Reviews and Summaries D-E As stated, this is the section that contains the titles we have reviewed and or summarized starting with D all the way down to E. (Amazing isn't it? Even I wonder at the genius of such a system!) Please note that all descriptions that are in yellow come from the box or other materials that come with the movie/OVA/series, green comes from me, and purple comes from Karmie-chan. DE DI DR DU DV EA EI EL EN ES EV EX Dead Leaves Pandy and Retro, two unlikely renegades, awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past. After embarking on a devastating crime spree for food, clothing and transportation in downtown Tokyo, they are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous lunar prison called Dead Leaves. After a brief incarceration, they discover that the prison is really a top-secret cloning facility, occupied by villainous prison guards and deformed genetic experiments. High-speed frantic action combined with hyper-violent and semi-humorous chase scenes follow as the two decide to break out of the prison with the aid of their fellow mutant inmates. (Action) It's pretty interesting. It reminds me a lot of the ealry MTV Liquid Television animations before they went to crap. Just action and wierdness abounds and no real plot, but then again, that is one of it's charms. DearS One year ago, an alien spacecraft crashed into Tokyo Bay, leaving the entire crew stranded on Earth with no means of returning home. In no time, the aliens are granted Japanese citizenship and begin participating in a home-stay program with the local people in order to learn all about human culture. When one DearS goes astray and wanders into the life of an ordinary high school student named Takeya, the adventure begins and this DearS is about to learn things they don't teach you in school! (Comedy) I Want to See You: Takeya is a high school student living by himself in an apartment run by his childhood's friend’s mother. One day, his class is excited to learn that a DearS transfer student will be coming to their school. The DearS are aliens that crashed to Earth and had no way of fixing their ship, so they have decided to stay on Earth. There only a little over a hundred of them and all of them are extremely pretty and highly intelligent. Most are enthusiasts about them, but there are a few who are doubtful simply because they are aliens. Takeya is one of those who do not particularly welcome them. Going home from school, he encounters a naked girl and helps him. The girl, unable to speak the language, turns out to be a DearS. She decides that she wants to stay with him and now, Takeya must try to keep Neneko, his childhood friend and everyone else that he is staying with a girl, much less a DearS. I Wonder if it's Small: Neneko, deciding to drop by to give Takeya some left over food because she noticed that he doesn't seem to be eating anything but bread these days, finds out about the DearS in Takeya's apartment whom Takeya has named Ren due to what she has said. Neneko has an idea that Takeya should teach her the language with the text that Neneko saved from when she was in elementary. Lacking the patience to teach her, Takeya gives up and as he sleeps, Ren starts doing something to the books. The next day, Ren is able to speak the language and proclaims Takeya as her master. With Neneko, they go to the clothing stores to buy Ren some clothes and encounters their lecherous teacher. A misunderstanding causes Ren to wander off and Takeya spends the rest of the day searching for her. When he does finally find her, he learns that Neneko has been doing the same and they all return home together. Coins, Coins: Ren still doesn't understand much and does things that causes Takeya to get embarrassed or be annoyed. When Neneko hands over the whopping 400 yen left over from the shopping they did the other day, Takeya didn't want it because it's all gone so Neneko hands them over to Ren instead. At the same time, Miu, the transfer student DearS that will be attending their school goes over to the couple that will be taking care of her and tries to make herself useful to them to no avail. Left alone and told not to leave, Ren still wanders off after seeing people shopping to shop as well. She ends up in Oihiko's dad's bakery and he just gives her all the melon bread he had for 400 yen. Ren decides to go to school to give some to Takeya and causes a commotion when everyone learns that she is living with him. With one misunderstanding after another, Ren ends up being mistaken as a transfer student and recognized as such by the school's headmaster. Wipe Your Mouth: Ren is already trying to adjust to high school life with Takeya and his classmates as Miu heads for her first day in school. arriving there, people believe that she is an impostor pretending to be a DearS since they were told that there would a be one transfer student DearS coming to their school and Ren is already there. In the headmaster's office, Miu can't accept Ren whose origins are unknown and whose name means "zero," or "none" in DearS language. To solve the problem, a contest is proposed and the winner gets to stay as the transfer student. The fist course is a race. Ren speeds up so fast to the goal that they weren't able to time her but lost since she started before being told. Second is academics in which Miu scores a hundred on all 5 subjects. Although Ren only got a hundred on Japanese, they are considered tied after Takeya explains that they've only taught her that and nothing else. Last is cooking and although Ren's is terrible, Miu tasted it and it reminded her of the taste from their home so she decided that she has lost. As she is about to leave though, the other students asks her to stay in the school. After all, there is no rule stating that there can only be one DearS in a school and Miu happily accepts. Nurse...?: Both Ren and Miu now go to the same school although in different classes. Ren doesn't seem to have any common sense at all and is awkward in many things so Miu seems to have taken it as her duty to somewhat supervise her and try to make her a better DearS. Taking to Takeya about Ren, she talks about him being her master as well. Surprised as Takeya is that it really isn't any translation error about Ren calling him master, Miu is equally surprised that Ren hasn't told him about it either. Heading to his work after school, Ren is left behind to clean the class with Neneko watching out for her and Miu supervising her even though she is the one actually doing all the work. Later that night, Takeya remembers what Miu told him about Ren being his slave and would do anything that he wants her to do... I Am Frustrated: Miu is frustrated that she can't seem to be of any service to the old couple that is taking care of her and to the fact that Ren seems to be completely useless as a servant. Takeya doesn't seem to care to know what a DearS is or how they are supposed to act. Obsessed with it, Miu decides to go to Takeya's place to start teaching Ren how to be a proper DearS. At the same time, Xia is ordered to capture Ren despite the fact that they are not allowed to take her back because she has already performed the rite. Miu teaches Ren how to cook Japanese style. She also redecorates the room, much to Takeya's dismay when he returned home. Throwing the decorations away, Takeya, Ren and Neneko meets Natsuki - Takeya's little sister. Disgusting: Natsuki, Takeya's little step sister, has come to Japan because the DearS is there, making Japan the first country to have first contact with an alien life form. She quickly clings on to Ren. The next day, She, Ren, Takeya and Neneko goes out to the park near where the DearS space ship has crash landed. They have fun all day long. When Natsuki gets lost, the others searches for her as she remembers a time when she was little, got lost and Takeya went looking for her. Going back home, She realizes that Ren is staying over at Takeya's place and gets mad about it saying that it was a disgusting thing. At the same time, Harumi, Takeya's stepmom and Natsuki's mother, just got everything done and decides to pick Natsuki up. Natsuki decides to go to Takeya's school when they leave her in the apartment before she wakes up and tries to confront them about their relationship. When she runs off and they chase after her, Harumi shows up just as things are resolved and the two of them goes off to parts unknown again. M, My Ball....: Believing that she is useless to the old couple and haunted by the memory of her previous master, Miu decides that it would be better if she were to return to the colony to help bridge the gap between human and DearS. Before she leaves, she decides to challenge Ren a last time. The game is to retrieve the most ball that will bounce indefinitely in a three kilometer radius area within three hours. When a ball gets captured in Takeya's shirt, Miu takes it from him in mid flight and in attempting to retrieve it, they fall in a deep hole. Miu becomes unable to fly. In that hole, Takeya learns more about the DearS and Miu tells how her previous master died while she was unable to save him. Ren wins the competition and Khi asks her about the rite. He is surprised and mentions the "gift" because Ren is the one who initiated the contract when she shouldn't be able to instead of Takeya. Sensing something wrong, Ren begins searching for him. Back in the hole, Takeya helps Miu realize that even if she isn't serving them doesn't mean that her presence isn't needed or wanted. After realizing that, the old couple shows up. It turns out that the hole is actually the well in their garden. As they manage to get out, Ren suddenly shows up looking for Takeya. A Ball of Gold: Miu wins the grand prize in the shopping district lottery. Her prize is a free family ticket to the mega bath house that recently opened. With the old couple that she lives with away for the weekend, she decides to invite Ren so that they could learn more about society. Takeya and Neneko got invited as well. There, Miu and Neneko has to keep Ren from getting into trouble due to her lack of common sense - from trying to go into the men's bath with Takeya to walking around naked outside of the bath. In the meantime, Takeya tries to relax at the many different types of baths. Their perverted teacher's presence as well and Nia looking for Ren complicates things a little, but everything ends up well as the day ends. It Stung: Neneko remembers the time before Ren came along and she had the responsibility of waking Takeya up. Later that day, Neneko borrows Ren and, in Takeya's room, she dresses her up in different costumes so that she can draw her. Miu, after an encounter in the Oihiko bakery, goes to Takeya's apartment to share the melon bread she got. There, Neneko dresses her up as well. When Takeya goes home, Neneko gets mad at Takeya's insensitive remark about her not being suited for pretty clothes and storms off. Miu and Ren tells him that he just hurt her feelings because DearS can sense the feelings of others. Trying to patch things up between them, Ren goes over to Neneko's place and dresses her up so that Takeya can be impressed. Neneko thanks Ren and she remembers the last time she wore a frilly dress. The next day, after Neneko has forgiven Takeya, they spend some time together and remember that last time - the anniversary of Neneko's mom's death and the frilly dress that was made for her by her mom before she died. (We also learn in this episode that Neneko is the cause of Takeya's fear of aliens) We'll Have an Orgy-nii: Fearing failure in the next test, Takeya asks Miu to help him and Ren study for the next exam that their teacher will give. Oihiko and Neneko will be there as well. On the way there, they meet their pervert teacher who decides in her mind that they are having an orgy. The night passes on with Miu doing most of the teaching. In town, Nia is wandering around trying to find Ren (unsuccessfully, since she's such a ditz) for the sake of her master, Xia. When it came time to have a break, Takeya goes out to the shopping district to buy some refreshments and runs into her and an angry Natsuki who ran into their teacher earlier and has been told that they are doing many, many perverted things. When they get home, Khi is waiting for them and takes Nia back with him to the DearS community and Miu decides to leave with the two of them. You Want to...Experience it?: One misunderstanding after another causes Takeya to get mad at Ren which causes her to get into some situation that causes even more misunderstanding. Going home from school with Ren, Neneko starts to figure out what the DearS’ true nature is. While at work, Takeya begins to cool off and goes home to find Miu and Khi waiting for him in his apartment as Ren is out shopping. It turns out that Khi is there to request that Takeya break the rite between him and Ren and that Ren be returned to the DearS community. At the shopping district, Xia himself appears to “recover” Ren... ...Besides, it was Hot: Xia plan to "retrieve" Ren is foiled when the people of the shopping district got together and stopped him from taking back Ren. Going home, Khi and Miu explains that the DearS is nothing more than slaves that are mass produced and Ren, being a zero numbered model, is a defective one. Not really understanding nor wanting to acknowledge that Ren is nothing more than a slave, Takeya agrees to return Ren back to the DearS community after school the next day so that she may say goodbye to her friend. At school, Ren is unwilling to leave and decides to run off while Xia chases after her again. Takeya finally makes a decision to keep Ren by his side and chases after her and Xia. Everyone else who has found out about Ren being forced to go back also decides to help -from his classmates to the people at the shopping district. When they finally catch up to them, Takeya finally acknowledges that he wants to become Ren's master and there is nothing more that can be done to separate the two of them. After that, everything goes back to normal quickly with the exception of Takeya being known as Ren's master. Detective Conan the Movie (Mystery) If you like mystery, Detective Conan is always a good thing to watch. I could tell more about the story of this movie but, that might give away too much of the mystery and half the fun in watching Detective Conan is trying to figure out whodunit and how. Grab this one all you mystery fans. Detective Conan: The 14th Target Joe Murakami, a card dealer that had been arrested by Kogoro Mori (Richard Moore in the Funimation version) has just been released he has his mind set on revenge. True to his profession before being arrested, he has decided to attack people that Mori knows who has number characters in their names from 13 all the way to 1. Leaving a card or object related to their suit after each attack, Conan must find out where Murakami is before he strikes again. With 4 victims already hospitalized, they discover that the rest of the numbered victim have been set up to be in the same place at the same time. Now is the race to uncover where the killer is before more people are killed. (Action/mystery) Heh-he, yeah I know this might seem to be me being lazy, but see Detective Conan the Movie review. Devil Hunter Yohko One of the most outrageous animated films ever made, DEVIL HUNTER YOHKO is a brilliant role reversal parody of the classic vampire/monster-hunter genre. Yes, this time it’s the daring young heroine who must rescue the hero from a “fate worse than death at the hands (and other parts) of a female succubus! And of course, in order to sway Yohko from the path of good, the forces of evil must resort to the use of nubile young males! With killer swimming pools, ninja grandmothers scantily clad females banging each other with swords, and lots of gratuitous nudity, Devil Hunter Yohko is the animation that delivers what other videos promise! (Adventure/Supernatural) Devil Hunter Yohko starts out pretty mediocre but gets a whole lot more interesting. Perhaps the best part is that the whole series are all stand alone OVA episodes which means you can skip to the more interesting letter episodes without having to really wade through the earlier ones. I wish there were more of this series, but that seems highly unlikely to ever happen. (1)Special: You think YOU’VE got troubles? What do you do when you discover that the Principal of your High School not only IS an old witch, but she wants you dead, dead, dead? Or that one of your best friends has turned into a zombie and another has been possessed by an incubus whose only goal is to deflower you? These are but a few of the many perplexing questions pretty young Yohko Mano must answer before learning that as the 108th generation of a family of professional Demon Hunters, she is personally obligated to save all of mankind from an invasion of bloodthirsty demons! It’s too bad no one’s ever bothered to TELL Yohko about any of this, especially now that the forces of evil have decided to eliminate her first…before she can become DEVIL HUNTER YOHKO! 