Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Genres: action, drama, mystery, science fiction
Themes: cyberpunk, mecha, military, police
Objectionable content: Intense (graphic depictions of sex, drug use, or bloodshed)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Production cost: ¥30,000,000 (per episode)
Vintage:2002-10-01 to 2003-03-25 (eps 01-26)
Status: Complete
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In the future, life between the digital and physical world has been blurred. The boundary of technology and humanity has been stretched beyond imagination with lives being led in both the electronic and physical worlds. With the melding of man and machine – a new cybernetic level of existence is being created - An existence that continues to redefine mankind.

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Fruit Basket

Genres: comedy, drama, romance, supernatural
Themes: bishounen, body switching, love triangle, male harem
Objectionable content: Mild (mild bad language and/or bloodless violence)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Vintage: 2001-07-05 to 2001-12-27
Status: Complete
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Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family (both close and distant) hold a curse; if they are hugged by the opposite gender, they transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Everyday is an adventure for sweet Tohru, as she gets to know everyone in the large family better (especially Yuki and Kyo), in both common and bizarre situations. But, the Sohma Family curse is certainly no laughing matter... it also holds horrible cruelity and heartbreak.

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Fruits Basket episode 01
Fruits Basket Episode 02
Fruits Basket Episode 03
Fruits Basket Episode 04
Fruits Basket Episode 05
Fruits Basket Episode 06
Fruits Basket Episode 07
Fruits Basket Episode 08
Fruits Basket Episode 09
Fruits Basket Episode 10
Fruits Basket Episode 11
Fruits Basket Episode 12
Fruits Basket Episode 13
Fruits Basket Episode 14
Fruits Basket Episode 15
Fruits Basket Episode 16
Fruits Basket Episode 17
Fruits Basket Episode 18
Fruits Basket Episode 19
Fruits Basket Episode 20
Fruits Basket Episode 21
Fruits Basket Episode 22
Fruits Basket Episode 23
Fruits Basket Episode 24
Fruits Basket Episode 25
Fruits Basket Episode 26
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Fafner

Genres: action, drama, science fiction
Themes: alien invasion, aliens, mecha, military, real robot
Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Vintage: 2004-07-04 to 2004-12-26
status: Complete
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Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles. Not much happens there, and the island's young people go to school knowing that their lives are likely to remain peaceful and undisturbed. Or so they have been taught... but the truth is different. The fate of mankind is on the line, and Tatsumiyajima is the last line of defense against a hostile and incomprehensible enemy. At the center of it all, fighting for Humanity's continued existence, is the giant robot Fafner, the dragon that guards this final treasure of mankind.

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Bokura ga Ita

English: We were there
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 4, 2006 to Dec 26, 2006
Producers: Artland, Marvelous Entertainment, Pony Canyon
Genres: Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life
Duration: 25 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Nanami Takahashi welcomes the start of her high school life with great expectations of making as many friends as possible. There is much talk among the girls about a popular boy, Motoharu Yano, who has 2/3 of the girls in his middle school liking him. When Nanami asks Yuri Yamamoto, the girl sitting next to her, about Yano, the latter curtly replies that she dislikes him. Nanami is clueless of who Yano is until the day of the class nomination when she made a fool of herself by calling the name of her new friend wrongly. It turns out that she has actually met Yano along the corridors (unaware of his true identity) and he tricked her by providing a random name, resulting in the embarrassing incident in class. Nanami was initially mad at Yano but after a few encounters with him, she begins to find herself liking him.

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Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage

Genres: action, drama, psychological
Themes: girls with guns, pirates
Objectionable content: Intense (graphic depictions of sex, drug use, or bloodshed)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Vintage: 2006-10-03 to 2006-12-19
status: Complete
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Okajima Rokuro - now known almost exclusively as 'Rock' - was once a typical, put-upon Japanese businessman. Then, on a routine business trip, he was kidnapped and ransomed by the Lagoon Company: a band of mercenary pirates operating out of the crime-riddled city of Roanapur. Abandoned by his bosses, he joined the Lagoon Company. Now he must try and stay afloat amongst the ever-shifting politics of the criminal underworld, while simultaneously avoiding death at the hands of his quick-tempered, gun-toting co-worker, 'Two Hand' Revy.

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Zoku Natsume Yūjin-Chō

Genres: comedy, drama, supernatural
Themes: folklore, spirits
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Vintage: 2009-01-05 to 2009-03-30
Status: Complete
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Natsume is again meeting new youkai and helping them. A lot of friends join him along the way, he meets others who can also see the spirits and at times they join forces to solve the latest mystery. As always, Nyanko-sensei is there to help Natsume on his quests.

