Reviews and Summaries M-O As stated, this is the section that contains the titles we have reviewed and or summarized starting with M all the way down to O. (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. M N O Maburaho (Comedy/Harem) They Came...: Kazuki studies in a magical school for elite magician even though he is woefully far beneath even the lowest ranked magician. In a school where the average magician has the magical capacity to use magic 8,000 times, Kazuki can only use it 8 times. after exhausting one's own magical capacity, the magician turns to dust. Then, out of the blue, Miyama Yuuna appears in front of him claiming to be his wife. Then, Kezetsubaki Kuriko, a rather famous student comes after him as well wanting his genes. On top of that, Kamishiro Rin, a well liked freshman, shows up trying to kill him because her family is trying to get her to marry him. Going back to school, Dr.Akai explains the reason. Even though he is way below average just like his father before him, his ancestry is filled with many talented and powerful magicians. With all their blood cursing through his veins, his child might just become the greatest magician. Of course upon hearing this, all the girls in his class go berserk as well. It Fell...: With Yuuna, Kuriko and Rin still after him, things are as hectic as it has ever been for Kazuki. After escaping the three of them, he finds himself on trial by the class tribunal. The guys don't want him being approached by the girls and the girls of his class wants his genes. Sick and tired of all the commotion, Kuriko explains to him the need for him. The three of them comes from powerful families that are suffering from one thing or another. Bearing a child with incredibly powerful magical abilities would more than easily set things right. Hearing that made Kazuki even more irritable than normal and yelled at Yuuna who he believes is after the same thing. Dropping her pendant after she ran away, Kazuki picked it up only to realize that Yuuna is the girl from his childhood memories with whom he made a promise with. Running after her, he uses one of his magical tries to make the snow fall just like he promised her when they were children. She Left...: With Yuuna staying with him in the dorms, Kazuki has a tough life hiding her so that he doesn't get lynched by his classmates. Of course, it gets even more interesting when a ghost named Elizabeth shows up and decides to live with them in Kazuki's room. It would seem that she has been evicted from the manor that she was haunting when the new owners decided to level the place to build something else. Learning that it is Kuriko's company that now owns it, Kazuki pleads with her to at least let Elizabeth take the armor keepsake that she has. Unfortunately, they get there too late as the whole place comes down right iin front of their eyes. Finding out what has happened, Elizabeth gets enraged and attacks him and Yuuna and Kazuki is forced to use his magic to protect themselves from a vengeful ghost. Not only did that manage to protect them, it also merged Kazuki and Yuuna's dorm so that Kazuki no longer has to hide Yuuna everytime she drops in on him! Afterwards, Elizabeth finds a new place to stay when she decide that Kuriko will be her new mother. He Saw...: As of late, Kazuki hasn't been able to get any sleep because whenever he does, he dreams of being attacked by a behemoth, a riduculously powerful summon beast. Yuuna convinces him to go to Dr. Akai to get some advice. Upon hearing that, Dr. Akai is convinced that he will be attacked by a behemoth in the near future. There is a certain credibility to that. There is also those strange noise that people have been hearing in school lately. Fearing that it might be a behemoth, Kuriko has decided to search it out with Yuuna, Rin and Kazuki helping her. While the others have gone their separate ways, Kuriko takes Kazuki to see Dr. Akai where she accuses him of summoning the beast to get Kazuki to use his power for his own interest and tries to blackmail him into being her servant or else. Unfortunately, she found herself to be in correct in her assumption when the behemoth breaks through the wall. On top of that, Dr. Akai released the behemoth that he had captured earlier. As things are about to get messy, Kazuki uses his power to destroy both behemoths against Kuriko's orders. He Did It...: Rin has a problem. There is this upperclassman that she likes, but he is going away. She wants him to remember her and the way that she has decided to do this is by giving him a homemade boxed lunch. Of course, it would help if she actually knew how to cook or any other "feminine" things. When Kazuki, Yuuna, and Kuriko finds out though, they decide to help her out. through hard work and a sleepless night, Rin finally managed to create a boxed lunch, which promptly fell on the floor. Kazuki, instinctively used his magic to restore it the minute it happened and Rin waits for her chance to give the lunch to her beloved upperclassman. Upon arriving at the moment, she decides not to and just watches him as leaves through the gates of the school one last time. It a good thing too, since Kazuki and the rest decided to eat her boxed lunch and it was horrible! They Found Out...: Yuuna, Kuriko, and Rin, evesdropping on Kazuki's conversation on the phone, finds out that his father is going to drop by that Sunday. The next day, the race is on as Kuriko asks what his parent's favorite dish is. Upon finding out that it is eel, she races of to her house. Rin does the same thing as well and Yuuna, she starts acting more like a newlywed wife than ever before. Kuriko unleashes her secret weapon, the supply of a five star restaurant she acquired with it's carefully bred and raised eels and the search for the best eel chef in the country. Rin is at her house with a self help video on how to greet people and be friendly. Busy practicing how to smile properly in front of a mirror, she isn't seen around much. Meanwhile, Yuuna seems to be vanishing as well. Kazuki finds out that she's been trying to handle eels, a weakness that she has since she just can't force herself to handle anything slimy. On the day of the visit, with everyone tired from all the practice, they are furious to learn that Kazuki's dad is held up and would not be able to make it. Of cpurse that means that Kazuki will be feeling their displeasure at being put out. They Met...: With only four days left until the Aoi Festival (their school festival), class B still doesn't have anything planned for it. On their way home, Kazuki and Yuuna is met by Yamase, a childhood friend of Kazuki eith a proposal for a joint event by Class B and her Class F. Class B hates the idea though since they hate Class F and considers them the snooty brainiac types, but still agrees to it. During the festival however, Class B goes missing and when Kazuki finally finds them, they have decided to open up their own tea cafe instead of helping out. WIth the play already in trouble, a real level 9 summoned beast shows up in the middle of the stage. With the actors in a panic, Yamase tries to continue the play with Kazuki as the hero. Though she warned him not to, Kazuki still uses his magic to dispatch the summoned beast and the play ends well. Later on, Kazuki finds out that Yamase has been transfered and that is why she wanted to do the play with him. He Used it...: Just as Kazuki and the girls are leaving the dorms to go to school, they find Nakamaru chasing a young noy who stole some of his jewels. Listening to his story at school, they discover that the jewels are something that he found in the park at night althought the boy admitted that it wasn't his. They discover the boy lurking in the hallways again and the class, with Nakamaru in charge, chases after them. Kazuki sympathizing with the boy tries to loose the rest of the class in order to discover his reason, but is soon caught by the boys. In an attempt to protect the boy, Kazuki collapses and the rest is left up to Yuuna, Rin and Kuriko to discover by themselves. When Kazuki manages to get up again, the case is nearly resolved as the true owners of the jewels comes forth and they all belong to three different girls that the boy knows. The truth was that he had been trying to recover the jewels for them. He Did it...: Kuriko found a spring in which magical powers and the amount of times it can be used is increased. She will take Kazuki there in the condition that Yuuna can't come and Yuuna agrees. Stuck back in the dorm, Yuuna imagines all the things that Kazuki and Kuriko might be doing and she isn' far off when it concerns Kuriko. In the springs that looks like an ordinary bath house, They are dismayed to learn that the only way to increase the amount is to dive in the springs for two years without getting out. Yuuna and Rin, worried about Kazuki, with the help of Elizabeth, decides to go to the springs and meets Iba-sensei along th eway. Upon arriving, they learn another way to increase how many more Kazuki can use magic and live. They have to play baseball against the spirit of the hot springs and if they lose, they all get sent to baseball hell. Everyone agrees and they go off to play ball. At the ninth inning, with Kazuki's team leading by one run, the basses are laoded with one out. When the batter nailed the ball, but was caught by Kazuki, ht eman on third tried to steal home. Fearing that Yuuna will be sent to hell because of him, Kazuki inadvertently uses magic and the game was voided. He only got his amount increased by one, so pretty much, it was as if they never came to the springs at all! He Stretched...: Yuuna, Kuriko, anbd Rin, in a meeting to try and save Kazuki's life, decided to try and research everything about white magic and healing. They try many things to get him to increase his capacity. In the library researching, Rin and Yuuna came across information on a mysterious jewel. Rin recognized its owner from the roster in her Biology club. Unfortunately, that person is dead. Looking for the jewel and the circumstance of her death, they discover that her family was afflicted with a rare magical disease that has no cure and that she must have placed the last of her magical strength in that jewel and buried it beneath the sickly tree she loved so much, then turned to dust and was scattered by the wind. Upon hearing that, they search for her jewel beneath the tree and realized that the jewel is starting to lose its powers. When Kazuki tried to use his own to recharge it, Rin stopped him and the three girls decide to imbue it with their own powers to keep Kazuki from attempting to do it himself. She Opened it..: Yuuna's father has told her that he may have found a medicine that can increase the amount of magical capacity that a person has. Anxious to get it from from Dr. Akai, she runs over to the school clinic when lunch period starts only to find him not there. Seeing a package from her father, she opens it up and discovers an empty bottle. At the same time, Kuriko and Rin visits Kazuki's home room and finding Yuuna to be taking to long, decides to go to the infirmary. At the same time, Yuuna returns to the classroom acting strangely and participates in their classmates' twisted game. Beating everyone, she returns to the infirmary where Kazuki, Kuriko and Rin are and attacks them. At the same time, the real Yuuna is somewhere else contemplating the empty bottle and decides to return to the infirmary where she finds it trashed and Dr. Akai explains to her that the bottle contains a bottle that releases a doppelganger with the reverse personality. She arrives just in time and gives Kazuki a chance to destroy the doppelganger, but now, he's been forced to use his magic once more! He Dissappeared..: Her encounter with the magical virus has left Yuuna dying. Trying to tie up all loose ends before she succumbs to the disease, Kazuki, Kuriko and Rin has begun to suspect that there is something wrong with her. From Dr. Akai, they learn of her condition and are shocked. When Yuuna collapses, Dr. Akai estimates that she will run out of magical power by nightfall and then, she'll turn to dust and vanish. Blaming himself for not being able to do anything for her, Kazuki is informed by Dr. Akai that there is a way to cure Yuuna. It involves pouring a huge amount of magic into Yuuna to destroy the virus within her. Without hesitation, Kazuki heads to where Yuuna is and with Rin and Kuriko's blessing, to only attempt once, Kazuki does so. Unfortunately, it isn't enough. He uses his last attempt before Kuriko could react and with that, Yuuna fully recovers. In the end, Kazuki's body turned to dust when the last of his magical power was drained, but his spirit remained. He Came Back...: Kazuki has been depressed as of late due to his condition...of being dead. He finds out that there are a lot of things that he can't do anymore now that he no longer has a physical body. Even with Yuuna, Kuriko and Rin cheering him on, it is of no use. At the same time that Dr. Akai is running tests on him and trying to find a way to bring him back fully to a living state, he warns him not to wander alone. He just might get kidnapped by ghost collecting maniacs. It's an advice that he should have taken seriously when he meets a strange woman who tries to add him to her collection - several times! Only with Yuuna flying off into a jealous rage upon sensing the presence of a woman beeing near Kazuki all the time and Kuriko and Rin helping her out that he manages to escape being part of a collection...for now. He Got Caught...: That strange woman is still after Kazuki. Although everyone is a little more relaxed now, she still shows up trying to make Kazuki a part of her collection. After one such encounter, she gave Kazuki a card to meet her at a certain place and gave him a hint that she might be able to turn him back into a human. The girls, meanwhile, are trying to find out more about her and has tracked her to a strange mansion where they decide to stake out and found Kazuki going in. Going after him, they all go through the traps of the place as that strange woman tries to convince Kazuki to remain a ghost. Failing to do so, she shows Kazuki that she has captured Kuriko, Yuuna and Elizabeth and is about to have them melted in a vat of acid if Kazuki doesn't become a part of his collection. Fortunately, Rin Shows up just in time to save them all. As they are about to fight her, Dr. Akai shows up to reveal that that strange woman is actually Shino, his little sister. The next day, they find out that she's been hired as Dr. Akai's assisstant and is now part of the school staff! Went Up...: Rin's past is starting to catch up to her as Shunji, the man who raised her and taught her the sword shows up with an order from the main branch of the family to return to the main house. Rin of course refuses and Shunji agrees to let her stay if she and Kazuki, posing as Rin's fiance were to defeat him in combat. Rin begins training Kazuki and it was during one of those training nights that Kazuki was able to talk to Shunji. Shunji tells him all about Rin and the regrets he's had in raising her as a swordswoman. Looking back on it, he wishes that he could have raised her as a normal girl. Kazuki also notices that he might not have enough time left in him as well. On the night of the duel, it begins with Shunji having the edge, but that quickly fades away as he collapses and the last of his strength left him. It was then that Rin realizes what a fool she's been and just how much Shunji meant to her. Peeked...: Something strange seemed to be going on with Kuriko these days. With Elizabeth's help, Kazuki, Yuuna and Rin follow her around. It looks as if she is going out with a man. Following them around, Kazuki tries to get the girls to go home and leave Kuriko and her date alone while Elizabeth is seething with anger and jealousy that this man would dare try to take her Kuriko away from her. Alte into the date, after the man proposed to Kuriko, they see a strange scene in which the man reveeals himself to be a a con man trying to get his hands on Kuriko's family fortune. Trying to warn her, Kazuki and the rest inadvertently ruins a perfectly good sting operation in which the police, with Kuriko's help is trying to catch Kuriko's date, a rather famous con man. Decided...: When it was announced that Nakamaru possess the "superior" gene to give birth to the greatest wizard during school check up day, he goes off on a power trip. At the same time, Kazuki has been feeling down as of late. He has been thinking that there is no use for him to continue on with his life the way it is now and decides that perhaps, he should just give up and take up the life of a ghost. With this, Nakamaru begins hitting on Yuuna as the entire class suckers him in to "attain" his "superior" gene. The girls want it the old fashioned way, while the guys want to knock him out, clone him and sell his genes! While talking to Elizabeth and the manager of his dorms, Kazuki finally decides to keep on living the way he has always been with Yuuna and everyone else. Set a Trap...: With their class' normal personality, the field trip to Kyoto is a sure hit to becoming a disaster. When Matsuda finds out about the fued between Morisaki and Rin, she and Nakamaru comes up with a get rich quick plan by setting the two of them against each other in a public bout with bets. When it became evident that a winner won't emerge quickly, Kuriko as the judge, changes the challenge from open combat to a race around the tracks. Racing each other, they both lost when a monk in training comes up from the rear and beats them both to the finish line in a photo finish. Of course, everyone wanted their money back and a riot ensues making sure that Nakamura and Matsuda are in even bigger debt instead of being rich. At the end of the day, as their trip winds down, Yamase appears out of nowhere and meets up with Kazuki once more only to have something strange happen to her as well as Yuuna, Rin and Kuriko. Returned...: With a strange phenomenon that draws Yuuna, Rin, Kuriko and Yamase to him whenever the four of them get close to each other, They decide to spend the last day splitting their time up in shifts. Yuuna foes first with Rin going second, Kuriko third and Yamase as the last. Of course, during their "date", Yamase decides to spend some along time with Kazuki and looses the others. This leads Shino with a chance to kidnap Kazuki again and try to turn him into the perfoct ghost once more to add to her collection. When Yuuna, Rin and Kuriko figured out what was happening, they attempt to rescue him. Sucked into the dimension that will turn him into the perfect ghost, Yuuna and Yamase jump in after him when that strange pehnomenon happens again. It seemed as if his body has a returned a little. If he managed to gather all of his ashes, his entire body might just return and he could become human once more! It Was Sent...: With Kazuki's body slowly returning as his ashes returns to him, he is able to eat food once more and on this particular day, Yuuna has decided to make a huge bento for him. The dorm manager notices that they have accidentally left it and decides to take it to them in school as the events that have led to that moment are recalled by several people through their own perspective. Having found Kazuki and Yuuna, They as well as Kuriko and Rin have a lunch of homemade bento at school. It Was Lit Up...: Realizing from the incident in Kyoto that when Kazuki's ashes scattered, they must have hidden themselves within people, Kuriko beleaves that aside from Yuuna and Yamase whose ashes they carry have returned to Kazuki, the rest must be within her and Rin. Realizing this, she attempts to return the ashes at every chance she can get with every theory she can come up with. Forced to go the Cinderella Ball that the Kazetsubaki family is holding, Kuirko decides to take Kazuki as her date. Nearing the end at midnight, she realizes that there is nothing that she seems to be able to do that can help things out. Upon realizing that, she tries to run away while Kazuki runs after her. Back at the school, Shino laughs at the situation. She realized that it was Kuriko's precious pride that keeps the ashes from returning and it is the one thing that she is unable to give up for anyone. As midnight approaches, Kazuki catches up to Kuriko and swayed by the mood, she confesses her love for him as the ashes are suddenly released from her and returns to Kazuki. The next day, Rin is told by Shino that the moment Kazuki gets all of his ashes and becomes human, he will forget everything. Protected...: Shino has told Rin that once all of Kazuki's ashes has been restored and that he has become human once again, he will lose all of his memories of them. With only the ashes from Rin left, she is troubled by this and secretly wonders if she should return his ashes. In order to get the ashes that Rin is carrying returned to Kazuki, Kuriko decides that the two of them should go out on a date. With her and Yuuna tagging along, Kuriko tries her best to make it a successful date while Yuuna tries to keep on getting in the way at every turn. Still troubled, Rin runs off as Kazuki runs after her and taking her sword, he promises to swing it untill she returns. Wandering off again, Rin meets Shino once more and is reminded again by the fact that he will lose all of his memories. Coming back after a while, she sees him still swinging the sword and collapse from doing it for so long, running towards him, the ashes she has returns to Kazuki as his body is reformed. At first, there doesn't seem to be any problem, but then, Kazuki collapses to the floor and his new body looks as if it is about to vanish as well. Seen...: Yamase returns to where Kazuki is on an unrelated business and decides to drop in on him only to find him dying (yet again). Trying to figure out what is wrong with him, Dr. Akai and Shino is called in. Dr. Akai makes a startling discovery when he examines Kazuki. All of his ashes are not yet assembled and if they aren't all recovered soon, Kazuki will most likely vanish. Dr. Akai tells them that the ashes will have hidden themselves in people that is deemed most precious to Kazuki. They go into his memories to find who this fifth person might be and in doing so, they learn of that moment when Yuuna promised to become Kazuki's wife and of the exact same scene happening with Yamase. The fifth protion of the ashes have hidden themselves within the two memories! Yamase and Yuuna must work together to bring out the ashes, but Yamase is hesitant after finding out that Kazuki will forget them all completely if he's restored to human form once more. It Was Over...: Realizing that Kazuki will forget about everything if he turns back into a human, Yamase runs off with the last piece of Kazuki's ashes. Yuuna runs after her to convince her. While Kazuki is on the brink, Dr. Akai tries to boost him up so that he will last longer before Shino attempts to reclaim the ashes. As Shina and the manager argues with each other about the merits of one's memories, Yuuna and Yamase repeats those same arguments. With the arrival of Kuriko and Rin to take her back by force if needed, Yamase realizes that Kazuki's memories are not important. What is important is that he is still alive and that new memories can be made. With that, the ashes within the shared memories that Yamase and Yuuna has returns to Kazuki. A little while later, everything retunrs to normal, or as normal as it can get. Yuuna is has become more of the envious type. Kazuki manages to keep his memories. Rin still cooks nasty foods and Kuriko still wants his genes. The only new thing is that there are now multiple Kazukis die to his longing to hold on to those memories. Macross '84: Do you Remember Love? In the distant future, humans have acquired the ability to go into space with the help of captured alien technology and has attracted the attention of the Zentraedi and Meltaedi, a race of male and female giants who knows nothing but fighting. Earth has been horrible devastated and the last of humanity is in the super dimensional fortress Macross. Having been sent to the outer rim of the solar system, they are heading home. The story revolves around Hikaru Ichijou (Rick Hunter), Minmay Lynn (Lynn Minmay) and Misa Hayase (Lisa Hayes). Their story unfolds as the blossoming love affair between Hikaru and Minmay is cut short by a Zentraedi attack that left Hikaru and Misa stranded on Earth. The horror of discovery of horrible devastation that has been wrought upon their world and the uncovering of the genetic link of humans to the Zentraedi and Meltraedi, as well as being alone in a lonely planet relying upon each other for survival, Hikaru and Misa drew closer together and together, they discovered a way to defeat the giant aliens. All is needed is for Minmay to help participate, but will her broken heart allow her to be of any use to humanity? (Adventure/Drama/Sci-fi) It's Macross '84! Do you even need to ask if I recommend this? Yes, go out and get now! Ah, if only a DVD version of this would come out with Japanese language and subtitles. As of now, it is only available on tape dubbed in English (and horribly dubbed too). Beware though, there are two versions of this-Superdimensional Fortress Macross, the real thing and Macross: Clash of the Bionoids, the horrible mangled/edited 4 Kids Only version. Macross II Eighty years have passed on Earth since the events chronicled in Macross: Do you Remember Love? The descendants of the Zentraedi. Meltrandi conflict have established a new society with the people of Earth. When alien invaders identified as renegade Zentraedi threaten this uneasy alliance, the Superdimensional Fortress Macross must resurrect itself after generations of inactivity to fight against an enemy force. Hibiki Kanzaki, an investigative reporter for Scramble News Network (SNN), is caught up in the battle when he inadvertently allies himself with Ishtar, an enigmatic Zentraedi princess. Enlisting the help of spirited Valkyrie pilot Silvie Gena, Hibiki rushes to save Ishtar from imminent "reprogramming" by hostile Zentraedi. Silvie and Hibiki must also broadcast the truth about Zentraedi invasion and convince the powerful U. N. Spacey to reactivate the Macross fortress and defend Earth one more time. (Adventure/Drama/Sci-fi) Macross II is considered to be the worst of the Macross series. Most series after this will inadvertently claim that Macross II is set on an alternative timeline and the story chronicled here has no real influence or importance to the "real" Macross universe. For all Macross fans, don't bother with this. To everyone else, this is worth renting once or so. Contact: Ishtar: Festival: Marduk Disorder: Station Break: Sing Along: Macross Plus Set some thirty years after Macross- Do You Remember Love? This is the story of a newer generation. Although the war against Zentraedi and Meltraedi is over, the sparks of conflict still ignite. (Action/Drama/Sci-fi) Macross Plus The Movie, in my opinion, is an inferior version of the OVA’s with some scenes deleted and added into it. All the scenes seems to have been reshuffled around and well, it sucked. It's better to go get the OVA's and this series is a must have for any Macross fans. Volume 1: 2040 A. D.