2: Yohko Mano gets a helping hand in the Devil extermination biz in the form of Azusa, her new sidekick/apprentice/partner. It's a good thing too because the local construction workers have accidentally disturbed the resting place of vengeful samurai warriors. Now that Yohko has Azusa, this is going to be a piece of cake right? Guess again. 3: For several nights in a row now, Yohko has been having the same dream. In her dream, she is a princess madly in love with her prince. When, Yohko gets herself sucked into a different dimension and meets with her prince, she is willing to do whatever it takes to have a happily ever after. 4 Ever: Music Videos. The makers released this music videos because they didn't want to release a 4th episode because the number 4 is considered unlucky (it is the same symbol for death). Hell On Earth: She's cheated death before, but in Devil Hunter Yohko 5, bouncy teenage exorcist Yohko Mano steps beyond the veil into the greatest mystery of all. The question is, will her passed on condition prove permanent? The action begins as all hell literally breaks loose when the master of the shadow demons possesses the body of Yohko's new boyfriend, then uses the body of yet another friend to open the door to the demon plane! By the time Yohko and Grandma realize what's going on, it’s way too late and the last two generations of Devil Hunters find themselves hopelessly outmatched! Yohko doesn't even know the meaning of the word hopeless, however, and she'll find a way to stop the forces of evil, even if it literally kills her! Yohko's back but for how long? Double Trouble, Double Jeopardy: Everyone's favorite devil hunter finally meets her match, only to find that it’s her own face she'll facing! Confused? Not as confused as Yohko is when a new girl, who looks just like Yohko shows up at school and begins infringing on a certain teenage exorcists’ private hunting grounds! However, that is not the worst of it. It seems that the new Yohko? and the old one agree on only one thing: their town isn't big enough for two practicing Devil Hunters. Even worse, the new girl on the block has no qualms about eliminating the old one by any means possible. Can Yohko beat her toughest opponent ever, or will she only end up defeating herself? Devil Lady Jun has always been different from everyone else. The life of a fashion model is unlike anything else in the world. But she has no idea how different she is.... Until a mysterious stalker throws her head first into a brutal confrontation with the supernatural! From Go Nagai, the master of animated horror, comes a harrowing odyssey through the twisted maze that is Jun's new life. By day a beautiful, shy fashion plate. By night a terrifying vision of demonic power. Enter Jun's world. Just make sure to know how to get out. (Action/Drama/Supernatural) Beast: Jun is a beautiful and somewhat shy model who lives by herself. Her life changes one night when a mysterious woman named Asuka shows up in her doorstep and tells her to follow her. For some strange reason, she just cannot disobey and Asuka leads her to a warehouse and locks her in with a man who suddenly transforms into a wolf beast and attacks her. On the brink of death, Jun discovers the beast within herself and transforms into a devil beast. Blood: The wolf beast that Jun has killed came back to life and became a towering giant. Jun in return, grows to titanic proportions as well and becomes a berserking devil. Afterwards, Jun attempts to return to her normal life, but Asuka refuses to allow her to. During a dinner with Kasumi, Jun's friend, Asuka shows up and takes her away to confront yet another beast. Jun transforms yet again into a devil beast when the bug beast tears into her flesh and her life was threatened. Wings: A strange child appears before Jun and tells her that for killing other beasts, she will be punished with the death of Kasumi. Rushing to Kasumi's house, she gets there to discover that Kasumi's parents are already dead and a beast about to kill Kasumi. Jun rushes in and kills the beast only to have another beast, one that looks like a bird and can fly shows up and grabs Jun, taking her high into the sky to kill her by dropping her to her death. In a last moment, Jun grows devil wings from her back and manages to defeat the bird beast just before passing out in the sky and falling to the ground. Seed: Jun wakes up in a military hospital and tells more about herself. Upon release, she discovers Kasumi at her doorsteps waiting for her and asking to stay with her. Meanwhile, somewhere else in the city, an office lady begins to transform into a plant like beast and has started devouring people. Jun must rush to the scene of this latest tragedy and come face to face with a vision of just what she might someday become. Shark: A character from Jun's past comes back to haunt her as reports of half eaten women begins to surface. Aoi was Jun's classmate in high school who was in the swim team and Asuka wants to find out if she also carries the devil beast gene and if she can be used to hunt down other beasts like Jun. When Jun shows up before Aoi again after such a long time, Aoi reveals that she to has beast transformation as well. She can transform into a shark beast and that she was the one killing and eating the women who have been found in the sewers. Cat: Jun is befriended by another model who has been going to the same auditions for jobs as she has been going to. Asuka warns her that this girl just might be a beast as well, due to her belief that the beast's blood calls to other beasts. The truth is revealed when Jun's new friend transforms into a cat beast and attacks her. The reason that she befriended Jun was that she resented her for taking all the jobs away from her. Jun answers back by transforming into her devil form yet again. Fog: Hunting a beast with scythe like arms through a foggy city, Jun remembers stories from her childhood about the Grim Reaper and it somehow starts affecting her concentration. Finding remnants of the beast's former humanity in the form of a family picture and a reminder that he had just recently murdered both his wife and child, Jun regains her resolve as the beast with scythe like arms grows to monstrous proportions in the midst of a fog laden city. Enemy: Eyes: Flames: A little girl is the only survivor of a horrible fire that burned down an entire apartment complex. Asuka suspects that the child is a beast herself and has confined her in a military hospital. Jun feels sorry for the child and argues with Asuka about keeping her locked up indefinitely in such a way. Before the argument could reach a conclusion, the child's ability to summon fire manifests itself again and the hospital burns down. Jun goes in with orders to terminate her, but just couldn't force herself to. As the child regains herself, she burns away to ashes in Jun's arms. Box: Faces: Rope: Home: Crows: Voice: Hunger: Body: Fetters: Corpses: Signs: Wish: Life: Heart: God: Jun’s has resolved herself to face Asuka once more and end it all once and for all as the captured people with beast genes attempt to escape the fate that has been planned for them. On the way to her confrontation with Asuka, Asuka reveals herself and Jun's resolve wavers as Asuka violates her to attain her true transformation and sends Jun to the very pits of hell itself. Man Jun has fallen into the very pits of hell where she faces her past victims once more and there, she rediscovers her own resolve. Rising from the very pits of hell, she confronts Asuka once more in a battle seen throughout the world that will determine the fate of men and beasts and of the very world itself Dirty Pair WWWA (or 3WA) is an agency that resolves crisis that arises. Autonomous and on call for the various governments of the allied planets, their agents, known as Trouble Consultants (or Tro-Cons for short) are the best that there is at what they do. Kei and Yuri are two such agents working for 3WA. Condenamed the "Lovely Angel," they are pretty good at their job. Unfortunately, they are also pretty good at bringing about gratuitous destruction to every mission they take, thus they have earned the nickname "Dirty Pair." (Action/Comedy) Dirty Pair is inspired by the tag team women's wrestling of the 1980's. It's a pretty enjoyable series and I rather liked it. All the episodes are stand alone episodes and can be watched out of order. I rather liked this series and would like to give it a must buy rating, but it isn't really very extraordinary, so I'm giving this a must rent instead of just plain 'ol rent it. Prison Break! Or I Hate People with Grudges: When the prisoners at a high security facility riot and take the warden hostage, it's up to Kei and Yuri to rescue him. They'll have a whole squad of marines for support, so it's shouldn't be a problem. Right? Well, this IS the Dirty Pair. No Thanks! A Totally Wasted Halloween Party: Working on Halloween was bad enough, but now the Lovely Angels have misplaced a Tactical Assault Android. Time's running out, and they have to find it before its Armageddon Program kicks in. But how do you find an android in a city full of Mad Hatters, Snow Whites, and Ali Baba thieves? The God's Challenge: When 300 employees of the Jason-Hughes mining company are wiped from the face of the planet by the "Wrath of God," the Dirty Pair are sent to investigate. But how do you defend yourself from a power that commands an army of true believers? Are Kei and Yuri sufficiently virtuous to defy a deity? But They're Only Children: When the war games of a band of delinquent prodigies end in an all out assault on the secret development center for the Dimensional Vibration Cannon, Kei and Yuri find themselves in the unlikely role of nursemaids. It's a desperate situation, and the Dirty Pair are the galaxy’s last hope to discipline the unruly bunch. Nobody's Doing it Anymore: What do you do when your top trouble consultant is lost to the dark side of the hottest casino ever? You send in your Loveliest Angles, of course. But is it really wise to give the most destructive duo access to the power of a planet-busting asteroid rail gun? The Wedding Panic: Nothing scares the godfather of the largest criminal family on the planet; nothing, that is, except his son marrying one of the infamous Dirty Pair. Can Kei save Yuri from a life of illicitly won fame and fortune? Or will the family take the Angels, and the rest of 3WA as well, on a one-way ride. Revenge of the Muscle Lady: Learning that the leader of a new drug ring was once a top candidate at the 3WA training school, the infallible Central Computer naturally commissions Kei and Yuri to bring her in. Now they have to take on someone who not only beat them in every category, but also uses a new super-strength drug. Do the Dirty Pair have the brains to defeat this brawn? The Sleeping Beauty: Kei and Yuri stumble upon a small child who is the sole survivor of a mysterious murder which has stumped the 3WA's best for over twenty years. Their only problem? The little girl is in shock and seems incapable of communicating with them. Can the Lovely Angels convince her to speak out, or will they have to turn to her dead father for help? Red Eyes, A Sign from Hell: Five super soldiers have derailed the peace talks and reignited hostilities in a long running civil war. But who's the secret commander of this unstoppable death squad? Can the Dirty Pair succeed where an army has failed? We're the Space Truckers!: When independent cargo haulers begin to turn up dead, the Dirty Pair try a new occupation: truckers. Kei and Yuri must battle their way out of a base full of smugglers and crooked cops if they are to get to the bottom of this deadly mystery. Dirty Pair Flash A Remake of the original. (Action/Adventure/Drama/Comedy) Runaway Angel: Darkside Angel: Frozen Angel: Sleeping Angel: Stray Angel: Lovely Angel: Tokyo Holiday Network: Seventeen Mysterious High School: Kei and Yuri are forced to stay in a boarding school due to their hotel being damaged (all their fault of course). While staying in the boarding school, they must also attend class and study. Yuri seems to be adapting rather well, but Kei is a bit on the edge though. Of course, it doesn't help that the school is supposedly haunted by several ghosts nor by the fact that Kei only acts tough, but is frightened really easily by ghosts. Hot Spring Steamy Romantic Tour: Kei and Yuri, after having spotted a wanted con artist with a rather large reward on his head, decides to arrest him in order to get into a classy restaurant. Of course this is a whole lot simpler than it seems as their chase leads them to the outskirts of the city where they have to hike back on foot and survive while they're at it. Of course it doesn't help that their captive keeps on trying to escape, sweet talk them, or take a peek at them while they're talking a bath, or all three at once! Sparkle Bright Pure Love Flower Shop: While trying to get away from the rain, Yuri and Touma waits in a flowershop where the flower girl loans them umbrellas to go home. It was love at first sight for Touma. He starts buying flower from her all the time and it also seems that Lina, the girl, seems to be interested in him also. Of course, his behavior is starting to irritate Kei and Yuri and forces him to make a resolution and make the first move. Of course when Touma asks Lina for a date on the phone, he just couldn't get himself to ask and Yuri asks her to meet with Touma. When the appointed time finally arrived, it seems that there has been a misunderstanding. She's not interested in Touma, she's interested in Yuri! Hot Pursuit Tokyo Airport: Snow White Chaser: Kei, on her way to meet Yuri, happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time as a terrorists attacks the place she is on to eliminate the heir of a wealthy senator. Dying, the baby's nanny entrusts the baby to Kei. Kei, with baby in tow must ski cross country while avoiding mercs in order to survive. Yuri, of course, only cares that Kei is late and because of that, she is going to be late for her date. Not wanting