In a bid to destroy the Galaxy Alliance, evil King Zarkon joins forces with the leader of the Drule Empire, Viceroy Throk. They create the largest armada of destroyers that has ever been seen in space. When this Fleet of Doom begins obliterating one key Galaxy Alliance outpost after another, they realize the threat is too great even for one of the mighty Voltron units to deal with.
Sato and Yamazaki manage to finish their hentai game in time for the winter comic market only to discover it sucks - and not in a good way. Bye-bye future and bye-bye friends! Now our hikikomori hero has to fend for himself and face his greatest test of all: Misaki's "final exam." However, there is more riding on this test than even Sato realizes.
Sato's life is going down the drain. He's dropped out of college, only goes outside once a week, and sleeps sixteen hours a day. Surviving on a steady diet of internet porn sites, he finds himself falling further into a pit of despair. Then he has a sudden epiphany. Sato decides that the broadcast company known as "The NHK" is trying to transform their viewers into jobless, societal recluses by bombarding them with images of cutesy anime girls.
In the sleepy rural village of Hinamizawa, paranoia and rage can drive a person to commit the most vile, unspeakable acts. When Rena discovers that her father is being duped and targeted for blackmail by Teppei Hojo and his girlfriend Rina, she confronts each of the extortionists. Consequently, Rena's growing distrust and paranoia spirals out of control, and she holds her classmates hostage and faces off against Keiichi in a deadly rooftop duel!
In a world where the Cold War never ended, East and West continue to battle for technological and political supremacy. Mylene Hoffman, field commander of the elite Double Zero intelligence division, exists in this world with her eyes open and her body always ready to do battle. She puts the intelligence into "intelligence agent" and her body into "body of evidence!" Liberating benevolent scientists, tagging along with would-be monster-slayers, meeting her match in the world's most hard-boiled assassin and navigating a deadly labyrinth of horrors are all in a day's work for Mylene. There's no problem she can't solve with the proper application of high explosives, fast-talk, deceptive jewelry, make-up and the right moves behind closed doors! In a world of -spy mystery and intrigue, discover who she kisses one minute and kills the next.
Curious as to what we'll have in store this year? Want to get a look at the anime guests for 2007? Swing by the "anime opening ceremonies" and check it out.
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Earth's last city, Olympus, rose from the ashes of a global war on the backs of Bioroids, artificial clones who make up half the city's population. Under the strict guidance of a supercomputer, humanity's last survivors enjoy an idyllic peace, but only on the surface! Human terrorists within the military seek a return to power and clash with the government's ESWAT forces led by the legendary soldier, Deunan Knute, and her boyfriend who is 75% machine. Retrieving the Appleseed will end the conflict, and Deunan alone holds its secret.
Aquarion, episodes 1-4 (North American English premier)
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From world renowned Director and Mecha Designer Shoji Kawamori with music by Yoko Kanno. Please join English language director Colleen Clinkenbeard and lead actor Chris Bevins for the North American Premiere of the hottest new series of year! After 12,000 years, the mysterious "Shadow Angels" have returned to re-conquer Earth and enslave humanity. But a group of young fighters have been summoned to pilot Mechanical Angel Aquarion and together they must find a way within themselves to be victorious.