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Boys Over Flowers

Genres: comedy, drama, romance, slice of life
Themes: love triangle, school
Objectionable content: Mild (mild bad language and/or bloodless violence)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 51
Vintage: 1996-09-08 to 1997-08-31
Status: Complete
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Makino Tsukushi: a girl who comes from a poor family just wants to get through her 2 last years at Eitoku Gakuen, quietly. But once she makes herself known by standing up for her friend to the F4, the 4 most popular, powerful and rich boys at the school. She gets the red card: F4's way of a "Declaration of War". But when she doesnt let herself be beaten by them and is starting to fall for one of the F4; Hanazawa Rui. She starts to see that there is more than meets the eye...

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Another Lady Innocent

Genres: drama, erotica, romance
Objectionable content: 18+
Running time: half hour
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 2004-11-11*
Status: complete
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Faye, the beautiful and innocent daughter of a wealthy land owner, made friends with her maid Sophia and her friend John. But when she was sent to a school she left John in the care of Sophia, now she's finally back, and it seems to be the end of her innocent days.

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The Story of Saiunkoku

Genres: comedy, drama, romance, supernatural
Themes: bishounen, feminism, historical, male harem
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 39
Vintage: 2006-04-08 to 2007-02-24
Status: Complete
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Saiunkoku is a world of eight provinces or houses, each named after a different colour. The new Emperor, Shi Ryuuki, has gained for a reputation for being uninterested in courtly matters and for flaunting his love for men. Shuurei, although born of the important Kou family, has difficulty making ends meet. She easily accepts an invitation to be the Emperor's concubine in order to turn him into a good ruler. The mysterious Seiran, a young man who was adopted by her father, goes with her as Ryuuki's bodyguard. Entering the imperial palace revives Shuurei's dream of being a court official, and, together with the many companions she meets along the way, continues moving bravely forward while trying to fend off the Emperor's advances.

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Planetes

Genres: action, comedy, drama, romance, science fiction, slice of life
Themes: love, politics, space
Objectionable content: Mild (mild bad language and/or bloodless violence)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Vintage: 2003-10-04 to 2004-04-17
Status: Coplete
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In the year 2075, mankind has reached a point where journeying between Earth, the moon and the space stations is part of daily life. However, the progression of technology in space has also resulted in the problem of the space debris, which can cause excessive and even catastrophic damage to spacecrafts and equipment. This is the story of Technora's Debris Collecting section, its EVA worker, Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino, and the newcomer to the group, Ai Tanabe.

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Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie

Genres: adventure, comedy, drama, magic
Themes: magical girl
Objectionable content: Mild (mild bad language and/or bloodless violence)
Running time: 79 minutes
Vintage: 1999-08-21
Status: Movie
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Sakura wins a trip to Hong Kong. Even though she is extremely lucky, Kero questions whether Sakura was merely called to Hong Kong for a specific reason. As Sakura visits the local sites in Hong Kong, strange occurances happen to her. When two strange birds lead Sakura to a phantom world, she learns that she really was called to come to Hong Kong by a woman who wants revenge on Clow Reed.

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Black Lagoon

Genres: action, drama, psychological
Themes: girls with guns, pirates, terrorists
Objectionable content: Intense (graphic depictions of sex, drug use, or bloodshed)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Vintage: 2006-04-08 to 2006-06-24
Status: Complete
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Okajima Rokuro is a Japanese businessman…in a town full of Japanese businessmen. His normal day consists of social drinking with clients and being kicked around by his bosses. He finally gets a break though, as he’s sent by his company to the tropical seas of Eastern China to deliver a disc…only his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries that were hired to steal it. “Rock” (as he is newly dubbed by his captors) catches the interest of the only female merc “Revy” as she thinks he’s worth a ransom, taking him hostage. However, the disc turns out to be more trouble than its worth, and complicates things both for Rock, and the mercenaries known as Black Lagoon.

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Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~

Genres: action, drama, magic
Themes: magical girl
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Vintage: 2009-06-24 to 2009-09-16
Status: Complete
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The story centers on Marin and Urin, two “pure” sisters who live alongside the fish in the sea, but yearn to be in the world beyond the water and above ground. One day, a beautiful ring falls in the middle of the sea, and Marin and Urin retrieve it. The two decide to leave their waterbound world for the first time to deliver the ring. After an arduous journey, they come across an isolated island where a high school girl named Kanon lives. The encounter between Marin and Kanon — the maiden of the sea and the maiden of the skies — awakens a hidden power as the world is threatened by an enveloping darkness.

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Blue Seed Beyond (OVA)

Genres: comedy, drama, horror, science fiction, supernatural
Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 3
Vintage: 1996
Status: Complete
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A renegade scientist in San Francisco has found a way to create a new creature called a Neo-Aragami without the power of Susanoo. When these monsters start to terrorize California, the U.S. turns to the old members of the Terrestrial Administration Center (TAC) for help.

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Skip Beat!