that, she decides to go search for her. Hopefully, she'll get to Kei in time before the mercs kill the baby she's protecting or Kei does it herself! Pink Sniper: When dive bombing seagulls and acid filled swimming pools interrupt a well deserved vacation. The pair must avoid becoming a young assassin's first kill. The Winners in Summer Color: A perverted old man who happens to be the owner of a rather large corporation is wanted by the 3WA. Unfortunately, he happens to be a very cautious man and almost never makes an appearance except for the awarding of his company's annual beach volleyball winners. In order to get close enough to arrest him, 3WA has decided to put in agents as competitors. With a sadistic coach and a backbreaking training regiment, which team is better than the Lovely Angels for the job? My Boy in Rose Color: When Kei inadvertently beheads a Yuri look alike robot, it upsets a young fan of Yuri's so much that his rich grandfather threatens to withdraw his support of the 3WA! Can a real flesh and blood Yuri take the place of a metal idol and save the 3WA from financial ruin? Grey Colored Avenger: A galactic terrorist seeks revenge against the man who put him away, Chief Poporo! Will the Lovely Angels risk their lives to save their chief, or will they decide to risk their manicure doing paper work instead? Dragon Ball Z: The Dead Zone Gohan is kidnapped! The evil Garlic Jr. is gathering seven Dragonballs to wish for immortality. Then Garlic Jr. plans to take over the world and make the entire human race suffer for the death of his father. Goku rushes to save Gohan, but arrives at the fortress just as Garlic Jr. summons the Eternal Dragon. Krillin and Piccolo try to help Goku, but their combined strength is no match for Garlic Jr., who creates a Dead Zone (black hole) to suck up our heroes into oblivion. Suddenly Gohan starts to show his hidden power, but will it be enough?! (Action) Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might A seed of the Tree of Might has been planted on Earth by a group of space pirates. Once rooted, the Tree of Might will devour all life energy, leaving the planet a deserted land where no living thing can survive. Goku and his friends try to destroy the tree, but find their power is not enough. Suddenly they are attacked by the evil space pirates, and Gohan is captured by Turles, the evil leader of the group and a Saiyan! Turles, powers up by eating a fruit of the tree, and challenges Goku. Can Goku save Gohan and the planet Earth from Turles!? Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest Thanks to the Dragonballs and his dedicated assistant Dr. Kochin, the evil Dr. Wheelo has been freed from his icy tomb. Now these mad scientists plot to take over the world with their fearsome biotechnology...there’s just one hitch. Dr. Wheelo’s body died, and now his brain is living in a glass jar! Dr. Wheelo seeks the strongest healthiest body in the world to be the new home for his magnificent brain, so Dr. Kochin and their android warriors kidnap Piccolo and Master Roshi trying to find the world’s strongest fighter. Goku, Gohan, and Krillin come to their friends’ rescue, but Dr. Wheelo’s henchmen are amazingly strong! To make matters worse, it seems that Dr. Wheelo not only wants to have Goku’s body, but he already controls Piccolo! Will our heroes save the day or lose their minds?! (Action) Dragon Ball Z: Bardock-The Father of Goku When a low-class Saiyan soldier named Bardock unexpectedly inherits the ability to see into the future, his life takes a dramatic turn for the worse! Haunted by visions of his own end as well as the destruction of his entire planet, Bardock sets off on a nightmarish race with fate to advert the impending disasters. But Bardock seems to be stumbling along a maze of hopeless despair until a vision of his baby son, Kakarot, as a grown man inspires him to make a change and confront his destiny head on! (Action) Dragon Knight What does a magic sword, a dozen beautiful girls and an instant camera all have in common? They're objects of lust for the most wayward Knight to ever set forth upon the road to high adventure! It's cold steel and hot babes as our morally impaired young hero must rescue the multiple damsels in distress imprisoned in an enchanted castle by an army of demons, pausing only for a quick click of his trusty camera's shutter as the young lasses struggle to cover their lithesome charms. Yea, the shinning spirit of chivalry has never been so disgraced as by this Knave in his endless search for fast gold and faster women and yet is it not possible to believe that even this rouge, this pillar of impropriety, might still discover the true meaning of the word love, risking all his ill-gotten gains to save the life of the one woman who has become his friend? The tale will be told, (and even more tails exposed) in this sizzling sex, sword and sorcery romp, based up on the adult video game that took Japan by storm! (Adventure/comedy/echi) It's labeled as a "Hentai" but it's not really. It's more of an echi title. Lots of butt ass nekked females running around but that's pretty much it. It's a funny title if you ask me. Rent it! Dragon Knight 2: A New Knight In Town Hide your wives and wenches! The not-so-noble knave who proved that you don’t have to be pure of heart or spirit in order to make it big in the knight-in-shinning-armor business is back, and this time he’s on the prowl for some serious action! Swinging swordsman Takeru (last seen in the arms of an army of amorous damsels in the all-female-nation of Strawberry Fields) finds himself saddled with a young boy, who turns out not to be a boy at all, and an all-new adventure! With evil wizards, elven witches and horned demons against him, and with a pickpocket and a bold female sword-slinger at his back, this outing looks to be even wilder than the first one! (It’s just too bad that all Takeru really wanted was a beer!) Oh well, he may be crude and he may be lewd, but he’s also one serious sword-swinging dude, and vanquishing evil is a normal Knight’s work for him! The covers will never be busier, what with bad guys hiding beneath them and the fair maidens sliding between them, than when the Dragon Knight spends another night in town! (Adventure/Fantasy/Hentai) Unlike the previous Dragon Knight, this one is a full on hentai. No longer a comedy (which made the first one pretty good), it is now a "serious" swashbuckling fantasy. Truthfully, it sort of has a pointless plot and not very good. You could rent it if you want, but I don't recommend it. Dragon Knight: The Wheel of Time There was once a time of knightly virtues when knights of great renown wandered the land slaying demons, rescuing damsels in distress and doing chivalrous deeds. Those days are over. Kakeru, son of the mighty Takeru (the Dragon Knight from the previous Dragon Knight titles), is the only survivor of a band of resistance fighter against the dark emperor Luciphon. 20 years have passed since all of his friends were killed in the battle against Luciphon. 20 years have passed since she died-Natasha-his childhood sweetheart. Now, after 20 long years rotting away in Luciphon’s dungeon, Kakeru is rescued by Marlena, a comrade who seemed to have managed to survive. Her eyes filled with sadness and regret, Marlena gives him a magical stone that will return him to the past. She begs him to find her in the past and convince her to seriously go against Luciphon. It is his only chance to go back to the past and change his present. It is his only chance to go and save the girl he loved most of all from her fate. (Action/Adventure/Hentai) Although this is a hentai, it is actually a pretty good sword and sorcery type story. There is an actual plot instead of just a bunch of characters having random sex (although there is that as well-this is a hentai after all). Even without the sex, it’s still a worthwhile title. It could be a little longer with a little more character development for the minor characters and more plot development. If you like swords and sorcery type stories or hentai with elves, yeah go buy this one. If you like swords and sorcery type stories only, just rent this one. If you like neither type, don’t get anywhere near this one. Return: After being rescued by Marlena from Luciphon’s dungeon, Kakeru, now calling himself Eto, heads to the kingdom where he grew up to protect his younger self and raise an army to fight Luciphon. With most of the citizens of the kingdom he grew up in turned to stone, Eto gathers the remaining warriors and begins to march to the east. Amongst the survivors of a village slaughtered by Luciphon’s armies, Eto finds Marlena once again. Now, the only thing for him to do is to figure the meaning behind Marlena’s cryptic words before she sent him back to the past. Princess: With the resistance army gaining a reputation as the only force to successfully defeat Luciphon’s forces, more and more skilled warriors are joining the army that Eto has formed from the raged survivors of villages slaughtered by Luciphon’s forces. Among those warriors is Bianca, a stubborn princess from a fallen kingdom who can see no other worth that the strength and skill with which one wields the sword. After nearly costing him a battle, Eto finally confronts Bianca about her behavior before moving the resistance army. On a ship towards Luciphon’s home base, Eto talks to Marlena and reveals to her that he is from the future and begins trying to convince her. To make him her believe him, Eto reveals to Marlena that the ship they are on is about to be attacked and is destined to sink all though the resistance army will get through it intact. True to what he has revealed, the ship is attacked. Although they valiantly try to defend the ship, it is to no avail as the ship begins to sink just as Eto has predicted. The valiant warriors are forced to abandon ship where they get stranded on an abandoned island. Destiny: Stranded on an island, Eto and the resistance army have no way of continuing their battle. There, they take a break as Eto confides with Marlena a bit more about his knowledge of events that are about to take place. He also reveals to her what her future self begged him to do before sending him to the past and the method of how Marlena’s future self send him back to the past. Alone in a lake, Eto is confronted by Natasha and confides in him about her frustration with Kakeru. Eto manages to convince her that everything will be alright and comforts her. Unfortunately, Natasha notices the charm around his neck-the same good luck charm that he received from his Natasha 20 years ago. Natasha recognizes the charm as her handiwork and demands to know how he got it and why or she will scream and make a commotion in front of everyone else. Faced with this dilemma, Eto reveals his true identity to Natasha and forces her to promise him to keep his secret. After being rescued from the island, the resistance army picks up more warriors and marches on to dragon valley towards Luciphon’s castle. There they discover that Kakeru’s best friend, Seele, is actually a legendary dragon knight. Is left behind to train more about being with dragons. Because of that the resistance army is rescued by dragons when it was ambushed in a gorge. During the chaos, Marlena is captured and Eto jumps in to rescue her-separating the two of them from the rest of the resistance army. Eternal: Eto and Marlena, separated from the rest of the resistance army, spend the night together confiding in one another their secrets. Eto completely discloses to Marlena the circumstances behind his return to the past and Marlena in turn reveals her secrets- that she is a dark elf that belongs to the same race as Luciphon-that she knew Luciphon before he escaped from the world of darkness. In the cold of the night, Marlena also reveals her growing feelings towards Eto and the two of them spend the night in each other’s arms. Come morning, Marlena is nowhere to be found and Eto is reunited with the survivors of the resistance army and they begin to march on to Luciphon’s castle. After finally confronting Luciphon again, it seems as if everything will end up the same way it did before until Marlena shows up and releases them from Luciphon’s spell. His spell shattered, Luciphon unleashes his trump card- the ability to retreat to a different dimension where only those who are descended from either darkness or gods may enter. There he plans to kill Kakeru. Unfortunately, he didn’t realize that there are two Kakerus. With his mission completed, Eto bids farewell to his comrades as fades away from history. Dragon Pink: A Tale of Three Kittens Meet Pink, a beautiful slave girl who accidentally puts on the infamous Cursed Panties of Torajima and is transformed into a real sex kitten. Add a pervert master, a sultry sorceress who gets her power from a very unexpected energy source and a mighty warrior who’s big in every way imaginable (Action/Adventure/Comedy/Hentai/Fantasy) An old school hentai. This one is a renter folks. It's actually ok. No inju stuff here, just plain old comedy. I mean, c'mon, who could ever suspect that protein chakes is great source of mana for magical power? 1: Santa, Pink, Pias, and Bobo, while wandering around looking for their next meal, has been arrested the local government and is forced to fight the sex-crazed demons. 2: Pink is left behind in a restaurant, because the Santa, Pias, and Bobo didn’t have any money to pay for the dinner they ate in the restaurant. 