This is the continuation of the 4-part special that was aired in December of 2003. This is yet another Tezuka master piece and is now coming to the regular TV series for the first time ever. The miracles of life continue under the masterful skill of Black Jack and his ever so lovable assistant, Pinoco.

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    Don't you be fooled by the title of this short film. There is nothing boyish about it! Besides, any presence of boys in a yuri romantic comedy would be a sin...

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    A girl, Michi, and her family move to this tree house. In the house, they find this mysterious creature called Nanami. Nanami talks minimal amounts of human language. Their little life in the little house with the little creature begins...

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    Although some might think being able to play the Piano to be a notable accomplishment, it is pure rubbish to Shinichi. Only conducting can capture his eye—especially since his eyes are afraid of ever looking down upon the ground. But can you really become a great conductor in Japan? Well, I suppose if you can make great bread in Japan (and Monaco) anything's possible.

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    This is the world in which the freedom of expression has been greatly diminished for the sake of protecting the citizens from bad media. Only the library has the power to defend the last hope for that freedom.

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    It is the end of the Edo Era, where stylish civilians, samurai, ninja and old-fashioned farmers co-exist. But scratch the surface of this world and you'll find some interesting surprises, humor, and a touching romance. Enter the Chibi-world (and we do mean Chibi) of Yoshimune, courtesy of Froth-Bite and Scramble!

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    Ikkou is a buddhist monk in training. He has been sent away from home, to the temple where his grandmother is the head priestess. To him, it is a living hell - surrounded by six female monks in training, all of them in close age with him... He must endure the hardship of the training and the slaveries casted by the girls. He has a little complexsion problem - he just cannot get as good as other trainees in the prayer skills. There is definitely one thing he is better at than anyone else in that temple...

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    The year is 2010. The radio broadcast scene is suffering a slump, caused by the media bubble (a pun from bubble economy of 1990's). Maico is an android radio announcer that the Japan Broadcasting System has hired to rejuvenate the dying radio scene. Joined by a production team of oh so unique individuals, can they bring the show to life? Is the future of the Japanese radio broadcasting right in their hands?!

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    Karada is a young girl who lives alone with her brother, Hiro, since their parents died. Wanting to become a grown up as quickly as possible, Karada helps as much as she can but wants to take on more adult responsibilities. Meanwhile, Nogami Shouko is a woman who loves Hiro but cannot come to grips with the spectres of her past and wants to start from scratch as a kid again. One day, both get their wish...

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    Binchozumi - it's a type of charcoal that comes from Japan. In this series, we follow the life of this modest, adorable, nature loving piece of charcoal - Binchotan.

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    Drs. Black Jack and Kiriko are both the cream of their field and their fundamental approach to medicine cannot be more different. Should a doctor seek to extend the life of a patient no matter what or does there come a time when it is better to let the patient die instead of suffer? The polar-opposite approaches they both take repel each other, as Black Jack and Kiriko are forced to work together to save the entire world!

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    This is still about Black Jack we all love and hate and admire. But it is now a different series, with different title, slightly different style, and brand new plot. It is the version of Black Jack that the twenty-first century society must see. A grand-scale drama about BJ and his father is about to unfold!

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    People's search for better health never ends. That is one of the reasons the study of anatomy and medicine was born. And to keep the physicians in check, we have medical laws. Black Jack goes outside and beyond those laws. He's an unlicensed, genius surgeon, traveling around the globe to complete his masterpieces. In this series, entitled "The 4 Miracles of Life", we will witness Tezuka Osamu asking the everlasting question about life once again. (And one clarification - this is not the same as the Black Jack OVA.)

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    Dokuro-chan is an angel that came from the future now freeloading with 12-year-old Kusakabe Sakura. She's cute and has a great body, so Sakura doesn't mind the intrusion much. That is, until he meets her bat, Escaliborg...