Genres: comedy, drama, psychological, romance, supernatural
Themes: idols, inner demons, revenge, stardom
Running time: Half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Vintage: 2008-10-05 to 2009-03-29 (Japan)
Status: Complete
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Kyoko followed her true love and childhood friend Sho to Tokyo so she could help him reach his dream of becoming an idol. She cleans, cooks, works three jobs and does nothing for herself because she loves him so much, but gets nothing in return. Still, she remains by his side. But then one day she goes unannounced to his agency with a delivery, and overhears him talking about her; he reveals to his manager that he only took her with him as a maid, and that he doesn't care for her at all. Upon hearing this, Kyoko doesn't just sit around and cry. She cuts and dyes her hair, changes her clothes and attitude and thus begins her journey to join showbiz and have her revenge against Sho.

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Mirage of Blaze

Genres: drama, romance, supernatural
Themes: bishounen, historical, yaoi
Number of episodes: 13
Vintage: 2002-01-07 to 2002-04-08
Status: Complete
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Takaya Ohgi is just a typical high school guy who wants nothing more than to protect his best friend and live a normal life. Enter Nobutsuna Naoe, an older man who informs Takaya that he is in fact the reincarnation of Lord Kagetora. Naoe, himself a possessor, awakens Takaya's abilities to exorcise evil spirits and fight the Fuedal Underworld. While most possessors remember their former lives before being reincarnated, Takaya does not. Naoe is thankful for this, considering his passionate and abusive past with his Lord Kagetora. As Takaya improves his abilities , he also begins to remember what Naoe did because of his love for him. Meanwhile the dark forces of the Hojo and Fuma clans begin their attack as the Fuedal Underworld descends upon the living world.

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Nobodys Boy Remi

Genres: adventure, drama, slice of life
Themes: historical, moe
Objectionable content: None
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 51
Vintage: 1977-10-02 to 1978-10-01
status: Complete
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Remi lives with his mother in a French village. His father, Barberin, works in Paris. When he returns wounded and hard-hearted, Remi discovers he is actually a foundling. Barberin sells Remi to a traveling artist, Vitalis, and his animals troop. Heart-broken Remi leaves his home to face the hardships of a traveling artist's life. In Vitalis Remi finds the father he lacks. On his way Remi meets a kind rich woman and her sick son, who are actually his real mother and brother. Though life with them is nice, Remi, not knowing the truth, chooses to leave with Vitalis. Tragedies strike one after another to leave Remi alone with the faithful dog Capi. Between staying with a family of gardeners, where he gets attached to the youngest mute daughter Lise, and traveling with his best friend Mattia, earning his living by playing the harp, Remi searches for a place in life... Until he discovers his real parents may be alive, and undertakes a perilous journey to London in search of his family.

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Spice and Wolf

Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy, romance, supernatural
Themes: economics, trading, wolf girls
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Vintage: 2008-01-08 to 2008-03-25
Status: Complete
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Kraft Lawrence, a 25 year old peddler travelling from town to town selling and buying various things to make a living during a period much like Europe in the Middle Ages. One night when stopped at the town of Pasroe, he finds in his wagon a 250 year old pagan wolf deity girl named Holo. She appears to be that of a 15 year old girl, except for a wolf tail and ears. She introduces herself as the town's goddess of harvest who has kept it blessed with good harvests of wheat for many years. Despite having the responsibility to watch over the town, she wants to go back to her homeland in the north called Yoitsu, she believes the people have already forsaken her anyway and that she has kept her promise to maintain the good harvests. She manages to bargain her way out of the village by making a deal with Lawrence to take her with him. As they travel, her wisdom helps increase his profits, but at the same time, her true nature draws unwanted attention from the church.

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Peach Girl

Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: school, teenagers
Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Vintage: 2005-01-08 to 2005-06-25
Status: Complete
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Peach Girl is about an average high school girl, Momo Adachi, who everyone thinks is a beach bunny / slut because of her tanned skin. The actual reason she is so tanned is because she was on the swim team and tans very easily. She likes a boy, Toji, who she heard only likes non-tanned girls. This causes her to question who she is and have low self esteem. She spends a lot of time trying to remake herself into the girl she believes he wants. However, she has a friend, Sae, who likes to go behind Momo's back and make her life terrible, mostly by trying to take Toji away from her. All the while there's another boy, Kairi, who is in love with Momo.

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Ai Yori Aoshi

Genres: comedy, drama, romance, slice of life
Themes: fanservice, harem, hot girls, Love/Relationships
Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Vintage: 2002-04-10 to 2002-09-26
Status: complete
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Kaoru Hanabishi, a college student who lives alone, met a beautiful but bewildered girl dressed in kimono at train station. He volunteered to guide her way to the address she was looking for, which looked like in his neighborhood but turned out to be an empty lot. Not knowing what to do next, Kaoru invited the devastated girl to his apartment and asked for additional clue -- a photo with two children whom Kaoru immediately identified as himself and Aoi Sakuraba, his childhood friend. It turned out that the girl in front of him is Aoi Sakuraba herself, his betrothed fiancée who came all the way to Tokyo to marry him. Her revelation was not only surprising but also reminded the deepest part of Kaoru's memory for why he left the Hanabishi family in the first place.

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