3: The gang goes of to rescue a few damsel from the clutches of evil demons and swipe all the treasures in the process. Dual! Parallel Adventure Kazuki is plagued by visions of giant robots that no else can see. But all the years of ridicule are about to pay off! Before he knows what is happening, Kazuki gets ensnared by a pretty face, and then a mad scientist’s experiment tosses him into this parallel world! Now the danger is very real and his allies are twice as strange as he ever imagined! On the plus side, he gets to drive the robots! (Adventure/Comedy/Sci-fi) It seems like a rip-off of Evangelion with a crapolla load of Tenchi allusions to it, but it's actually pretty good. Life Sympathy: Kazuki sees visions of strange robots fighting all over the sea and demolishing everything in sight. In fact, it seems so real that he sometimes can't tell the difference between them. For some strange reason, Mitsuki, the most popular girl in school has taken an interest in him and his strange visions. Now if only he could survive getting lynched by all the other guys who has seen him with Mitsuki! My Home: After being accidentally sent to the world where the robots of his visions are very real, Kazuki heads home only to find that his parents don’t know him and he doesn’t seem to exist at all. Alone and confused in a strange new world, he wanders the streets alone hoping to sort things out. Fortunately, he meets a familiar face who has come to pick him up, so everything is going to be all right, right? Illegal Guy: After wandering around, Kazuki is captured by Mitsuki and the Earth Defense Force. He is then taken to the commander of the Earth Defense Force who just coincidentally happened to be commander Sanada. It seems that Mitsuki has arrived in that world a month before he did and has been made into a pilot. Since, they commander has no time to find a way to send them back, they'll have to make some time for his research by helping him win the war! No Disguise: It would seem that Kazuki is special. How special you ask? It would seem that he is the only male who could actually pilot those giant robots in the entire planet. Not only that, he can pilot it extremely well without even trying. On top of that, his life sympathy goes into the negative zone instead of the positive which is supposed to be theoretically impossible. In order to ensure his safety, Commander Sanada tries to hide his identity from the enemy by having Kazuki wear a body suit. Is it really necessary to wear such an embarrassing outfit? Well, when worse comes to worse, he could always use the suit's "features" as a "shock absorber." Campus Life: Kazuki and Mitsuki now lives under the same roof (since Kazuki doesn't seem to have any relatives that knows him). To prevent suspicion and nasty rumors, they are now brother and sister. Kazuki finds out the hard way that being related to the most popular girl in school sure can be a pain in the ass. Dee, who only seem to react to Kazuki moves in with them also. Intrigue: Yayoi Schwael, girl next door, teacher, and their immediate commander, has been getting on Mitsuki’s Nerves lately. She has been getting way too close to Kazuki for Mitsuki's comfort. To get rid of her problem, Mitsuki has made certain arrangements for the unwitting Yayoi, but before everything falls into place, the Rara army attacks! To make sure her plan succeeds and keep Yayoi from getting to close to Kazuki permanently, she has decided to make sure that the line is held and push back the Rara army at any and all costs! Hard Case: Kazuki, Mitsuki, Dee, and Yayoi seem to have adjusted well with their lives and with each other. They now seem more like a real family than a group of strangers interacting under the same roof. Everything is going well for them until Rara uses an original artifact and completely defeats them. Kazuki is captured in the in the process and there is nothing that anyone can do to help him! Mitsuki: Kazuki has been captured, but his treatment has been anything but harsh. Kazuki also meets Mitsuki Sanada’s counterpart of this world-Mitsuki Rah! Without Kazuki helping them, the Earth Defense force doesn't stand much of a chance and Mitsuki Sanada and everyone else is generally having a bad life. Between constant pampering, being hand fed, and having walks with Mitsuki Rah, Kazuki sure is having a hard time as a captive isn't he? Escape: With Kazuki gone, Mitsuki Rah just can't seem to be happy anymore. Completely love struck, her friends decide to send her love letters to Kazuki. Of course Mitsuki Sanada and Yayoi discovers the love letters are pissed that while they are worrying about him, Kazuki has been having the time of his life. Of course those carefree days doesn't last forever and the latest attack by the Rara army proves just that. With an all out attack on the Earth Defense Force base led by a Brainwashed Mitsuki Rah in a more powerful original artifact than last time, all hope seems lost. Repatriate: Mitsuki Rah seems to be adjusting well to her new life as part a cook for the Earth Defense Force and her cooking seems to be rather popular. She also gets to live with Mitsuki Sanada, Kazuki and Dee. The only problem now is that Kazuki seems to be so busy lately that he doesn't have much time for her now. To remedy that situation, her friends have decided to "convince" Kazuki to ask her out on a date. Mitsuki is extremely happy with Kazuki asking her out, but will she be able to make it the appointed time and place? Real: Kazuki and Mitsuki are back in their original world (with Mitsuki arriving a month before Kazuki). During their absence, Professor Sanada has decided to cover their disappearances by telling Kazuki’s parents that he and Mitsuki have eloped. Kazuki, homesick, decides to go back and visit his home with Mitsuki's help. Everything is fine now except that the visions that used come to Kazuki alone now appears to everyone in the entire planet. To solve this mystery, Kazuki and Mitsuki must head back to the parallel world! Ardent Desire: Mitsuki Sanada has been captured, "brainwashed" and is now forced to fight against Kazuki and her former comrades as the two worlds begin to fall apart! In order to prevent the collapse of both worlds, either the artifacts or Kazuki must be destroyed. Will Kazuki be able to snap her out of it before it's too late? Who will they destroy, Kazuki or the artifacts? Will Dee be able to choose which one she won't be able to live without? The World: All hope seems to be lost until Dee reveals the secrets of her origin along with those of the giant robots. Now that she has regained her original form and unlocked the full potential of GINV, Kazuki now has the power needed to defeat the completed form of HIMC and hopefully be in time to save the world. Final Frontier: The two worlds are now as one and everything in the world is well, or is it? Kazuki now lives with Professor Sanada. Dee has become Professor Sanada's adopted daughter. Akane is Now Mitsuki Sanada's mom and she and Mitsuki Rah are now cousins. Yayoi still lives next door and they are now living a normal every day life...so why does it feel as if something is missing? Dvine [Luv] Hyde is an adventurer, one who goes out searching through ancient ruins in hopes of finding ancient artifacts that are either valuable of have powers. He gets more than he bargained for, however, when he gets involved in things he doesn't really want to be involved in when he receives an amulet from a dying man-an amulet that a lot of people want and some of them are willing to kill an entire village to get their hands on it. (Adventure/Hentai) What can I say? It's a hentai. There really isn't much of a plot. Well, there sorta is, but not really. All you need to know is that being hentai with a sword and sorcery fantasy brand on it, the main guy goes adventuring, saves damsels, then screws said damsels. Yup, pretty much it. Cave 1 - “Amulet”: Hyde, with his sidekick, Sakura, are treasure hunters. They are staying in a small village while they are looking for their treasure, the legacy of the Old World! The treasure lies inside a cave and Hyde finds a lot of action during his search, fighting off monsters, and saving a beautiful, mysterious treasure-hunter. One day during his search, Hyde comes across a sealed door. An amulet that a dying man gave him unexpectedly opens the door. He enters, and finds a naked girl encased in ice! Suddenly, the amulet frees the girl from the ice, and she falls into Hyde’s arms, unconscious. Who is this mysterious girl, and what does she know about the legacy of the Old World? Cave 2 - “Elixir”: Mia saved Hyde’s life so he sets out to repay her kindness by searching for an elixir that will restore her health. During his search for the elixir, he meets Ghuran, the partner of the mysterious treasure-hunter, Teres. Later, Hyde discovers that Slain, a ruthless wizard, is also after the same treasure! Teres is injured in an encounter with Slain inside the cave. Hyde and Ghuran rush her to Doctor Shizuki…. As for Youra, she is still unable to recall her memory. Will Hyde get ahead of the competition in his search for the treasure? Will he find the elixir that will help Mia? With all the chaos mounting in his life, Hyde still finds plenty of time for lusty encounters. From Priol the maid, to his sidekick Sakura, Hyde spices up his adventure with breathless steamy sex! Cave 3 - “Storm-Bringer”: After taking the elixir as a last resort, Mia has recovered her health, but she is now suffering from a side effect-uncontrollable lust! Priol watches Mia suffer every night, as Mia writhes in her bed, trying to restrain her boiling desires…the cure for this side effect is to have a man quench her thirst for lust. Hyde comes to the rescue, and Mia satisfies her burning desires in a one-night, red-hot sexcapade! However, Hyde wakes up to a shocking news- Teres and Youra are missing from the hospital! Soon, Hyde and Shuran discover that Slain has taken both women hostage! Will they be able to save Teres and Youra? Will Hyde give up his amulet to Slain? What is Youra’s true identity? Is she the key to the treasure? Follow Hyde and his adventures in the third episode of this four-part series! Cave 4 - “Legacy”: After Slain uses the amulet and Youra to open the door that leads to the legacy of the Old World, Youra collapses on the ground. Teres runs inside, chasing Slain. Hyde rushes in after Teres, while Ghuran carries Youra back to the hospital. Hyde finds Teres unconscious and brings her back to their camp. This leads to a furious, smoldering session of hardcore sex as Teres’ tears turns into cries of pleasure… however, Youra has disappeared again and Hyde sets off to find her. In this final episode, the true identity of the legacy of the Old World will finally be revealed!!! What is the connection between Youra and the legacy? With Slain’s Storm-Bringer in his hand, Hyde will face the ultimate challenge and heartbreak of his life! Earthian For five hundred million years, the Angels have been living on the planet Eden. They have been waiting and watching the blue-green world of Earth from the beginning, documenting virtues and vices of the Earthinas. If the wrongs done by all Earthians exceeds the right by more than ten thousand, the Earth will be destroyed. (Drama/Yaoi) I didn't really like this series and thought it to be rather dull in the execution of the story. Chihaya's character was developed pretty well, but I couldn’t say the same for most of the other characters surrounding him. If you really have to see this one, go rent it out first, though I wouldn't really recommend that either. The Beginning of the End: A pair of angelic investigators, Kagetsuya and Chihaya is sent to Earth by the Arc Angel Michael. One to investigate the positive side of Earthians, the other to investigate the negative. The fate of humanity rests in their hands. Fallen Angel: Chihaya is disturbed by nightmarish visions of his black wings. Do they hold a secret or a disease that's ready to claim his angelic life? Chihaya intends to find out as he tries to locate Sapphire, a black-winged, fallen angel who may hold the answers to Chihaya's question. Unfortunately, Sapphire has become a popular British Rock star, living in hiding, who is tormented by a lethal drug habit, and hunted by unscrupulous record companies ready to strike a deal. Will Chihaya be able to find Sapphire, knowing that having contract with a fallen angel is an Angelic felony that could have him exiled for all eternity? Angelic Destroyer: The Great War between the Angels and the Earthians is over, but our old friend Dr. Ashino is back - with a new deadly master plan. While our angelic investigators, Chihaya and Kagetsuya, are rescuing two young angels from Dr. Ashino's horrific laboratory, they stumble upon the twisted doctor's latest creation: Messiah - a bio-humanoid Angelic Destroyer with black wings. Originally commissioned by the military to be a master weapon, Dr. Ashino has different plans for his Angelic Destroyer: kill those who took Taki, his first creation away from him and - mass annihilation for the rest of the world. With Kagetsuya by his side, Chihaya set out to rescue Messiah from Dr. Ashino. But as the Angelic Destroyer has already embarked on his wrath of destruction, will Chihaya be able to catch up to him and make him see the positive side of the Earthians and in turn, spare their lives? Final Battle: As everyone thinks Messiah is dead, Chihaya is convinced he's very much alive and his obsession with finding Messiah is endangering his relationship with Kagetsuya. Now Chihaya will not only lose Messiah to the mad Dr. Ashino, but he may even lose his own life to the very one whom he sought after for so long. Will this Angelic Destroyer bring about the final battle between man and angel? Eien no Aseria: The Spirit of Eternity Sword In a freak accident, both ___ and ___ have been orphaned years ago and they both decided to help each other out and live together as siblings. During a visit to her parent's grave, ___, a class mate of hers decide to show up to cause problems and pick a fight with ___, saying that he is the cause of all the bad luck that befell them. Fighting on the ground, he suddenly hears a voice telling him to keep fighting and supply mana. Upon hearing that voice, they are surrounded by a brilliant light and ___ finds himself waking up in a strange cottage where a strange woman found him. In the middle of her sword practice when he interupts to ask where he is, she gives him a sword and attacks! Completely confused, two other women show up to stop Aseria and inform him that he is now in the world of ___. When soldiers show up, they take him away to see the king. Meeting the king, he learns that he really is in another world and that the women who rescued him are all spirits. Given a sword, he is commanded to fight for the king and uses ___ to blackmail him into doing it. Back with the three women, ___ learns that only the spirits are forced to fight and all the humans just stay safely in the castle. In the castle, ___ is taken away from the dungeon by the princess to talk about their world. When an alarm goes off and spirits from the neighboring country are spotted raiding theirs, ___ and the spirit women are dispatched to stop them. There he learns that they really are killing each other and this is no game. Forced to fight, he truns the tide for them. (Fantasy) El~Hazard: The Magnificent World Like a dream from a time faraway, a sweet memory lingers from the distant past. Like a kingdom that you can reach after many years of dreaming, El-Hazard is the eternal homeland and the land of never-ending adventures. As long as there is a challenging spirit and a readiness to fly into infinity, the gate to El-Hazard shall be opened for you across millions of nights!" ~Ifurita (Action/Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy/Romance) Perhaps one of my most favorite series (well, the first OVA series anyway-that's this one y'all), for me, the world of El-Hazard truly is a magnificent one. It has almost everything-from elemental priestesses to royal princesses, demonic tribes to demon gods, one sided love to eternal love, super human powers to super human courage, danger, intrigue...you name it, it's probably here! Perhaps best of all, it has Ifurita and Fujisawa-sensei (Did I mention that it has Ifurita?). Yes I am biased about it, but for damned good reason-go buy it now! The First Night - Battle Field of Confusion: Makoto Mizuhara is another high school student at Shinonome High School. Actually, he was just another high school student until he activates the ancient ruins discovered beneath his school. In the ruins, a beautiful woman appears calling out his name and sends him off to the world of El Hazard where he will meet her for the first time. The Second Night - The World of Beautiful Girls: Makoto, who is impersonating the royal princess Fatora, is sent on a mission to speak to the three sages of Mount Muldoon and convince them to break the seal placed on the legendary Eye of God, a weapon from ancient times so powerful that it destroyed the civilization of ancient El Hazard. The Third Night - The World of Hot Springs: Makoto, Mr. Fujizawa, and Alielle meets Shayla-Shayla, great priestess of fire and Afura Mann, great priestess of the wind. Before he could ask them to break the seal, they run off to a holy place of purification. Now Makoto and the gang must travel across the span of a great dessert to catch up to them and fulfill the mission he was given. The Fourth Night - The World of the Demon God: It is a race against time as the Bugrom discovers the resting place of the