- Planet Eden. The Ministry of Defense is testing and developing a transforming super-stealth aircraft, a new advanced defense vessel to counter alien attacks. Isamu Dyson is an extroverted jet fighter maverick assigned as a new test pilot on project Super Nova. Competition heats up when he discovers that his old rival Guld Bowman is a test pilot for the competing project. The arrival of Myung, a mutual ex-girlfriend, adds more tension to the conflict. Volume 2: Computer generated pop star Sharon Apple has packed in the masses again for another of her best-selling concerts. Amongst the fans are, Isamu Dyson, the maverick pilot and Yang, who is about to pull off one of the biggest hacking stunts ever in front of millions. When Isamu returns to the New Edwards Test Center, he is up against his old rival Guld for air supremacy as well as fighting for the affections of Myung, the discontented producer of Sharon Apple. Volume 3: Adventure ignites a firestorm of emotion when the dangerous rivalry between Isamu and Guld reaches boiling point amid the pressure of the Super Nova test program. After an investigation into the so called “accident” that left Dyson hospitalized, the UN Government in charge of the test program unveils its hidden agenda. Myung is torn between her feelings for the two men as her memories of days gone by on Planet Eden are shattered by harsh reality. Volume 4: Angered by the news that the Stealth Valkyrie trials have been abruptly stopped. Isamu and Yang head on to Earth to get even with the pilot-less Ghost X-9 and Guld goes after them for a final battle. The two fighters clash amidst interceptor missiles being fired from Earth. During this fight to the death, Guld recalls the fateful event that had been sealed in his memory. Meanwhile, in Macross City, Sharon Apple absorbs Myung’s thoughts and now has full control over the city and its citizens. Magic Knight Rayearth ~in the works~ The Birth of the Legendary Magic Knights: Persea of the Woods of Silence: Ferio the Handsome, Mysterious Swordsman: Alcyone, the Vengeful Sorceress: Escudo, the Legendary Ore: Lives at Stake- Persea's Weapons: Ferio in Desperation- A Romance in the Desert: The Horrible Trap of Summoner Ascot: The Magic Knights' Greatest Crisis: The Revival of Celes the Legendary Rune God: The Legendary Rune God- In Cephiro, Another World: The Fearsome Illusionist Caldina: The Most Valuable Thing in the World: Hikari, Umi, and Fuu's Unyeilding Wish: The Second Rune God: Windham the Lord of the Skies: A Powerful Foe! Lafarga the Swordmaster: The Truth About Inouva and the Return of Memories: The Last Rune God: Rayearth the Lord of Fire: Showdown! The Magic Knights Versus Zagato: The Unbelievable Truth About the Legendary Magic Knights!: A Departure and New Ties: Cephiro and the Three Countries: Autozam's Invasion and Lantis: Magic Knights and the Battleship NSX: Hikaru and Nova in the Dream: The Magic Knights and Aska of Fahren: The Secret of the Pillar of Cephiro: Hikaru and Lantis' Dangerous Journey: Eagle and the Captive Hikaru: Nova and Regalia, Rune God of the Devil: Chizeta's Mobile Fortress and a Powerless Hikaru: Umi and Fuu and Fahren and Chizeta: Hikaru's Wish and Presea's Secret: Hikaru and Friendships Torn Apart: Umi and the Ambition of Tarta and Tatra: Fuu VS Aska! The Life or Death Archery Match: Revive! Hikaru's Sword: Eagle's All-out Attack on Cephiro Castle: Chaotic War at Cephiro Castle: Magic Knights and the Calm After the Storm: Nova's Battle and the Monster's Identity: Giant Sang Yung VS the NSX: The Crown Room and the Pillar's Memory: A Serious Match - Umi VS Tarta and Tatra!: Desperate Situation: Crisis Upon Lantis: Hikaru in Shock: The Truth About Nova: The True Pillar is: Hikaru or Eagle?: An Endless Battle!: The Road to Victory: The Tomorrow that the Believing Heart Opens!: Magic User's Club (Mahou Tsukai Tai) OVA It was in another world, during a magical time full of mystery, wonder, and ancient power. It was a place known as high school. An army of shiny, invulnerable alien invader is threathening to dominate the human reace. Not only that, but members of the Magic User's Club are the only ones who can oppose them... (Comedy/Magic) A charming little series. As much about fighting aliens with magic as it is about finding out more about yourself and having courage to face forward and moving towards that future. Yes, you should add this to your collection. : : : : : : Magic User's Club (Mahou Tsukai Tai) TV The aliens have been defeated, and the Bell has been transformed into a gigantic cherry tree. Now, the brave Magic User's Club must reconvene to deal with a new problem. Apparently, some inconsiderate persons left a skyscraper sized cherry tree in the middle of Tokyo, and it's become a major inconvenience to everyone in the city, Even though they have no idea who could have done such a thing, the club feels strangley responsible and springs into action! (Comedy/Magic) This is a continuation of the OVA series and just as endearing. many things are continued from where they were left off. A further development between the relationship of Sae and Takeo, Nanaka and Aburatsubo, another look at Miyama, and more of Akane's carefree atittude. It's a charming little series with wonderful stories about growing up and the confusions that life throws at you. Yes, I think that it would be nice to have this as part of your collection. : The aliens have been vanquished and the giant bell has been turned into a giant cherry tree. Although people are gratefull that the aliens are gone, they wish that they have taken the giant cherry tree with them. It blocks the sun, it sheds its petals everywhere, it is a nuisance in short. Feeling responsible, they Magic User's Club decide to transform it into something less annoying...like air. But in their attempt to do so, Sae causes the cherry tree to be able to move and as it walks around to where it wants to go, the military is mobilized to stop the "threat" of a giant walking alien cherry tree. Now the club must defend the tree while keeping their identities secret from the media! : : : With the incident from the last episode in mind, the club decides to practice the spatial magic. When it fail, they dismiss for the day never realizing that it did work, just not in the way that they imagined it would. : : : : : : : : : Magical Twilight Misadventures of a young witch apprentice named Chipple, her classmate Irene, and the mortal Tsukasa who is the object of their rivalry and curriculum. (Comedy/Hentai) This is one of the first hentai to come here commercially. Think of the plot resembling a poor man's version of Oh My Goddess! (or Ah! My Goddes for you purists) with sex and you've got thsi series. An ok watch if you're bored and has hankering for some hentai action comercially released from the early 90's that doesn't entail Inju (tentacle action). My recomendation - rent if you have nothing else to do and it is right there in front of you and nothing else seems interesting. 1: Three apprentice witches have journeyed all the way to Earth for their finals. One lucky (or unlucky) mortal will be the test subject. The test-two of them must do whatever it takes to help him out and attend to his every whim. Unfortunately, the third witch’s final exam is to take his life! 2: Tsukasa and Chipple decide to go on a hot springs vacation, but Irene just doesn’t want to be left behind. 3: Tsukasa finally regains his memories all thanks to Irene and Chipple couldn’t be any happier. Mahoraba: Heartful Days Mahoraba is about the daily adventures of the Shiratori Ryu, his land lady and the residents of Narutakisou where he lives. (Comedy) Yes, I recomend it. Mahoraba is the story of Shiratori Ryu during the summer of his life as well as Kozue (and her other personalities) the landlady, his love interest(s) and the other residents as they try to push them together, cause them embarasement, or just involve them in some weird, twisted plot to relieve them of their boredom in their sleepy little appartment in the midst of skyscrappers. It's a very cute romantic comedy. Think of this as a cuter version of Maison Ikoku. Welcome to Narutakisou: Shiratori is an aspiring children's book author/ilustrator. To that end, he decides to go to Tokyo to a college for just that. There he is going to stay at the apartment owned by his mother's cousin. When he arrives there, he is shocked to learn that his pretty high school second cousin is the acting landlady. As he daydreams about the days ahead of him, he meets some of the eccentric neighbors he will be living with and Momo, the 20 year old college student next door warns him never to shock or surprise Kozue, the landlady. Bearing that to mind, Shiratori believes that she has a heart condition of some sort. The truth, he learns the hard way, is far worse than just that. Miss Landlady's Secret: When Kozue tripped and fell on top of Shiratori, she gets shocked and surprised by the situation and sudenly transforms into Saki, an energetic, aggresive girl. She, Momo, and Tamami, the girl who lives in appartment 1, all decide at Saki's insistence to throw a welcome party for Shiratori. As Shiratori goes out for some snacks, Momo accompanies him and explains about Kozue strange condition. Getting back to his room, Saki starts making fun of him for being too girly and it doesn't take long for Shiratori to realize that Saki is completely different from the quiet, gentle Kozue. After Saki passes out and Tamami takes her back to her room, Shiratori contemplates wether to stay or not. The next day, as the other residents buy stuff for Shiratori's welcome party, He and Kozue spend time together and Shiratori realizes that Saki is completely gone again. When the others return to the appartment, a gust of wind blows Kozue skirt up exposing her completely to everyone. This embarasses and shocks her which means that... The Precious Place: When a gust of wind blows Kozue's skirt up, the shock of embarassment causes her to transform into a different personality. The one the emerges is not Saki though, but Nanako, a six year old girl who immediately attaches herself to Shiratori. The others leaves Nanako to Shiratori's care as he unpacks his stuff. Nanako wreaks havok on Shiratori's plans as she does things like ask him to read her stories and draw on the wall with crayons. Tired, she falls asleep in Shiratori's lap as the others comes into his room to begin his welcom party. They introduce themselves. Momono Megumi lives nextdoor at appartment 3. She is 20 and is a college student. Chanohata Tamami lives nextdoor in appartment 1, is 16 and a high school junior at the same school as Kozue. Kurosaki Sayoko and her daughter Asami lives in appartment 5. Although Sayo is completely useless, her daughter is energetic and cheerful. Asami is also 12 and a freshman in junior high. Last is Haibara from appartment 5. The only guy in the Narutakisou appartments, he is always seen with a dog sock puppet in his hand named Johny doing all the taking for him. As they party on, Sayo removes a cardboard box and all the stuff collapses. Kozue gets hit in the head and she again transforms into Saki and everyone, parties all night long. Warm and Fuzzy: With everyone (mostly Momo) partying everynight in his room, Shiratori doesn't get much of a chance to get things done for school. He gets punished for not having homework done, but makes some friends. On the way back, he runs into Kozue and Tmami who are on their way back from school and they decide to show him where the book store is so that he can buy stuff for reference. On the way there, they pass through the shopping district where people ask Kozue if Shiratori is her good man (meaning boyfriend) to which she doesn't realize what the question being asked is and responds that he is indeed a good man. Stopping by a park to rest, they meet a girl who has lost her cuopon tub for a futon warmer and decides to help her out. After hours of searching, she realizes that it has been in her bag all along and Shiratori, Kozue and Tamami goes on into the bookstore. Afterwards, they go back home and Kozue cooks dinner for everyone as the another day ends for the residents of Narutakisou. Nega Posi: Asami Kurosaki is one of Shiratori's neighbor. She is a cheerful, positive girl whose mother seems to be gloomy, negative woman who is completely useless. Shiratori somehow gets himself stuck in a position helping the two of them finish their job of making fake flowers. He begins to learns a bit more about the duo as he spends the day in their furnitureless room. Asami seems to be really adept to it while her mom just sits there for the most part and does virtually nothing. At dinner time, Shiratori decides to help Asami shop for food. Asami gets stomped on trying to get the sale foods and cuts out edible grass from the side of the road for food. As the day ends and the sun begins to rise, they complete the job with Asami doing most of the work and Shiratori making a story of mother and daughter based on them for his homework. Tama Check: Shiratori is getting really exhausted with people partying in his room all the time and it is starting to show. One day, while trying to get some rest, Tamami decides to ask for his help by blackmailing him with a picture of him and Nanako. The two of them head on to the school that Tamami and Kozue attends. There, Shiratori seems to get himself involved in every minor thing that happens. They finally return home with the bonsai that Tamami left behind and Shiratori realizes that it was all a test that Tamami put him through to determine whether he was good enough for Kozue or not. Hide and Seek: Arriving at the appartment one day, Shiratori discovers that the others are going to play a game made up by Momo. They are going to play hide and seek with the winner becoming king and having the ability to command everyone else in the household. Shiratori becomes the oni or "it." It was easy to find Momo and Sayoko and a bit harder to find Asami and Haibara. With a few minutes left, he finally finds where Tamami is hiding. Unfortunately, as he starts to celebrate, he realizes that he is still missing Kozue and time runs out for him. Kozue reveals herself to be hiding in plain sight as part of the building and she becomes the king. Later on, she uses that privelage to get Shiratori to go out with her on Sunday for a day of shopping. Shopping Using the Royalty Ticket that she won from the hide and seek contest, Kozue asks Shiratori out to accompany her on Sunday for her shopping. As Sunday arrives and the two of them head out to go shopping at the super department mall, Momo and Tamami follows them around waiting for interesting things to happen. It turns out that Kozue asked him out to buy a special rice bowl for him. It would have ended there too, if Kozue hadn't gotten hit by a boy running in the mall, which caused Saki to come out. With Saki out, their "date" continues as they go to the arcade and have ice cream at the park where Shiratori sees another dimension to Saki's personality. When Saki finally reverts back to Kozue, they head back home for dinner and Shiratori learns that everyone at Naritakisou has their own special rice bowl bought by Kozue. Momo, irritated that nothing special happened during their date, takes the royalty ticket from Kozue and orders Shiratori to call Kozue by name from now on instead of just Miss Landlady. Correct: After a night of drinking, Shiratori is out like a lamp. Hearing him mumble something about Kozue in his dreams, Momo and Tamami decides to "punish" him. He wakes up and he's all dressed up...complete with a blond wig and a bra stuffed with paddings. When they try to get him to wear a frilly red panty that Momo got but never used, he runs off. Returning to Narutakisou, he is surprised that everyone is passed out all over the floors in costumes. Then he finds out why - it is Kozue's fourth personality, Chiyuri, the cosplay maniac. Along with Tamami, the photo maniac who takes their pictures after Chiyuri is done with them, Shiratori finds himself completely trapped. Agreeing to change inot costume, but only if he is to change himself, Chiyuri tries to get him to put the same pair of panties he ran away from at the beginning. When he refused and reveals that he is a guy, Chiyuri shorts out and passed out. The next day, Kozue remembers nothing of the trouble she caused the day before. Sketch: When they are given a homework to draw real people, Shiratori's classmates all decide to do their homework at Shiratori's place. There, with Momo's "help," everyone at Narutakisou becomes models for their homework and the typical hijinx ensues as each of Shiratori's classmate's talents and personalities shines through. In the end though, Shiratori gets the best grade amongst them all with Kozue as his model. Affection: Momo has been feeling down lately and thinks often of other couples. She asks Shiraori out on a date on Sunday. When Sunday rolls around, Shiratori is greeted by a totally different Momo. They go through everything that a normal couple would do - from going shopping, to eating out, to going to the movie together, to walking in the park. As the date comes to an end, Momo reveals that the whole was just a test for herself. She wanted to test her resolve for her love who has gone far away. In the end, though she likes Shiratori as well, that person is the only one for her after all. Going back home together, Kozue greets them at the door with a letter from Momo's long distance love to her. Summer! Swimsuits! The Beach!: It is the height of summer and it is really, really hot. Everyone at Narutakisou, feeling the heat, decides to go to the beach with Momo as the driver. There they make a stop at Lover's Cape before actually going to the beach. Haibara and Johnny and Sayako mostly stay under the umbrella as everyone else fools around. As the day ends, they eat watermelons and all the sea critters that Tamami caught on her way back from the swimming race that she, Momo and Asami had. Going back to Nautakisou, Shiratori wonders what Kozue's wish might have been at Lover's Cape. Treasure of Narutakisou: Looking for materials to fix the door in Momo's room, Kozue, Shiratori and Momo discovers a treasure map left behind by Kozue's great grandfather. The excited residents quickly decides to go on a treasure hunt, but most of the clues leads to trivial features of the appartment. In the meantime, Shiratori got sadled with fixing Momo's door while the rest have fun. Needing nails, Shiratori goes out to buy them and Kozue and Tamami decides to accompany him. On their way back, they learn a bit of Naritajisou's history from the vegetable/fruit vendor about why Naritakisou is the only old building amidst all the high rise ones. Coming back, Tamami uses the infrared lens she bought to read the faded part and Kozue and Shiratori finally discovers the whereabouts of the treasure. After digginig it out, the treasure turned out to be nothing more than pictures of the residents through out the ages and they decid to take their picture and at it to the treasure box before burying it again for future residents to find. At the end of Summer: Summer is nearly over and Shiratori has only a week left to complete his homework. Looking depressed as he tries to come up with a story, Kozue tries her best to cheer him on from a distance. Seeing Kozue watering the seedlings and talking to which the seedlings seemed to be talking back, Shiratori was shocked at first then realizes that it was actually just Sayako answering as the plant and he gets an idea for his story. His only problem now is for an actual plot to his idea of a talking plant. His first attempt involved Tama as the witch and Momo as the dog searching for the talking plant. His next attempt invovled Asami as ant and Sayoko as grasshopper who finds the talking plant that grants three wishes. When he receives some pears mailed to him by his mom, he gives some to everyone and he realizes how much Kozue has been cheering him and thanks her in his own way. That was when he manages to come up with his perfect story about his talking plant. When he finished his story, Kozue seems to have transformed again and runs away from him... Maybe: Shiratori finds out that this incarnation of Kozue has shown up before, but no one knows who she or what her name is because she doesn't seem to want to talk to anyone and keeps on running away. All they know is that she does magic tricks and reads book and seems to be somewhat interested in her. Everyone tries their best to get her to open herself to them. Shiratori seems to be the only one to succeed when he tried to learn magic from her and inadvertently befriends her and learns that her name is Natsume. After learning more about her, Shiratori is able to complete his story about the talking plant. The next day, when Kozue wakes up, she is surprised to see Shiratori doing magic tricks and asks to hear the rest of the story. The rest of the household also comes out to listen to Shiratori. Guest after Guest: Several guest arrives at Narutakisou when Shiratori's friend comes over as well as their teacher coming over for a home visit. At the same time, Asami's classmates comes over and they discover that Minazuki Mahiru, the girl that she met at the beach has come over. She is also accompanied by her maid who seem to just watch her fromthe shadows. Tamami is also expecting a guest and set up garlic around the household to keep the club president from getting in. Getting to their room, Asami discovers that Sayoko just slept the day away again and her friend sare forced to wirk with her as well. Meanwhile, Haibara takes away the garlic and gives it to Kozue which allows the club president ot come in and she and Tamami have an "epic battle." the "battle," witnessed by Shiratori and his guests are cut short by the scent of curry that Kozue is making. They all eat together cramped in the small dining space and everything ends well as everyone says good bye and goes to their respective homes. Color of the Sky: Another day of school is over and Kozue and Tamami head back home together when the Occult Club President shows up trying to recruit Kozue and drags Tamami away. Kozue is then forced to head home by herself. When Tamami escapes the club president, she heads home while remeniscing of her childhood and how she seemed to be the perfect child. And, yet because everything came so easy for her, she could never enjoy the merits of doing a good job. That all changed one day when she started 4th grade though, when she met a strange girl named Kozue. With her, everything seemed fascinating again. As time went on, the two of them became closer and closer and they promised to be friend forever. Reaching the banks where the two of them used to hang out, Tamami started feeling left out now that Shiratori is in the picture, but suddenly, Kozue shows up and everything melts away as the two of them hang around the same bamks they used as kids and spend the afternoon away eating pickled plums. Meow, Meow, Meow: It is Sunday at the Narutakisou. Momo and Tamami goes of together to go shopping. Haibara/Johnny wanders off alone, and Asami takes her mom to go buy at a discount store 2 train stations away leaving Kozue to man the fort as Ryu tries (unsuccesfully) to get some work done. When some kitties shows up, Kozue transforms into another personality. After Saki involves Shiratori in taking care of the cat, she transforms back into Kozue only to transform into Nanako when a 3rd cat appears. Chiyuri shows up when the 4th cat appears and drops a pan on Kozue's head and Natsume appeared along with the 5th cat's arrival. When everyone has returned, and as the day is ending, the cat's owner finds the poster that Shiratori made and takes the cats back home and another fun day ends in the Narutakisou household. Everyone's Day: While at school learning about their new theme assignment, Shiratori wonders how everyone else spends their day. Suddenly, we are taken back to the beginning of the day with Sayoko. She sleeps, eats, then gets lost trying to bring Asami an umbrella. Next is Momo. She watches b-rated horror movies, goes out to buy a bento, eats it in the park, dozes off, then wakes up in the rain. Kozu and Tamami are next. After school, they go shopping for everyone's food and gets harrased by street punks who receives the punishment of heaven through Tamami. Shiratori, on his way home, is running in the rain when he comes across Sayoko who is still lost. Shiratori carries her home and the Narusakitou household eats together. Shiratori then decides that they don't act any differently when he's not around. The story ends and it was actually Mahiru watching all of it on TV through the footages that her maid has taken of the Narutakisou household for that day! Pausing at Asami's picture, she mumbles "big sister" as everything fades off. At the School Festival There is a school festival going on at Tamami and Kozue's school and they invite everyone at the Narutakisou to enjoy it. There, Tamami wins a special prize for Kozue in the arrow shooting booth as Asami and Sayako play in the goldfish scooping booth and Momono tries to get a prize at another booth and failing. Inside, Haibara and Johnny finds a literature club and just sitys there the entire time as the everyone else watches a horribly made movie that only Momono enjoyed and afterwards, they meets the Occult Club president running a fortune telling booth in which Tamami is forced to stay and help to keep her from taking Kozue. At Kozue's homeroom, they meet a classmate of Kozue's who needs help. The violinist and pianists in their three people symphony got injured and they need people to replace them. Sayoko reveals herself to be able to play the violin and Momono decides to play the piano to make sure that she can control the damage in case Sayoko acts the usual way. Sayoko, surprisingly enough, reveals herself to be quite accomplished in the violin as Asami looks on in awe at what her mother can do. In the distance, Mahiru is also there and is surprised at what the normaly useless Sayoko can do. At Mahiru's home, the master of the house is infuriated to discover that Mahiru is trying to get close to Sayoko even after she has been told not to. Mother and Daughter: Mahiru has decided that it is time for her older sister to return home. Arriving at Narutakisou, with Tachibana's help, they managed to capture Sayoko and Asami. Taking them back to their house, Asami is surprised to see that her mother used to live in a mansion. As Asami begins to discover more about her mother, Tachibana gives a report to Sayoko's father about Asami and the man that Sayoko married. It would seem that Asami is not Sayoko's daughter, but an orphaned infant that Kurosaki adopted from the same orphanage that he was raised in. As Asami adjust to the