Scheduled dates are subject to change without notice.
RoboDz (TVseries) - Airing June 2nd, 2008 6:25PM:
http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/robodz/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9946
Youtube trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAYuSQ8wsUc
Looks like a Toon Disney superdeformed CG fighting anime. It's listed as having five minute episodes.
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Detroit Metal City (Amazon Anime DVD Store) - Episode one June 6th, 2008:
http://www.go-to-dmc.jp/
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4289 ... tal_c.html
Genre: Comedy
(ANN manga summary and Rob:) ----- Sōichi Negishi is a shy young man who came from the rural Ota Prefecture to Tokyo in order to pursue his music career and dream of becoming a pop loving musician, instead he got himself involved in a death metal band named "Detroit Metal City," with a stage name "Johannes Krauser II." Whenever he wears the heavy makeup, Negishi becomes a completely different person, shouting the most vulgar profanities beyond anyone's imagination. With the popularity of DMC increases, Negishi starts worrying his double personalities can have negative effects on his (romantic) life off stage.
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Ikkitousen: Great Guardians (thirteen episode TV series) - Airing June 11th, 2008 9:30AM:
http://www.ikkitousen.com/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9439
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4279 ... great.html
Youtube ecchi trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBwH8rKdNJE
Genre: Seinen (young men's), action, fighting
Preparing for the battles to come, tournaments and to fight against new opponents from over the world, Hakufu is working to have enough money to make her dream true. But she doesn't consider that new allies and enemies will come to scene, and also being a weak leader to the eyes of her companions. A sister also appears. She doesn't even know her mom's past so better to star from the local stuff before attempting to go worldwide.
The third season of Ikkitousen.
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Chocolate Underground (thirteen episode ONA) - Airing June 12th, 2008 12:00PM:
http://www.choco-bar.jp/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9599
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4200 ... under.html
Genre: Novel
(From NeoSam and Almuzel:) ----- It's based off the book "Bootleg" by Alex Shearer:
http://www.amazon.com/Bootleg-Alex-Shea ... 033041562X
An Amazon reviewer said that the book is about two boys who live in a world where chocolate is outlawed. They decide to make their own and are chased by the chocolate police. The episodes are listed as being three minutes long.
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Gurren Lagann Parallel Works - First video release June 16th, 2008:
http://www.gurren-lagann-movie.net/
(From Shiroth on June 15th:) ----- The Parallel Works music clip project is a collection of music video's using tracks from the Gurren Lagann official soundtrack. Each video shall be set in alternate world with the same characters from the series. The first one has been released and is up on the official site here, with the following episodes being released each Monday.
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Telepathy Girl Ran (twenty six episode TV series) - Airing June 21st, 2008 6:25PM:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/ran/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9141
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4215 ... shojo.html
Youtube trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhLO0B7idM0
Genre: Kodomo (novel)/Shounen (manga), mystery, novel
(From Toua:) ----- The original--Telepathy Shoujo Ran Jiken Notes by Asano Atsuko--is a series of children's books published under the AoiTori Bunko label. Not that surprising since the 26-episode anime is going to air on NHK Kyouiku TV. Anyway, the books have eventually spawned a shounen manga series in Shounen Sirius, and also a drama CD that was released back in March.
(From ANN:) ----- Ran is a bright and energetic first year middle schooler who possesses supernatual abilities. Together with Midori (her friend who also has supernatural powers) and Rui, the threesome are constantly embroiled in mysterious circumstances. Ran is troubled by her powers because it seems to spark off the ill intentions of people in contact with her. However, with the support of her family and peers, Ran learns to deal with her 'other' side and accepts who she is. The threesome also learn how to team up as a whole and solve these mysterious events.
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Ultraviolet: Code 044 (twelve episode TV series) - Airing July 1st, 2008 10:00PM:
http://uvcode044.jp/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9705
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4286 ... t_cod.html
Youtube trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zKSXP0B5OA
Genre: Action
044 becomes the strongest female solder excellent in combat through gene manipulation using a virus. However in exchange for her ability, her days get numbered. The next mission of the government is to destroy a bloodsucking squad, Phage, and its leader King. In her battle, she encounters a Phage soldier, Luka. However, somehow, she cannot kill him. She wonders why, but as a result, Daxus Jr., the leader of the government group regards her as a traitor. She is targeted by both Phage and the government, and she runs away with the injured Luka.