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    Chrno is a demon. Not just an ordinary demon, but an outcast; labeled as the Sinner in Pandemonium.
    Rosette is a nun. Not just an ordinary nun, but a trigger happy nun.
    Chrno and Rosette are tag teamed, and belong to the Magdalan Order to bring peace and justice to the world. But they also have their own, personal agenda: to find Rosette's younger brother, Joshua. Joshua has been taken away by the other Sinner from Pandemonium, Aion. With a demon in the Catholic Order and a nun with an artillery of guns, the story has NO chance of being ordinary. The love! The violence! The creatures! The drama! Can you withstand the excitement?!

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    In an ancient land where demons filled with far too much blood feed upon the blood-bloated bodies of humans, it is up to one warrior and a boy who cries, talks about his feelings and admits to being a good cook to defeat those demons. Buy stock in any red ink manufacturer in Japan, because here comes Claymore!

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    Earth is facing a dire problem - a problem that can lead to the annihilation of man kind. The earth's population is not producing enough offspring for the maintenance of the human race! The Japanese government has recognized this as a national crisis, and they have activated a new project - nationally sponsored arranged marriages! And, hot damn! The project moves at lightning speed! The agent will even break through your living room window! This series is guarantees to entertain with comedy, action, and hilarity.

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    The Galaxy Railway System is a state of the art transportation system in the far future. They operate with highly accurate time schedules with excellent records of safety of the system and the passengers. But keeping the system running smoothly is not an easy task. The Space Defense Force (SDF) is the organization who goes into the field, protects the system from the danger, solves accidents, incidents, mysteries, and any other troubles that they encounter in the system. It is the drama of the team of people, who put their lives on the line in order to safeguard the system they so love.

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    A year has past since the Battle of Alfort. For the most part, the Galaxy Railways system is operating fine. But it's not completely trouble free. That's where the SDF comes in - the Space Defense Force. This time, Yuuki Manabu has a cadet under him. He also faces the captain of newly formed Cepheus Platoon, Guy Lawrence, who once was a member of Sirius Platoon under the leadership of Yuuki Wataru, Manabu's father. The drama unfolds beyond fights against the alien forces. The biggest enemies perhaps is the conflicts between themselves.

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    At one of the stops Tetsuro (Yes, that famed boy from Leiji Classic, Galaxy Express 999) makes in his journey, he is entrusted with a letter to be delivered. It's a strange letter - it has no addressee written anywhere. It so happens that a great adventure was awaiting him, seemingly unrelated to this letter.

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    Go and Anna are the most powerful team to pilot the Dannar machine! Or they used to be. Now the team is falling apart: Mira, Go's old fiance, has come back from the coma, and now Go's mind is on her, instead of on Anna. Seeing that, Anna leaves Dannar base. The attack of mimetic beasts are only getting worse. The earth will face a total destruction at this rate!

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    "Supreme Student Council" That is what they call (Miyakami) Academy's Best of the Best Student council. Founded to manage the assembling independent students, the Supreme Student council manages and operates the academy. These girls, who have acquired more authority than even the teachers, still continue to fight for the Academy today.

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    Agatha Christie, the best-selling novelist in history, is the author of many detective stories. She is honoured to present her two great detectives, Jane Marple and Hercule Poirot, who can tackle any crime with their intellect. Join them and young Maybelle as they solve mysteries of the strangest nature and tackle criminals wherever they may be found.

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    Hirose Takuma, a blind young male high school student, though the cause for his blindness is undetermined. After his mother died an unexpected death, it left a deep emotional scar on him, which caused him to become very lonely and reserved. Due to this, Takuma and his father move from the city out into a rural area and Takuma is enrolled into a new high school. At his new school, he meets several new girls, though three of whom he gets to know the most out of anyone else. They are, the firm and obstinate Kohinata Hayami, the kind and obliging Kagura Hinata, and the cheerful and mysterious Otoha. As Takuma interacts with these girls, his medical condition gradually begins to heal. (text by Animenewsnetwork)