life in the mansion, Tachibana is given an order to separate Sayoko and Asami and Sayoko has a talk with her father about her future. Precious: The members of Narutakisou are starting to miss Sayoko and Asami terribly as they try to go one while hoping that they return home soon. Back in the mansion, Asami is starting to wonder where her mother might be since she keeps missinge her all the time. At the same time, Sayoko is looking through the marriage arrangements that her father has set up for her. When Asami asked Mahiru, she too is piqued with curiosity why she hasn't seen her sister as well. Going to her room, she and Asami discovers the marriage arrangement photos and Mahiru discovers that Asami already knew about her not being Sayoko's real daughter. They then head to where Sayoko and her father is discussing her future and get there just in time to hear her reject the offer and decide to remain a single mother living with Asami at Narutakiou. Among the Red Leaves: Autumn has arrived and it is time for the residents of Narutakisou's annual red maple leaf viewing picnic. Their first advenure begins when Sayoko and Asami got left behind when they got on the train. Waiting for them in the next station, they didn't see them in the next train and did not get on only to discover that they were there when the train leaves. At the picnic, Sayoko and Asami gathers edible nuts from the park to help supplement that month's food stores for them. Then there is the picnic proper that involves a lot of drinking (especially by Momo). After that, they all play a game of touch hide and seek where Shiratori gets chosen as the oni (it) of the game. Heading back from the picnic, Shiratori wonders what everyone does for winter. Talking to Kozue, she wonders as well how long they can all remain that way. Back in the appartment, there is a mail for Momo and a fax for Haibara about him being chosen as a finalist. Bell: One day, Shiratori decides to find a part time job to be able to afford some stuff. Hearing that, Kozue helps him out by telling him that the vegetable man in the shopping district was looking for some help. With that, Shiratori applies for it and becomes the vegetable man's helper. The others are suspicious as to why he would need some money and finds out that it's for Kozue's upcoming birthday. Preparing for his return home, Kozue gets a call saying that Shiratori has been in an accident. Fortunately, Shiratori wasn't even hurt at all, but when they got back home, Kozue has gone into shock upon hearing about the accident because she instantly blamed herself for it like she did for her parents accidental death years ago. After finally waking up, they are shocked that Kozue hasn't woken up and she just keeps cycling through her other personalities. The Night of Revelations: With Kozue's original personality refusing to come out and her other personalities running, it just isn't the same in Narutakisou. Tamami has locked herself up in her room trying to figure out how to bring Kozue back out. From Haibara, Shiraoti learned that the other personalities came out after her parents died in an accident while on the vacation trip that Kozue won. Blaming herself, she created a shell around herself and the other personalities came out. They were the type of people that she wanted to become. To be assertive, pure as a child, fashionable, mysterious. Tamami, finally coming out of her room, confronts Shiratori. Does he really care for Kozue that much? Can he surpass how much she cares for Kozue, her best friend since she was a child? Can he allow the other personalities to vanish so that the real Kozue can come back? When Shiratori answers by saying that she does genuinely care for Kozue and refuses to sacrifice anyone and wants to find a way to bring her back without any sacrifices, Tamami realizes that his feelings are genuine and decides to leave Kozue to him. Trying to figure out what to do, Shiratori decides to do the only thing he can do for the moment - to finsh that story he started when he first came to Narutakisou. Heartful Days: Trying to finish his story, Shiratori gets a visit from Saki and is forced in to reading his tale for her. Reading the story of Umeboshi-hime, The different personalities of Kozue began coming out one by one to listen to it. Nearing the end where he still hasn't finished writing, Shiratori gets and inspiration from the Saki, Nanako, Chiyuri and Natsume and began filling out the story's end as he reads to Kozue. As he continues his tale of Umeboshi-hime, the others began preparing a feast for Kozue's birthday party. nearing the end of his tale, Shiratori notices that Kozue's personality keeps cycling through faster and faster. Finally, it seems as if all four of them are talking at once as they seem to start to merge together. Finally, with the end of his tale, Kozue finally comes back. On the day of Kozue's birthday, everyone comes to celebrate it. Haibara's finalist status came to nothing after the company sponsoring the contest went bankrupt and Momo turns her boyfriend's marriage proposal until his dreams comes true and comes back to her. One of Kozue and Tamami's classmates notices the five names on the cake and asks about it. Tamami answers by saying that it is a birthday party for a wonderful set of five girls. Maid Service Momoko is having major money trouble. After the untimely death of her parents, she finds herself strapped for cash to pay for her college tuition. Desperate, Momoko even considers selling her most precious possession, her mother's ring.... But everything changes when Takaaki, a charming young man in her class, generously offers to pay her tuition if she simply agrees to work off her debt by serving as his own, personal, live-in maid. At least, the offer sounded generous at first.... Now completely under Takaaki's control, Momoko has no choice but to satisfy his every twisted sexual fantasy. Yet Momoko isn't the only one he's drafting into this new maid service. Using blackmail and bribery, Takaaki's staff continues to grow with gorgeous young maids who are willing to serve him on their hands and knees. But even with all of this beauty surrounding him, for some inexplicable reason, Momoko still remains the target for his ever growing sadistic experiments. Could his unhealthy fixation lead to disaster? (Hentai) : : Martian Successor Nadesico The Earth is under attack by alien invaders from Jupiter called "The Jovian Lizards" using technology far superior to those of Earth's military. Nergal Heavy Industries, a weapons manufacturer, felt that the Earth's military is hopelessly outmatched and decided to take matters into their own hands by developing the most powerful ship ever- the Nadesico! Of course a great ship needs a great crew- the greatest ever, and that's what they got. Of course, that IS supposed to overshadow the fact that most of them are a bunch of loonies, madmen, ditzes, geeks, and otakus. (Comedy/Sci-fi) I just love my DVD set of Nadesico. Why? 'Cuz it's a great series (man those Gekigengar episodes really reminds me of Voltez V, Diamos, Voltron, etc.) Made mostly as a parody for giant robot shows (complete with Otaku pilots, an idol contest for the ship, space angst, and love triangles, er...square, no- pentagon, no, wait- heptagon at last count?), It is still one kick ass show in my humble opinion. To Go Like a Man: A year has passed since Mars has been invaded by the Jovian lizards and Nergal Heavy industries is assembling the finest crew to man the greatest battleship they have ever produced. Among them crew is cook/part-time pilot, and otaku pilot, mecha freak head mechanic, a voice actress communications officers, a 12 year old science officer, and a captain who happens to be an admirals ditzy daughter who is also a tactical genius. Leave the Blue Earth to Me: It seems that the Earth's military isn't pleased that there is a private battleship that is far more advanced than anything else in their arsenal and has decided that they will have it one way or another. To accomplish this task, they sent the one man who knows more about the Nadesico's captain than anyone else- Admiral Misumaru. A Goodbye That Came Too Soon: The Nadesico's crew has successfully defended themselves against hostile takeover and their true mission to rescue the remaining Martian colonist begins. The only thing left for them to do is to break through Earth's defensive barrier. Piece of cake right? Charmed by Aqua Space: Gai Daigoji is dead and his death leaves Akito with feelings of uncertainty as to why they are doing any of this. On the rendezvous to the Space Station "L," Jovians attacks the station and only three pilots manage to survive the slaughter. Megumi, who was communicating with the station's communications officer just before the station was destroyed, is also wracked with the same uncertainties and she and Akito end up getting close to one another. Ruri's Navigation Logs: The crew of Nadesico, with nothing else to do, sets about fulfilling the tiny details of their contracts. For Yurika, part of the captain's duty is to do all of the funeral services of all Nergal employee who have died which means everyone in the colony that was blown up by the Jovians. Amidst all the funeral, Yurika begins questioning the importance of being a captain and places herself in isolation trying to find the meaning in her duties. Sort of Like a Fateful Decision: The Nadesico has successfully made it to Mars. Their first destination is a Nergal research facility that also doubles as a shelter. Akito and Megumi depart for Akito's home colony and learns that all the remaining survivors from Mars have gathered there. When the Nadesico gets there to rescue them, the colonists refuse to be rescued and to make matters worse, the Jovian fleet has arrived in numbers attacking the Nadesico forcing Yurika to make a dreadful decision- take the shots from the Jovians and risk the Nadesico exploding or raise the barrier and crush the surviving colonists. The Song That You Will One Day Sing: With the Nadesico badly damaged from it's last engagement, it is too badly damaged to escape Mars’ gravity well. Their destination is now the northern research facility with the hope that they might salvage a spare phase transition engine. On the way there, they discover the Crocus, one of the battleships that was sucked into a chulip when the Nadesico broke through the Earth's defenses. Akito also discovers that the admiral is the one who lead the ill fated defense against the Jovian fleet’s advance towards Mars. With the Jovian fleet closing in on them, the admiral takes command of the Crocus and forces the Nadesico through the chulip. The Luke Warm "Cold Equation": When the Nadesico gets out of the chulip, they realize that several months have already passed and the UEA and Nergal has already reconciled it's differences. In the midst of a battle with the Jovian fleet, Akito is thrown off course and is lost to space. With the Nergal docked and requiring repair work, Yurika and Megumi decide to try and rescue him on a standard fighter. Unfortunately, Akito ends up rescuing them instead of the other way around and in doing so finds a reason why he should keep on fighting in the Nadesico. The Miracle Operation of the Kiss: The crew of the Nadesico, now cooperating with the United Earth Alliance military, has been sent to rescue a UEA investigator. All they have to do is sneak around a sub-zero environment and a web of Jovian chulip networks. Of course since they are just supposed to be sneaking around, they won't be very busy, meaning that half the crew is running around trying to find something to entertain themselves. This of course leads to chaos and screws up the plan about them sneaking around. The Dangers of Femininity: The Nadesico is sent to investigate and destroy the newest Chulip that has arrived on earth and it turns out to be on a beach on an island owned by the Crimson family. Of course this means that everyone starts playing around on the beach instead of trying to find the Chulip. This also allows Akito to meet a girl that just seems to be just like Aquamarine from Gekigengar which means that she's just about perfect in Akito's eyes. Perfect that is, until she reveals herself to be totally insane and actually activates the Chulip forcing the crew of Nadesico to end their vacation and get back to work. Finding Yourself in a Routine Plot: The Nadesico's new mission is to destroy a new Jovian weapon that the UEA has labeled "the walking stick." It is a weapon that has already destroyed the previous demolition team. When the plan to blow it away from afar with the Nadesico's Gravity cannon goes wrong leaving the Nadesico vulnerable, the Aestaevalis units are sent out to finish off the walking stick before it finishes the Nadesico. Akito, having seen episodes of Gekigengar about teamwork, wonders about the seemingly lack of teamwork in the Aestaevalis pilots as they go up against Jovian spiders attached to outdated tanks. As time almost runs out, Akito finally realizes that the Aestaevalis pilots do have teamwork, just in their own special way. Those Unforgettable Days: When a battle involves a large scale UEA military force and the Jovian fleet, the Nadesico suddenly starts targeting the UEA as well as the Jovians. The military investigators believe that the problem lies in the Omoikane, the Nadesico's sentient computer and that the solution is too completely delete the Omoikane. Ruri, Yurika, Aribataki, and Akito of course are not about to allow them to do so and have launched their own covert operation. It involves them messing with the Omoikane's self awareness core then deleting the military investigators program while giving them false readings. There is No Single Truth: The Nadesico has now been fully integrated into the military, has drafted everyone except Akito. Megumi has decided to go with him and spend Christmas alone together. With Akito now jobless, Erina, trying to develop a system that can be used to bosun jump a living organism without killing it, approaches Akito seeking his help in completing the system. Akito refuses of course until he sees his replacement get killed in battle which forces him to volunteer for an experiment to bosun jump the enemy unit attacking the city. Let's Go with Hot Blooded Anime: An episode of recaps from the viewpoint of the cast of Gekigengar. The Significant Other from a Star Far Away: The Nadesico's crew discovers that the Daimajin unit that attacked them on Earth, the one that they managed to destroy, is not one of the regular unmanned fighters. It is actually a manned fighter and the pilot has managed to sneak into the Nadesico. It is now up to the maintenance crew to look for the intruder so as not to alarm the rest of the crew and throw the Nadesico into a panic. Of course instead of really trying to look for the intruder, they end trying to sneak a peek into the women's locker room. Megumi and Minato, on the other hand, discover the intruder in Megumi's room and he turns out to be a whole lot different than the blood thirsty evil lizard that he had been painted to be. The Beginning of Nadesico's War: Megumi and Minato are held "prisoners" in the Jovian fleet's headquarters and find that the entirety of the Jovian culture is based on Gekigengar and that the history that they learned on earth is nothing more than a lie. In reality, the Jovians were originally Lunar colonists who have been banished to Mars then to the outer moons of Jupiter for Political reasons a hundred years ago. Their existence have since then been erased from the pages of Earth's history. Akito, on the other hand, is on the moon waiting for the Nadesico to pick him up. He still can't come to terms that he could have done something to prevent his replacement from getting killed and why the Jovians would do something atrocious. His single minded hatred against the Jovians and his inability to understand them finally destroys his relationship with Megumi. A Reunion That Came too Late: The crew of the Nadesico all seem to be depressed at having learned that the Jovian "lizards" are actually humans. And on top of that, Mr. Urubitake seems to have been embezzling money from the equipment budget. Akito also settles things with the Admiral concerning the death of Jiro Yamada (AKA Gai Daigoji). In the end, there really is only one conclusion-war is stupid. Echoes of Self, Echoes of Water: Little Ruri doesn't have much memories of herself except those that comes to her in her dreams which she has no idea what they are all about. When an ambassador from the Kingdom of Peaceland comes to the Nadesico claiming that Ruri is actually a long, lost princess, she decides to take this opportunity to find out more about her past. You're the Next Captain of the Nadesico: In order to hide all the security flaws in Nergal, the higher ups have decided to hold an idol competition with the winner awarded the captainship of the Nadesico (well, we never did accuse them of having common sense) as well as a contract after the war is over. Unfortunately, while they are holding the contest, the Jovians decided to test out their new missile strategy against the Nadesico. Run Silent, Run Deep: The Nadesico is placed in a tight spot as a new Jovian battle ship unleashes a new weapon- a cannon that can boson jump explosives directly into its target, thereby by-passing the other ship's defensive gravity ship. With no chance to get close enough to cause any real damage to the other ship and the Nadesico not being able to withstand the assault, will this really by the end of the Nadesico? The Meadows We Once Ran Across: A Jovian unmanned spy has accidentally mistaken the nanomachines that some of the Nadesico's crew as a communication system and has scrambled the nanomachines which has caused an alteration in the pilot's behavior. With a mission timer running down and all the crew member with nano implants seeing ghost and acting strange, will they be able to perform their duties? Also, whose memory contains the picture of Ai (the little girl from the first episode)? Protect the Visitor: The Crew of the Nadesico receives a "visitor." The supposed ambassador of the Jovian fleet, Yukina Shiratori-Commander Tsukomu's little sister, who is there for reasons of her own. After meeting with Minato, she reveals a direct line to the Jovian fleet headquarters, but before they could fully use it, they find themselves surrounded by Admiral Misumaru's fleet and the Akatsuki reveals himself to be the Chairman of Nergal. When the meeting between Admiral Misumaru, Akatsuki, and the command crew of the Nadesico uncovers to everyone on board the Nadesico the whole truth about Nergal, most of the crew decides to abandon their post rather than work for a company like Nergal. A Place We Call Home: With the core crew of the Nadesico scattered across the world trying to escape the reach of Nergal. They are finding it a bit difficult dealing with the estrangement and escaping Nergal. Now it's up to Ruri to rally the crew of the Nadesico together again and set off for a final mission for mother earth, for humanity and for themselves. Easier said than done of course since they'll have to go through Nergal security forces and the UEA military. Ubiquitous Righteousness: With Tsukomu welcomed by the Nadesico's crew, they proceed to watch a marathon of Gekigengar to make him feel welcome which results in the crew getting hooked on Gekigengar fever. This convinces them even more that they should negotiate with peace. Unfortunately, when they arrive at the peace negotiations, they soon learn that the Jovian admiral doesn't want peaceful co-existence with Earth, he wants the total annihilation of Earth as his own perception of the justice he has gained from watching Gekigengar. In the process, Tsukomu is assassinated. Being Myself, Being Yourself: The death of Commander Tsukomu Shiratori is now being exploited by the Jovian admiral in proclaiming him a martyr for peace with the crew of the Nadesico as the assassins. An inevitable final war is about to conclude as the Jovian people are rallied to an all out war against the evil earth empire. The crew of the Nadesico and the Kakitsubata head for Mars where the inevitable final conflict will take place at the site of the ancient ruins that had a hand in starting the war. For the Lady We Will Meet Someday: With an all out battle involving the Nadesico against everyone else. Their efforts to destroy the artifact ruins that is the main cause of the conflict is halted when Inez Frausange sends out a message from deep within the ruin to Akito telling him that there is someone there that he needs to meet. It's little Ai from the colony. Unfortunately, Akito doesn't make it in time when Ai is suddenly whisked away. At that point Inez reveals herself to actually be Ai- after Ai's bosun jump into the desserts of Mars where she was found by Nergal personnel 20 years ago. Upon returning to the Nadesico, it is decided that the best way to minimize casualties from the war is to take away and deny both sides from accessing the central controller of all bosun jumps. Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness Two years have passed since the Great War - Akito and Yuriko have vanished. The Jovians and Earthlings have joined forces and Ruri is now captain of the Nadesico B. As the popularity of Boson Jumping grows, a vast transportation network has been developed. Dubbed The Hisago Plan, this network of Chulip portals holds the answers to the mysteries behind Bose particles and their power. If those secrets should fall into the wrong hands, it could mean big trouble and big trouble there is. A Martian splinter group has launched an offensive, leaving the Unified Forces befuddled and desperate. So much so, in fact, that the former crew of the Nadesico is called back to active duty for a special unsanctioned mission-to save us all. Does this menagerie of misfits have what it takes? Who will win the race for Boson technology? And what the heck happened to Akito and Yurika? The answers lie within; deep within the Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture- Prince of Darkness. (Action/Adventure) Gone here are a lot of the hi-jinx of the TV series, but there is still a plethora of them so don’t worry. Most of the original Nadesico crew members return with their usual personality quirks though. What this movie does, though, is tell you what happens after the TV series ends if you, like me, felt that the ending was a tad bit forced. If you like Nadesico the TV series, go buy this one. Masquerade Gen hungers for sexy women, but every time he gets near them he transforms into a monster! Luckily, he's met a sexy scientist who's extremely interested in his condition. And she wants to start a more aggressive, hands on investigation! Can beauty tame this savage beast? (Hentai/Mystery) Not a very good summary above. It is actually a good series despite the hentai title. The English translations really cracks me up though. They keep on trying to insist that Gen is a lot older than he really is, but it doesn't really work if you have a little bit of Japanese knowledge (like me). They keep on saying that he is in college although they really just say school in Japanese and in college, students no longer wear uniforms like he and his classmates does. On another side note, Gen looks a lot like Tenchi from Tenchi Muyo. This is perhaps one of the rare hentai titles that I can recommend that you go get. The Shadowy Face: Gen, whose mother has recently died, returns to his grandmother's house in which he has not stepped in for over 12 years. On the way there, he runs into (or is ran over by) Jennifer Collins, an American graduate student who is interested in the rumors surrounding the Hiraga clan's bloodline and immortality. In his grandmother's place, he begins to remember pieces of a vague memory from a dream he has always had and a woman he had seen beneath the blossoming cherry tree in his grandmother’s house's front yard. During school, he is shocked to see that his academic advisor looks exactly like the woman in his dreams. Upon returning home from school, he finds Beatrice, the maid, passed out on the floor and she begs him to give her some of his "aqua permanence" when he manages to wake her up. And all this time, Jennifer has been listening on them for her answers. Twilight: Jennifer has contacted Gen and confronted him about the Hiraga bloodline. She tells him about the tragic fate of every member of the Hiraga clan and how it is all tied to one of their earliest ancestors who found the secret of immortality. In obtaining a sample from Gen for her experiments to figure out why every Hiraga clan member lead such tragically short lives and how it is connected to the secret of immortality locked within the DNA of the Hiraga blood, she finds out another side effect of the curse-turning Gen into a sex crazed beast. Ayumi witnesses Gen and Jennifer having sex and reports it to their teacher, Sakurako. Meanwhile, back in Gen's grandmother's mansion, Beatrice discovers the bugs that Jennifer has planted all over the house and decides to do something about Jennifer. She shows up at Jennifer's door and reveals the secret to her own immortality, but fails to persuade Jennifer due to the sun's effects on her. After dragging Beatrice back to Gen's grandmother, Sakura decides to ask her to work on the staff and help figure out a cure to the curse. The Dark Love: After seeing Sakurako underneath the same cherry tree like the dream that Gen always has, He decides to confront her about it during the sports festival and the stress activates the curse of the Hiraga bloodline again. When Gen is taken to the clinic, his eye starts glowing golden again and he attacks Mitsuki, Ayumi's mom and Ayumi sees the whole thing. Back at Sakura's mansion, Jennifer works hard in trying to figure out a cure to the curse as Gen's condition is getting worse and worse. Ayumi, seething in anger at what she had witnessed Gen and her mother doing, decides to confront him. She tells him to meet with her later that night by the pool. When Gen gets there, Ayumi tries to push him into the freezing cold pool and ends up in the pool herself instead of Gen. Confronting Gen about his behavior, Gen reveals to her the condition that he is afflicted with and Ayumi's wrath suddenly turns to a confession of love. Maiden: The secrets of the Hiraga clan is out and all the masks falls off. Jennifer uncovers the reason behind the Hiraga bloodline curse and Gen's grandmother asks her to take Gen with her when she returns so that she can find a way to cure him and break the curse forever. Meanwhile, both of Gen's eyes have turned golden and he is starting to lose control of himself. Sakurako manages to calm him down and bring him back to his grandmother's place and in there, after Gen somewhat recovers himself, his grandmother confirms what he has suspected all along-that Sakurako Rukihira is the woman that he has been dreaming of these past 12 years. Even more than that is the fact that she is the immortal ancestor