolo/ Staff Director: Itsuro Kawasaki TV Series Structure: Series Aya Matsui & Itsuro Kawasaki ©Yousuke Tamori/Sony Computer Entertainment Inc・. TV Character Design: Kanami Sekiguchi TOKYO・dentsu・Aniplex Mechanical Design: Kenji Teraoka Art Director: Toshihisa Koyama Animation Studio: Bee Train ©1999 Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Spiral Release Date January 2000 Program Run Time A mysterious group of high-school kids called 30 minutes x 22 episodes " Children" comes into Ayumu Narumi's life, http://www.aniplex.co.jp/WILDARMS/ and challenges him with mystery games that require wisdom and courage to survive. While battling against the Blade Children, Ayumu discovers that his brother Kiyotaka, who had disappeared many years before, is heavily involved with this radical group. The story progresses with two main themes; why Kiyotaka has vanished from Ayumu's life and 009-1 026 the mystery of the Blade Children. The story takes place in another future, 027 the time, when the Cold War continues Territory Worldwide for 140 years. Under the unreal peace kept Staff Original Story: Kyo Shirodaira & Eita Misuno TV Director: Shingo Kaneko by the nuclear threat, both camps were Series Script: Natsuko Takahashi continuing the battle called "Information" Character Design & Art Director: Yumi Nakayama Animation Studio: J.C. STAFF war. Mylene Hofeman is a secret agent that Release Date December 2002 belongs to the West Block, and "009-1" is her Program Run Time 30 minutes x 25 episodes code name. What will Mylene see in the battle of spies living in the coldhearted world? http://www.aniplex.co.jp/spiral/

©Kyo Shirodaira・Eita Mizuno / SQUARE ENIX・Aniplex・Sotsu Agency・TV TOKYO 2002 … The Earth is dying -- The air has been polluted, the nature has been destroyed, the ground has been poisoned and fish have disappeared from the sea. Humans are struggling and trying any possible measures to save the planet during the so-called “S.D. era”. The “Special Government System” has been established to control all life forms in the society where humans are forced to work like machine under computers’ control. Far away from the earth, there are people who have been excluded from the society because of their special power. These people are called “Mu.” If they are found on the earth, they are killed immediately because they are thought to be dangerous to the society. They hide their power from the government, and think to themselves who they really are and why they ©Ishimori Entertainment / Aniplex exist, and what the real purpose of the earth system is.

Although humans avoid Mu people, they would like humans Territory Worldwide to recognize their existence. And they would like to step Staff Original Story: Shotaro Ishinomori Release Date October 2006 on the ground of their homeland, the earth…. Their strong TV Director: Naoyuki Konno Program Run Time Series Series Composition: Shinsuke Onishi 30 minutes x 13 episodes desire drives them to embark on a journey to the earth. Animation Studio: ISM http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/009-1/ Territory Worldwide Staff Original Story: Release Date TV Director: Osamu Yamasaki April 2007 Series Character Design: Nobuteru Yuki Program Run Time Mechanic Concept Design: Hiroshi Idebuchi 30 minutes x 24 episodes ©Keiko Takemiya/MBS・Sky Perfect Well Think・Aniplex Series Structure: Akemi Omode Animation Studio: Minamimachi Bugyousho & Tokyo Kids http://www.terra-e.com/ Kids and Family Kids and Family

A-kuei & Gatchinpo One day Takeshi was at the restroom and found himself being sent though the underground pipeline to the secret base camp of "UNCO", a secret organization, to stop an evil group that is out to take over the world. Takeshi and his friend A-Kuei are now the agents of "UNCO" and find themselves getting involved in many humorous and wild cases.

Territory Worldwide excluding Chinese speaking territories Staff Original Story: Spring House Entertainment Inc. Team Gatchinpo Release Date October 2004 TV Director: Riki Makiya Program Run Time Series Animation Director: Jason Chen, Dawn Wang & Thomas Kao 30 minutes x 25 episodes Chief Writer: Yoshio Urasawa Animation Studio: Spring House Entertainment Inc.

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KOTOWAZA Movies This short animation targeting kids & family is based on a best seller picture book "Kotowaza Ehon" [published by Iwasaki Shoten] by Taro Gomi, the best selling author of picture book in Japan. The title creates the fun-anime world without loosing the original taste and teaches you both the old saying and Gomi's original saying that surely gives you the chuckle. 028 029 Kids and Family Territory Worldwide

Staff Original Story & TV Supervising Editor: Taro Gomi Series Director: You Okada Produce: Hiromichi Masuda Animation Studio: Simple d'essai Release Date Program Run Time 2 minutes and 20 seconds x 52 episodes

©2005 Taro Gomi · Iwanami Shoten / Aniplex · OLC · Simple d'essai Kyoro-Chan One day, an explorer Dr. Matsugeer found an egg in the cave on Island. "Kwwe!!" The egg hatched and suddenly Kyoro-Chan was born. This was the first day that Kyoro-Chan and Dr. Matsugeer met and after that they traveled together all around the world. After a few years on the way back to Angel Island, a big storm strikes Kyoro-Chan and Dr. Matsugeer's boat and they lose each other. Wandering over the sea, Kyoro-Chan somehow reaches the land of his birth. From this day forward Kyoro-Chan begins his life and adventure on Angel Island... Territory Worldwide Staff Director: Mitsuru Hongou TV Series Composition: Yumi Kageyama Series Character Design: Shizuka Takakura Animation Studio: Group TAC Release Date July 2000 Program Run Time ©MORINAGA · ANX · NAS 30 minutes x 91 episodes http://www.aniplex.co.jp/kyoro/ Kids and Family Kids and Family