legendary Demon God Ifurita, a creature that was created during ancient times as an ultimate weapon with enough powers to destroy entire cities by itself in a matter of minutes. The Fifth Night - The World of Thunder: With help from the Phantom Tribe, Jinnai and the Bugrom has acquired the services of the legendary Demon God. The Alliance, on the other hand, has lifted the seal on the Eye of God. Things seem to be going well until it is discovered that one of them is actually a high-ranking Phantom Tribe spy! To top things off, Ifurita is on her way towards the capital of Roshtaria under orders from Jinnai. The Sixth Night - The World of Gleaming Light: Just as victory is within their grasp, the Alliance is dealt a devastating blow. Jinnai has also ordered Ifurita to capture the princess Fatora who has been kidnapped by the Phantom Tribe. The trump is now in Jinnai’s hands. The Seventh Night - The World of Endless Adventure: Makoto, Mr. Fujizawa, and the three priestesses assault the Bugrom advance head quarters in hopes of freeing the royal princess Fatora. Makoto faces Ifurita for the last time and sets her free. The Eye of God is used, but the Phantom tribe has sabotaged it. The fate of the ancient El Hazard seems to repeating itself again. The now freed Ifurita sacrifices herself so that El Hazard will be spared by throwing herself into the heart of the Eye of God and is shot far into time and space where it loops to the very beginning. El~Hazard 2: The Magnificent World A continuation of the first OVA series. Takes place right after Ifurita throws herself into the Eye of God, before she and Makoto are reunited again at the ending. Here, Makoto and the gang meets two more demon gods that managed to survive from ancient El-Hazard. (Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy) Not as good in my opinion, but then again a lot of people seem to like it though. I would recommend against buying this if it weren’t included in the OVA set. Other than that, just rent it if you are curious about it. The Bride of Roshtaria: Fujisawa-sensei and Miz Mishtal are finally tying the knot as a result of a night of drinking (get your head out of your gutter-it's not what your thinking). But when Mr. Fujisawa gets the wedding jitters, he decides to run away to go mountain climbing and leave Miz waiting for him at the altar. Jinai also discovers and awakens Kalia-yet another demon goddess from an ancient ruin. The Awakening of Kalia: Hot on the trail of Mr. Fujisawa, Makoto, Nanami, Fatora, Alliele, Ura, and the three priestesses crash lands into a strange garden hidden in the middle of a dessert and meets…Ifurita. Ifurita, Farewell to Destiny: Kalia has finally revealed her true self and purpose. It is now time for her to fulfill her programming by activating the Trigger of Destruction! With a name like that, you could easily guess what it can do, right? Promise for Reunion: Kalia and the Trigger of Destruction has been destroyed. The Ifurita they met decides to stay behind. Makoto renews his vow to keep searching for his Ifurita and the gang goes back to Roshtaria to finish the interrupted wedding ceremony of Miz and Fujisawa-sensei. El Hazard: The Alternative World Upon Miz's retirement as a priestess due to her marriage with Fujisawa-sensei and the inauguration of Qawoor as the next great priestess of water, Jinai's machinations causes one of the machines of ancient El Hazard to activate and send Makoto, Nanami, Fujisawa-sensei, Miz, Shayla-Shayla, Afura, Princess Rune and Fatora, Alielle, Jinnai, and his faithful Bugrom servant to be sent to an alternative El Hazard - one that is so much different from the El Hazard that they knew (Comedy) : First Night - The Disappearance of the Priestess of Water: Second Night - The Door to the Future Opens: Third Night - Two Celestial Maidens Descended from Heaven: Fourth Night - The Sweet White Trap Closes In: Fifth Night - Dream Open, Paradise in Heaven: Sixth Night - Business is Booming for the Messenger of Love: Seventh Night -The Forbidden Labyrinth: Eight Night - The Voluptuous Trap: Ninth Night - The Sacred Law, Broken: Tenth Night - The Destined Rival, Encountered Once Again: Eleventh Night - The Sealed Mistake: Twelfth Night - The Abominable Gateway to Heaven: Thirteenth Night - A Night of Captivation, Temptation, and Purification: Back in their El Hazard, everyone goes of to the Sacred Springs of Arliman. Knowing where they were going, perhaps it wasn't the wisest of decisions to allow Fatora and Alielle to come along, because the two of them are already hatching plans even before they get there. Hilarity ensues as Alielle and Fatora disguises themselves as the creatures that wash the priestesses' backs and gives everyone the full rub down. At night, there is also Fujisawa-sensei stalking the grounds for alcohol, and Fatora and Alielle, still not having learned their lesson, plays a trick on Qawoor, who doesn't seem to know anything about what the Ritual of Purification really is all about. Elf Princess Rane Move over Indiana Jones! Here comes Go Takurada! He's smart! He's handsome! But how many treasures can a high school student find in his hometown? Well, that'll never stop our energetic hero from trying. His abundant enthusiasm does pay off one day when, while running away from a very aggravated priest whose shrine he just thrashed, he runs straight into an Elf Princess named Rane. Ignoring a language barrier of titanic proportions. Go starts tearing through the city trying to find the secret treasure that is foretold to appear. His treasure-hunting plans put the wealthy Yumokata Foundation and the brave members of the Fire Department on to a free-for-all melee of confusion, explosions, and intrigue. Meanwhile, in the middle of the chaos, another elf named Leen appears before Mari, Go's neighbor and childhood friend. Will Go ever realize how Mari truly feels about him? Will Mari ever notice how her father's right-hand man feel about her? How many sisters does Go have anyway? And will Leen ever remember what she came here to do? (Comedy) It's pretty funny and good for when you're bored and need to watch something to make you laugh. Nothing really stands out though, so I recomend that you rent this one. : : Elfen Lied The series begins with a naked woman named Lucy whose face is hidden away by an iron mask breaking free from a high security prison. She slaughters everyone in her way with invisible hands the rips all those into shreds. Before managing to successfully escaping, she is shot in the head and washes ashore where Kouta and Yuka find her. Having lost her memories and her ability to speak anything other than "nyu," they decide to take care of her. But things are never that easy as the place that she has broken out of sends assassins after assassins to eliminate her and in doing so, the murderous Lucy begins to awaken again and with her, her life's story as well as the story of those like her begin to be unraveled. (Drama) Elfen Lied is a dark series that deals in a lot of the darker aspects of the human soul. As such, not many people might like it and definitely not people who are delusional about the world and can only accept sweetness and light. Definitely a series that you should watch only if you are the type who can accept that reality can be ugly. Some of the many topics it deals with includes bullying, intolerance, indifference, child abuse, abandonment, yearning for love, betrayal, the pain of loss, the guilt of survival, and the overwhelming need to be forgiven. The main theme music is sung in Latin and sounds like an old church music (hmm...it sure reminds me of the fire and brimstone sermons that I used to hear growing up as a traditional Catholic) which really suits it perfectly. It surely is a drama filled tragedy and irony that makes it almost worthy of the ancient Greeks! That being said, I, Sir Bon, gives it a two thumbs up (6 if I were a Diclonius)! BUY IT, BUY IT NOW!!! Begegnung-Chance Encounter: In a containment unit, a woman called Lucy whose face is hidden away in metal mask and restrained by straightjacket as well as strapped to metallic cage somehow kills a guard. As the keys floats to her, the alarm blares off and the institution goes on a lockdown. Walking out naked except for the mask, everyone that gets in her way dies as they get sliced by an invisible force as bullets swerve or are stop in front of her and a bloody mysterious hand opens doorways for her. Almost out of the facility, she is shot in the head by an anti tank rifle and falls in the sea. Later on, Kouta returns to the town he hasn't been in 8 years ever since his father and little sister died is met by his cousin Yuka as they head on to the beach. Reminiscing about his little sister, they find Lucy and she has lost her memories and can only say the word "nyu." They decide to take her in. Back at the facility, Director Kurama authorizes the activation of SAT, a military unit to hunt down and take out Lucy before she kills more people. Meanwhile, at Kouta's house, Lucy, now called "Nyu," breaks Kouta's seashell, which is a keepsake from his little sister and yells at Nyu and tells her to get out. Nyu then runs away from Kouta’s house and heads towards the beach. At the same time, the SAT team is already on its way... Vernichtung-Cleaning Up: When the cops knocks on Kouta's door looking for Lucy, Kouta suspects something and thinks that the cops are hiding something and doesn't believe that she is merely a "missing person." Out looking for her, he finds Nyu in the beach who is looking for a sea shell to replace the one she broke. Upon meeting her there, Bantou, a sadistic officer of the SAT team sent to eliminate Lucy catches up to them and beats Kouta up and chases the helpless Nyu. When Nyu is about to be killed though, Lucy wakes up and kills a SAT member and rips of Bantou's right arm, breaks apart his left and gouges both eyes out before she begins to revert back into Nyu, saving Bantou from certain death. There bleeding and blind Bantou is discovered by girl wandering the beach who gives places a tourniquet on his severed arm. In the hospital, Kouta is questioned by the cops and they refuse to believe that he was assaulted by soldiers. After getting out of the hospital, Kouta discovers Nyu soaking wet and waiting for him at his house. Back at the lab where Lucy escaped from, Director Kurama has already received reports of Lucy encounter with the SAT team and prepares to send someone after him. The door opens to reveal another Diclonius... Im Innersten-Inner Feelings: Walking in on Kouta and Nyu in a rather peculiar situation, Yuka asks him about a festival they attended when they were little on to know that Kouta doesn't remember it at all. Back in the lab, the Diclonius named Nana greets Kurama as "Papa." Reminiscing about the festival, Yuka looks at the collection of prizes she has from that festival. At the same time, Director Kurama's assistant is surprised to realize that girl Nana calls Kurama Papa because it was her way of surviving the torturous experiments performed on her since she was born. Kurama them asks her to go after Lucy which she agrees because her "Papa" asked her to. Being out in the rain the night before, Kouta has gotten a fever and Nyu, not understanding anything, has been bringing Kouta everything she can grab mistaking each item for "water." It's a good thing that Yuka decides to drop by. Kouta then explains why he doesn't remember that time at the festival. It was shortly after that his little sister and father was murdered in front of him and he has lost most of his memories from that time. At a hospital, Kurama visits Bantou and decides to tell him about the Diclonius. As Yuka decides to stay with Kouta and help out with Nyu, Nana is dropped of in the island to locate Lucy. At the same time, Mayu, the girl who helped Bantou, drops in on Kouta's house to return his umbrella that he found on the beach. As she explains what she saw that night, Nyu slips and while trying to open a melody box. When she gets up, she has reverted back into Lucy and as Kouta walks in on her, she lashes out with her invisible arms, but stops when she sees an image of young boy crying and pleading with her to stop. She walks out and meets Nana who has been wandering around looking for her. Aufeinandertreffen-Touching Play: As Lucy and Nana begin to duke it out, Yuka gets pissed of and jealous that Kouta only seem to think about Nyu and runs off. Elsewhere, Mayu is buying bread crust to supposedly feed her dog and Yuka notices her. As Lucy and Nana are fighting it out, Mayu is nearby eating her bread crusts and gets curious as to what all the commotion is all about. She gets there as Nana gets a momentary upper hand on Lucy and her arrival breaks her concentration which allows Lucy to rip of her left leg and her right fingers. As Nana is crying out her mental defense against pain, Lucy rips off all of her arms and legs after Mayu has been knocked unconscious into the bushes. About to kill her, Director Kurama appears and somehow, Lucy temporarily looses the ability to use her invisible arms. As Director Kurama picks up what is left of Nana, Lucy runs away as SAT soldiers chases after her. Airlifting Nana out, Kurama is summoned by Kakuzawa, the chief of all operations. Meanwhile, Lucy has reverted back into Nyu and has run into Yuka who takes her back home. Back home, Kouta receives a call from the hospital and thinking that it could be Nyu, discovers that it was actually Mayu. Taking her back home from the hospital, they begin to suspect that she might be a runaway. At the lab, Kurama, ordered to dispose of Nana, injects her with a liquid and as she begins to fall asleep, Nana bids her Papa farewell. Empfang-Reception: Having left before everyone else has woken up, Kouta and Yuka was unable to invite Mayu to live with them. Mayu, elsewhere, was remembering her past-the reason why she ran away. Her mother has just remarried and that man has turned out to be a pedophile. At the same time, her mother refuses to believe her and would rather hold on to her new man than protect her own child. Having run away from home, she ends up at that beach where she found her pet dog. Shivering on that shed, Mayu is discovered by the cops and she runs away to keep from getting dent back home. Luckily, she runs into Kouta, Yuka, and Nyu who have been looking for her and tells the cops that she lives with them and just got into a fight. Back at Kouta's home, they invite her to live with them as they celebrate her 14th birthday. The next day, having decided to take Nyu to their college classes to keep her from being alone, the professor, son of Chief Kakuzawa, recognizes Lucy and takes her away from Kouta and Yuka. He explains that she is actually his brother's daughter who has gone missing. Alone with Nyu, Professor Kakuzawa puts her to sleep for the purpose of impregnating her himself and creating a new humanity with her as Adam and Eve. Before she got herself raped, Lucy wakes up after Nyu has gone to sleep and kills Professor Kakuzawa. Herzenswaerme-Inner Feelings: Bantou's hand and eyes are restored through machinery. He then escapes the clinic before he is castrated as part of the agreement. At Kouta's place, Kouta goes out to talk to Professor Kakuzawa once more. He's still suspicious of the professor and her relationship to Nyu. At the professor’s office, he meets his assistant. Form her, he discovers that he has been tricked. Together, they discover his severed head and that he has horns as well. Seeing the bloody scene, a memory from his childhood is triggered. Back