of the Hiraga clan and perhaps the biggest secret of all is that she and the woman playing the role of his grandmother behind the mask are the same person. MD Geist Geist-002: Second Most Dangerous Soldier developed under the MDS Program. A genetically engineered soldier, Geist possesses superhuman abilities and extensive combat skills. Performed beyond projections in combat. Subject evaluated too unstable to be integrated into society. Permanently imprisoned aboard an orbital satellite. (Action/Sci-fi) Extremely horrible-do not even bother to look at the cover for this thing-seriously, it's THAT bad! I bought this because it was on sale for ten bucks and at the time, I didn't have much DVD's for my then newly bought Pioneer DVD player and there weren't many Anime DVD's (or DVD's in general for that matter) out yet. I found out why it was being sold for 10 bucks when all other DVD's were being sold for around 30 within the first minute-it sucked, plain and simple. The VAs are real bad-both English AND Japanese and the plot- wait, there's a plot for this piece of crap? Director's Cut: Geist has been set free from his orbital prison. He now wanders the land causing death and destruction to where ever he goes. His services are hired out to the army, but Geist has his own reasons for joining. He wants to unleash the Death Force robots and destroy the remaining humans on the planet. Death Force: The remnants of humanity that has survived the Death Force robots that Geist has unleashed has banded together under the protection of Krauser, a powerful warlord and the first MDS. Krauser is now forced to confront Geist in fight to the finish. MDS against MDS-who will win and will humanity survive? The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi On the first day of class, as everyone was giving ordinary introductions, a beautiful girl named Haruhi Suzumiya gave this introduction, "I have no interest in ordinary humans. If you are an alien, time traveler, slider or esper, come to me. That is all." Chronicling her strange adventures through high school is a classmate of hers named Kyon - the only one who takes the time to talk to her and the only one she actually responds to, who happens to sit in front of her. (Comedy) A refreshing series in my opinion. It's rare to find a series like this that is a parody in itself, but subtly does it. Well worth seeing. Yes, go get it now. The Adventure of Asahina Mikuru Episode 00: Here we have a film chronicling the adventures of Asahina Mikuru, a combat waitress from the future who has come back to our present. In between working as a character girl who advertises the shopping district and fighting the forces of evil (Yuki as the evil space witch), she also has to protect Koizumi Itsuki, someone who will become a powerful Esper, who has yet to awaken. From bad editing, poor continuity, shoddy camerawork, technical problems, Haruhi's insane directions, and Kyon's smart-ass narration, this just might prove itself to be a winner after all. This is actually the 11th episode of the series. The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi Episode 01: When Kyon graduated from middle school and started high school, he resolved to stop believing in the supernatural and aliens. Of course, it is a bit hard with a girl named Haruhi Suzumiya who is only interested in those kinds of things and not in ordinary people. While people are either intimidated by her and the reputation of weirdness she has created in her middle school years or trying to recruit her for her athletic abilities in their sports club, she never did interact with anyone. That is, of course, until Kyon. When he noticed the pattern of her hair (to which there is a different style everyday), she slowly began to talk to him when no one else could. When she cannot find a club to satisfy her interests, she gets an idea from her conversation with Kyon to create a club of her own. With Kyon as an unwilling co-conspirator, Yuki Nagato, the only member of the literature club that Haruhi takes over to make her own club, and Mikuru Asahina, a sempai from the calligraphy club that Haruhi "convinces" to join her club so that her cuteness can attract other people in. Together, they are the Save our world by Overloading it with fun Suzumiya Haruhi brigade (SOS Brigade). This is actually the 1st episode of the series. The mangas that Haruhi pulls out is actually Shuffle! The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi Episode 02: Kyon has been fully integrated into the SOS Brigade. At most, all he can hope to do is minimize Haruhi's insanity. Unfortunately, all he seems to be able to do is try to comfort Mikuru after Haruhi exploits her. Wanting a computer, Haruhi heads there with Mikuru and Kyon and demands a computer. When the president refused, she manages to make it look like he is trying to rape Mikuru and threatens to spread pictures of him "caught in the act" of molesting Mikuru. With a computer and LAN connection via the computer club, Kyon is charged with making a site about a club he knows nothing about. That afternoon, Haruhi comes up with another strategy of recruiting people. She and Mikuru (against Mikuru's will of course) will be handing out flyers at the front gate wearing bunny suits. Of course, the stunt causes them to get called in the teacher's office and Mikuru bursts into tears. The next day, Mikuru is so traumatized by the previous day that she skips school. Without Mikuru to at least dress up, Haruhi gets bored and goes home. Kyon, heading home himself, is asked by Yuki if her read the book she loaned him the day before and tells him to read the book. Reading it when he got home, a bookmark with a message saying that she will be waiting for him at 7:00. Heading out, Kyon finds out that she was also waiting for him the day before. In her apartment, she tells Kyon that she lives by herself and like Haruhi, she is different from normal humans like himself and Mikuru. Yuki explains that she IS an alien! This is actually the 2nd episode of the series. The Boredom of Suzumiya Haruhi: Out of boredom, Haruhi enters the club in a baseball tournament that is open to the general public. With Kyon, Yuki, Mikuru and Itsuki, they need four more people. To that end, they recruit Kunikida and Taniguchi from Kyon and Haruhi's class, Mikuru's friend Tsuruya (from this time and place), and Kyon's little sister. Of course, with the tournament the day after the rest of the club's notification, they pretty much gets creamed by their first opponents who just happen to be the team favored to win. To keep reality from getting ripped apart, they decide to make a comeback. With the baseball enchanted by Yuki, every single one of them scores a homerun until, Kyon decides that this is probably enough of a lead and decides against using the enchanted bat. Managing to fend off in the bottom of the inning, With Haruhi no longer bored, they decide to give the victory to the other team, much to their gratitude. Kyon, unknown to the rest of the club, gets something extra out of the deal when he sells the enchanted bat to the other team. Later on, Haruhi gets bored once more and wonders which one she should enter the club in - the soccer or American football tournament. This is actually the 7th episode of the series. The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi Episode 03: Yuki Nagato has just revealed to Kyon that she is an alien, or rather, a human interface for an alien race that is an intelligent race that doesn't have a physical form. 3 years ago, there was a sudden influx of knowledge within the third planet of the solar system and that phenomenon is somehow centered around Haruhi. Thus, she was created 3 years ago and sent to observe Haruhi. Leaving that aside, Haruhi gets what she wants and a new transfer student shows up. With Mikuru back after her traumatic experience, Koizumi Itsuki is introduced into the club as the 5th member of the SOS Brigade. Without anyone putting in a mystery to investigate in their website, Haruhi decides that everyone is going to go around the city to look for a mystery that following day. At 9:00 am that Saturday, they meet up and split into two groups. Partnered with Mikuru, it almost seems like a date until Mikuru tells him that him that she is from the future there to observe Mikuru due to an incident that happened 3 years ago. They are unable to go farther than 3 years ago and she herself has only arrived recently because that disturbance has just recently begun to occur again. That afternoon, after lunch, they are broken up and re-partnered. Now he has Yuki as his partner and they waste time in the library. Finding nothing all day, they go home with a slightly missed Haruhi. The next day, with Yuki and Mikuru proving themselves to both be an alien and time traveler, Kyon talks to Itsuki in private and learns that he is an esper and that he too has been sent to observe Haruhi due to the incident from 3 years ago and that the disturbances are occurring again. just as Haruhi wanted, her club now has an alien, a time traveler, and an esper. The only odd man out is Kyon who appears to be a completely normal human being. This is actually the 3rd episode of the series. Remote Island Syndrome Part 01: When Haruhi decides that the SOS Brigade needs to have an overnight trip, Itsuki offers up a remote deserted island that a distant relative of his owns. The mansion itself has just been completed. Kyon goes along with them along with his little sister in tow who demanded to come along. Even though he has come along, he is still wary about the place that has been chosen since it belongs to an associate of Itsuki and the idea belonged to Haruhi - especially since Haruhi is itching for a murder mystery atmosphere the likes of those in murder mysteries. The first day seemed normal enough as the club enjoyed the beach and the various attractions of a remote island and ends without any incidents occurring to any of them. During the second day, a storm breezes through forcing them to stay on the island until it blows over since the seas are too rough for the boat. Kyon begins to worry a bit since it is starting to become what he and Itsuki were talking about. The island has been isolated by the storm just like in a real murder mystery. Even worse, the morning of their third day, the owner's brother disappears and the butler and maid are at a loss as to where he could have gone on a remote island. On top of that, the owner of the island can't be reached and he has locked himself inside his room. They decide to force their way in the room. Kyon, Itsuki and butler breaks down the door to the master's room only to find a grisly discovery - the master of the island has been murdered and the knife used in the murder is still sticking in his chest...just like a scene out of a murder mystery! This is actually the 9th episode of the series. Mysterique Sign: Following the ads that Kyon placed all over the school, the SOS Brigade gets their first client seeking help and advice and she turns out to be the girlfriend of the president of the Computer Research Society whom Haruhi blackmailed into getting a computer from. The prez has not been heard from for a while now and she can't contact him. Going to his apartment, everything seems to be in order, but upon Yuki and Itsuki's insistence, Kyon gets everyone to go home. Later on, everyone meets up in there again without Haruhi. There seems to be a type enclosed space in the room and the prez is likely trapped inside it. Yuki opens it up and it turns out that an information based life form is in there and is using the prez's brain to increase the chances of it existing in the real world. Defeat the creature and the enclosed space collapses on its own. With Itsuki on the offensive and Yuki on the defense, they manage to destroy the creature, free the prez, and return everything back to normal. Later on, they discover that the source of the trigger for the creature was the logo that Haruhi created for the website and although it is a tiny sign, something caused it to contain an entire petabyte of information, causing the creatures to wake up and start moving. With the incident resolved, Kyon wonders if it is another incident caused by Haruhi without even knowing it or if Yuki is the one that caused it because she is lonely. This is actually the 8th episode of the series. The preview is supposed to be made just like those of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, right down to the single red character. The Boredom of Suzumiya Haruhi Part 02: Trying to figure out the murder, Kyon and Haruhi decides to go outside and see for themselves if the boat is still there and discovers that is gone. It would seem that the brother is the perpetrator behind the murder, but why was the corpse still warm when he left a little after 1 am that night. Going back, they see a weird shadow and follow it to a cave and Haruhi gives her guess. The knife didn't go deep enough to kill, but enough to stun. When they tried to break in that morning, the victim wakes up, fearing that it is his brother trying to finish him off, locks the door and falls on the knife. Of course, it doesn't explain why he was face up when they found him. Later on, Itsuki gives a more plausible explanation off the owner waking up stunned, locks the door and gets knocked back from the impact of them knocking the door down and getting the knife shoved in the process. For Kyon, something is still not right with the plausible solution to the murder. Taking Haruhi with him, the two of them manage to distract the butler and get victim’s corpse whom they manage to admit that the "corpse" is still alive. In the end, it turned out to be something that Itsuki concocted with his associates to keep Haruhi from getting bored. This is actually the 10th episode of the series. Someday in the Rain: It's the adventures of the SOS Brigade in...well, normalcy. On a chilly winter day, Haruhi sends Kyon off to fetch a heater that the electronic store that supported their film. While he is out, Haruhi decides to dress up Mikuru again and take pictures of her for the jacket of the DVD of the film that they made with Itsuki as the collaborator for the activity. Of course it escalates from a mere DVD cover to a full blown photo shoot for extras and talks of a sequel. Struggling to get the heater back to the club room, the weather goes from dark and gloomy to dark, gloomy and beginning to drizzle. Upon getting to the club room, Kyon, exhausted, falls asleep and wakes up much later with two cardigans over him, Haruhi standing over him, and everyone else are gone. With one of the cardigans belonging to Haruhi, Kyon wonders who the other belongs to as they prepare to go home in the rain. Using a for faculty use only umbrella that Haruhi found, the two of them share the umbrella as they go home and end a perfectly normal day that has Haruhi involved. This is actually the 14th episode of the series. The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi Episode 04: Haruhi has been depressed lately with a lack of trouble or mysterious event happening anywhere near her even with her going through the trouble of recruiting an adorable mascot and a mysterious transfer student. Of course, Haruhi has a way of attracting trouble to her and poor Kyon is the one who is usually stuck in dealing with them. When he gets a message asking to meet him after school, he wonders who it is and it turns out to be Asakura Ryoko, from his and Haruhi's class. Unfortunately, she has revealed herself to be an alien like Yuki and has decided that it would be boring to just let Haruhi continue in her state of stagnation and the best way to get her to do something would be to do something that would disturb her. She has also decided that the best way to disturb her would be to kill Kyon and see how she will react to it! With the entire space that represents the classroom under her command, Kyon seems to be destined for a sweet dose of death when Yuki breaks through the barrier and comes to his aid. It seems as if both Ryoko and Yuki come from the same Data Integration Thought Entity - in other words, they are the same type of being! Ryoko was supposed to be Yuki's backup, but as things turned out, there is a dissenting voice within the Entity. Yuki manages to kill Ryoko and restore all the damage that she has done, but not after taking in massive amounts of damage to herself. Repairing the damage, Yuki also manipulates data to make it seem as if Ryoko merely transferred to Canada. The next day, Kyon receives another letter asking to meet with him. This time around, its from Mikuru. Heading to the club room, Kyon meets a woman who looks like Mikuru except older. It is Mikuru from a later point in time than the one he spends time with. She reminisces about her youth spent with Haruhi and Kyon and gives him a warning referencing Snow White before leaving. As all this is going on, all Haruhi is concerned with is the mystery of why Ryoko would transfer out so suddenly and why there is so much mystery to the actual event. This is actually the 4th episode of the series. The Day of Sagittarius: The Computer Club, still sore about getting blackmailed out of a computer and sore about regaining their dignity after that incident, decides to go to the SOS Brigade. Giving them a copy of the game that they created - the "Day of Sagittarius III," the Computer Club challenges them to the game and gives them a week to practice with the game before the fated match. Should they win, the SOS Brigade has to give back the computer they "received" from them. If they win, however the SOS Brigade gets 4 laptops - one for each member. Practicing over and over again, they keep loosing against the computer because Haruhi is too impatient and keeps on charging in. While Kyon insist that they do not use any cheats, Yuki seems to be enjoying herself. At the appointed time, the only ones that seem to be able to contribute to the strategy are Kyon, Itsuki and Yuki. Getting creamed by the Computer Club, Yuki begins to type furiously and found out that the Computer Club has been cheating them. Allowing her to turn the tide and force the Computer Club to play by the rules, Kyon allows Yuki to tweak the program within the parameters of the game and takes away the cheat of the Computer Club. Without the cheat, the SOS Brigade easily creams them. In the end, the SOS Brigade gets 4 new laptops while the Computer Club president tries to recruit Yuki into his club. With Kyon's approval, Yuki agrees to drop by from time to time and learn more about the information contained within their computers. This is actually the 13th episode of the series. Live A Live: The time has come for the school festival and Kyon, having already fulfilled his duty to the SOS Brigade by handing out the film they made to the film committee, wanders around to enjoy the festival while Haruhi wanders around in her bunny girl outfit promoting the SOS Brigade. He visits Yuki's fortune telling booth where Yuki is actually telling people what will happen to them after they leave her booth in detail. He also sees Ituski's class' stage performance and after that, it off to see Mikuru and Tsuruya in their waitress outfit as they serve Yakisoba and water. Later on, it's off to the stage where Kyon dozes off until he catches a glimpse of Haruhi, still in her bunny girl outfit getting on stage with Yuki, still in her magician's outfit. Surprisingly, Haruhi is actually quite good in her role as a replacement singer for the group whose lead singer got tonsillitis and guitarist got into an accident and twister her wrist. Later on, with people praising and giving their gratitude to her, Haruhi is unsure of what to make of it. Kyon attribute this to her never getting praise due to all the eccentricities she displays and the pranks that she pulls. When Kyon cheers her up, Haruhi gets an idea to come up with their own band for the next school festival, much to Kyon's annoyance. The 12th episode (this one) is actually THE 12th episode. The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi Part 05: Haruhi drags Kyon along to investigate the disappearance of Asakura Ryoko. In the apartment where she used to live, Kyon notices that it is the same apartment compound that Yuki lives in. There, Haruhi finds out that no one has ever seen Ryoko's parents and that she is apparently rich. She also came to live there 3 years ago and she moved out without the caretaker seeing any movers picking up her stuff. On the way out, they meet Yuki who tells Kyon to be careful. Out by the train tracks, Kyon gets a little clue from Haruhi on what triggered her "awakening" although Haruhi herself haven't realized it yet. Getting back to his house, he finds Itsuki waiting for him there. He takes him away to give him the proof of him being an esper. On the way to that "certain" place, he explains some things to him about Haruhi, the espers, and the world as they understood it. When they reached the place where Itsuki can show his proof, it turned out to be a closed space - a space cut off from the normal world that occurs whenever Haruhi is in a bad mood. Within this closed space, a blue plasma giant appears and begins to wreak everything apart and it has fallen to espers like Itsuki to put a stop to these giants. If left unchecked, the closed space increases in size and begins to consume everything in it's path. Taking him back home, Itsuki advices him to make sure that nothing causes a disturbance in Haruhi's mental state. This is actually the 5th episode of the series. The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi Part 06: Haruhi's boredom and disdain for the world has reached an all time high and she just doesn't seem to get into a good mood anymore. One day, after going to sleep, Kyon wakes up with Haruhi waking him up and finds that he and Haruhi are wearing their school uniform in a closed space resembling their school. Wandering around, Kyon stays behind in the club room while Haruhi excitedly does some exploring. While by himself, Koizumi appears in front of him and although a bit insubstantial, he begins to explain things to him. The closed space that they are in now is not the normal one that he and his esper friends fix all the time. In fact, to be able to appear in front of him like that, it took all of their combined strength to do it. They are now in a new world created by Haruhi. Before Itsuki vanishes, he manages to tell him to turn on the computer. Turning on the computer, he finds out that he can talk to Yuki. From her, he gets some advice before she gets cut off and from the clue that she gave him, Snow White, Kyon remembers Mikuru's future self's advice to remember the story of Sleeping Beauty. When the giants appears and begins destroying things, Kyon runs off with Haruhi. He tries to convince Haruhi to return to the world they came from, but she doesn't want to return. Instead, she wants to remain there with him and meet Yuki, Mikuru and Itsuki once more in that world - meaning that she will recreate them there. Running out of time, Kyon confesses that he really liked her the first time they met when she was wearing a pony tail and kisses her. Enveloped in light, Kyon soon wakes up wondering if everything was just a dream or not. When he went to school, he finds out that everything that happened was real and Haruhi is there with a pony tail thinking of that weird dream she had. With that incident behind them, everything begins to return to normal as Kyon finalizes everything about the SOS Brigade with the student council and plans to tell Haruhi about aliens, time travelers and espers one day. This is actually the 6th episode of the series Melody of Oblivion A great war took place in the 20th century. It was a full blown war between humans and monsters. Words alone cannot describe the horrible violence that ensued. And in the end, the monsters were victorious. Days passed, a new century began and slowly, people began to forget that melody. But those who wouldn't give up and fight for their lives continue to play their melody. Run, ye who seek their true freedom with that harsh knowledge until you go beyond and reach your destination like an arrow that pierces the world. (Action) I was told that this is made by the same group of people who did Utena without the director. A lot of weird crap happens through out the series, which makes it pretty kewl in my humble opinion. In here, the world is ruled by monsters. Everything looks normal, except children are sacrificed to monsters every so often and the world is ruled by monsters who rules it through monster agents - humans who have given their lives to the monsters. To combat them, people become Melos Warriors - a human who can see the image of the Melody of Oblivion and seek out its true location, and thus gain power to fight the monsters. Watch this at least ones. Lots of WTF moments. Melos Warrior: The Beginning of a Long School Break: White Night Cape: Monster Union: The Voice Reaching Out to You: Pyramid Scheme Valley: Meigen: The Fated Road Afar: Apeman Turn: Unicorn Series: A Song You Still Don't Know About: Maze Island: Kurofune: The Entrance Called Exit: Fortunate River: Bocca and Sayoko are in a town where news has spread of children dissapearing by the dozen. There, they discover Sky Blue washed ashore and depleted of his energy. Restarting him with Elan Vitale, they learn from him that Global Mountain Cat's Global Noise Cannon is in the posession of Lucky Thoroughbred, the monster agent in charge of the region. Upon hearing from Sky Blue what Lucky Thoroughbred told them before he was deactivated by the Global Noise Cannon, Sayoko is convinced that Lucky Thoroughbred might be her brother, the reason she was offered as a monster sacrifice by her parents. They also learn from him that he has rigged the whole areas with explosives and is willing to blow everything up if he is not allowed to win. At the same time, Flying Bunny, another monster agent arrives with suspicion that Lucky Thoroughbred is scheming something. As Sky Blue meets Hikari by the lake, Sayoko is kidnapped by Lucky Thoroughbred. : : When the Prime Minister is shot, Bocca brings Koko over to him and asks her to recount her tale. Hearing that she was kidnapped in a toy store and separated from her parents, he realizes that she is his long lost daughter. Dying there, he tells them that the Mohoroba is underground and that they need to destroy Electric Sheep first in order to reactivate it. Once they get on, it will dock with the Mitronome, but it will never return to earth. Still on the train, Toune is finally convinced to get off the train and fight once more. Bocca tells Sayoko that he is leaving her to prevent the monster union from destroying the Mitronome and disabling all the Ivermachines in the world. He tells her that should he return to earth, the two of them will get married. Facing Electric Sheep, they manage to defeat him by teaming up. Returning to their room, he finds a note left behind by Sayoko. She will be waiting for him in the chapel in a