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Sekirei (TV series) - Airing July 2nd, 2008 11:30PM:
http://www.sekirei-tv.com/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9561
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4270 ... kirei.html
Youtube trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3hktINGfds
Genre: Seinen, Comedy, Action
(From ANN:) ----- Minato is a total loser. He's failed to make it into college twice, he's unpopular with women, and he's unemployed. But suddenly one day he met a girl dashing inhumanely fast down the road he walked, chased by 2 bandits with electrical powers. From that day on Minato's life changed forever. The Girl, Musubi was not any ordinary girl she was a "Sekirei", and suddenly she just bestows Minato with the power of an Ashikabi, one of a mysterious set of "masters" in an awesome battle royale between hordes of cute girls (and males) with individual special powers called "Sekirei's". Eventually Minato's true capabilities will release his useless self into truly understanding all of the Sekirei's that he embarks to gather, and his own strength.
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Slayers Revolution (TV series) - Airing July 3rd, 2008 1:20AM:
http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/slayers_revolution/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9500
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4287 ... volut.html
Genre: Shounen, fantasy, adventure, novel
Someone said this series is planned for two seasons in length.
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Maho Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~ Natsu no Sora ~ (TV series) - Airing July 3rd, 2008 2:40AM:
http://www.sora-mahou.com/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9696
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4298 ... i_ni_.html
Genre: Shounen, drama, fantasy, magic
(According to Wikipedia:) ----- In 2007, Norie Yamada and Kumichi Yoshizuki began work on a third title in the Someday's Dreamers universe, Summer Skies, Mahō Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora). It is serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shounen Ace and began its run in the April issue, released on February 26, 2008. It has a live-action movie adaptation, shot in September-October 2007 and slated for a summer 2008 release, and an announced television anime series adaptation, produced by Hal Film Maker and directed by Osamu Kobayashi, also slated to air in summer 2008.
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Scarecrowman (TV series) - Airing July 3rd, 2008 11:00PM:
http://www.vap.co.jp/scarecrowman/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... p?id=10045
Looks like it has 3-D CG toy characters.
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Seiyou Kottou Yougashiten ~ Antique Bakery (twelve episode TV series) - Airing July 4th, 2008 12:45AM:
http://www.shinshokan.com/comic/w/topic ... movie.html
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9501
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4269 ... o_yog.html
Genre: Shoujo, comedy, shounen ai
(From Wikipedia:) ----- Antique Bakery, Seiyou Kotto Yougashiten, "Western Antique Cake-Shop" is a manga by Fumi Yoshinaga depicting the lives of four men who work in a small bakery. It was published in Japan by Shinshokan and in English by Digital Manga Publishing. The series won the 2002 Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo. The manga was adapted as a Japanese TV drama, with the title Antique or Antique Cake Store, that was broadcast on Fuji TV in 2001.
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Hidamari Sketch × 365 (TV series) - Airing July 4th, 2008 1:25AM:
http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/hidamari/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=8989
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4156 ... ketch.html
Tiny Youtube promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhYQ_qojnJc
Genre: Seinen, Comedy, Slice-of-Life
The second season of Hidamari Sketch.
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Strike Witches (TV series) - Airing July 4th, 2008 1:20AM:
http://s-witch.cute.or.jp/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9139
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4338 ... ches_.html
Genre: Seinen, action
(From Wikipedia:) ----- Set in a world similar to Earth in the mid twentieth century, Strike Witches tells the story of a fight to protect that world using a combination of magic and technology. The titular Strike Witches, a group of young women with high magical potential, have been gathered together from various nations in a task force to fight against the enigmatic Neuroi. This puzzling enemy force has appeared frequently and without warning in many areas across the world. The weapons of the Neuroi mostly take on forms similar to propeller aircraft but their most troubling tactic is the spreading of a corrosive miasma. In order to bring out their potential for use in battle, each Witch equips a unique machine onto their legs: the Striker Unit. With the Striker Unit equipped, they gain the ability to fly and their tapped magical potential provides the strength to utilize weapons far too heavy and powerful for a normal man. Also created is a defensive field that can protect the Witches from the Neuroi's miasma as well as other physical weaponry, making them humanity's trump card in the war. The franchise's main media focuses on the 501st Integrated Air Force Command "STRIKES," spearheading the counterattack in war-torn Europe.
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Birdy the Mighty Decode (thirteen episode TV series) - Airing July 5th, 2008 1:00AM:
http://www.birdy-tv.com/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9287
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4074 ... might.html
Youtube handcam trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xso8g8J923A
Genre: Shounen/Seinen, science fiction, comedy
(From Wikipedia:) ----- Tsutomu Senkawa is an average high school kid who is busy studying for his senior entrance exams. Tsutomu goes out for some fresh air, after a hard day's work studying for a big test, when he runs into a guy fleeing from a pretty young lady. The pursued man is actually an interplanetary criminal on the run from a Federation agent called Birdy Cephon Altera. Caught in the midst of this chase, Tsutomu gets thrown by the man at Birdy, which kills Tsutomu. Fortunately for Tsutomu, there is a way to keep him alive, although it comes at the price of discarding his body. He ends up merged into Birdy's body. So Tsutomu is stuck sharing a body with a rather attractive, yet very strong but impulsive, space police agent, while trying to keep his apathetic family and more importantly, his girlfriend, from finding out about his woman problems. In the meantime, to make matters worse, Birdy still has to do her job. Together, they take on a rather secretive group of evil aliens planning to perform maniacal experiments on the unsuspecting inhabitants of Tokyo.