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    HINOTORI (Fire Bird / Phoenix) was Tezuka Osamu's life work. The first of the manga series was drawn in 1954 - 9 years after his debut. He kept drawing this series until 1981. Actually, he was even writing up more drafts on his death bed between 1988-1989. This is the man who has drawn over 700 mangas and the man who started the very first TV anime series in Japan (Astro Boy, 1963). But among all of them, HINOTORI was very special. nbsp; nbsp; The stories span from the 3rd century, earth, to 35th century, and beyond. But there is one central theme. What is life? What is it to live? To be alive? This is Tezuka's way of asking this most fundamental question of life, and his answers.

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    Based on a short manga Akamatsu Ken wrote back in 1998, Itsudatte My Santa! is about staying true to our childish beliefs even as grownups. Mai is a Santa who has come to make Santa, your typical non-believing teenager, happy. Over the course of the two OAVs, Santa learns to once again believe in Santa and in others. Along the way, expect the usual Akamatsu-styled humor and antics.

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    A novel-- to most people it's a book that tells a story meant to entertain. To others, it is the doorway to another world, a key that sparks the imagination and ignites the flames of passion. Alternate L. Takion wrote three such novels and published the first two under the name Alice. But the third was never published; it's pages scattered by some mysterious power that sealed them within the hearts of creative, young girls. Now, these girls fight to recover the missing pages of Takion's The Eternal Alice and forge their dreams into reality...

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    This is a world in which people's memories are just another commodity. People have found a way to store the memories in a chip, and port them from body to body. It's in this twisted world that Kaiba wakes up in. He doesn't remember who he is or what he was doing. But the situation does not allow him to take a rest - he is forced to take a journey. Hopefully he can find hil memories once again.

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    Recently in Japan, Kita-he ~ Diamond Dust Drops, was released on DVD. We were fortunate to acquire these DVDs and have decided to re-issue Kita-he. So it's the same series from before, just nice and shiny DVD encodes using our scripts from before.

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    The series features 6 girls in 5 cities on the island of Hokkaido, the northern-most land of Japan. Some viewers have indicated that the series has a feeling of tourism promotion. But that's not the main theme of this series. The series highlights different forms of love, most of them being in romantic settings. Having 7 subsections within 12 episodes, this series will feel like a collection of short stories. If you like the light-touched love stories, this is a series for you.

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    Lupin's target this time is a precious metal called Original Metal. As usual, the snatching away is not much of a problem. The problems come in the form other people trying to take it away from him, namely the original owner, the U.S. department of defense, and an all-woman, anti-terrorist group named Bloody Angels.

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    What's the job description of the thieves? To steal stuff. Lupin is so good at his work, he has even stolen girls' hearts in the past too. (See end of Castle of Cagliostro for an example.) But this time, his task is to go return the treasures. His old buddy, Mark Williams is about to hand him the Black Diamon, under one condition - to return the goods Mark has stolen back to the original places.

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    Lupin and the gang are on the move again. Their prey is the treasure of the Bourbon Royal Family. There is another thief, Becky, who steals the treasure before Lupin can get to it. But that's not a problem with Lupin. He manages to dodge Inspector Zenigata's pursuit and take the treasure back from Becky. But that's not the end of it! This time, Lupin gets stolen by the unknown 4th party!

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    Shiratori Ryushi just moved to Tokyo to decrease the commute time to his art school, where he is studying to become a children's book author. His new home is an apartment, managed by his mother's niece. The apartment is called Narutakisou. It's a rather classic looking building in the middle of a big city. The manager is Aoba Kozue - a highschool junior. There are 5 other residents at the apartment, each of them having very unique and strong characteristics, creating a unique atmosphere in apartment. As such, a new life awaits for Shiratori Ryuushi. We shall see how heartful his days will be.