wedding dress and she will wait for him forever if she has to. When she descovers the note that Bocca left for her there, she runs of to the train station and gets there just in time to bid Bocca farewell. WEIRD MOMENT - A train full of people sitting motionless with the same masks on all carrying an apple. ACT 1 - Outside the Range of the Sphere: The monster agents are on board Engine 2. They plan on hitching a ride to the Mitronome and destroying it from the inside. The Mohoroba with Bocca and the other Melos warriors are on their way to prevent that from happening. When Engine 2 attacks them, Bocca Koko and Toune must go outside in fight them in space using a gel for protection called Bio-Concerto. When they keep on intecepting the missiles being fired into the Mohoroba, Discount Uribou comes out to face them in combat while Engine 2 sneaks in. WEIRD MOMENTS - girls in a field wearing cow print bikinis saying nothing but "moon," guard robots that looks like superheroes complete with cape and spandex and the Melos warrior having foreplay with their Ivermachines (I'm not kidding!) Act 2 - Mitronome: Engine 2 has docked before the Melos warriors in the Mahoroba. It is a race to get to the core first and either destroy it or protect it. On the way there, they discover that the monster agents are not the only enemies that they have to contend with. There, they discover a Unicorn series that has awakened in the space station and has decided to make it his territory. He's been destroying the guard robots to increase his territory. Reaching the door to the core, Bocca faces off against Child Dragon while Toune fights Discount Uribou and Koko chases after the Number 4, the rouge Unicorn series. Driving off Child Dragon, they manage to get into the main control room. As things are starting to go well, they quickly get worse when Child Dragon discovers a reactor that can make his Global Cannon work and Number 4 manages to get into the Vinterlize, the main attack system of the Mitronome. When the Vinterlize separates, the Mitronome becomes defenceless and the Melos warrior must defend the Mitronome from the Vinterlize. Having forced it away, they are then attacked by the monster agents in Engine 2. WEIRD MOMENTS - a field full of girls in cow print bikinis saying nothing bu "moo" and the characters suddenly becoming actors in a stage doing a solo with the audience applauding. Act 3 - Like an Arrow Piercing the World: Bocca, Koko and Toune must not only contend with fighting the monster agents, but Number 4 in the Vinterlize as well. They have to keep it safe while it begins to warm up and comence the operation to make it unreachable from the outside. They are shocked when the destroy Flying Bunny's Mighty Bunny and it falls to earth and destroys a huge portion of land in an enornous explosion. Questioning what to do next and if they did the right thing, they are hit with the Global Noise Cannon and Hikari and Sky Blue are made non-functional. Bocca tells them to retreat to the Mitronome while Bocca tries to stall for more time. When the Mitronome activates, it begins to fade from reality with Toune, Koko and their Ivermachines inside. Bocca and his Ivermachine begins to fall to earth as well. WEIRD MOMENTS - girls in cow print bikinis being milked by a farmer and the monster agents and the Melos warrior in a karaoke room. Final Episode - The Morning You Set Out on a Journey: The other Melos warriors are now unreachable along with the Mitranome station. Bocca has fallen back to earth in a dessert all alone when the Monster King as Solo appears and gives him a ride and tells him where he can "meet" the monster king and learn the truth of the world. He sees a place where young girls live happily in ignorance and willingly becom sacrifices not knowing what that means. Killing Heccate, the monster in that area, Bocca jumps in to the hole where she fell to meet the real monster king. There, he finds out that Solo was once a Melos warrior like him and became the 3rd Monster King when he killed the 2nd Monster King. His lover died and his memories of her, or the ideal version of her became an illusion that the world came to know as the Melody of Oblivion. He invites him to become a monster king as well and stand by his side. Seeing an illusion of Sayoko beginning to form and become the new Melody of Oblivion, Bocca chose the real Sayoko instead of the perfect illusion that the new Melody of Oblivion will become. Escaping with Sayoko, Bocca fights the Monster King who faces him as a Melos warrior. Having defeated him, the world seems to go on as if nothing ever happened. Monsters still prey on humans, but this time, more and more Melos warriors are being born to face them. WEIRD MOMENT - the girls in cow print bikinis can actually say things other than "moo"...oh, and one of them being turned into a bowling ball by Hecate. Mezzo DS (Action/Comedy) This 13 episode series takes place after the OVA (and not hentai that the full version of the OVA was). This time, they have a little kid totting along who was so impressed by Mikura that she wants to become just like her. If you loved the action and the humor of the OVA, you will definitely love this. The coincidences leading to humorous moments and the outlandish action sequences are still here. I recomend this for a rental. : The DSA (Danger Service Agency) has been hired by a mysterious woman to find a certain man before he finds the man that he is looking for and commits murder to avenge a woman murdered over a decade ago. It turns out that the murder has been struck with an illness and has completely forgotten all of his crimes as the statute of limitation is about to run out on his crime, which is what has prompted the man they are looking for to take action. Upon tracking the two of them, the DSA learns that the woman who hired them is also there with them and that she is just a ghost wandering around to prevent a man that she had loved from commiting murder in her name! : When Kurokawa's favorite weather reporter shows up in their front steps asking for help in searching for a strange man that she has met and only spent a brief amount of time with, the DSA cannot refuse. She believes that the man she is searching for might be an alien and she just might be right. Unfortunately for them, another proclaimed alien is also searching for that man and he has the key to an invasion plans of an alien race bent on conquering the earth through flooding! Mikura and Harada can attest to this fact since bullets doesn't seem to work on him and he can easily overpower Mikura (who can toss people through brick walls without even exerting herself). In the end, the DSA saves the day by driving the alien hunter back, reuniting the to star crossed lovers, and deactivating the alien invasion machine. : The DSA is hired to do a job as a courried for a rather questionable suitcase. The money is VERY good though and they decide that they'll take such an easy job that pays a client is willing to pay a ridiculously high amount of cash for. Unfortunately, things are not as they seem as Mikura and Harada are soon pointed as the thief who has stolen a new strain of highly virulent and contagious bacterial strain. Trying to figure out what to do before the refrgiration unit on the briefcase shuts down and activated the bacteria, they also have to deal with henchmen trying to steal the container from them - henchmen working for the client that hired them in the first place! Now that they have taken the role of patsy, he doesn't need them around anymore and can sell it easily to other contries. That also means that he doesn't need them around anymore! Of course, wanting to eliminate the DSA and having it done are two completely different things - especially with a really pissed off Mikura. : Harada is depressed at learning that Mikura is going out for the day on a date with an old friend that she hasn't seen in over three years. Because of this, he decides to go out with Kurokawa on a "business meeting" with the Black Scissors who has introduced a client to them. With a good pay and the DSA needing funds after their car got totaled in the last episode, Kurokawa and Harada decides to take the job of stalking a woman to see if she is having an affair. Of course, Harada gets the full brunt of the bad luck as he looses the suspect when he is punched in the face by a woman who thought that he is a pervert. Finding her trail again, he heads for a night club where he meets that same woman again and she causes a scene causing the man that the woman he is following to get suspicious and open fire on the club. Looking for him, they end up in an abandoned factory where they get captured. That is when they find out what is really going on. The woman has stopped talking to her husband and started to act strangely 3 days ago because she was murdered 3 days ago and replaced with a sex android who was planted to steal corporate secrets from the husband. With a bit of skill and luck, Harada and Kurokawa manage to escape certain death, destroy the rampaging sex androind, and chase down the hapless android engineer turned thug only to find him knocked out by Mikura whom he ran over by chance and pissed off. : It is the same day as the previous episode, but this time, it is from the perspective of Mikura and how her day turned out. She goes out to meet an old friend whom she hasn't seen or heard of in over 3 years. That was the night that she met ___ for the first time. This friend of hers turned out to be the woman that punched Harada in the face in the previous episode! As they are waiting for the train, Harada, chasing the sex android, bumbs into them, pushing Mikura down and accidentally groping --- in the chest, which causes her to think that he is a pervert. Next they go to a club that they used to go to years ago and talk more about the past and --- runs into Harada again! walking in the park, Mikura and --- talk about what has happened to --- after the two of them split up that fated night and how she was rescued from being gang raped a by a woman who turned out to be Momochi (from the OVA's) who turned out to be her lover. Leading her to the abandoned warehouse where they last parted, --- attacks Mikura and shows her the picture of Momochi. Dying after she accidentally fell on her own knife, --- reveals to Mikura that Momoi is her father and that Momochi is her half sister. Chasing after her, the man that made the sex android runs into her and tries to shoot her which prompts Mikura to kick his ass and get to --- just in time to see the android that Kurokawa and Harada tossed out drop on --- and self detonate! : Wandering around with Mikura one night, Harada encounters Asakura the heir of a large company that develops and creates AIs for androids. She introduces herself to Mikura as Harada's ex-girlfriend. While calling Harada out to see a new with Asakura in it, Mikura sees a component among his equipment and tries to find out what it is since it is labeled M Anon, the same as Asakura's name. As Harada leaves to get a component for the android that he is making for someone, his mind flashes back to the time he spent in school with Asakura and how he nervously tried to ask her out. When they started going out, she wanted to keep it a secret from everyone else in school. Going out together, they have lots of fun, but Harada is a bit curious as to why Manon only stay with him for 4 hours on the dot each time they go out on a date. It is never more than that and never less. Of course, he never pried as to why that is and just continued to have fun with her while his friends think that she has dumped him. One day, they decide to go to the amusement park and she is about to pass the four hour curfew. Warning her about it, she ignores it and tells him that she wants to spend as much time as possible with him today. Going back to her place, she just drops down and reveals herself to be a mere android replica of Manon. Going to the Asakura lab, Asakura and her father reveals to Harada that the person he has been dating has always been and android and that they were using him as part of their experiment to create a more human AI. Pissed off at what they had done, Harada goes berserk and the entire facility goes up in smoke. It is there that Harada meets Kurokawa after he has retrieved the memory module with M Anon9993's memory and personality algorithm. : Asami, bullied by her classmates to take a picture of a ghost that wanders an old abandoned building, discovers the owner being beaten up by hoodlums. Helping him out, he tells her that he was trying to clear them out because the building is about to be torn down and they refused to leave although they haven't paid in over 3 years. She refers them to the DSA and Mikura promptly gets to work on the case with Kurokawa and Harada backing her up. When Milura goes in disguised as a massuese to plant a bug, the leader grabs her butt which pisses her off and blows her cover. Trying to recover from that, Kurokawa uses his connection with the police chief and using Mikura as bait, gets the main muscle of the gang arrested for assault and illegal weapons possession leaving only 2 more to clear out. When the owners suddenly tell them it's alright now and that they'd take care of the rest, they can't complain since they were paid in full, but Harada still can't get over a suspicion that something is wrong. When he hears something in the bug, they head back over. There, Asami had been searching for that girl once more when the owners attack after seeing the stuffed rabit that she found. Chasing her, she discovers that the owners had killed the 2 remianing hoodlums. The DSA gets there just in time to save her and they discover an old wall with the corpse of the child that Asami and Mikura saw. : Still unable to stand up to herself, Asami looks up to Mikura and wants to become just like her. When she wins a pair of tickets to a virtual reality dream that promises to let you see your dreams, she heads over to the DSA where Harada warns her about something like that being dangerous. Chasing after her, Harada and Kurokawa leaves the tickets to the table. When Mikura returns, she sees the ticket and uses them. She is sent to a dream world that quickly escalates into a nightmare and the damage that she is incurring there is manifesting itself in reality. When Asami, Harada, and Kurokawa get there, they find Mikura being worked on by the scientists trying to revive her. Mistaking them from the parent company, the head scientist tells them that there is something that has gone wrong with the test subject. Trying to get her out of the dream, Asami goes in while Harada tries to see if there is something wrong with the codes and discovers a virus intentionaly placed in the program. With the virus gone, Asami and Mikura are still trapped in the dream world. Kurokawa gives them his gun as good luck charm to wake them up. It works, but in the process of waking up, Mikura accidenatally unloads the clip all over the room and destroys much of the equipment and destroys the data. : A serial killer has been on the prowl lately and when he sees Mikura in action, decides to make her the next victim. This killer sends out warning to the people he is about to kill first. When a man receives a note saying that he will be the 6th victim, he heads for the DSA to hire them as bodyguards. Mikura heads on out for an easy pay with this one. A little later on, Asami calls Harada. She is scared because she received a message from the killer and Harada heads on over to reassure her that nothing is wrong. Tracing the message left on her phone, they track down the appartment of the man who sent the message only to discover victim number 5. With that in mind, Mikura cancels her job mostly becuase the man she is trying to protect can't be the next one and he keeps on hitting on her. After she hangs up, Harada and Kurokawa realizes that the note on the man Mikura is protecting in number 6 and the man they found dead is number 5. While they are trying to get a hold of her, Mikura finds her charge dead and sees the man who might have done it. When Harada and Kurokawa arrives at the scene, they discover that theri customer is an android. Mikura soon finds herself lured to a trap set by the serial killer when she realizes that the bullets she got are all duds. She is rescued in time, however when Harada and Kurkawa comes through using the android to track the killer down to where she is at. : : A cursed mummy is going to be on display in Japan, but everyone who has come into contact with it has died as a result of the curse. When Kurokawa is contacted to be a courier for the "diamond-eyes" mummy, he takes on the job despite the curse when he sees how big the check is. Slowly, but surely, it would seem as if misfortune is seeping into their lives. On the day of the delivery, the coffin is diverted in to their possession for delivery when their truck blows up. Still unfazed, they go on with the plan and head for the museum in another way. On their way there, they find the true source of their misfortune - a criminal group trying to steal the jewels on the mummy by frightening everyone else with the curse. Of course, they are no match for the DSA and the mumy is safely delivered to the museum. : A killer knowm as the phantom is out to kill 5 people whom he has already warned that he is coming. out of the 5, only one of them is still alive. His son and next in line as the gang boss, decides to hire the DSA to help out by using Kurokawa as a decoy in place of his father, the assassination target and the old gang boss. Starying in his hospital room with Mikura as his body guard disguised as a nurse and Harada monitorin the entire building for unmarked intruders, they anxiously await the arrival of the killer that no one can stop and always gets his target no matter where that person has been hidden. Suddenly, the alarm is tripped by Kazuto, the assassin who has been trying to kill Kurokawa. At the same time, the real Phantom seemed to have arrived and managed to get pass the bodyguard of the real target and kill him along with his doctor. Having surrounded the Phantom, he blows himself up. At the same time that this is happening, Kurokawa is being strangled by Kazuto and Mikura arrives just in time to stop him from finishing Kurokawa off. They later learn that the Phantom is actually a virus that hypnotizes people into doing what is programed. They contribute Kazuto as a mere flunky who mistakes Kurakawa for the real gang boss although Mikura isn't quite certain. : Quite certain that Kurokawa is being targeted for assassination, Mikura is making sure that he doesn't leave her sight. At the same time, Asami is wondering if she can be of any help and not be as big a bother as she has been. Reaching the noodle shop, they are attacked once more by Kazuto, but he stops short of killing Kurokawa when Mikura got in the way again. To solve this problem, ___, another underling of ___ decides to eliminate Kurokawa's bodyguard - Mikura. With her out of the way, he can do his job. When Kurokawa and Harada realizes that Mikura is missing, they go out in search for her. Confronting Kazuto, they realize that he isn't the one who has kidnapped Mikura. At the same time, Asami finds out where Mikura is and ewscues her by kicking ___ in the balls when he least expects it. With Mikura free, Asami returns to her post and discovers that the Police Chief has decided to bury his secret by having the DSA arrested and eliminated for resisting arrest instead of waiting for Kazuto to finish the job. Cornered by the police with two dirty cops out to kill them, Kurokawa launches his secret weapon and exposes the Police Chief's secret giving them time to escape. : : : : : : : : : : : : : Mezzo Forte Mezzo Forte is brought to you by the same guys that did Kite. It is all about this group of problem solvers who will do almost anything, legal or illegal, for a price. This time around, they may have bitten off more than they can chew when they accept a job to kidnap a baseball team owner who is actually a mob boss. With people gunning after them, it is only a matter of time before they or the mob boss' family are all killed. (Action/hentai) Pretty good show actually. If they didn't have those two rape scenes (that technically didn't happen since one was in a dream and the other was with a robot), it could be something that I would be willing to show everyone. Then again, I believe that there is an edited version out there without those two scenes. It cracks me up how people get slapped in the face and they start bleeding badly and fly all the way across the room! How about this one generic bad guy who gets kicked and he goes through a brick wall and out the building? Yeah, go watch it-it's good for a bag o' laughs! If you want to share it with the family, there is a version without the hentai scenes too. Midnight Panthers The traveling musical group, The Pussycats, is the hottest thing around. Lou, Kei, and Sonya are three sexy singers with a legion of screaming fans in every town. Unbeknownst to their fans, The Pussycats are also female assassins who will kill anyone if the price is right. Their next target is a despotic king who rules by fear and crushes dissension with an iron fist. But one of the Pussycats, it’s not just another job…it’s personal. (Action-hentai) Has quite a bit of sex on it, but it really isn't something that I'd consider hentai since having sex is not the main plot and this one has an actual plot. Pretty good story actually-quite...interesting. Worth renting once or so. I'll Love You to Death: Lou, Kei, and Sonia are given their next target - the evil king Bad of the Blue Dragon Kingdom. For Lou, it’s something personal that she just has to deal with herself. I Give You a Kiss of Eternity: The conclusion. Lou has gained access to her brother's room and is ready to strike, but will she be able to do it (huh-huh, he said do it Beavis) or will the bonds of blood and fond memories of childhood prove to strong to overcome? Midori no Hibi (Midori Days) Midori no Hibi chronicles the daily adventures (or misadventures) of Seiji and Midori. Seiji is a high school bad ass who can pummel anyone or any group of people with little or no effort by using his "Devil's right hand." Midori is a shy girl who has been secretly in love with Seiji since middle school but, never had the courage to confess. One day, their destinies intertwine when Seiji wakes up and finds that instead of a right hand, he has Midori for a right hand!?! Confused? So were they! (Comedy) Midori no Hibi is pretty funny. I liked this series even though it is a bit short. I wish there were more. They could have made more since the manga is still ongoing. But, I digress. Yes you should see this series! The Right Hand Girlfriend: Seiji is a bad ass with a capital B, but unfortunately, that meant he has a reputation and almost everyone is afraid of him. That means that everytime that he tries to ask a girl to be his girlfriend, they are too scared of him to say yes. One day, after being rejected by yet another girl, he lounges about in his house and drowns away his sorrow on his echi magazines. While in his bed thinking that he may never be able to ever get a girlfriend, he yells out load that he doesn't care who, he just wants a girlfriend and a voice answers him back! He looks around the room and there is no one there until he looks at his right hand. His right hand is no longer there and in it's place is a girl from the torso up attached to his wrist-a girl named Midori! Two People's Feelings: A Day of Discoveries: Seiji's big sister Ren returns home to torment him yet again and discovers his and Midori's secret. When the gang she used to run shows up in front of their house, she decides that everyone should go to the hotsprings and volunteers to pay for it with Seiji's allowance, knocking him out and bringing him along. While in the hotsprings, Midori learns more about Seiji as a child from Ren and discovers many things-things like Ren being the one who taught Seiji to fight and gave him the "Devil's right hand." Discovery of the Secret!?: The Power of Love: Shiori's Love Love Battle!: First Date: Right-Hand Seiji: Both Seiji and Midori have the same dream. In this dream, Midori is no longer Seiji's right hand. Seiji has become Midori's right hand and they go about spending their day the usual way, except reversed. Midori meets a classmate of hers and they have a talk in a cafe and there, she realizes that she has to be more honest and more confident with herself as they both wake up. Takki no Hibi: Distance of the Heart: Fated Reunion: Sudden Parting: The Days of the Couple: Midori finally wakes up from her coma and remembers nothing of the days that she spent as Seiji's right hand. Somewhere else, ___ finally gathers the courage to confess her feelings to Seiji and Seiji, still thinking of Midori and the time they spent together, declines. Meanwhile, fearing that she just might go back to sleep and return as Seiji's right hand, Midori's best friend, ___, decides to convince Midori that she shouldn't just keep watching Seiji from a distance the way she has always been doing. Upon seeing Seiji and ___ talking in front of their house, Midori runs out to meet Seiji face to face for the "first" time and confess her true feelings. Seiji, waiting by the fountain they went to, listens to her and confesses as well. Millennium Actress A director/producer discovers the whereabouts of a legendary actress who vanished at the height of her career thirty years ago. Bringing an old key to the interview, it magically opens the secrets of her past as they get absorbed into her tale of a young first and only love and a lifetime of pursuing a dream. From the sweet obliviousness of youth to the realization of old age, a magical tale woven in the threads fate and love lost to time is told. (Drama) Millennium Actress is such a good film. It doesn't have much of a rerun value though. A must watch, so my suggestion is that you go out and rent now! Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team This is a side story of the original timeline (it even has Gharma Zabi’s eulogy from the TV series being played on TV in the very first episode) in the perspective of the common soldier fighting in the front lines. Also, the mobile suits are called Gundams, but technically, they‘re not Gundams. Their design is based on the prototype Gundam, but they don’t have Gundanium alloy in their armor so.... (Action/Drama/Romance/Sci-fi) War For Two: A convoy of new federal soldiers are being transported to Earth to be assigned into their new units. Along the way, they the find a battle near the path of their shuttle where a Zeon mobile suit is attacking a GM. Shiro Amada, a new ensign, decides to go out and try to rescue the pilot in a Ball. He succeeds and in the process, strands himself and the female Zeon pilot in the wreckage of a ship with air and time running out for the both of them. In order to survive, the two soldiers, both on opposing sides, must work together. Promising not to hold the other captive, they try to do their part in attracting the attention of their respective comrades, but what can they do in space with limited air and almost no supplies? Gundams In The Jungle: Shiro Amada meets the rest of the Mobile Suit team that he is placed in command of. For their first mission, they are to support the 06th MS team. When they encounter Zeon Zakus, Shiro uses himself as a decoy and gets separated from the rest of his team. Without his team, Shiro must survive the jungle and get past the Zeon Zakus wandering there as well. Back in the base, the Karen and Eledore are cynical about his survival, Michel believes that he is already dead, and Sanders refuses to believe that he might be dead. Just as everyone else is about to write him off as killed in action, Shiro comes back sleeping in a slightly banged up Gundam on auto pilot. The Time Limit On Trust: When the 08th team is ordered to take a Zeon placement on a naturally fortified hill, they just can’t seem to get through. Shiro then decides to split the team in attempt to trap the Zeon’s in a pincer move. When Shiro attempts to move around the enemy position, he gets captured by guerrillas. With time running out, Shiro tries to negotiate with the guerrillas to release him and help out with the battle against the Zeon forces. Meanwhile, Karen and the rest of the 08th team are waiting for Shiro to make his move in order to do their part of the operation. Shiro manages to get the guerrilla’s to help out and with them on his side, they manage to take the base by surprise and he takes out most of the guns in a single pass. With the base’s defense shattered, it’ll be only a matter of time before it falls and the Zeon defenders mount a desperate defense. The Demon Overhead: In the midst of an operation, Sanders suddenly requests a transfer. Sanders is afraid that he will get everyone else killed just like the last few times with his old team mates on their third mission. Shiro of course refuses and tells him to cheer up, maybe this time, they’ll be able to break his jinx. At the same time, Aina Sahalim, the Zeon pilot that Shiro fought and worked with in space when he rescued Sanders, is doing test flight of her brother’s Mobile Armor- the Apsalus. When things begins to go wrong, a decoy operation is started to ensure that the Apsalus will be able to get back to base safely. By sheer chance, the 08th team spots the flight path of the Apsalus and engages. The 08th team barely survives the encounter, but all that matters is that they are alive and Sanders the reaper’s curse is finally broken. The Broken Order To Standby: When Eledore and Michel returns from the battlefield ahead of the others, Eledore receives a mail stating that his song has been accepted and has already been recorded. To celebrate, he decides to go to town against orders and Michel goes with him. Unfortunately for the both of them, no one knew that the town they are about to go to has been temporarily occupied by Zeon forces. When neither one returns to base, the rest of the 08th team follows them to find out what is going on. When they find out that the town has been occupied, they make it their duty to rescue their captive comrade and liberate the town. Battle Line In The Burning Sand: With Eledore in the hospital due to his injuries, Michel is the only one manning the hover tank. Unfortunately, Michel is a bit unstable due to a mail from his girlfriend wanting to break up with him. With him this way, Shiro decides to put Michel in an MS instead to make sure that he doesn’t make a mistake that will kill one or all of them. As the days pass while waiting to ambush the mobile armor, tensions run even higher. When it finally appears, the 08th team ambushes it, but loses their commander, Shiro, in the process when the Mobile armor takes off with Shiro’s MS still hanging on. Reunion: Shiro and Aina find themselves reunited once again. With almost all their equipment broken and against the freezing cold, they are dependent upon one another for survival once again. Using parts from both suits, they manage to survive the initial challenge and must now manage to survive the environment. As the two of them work together, they learn more about each other and fall even deeper in love. While the two of them are struggling for survival, both Zeon and Federal forces are looking for them. It is now a desperate race for both sides to get there and protect their secrets. Duty and Ideals: Both Shiro and Aina, safely rescued by both sides, now face a military tribunal about heir respective actions and wether they are traitors to their respective sides. While Shiro is confined as a suspected spy for the Zeon, A Zeon MS team takes over Kiki’s village seeking food. When no one comes to their rescue, Shiro and his team break confinement to rescue them and tries to do it without trying to destroy the suits within the village. When impatience on the side of the villager and arrogance on the part of one of the Zeon pilots causes a premature conflict, Shiro’s plan to lure the Zakus out of the village first crumbles. Trying to salvage the situation, under his command, the rest of the 08th team manages to take out another Zaku and Shiro takes out the final Zaku with a rocket launcher. When the villagers try to lynch the pilot, it triggers the anti-personnel mines and forces Shiro to kill the helpless pilot as well. In the process, he is forced to choose between his ideals and the reality of war. In the end, Kiki gathers up the remnants of her village and tells Shiro thank you and then asks him to go away. Front Line: With the destruction of Jabra at the hands of the Apsalus, the Federation Forces have begun planning of an all out offensive against the research base that the Apsalus is housed in. In order to launch the offensive, the 08th team is sent in and Sanders have been given a secret order to monitor Shiro’s activities. They are given a recon mission and disaster strikes the moment they are dropped off when Karen’s MS gets hit by a Zeon Gau transport. On the ground, they are ambushed by a Zeon underwater MS the moment the land. With Karen’s MS out of the picture, it is up to Shiro and Sanders to complete the mission. Following the path, they are ambushed by the crew of the Gau transport intent on buying enough time to complete the evac of Zeon troops into the base. Shiro and Sanders are slowed enough by the Magella attack team and loses them as a result. When the attack team gets back to base, they are greeted by Admiral Yuri Kelanay who has ordered Gineas to stop development of the Apsalus and put all resources into the evac. When they try to get inside, the door closes in on them and Gineas, unwilling to stop development, sets off a bomb that kills the admiral and the attack crew with the smoke from the explosion visible for miles. The Shuddering Mountain, Part 1: An all out offensive has been ordered against the retreating Zeon forces and the 08th team is charged with protecting the Gun Tanks from Zeon forces and allow them to shell the Zeon position. Meanwhile, the Apsalus is nearly completed and the evac to the shuttle is nearly completed, they just needed a little more time. To buy them some time, Aina’s guardian, Captain Norris, goes out to deal with the Gun Tanks that are shelling their position and prevent them from shooting down the shuttle the moment it launches. Out in the city, he proves himself an ace as he easily takes out the first two Gun Tanks. Trying to destroy the third one, he finds out that he is up against the Fedie lover of his charge and decides that this shall be this soldier’s graveyard. When he finally nails the last one, Aina comes out in the completed Apsalus... The Shuddering Mountain, Part 1: With the presence of Aina in the battlefield, Shiro has decided to abandon his position and go to her. Aina and Gineas, in the completed Apsalus, give out an ultimatum. Do not cross the line marked by the Apsalus and allow the transport hospital ship to pass unmolested or the Apsalus will fire a full blast at the Federation forces and wipe them all out. As an act of good faith, Aina step out of the cockpit and the cease-fire is ordered. Gineas, on the other hand, does not want a peaceful solutions and decides to open fire wiping out most of the Federation MS in the vicinity of the Apsalus. In retaliation, a GM sniper opens fire on the hospital ship and destroys it. Upon seeing the hospital ship destroys, Aina fires a full blast that barely misses the command post. Shiro manages to get there in time and when Aina sees him, she remembers what she hates most about this war and decides to surrender. When she attempts to get out, her brother shoots her and Shiro just barely manages to save her in time. Together they attack and destroy the Apsalus, putting an end to the conflict and Shiro reported as missing in action. Last Resort: The one year war is finally over and the 08th MS team has been disbanded with all members being sent to different units. Michel, as the only one who received a discharge, goes on a search for Shiro and Aina with Kiki. Along the way, they come across a village filled with children from Zeon. In there they are told that both Shiro and Aina are dead. Both of them refuse to believe it and seeing the girl they buried as Aina, puts even more resolve to their belief that both Shiro and Aina are still alive somewhere. When they finally manage to gain the trust of the children, they are told that the grave that Shiro and Aina are in are empty-that the two of them placed their clothes in the grave, buried them, and said that on that day, they have died and are now reborn. With this information, Michel and Kiki follows their trail to the north where they eventually catch up to the both of them. Miller’s Report: This “movie” of the 08th MS Team isn’t really a movie. It’s actually a 50 minute long recap episode set between “Duty and Ideals” and “Front Line” as told from the perspective of Alice Miller, an intelligence agent who has been sent to prove that Shiro is a Zeon spy and a traitor. The only additional scenes of importance includes one from when Aina and Shiro were rescued, Shiro being ordered by Captain Kojima on the mission the 08th team takes during “Front Line,” and Eledore’s return to the 08th team from the hospital. Moldiver (Adventure/Comedy/Sci-fi) One of the early Pioneer (now called Geneon) in America (along with Tenchi Muyo OVA, El-Hazard first OVA, Phantom Quest Corp and Hakken Kreuze), it is a somewhat endearing story and definitely worth a look at to see the early days of Pioneer/Geneon in the American anime market. Moldiver is pretty much your stock teenage superheroine doing superhero work on the side. Go ahead and rent this one. Metamorforce: Overzone: Longing: Destruction: Intruder: Verity: Momiji (Hentai) Fallen Leaves of Season: Momiji is the type of girl that lacks confidence in herself and motivation in the things she does - all in all quite apathetic to her situation. Kazuto is a boy who can't stand girls who can't think and act for themselves. When Kazuto starts to take an interest in Momiji and asks her to live with him as his maid, she is drawn into an intricate web of sex, seduction, and service. It seems that Kazuto has no problems with girls who can't think for themselves when they suit his sexual needs properly... Young Leaves Change their Color: The flames of passion begin to heat up between Kazuto and Momiji, but Ayane, a girl infatuated with Kazuto, is determined to change that. And if that weren't enough, it turns out that Kazuto also has a sexy, buxom head maid working for him named Mari... and she also seems to be pretty determined to get a piece of him. Young Leaves Awaken: As Kazuto's hunger for Momiji grows, it surfaces and puts great strain on Ayane. It all climaxes at the point in which Kazuto asks for Ayane to bring Momiji up to his bedroom to "service" him.... As Ayane watches the man she loves enjoy Momiji's company, a great jealously wells up within her leading to Kazuto proposing an exciting contest between the two maids that vie for his attention: a sexual stamina contest to see which girl can hold out the longest.... Momiji That Never Falls: Kazuto's mood has taken a strange turn: suddenly more aggressive and driven, he begins to outwardly show signs of conflict. After Momiji is his victim in a long night of torture and punishment, she is surprised to learn from another maid that he only started to take interest in life when Momiji started living with him. Is there any hope for love between them, or is it all for nothing? Naruto: Great Adventure Movie - The Snow Princess Ninja Skills Notebook Kakashi's team, cosisting of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are given an A-rank mission. They have to protect the crew of the Cloud Wind Princess movie. For the final scene, they head on to the country of snow. While filming on spot, they are attacked by niinjas and Kakashi soon discovers that the lead actress is actually Kazehana Koyuki, the princess of the country of snow that he snuck out of the county on a mission ten years ago. Now that she is back in the country, her uncle wants the six sided crystal she carries with her - a legacy of her father that will unlock the country's greatest treasure. Koyuki, who has given up all her hopes and wishes nothing to do with her past, suddenly finds renewed vigor in watching Naruto struggle for the sake of his dreams. In him, she finds a hope that she has lost so long ago. Perhaps, they may yet be a happy ending for the Snow princess and the country of snow. (Action/Adventure/Drama) It's a pretty good movie for the Naruto series. About average as movies goes though in my opinion. It's worth taking a look at. It is more or less like the series, except more to the point and without any fillers. Yeah, check this title out at least ones and it will definitely entertain you. Neon Genesis Evangelion In the year 2000, a huge meteor collides with the arctic ice caps at near the speed of light. The resulting impact, called second impact, results in the melting of the ice caps, raising of the sea level, and the death of half the human population. In truth, the meteor story was just a cover for something else. The truth of the matter is that the first angel, called Adam, was found there and in the process of studying and experimenting on if, it goes berserk and destroys the arctic. After 15 years, of humanity rebuilding itself, the angels have returned. All of them seeking out Adam and the result of them getting close to him might theoretically lead to a third impact and could wipe out the rest of humanity. It is now up to a group of 14 year olds-those conceived at the time of the second impact to pilot giant robots made from technology conceived from what was learned from Adam to defend against the alien attack and protect the world. (Action/Drama) Evangelion is pretty kewl. Yes, it is one of those landmark series and as a result, we have a lot of idiot fanboys who worship it as the gospel. I personally have gotten into arguments against idiots who claim that Gainax really did have access to the Dead Sea Scroll to make Evangelion or that the Lance of Longinus in series is actually the way that the real spear of destiny is like. Yes, go buy it. It would make a good addition to any collection, just as long as you don't start putting the series in an altar and praying to it. Angel Attack: Shinji Ikari, a 14-year old boy with a poor self-esteem, comes to Tokyo-3 at the request of his absentee father. Upon his arrival to Tokyo-3, he wanders around because the person he is supposed to meet isn’t there to greet him at the station. He doesn’t wait long to discover the reason why the city seems to be abandoned as a giant alien being called and “angel” attacks the city. Misato arrives just in time to get Shinji out of the battle zone as the military is slowly getting decimated by the powerful angel. She takes Shinji to Nerv HQ where he finds out the reason why his father who abandoned him years ago wanted him to come there. He has been chosen as the pilot for Eva Unit 01, the only thing that can stand up to the powers of the Angel. When he refuses, they pull out the other pilot, a critically injured Rei Ayanami, and when Shinji sees how badly injured she is, he decides to sit in the cockpit and do as they say. Unfamiliar Ceiling/The Beast: Shinji is being given a quick lesson on how to control the Eva and the control staff are impressed at how high his compatibility with the Eva is when the Angel began attacking Unit 01 aggressively. It manages to break Unit 01’s left arm and pierces it’s head through the right eye. They loose control of the EVA and it begins to go berserk. The damages inflicted on it are recovered almost instantly and it begins to generate an AT field that neutralizes the angel’s AT field enabling it to dispatch the angel with ease. Afterwards, Shinji is transferred under Misato’s command and will also be under her care as they will be living together from here on in. A Transfer/The Phone That Never Rings: The pressure never lets up on young Shinji Ikari. After saving Tokyo-3 from total destruction only a few hours after arriving in the city, he now finds himself in an even more precarious situation….attending his first day of classes at a new school. Unfortunately, some of his classmates are not so thrilled to have a “hero” among them. However, just as it’s looking like Shinji will have to defend himself on an entirely different field of honor, another Angel attacks! Rain, Escape and Afterwards/Hedgehog’s Dilemma: Despite hi anxieties, Shinji must once again merge with the giant living machines known as Evangelion to combat the menace from the stars. Will Shinji once again be able to master the genetically engineered titan and defeat the alien invaders, or will he succumb to an even darker foe, the demon of his own mind? Rei Beyond Her Heart/Rei I: Rei Ayanami isn’t exactly the warm and friendly type, especially after having been seriously injured during her first disastrous attempt to synchronize with her Eva. However, after having been solely responsible for the Earth’s defense since his arrival in Tokyo-3, Evangelion pilot Shinji Ikari ought to be grateful to have Rei coming back on duty in the fight against the Angels. Instead, he finds himself ambivalent about his mysterious co-worker, especially when it becomes apparent that Rei’s emotional bond with Shinji’s father is much stronger than Gendo’s relationship with his own son. Showdown in Tokyo 3/Rei II: Personal difference are swept aside when a new Angel attacks, severely injuring Shinji! As Misato ponders the necessity of using a new experimental weapon which will drain every drop of power from Japan, Rei finally synchronizes with her Eva to join a wounded Shinji against the most powerful Angel yet! The Human Creation/A Human Work: Trying to face the problem of the angel without relying on Nerv, the Jet-Along robot is created. A humanoid nuclear power robot, something goes wrong on its test run/unveiling to the world. Running around on its own with its Nuclear core about to cause a melt down, Misato calls in Eva Unit 01 and Shinji to try and slow down the robot before it reaches a highly populated city. At the same time, Misato goes into the robot to try and manually shut down the reactor core. Seconds away from a meltdown, Misato manages to shut it down, but suspects that someone sabotaged it. Asuka Strikes!: Asuka Langley Sohryu is the 2nd Child. The half German, half Japanese is the pilot of Eva Unit 02, the first actuall combat model Eva. Misato with Shinji, Toji, and Kensuke, meets her and her guardian, Kaji on a United Nations fleet charged with delivering Unit 02 to Nerv HQ. Asuka turns out to be highly competetive and Kaji reveals himself to have known Misato intimately before. As Asuka is busy bragginf about her Eva and trying to prove herself better than Shinji, the latest angel attacks and the two of them are forced to battle the undewater Angel together in Unit 02 as Kaji is ordered to leave straight for Nerv HQ with his secret cargo for Commander Ikari. With a strategy outlined by Misato, Shinji and Asuka manages to destroy the angel and salvage what was left of the fleet accompanying Unit 02. With One Accord in a Flash/Both Of You, Dance Like You Want to Win: During Asuka's debut battle, both she and Shinji got their asses handed back to them by the latest angel who has the ability to split in two and needs to have both cores destroyed at the same time. They are bailed out by bombing the angel with an N2 mine that creates an even bigger lake and forces a redrawing of the map of Tokyo 3. With only a week to practice synchronization, Misato forces them to live together and constantly practice their attack pattern as spelled out by the beats of a song. Although they fight and argue with each other at first, they eventually manage to work together long enough to synchronize their moves and defeat the angel. Magma Diver: When an Angel egg is discovered unhatched within the heart of a volcano, a special order is issued to capture it. With Shinji, Rei and Asuka forced to stay home instead of going to the beach with the rest of their class, Asuka volunteers to dive into the volcano and capture the Angel. Armed with a special suit for Unit-02 and Shinji and Unit-01 as backup, things are going smoothly until the Angel begins to hatch. Will Asuka and Unit-02 be able to survive a battle in molten lava? In the Still Darkness/The Day Tokyo: A major power failure cripples Tokyo-3, and NERV is left defenseless as a new Angel approaches with lethal intent. As Gendo and Ritsuko struggle to ready the giant Evas for combat without the benefits of modern day technology, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei must find their way through an underground labyrinth of tunnels and crawlways to the Eva’s subterranean launch bays. But even if they get there, will they be able to launch without electricity? The Value of a Miracle Is/She Said, “Don’t Make Others Suffer for Your Personal Hatred.”: A promotion for Misato sparks an introspective review of events behind Misato’s early recruitment into NERV. Against the background of an attack by the largest Angel yet, both Shinji and Misato must come to grips with their respective fathers while still trying to save Earth from total destruction! Alien Invasion/Lilliputian Hitcher: A new form of angel attacks NERV and suddenly the war for the fate of mankind shifts to a field of battle in inner space. As the three Eva pilots sit naked and unprotected in their cockpits, their Evas and the powerful MAGI computers that control Tokyo-3 are violated by a savage wave of neural attacks that threaten to leave the entire city crippled and easy prey for the attacking Angels! Now Ritsuko must face her ultimate challenge as she races against time to decipher the arcane secrets buried deep inside the core of the MAGI by her mother! Seele, Throne of Souls/Weaving a Story: Time ceases to have meaning as the events of the preceding months are re-discovered in a swirling vortex of hidden facts, emotions, and memories. Lie and Silence/Those Women Longed for the Touch of Other’s Lips, and Thus Invited Their Kisses Betrayals and revelations erupt across NERV as Kaji’s allegiance to a higher authority becomes apparent. But is he on the side of good or evil? The discovery of what lurks inside a top secret NERV hangar is enough to shake everyone’s faith in Mankind. Sickness Unto Death, and.../Splitting of the Breast: A new battery of test shows that Shinji is beginning to lose his ability to focus, a fault that becomes apparent when a new Angel attacks and absorbs Unit 01! Trapped inside a shadowy womb-like structure, Shinji’s mind begins to collapse as a series of hallucinations assault hi sanity…and unless he can free himself, Ritsuko will have him destroyed! The 4th Child/Fourth Children: When Eva Unit 04 disappears along with the entire Nerv Nevada branch, Unit 03 is quickly shiiped to Tokyo 3. Requiring a pilot, a child is selected from the Marduk report and it appears to be that Toji is selected. Soon, everyone but Shinji is aware of Toji's selectionj as the 4th Child. Toji looks back on his behavior towards Shinji when they first met and he first discovered that he is the Eva pilot as he deicdes whether he will accept to be an Eva pilot or not. Ultimately, because it includes transfering his sister to better facility and her care taken care of, he accepts. The Judgment of Life/Ambivalence: Misato and Ritsuko leaves Tokyo 3 to perform the first synch test on Unit 03 with Toji as the pilot when something goes wrong. Unit 03 has been infected and taken over by an angel and Rei, Asuka and Shinji are dispatched to eliminate it. They soon realize that the entry plug is still stuck and wasn't able to eject which means that the pilot is still inside. Realizing this and knowing who the pilot is, Rei and Asuka hesitates and are quickly taken down. Shinji, refusing to fight for fear of killing the pilot inside, is brushed aside as the Dummy Plug System installed in his Eva is activated and it brutally dismantled Unit 03 and crushes the entry plug. Just as the pilot is recovered from the crushed entry plug, Misato, having just been rescued from the rubble of the test facility, calls Shinji and apologizes for not telling him that Toji is the 4th Child. A Man’s Fight/Introjection Shinji, angry at what has happened to Toji because of his father, rebels against his orders and is forcibly ejected. He is subsequently dismissed from Nerv and his duties as a pilot. About to leave, another angel attacks and manages to get to the Geo Front. He meets Kaji watering his watermelons as Asuka and Rei are both easily defeated by the angel. Kaji informs him what will happen once the angel breaks through heaven's gate and reunites with Adam. Convinced to be a pilot once more, Shinji runs to pilot Unit 01 once more and saves Misato and the rest of the command crew as the angel is about to blast them away. Having the upperhand, Unit 01 suddenly shuts down as it reaches its limit. About to be killed, Unit 01 suddenly reactivates and brutally destroys the angel and begins eating its corpse. Form of the Mind, Form of The Man/Weaving a Story 2: Oral Stage: After the batle with the last angel, Eva Unit 01 refuses to allow Shinji out of the entry plug. Inside, Shinji sees visions that seems to come from the Eva itself. As a month goes by that Unit 01 is being repaired, Ritsuko also uses that time to prepare an attempt to get Shinji out. When they start the attempt, something goes horribly wrong and the entry plug opens up and the only thing inside is LCL liquid and Shinji's empty plug suit. Misato crushed at Shinji's disappearance, cries as she hugs the empty plug suit. Suddenly, Shinji rematerializes unconscious on the floor next to Misato. The Birth of NERV/He was Aware That he Was Still a Child NERV’s intelligence division has just detained Misato. Vice Commander Fuyutsuki has just vanished within NERV and they believe that Kaji may have something to do with his kidnapping. In the meanwhile, Vice Commander Fuyutsuki is being interrogated by SEELE itself regarding Commander Gendo Ikari. He recalls the time before 2nd impact when he was still known as merely Professor Fuyutsuki. He recalls meeting Yui Ikari and Gendo Ikari, then Gendo Rokubungi, for the first time and his impression of them. It fast forwards to the time after 2nd impact- to the time he spent in Gehrim, the organization that was NERV before NERV existed and the development of the EVAs. The truth about the beginning about of NERV is revealed through Vice Commander Fuyutsuki’s point of view. After SEELE has finished interrogating him, Kaji returns to set him free and when Kaji returns to NERV he meets someone and is subsequently eliminated. At Least, Be Humane/Don’t Be Asuka’s past is revealed and with it, what drives her. Later on, Shinji catches another aspect of her personality as she talks to her mother who has called her from Germany. All this time though, due to losing to Shinji several times, Asuka’s confidence is continually eroding as time passes on and her sync ratio with the EVA is declining. When the 15th angel appears in outer space, Unit 02 heads the charge and waits for the chance to attack whenever it gets closer. Unfortunately, it attacks from orbit and shoots a beam that begins unraveling and analyzing Asuka’s mind. When Unit 00 tries to break the angel’s hold on Asuka with a sniper shot from the positron riffle, it fails completely. Asuka’s mind becomes unstable as the angel breaks down her mind and replays her memories. To prevent the loss of Unit 02, Commander Ikari authorizes Rei to use the Lance of Longinus. Tear/Rei III Asuka’s defeat has caused major damage to her confidence and the perception of her self-worth. She has stopped going to school and spends most of the time with Hikari. When the 16th angel attacks NERV HQ, she cannot sync with it and Rei is left alone to deal with the angel as it completely overwhelms her defenses and penetrates her mind. When Unit 01 is taken out of stasis and sent to assist Unit 00, the angel immediately goes after Unit 01 the moment it unfolded its AT Field. To prevent the angel from contaminating Unit 01 and Shinji, Rei sacrifices herself and Unit 00. Shinji visits Rei in the hospital and learns that she doesn’t remember anything and he and Misato learns the truth about her when Ritsuko shows them the secret of the dummy plug. The reason why she can’t remember is because this Rei is not the Rei that they’ve known all this time. In fact, she’s probably the third Rei Ayanami... The Final Messenger/The Beginning and the End, or “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” With Unit 00 destroyed and Asuka in a coma, Shinji and Unit 01 are the only ones left. The personnel at NERV HQ are still awaiting the 17th and final angel to attack. In the meantime, SEELE has sent another pilot to NERV- Kaworu Nagisa, the 5th child. Misato is a bit mystified as Kaworu seems to have the ability to set his sync ratio at any level he chooses which prompts her to investigate Kaworu. During this time, Kaworu befriends Shinji and has become someone that Shinji leans on. Finally, when Misato learns the truth about Kaworu, that he is the 17th angel, it is already too late. He has hijacked Unit 02 and is headed straight for Heaven’s Gate and Adam. Unit 01 and Shinji, feeling betrayed, goes after him. With Unit 02 protecting him, Kaworu gets past Heaven’s Door and reaches Adam. Upon seeing the angel crucified behind Heaven’s Door, he realizes that it is actually Lilith and not Adam. When Shinji finally catches up to him, Kaworu tells him that he is glad to have met him and that death is the only true freedom that there is. Only one deserves the future and humanity is not the one that should vanish, Kaworu informs Shinji and smiles as Unit 01 rips off his head... The End of the World/Do You Love Me?: The world has ended-yes that is correct. *For further information, see Evangelion movies 2 and 3.