at the lab, Chief Kakuzawa is informed of his son's death and knows that it was Lucy. Director Kurama's assistant also learns more about her boss' wife and child. The next day, Kouta has decided to go look for Nyu who has gone missing since killing the professor and Yuka has decided to help in the search. At the beach, Mayu meets Bantou who is searching for Lucy in order to get revenge. When it started to rain, Kouta and Yuka takes shelter in a shrine and shares a tender moment. After the rain, the resume their search and discovers Nyu, who is still Lucy. Trying to take her back home, Lucy remembers a younger version of Kouta pleading with her and wonders if she deserves to live with him. Nyu suddenly comes out and go home together. At the beach, Nana is released from a capsule with mannequin arm and legs that she can move with her vector. Director Kurama, feeling guilt, has decided to let her go instead of killing her as the Chief ordered. Unfortunately, Bantou has discovered her... Zufaellige Begegnung-Confrontation: Nana and Bantou faces off against each other in the beach. At Kouta's house, although everyone is happy that Nyu has returned, Mayu wonders at what Bantou meant about her. At the beach, after beating each other up, both Nana and Bantou realize that they are after the same person. Back at the lab, the chief has learned that Director Kurama has allowed Nana to escape. Meanwhile, Nana, never having been on her own before, is trying to survive without any knowledge of society and how to use the money that Director Kurama has left her. In the graveyard where Nana is staying, Mayu meets her again and they become fast friends. Mayu decides to take her to see Nyu and when Mayu sees her, she realizes that Nyu is Lucy and attacks. Beginn-Beginning Nana runs off after being admonished for attacking Nyu and Mayu runs after her to bring her back. At the lab, Professor Kakizawa's assistant arrives to deliver his head to his father. Upon arriving, she realizes that she has been summoned there to be silenced. In order to survive, she agrees to work for Chief Kakizawa. Back to Nana and Mayu, Mayu learns more about Nana and the Nyu who is Lucy and what she did to Nana. At Kouta's house, Nyu is in bed and Nana feels Lucy's presence coming out again. At the same time, Kurama and Chief Kakizawa are having a meeting and Kurama realizes that the chief's intent are not what he had believed. Lucy, fully awake, is a bit feverish and remembers the time when she was still a child and did not have the use of her vector arms. There, three boys often bullied her and her only comfort was a stray dog that had befriended her. When a little girl befriends her, she tells her of the dog as well. A little later, the boys who bullies her shows up with her dog and bludgeons the dog to death in front of her and she realizes that the girl who befriended her is not really her friend. That was the first time she started using her vector arms and the first time that she has killed. Mourning the loss of her dog and only friend, she meets a young Kouta holding a music box. Schoeneerinnerung-Reminiscence Although unwary and doubtful of other people, she and Kouta soon becomes friends as she and Kouta hangs out everyday. In order to survive, Lucy begins killing families and living in their houses and using their supplies. At the same time, she finds herself waiting everyday at the spot where she and Kouta meets. They play together everyday, go to the zoo, and do many things. As Lucy begins to feel that first pangs of first love, she feels the presence of another her within herself-one that doubts all people and yearns to kill to keep on living. As she hangs out with Kouta, she struggles with her other self. When Kouta mentions that he is going to a festival with his cousin and can't play with her, she asks if his cousin is a boy or a girl to which Kouta replies that it is a boy. Feeling lonely, Lucy heads to the festival to see Kouta before he leaves for the summer. Seeing that Yuka is girl, her other self gains the upper hand as the two personalities begin to merge and Lucy goes berserk on a killing spree that Kouta's little sister witnesses. As Lucy watches Kouta leaving, her consciousness returns to the present. Nana having felt Lucy's presence, accompanies Mayu home and Lucy opens the door to a seemingly eerily silent house. Saeugling-Infant Lucy and Nana begins to fight it out again and Mayu throws herself in between the two of them. When Kouta and Yuka notice that Nyu is missing again, they head outside and find Lucy, Maya and Nana. Nana realizes that there are two personalities, the Lucy that she knew and Nyu who is completely innocent. As Maya explains some of the circumstance Nana's situation, they decide to let her stay for a while as Kouta also has things he wants to know. At the lab, Kurama remembers how he and Professor Kakizwa began in the Diclonius research years ago. After an incident, he became in charge of disposing babies born with horns without the proper heredity. One night, receiving a call from the hospital, Kurama gets there and finds that a growth was found in his wife's cervix and had to be operated on. After learning that his daughter has horns and announcing his intent to have her disposed, his wife got excited and opens her sutures loosing a large amount of blood. Staring at his newborn daughter, Kurama realizes that it is the vector that passes on the Diclonius genes as his wife again tries to get up to convince him not to kill their daughter, re-opening her sutures and bleeding to death in Kurama's arms. Returning back to the present, Kurama's assistant is being led to a vault where test subject number 35 is being kept. The heavily sealed door opens and she sees why 35 is dubbed the ultimate Diclonius. Her vector arms that numbers up to 26 and 11 meters in length are still trying to claw their way out even as her physical body is locked behind heavily fortified steel. Vermischuung-Complication Planning to use 35, they are about to release her from her confinement unit from which she has been since she was born. Using her handler to talk her in cooperating with the explosives implanted in her body as a fail-safe. Shirakawa, Kurama's assistant, reflects back to mere moments before. In a meeting with Chief Kakizawa, Shirakawa learns of the explosives in 35 and that she is in fact, Director Kurama's daughter and the explosives were originally a countermeasure against Kurama more than his daughter. As they finish getting 35 to understand her circumstance, Shirakawa learns that her boss has vanished and at the beach, Kurama meets with Bantou. At Kouta's house, Nana is welcomed and gets her assigned duty around the house. When she asks about the picture of a little girl behind Kouta, he tells them about his little sister which makes Nyu act strange. Taking a pair of scissors, she cuts of her hair and fashions herself to be Kouta's sister so that he wouldn't keep on mourning her. As Shirakawa flies overhead with 35, she feels Nana's presence and at the same time, Nana feels her. Nana realizes that 35 will come after her and decides to leave the house to confront her. When Kouta realized this, he went of to search for her with Nyu following him. As Nana approaches 35, she realizes her great disadvantage in reach when 35 reaches her vector arms for her and shreds apart her clothes. Taumeln-Quagmire 35 completely overwhelms Nana and amuses herself by tossing her around like a rag doll. Kouta finds Nana and tries to stop what is happening, but Nana gets tossed into the sea as Nyu catches up to Kouta. Surprised at "Lucy's" sudden appearance. The soldiers begin firing at her as 35's arms suddenly refuses to come out. When they do, Lucy suddenly emerges to stop the bullets and seeing her kill people, forces Kouta to remember what happened years ago when his sister and father was killed. After the festival, Kouta and his family are leaving for home when Kouta and his sister started arguing in the train about a girl with horns killing all those people in the festival. Suddenly, Lucy reveals herself to be sitting in the row right ahead of them and as Kouta's little sister tries to convince him that it was Lucy, she just looks at him coldly and says "liar!" he reminisces about their time together. Lucy then kills his sister and father right in front of him. She then tells him that she won't kill him because they are friends but Yuka is next. Kouta jumps at her and knocks her out. With his memories finally back, Kouta realizes who Lucy really was. As Kouta confronts Lucy, their reunion is cut short by the appearance of Bantou who attacks Lucy. Lucy runs off, but promises to return and resolve everything with Kouta. Erleuchtung-No Return Nana wakes up to find herself in her "papa's" arms as Lucy easily overwhelms Bantou and walks away leaving him alive. At Kouta's house, Yuka tells Mayu what has happened to Kouta and his sister and father. Lucy heads out to confront Kurama's daughter. 35 manages to knock Lucy out and at that moment, Kurama appears with Nana calling 35 Mariko. 35, Mariko, finally gets to meet her father, the reason why she has strived to survive all this time. When she sees Nana with him calling him Papa, she gets mad and tries to kill Nana again. Kurama then takes Mariko and tells the last remaining scientist in charge to go ahead and do what he needs to do and Nana to live her life. As Kurama carries Mariko away, he tells her that her mother loved her to the very last as the share their last moments together before the bombs implanted in Mariko explodes, killing them both. Distraught at her "papa's" death, Lucy rescues Nana from the last remaining scientist and tells her to go live in that house with her friends and do what she cannot do herself. Lucy then returns to Kouta as the two of them catch up and seek their personal redemption. Lucy reveals that she has strived to survive just so that she can meet him again and apologize for what she has done to him and Kouta reveals his feeling of guilt for what has happened, that he is somehow the cause of her pain and that he loves her-all of her. Lucy leaves again and confronts the soldiers sent to kill her as Nana struggles to head home. A little while later, Kouta's household spends a leisurely afternoon. hearing someone at the door, Kouta heads out to see who it is when the broken grandfather clock that Nyu always played with suddenly began to chime. Regenschauer-In the Rain Shower, or How can a Girl Arrive at That Feeling? This special episode happens after Nana begins living in Kouta's house and before Mariko is released to take out Nana (somewhere in 10). Nana is trying to make herself useful to everyone else and at the same time, Kouta and the rest are trying to get her to get along with Nyu. Of course, Nana, not used to doing anything for herself (being a lab rat most of her life), screws up a lot. She gets frustrated and runs of, still blaming Lucy for everything. At the beach she meets up with Bantou and promises to bring Lucy to him that night. Returning home, she is greeted by Nyu and the two of them go for a walk. In the rain, Nyu trips and hits her head. As Nana worries about what might happen to her, Lucy is emerging and dreams of the past. She dreams of a girl who, like Kouta, befriended her. At the same time, Director Kurama reminisces of the past, when he and Professor Kakuzawa finally identified Lucy as the Queen. His memories and Lucy's dream intermingle. Hiding in a storage building, Lucy and her friend is discovered and Lucy surrenders when her friend is shot in the chest and Kurama promises to save her. In the lab where Lucy was stored up to the point when escapes, Kurama tells Lucy of her friend's death. Lucy in turn asks her if he has a family and vows not to kill him, but instead take everything and everyone dear around him. As the dream fades away, Lucy's consciousness fades away again and Nana and Nyu are discovered by Kouta and the rest who got worried about them wandering in the rain. Ellcia Ellcia is a story set in a different world left with scattered fragments of ancient powerful technology. As an ironfisted country attempts to maintain it's hold upon the world, a band of pirates is drawn into a struggle that may ultimately decide the fate of their kingdom, if not their world. (Adventure) It's a decent adventure. Not extraordinary, but worth a look. I suggest you just rent this one though. Part 1 - The Legend Begins: When Nabosu, the King of Megaronia, finds himself in possession of the awesome power of an ancient race, he sets upon a course of conquest. Seeking further remnants of the ancient technology, he plunders the four holy islands of God until at last, his brutal tide sweeps across the islands of Eija. Slaughtering the King and Queen and taking their son, Elluri, as a hostage to insure the allegiance of the Eijian people, Nabosu now rules the world. However, in the very ruins of the technology that has brought Nabosu to power lie the seed of his downfall. In an ancient manuscript are the words that confirm the truth of the prophecies of the Eijian Holy Book. Prophecies which warn that one day, the land shall be conquered, but that vengeance will come swiftly in the form of the chosen one, who will rally the people and, with the fiercest ship on the seas, vanquish the blasphemous invaders. Wiping Megaronia from the very face of the world. Her name is Eira, and this is her story. Part 2 - Ghost Ship: The first part of the ancient Eijan prophecy has come to pass as Eira’s comrades discover the legendary God-ship Ellcia! But sealed within the ship is an ancient evil spirit who wants to bring about the end of all existing civilization…sealed, that is, until our unsuspecting pirates let it out! Meanwhile, as Eira and Maeyard the Selkie are held in the malevolent clutches of Lady Crystel, Funk and Doner languish in the foul brig of Megaronian flagship. Will these intrepid brigands somehow find a way to escape before they meet a fate worse than death…and will Eira discover her true birthright before the entire world meets its destruction at the crazed hands of Crystel and Phelkis? Part 3 - Ironclads: Finally, the pieces of the puzzle have come together. With the realization that she is the lost princess of Eija, Eira declares war upon the evil Megaronian Empire. However, the legendary battleship Ellcia is not yet a match for King Nobuso’s vast fleet! To unleash the Ellcia’s true potential, Eira and her cohorts must make a deadly voyage to the three remaining islands of God and convince the surviving Selkie clan to unlock the secrets of the Ellcia’s awesome powers! Meanwhile, it’s plot and counter-plot as the ruthless Phelkis and Crystel have succumbed to their own savage ambitions and turned on each other! As Phelkis embarks upon his plan of world conquest, Crystel launches a murderous plan of her own! Can Eira and her pirates complete their journey in time to save what remains of civilization? Part 4 - Ship Of God: Judgment day is at hand! Armed with but a single ship, Eira and her pirates must face down the combined forces of Crystel, Phelkis and King Nabosu! It’s a desperate race against time as the crew of the Ellcia must locate all of the sacred weapons that will transform the ancient ship into the ultimate dreadnought! Will the arming of the Ship of God be completed in time or will the Islands of God be wiped clean of life in the ultimate genocide? Elven Bride, The Mixed marriages are a tricky thing, so when Kenji, a human and Milfa, an elf get married, the course of true love does not run smoothly…especially when it turns out that there’s certain differences in plumbing that makes it almost impossible for them to consummate the marriage! Thus, bold Kenji sets forth on a quest, seeking the ultimate marital aid, one which can be found only in the land of man-hungry harpies. Can our heroic handsome hubby find the legendary liniment he seeks without being waylaid by a lust pack of female harpies who want to flock around? And how will poor Milfa fare, left to wait in a hostile village full of prejudiced humans and viscous elf abuse? Toss in a rampaging double headed dragon running amuck and sorcery misadventure that explains exactly why young lovers shouldn’t marry on impulse…especially not when one of them is an imp herself! (Comedy/Hentai) Uhm, yeah, the concept for this is, er...stupid. It's a swords and sorcery fantasy type hentai, but it didn't catch my attentionin the least. things are lackluster in here. Yeah, don't bother with this one. 1: 2: End of Summer Wataru’s summer has begun and this time, he swears to make it the most memorable summer by finally getting the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, she doesn’t seem to even know that he exist. Aside from only being able to worship her from afar, several other girls also stands in his way, from the bossy tomboy Misa, to Miho, the love struck flower girl, to Kurumi, his best friends girlfriend who is a little bit friendlier with him that her actual boyfriend. (Drama/Hentai) End of Summer is a soft porn hentai (not the Inju-tentacle rape type hentai). Unlike most hentais, this one actually has a pretty good plot and is not pointless like most hentais out there. This is actually the video translation from a computer game called “Classmates.” If you have to have a hentai in your collection or are just looking for a good one, this I recommend. 