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Umi Monogatari: Kanon to Iku Amamikoshima

DVD specials of Umi Monogatari. Kanon (and sometimes other characters) tours the viewer around Amamikoshima, while also commenting about characters and events from the series.

Stitch vs. Penny

A special episode of Stitch, taking place between season 1 and season 2.

Shoujo Fight: Nora Inu-tachi no Odekake

The story follows Neri Ooishi, a high school girl who is a talented volleyball player. She once was the captain of an elementary school team that went all the way to the national tournament. However, she spent three years as an alternate at a junior high school renowned for its volleyball program. Now she is in high school with new teammates, and she gets a chance to prove herself again. The sixth manga volume will have a "special edition" that will ship with the anime DVD on October 23. Nihonbashi herself is writing the script for the anime, and Prodution I.G is animating it.

Pattenrai!! Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari

The year is 1917, and under Japanese occupation, Taiwan suffers from terrible drought and famine. Residents of the Chianan Plain live in squalor, their lives defined by the daily struggle of carting water home. When Yoichi Hatta, a Japanese civil engineer, arrives with a plan to reshape the area's irrigation dramatically, the local residents are quick to call him a liar. Xu Yingzhe, the son of a poor farmer, takes issue with the outright rejection of Hatta's plan and tries to reason and grasp the situation. Hatta's scheme may seem crazy, but it could be the very thing that improves the strenuous lives of the Taiwanese people. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Toyama Tourism Anime Project

The Toyama Kankou Anime Project is a visualization of the three most popular tourist spots of the Toyama prefecture: Tateyama Kurobu Alpine Route; firefly squid from the mysterious ocean of the Toyama Bay; Gokayama known for its architectural world heritage Gasshouzukuri. The animation is done by PA Works, which is located in Toyama-ken Nanto-shi, and the flash is done by The BERICH, which is a unit that resides in Toyama-ken Uozu-shi. Along with a high-definition commentary video of these attractions, this project aims to broadcast the stunning nature of the Toyama prefecture to the world.

Uchurei!

The "summer supernatural teen comedy" revolves around an ordinary high school boy named Takashi who ends up living with a space alien's spirit (uchūjin no yūrei) after a strange incident. He names the creature "Uchurei" and plans to keep it as a pet, but becomes possessed by it. (Source: Anime News Network)

Sugar Bunnies Fleur

Sequel to Sugar Bunnies Chocolate!

Yatterman: Shin Yattermecha Daishuugou! Omocha no Kuni de Daikessen da Koron!

Yatterman movie.

Marie & Gali Special

Special episode 9.5.

Pyuu to Fuku! Jaguar: Ima, Fuki ni Yukimasu

The story follows a hapless budding guitarist nicknamed "Piyohiko" who gets steered into the music business by a mysterious man named Jaguar -- if Piyohiko would play a recorder instead of a guitar. (Source: Anime News Network)

Duel Masters Movie 2: Lunatic God Saga

Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume Countdown

The second season of Eagle Talon.

Teinenpi Shoujo Haiji

Commercial web animation made for Nissan Note. Despite being a commercial, the content is highly independent, starting with a little girl keep asking everyone what is "Teinenpi", a kanji word meaning low fuel cost. It features a parody of the classic anime "Heidi" in 1974 but directed by Mr. Fumihara Satoshi, the director of the gag anime "The World of Golden Eggs". It also features Mr. Koumoto Junichi playing multiple roles including: Heidi's Grandpa, Peter, Kurara and the sheep! (Source: news.searchina.ne.jp)

Tentai Senshi Sunred: DVD Short Corners

Short corners released exclusively on DVD.

Aoi Hitomi no Onnanoko no Ohanashi

The story is set in a village in the southern Japanese prefecture of Kōchi during World War II. Even in this remote mountainous area, the perception of American and British people as "brutes" has taken root, due to the deaths and injuries among the villagers' relatives. A elementary schoolgirl named Eiko transfers from the city of Yokohama to this village. Eiko happens to have blue eyes from her American father, and her classmates make no attempt to rein in their bullying. Other than Eiko's homeroom teacher Akiko, even the teachers view Eiko the same way that the children do. However, a boy named Kenta views Eiko more with curiosity than with hostility. The children's lives change as the injured father of one of Kenta's classmates returns from the battlefield and news of more casualties arrives in the village. (Source: Anime News Network)

Toradora!: Ami no Monomane 150 Renpatsu!!