Is this a retelling or a sequel to the OVA?
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Yakushiji Ryoko no Kaiki Jikenbo ("Ryoko's Case File")(thirteen episode TV series) - Airing July 6th, 2008 12:30AM:
(Loud music on Homepage): - http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/yakushijiryouko/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9087
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4201 ... ryoko.html
Youtube 15 second trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5tGHAECl6M
Genre: Seinen, mystery, novel
(From ANN's "synopsis") ----- The novels and manga revolve around Ryōko Yakushiji, a 27-year-old multilingual investigator that graduated from Tokyo University's elite Department of Law, and the bizarre cases she faces while working for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Yakushiji not only has to deal with supernatural beings in her line of work, but also her rival Yukiko Muromachi, another equally talented and beautiful police investigator.
This is the show to watch if you want to see "older" female characters.
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Takane no Jitensha (one episode Special) - Airing July 5th, 2008 9:00PM:
http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/index.p ... NN10000680
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4194 ... jiten.html
Genre: Fantasy
(From Anime News Service:) ----- A two million Yen prize was awarded to Takamaga Hayato for his Takane No Jitensha which will be animated by A-1 Pictures in 2008. 3000 entries were received from across Asia, this was the first year the competition was open to the international audience.
(From AnimeNfo:) ----- An 11-year-old boy, Takasumi Takane, will be given a new bicycle if his exam results are in the top 100, but his results put him in 112th place. He tells his mother a lie that he placed 92nd, and he tears the answer sheets apart. On his way home from cram school, he breaks the old bicycle that he is supposed to hand down to his little sister, Tamaki. This angers Tamaki. Furthermore, his mother accuses him of telling a lie, and he begins to think of Tamaki as a nuisance. One night, when he goes to a shrine to look for his missing dog, Chris, he encounters a young man named Yoyogi. Somehow, Yoyogi has the answer sheet marked as “92nd." Yoyogi proposes a trade, but threatens to return the answer sheet to its original owner unless he is given something Takane doesn't need. Takane offers him his sister, Tamaki. At that very moment, Tamaki arrives, searching for Takane and Chris. Yoyogi turns Tamaki into a shining object and swallows her. Takane decides that he was wrong and wants to save her. Yoyogi agrees to restore Tamaki to her original form if Takane wins a race against him, with his broken bicycle. Can Takane win the race rescue Tamaki?
It must be awful having an annoying younger sibling. ^_^;;
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Gakkou no Kaidan Anime Special (?three or four episode special) - Airing July 6th, 2008 4:30PM:
http://www.kids-station.com/program/program.3762.html
Genre: Shounen, Comedy, Horror, Mystery
(Neosam:) ----- The manga is serialized in the shounen manga magazine Pre Comic BunBun. Pre Comic BunBun is a manga magazine aimed at very young boys.
I can't find any links from this to the earlier TV anime series that aired eight years ago.
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Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo (thirteen episode TV series) - Airing July 7th, 2008 12:30AM:
http://www.zero-tsukaima.com/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9200
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4273 ... ukaim.html
Genre: Seinen, adventure, comedy, fantasy, romance, novel
The third season of Zero no Tsukaima. This series seems to be getting less interesting as it goes along. Now there are several characters with big boobs instead of just one or two. lol
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Neo Angelique Abyss -Second Age- (?thirteen episode TV series) - Airing July 7th, 2008 2:00AM:
http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/neoromance/tv/neo/index.htm
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... p?id=10054
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4343 ... que_a.html
Youtube Opening of the first season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7NMcnrezJ0
Genre: Shoujo, romance, fantasy, game
This is the second season of the Abyss TV series, the third Angelique TV series and the sixth anime series overall.
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Choro-Q Deck System (TV series) - Airing July 7th, 2008 8:30AM:
http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/ch ... ck-system/
Wikipedia on the car toy line: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choro-Q
Genre: Young boys, toy cars
(From Neosam:) ----- A series of toy cars called Choro-Q Deck System by Takara Tomy will be getting an anime adaptation.
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Natsume Yuujin-Chou ("Natsume's Book of Friends")(TV series) - Airing July 8th, 2008 1:00AM:
http://www.natsume-anime.jp/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9419
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4285 ... jinch.html
Genre: Shoujo, fantasy, supernatural
Since she could see monsters, Natsume Reiko was alienated by normal people. In order to escape from the loneliness, she challenged monsters to fights. She took away their names as a witness to their obedience, and put the names in a contract book, “Yujin-cho”. Her grandson, Natsume Takashi, inherits Reiko’s ability to see monsters. He obtains Yujin-cho, an article left by his only relative, Reiko, and he resolves to return to the monsters their names which were taken away from them. Since then, various monsters begin to gather around him…
There's a trailer for it on the homepage, but it takes awhile for it to load.