* The Human Instrumentality Project has been initiated. Shinji, Misato, Rei and Asuka are questioned about everything they sought to hide about themselves and their individual perspective of the world is challenged. The Beast That Shouted “I” at The Heart of The World/Take Care of Yourself The Human Instrumentality Program continues to run, although Shinji is the only one being questioned here. As he realizes that thnigs only appear as bad little by little, he is shown an alternate world in which his value doesn't rely on him being an EVA pilot. He gradually learns to accept himself as he is as he realizes that the world isn't really that bad. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death (Movie 1) At the dawn of the new millennium, mankind has awakened a threat unlike any faced before- the Angels. Conventional weapons are useless against them. They can only be stopped by means of the Evangelions- bio engineered vessels born from the Angel's own technology. But this forbidden knowledge is also the key to bringing about a startling new genesis for the human race. Placed in the hands of three young pilots, the final fate of humanity resting upon their shoulders, the Evas are the world's last hope... (Action/Adventure/Drama) The first movie is actually nothing more than the recap of the TV series. If you already know the TV series, don't bother with this. The only good thing about watching this is that it does have some extra scenes of minor importance- like from the time when Adam blew up. Other than that, don't bother with this. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Rebirth (Movie 2) Asuka lies in a coma, Unit 00 has been destroyed, and the final Angel has been eliminated. With all obstacles out of the way, SEELE has decreed that it is time to initiate the "Human Instrumentality Program" by starting 3rd Impact. They have ordered the UN to launch an all out attack on Tokyo 3 and on Nerv. Just in time, Asuka wakes up and single handedly destroys the UN army attacking the Nerv base. The destruction of the UN army at the hands of Unit 02 has prompted SEELE to unleash the mass produced EVAs with a built in S2 organ and Kaworu dummy plugs. Asuka takes them all on and wins until at the last moment, her batteries run out and all the Evas she destroyed regenerate themselves and rip Unit 02 apart. Shinji gets out in Unit 01 just in time to see Units 05-13 eating the pieces of Unit 02. (Action/Drama) If you have seen all of Eva and are extremely confused at the ending like everyone else, You need to see this and the 3rd movie. Strange thing about the DVD releases though is that the first half of this is in the first DVD release “Death and Rebirth,” but it is also found in “End of Evangelion”-the complete version. That means that you can opt to just get the second DVD. Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion (Movie 3) Upon seeing Unit 02 destroyed, Shinji's mind begins to crumble. At that exact moment, Rei merges with Lilith once again after taking Adam's embryo from Gendo Ikari and has begun melting away the At field of all living creatures and collecting their souls. At the same time, Unit 01 and the rest of the mass produced Evas have begun 3rd impact. Shinji is shown what his life has been with Misato, Rei, and Asuka as his guide and what it could be, and is given the final choice of giving humanity another chance or turning his back on it. Shinji ultimately decides that humanity is still worth saving and rejects the world in which all humans are as one. He wakes up in the aftermath of 3rd impact right next to Asuka in an Adam and Eve type new beginning. (Action/Drama) Yes, you must watch this if you have ever seen the TV series. No need to even think about it. You will need to see this! Night Walker (Action/Drama/Horror) This is the adeventure of Shido, a private detective for hire who also happens to be a vampire, his imp sidekick, Yayoi, a detective who is also his blood supplier, and Riho, his assistant whom he saved from a demonic attack and has an infatuation with him. An ok series, I wish I could have seen more of it. I also wish that the characters and the series have been developed more. In the end, it just fels incomplete somehow and we are left hanging for a little more to tie it up. Just rent this one (although The Right Stuf is selling the complete collection for 3 bucks). 1st Night - A Visitor In The Night: Shido is a vampiric detective who walks the night facing the Night-breeds, creatures of the night intent on capturing the light for themselves. 2nd Night - The Terms of Stardom: A star dies and in her stomach is a human flesh. Shido is called in to investigate the matter further. 3rd Night - A Man On The Run: 4th Night - The Golden Dawn: Shido’s creator has returned and he is trying to take Shido back. As if that wasn’t enough, he also has to deal with a phantom killer. 0 5th Night - Medicine For The Dead: Riho drops out of school and abandons all of her old friends in an attempts to put her old life behind her. Her attempts to come to terms with her own vampirism is hindered somewhat by her well meaning, but misinformed friends. 6th Night - The Bottom Of A Well: 7th Night - A Mother And Her Son: 8th Night - A Soul Lost In The Darkness: 9th Night - Someone Else’s Face: Yayoi’s past comes to light. We finally get to know why she is always with Shido. We also get to see how Guni and Shido first met. 10th Night - Tears Of An Angel: A young girl becomes obsessed with a good luck charm she found containing a Night-breed. Shido must convince her that the Angelic breed is actually evil or she will die. 11th Night - A Witch In The Forest: Shido encounters a lone villager in a ghost town waiting for her beloved to return from a war on a distant land. Once Shido settles down for the night, he begins to realize that something is very wrong with the village and the forest surrounding it. 12th Night - Eternal Darkness: Riho, overwhelmed by grief and sadness, walks out on Shido and came to terms with her own vampiric existence much to well. It is now up to Shido, Yayoi, and Guni to stop her from causing any further damage, but the price may just be a little too high. Night Warriors: Darkstalker’s Revenge (Action) Based on the arcade fighting game, it is actually a pretty decent anime. I can't believe that some mail order companies were selling these for 80 bucks an episode before it went official in the US. Pretty good series all in all. If you like fighting Anime or played the game before, you should go buy this. It would be a nice addition to your collection. I: The Return Of The Darkstalkers: It is a world in which monsters travel the world all over terrorizing helpless humans. It is a land in which humans cower in fear, hoping that the sun will someday shine in the sky once again. Meet the Vampiric Lord Demitri Maximoff, the lovely Morrigan Aesland, the curious Cat-Woman Felicia, the mostly silent half-human, half darkstalker monk Donovan and the mysterious Anita. II: Blood Of Darkness, Power Of Darkness: Donovan carries the blood and powers of the Dark Ones, yet he loathes himself because of that fact. Though the powers he commands are quite impressive, he can feel hatred in himself whenever he uses them. He seeks salvation for his soul through the destruction of the Dark Ones. With Anita by his side and Hsien-Ko and Mei-Lin following him, will he attain the sense of peace and purpose that he so desperately searches for? III: Pyron Descending: Mei-Lin and Hsien-Ko reminisce about their youth and the mother that they so dearly love. The reason for why they chose to travel the path they tread upon is revealed. Cat-Woman Felicia, with the help of Lycanthrope Talbain, tries to save a town under attack by the armies of Huitzils. Donovan decides whether to run away or to stay behind and fight. IV: For Whom They Fight: Pyron, an alien creature of immense power has decided to add Earth this collection. The struggle of the humans and darkstalkers intrigues him. This ancient and long forgotten brutal art called combat is the relief from boredom for which he craves. He decides to take on all the strongest darkstalkers on the planet with the fate of the Earth hanging in the balance. Ninja Resurrection Join a nightmarish journey through faith and betrayal as the infamous warrior, Jubei, returns to confront the ultimate evil! (Action/Horror) An incomplete series. It might have been remotely interesting, but the plot gets cut off short. Never fully developed, I don't recomend this at all. There is a live action version out there though. Called Reborn From Hell or something like that, probably the best way to find out what happened here if you are like me who blindly bought this when it first came out because it was introduced as the sequel to Ninja Scroll. The Revenge of Jubei: Japan, 1614, the Tokugawa Shoganate bans the practice of Christianity and ruthlessly slaughters its adherents. The scattered survivors place their fate in a prophecy of salvation: a Child of Heaven will be born to deliver the faithful from their enemies. Yet, hidden within the same prophecy is a dark omen. For it is written that should the promised savior falter, he will be reborn as Satan. Now a new leader, Shiro Amakusa, has arisen to challenge the Shogun’s power. The followers of Christ believe their savior has appeared. However, unspeakable treachery lurks within the Christian stronghold, as the blood-soaked horror of the prophecy is unleashed. Hell's Spawn: The nightmare continues. Demons stand in the shadows, poised to sate their lust with the blood of the innocent. Some have returned for blood. Some for sex. And some for revenge. But this bloodletting is just the beginning-a brief overture heralding the rebirth of Satan. Jubei feels the evil awakening. Strange dreams haunt him. Banished from his father’s home. Jubei seeks the true wisdom of the samurai. In this, he is not alone. Cloistered high in the mountains, the legendary Musashi Miyamoto also seeks the strength of peace. Musashi too senses the darkness of the coming days. These warriors have pledged never to kill again. But as hell’s fury draws near, with Satan himself leading the way…down which path does honor lie? Ninja Scroll Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, hiring his services out to those with gold… or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a hideous plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways and possibly his life. When a small village succumbs to a terrible plague, a team of ninjas is sent to investigate and they soon realize that all is not as it seems. Ambushed, they are wiped out by a fearsome man-monster with incredible powers, leaving only one alive- Kagero, a beautiful female ninja whose touch can bring instant death. Jubei saves her from a fate worse than death and unwittingly becomes drawn into a web of treachery. He is soon faced with his greatest challenge, an enemy for whom death holds no fear with the power to destroy Jubei’s world. It’s an all-out bloodbath when ninja warriors come face to face in this action-packed tribal war. (Action/Drama/Intrigue) If you ever loved those badly dubbed Saturday Kung Fu flicks, you should definitely go get this one. It's a samurai drama combined with super powers. A decent action flick, not deeply profound or anything like that, but delivers action as promised, and that is what matters. This is also where one of the things I say so much that it just annoys my buds at the anime club (Hey, Bon, where's Thai? Oh, he's dead. They are all dead...in Shimoda Village!). Yeah, you should add this to your collection. Noir (Action/Drama) Noir is pretty awesome. Lots of people getting killed. Some of them in the most interesting and kick ass way. My only gripe is that it can be terribly slow at times, but for me, the action scenes makes up for it. I just hate that flashback scene with Mirielle though. It feels like it comes on at least once every freaking episode. You won't regret getting this series in my opinion. This anime is definitely on my top ten list of all time favorite anime. The visuals are stunning, the soundtrack is one of the best I've EVER heard, and the action and the story envelop you in its web of mysteries. The only complaint I have about Noir is that flashback sequence. GAHHHH!! It felt like they went through it every 5 minutes! Just fast forward through those and you should be fine. Maidens with Black Hands: Mirielle works under the name of Noir. She is a top ranked assassin living in France. When she receives a strange message, she investigates it. Daily Bread: The Assassination Play: The Sound Waves: Les Soldats: Lost Kitten: The Black Thread of Fate: Intoccabile (Acte I): Intoccabile (Acte II): The True Noir: Moonlit Tea Party: Assassination Mission: Season of Hell: A Bouquet of Flowers for Mireille: The Cold-Blooded Killer(Acte I): The Cold-Blooded Killer(Acte II): Return to Corsica: The Darkness Within Me: Two Hands of Soldats: Sin Amongst Sin: Morning of the Wicked Heart: The End of the Road: Affection in the Story of the Remainder: Recurrence to Darkness: Depth of Hellfire: Birth: Office Affairs The inter-office sexual politics begin when Ono, a college graduate and recent recruit, is assigned to the "busiest" section in the company. While Ono's not afraid of a little hard work, he is not about to let it interfere with his sex life. Ono is still confident that he can handle the toughest job and his girlfriend at the same time. While Rie, his frisky girlfriend from the administration department remains supportive of his new promotion, it's only a matter of time before jealousy rears its ugly head. Ono's new female manager, Sugiyama. Is respected and admired for her management skills and her voluptuous body. Ono assures Rei that he has no interest in his middle- aged workaholic boss. However, when the work piles up tensions explode. (Hentai) Not much of a story here. Ono works, does hi girlfriend, does his boss, finds out his boss likes group sex, gets addicted to having sex with his boss with several other men. Nothing remarkable about it. Not horrible, but not remarkable either. No need to seek it out, but if it's there, might as well try watching it. Ogre Slayer From the fading warmth of his mother's corpse, an ogre in the form of a young human boy is born. His ancestry? Pure ogre. His destiny? To kill his own kind. He bears not an ogre's horn, but as an ogre, killing sword. Beleiving that he will become human once all his kind are extinct, he travels the land, sword in hand, daring to dream. He has no human name. Mankind refers only to his sword, "Onikirimaru," otherwise known as...Ogre Slayer. (Drama) : : Chapter of the Ogre Witch: A desperate woman makes a terrible bargain at a traditional Japanese shrine where no woman of child bearing years should EVER, pray. "No you musn't!" her mother pleads. "You can't go there! Having a child takes time. I won't let you go to that shrine!" But go she does, and a child she conceives, and all seems well...at least until little Akane's fifth birthday, the day when little Akane will die. "I can see in your eyes the terrible wish you sacrifised in that place," murmurs Ogre Slayer to the woman. "But an ogre's bargain must be paid and can never be forgotten. Chapter of an Ogre's Lament: The mysterious swordsman known only by the name of his sword goes back to the days of Meiji Era Japan, a chaotic time of upheaval and progress when guns were as common as samurai swords. A young servant girl attached to a wealthy household succumbs to the bittersweet words of hate whispered in her ear by a venemous ogre-woman, bringing on a bloodbath which will create consequences for generations. In modern day Yokohama, Ogre Slayer meets another servant girl whose innocence seems proof against one's hate...or love. "We're the same, you and I. We go through life hiding our sadness. But all the while, we're crying inside." Oh My Goddess! Kousuke Fujishima’s lighthearted comedic tale of a lucky mortal who has been granted his heart’s fondest wish and the goddess who loves him. (Comedy/Romance) This is a pretty good series-that is, until you’ve read the manga, then you realize just how lame it is. Belldandy in the manga is so much better and Keiichi does have some backbone. In here, we never get to see Belldandy’s ditzy, impish, or jealous side. As a matter of fact, she turns into a doormat in the OVAs with a “walk all over me please" stenciled into her forehead. It’s still pretty good though despite that. Go ahead and rent this. Moonlight And Cherry Blossoms: College freshman Keiichi Morisato gets more than he bargains for when he goes dialing for dinner and gets an unexpected delivery- Belldandy, a real live, honest to goodness GODDESS! Belldandy grants him a wish, and Keiichi decides what he really needs is a girlfriend just like Belldandy. And that’s exactly what he gets. The mysterious Ultimate Force that enforces all Wish Contracts comes into play, and Keiichi and Belldandy are now inseparable. That’s when Keiichi remembers that his dorm has a strict rule: NO WOMEN ALLOWED! Can Keiichi and Belldandy find a new place to live? Will everyone buy the story that she’s a foreign student? And does Keiichi have the guts to put the moves on a babe who is literally divine? Midsummer Night’s Dream: Five months have passed since Keiichi Morisato dialed out for dinner and got a goddess instead, but he still hasn’t managed to put the moves on the divine Belldandy. Belldandy’s big sister Urd is not amused, and after using a sexy videotape to introduce herself to Keiichi, gives him some serious make-out advice. The result is a trip to the seashore, where every attempt by Keiichi to advance a base or two with Belldandy goes hilariously askew. Then Urd brings out her ultimate weapon- the Love Potion! Will Keiichi get to hold hands with Belldandy? Good Heavens, maybe even kiss her? Will Urd give up in exasperation and leave them alone (preferably one of her plans kills poor Keiichi)? And just what is going on up there in the heavens? Burning Hearts On The Road: It’s really lonely up in the heavens without your big sisters to keep you company, especially when that means you are stuck with the job of tracking down all the bugs that keep cropping up in the Ultimate Force System. So little Skuld decides to pay her big sister Belldandy a visit in order to convince her to return. When she hears about the contract that binds Belldandy and Keiichi together, she decides that something must be done about it. Meanwhile, Keiichi, who still hasn’t managed to put the moves on Belldandy, gets stuck with representing the Auto Club in the University Drag Race, only to find out that his sempai, Tamiya, has a secret bet laid down on the outcome. But that’s not his only problem. He’s got an angry little goddess gunning for him. Will Keiichi win the race? Will he survive the wrath of Skuld? And will he finally lock lips with Belldandy? Evergreen Holy Night: Keiichi’s life finally seems to be getting back to normal (or at least as normal as it gets when you live in a temple with 3 goddesses!). Yes he does get strange dreams, and yes, Urd and Skuld are a pain , but what the heck- his girlfriend is truly divine! Alas the storm clouds are brewing. System Bugs are escaping from the Heavens, upsetting the balance of the Earthly Plane. Skuld the Heavenly Hacker gets on the case, and soon discovers that whenever Belldandy and Keiichi get close, a Bug Exhaust Port is formed. Until the problem is solved Belldandy and Keiichi can’t be together. Then Belldandy gets a Notice of Recall from the Lord. She has to go back to the Heavens or else! Will Belldandy have to ascend back home? Can the Bugs be fixed? Will the neighbors notice the unusual activity? For The Love Of Goddess: You’d think that with a goddess as a girlfriend, Keiichi’s life would be Heaven, but the fact is, it’s more and more coming to resemble the OTHER life address. If he even gets close to Belldandy, Bugs escape to the Earthly Plane and foul up the works. Worse, the Lord slapped her with a Recall Notice. In two days she has to relocate home to Heaven. As the clock ticks down, Belldandy must begin to erase herself from Keiichi’s life and memory. Meanwhile, Urd and Skuld, hoping to avert the recall, plot to solve the bug problem. And Keiichi? He’s working himself to the bone so that he can buy a ring for Belldandy. A ring that will fulfill a promise… a promise he doesn’t remember making! Will Keiichi remember the secret that binds his past with Belldandy’s? Will the Recall Notice be voided? Will True Love triumph over Divine Bureaucracy? Okusama wa Joshikousei (Romantic Comedy) To Everyone, A Secret: Asami is a normal 17 year old high school girl with a secret - she is already married...to Kyosuke Ichimaru, her physics teacher. Her days go on attending to the housechores, going to school and having a normal school life with her friends while making sure that their secret never gets out. On her husband's birthday, she decides to go home and prepare a surprise feast for him when he returns that night. If things go as she has planned, she might even get lucky and the two of them consumate their marrieage. Things don't go as she had hoped though. tripping on a wire, the entire feast gets tossed on the floor as Kyosuke comes home to a mess. Kyosuke decides to eat the food that wasn't thrown on the floor and take a bath instead. There, Asami puts the moves on him, but is disrupted by her father. It would seem that there is a stipulation in their marriage - no sex until she graduates high school. Arguing with her father, Kyosuke passes out drunk as Asami drags him to bud and cuddles up to him. I Have Received a Love Letter: One day, Asami comes to school and finds a love letter in her shoe box. Embarassed about it and wondering what Kyosuke might think if he found out that she had recieved a love letter, Satomi, her friend and classmate that sits next to her grabs it and starts reading it. The two of them causes such a disturbance in class that Kyosuke comes over to stop them, seeing the love letter addressed to Asami. Later on, Asami is still mad at Satomi for what she had done. While Satomi thinks she is mad that she read the letter, Kasumi realizes that she is mad because she has done it in front of Kyosuke whom she thinks Asami has a crush on. Heading out, Asami tries to go to the back gate when Satomi tries to meet the sender of the letter. To stop her, Asami feigns illness and gets herself carried to the nurse's office where Kyosuke sees them. Carrying Asami himself to the clinic, he leaves the errands he has to Satomi and Kasumi. In the clinic, Asami apologizes for causing problem in class that day. However, the tender moment is disrupted by Satomi and Kasumi. Later on, Asami picks up Kyosuke in the train station and apologizes again for the letter and hoped that he is not mad. On the contrary, he is happy that she got a love letter. That means that someone out there thinks that his wife is very cute. Welcome to the School Festival: During their school's culture festival, Asami's class does a cafeteria