Scene left out of episode 6 of the main series, later released as a bonus on the Toradora PSP Super Premium DVD Box.

Play the Lupin: Clips x Parts Collection

Specials included on the Play the Lupin "clips x parts collection" animation DVD.

Sharon no Teryouri vs Mew no Cosplay vs Nina no Kisei Jijitsu Mitsudomoe no Kessen

Released as part of a Premium Collectors DVD Box in Japan.

Sore Ike! Anpanman: Dadandan to Futago no Hoshi

21st Anpanman movie.

NAKED WOLVES

In the Flash-animated television comedy series, a sumo wrestler named Mikoshiarashi travels around the world to train to become the Yokozuna, the Grand Sumo Champion. He meets colorful characters along the way as he is determined to meet his goals.

Gokyoudai Monogatari

Japan's TV Asahi network will premiere a television anime adaptation of Tetsu Adachi's Baka-Kyoudai (Idiotic Siblings) manga under the title Gokyoudai Monogatari (Sibling Stories) on October 10. The original manga has been running on an irregular schedule in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1999. The story centers on a sister and her twin brother who live carefree lives in Tokyo's lower-class neighborhoods and have heartwarming encounters with the local people. It received an award of excellence at the 7th Cultural Media Arts Festival in 2003. Yuki Matsuoka will voice the sister Onei Jinushi, and Yumiko Kobayashi will play her twin brother Junichirō Jinushi. Sayaka Ohara will play the local restaurant waitress Shizuka.

Table Cat

Kotatsu Neko is based on a "live-action science-fiction/fantasy romance" film of the same name which was released in Japan in 2006. The story is set in a certain neighborhood of Tokyo where two cats live under a kotatsu. Shito is a girlish white cat, while Zero is a cool black cat. The cat's owner, Rei "Junior" Fujisaki, is a third-year middle-school hikikomori obsessed with games. He likes a girl in his class, but naturally, he cannot work up the nerve to tell her. Shito herself harbors a secret one-sided love also. (Source: Anime News Network)

A Komaneko Christmas: The Lost Present

Komaneko is a female kitten who lives with her grandfather in their mountain home, where Komaneko loves to make handicraft. Komaneko is looking forward to Christmas when she can see her papa and mama, and an early present arrives at her home. The present is a cute doll, but included with the doll is a letter, "We can't be home for Christmas." Despondent but determined, Komaneko and her friend, Rajiboo set off on an adventure together. (Source: Anime News Network)

Unko-san: Tsuiteru Hito ni Shika Mienai Yousei

Anime has as a fairy brown dispenser of some 'of his good fortune to those less fortunate. Unko-san lived on Lucky Island together with her friends, all of them with a different personality and culture.

Kawasaki Frontale x Tentai Senshi Sunred

A collaboration between Tentai Senshi Sunred and the J. League football team Kawasaki Frontale. The members of the team appeared in these specials and voiced themselves.

Kurogane no Linebarrels Picture Drama

Picture dramas included on the DVDs.

YanYan Machiko

A comedy anime about the life of Machiko, a sheep girl who lives in the Champs-Élysées shopping district.

Meat or Die

The series of comedy shorts is set in New York in the future, when plants and dinosaurs have overrun the city. Yans and Gans are carnivorous dinosaurs who spend their days scaring and hunting down the herbivore dinosaurs.

Yawarakame♥

A mobile phone TV show broadcasted on Bee TV. The anime is most notable for its entire cast being voiced by seiyuu Sawashiro Miyuki, who plays every single character, from male to female and from human to non-human.

Sakuran BOY DT

The Geisha Tokyo Entertainment company has announced on Wednesday it is producing and airing Sakuran Boy DT, "Japan's first" Flash-animated television series about a local costumed hero character. The name of the character is a wordplay on the Japanese translation for "cherry boy" — the Japanese slang for a male virgin — and the Sakuranbo television station in the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata. The story revolves around Satou-kun, an ordinary high school boy who transforms into Sakuran Boy DT to rescue the mayor's daughter from the nefarious secret society Zaou. Sakuranbo has posted a trailer online, and the 11 five-minute weekly episodes will premiere on this station on January 14.