Various thoughts on a variety of topics.
Caught up in a terrorist attack, Shintarou Kisaragi and the various members of the Mekakushi-Dan have to come up with a plan to both incapacitate the attackers and protect the other hostages from harm.
An alternate version of the events shown in Mekakucity Actors‘ 1st and 3rd episodes. There’s not much point in watching it as a stand-alone.
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Mizore Yoroizuka has quietly followed Nozomi Kasaki for years, never quite able to take that last step and fully express how she feels. It’s on one morning just like any other that Nozomi relates the story of ‘Liz and the Blue Bird’… hinting that it just may have some parallels to their relationship.
A stand-alone side story, taking place after the main Hibike! Euphonium series, focused on longing. It alternates between a conventional art style and one resembling a watercolor storybook for Liz’s segments.
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Having read about a treasure being kept in the university library’s storage room, a group of students decide to break in one night to search for it. The treasure turns out to be a pair of mummies from whom one of the students steals a particular stone known as a ‘life stone’. Its theft awakens the mummified zombies, who quickly set off to retrieve the stone at any cost.
A movie featuring occasional nudity which mixes comedic character behavior, violent horror, and action.
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The sudden death of Zeon Zum Deikun from a suspiciously-timed heart attack triggers violent riots throughout the space colonies, leading directly to the formation of a new power which stands opposed to the Earth-based Federation government. Deikun’s two surviving children find themselves targets and are forced into hiding, eventually taking drastically different paths through life to end up on opposing sides of the conflict between the Federation and newly minted Zeon forces.
A character-focused war drama laced with action scenes and reaction-based comic relief. It’s a prequel to the first Gundam series and can be watched without having seen anything else in the franchise.
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Shy and a bit clumsy Yui Yamada feels most at ease tending the school’s flower garden, while in comparison Tomoka Kase is an outgoing and athletic member of the track team. Despite their differences the two girls hit it off one morning and it’s not long before their friendship blossoms into romance. This is the story of their springtime first love.
A school life yuri romance with a moderate amount of reaction-based comic relief. It’s a sequel to the Kimi no Hikari music video.
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Norimichi Shimada has a secret crush on Nazuna Oikawa which he can’t bring himself to admit. He doesn’t know about Nazuna’s troubled family situation however, and on the night of the fireworks festival is completely unprepared when she suddenly asks him to run away with her.
A school life romantic drama with light comic relief elements.
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Every night one of the king’s golden apples goes missing. To catch the thief he orders his three sons to stand watch, where the youngest discovers that a golden bird is to blame and manages to knock one of its feathers off with an arrow. Upon seeing the feather the king becomes overcome with greed and sends the boys out on a quest to capture it… a task much easier said than done.
A fantasy adventure with a large amount of cartoon-style comedy.
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Far in the future humanity has spread across the galaxy. Despite the breadth of the expansion however they have only just recently discovered signs of alien life, and even what appears to be a living alien. Setting out to investigate the discovery is the TV production crew of the cargo ship Lydia, who have on board a mysterious young girl who wishes to meet the alien for reasons of her own.
A drama with a moderate amount of action and small early splashes of comic relief.
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Six thousand years before Sora and Shiro were brought to Disboard the world had been reduced to rubble by the constant warfare between the various races. Lacking magical power or equivalent physical abilities, humanity has been reduced to the role of scavengers, picking through the wreckage looking for anything that will help them avoid becoming collateral damage. Leading them is a young man named Riku, who with the help of an abandoned android just may be able to light the spark that brings change to the world.
A flashback prequel to No Game No Life which features comparatively little comedic content. While meant to be watched after that series, it can also be viewed as a stand-alone.
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A gigantic cube suddenly appears in the air one morning above an airport and proceeds to absorb a passenger plane carrying 252 passengers. From within the cube emerges a being calling itself Yaha-kui zaShunina, an ambassador of sorts who wishes to communicate with and advance humanity.
A shortened version of Seikai Suru KADO featuring a modified conclusion.
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