Year 2011

A Starry Tale

Constellations were created thousands years ago and they have been handed down generation after generation up to now. This show focuses on this great fact. In the show, you will see instruction on constellations and movement of the sun, moon and planets against constellations. An associated story from Greek myths is provided with beautiful CG including the tale of Astraea, the goddess of justice, who is closely related to the constellation Libra.

Justeen

The story is set in the future when a new threat attacks humans just as they are expanding their presence into space. Now, an enigmatic entity from 17 years ago has been set free, and the name of the entity is Justeen.

Genki!! Ekoda-chan

Based on a four-panel manga, Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan is about a single woman in Tokyo who drifts through relationships and who works at various hostess clubs and the like. (Source: MangaUpdated, edited)

Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri (2011)

Short episodes of Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri that aired as part of TV Tokyo's morning program block for children, Norinori♪Norisuta (のりのり♪のりスタ).

Poo-Neko

Based on a four-panel manga, Puu-Neko is about "jobless (puu)" cats and Momoyama Momoko, who can talk with them. According to the author, 98% of cats are jobless.

Shouwa Monogatari (Movie)

Dramatic story of the Yamazaki family during the year Showa 39 (1964), the year that Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics.

Happy Kappy

The story revolves around Kinoshita Suguri, a nine-year-old third-grade girl who loves animals and making fashion accessories. One day, while Suguri is out buying materials for accessories, she comes across an unusual rock. Thinking it would look cute on a bracelet, she goes to pick up the rock and discovers a creature named Kappy. Kappy happens to be the three-year-old prince of Kapimeshia. (Source: Anime News Network)

Kiss Dum Special

Special to be included with the Bluray boxset.

Friends: Naki of Monster Island

Shimanchu MiRiKa

An original anime project promoting the local Okinawa agricultural and industrial businesses and sponsored by the Okinawa Prefecture. Set in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture the story is about three girls who are into music, dance, Okinawan stage productions and karate.

Yakimochi Caprice

Special ending animation sequence for the "Anime Seijin: Tokimeki Recipe" cooking and talk show. The "nonsensical romantic fantasy" of the anime centres around a kitten named Loup and a puppy named Noix — both of whom believe that they are actually human girls. (Source: Anime News Network)

Nintama Rantarou Movie: Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudou! no Dan

Gattai Robot Atranger

OVA screened at Comiket 81 between Dec 29-31. Atranger is a plastic model series first released in 1975. It had not been animated but the robot has a perennial popularity among middle aged fans.

Little Ghostly Adventures Of The Tofu Boy

Based on Kyougoku Natsuhiko's Toufu Kozou Sugoroku-douchuu Furidashi novel. (Source: AniDB)

Monster Hunter Diary: Felyne Village on the Edge G

This sequel will depict the comical adventures of the Airuu (Felyne), a feline monster species in CAPCOM's Monster Hunter game franchise, as they face numerous quests. (Source: Anime News Network)

AKB48 Stage Fighter

Commercial for AKB48 Stage Fighter mobile phone game.

Ad Lib Anime Kenkyuujo

Emiri Katou and Kaori Fukuhara, the voice actresses best known for playing the Hiiragi twins in Lucky Star, will headline Ad Lib Anime Kenkyūsho (Ad Lib Anime Laboratory), an experimental anime series which will premiere on the satellite channel BS Fuji on October 15. Katou (as "Chief Researcher No. 001"), Fukuhara ("Chief Researcher No. 002"), and a guest star "researcher" will ad lib each weekly episode's script entirely from scratch. Animators will then take the ad-libbed dialogue and create footage based on them — instead of the castmembers voice-acting to existing scripts and footage, as most anime are made. (Source: Anime News Network)

Install Pilot

Kamiyashiro Chikage was raised as a fighter of Shumisen, a secret society to seal mononke demons using special spirits called "In". When he was small, his father was killed by traitors to Shumisen and the trauma had made him withdraw into himself. Some years later, he gains the skill of "In" and is assigned an undercover mission to execute the traitors in the society.

Kakko Kawaii Sengen! (ONA)

Reboot of of Kakko Kawaii Sengen! streamed on NicoNico Douga.

Inumarudashi

Comedy at a kindergarten. Inumaru-kun is a four-year old boy, who runs about the kindergarten naked below the waist. Yamada Tamako is a new nursery teacher and she is struggling with Inumaru's weird behaviour.

Jib

Ga-young moves to an old town that will be demolished and she meets the Zipsin (spirit of the house). At that time, Zipsin was no longer the leader of them (Zelkova tree) because of the redevelopment. They go about finding the next leader together. Then they find the new leader (Cat), and hear of the upcoming Zipsin's death (demolition of houses). To avoid death, the Zipsin locks their house up when the people are in. Meanwhile, Gayoung faces a memory about the house that had been lost. She realizes what the house is to her. And then she comes back to reality. But it is still difficult to solve the fighting between Zipsin and the people.

Shuukan Shimakou

Shuukan Shimakou is about a life of a Japanese white-collar worker salaryman, Shima Kosaku.

Fujilog

The story follows the hapless life of a 33-year-old NEET, Osamu Fujiyama.

Wish me mell

The characters in Sanrio's Wish me mell line star in two short specials.

Sore Ike! Anpanman: Sukue! Kokorin to Kiseki no Hoshi

Peeping Life: The Perfect Evolution

Another iteration in the Peeping Life franchise, The Perfect Evolution features 10 new animated versions of improvised comedy sketches.

47 Todoufuken

"47 Prefecture Dogs" is a short flash animation from a voice over variety TV program in Japan called "SAY! YOU! SAY! ME!" The animation takes Japan's 47 prefectures--or more specifically, the local delicacies or famous landmarks from each of the regions--and gives them a canine makeover. For example, the "Fukuoka-ken" (Fukuoka dog),--Fukuoka of course being home to asianbeat HQ--uses the delicacy "mentaiko" (spicy pollack roe) as the motif for its canine characterization. Each of the characters are played by voice actors that hail from each of the individual prefectures, "Fukuoka-ken" being voiced by Fukuoka's Kana Asumi. Another feature of this anime is the use of regional dialect. All the dogs speak in the dialect of their individual prefectures. So for the Fukuoka dog you hear a lot of "~to" and "~to yo" at the end of sentences; for the Aichi dog it's "~dagane," and for Ehime, "~zonamoshi," etc. (Source: AsianBeat.com, edited)

Hal's Flute

The story follows a racoon-like tanuki creature named Hal who find an abandoned human baby. Hal names the baby Pal and decides to transform into a human mother to raise him. (Source: Anime News Network)

Neo Satomi Hakkenden: Satomi-chanchi no Hachi Danshi

An animated promotional video for the Neo Satomi Hakkenden: Satomi-chanchi no Hachi Danshi light novel series.

Ohayou Ninja-tai Gatchaman

One-minute flash shorts based on Tatsunoko Production's classic science-fiction hero series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman aired during the NTV's Zip! television program on mornings. (Source: AniDB)