gig while Kyosuke, with the astrology club, runs a planetarium. Running the cafeteria in with all the girls in their class wearing skimpy maid uniforms, Asami is terribly embarassed and hopes that Kyosuke doesn't show up and see herin such a revealing get up in front of everyone. As things are happening, Asami's father decided to drop by the school and see how things are going. During the break from presentations, Kyosuke goes to the cafeteria where Asami is with Iwasaki-sensei. There, he has caused several scenes when he tried to keep Iwasaki-sensei from ogling Asami. When her father shows up there, Kyosuke tried to get Asami out before her father sees her, but ends up falling on top of her. When her father sees them together in such a compromising position, he goes berserk and demolishes the class trying to beat Kyosuke up. Accompanying him out the school, Asami gets an idea and keeps the uniform so that she can wear it just for her husband. We Managed to get a Child...: With Kyosuke spending so much time in school and not enough with Asami, Asami is starting to get pretty lonely all by herself. On the way to class, she finds an abandoned kitten and plays with it. Later on, after school, Kasumi takes her to play tennis in her club because she seemed so down lately. Coming home, Asami sees the kitten again and feeds it. Wondering if she can keep it, she goes home and drops hints on Kyosuke to which he replies that he prefers dogs to cats. When Kyosuke leaves her yet again on Sunday instead of going to town together, she decides to play with the kitten whom she has named Kuri. Later that night, when it starts to rain, she realizes that Kuri is out in the rain and begins looking for her. When Kyosuke sees her in the rain, he helps her search for Kuri as well. After finding Kuri, the two of them talk it over and they decide to keep her after all. Even Though I am Thinking of Today : Heading out after school one day, Kyosuke accidentally walks in on something unspeakable - Iwasaki-sensei getting hot and heavy with a student. When they realize that he is there, the male student runs off and Iwasaki-sensei leaves the room crying/ Heading home, Kyosuke tries to think about what he just saw. At home, while eating dinner with Asami, he gets a call from Iwasaki-sensei and he goes out to meet with her. In a cafe, Iwasaki-sensei explains what she was doing there. Although she knew it was wrong, she couldn't help falling in love with him, but it is over now. That was their goodbye make out sension that he saw. Finshing her story, she asks him if he thinks of her as a bad person for doing what she has done. Of course, Kyosuke replied no. Looking at his situation, he really can't say otherwise, now can he? The Sakura Family Home Visit: When they get a new next door neighbor, they find out that the Sakura works as a host in a bar. The moment she saw Kyosuke, she starts getting ideas into her head, especially when Asami introduces herself as the little sister instead of the wife. Later on that night, they drop by again and she starts putting the moves on Kyosuke and introduces Sasuke as the little brother and that their parents are dead. She tells Kyosuke that she wants to marry him. When Asami tries to get her to get off her husband, she faints from getting out of the hot water too quickly and Kyosuke finds out that the boy is actually the son. My Husband Lied...: After finding out her secret, Iwasaki-sensei has been drawn to Kyosuke as of late. At the same time, Satomi thinks that she has a new boyfriend. Later on, Iwasaki-sensei invites Kyosuke for tea. Having just left the men's clothing store, she is spotted by Satomi and Kasumi who are on their way to a karaoke place. Compunding the situation, is Sakura and her son who almost blows her secret in front of her friends. When Sakura and her son leaves them , the trio wander around for a bit and spots Kyosuke on a date with Iwasaki-sensei. When Kyosuke manages to leave Iwasaki-sensei behind, he goes home. Asami asks him what happened and why he never called. Kyosuke lies ot her and tells him he had to take care of some things in school. Knwing that he lied to her, Asami wonders if Kyosuke is cheating on her. Is it Okay to Believe: With Asami still wondering if Kyosuke is cheating on her with Iwasaki-sensei, Kyosuke tells her that he is going out to a party with all the other teachers. When he mentions that both Iwasaki-sensei and Sonoda-sensei will be there, she wonders if that is true or is it just with Iwasaki-sensei. At the party, Kyosuke steps outside for some fresh air when Iwasaki-sensei follows him out and puts the moves on him. She confesses that she has fallen in love with him. Trying to get her to back off, Kyosuke gives off hints that he is spoken for without ever actually saying it. Iwasaki-sensei lets it be and as he leaves to go home to Asami, she tells herself that he may have someone, but she just doesn't caare. Having arrived home, asami greets him happilly as she tells herself that it is fine to believe in him. He did go home as he had promised. Our Secret Revealed...: One morning, just as they have always done before, Asami kisses Kyosuke goodbye as he heads off to school. Little did they both know that Sakura and Sasuke saw them doing that from their front door. When Asami notices them, she wonders if they saw them kissing. While she is wondering in school, Sakura is wondering what she really saw. Could it be that it is a taboo relationship between siblings? Going out to see Kyosuke, they run into Asami coming home from school. The uneasy atmosphere between them as they sit in Asami's dining room is broken when Kuri climbs the tree. Trying to figure out how to get her down, she jumps off and lands on Asami. Releived that she is safe, she lets it slip that Kyosuke is her husband and Sakura finds out. With their secret out, Sakura and Sasuke promises to keep their lips sealed about the whole thing. Hope of a Great-Grandchild...?!: When Kyosuke's grandmother comes for a visit from Hiroshima, it causes a slight problem. To get their approval for his marriage, he neglected to mention that Asami is still in high school. Trying to keep it a secret, Asami goes so far as to change into and out of her uniform in a public rest room. When they get back home that night, they find out that she has come to help them out and will stay, until she sees her first great-grandchild. Forced to tell her that she is still in high school, she jumps into the conclusion that she is already pregnant. When Asami's father drops by, she tells him about the "good news" which causes him to faint. Now, instead of them, she learns about Asami from her overly protective father and is sorely disappointed about the situation. The next day, she leaves for Hiroshima and leaves them a note stating that she will wait no matter how long to see the face of her first grteat-grandchild. A Couple's Journey: Summer has finally arrived and just as Asami and Kyosuke will finally be enjoying some together time, sasuke shows up to interupt. Reading the newspapper, Kyosuke has an idea to get away from it all. The next day, things begin to look sour immedieately as Iwasaki-sensei happened to be there on the train station and sees Kyosuke. She is also riding the same train out to a trip of her own. Playing out in the beach, Asami had to keep low and almost suffocates Kyosuke when she spot Satomi and Kasumi walking by. Later on, at the hotsprings resort, they are surprised to find that Sasuke has tricked Sakura into taking him to the same resort that they are going so that he can get in the way. With the day over, Asami thinks to herself that although it didn't work out today, there are other days when the two of them can be alone together. Summer Festival, Fireworks and...: Attending the summer sireworks festival in their yukatas, Asami goes out ot buy some Yakisoba and finds Satomi working the stands. Forced to work the stands sicne she is "alone." Asami and Kyosuke makes plans to meet behind the shrine when the fireworks begins. Waiting for Asami, Kyosuke runs into Iwasaki-sensei who take him away for some tea and the two of them leaving is seen by Satomi while out with her boyfriend. Having returned after a long time, Satomi tells Asami what she saw. As Asami waits for Kyosuke, she wonders if he will remember to show up. Elsewhere, Kyosuke and Iwasaki-sensei are having tea. When she invites him to go drinking with her, he is having a hard time finding a reason to leave her, but when he sees the first fireworks in the skies, he remembers Asami is waiting for her and leaves her behind to go to where Asami is waiting. There, they are about to share an intimate moment when it is interupted by her father once more. After the Summer Heat: On a hot summer day, Sakura stops by to make plans for a hot pot get together. Later that night, the four of them gorge on hotpot made better by the cool of the evening wind after a really hot day. When Sakura leaves to go to work, Kyosuke suddenly gets stomache aches and Asami drags him to a hospital. By chance, he is put in bed next to Kasumi and Asami is caught by Satomi as she tries to make an escape. Almost caught, she is saved when Sakura also shows up in the hospital/ She too has gotten stomache aches, but hers are just because she over ate. Spending the night by his side, they come home the nbext day to find that Asami's father has kept watch in their house the whole night after Asami forgot to turn on the lights and lock the door. My Teacher's Reward: When Asami, Satomi and Kasumi are picked to do the relay, Asami worries that she won't be able to do it. When Kyosuke hears of that, he promises to give her a reward if she is in the top 3. Thinking all sorts of perverted sutff that could be her reward, Asami trains hard and tries to get Satomi and Kasumi to train with her as well. Finally giving in to Asami, all three of them train day in and day out to the point that they are falling asleep in class. Finally, the day of the sports festival has come. Unfortunately, there is a downpour and the festival is cancelled. That night, disappointed that she wouldn't be getting her reward, Asami is pleased that Kyosuke has decided to give it to her anyway. With her eyes closed and expecting something else, she opens her eyes and finds that her reward is an astrology book. She is still pleased with it though, after all it is a gift from the heart. Me...In a Video...?: Studying for their term finals with Satomi and Kasumi in the library, Asami runs into a boy carying a book of nude photos. Even worse, he has seen her panites. When she tells Satomi and Kasumi, they tell her that he has a reputation for being a pervert and filming girls. His is called Erosaki because of what he does. To her surprise, he shows up again and asks her if he can film her. With Satomi and Kasumi's help, she manages to escape him. At Sakura's place, she asks him about the adult video stuff that Erosaki is supposed to be filming all the time and she shows her a pile of porn material. Looking at them has turned her on even though she hasn't realized it yet. Taking a shower, she still can't forget seeing the poses of porn magazines that Sakura has shown her. The Incident on a Rainy Day: On the way to school one day, Asami nearly gets assaulted by a purse snatcher and is saved by none other than Erosaki. With his umbrella bent, he runs off into the rain. Going to his class to thank him, she finds out that his real name is Kouhei Iwasaki and that he has gone home sick. Feeling partly responsible for it, she decides to visit him and give him a new umbrella to replace the one that got broken because of her. On the way there, her own umrella got broken by the strong wind Having finally gotten to his place, Erosaki seemed nice enough and even lets her use the shower and his own clothes. In his room, he sees the videos that he actually makes and it turns out to be nothing like the porn that he is rumored to film. What he really wants is to add her image to his film and enter it as the ideal girl. Trying to get her to say yes, someone else comes in and it turns out to be Iwasaki-sensei. He is actually her little brother. Sleeping Together in the School Infirmary: Having failed to spike the volleyball, Asami, Satomi and Kasumi are forced to practice spiking the ball for the make up the next day or risk failing. While practicing, Iwasaki spikes the ball and hits Kyosuke who happened to be passing by outside and knocks him out. Iwasaki-sensei takes him to the infirmary and tries to put the moves on him again when she gets called to the staff room. Asami, worried about Kyosuke, decides to see how he is doing and Iwasaki, returning from the call, sees them nearly kissing. Returning to the gym, Asami gets knocked out by a volleyball herself and is sent to the Infirmary too. There, Iwasali-sensei is wondering is there is something going on between them because of what she saw. When Kouhei shows up worried about Asami, she tells him to take her home while she take Kyosuke home. Unable to get away from them, the two of them take different routes and manages to ditch them before managing to get there. That, night they are relieved that they manage to keep their secret safe, but the day sure tired them out. My Husband is the Wife: With Asami's midterms closing in, Kyosuke is unable to help her study since it would be unfair. Instead, he decides to let her study while he does all the housework. Unfortunately, he isn't very good at it and just hearing him screw almost everything up and breaking things is breaking Asami's concentration. When Sasuke shows up, he decides to help out since it is for Asami and ends up just playing around with Kyosuke and making an even bigger mess than before they started. As the night goes on, Kyosuke realizes that his good intention was for naught. He does realize that there might still be one thing that he can do for her and runs to the bookstore to buy a book. The next day, Asami wakes up after falling asleep in her desk to find Kyosuke making the miso soup with help from the book he bought the night before. Eating breakfast together, he apologizes that he has made an even bigger work for Asami than if he just stayed out of the way. Tears of Watching a Star: When the teachers are asked to decide who is going to be on night duty at school, Kyosuke decides to volunteer for the job. His main reason is that while there, he could use the school's equipment to stargaze. Having heard that, Iwasaki-sensei decides to go home and make a bento to bring to him. While there, she plans to seduce him as well. At home, Asami waits for Kyosuke when she gets a phone call from him. He tells her to come so that they can stargaze together alone in the school. To his surprise, Iwasaki-gets there and he couldn't get her to leave. When Asami gets there, she misunderstands the situation and runs off with Kyosuke running after her. Having realized that there is something going on between them, Iwasaki-sensei decides to use her brother to get Kyosuke 's attention for herself.. I Won't Lose to a Little Girl: With the secret that he and Asami are "dating" known to Iwasaki-sensei, she tries to use this to blackmail him into refusing to see her ever again, hopefull that this will drive him into her arms. Trying to talk to him in an empty classroom, Kyosuke drives Asami away fearing that Iwasaki-sensei might find out. Good thing that he did too since Iwasaki-sensei happened to be passing by on "coincidence." Angry that he is ignoring him in favor of Iwasaki-sensei, asami decides to get back at him by cooking nothing but extremely spicy dishes that night. Realizing that Asami is angry at him after tasting the food, he explains to her that Iwasaki has found out that they are "dating" and it wuld be best if they be as discreet as possible in school. As they are about to go to sleep, Kyosuke promises her that they will definitely go stargazing someday. Someday surely, just the two of them. Would You Marry Me...?: When they ran out of Miso one morning, Asami and Kyosuke decide to go out together to buy one from the new convenience store that is opening that day. The moment that they step in, Asami catches the store manager's eye and he thinks that it is love at first sight. Asking about them from Sakura who happened to be there as well with Sasuke, he finds out that Asami and Kyosuke are "siblings." Later that afternoon, he shows up in the train station waiting for her and proposes. Having been turned down, he is depressed when he runs into Kyosuke. He takes him to have coffee with him and tells him of his miserable failure when Kyosuke encourages him on not knowing that he is talking about his "little sister." Later that night, while Kyaosuke is telling Asami about the store manager, he shows up in their doorstep asking for Asami's hand in marriage...again. Even as Kyosuke refuses, he won't leave prompting Asami to talk to him and tell him that she already has someone that she loves and loves her in turn and that the two of them have already promises themselves to each other. The next day, Asami runs into the store manager again and it would seem that he has already recovered after spending a night at Sakura's cabaret bar. Under the Stars of the Sky...: During their school field trip, Kyosuke decides to bring his stargazing equipment with him and watch the stars. Asami, helping out with making the dishes, forgets the spoons and goes back to get it when she runs across Kyosuke and the two of them plan a secret meeting that night when Iwasaki-sensei shows up again. That night Iwasaki-sensei prepares to try and seduce Kyosuke again and sneaks out of her bed. Standing outside his room, she is spotted by her little brother and tells her that he saw him lugging around some equipment. Remembering him and Asami earlier, she runs to where they are. At the sight, Kyaosuke and Asami are having their private stargazing to make up for the one that Iwasaki-sensei ruined. Their time together is ruined, however when Iwasaki-sensei shows up again. Sending Asami away, she begins to put the moves on Kyosuke again. Unfortunately for her, her plans are ruined when Asami shows up again with Satomi and Kasumi who went looking for her when they woke up and found her missing. Our First Argument as a Couple: On a Sunday morning, Asami is feeling left out againas Kyosuke spends the morning reading his books. Distracted by Kuri, Asami spills the tea and scalds her hand. When Kyosuke gets there, the first thing he notices is that his book got soaked and Asami gets mad at him for valuing the book more than her well being. Later on, while trying to feed Kuri, Kayosuke spills the milk and the two of them tries to clean it up. Trying to clean it up himself, Kyosuke accidentally pushes Asami away and she gets angry runs off. After a few hours, Asami still hasn't returned and Kyosuke is about to go search for her when her father shows up drunk and keeps him there. When Sakura and Sasuke shows up, he manages to ditch him to look for Asami. Shortly after leaving, Asami returns and dicovers that he has gone out to look for her. The two of them, looking for each other all over town, finally meets up in the railroad track and theymanage to make up again. The next day, Asami's father calls the school and Iwasaki-sensei answers the phone. She forwards the call to Kyosuke and overhears him call him father. Realizing that he is Asami's father, Iwasaki-sensei wonders why Kyosuke just called him father. Cold Warning!: When Asami starts feeling bad, Kyosuke thinks that she may have cought the flu that is going around and tells her to stay home. Waking up at noon, Asami goes to the kitchen to feed Kuri only to find out that they are out of her food. Running to the convenience store, she collapses and the manager rushes her to the hospital. Recieveing a call from him, Kyosuke rushes to the hospital leaving Iwasaki-sensei to wonder if the Asami that was called in as his little sister could be the same Asami that she knows of. In the hospital, Asami is released and is ordered to rest. That night, Kyosuke goes into panick mode taking care of her and recruits Sasuke. When her father comes over, it just doubles the panick with both of them having no idea how to take care of the sick. When Sakura finally shows up after hearing from the store manager, everything begins to settle down as she takes charge. The next day, Asami is finally back to normal. The Marriage is Discovered!: Curious about the little sister that she heard from Sonoda-sensei, Iwasaki-sensei begins to ask around about Asami. Later on, he invites Kyosuke to tea while blackmailing him to make sure that he can't say no. There she tries to confirm her suspicion about Asami. She believes that Asami is his little sister and that he is in love with her. When Kyosuke storms off, he forgets his bag. Deciding to bring the bag to him, she asks around as to where he lives. Having had an advanced warning from the store manager, Asami decides to lay low, but Iwasaki-sensei just waits outside for Kyosuke to return. When he finally came home, Iwasaki-sensei manages to weasel her way into the house and discovers that he is not living alone. Hiding in other rooms, Asami is frightened out of hiding when Kuri brings her a cockroach that she caught exposing their secret to Iwasaki-sensei. I Will Always Love You...: With their secret out, the two of them prepares for what might happen next. At school, everything seems to be normal with Iwasaki-sensei until Kyosuke gets called into the principal's office. With Iwasaki-sensei there as well, what he has feared has already come to pass and he hands in his resignation paper. Surprised at his action, the principal and vice-principal are too stunned to even react before Kyosuke leaves. When Asani finds out about him resigning, she runs off to see him. In the park, Kyosuke thinks of what he can do next when Iwasaki-sensei shows up and tells her that she didn't tell anyone their secret. Instead, she has decided to leave and asked the principal that he take over her classes for her. With everything finally out in the open, Kyosuke apologizes to her that he could not reveal their secret to her and that he loves Asami and would do anything to protect and make her happy. Asami arrives just in time to hear the last part as Iwasaki-sensei tears the resignation paper he turned in. Spending the Christmas together, they finally get in the mood for some hot loving when they are interupted by the sound of the door opening and her father coming in. Not only that, Sakura, Sasuke and the store manager drops by to have a Christmas party in their house. One Piece Decades ago, Gold Roger, the King of Pirates was executed. Before his death, the crowd asked him where he kept all of his treasures. Gold Rogers smiled at them and told them that his greatest treasure, the One Piece -a treasure that whomever possesses shall have all he ever wanted and all of his dreams fulfilled, lies somewhere out there in the Grand Line. The result is the golden age of pirates and ever since then, men have been venturing out and leading the life of a pirate searching for the legendary One Piece. As a result, the Grand Line has become a battlefield where countless lives have been lost and a place where ghostly ships as well as impossible creatures roam. The story is that of Monkey D. Luffy who wants to be the next King of Pirates. He is a pirate unlike any other- having a pure heart and good (though simple minded) intentions. To accomplish his goals, he needs more than the abilities he gained from eating the demon's fruit, he needs comrades of equal prowess -comrades like Roronoah Zorro, the greatest swordsman of East Blue who yearns to be the greatest swordsman in the world, Nami, a navigator thief who wants to draw the map of the entire world, Usop, son of a pirate who himself wants to become a great warrior of the sea, Sangi, a martial artist cook who wishes to see the "All Blue"-a place where one can find all the fishes of the world, Vivi, a princess of a lost kingdom, and Chopper, a deer who ate the demon's fruit that gives him human qualities and acts as the ship's doctor. Together they roam the world in search of the One Piece while helping those who are in need despite the 30 million bounty on their heads. (Adventure/Comedy) Yes, yes - get this, WATCH THIS!!! Make sure to watch it in the original Japanese though. The dubbing and editing that 4 Kids did is completely horrendous. I mean, the voice acting is soo bad, completely mismatched for the personalities of the characters and the editing to make it "kid friendly" (like all the marines don't really carry real guns, they carry water guns and pop guns) - is highly attrocious that it makes me wonder why the hell does 4 Kids bother to acquire anime licenses anyway when they'll cut it up horribly that it doesn't resemble the original form and content of the series. YES, GET THIS, GET THIS, GET THIS NOW - But only in the Japanese language, English subtitled format!!! One Piece the Movie 4: Dead End Adventure Escaping from the naval fleet chasing them, Luffy and his crew heads for an island and finds out that a huge race for pirates with huge amounts of money at stake is about to begin. With a pair of giants as the third favorite to win, a merman crew who was a rival of Arlong as second and Gasparde as the most likely winner. Gasparde is a man with a 95 million berry bounty in his head. He believes in nothing but power and was a former Navy officer who betrayed the Navy upon recieving his high command. Now a pirate, he seems to be conspiring to do something in the race as Shuuya, the famed Pirate Executioner is hot on his heel for a crime he commited long ago and for the memory of a lost sister. The Straw Hat Pirates nearly falls for Gasparde's trap, which was to get all the pirates in the contest to go into a marine headquarters insland with the fake compass that is supposed to take them to the finish line. Angry at his treachery, they go after Gasparde and reach him, just as he was about to kill Shuuya. As the two faces of, Shuuya's sister re-emerges after 8 years of her being missing. Now, the only thing in the way of a happy ending is Gasparde and his Candy Candy Fruit ability which turns his entire body into a sugary syrup immune to any physical attack. (Adventure/Comedy) This is a pretty good movie. Perhaps the best one of the 4 movies I've seen so far. This series of events takes place just after Crocodile and the Alabasta arc. The Straw Hat Pirates members at this point includes Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usop, Sangi, Chopper, and Robin. At this point, Luffy still doesn't know that the bounty on his head has been increased from 30 million berries to 100 million berries, nor does Zoro know that he has a 60 million berry bounty on his head. Yeah, I recomend getting this one - it is a very good adventure film in my opinion. Onegai Teacher See Please Teacher Onegai Twins See Please Teacher Outlaw Star (Action/Adventure/Comedy) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Back  Next  Reviews Page  Main