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    Goro always admired his dad as his true hero, his role model, and the only coach for his baseball life. Although his dad never stayed in the top league for very long time at all. Through all the encounters in his youth, and with the influences from his dad, his goal is to become a pro ball player. But the path is very rough. There are hundreds of tough rivals on the field, not to mention all of the family problems he must face and conquer.

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    This category is reserved for smaller side projects done by random Froth-Bite members.

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    Ginta is an ordinary junior high schooler, who loves the world of Märchen - the world of fantasy and fairy tales. By some chance, he steps through the door that led him to the world of his dreams, filled with witches, werewolfs, and talking silver balls?!

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    Sawamura Seiji is a 17 year old high school student who is universally feared and respected by his classmates. The reason? His "Devil's Right Hand" - a right handed punch capable of putting anybody's lights out, no questions asked. Despite his reputation, Seiji feels empty inside - all he wants is to have a girlfriend and to enjoy his high school life like any other kid his age. However, because of his fighting skills, everybody shies away from him. After winning yet another fight, Seiji wishes for a girlfriend - and miraculously, a girl appears! nbsp; nbsp; She appears...where his right hand USED to be. nbsp; nbsp; After the initial shock (and the accompanying hilarity), Seiji finds out that the girl's name is Kasugano Midori. She goes to another school, but has always secretly admired Seiji. From this point forward, they will live an unusual life together - the life of a high school delinquent and his "right-hand girlfriend". Based on the manga, this anime promises to be a barrel of laughs!

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    Miyori in a gifted girl in her unique way. She can see and interact with the spirits of the forest that others can't see. She is not fond of the situation she was put in, but she slowly starts to accept it. Some called this movie a copy of Miyazaki. Some told me it's a movie with an agenda. Everyone agreed that the movie is beautiful.

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    Naisho no Tsubomi tells the story of Tsubomi Tachibana, a fifth grader dealing with issues such as her mother's pregnancy, her first period and the strange feelings she has started to get when she has been around boys. (Text from AniDB)

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    The net character world is in an uproar! A man known only as "The Master" has been kidnapping all the net characters! It's up to BB Runner and his sister, Ranna to save them!

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    The Meiji era was a time of radical change for Japan. No longer would she isolate herself from the rest of the world. Instead, she rapidly modernized and became a major world power. Normally, when one thinks of how Japanese culture changed in the later half of the nineteenth century, they would focus on technology, military tactics, or the government. However, it wasn’t just these that changed as the modernization affected all aspects of the Japanese life including music. Nitaboh is a tale of precisely how one specific style of music in a certain region of Northern Japan was altered during this era to become known throughout the world: Tsugaru-style shamisen.

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    Yukari's life takes a drastic turn when she gets recruited to be a fashion show model by fashion school students. She is supposed to be busy with exam and college entrance preparations! She is supposed to have no time for this garbage! But is it really garbage?

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    Tetsunosuke Ichimura has always been upset about his short stature. After he sees his parents being murdered by a Choushuu assassin right in front of him, he vows with all his heart to become strong enough to take revenge on their killer. It is now 1864, the first year of Genji. Tetsunosuke, now 15, heads to the headquarters of the Shinsengumi with his older brother Tatsunosuke, looking to join the historical group to fulfill his dreams of getting stronger. Little does he realize what he is about to experience by doing so, for in order to join this army, one must forego his humanity and become a demon. (from ANN)

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    Ray was raised in a secluded, enclosed space by an unknown organization. They have taken away her eyes for the sake of their own experimentation. She was saved by Dr. Sawa when she was 10. She was given new set of eyes by a surgeon by the name of B.J - the eyes that can see through anything. With the gift of the new eyes, she decides to become a surgeon herself.

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    Four princesses have come from the Netherworld to our world. The reason? Unknown. The catch? They're not completely familiar with how the human world operates. Of course, that only spells troubles for them. Riru, the werewolf, has already been shot with silver bullets; Pakira, the vampire, has already been turned in to ash; Aiko, the android, has been infected by virus; and Yuma, the witch, has had an accidental "exposure." So, what's next?