Parappa the Rapper Robby & Kerroby Parappa, the main charac- Robby is a good-for-nothing prince of the Pot Kingdom. One day, the king, or his father, finally gets ter, lives in Parappa-town, angry at Robby and says to him, “Leave the castle immediately and train yourself! Don’t come back where all the action takes until you learn important things needed to be a respectable king!” The king orders Robby to go to place! Parappa is a very cute “Robbysland” where strange robots reside. Robby thinks, “I am lucky! I can play here!” Kerobby boy, but is mischievous and thinks, “Oh, no! Why do I have to be in such a country town?” Every- causes all kinds of problems! thing they do causes trouble, but their power is infinite as far as they have Parappa and his friends; PJ: friendship!! If Robby puts “something” in his pot-head, Kerobby and he sleeps and eats all day long “something” are combined and become a robot! No matter what happens to and doesn't care much about them, they can survive! (they’d better) Can Robby learn “important things” Parappa's trouble; Mat: he is and can the two go back to the Pot Kingdom? the leader of the boys group, Territory Worldwide but isn't so good at decision making; : she is a Parappa's idol and Staff Original Story: Gen KUROSAKI, Aniplex & So-Net Director: Ko Yu is very naive and a bit out of the ordinary. These unique characters cause TV Series Composition: Yuji Kawahara ©Gen Kurosaki, Aniplex, So-net / WE'VE, YOMIKO, Series Character Design: Koji Watanabe more trouble to Parappa in solving his problems!! Join Parappa and his TV Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures friends on an adventurous journey! Release Date April 2007 Program Run Time 10 minutes x 52 episodes Territory Worldwide http://www.aniplex.co.jp/robikero/ Staff Original Work: Rodney Alan Greenblat & TV Masaya Matsuura Series Director: Hideki Sakurai Character Design: Takayuki Goto Series Composition: Yoshio Urasawa Sweet Valerian Animation Studio: J.C. STAFF Release Date October 2001 In Ajaran City, three ordinary girls, Kanako, Pop and Kate, went out Program Run Time 30 minutes x 30 episodes to get their driver's license and ended up getting a "Valerian License". http://www.aniplex.co.jp/parappa/ Now as the "Valerian Relaxation Warriors" they are here to save ©Rodney A. Greenblat / Interlink Planning / people from the hands of the "Evil Stress Villains". When they Sony Creative Products Inc. / Fuji-TV・Aniplex transform into super heroines, they change into a cute stuffed animal rabbit, and acquire new special powers. Territory Worldwide -A country between the world- Porta Staff Original Concept & Main Character Design: Release Date August 2004 Director: Hiroaki Sakurai Program Run Time TV Script: Sayuri Ooba 3 minutes and 30 seconds x 26 episodes 030 This is a story about a country of "Sukima", a tranquil Series Character Design: Yoshiki Yamakawa 031 country that is in between the worlds. Porta, the hero Animation Studio: MADHOUSE http://www.aniplex.co.jp/sweetvalerian/ in this story leisurely delivers parcels for everyone in ©2004 CLAMP / Valerian Party town, riding on Robaroba, his partner. Will Porta be able to deliver important parcels safely? Zouzou, Kabakaba and variety of other characters are expected to be in the story. This is the first original animation of Ryoji Arai, the Zenmai Zamurai winner of Astrid Lindgren Award. The story is set in "Karakuri Oedo", a fantasic world with dream, desire and Territory Worldwide contraption. Karakuri Oedo is a world developed from the where

Staff Original Work: Ryoji Arai the samurai used to live. The hero, "Zenmai Zamurai" is a samurai with a spring TV Director: Toshikatsu Wada on his head. He used to be a little, timid thief boy in his pre-existence, named Series Release Date April 2006 "Zennosuke". However, by chance, he happens to drop into the old well and has Program Run Time ©Arai Ryoji / NHK / NEP ･ Aniplex Inc. 5 minutes x 13 episodes wandered between the land of the living and the dead for a while. Then, he is http://www.polta.net/ endowed with a new life by "God of Happiness". He is born again in this world, but he could only live when his spring is turning... Like this, Zenmai Zamurai is obliged to do his good deed for the day. With a little probationary ninja, Mamemaru, Zenmai Zamurai rustles around to do a lot of Potato Dog good in Karakuri Oedo town! There appear a Potato Dog is a very warm hearted and peace loving character, and the charmer of "Vegita lot of other unique characters like a heroine, Village". His attractive points are his round nose and his one-of-a-kind leaf tail, that actually "Zukin-chan", and Zenmai Zamurai's rival, sprouts flowers when he is in happy! Living with Potato Dog and his girlfriend Hari-potato in "Namezaemon" in the story. Everybody "Vegita Village" and its neighboring "Fruit Village" are many unique characters full of exciting all over the world will love this Karakuri and heart warming stories. Oedo world.

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Staff Original Story: Masako Sugiyama Staff Original Work: m&k TV Director: Yutaka Kagawa TV Director: Tetsuo Yasumi Series Script: Isao Shizuya Series Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures and NO SIDE Animation Studio: Studio EGG Release Date April 2006 Release Date April 2004 Program Run Time Program Run Time Ist season: 5 minutes x 85 episodes 3 minutes and 30 seconds x 26 episodes 2nd season: 10 minutes x 30 episodes, 5 minutes x 40 episodes 3rd season: 10 minutes x 10 episodes, 5 minutes x 50 episodes http://www.aniplex.co.jp/jagainukun/ http://www.zenmaizamurai.com/

©2004 Masako Sugiyama・EGG / Aniplex ©m&k / SHOGAKUKAN, Aniplex Inc.

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