1: Introduces all the characters. Wataru tries to make a move on Mai, the girl of his dreams, takes the innocent Miho on a date with hilarious results, and ends up consoling the tomboyish athlete Misa after an accident permanently nails her feet to the ground. 2: Wataru gets stood up by Mai on their first date. The Coffeehouse master enlists Wataru’s aid in searching for the caustic waitress Satomi who happen to be in a deep depression after getting dumped by her boyfriend. As Wataru comes to her aid, they end up in each other arms. 3: Wataru, trying to comfort Kurumi after getting dumped by her boyfriend who just happened to be Wataru’s best friend Kazuya, ends up teaching her more about the differences between men and women and the relationships that can arise between them instead. 4: Final Episode. Summer is almost over, but Wataru still hasn’t even gotten a date with Mai, the girl of his dreams. Summer still isn’t over-will his dreams actually come true? Ergo Proxy () : : : After surviving his encounter with Proxy, Vincent returns home to discover that Dorothy has been destroyed and armed autoraves of the security bureau already there to apprehend him. Running away from the armed security autoraves, Vincent takes the path that could lead him out of Romdeau and finds Pino, a companion type autorave that he worked on earlier and got infected with the cogito virus when Proxy attacked him in the mall and killed over 47 people. At the same time that he is trying to evade the security forces out to hunt him down while he has Pino following him around, Real is trying to piece together what happened to her in her bathroom and how is it that Vincent happened to be there as well. When he dials him up, Pino answers and Real heads over to where he is to get some answers. Catching up to him, Real tried to get some answers when the security forces catches up to both of them. Vincent is about to be captured when Pino opens the door leading to the outside of the city and the pressure sucks Vincent out while Iggy pulls Real in to keep her from getting sucked outside as well. Real tries to reach out to Vincent to get him back inside, but Vincent realizes that his dream to become an ideal citizen will never be realized nor was it attainable from the very beginning and allows himself to fall of the ledge. : Summoning - Twilight: Homecoming - Domecoming: Real 124C41+: Real Mayer, having been sent back to Romdeau through Hugo's sacrifice, has finally recovered and tries to sneak out again in her search of Proxy and the truth behind it. Daedelus stops her and decides to tell her all that he knows about the Proxy. The Proxy that he has is Monad Proxy. Although made completely of Amita cells that are supposed to be immortal, Monad Proxy is indeed dead. Daedelus' conjecture is that the Proxy's are not monster, but more like gods whose life itself is linked to the city. As Daedelus explains more about the Proxy, a group of autoraves shows up and attacks Real and Iggy. They all appear to be infected by the cogito virus. Just as when they manage to put down the last of the infected autoraves, one of them that they missed attacks Real from behind. And the end of the incident, Daedelus types up Real's death certificate. Ray of Light – Shining Sign: Shard of Brilliance - Angel's Share: Vince wakes up to find himself a guest at a tower owned by a strange man who hails him as someone like him. They are in Asura and Pino doesn't seem to be adjusting well to the place. Even more, she is scared of Kazukisu, the man that saved them. As Pino hides in the rabbit, Vince tries to find out more about what Kazukisu knows about him and why they are similar. When he reveals not knowing anything about killing Senekisu, Haros' Proxy, Kazukisu gets mad, calls him a coward and a traitor for running away from his duties as a Proxy and reveals himself to be the Proxy of Radiance. By attacking him, though, he has helped Vince to slowly recover pieces of his memories as a Proxy and ultimately killing him, reveals that he is Ergo Proxy, the Proxy of Death. Having killed another Proxy, Vince retains his memories as a Proxy this time around and he and Pino continue their journey towards Mosque to find out more of his past. Existence - Cytotropism: In the White Darkness - Anamnesis: Vincent finds himself lost within a fog and comes across a bookstore with a strange old man as the caretaker. There, a struggle with the tides of his memories and being takes place as he encounters Ergo Proxy who challenges his being in the world and his very existence. Going through the labyrinth of his mind, Ergo leads him from one event after another that has occurred in his past in an effort to get him to remember what it was that he had been doing in Romdeau. Eventually, Vincent Law is convinced of one aspect of his past - that Ergo Proxy and Vincent Law are one and the same. After coming across this painful truth, he finds himself sitting down and having tea with the book keeper once more who promises to show him the way to what he seeks. Amidst the fog, Pino is searching for Vince who has vanished from the boat. In the midst of the fog, Vince finds himself lying on the ground staring at the sky when he sees Real standing over him who he first mistakes for a dream. When You’re Smiling - Hideout: real has finally caught up to Vincent once more and she has come with a mission to either bring back a Proxy to Romdeau and revitalize it once more or to test out the FP bullets that Daedelus has made for her and see if it can really kill a Proxy. When Vincent tells her that he is Ergo Proxy, Real refuses to believe that it can be possible. At the same time that Real is deciding whether to go back to Romdeau empty handed or to follow Vincent in his journey as he attempts to regain his lost memories that were left behind in Mosque, Vincent and Pino discovers a strange autorave stealing their supplies. When Pino meets it out where it lives, she finds herself being chased by another Proxy. Managing to reach where the Rabbit is at, Real sees her being chased and wanders out to see what is going on. When she does, she finds herself face to face with another Proxy. Before she can make her move and test out the FP bullets, Vincent jumps in and transforms into Ergo Proxy right in front of her. Fighting the other Proxy, Real gets a chance to finally use the FP bullet and shoots the other Proxy who just drops dead with the first shot. When she confronts Vincent again and points the gun with the FP bullet in it at him, she finds out that Vincent and Ergo Proxy are two personalities sharing the same body. Intrigued by this, Real decides to follow him and tells Iggy to return to Mosque with the body of the Proxy she just killed. Conceptual Blind Spot – Wrong Way Home: Real orders Iggy to return to Romdeau with the corpse of the Proxy that she had killed while she stayed on with Vincent. Iggy, infected with the Cogito virus from when they were attacked in the hospital in front of Daedelus, keeps on thinking back on returning without Real or disobeying her to be by her side. To be by her side is the most important thing to him, after all he was created just for that - it is his reason for being. When the autorave of the Proxy that Real has killed showed up trying to claim his corpse, Iggy comes to the conclusion that if Vincent wasn't around anymore, Real won't have anymore reason to leave him. With that in mind, he takes out real and imprisons her in the coffin while he tries to kill Vincent. When Vincent manages to take away to gun that Real had from him, he runs off and arrives to rescue Real in time from the autorave that was trying to kill her for killing the other Proxy. Trying to save her, Iggy drags the autorave away before it managed to detonate on her and gets blown up as well. Real holds Iggy's severed and severely damaged head as Iggy's persona conflicts between despising Real for what she has done to him and the need to be there at her side. Burying Iggy, Real meditates on the grave as Vincent gives her back the gun. Someone Who Looks Like You - Ophelia: Vincent, Real and Pino finds themselves in a strange city that appears to be completely empty and devoid of any presence - not even autoraves. There, they gather supplies from the stores and brings it back to the Rabbit. While going through the city, something strange seems to be going on. There are times when Real and Vincent’s conversation repeats themselves. There are also time when both Real and Vincent will have memories of their conversation or things happening with the other that the other can’t remember. Vincent finally realizes that there is someone else in the city besides the three of them when Pino asks him where the other Vincent is at and the two of them searches for Real, worried that she might be in danger. They find her in the lake and she is about to drown. Pino and Vincent, who got separated, both rescue her separately. The one that Vincent rescues turns out to be the fake – a Proxy who has gone insane from loneliness and killed all of the citizens of the city. Now, he wants to take both Vincent and Real to vanish with him. After countless illusions that the insane Proxy has shown Vincent to get him to commit suicide with him, he almost succeeds, but manages to return to Real and Pino and escapes the city. Who Wants to be in Jeopardy – The Quiz Show From Hell: For some strange reason, Vincent, Real, and Pino ends up in a quiz show from hell where Vincent must earn a million points within half an hour to win. If he wins, the host of the shows dies and the programming is cancelled, but if he loses, he dies instead. The show, though filled with nonsensical seeming things, is being broadcasted and seemed to have some things about the history of how the world ended up looking the way it did. While Vincent jumps through the hoops of the show, the whole thing is being broadcasted all over the world with a satellite launched just for that specific purpose. In the end, Vincent manages to collect over a million points and the host congratulates him as he shows the supposed “true winner of the world” and reveals the silhouette of the proxy he named earlier as “Proxy One.” Dead Calm – Busy Doing Nothing : On their way to Mosque, while there is nothing going on in their journey, Real Mayer keeps a journal of the observations that she has made with Vincent, Proxies, and Pino as an infected autorave. More than that though, it seems more like a recording of their day to day life and activity. From irritations whenever Vincent leaves the toilet seat up to wondering if it is a sign of him trying to assert himself a man instead of a Proxy to other tiny quirks that Vincent has that she tries to notice. Beyond that complaint is the worry that the supplies are running out and they are forced to conserve the little that they have left. She also notices things like whenever Vincent eats beans, he eats them one at a time or the time when he arranged them neatly on his plate before putting the soup on them. Then there is also the issue of him using old worn out socks when he has perfectly good ones in his drawer. To break up the tedium of observing Pino. She makes note that she seems to be left handed like Vincent even though autoraves are supposed to be ambidextrous, but just as she concludes it as such, Pino begins using both hands concurrently. In the ends, her observations turns out to be meaningless and that Pino has been imitating her and Vincent the whole time, but at least she managed to figure out what that mysterious electric shaver does as she tries to adjust more to her situation like Vincent seems to easily be able to. As the winds pick up and they are no longer stranded, her notes get blown away and she allows it to. Endless Battle – Terra Incognita: The episode opens up with Raul Creed shooting a couple of autoraves and renouncing his status as a model citizen while his memory shifts back to an earlier time before the mess with the Proxies fell in his lap. Where Vincent, Real and Pino are at, Vincent and Real are about to move again when they find out that Pino is missing and their search for her leads them to a cave with strange humanoid like creatures. There, the atmosphere seems to be filled with toxins that eat away at the flesh, but at the entrance, there are a lot of corpses of those strange creatures. Back in Romdeau, Raul has begun questioning the very existence of the city and whether they truly free or is it worth it to live like that. Upon realizing that, his autorave deem him no longer fit to take the task of security chief and that awakened emotions have destroyed him. She not only revokes his authority, but sends out armed autoraves to arrest him when he goes missing. Unfortunately for her, Raul is smarter than that and set them up to do exactly what he wants and their search for him triggers the launching of a missile that will show the world “the light of despair.” Meanwhile, back to where Vincent are, they are about leave the cave when one of those creatures gets curious and follows them out only to collapse and dragged back in by its mother, giving proof to Real’s suspicion. On the way out, Real sees paintings on the cave walls depicting pregnancies and dismisses them – after all, people can only be born on artificial birthing chambers. Outside, they see the light of the missile that Raul fired. Terminal Melody – Life After God: Vincent, Real and Pino finally manage to reach Mosque only to find that the city has already been destroyed. There doesn’t seem to be anything left in the city that is salvageable. Trying to collect himself, Vincent separates from Real and Pino. As Vincent wanders off, Real and Pino ends up in a room similar to the ones that her grandfather has and tries to imagine what