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Mission-E (TV series) - Airing July 8th, 2008 1:05AM:
http://avexmovie.jp/lineup/mission-e/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9686
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4148 ... ion_e.html
Youtube trailer (CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR "CODE-E") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIHweA_-888
Genre: Shounen/seinen, action
This is the sequel to the "CODE-E" TV series.
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World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin (thirteen episode TV series) - Airing July 8th, 2008 1:30AM:
http://wd.sega.jp/anime/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... p?id=10012
Wikipedia for the game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Dest ... ideo_game)
Youtube trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ7rUsEHYFs
Genre: Adventure, fantasy, game
(About the game Apr 23, 2008 from Neosam and ds fanboy:) ----- Not to be outdone by The World Ends With You, Sega has announced its own apocalypse-impending RPG in the latest issue of Famitsu, World Destruction. With Masato Kato, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Kunihiko Tanaka managing the game's script, music, and character design, Image Epoch (Luminous Arc) is also working on the production, clearing up at least one of the developer's three mystery projects listed on its company site. World Destruction will be a traditional RPG with turn-based combat and giant bosses filling up both of the system's screens. Following Blue Dragon and Inazuma Eleven's example, Sega will accompany the game's summer release with an anime starting July. Turn your Bible to the Book of Revelation and head past the post break for a glimpse at two of World Destruction's characters.
What is that cute bear character doing in there?
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Koihime†Musou (twelve episode TV series) - Airing July 9th, 2008 2:00AM:
http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/koihime/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9498
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4274 ... _muso.html
Genre: Seinen, adventure, game
(From Mandard916:) ----- Main character, Hongou Kazuto, tries to stop a thief from stealing an antique mirror...when suddenly the mirror starts shining and transports him to another world similar to the Sangoku Era in China (i think).
So this is like a male version of Angelique then?
Looks like the game had a huge female cast. 
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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu ("Haruka Nogizaka's Secret")(TV series) - Airing July 11th, 2008 2:00AM:
http://www.nogizaka-haruka.com/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9012
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4193 ... aruka.html
Genre: Shounen, comedy, romance, novel
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu centers around Yuuto Ayase and Haruka Nogizaka. Yuuto is seemingly ordinary, but Haruka is attractive, intelligent, and rich, which prompts other students to idolize her and even give her French nicknames like "Nuit Étoile" (The Silver Star of the Night) and "Lumière du Clavier" (The Shining Princess on the Piano). One day, Yuuto wanders into the school library in order to return a book and accidentally stumbles upon Haruka's deepest, darkest secret: she is a diehard fan of anime and manga, in other words, a regular otaku. Promising Haruka to keep this a secret, Yuuto becomes her advisor and confidente of some sort and hangs out with her more, though earning some viciously envious glares from his fellow schoolmates.
Seems like the perfect role for Mamiko Noto.
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Blade of the Immortal (TV series) - Airing July 14th, 2008 12:00AM:
http://mugen.kc.kodansha.co.jp/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9691
Youtube trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGbLhNF8PKU
Genre: Seinen, drama, action, horror
Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift the curse is to slay 1,000 evil men. So Manji wanders Japan, shedding the blood of the wicked on his quest to finally die.
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Akiba-chan (?ten episode ?TV series) - Airing July 25th, 2008 12:00AM:
http://www.akibachan.jp/
Anime News Network: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... ut-in-july
A computer graphics and stop-motion television series called Akiba-chan will premiere on Japan's KIDS STATION channel on July 24. The "figu-mation" series focuses on the daily life of Akiba-chan and four fellow TV and game fans in the Maison de Akiba apartments. Buildup Entertainment (Gundam: Mission To The Rise, Macross Plus) produced the computer animation with director Junya Kabe (Specter, D) and character designer Poyoyon Rock (Nurse Witch Komugi, Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko).
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Lupin III: Sweet Lost Night ~Mahō no Lamp wa Akumu no Yokan~ (one episode Special) - Airing July 25th, 2008 9:03PM:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... p?id=10076
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,4345 ... _swee.html
Genre: Seinen, action, adventure, comedy
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That's all that's listed at Moonphase at the moment.
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So what anime are you guys most looking forward to seeing from what you know of the anime listed above?
For what little I know of them...for me I'd say at this point I'm most interested in:
1. Takane no Jitensha
2. Blade of the Immortal
3. Birdy the Mighty Decode
4. Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
5. Koihime†Musou
6. Strike Witches
7. Sekirei
8. World Destruction
