Year 2009

Lupin the 3rd Vs Detective Conan

Beloved criminal Lupin III has his sights set on a new score: the crown of the Vespanian royal family! His timing, however, couldn't be worse. The sudden death of the queen and prince of Vespania has thrown the country into disarray, and while that won't hurt the gentleman burglar's efforts, it comes with a small problem... and that problem's name is Conan Edogawa! Throw in a royal case of mistaken identity, along with a shadowy plot born from greed, and it's a stage appropriately set for a clash between the world's greatest thief and the world's greatest detective! (Source: Discotek Media)

Fumiko's Confession

Story about Fumiko, a schoolgirl who just confessed her love. But she gets turned down because the boy wants to concentrate on baseball training. Crying and running downhill through the town, she gains more and more speed... Independent animation that won Award of Excellence given to students at the Tokyo International Anime Award in 2010.

Dogs: Bullets & Carnage

In a future European city, Mihai Mihaeroff, a former assassin; Badou Nails, a chain-smoking one-eyed mercenary; Fuyumine Naoto, a katana-wielding female orphan; and Heine Rammsteiner, a genetically altered albino gunman, ply their deadly trades on the streets and in the underground. Note: The first anime volume shipped in Japan with the fourth volume of Miwa's Dogs: Bullets & Carnage manga on May 19, 2009. The second anime volume shipped with the Dogs: Stray Dogs Howling in the Dark manga volume on July 17, 2009.

Halo Legends

This sweeping science-fiction saga delves into the rich Halo universe with 7 exciting stories including tales of Master Chief's mysterious origins, the Spartans' advanced combat capabilities and the tense rivalry between Spartans and Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODSTs). (Source: Warnervideo.com) 1) Origins Part1 (STUDIO 4℃) 2) Origins Part2 (STUDIO 4℃) 3) The Duel (Production I.G) 4) Homecoming (Production I.G/BEETRAIN) 5) Odd One Out (Toei Animation) 6) Prototype (Bones) 7) The Babysitter (STUDIO 4℃) 8) The Package (Shinji Aramaki) Note: Since <em>The Package</em> aired in two parts on Halo Waypoint and <em>Origins</em> has two parts the total number of episodes is 9 for the 7 stories. 5 of the 9 episodes aired online, making <em>Halo Legends</em> technically an ONA.

Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers

Renton, son of scientists, and Eureka, a girl who can't live under the sun, are raised together when very young and become very attached to each other. One day, Eureka is taken away. Powerless at the time, Renton vows to rescue her. He enters the military and is soon is assigned to the Independent Youths Unit 303 of the First Mobile Forces thanks to his exceptional performance alongside his Nirvash, a bio-mechanical armor/control system. Unknown to Renton, lies a plot to extinguish the alien invasion that is currently happening involving not only him, but Eureka too. (Source: Anime News Network)

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva

Layton receives a letter from the famed opera singer, Jenis Quatlane, inviting them to see her newest performance. She also asks Layton, Luke and Remi for assistance in a mystery, saying her friend Melina died one year ago, but returned later as a seven year old girl saying she had found the secret of eternal life, and she also knew all the secrets that only the true Melina could know. Naturally, the case fascinates Layton and his apprentice, so they head to the Crown Petone opera house, but Remi stays in London, searching for some girls that went missing in there. The opera was about a lost kingdom, The Kingdom of Immortals; once, there was a beautiful queen that loved music. She was beloved by everyone in the kingdom. But one day, the queen became very ill. The people of the kingdom toiled to find a cure, but medicine couldn&rsquo;t help. The queen finally passed away, and right after, the cure was completed: A potion for immortality. The people of the kingdom deeply lamented for the death of their queen. In order to the meet reincarnated queen again, they decided to become immortal, using the just-completed immortality nostrum. Abrosia's Kingdom is still somewhere in this world, waiting for its queen to return, and then, she will sing forever. After the spectacle finishes, a masked man appears, and proposes something to the audience: "Let's play a game"- he says- "The winner, will have eternal life. The losers, will have to die." It's up to Layton and Luke to enter in the game, and discover the secret of Eternal Life. Takes place between the events of the video games Professor Layton and the Last Specter and Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask. (Source: Wikipedia)

Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts: Christmas Special

The cast of Baka to Test all get together and tell us what Christmas means to them. Joy!

GOD EATER Prologue

A prequel to the video game by the same name. The video takes place in the year 2065, six years before the events of the videogame. In the video, three wielders of the "divine weapons" from the Fenrir Far East branch, an elite military task force, arrive at a military operation against the powerful creatures called Aragami. One of the three, Souma, is a protagonist in the videogame. (Source: Anime News Network)

Sora wo Miageru Shoujo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai

To save both the Magical Kingdom and the Heavens and restore the flow of akuto, the flow of energy of everything, the Magical King Munto must follow a vision and find the girl Yumemi in the normal world. Yumemi herself is just a normal girl except that she is the only one who can see the islands of the Heavens floating above. When Munto appears before her she starts thinking about hers and others responsibility to the world. (Source: Anime News Network)

Guin Saga

The ancient kingdom of Parros has been invaded by the armies of Mongaul, and its king and queen have been slain. But the "twin pearls of Parros," the princess Rinda and the prince Remus, escape using a strange device hidden in the palace. Lost in Roodwood, they are rescued from Mongaul soldiers by a strange leopard-headed man, who has no memories except for the words "Aurra" and "Guin," which he believes to be his name. (Source: Anime News Network)

Macross Frontier: The False Songstress

Half retelling of the original Frontier series, half new story. Conspiracies arise within the Frontier government when Sheryl Nome arrives to the colonial fleet for her concert and is soon marked as a spy for Galaxy while childhood friends, Alto Saotome and Ranka Lee both try to achieve their dreams as the battle between Frontier and the Vajra draws closer. This movie serves as part one of the Frontier retelling and will conclude with the second, The Wings of Goodbye.