really happened and why it was necessary to steal the Proxy of Mosque. Noticing a computer terminal, Real hooks up Pino to it to give it a little energy so that she can access the information they contain. When the terminal fails, Pino tells her that she has made a copy of everything in the moment that she was hooked to it. Elsewhere, the keeper of Vincent’s memories welcomes someone and is killed by that person. When Vincent finally wakes up after collapsing, he along with Real and Pino head towards a suspicious room that they found in the schematics. There, they notice that Vincent’s necklace is the key to opening the door. Once inside, they discover what is left of the keeper of memories and realize that the lost memories weren’t lost – they were entrusted to Monad Proxy. They head on back to Romdeau with only the cryptic message “What has been separated must be made whole once more.” Girl Smile – Eternal Smile: Without any explanations, Pino finds herself in a strange amusement place that values an eternal smile where she befriends two discarded autorave mascots named Arl and Pul. There, another autorave called Rogi visits her and tells her that she needs to see Will B. Good – The creator of the place and she will be able to meet Vincent and Real once more if she does. She goes along with it, but soon finds herself distracted when she sees the outside and decides to go on a ride at the teacup merry-go-round. While the cop dog autorave mascots are trying to capture her, people are amazed at her smile and how natural it seems – almost as if it were coming from the depths of her soul. After getting captured, the Cop dog and cat dog autorave in charge of their interrogation also notes that, are amazed, and wants to find out how she can smile like that. Rogi gets angry at the distractions and takes them all away to a theatre where Will B. Good reveals himself as a movie interacting with her. He promises to let her go and return her to where Vincent and Real are at if she tells them what Vincent’s weakness is. When she tells them that she doesn’t know, he asks her what his most valued treasure is. Pino thinks back at the twin necklaces and answers that she doesn’t know. When Will B. Good tries to force it out of her, she challenges him by saying that he doesn’t have any power and the autoraves that saw her smile agrees with her and actually rebels against their creator. After capturing him, it turned out that Will B. Good is also a Proxy – but he doesn’t want to fight. Unfortunately, when two Proxies meet, it always ends in death. Pino promises to try to keep Vincent away from that place and in return, Will returns her to Vincent’s side where she wakes up from her dream. Going outside, Vincent and Real notices the amusement park city and are about to head there when Pino begs Vincent not to and Vincent listens to her and skips the city. Sacred Eye of the Void – Goodbye Vincent: Vincent awakens to find himself back in Romdeau…and in Real’s body observing from within without a way of letting Real know that he is inside her. Vincent also can’t seem to remember what has happened before, why Real was in the hospital or where his body and Pino are at. Little by little, he begins to piece things together and the scenario doesn’t look promising for him. Real has betrayed him and his body is under Daedelus’ watch. Soon, through the sessions with Swan, Real’s mental councilor, Vincent discovers that Pino is still around as well – kept prisoner for her own safety within the Rabbit. When Swan takes her to see Vincent, Vincent sees himself in his Ergo Proxy form and finds that he is not an empty shell. Afterwards, Swan proclaims that there is a Vincent within Real that manipulates some of her minor behavior and draws him out into the real world. It turns out that Real was guilty about her betrayal and has created him in her subconscious. As Swan attempts to separate Real and Vincent, things begin to blur even more as the lines between delusions and reality begin to fade away. Ultimately, Vincent realized that everything is just a delusion and that Swan herself is also another Proxy. Upon realizing this, the world fades away with Vincent and Swan the only ones left. Before she fades way from view, she reveals that she has the other necklace and asks him the question “who are you really?” When he wakes up, he is on watch at the helm of the Rabbit and Real gets out of the cabin to relieve him of watch duty. The Place Time Forgot – Shampoo Planet: Vincent, Real and Pino have managed to return to Romdeau, but something strange is going on and the city is not as it was when they left it months ago. When Vincent never returned, Real went to look for him and when she didn’t return as well, Pino went out to search for both of them. In the city, Pino wanders around and encounters many autoraves who have been infected by the cogito virus in prayer seeking out their reason for existing. Elsewhere, Real has come across something strange happening to the citizens themselves and a project called ADW. At the same time, Vincent has merged with his Proxy form and is wondering the city seemingly avoiding people. Having reached Monad Proxy’s corpse, he sees that she is labeled as Proxy 13 and notes that the necklace he got from her also bears XIII in it. Looking at his own necklace, it lists his as I and he remembers the quiz show saying that Proxy One is the true winner. While contemplating it, he comes across the copy of Real Mayer that Daedelus made. Real has also managed to meet Daedelus and he has mistaken her for his own copy. When he realizes that she is the real one, he just advices her to go see her grandfather. When he gets there, Vincent as Ergo Proxy is already there and it turned out that he might have been the one to create the city and left Monad Proxy in charge. Just then, Raul Creed, already insane, shoots Vincent in the arm with the special bullet that can kill the immortal Amita cells in his body as a realization of his ADW plan. Bonds - Bilbul: Having been shot with the FP bullet that can kill Proxies, Ergo Proxy dodges the others that Raul shoots at him, rips of the infected arm and chases after him, though Raul manages to escape. Left alone, Real finds out the truth behind the city – that Vincent and Ergo Proxy are split personalities operating independent of each other and he had created Romdeau long ago, but due to despair, he left Donov Mayer to run and abandoned his own creation. As Vincent, he had forgotten that he was ever Ergo Proxy nor that he had created Romdeau. Elsewhere, Raul breaks into Daedelus’ office to look for more of those FP bullets and runs across Daedelus’ Real Mayer and realizes that she the little girl he met a little while ago. An argument with Daedelus ends with him getting shot as Daedelus’ Real jumps at his gun when he proclaimed that he must kill Vincent. Ending up in his home and discovers that Pino has returned and wanders the street looking for her where he falls on some glass shard which impales him. Kristeva manages to find him and watches over him in his final moments. Back where Real is at, Vincent returns and Real confronts him again. He has regained his memories. At the same time, Real has also come to a realization that have revealed itself during their journey – that there is also another manipulating them. Heading to the door where that person is, Vincent is shocked to find another Proxy who looks and sounds just like him! Emissary – Deus Ex Machina: Vincent confronts the Proxy who has been manipulating things from behind the scenes and he tells him that they are the Proxy – the emissary of the creator made to protect and nurture humanity against the ashen, barren world so that they may reach a state of rebirth. However, when humanity reaches a state of rebirth, they will no longer be needed and their lives will come to an end. This Proxy has then decided to follow the example of humanity and rebel against the creator’s plan by destroying humanity once more. Refusing to allow so much death, Vincent fights him. Elsewhere, real chases after Daedelus who has gone a bit insane and has activated the city’s self-destruct sequence. Meeting him, she learns that the Proxy cannot live under the blue sky that is about to reveal itself and learned that he has changed his Real into a type of Proxy. When Daedelus calls out to his Real-2, she just leaves him behind and heads for where Vincent is at. There, Real-2 reveals herself to be the resurrection of Monad Proxy and tries to take Vincent away from the world and the harsh reality that they live in. When he notices that Real is still below struggling to live, Vincent declines and returns to the world below to where his shadow is at as Monad Proxy vanishes beyond the skies. When his shadow sees him back, he tells him to live and that will be enough – an act of defiance against the creator who has created and given them the fate of death. Back to where Real is at, as she is about to fall of, Pino manages to find her and take her into the Rabbit with Kristenova who was given a final order by Raul before his death to look after Pino. Together, they head for where Vincent is at who has decided to see through to the restoration of humanity to a world that is beginning to come back to life – for he is Ergo Proxy, the creator’s emissary of death! Escaflowne See Visions of Escaflowne, The Evangelion See Neon Genesis Evangelion Excel Saga (Comedy) Excel Saga is an episodic spoof of almost everything else involving anime. It is a pretty funny series to watch, but is not really for everyone. Some people will not get the jokes at all due to the sheer amount of references to other things that it has. Some may find the extreme slapstick humor. I say rent this out and try it at least. The Koshi Rikdo Assassination Plot: A spoof of mangas. Il Pallazo believes that mangas are vile creations and are not true literature. He therefore orders Excel to kill manga authors/artists throughout the city-starting with Koshi Rikdo, the creator of a manga series called Excel Saga! The Woman From Mars A spoof of alien invasion. Excel, while working through her other job, lucks into an invasion plot and decides to take matter into her own hands. After all, no one, and I mean no one, conquers F city other than her beloved Lord Il Pallazo. In the end, ACROSS gets a new member-Hyatt. The Sacrificial Lamb of the Venomous Great Escape Of Hell: A spoof of war dramas. Excel gets blasted to an unknown country at war and is captured by enemy forces. Excel must now find a way to escape and return to her beloved Lord Il Pallazo. In ACROSS HQ, Il Pallazo sends out his newest peon to look for Excel-Hyatt. Love Puny: A spoof of love comedies and dating sims. Watanabe finds love in the form of Hyatt who is completely clueless. Random choices keep on popping up as well and most of them have the choice "put it in" as the 4th one! The Interesting Giant Tower: A spoof of afternoon dramas. Watanabe decides to become a public servant just as he bragged to Hyatt and discovers that his roommates also has the same thing in mind. At the same time, Excel and Hyatt are wandering around the building to find some dirt on government officials to further the goals of ACROSS. The Cold is Winter! Snowed Under Episode: Melody of the Underground Passage: A spoof of thriller movies. The city's municipal force has discovered an irregularity in the city's sewer system. At the same time, Excel and Hyatt are sent to check out an intruder alarm that has been sent out from one of the ACROSS base's sewer entrance. Increasing Ratings Week: A spoof of fanservice. It is the height of summer and boy is it hot. Excel, Hyatt, and Cossette goes out to the pool to cool of. Of course, the director, Nabeshin, in order to increase ratings, has edited out all the male characters except for Pedro, which means only girls in bikinis are ever seen! Bowling Girls: A spoof of sports manga/anime. Excel and Hyatt are sent to do more research on sports and whether it can be used to help ACROSS in its goal to conquer the city. Of course, while being undercover, terrorist bowlers arrives and capture Hyatt. Excel must now undergo special training with master bowler Nabeshin to win against the terrorist bowlers. Menchi’s Great Adventure: Butt Out Youth: A spoof of high school drama/high school teen sports drama. Excel and Hyatt poses as teachers at Excel’s old alma matter. They both become the coach for the high school baseball team and must shape them up for their match against their greatest rivals. Big City Part 2: The New Year’s End Year-end Party Hidden Talent Contest: This is pretty much a recap episode of everything else so far. A spoof of Japanese New Year Special shows. We do get to see Pedro the Movie trailer though! Prop: More! Prop Memorial: Take Back Love: Animation USA: A spoof of American cartoons. Excel and Hyatt are sent to the US for another of Il-Palazzo’s plans for the domination of F city. They meet Pedro’s son and rescues him from being forced to make anime cells and being exploited by the mob. Municipal Force Daitenzin: A spoof of sentai shows (Power Rangers type shows). The Municipal safety team has woken up in their break room in costumes. According to their boss, they will not be able to remove the costumes until they use it to help make the city safe from crime a certain amount of time. Ever impatient, they decide to start beating up people for the most minor infractions. Menchi’s Great Adventure 2 - Around the World in 80 Hours: The Best of Mr. Pedro: Filler episode. An episode dedicated to Mr. P's every single appearances through out the series. Visually Appealing Type: A spoof of pop idol type drama. Kei has come from ACROSS central HQ to deliver Il Palazzo a message. Unfortunately, he can only sing out the message and he doesn't feel the inspiration to sing right now. Il Palazzo orders Excel and Hyatt to stay close to him so that they can get the message when inspiration hits him. Invasion, Mother: A spoof of space dramas, specifically Captain Harlock, Space Battleship Yamato and Gundam. The Puchuu lord has decided to take over the Earth and Excel and Hyatt has decided to help out some renegade Puchuu's to foil the evil Puchuu lord's plans of conquest. Legend of the End of Century Conqueror: A spoof of Fist of the North Star. Excel wanders the desolate landscape F city wrought on by the crashing of the alien spaceship. Excel shows her fearsome ACROSS fighting skills and decimates entire gangs by turning them to cute things with a mere touch! At the same time, Excel searches for a way back to her ACROSS headquarters and her beloved Il-Palazzo-sama. For You, I Could Die: A spoof of serious soap-dramas. Excel, after being shot by Il-Palazzo-sama and run over by a jeep, loses her memories and tries to find out just who she really is. Aided by the Municipal Force Daitenzin, Excel slowly remembers the person she once was and the people she once knew. We Will Not Be Held Responsible: A spoof of...not really sure. Excel Saga finally ends. The municipal force attacks Il Palazzo's mobile fortress. Il Palazzo's dark side comes out only to be stopped by Excel. In the end, everything blows up and goes back to square one with Il Palazzo ordering Excel to kill manga artists. Going Too Far: The final installment of Excel Saga was never actually aired. Just as the title implies, it breaks almost every censorship rules. From Hyatt bleeding profusely almost everytime she is there, to tons and tons of references to sex, having sex or sexual positions, to things that are just plain wrong! Back  Next  Reviews Page  Main