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    There was a little history behind the life of Nagumo Sae. Piece by piece, the clues are revealed. Until one day...

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    The world as we know it was suddenly altered forever when the door of the dimension of the gods and the door of the dimension of the demons suddenly opened up. Ten years later, a boy named Tsuchimi Rin was entrusted with two of princesses from those dimensions. Will he be able to keep his sanity while living with his childhood friend Kaede, trying to live a normal school life, and also being a neighbor to both of princesses and their fathers, the mighty dimension Lords? The hearts of those girls are at stake and only Rin has the key to unlock them.

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    Three young girls dressed in slightly revealing but really tight clothing pilot mecha to kill worms—no, not that worms in the game. They swim, take showers, flirt, and blow stuff up.

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    Why did Maetel decide to ride on 999? Why is Maetel so attached to Tetsuro? All of her truths and resolutions never before revealed will be explained by Maetel herself. The story is set 2 years after \"Maetel Legend\" and before \"Galaxy Express 999\". It\'s the grand opera of our heroine Maetel, and her past and truth!

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    Feeling drowned in shows with heavy amounts of boys love this season? Do you feel that skirts should only be worn by the female kind? If so, here's a nice offering from the other end, a shoujo-ai set in an all girls school. I think we've said enough.

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    The Red Baron: the greatest ace to ever lift off unto the skies. He has more air combat victories than any other. Scores of our best pilots have lost their wings from his maneuvers. His actions have determined the course of the war. Today’s battle, however, will be different. We now know his weakness and this alone will bring him crashing from the sky! The Red Baron likes little girls. For the sake of his death, many fuzzy animals have died to bring us this information. And so, to all the little girls out there, bring him down while he is distracted!

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    Q. A father wants his son to produce a strong, fighting babies. What is a father to do when the son is not complying? A. Find a willing wife for him. Q. A son has a father who is trying to force unreasonable things out of him. What is a father to do in such situation? A. Use the power of law to defend himself.

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    Junna and Senna, twin siblings, have lost their parents in a car accident. What's more, Junna has lost all of his memories from before the car accident. Junna was left with nothing except his sister. They chose to live by themselves instead of being torn apart.

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    Yawara! is a sports anime laced with comedic and romance elements. It starts off with Yawara Inokuma, a high school girl who is most interested in doing the things that your average Japanese high school girl does. However, she has been trained in Judo for years by her grandfather, Jigorou (A former Japan Judo Champion), who has much grander plans in store for her as a Judo superstar. He manipulates matters so that Yawara ends up having to perform in matches and tournaments. His final plan is for Yawara to "Win the Gold Medal in the Olympics and be awarded the Nation Medal of Honor".

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    Disasters are never pretty. But when they do strike, there is only one team in the Kanazawa region that can be relied upon: the Komatsu Rescue Squadron. Our protagonist, Second Lieutenant Uchida, was unfortunately recently assigned to this squadron; unfortunately, that is, from his perspective as his dream was to be a fighter pilot. Will Second Lieutenant Uchida have enough dedication to understand the true meaning of saving someone's life? I'm sure we'll find out as the series unfolds.

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    Mochizuki Academy was shut down three years ago. It was set to be razed. Before all the students had to leave the academy, there were a group of four friends who put together a time capsule and buried it on campus. The time has come for them to get back together, dig up the time capsule, and catch up with the old friends. But...

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    The continent of Halkeginia is tumultuous--a place where the various kingdoms, princedoms, dukedoms, and fiefdoms strive against each other to expand their domains. They nobility scheme and plot among themselves to gain influence to their lieges or to even foreign lieges. In the middle of Halkeginia is the small but important kingdom of Tristein. The most notable fact about this kingdom is the Tristein Academy of Magic where nobility from all over the world come to study magic so they can become magi. Although friendships will form across national boundaries at this school, will they survive the politics and games of the world at large once they leave?

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    Coming tomorrow.

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