Juden Chan Recharged

Meet Plug, an unusual girl from a parallel world. Plug is a "Juuden-chan," capable of "recharging" people down on their luck, spreading good cheer wherever she goes!

First Squad: The Moment of Truth

First Squad is set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross and enlist them in the Nazi cause. (Source: Anime News Network)

Hayate no Gotoku!!: Atsu ga Natsuize - Mizugi-hen!

To encourage Nagi to swim and enjoy summer, Maria invites various friends to their Sanzenin family's private beach. While everyone is having fun, Nagi hesitates to wear swimsuits and come out because of her small breasts, and refuses to join...

Kannagi Special

Unaired episode included in DVD Vol.7. In this episode they attempt to make a movie with some money they found lying on the ground.

Hey, Class President!

Even as he tries to keep the student council president out of trouble, Vice President Chiga-kun finds himself being drawn to the president's strength and power. Chiga-kun wonders how he, being such an intelligent individual, can be so unwillingly taken with a boy who is so country and simple... (Source: Aarinfantasy)

Nyoron! Churuya-san

An anime adaptation of the 4-panel strip manga release: Nyoron Churuya-san. Based on Suzumiya Haruhi's energetic and 'always up to go' character, Tsuruya. Churuya is a girl with a strong passion for smoked cheese. But Kyon and the rest of the crew know this, and they make use of the weakness. They make her do all kinds of things with smoked cheese as a possible reward. But Churuya isn't aware of this evil plot, thus she maintains the effort for the sake of cheese. Each day is a struggle to get the beloved smoked cheese, but it's much harder than she could ever imagine!

Kodomo no Jikan: Ni Gakki

The second season of Kodomo no Jikan.

Strawberry Marshmallow Encore

A two-episode continuation of the previous OVA. Miu hits her head and transcends to heaven to cause a ruckus, followed by a school trip to paint in a park and contemplations of their friendships, as well as prediction of how the girls will turn out in Junior High.

No Longer Human

A theatrical film version of Madhouse's Aoi Bungaku Series anime. The film will re-edit the four episodes based on Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) novel, which have character designs inspired by manga artist and novel illustrator Takeshi Obata. This "director's cut" will include new "navigation" footage which is being created specifically for the film with narrator Masato Sakai.

Pandora Hearts Specials

Pandora Hearts DVD shorts.

The Hill Dyed Rose Madder OVA

Everybody goes on vacation to Ayanokouji's private island for fun in the sun. Hilarity ensues.

Fresh Precure!

Love Momozono is a 14-year-old student at Yotsuba Junior Highschool that tends to care more for others than for herself. One day she visits a show of the famous dance unit "Trinity" and decides to become a dancer, too. On the same event, subordinates of the Labyrinth Kingdom show up who want to collect the unhappiness of the audience. Love gets the power to change into Cure Peach and fights them. Soon after, she is joined by her good friends Miki, who is Cure Berry, and Inori, who becomes Cure Pine. (Source: Anime News Network)

Umi Monogatari

Marin and her sister Urin live in the sea. One day they find a ring fallen into the sea. They get out of the sea and meet a girl Kanon, the owner of the ring. Kanon tells them she doesn't want the ring anymore because it was given by her boyfriend whom she just broke up with, and she throws it into the forest. Marin thinks Kanon is still in love with him and looks for the ring with her sister. But Urin accidentally breaks a seal near a shrine...

Issho ni Training: Training with Hinako

"First muscle training animation ever," a 16-year-old girl named Hinako leads exercises in push-ups, sit-ups, and squats. Hinako was once a human, but she was turned into an anime character when she was a second-year middle-school student. (Source: Anime News Network)

The Girl Who Leapt Through Space

The story is set in the year 311 of the Orbital Calendar, when humanity has migrated to countless colony clusters in space. A space colony girl named Akiha Shishidou encounters a malevolent artificial intelligence named Leopard that has been installed on a colony. Akiha is joined by an Inter-Colony Police officer named Itsuki Kannagi, a taciturn young girl named Honoka Kawai, and a robot named Imoko "Imo-chan" Shishidou. (Source: AniDB)

Taisho Baseball Girls

In 1925 (year 14 of the Taisho era) baseball is still quite unknown in Japan and there are only a few male teams. After being told by a baseball player that women should become housewives instead of going to school, 14-year-old Akiko invites her friend Koume to start a baseball team in order to prove him wrong. During this time, when even running was considered too vulgar for women, baseball is known as "what the boys do" and they face many difficulties when having to find enough members, to get permission from their parents and also when learning about the sport itself, which they soon discover to be more difficult than expected.

Hidamari Sketch x 365 Specials

1. February 24: Polaroidron / February 25: Won't Forget 2. February 10: Anywhere Bicycle / February 11: The Tortoise and the Hare 3. June 6: Red Thread / June 7: Deeper Meaning

Minami-ke: Betsubara

Valentine's Day is approaching; Hosaka is still trying to express his love to Haruka by cooking, cross-dressing Mako-chan fears to be found out, Kana-"sensei" teaches the other girls how to "win" Valentine's Day, and Fujioka is desperately trying to receive Kana's chocolate.

Eden of The East Compilation: Air Communication

A re-editing of the 11 television episodes of Higashi no Eden.