Science Ninja Team Gatchaman is a Japanese animated franchise about a five-member superhero ninja team created by Tatsuo Yoshida and produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The original anime series,which debuted in 1972,was eponymously entitled Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatchaman and is best known in the English-speaking world as the adaptation entitled Battle of the Planets (1978). The series had additional English adaptations with G-Force:Guardians of Space (1986) and ADV Films' uncut 2005 release. Tatsunoko also uses the official translation Science Commando Gatchaman in related products and media.
Casshan,also known in Japan as Neo-Human Casshern,is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973.
Reideen the Brave,also known as "Brave Reideen" or "Heroic Raydeen",is a super robot anime series created by Tohokushinsha and Produced by Soeisha. It aired on Nihon Educational Television from 4 April 1975 to 26 March 1976,with a total of 50 episodes. The series is marked as the first mecha anime series to introduce and popularize the concept of Transforming Mecha,which is also tied to its marketing gimmick in the 70's.
Argento Soma is a 25-episode anime TV series that aired on TV Tokyo from October 6,2000,to March 22,2001,with the final episode,"Alone and by myself",releasing direct-to-video.
Chikyu Sentai Fiveman is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series. It was Toei Company's fourteenth installment of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired on TV Asahi from March 2,1990,to February 8,1991,with a total of 48 episodes replacing Kousoku Sentai Turboranger and was replaced by Chōjin Sentai Jetman. The names given by Toei for international distribution are Fiveman or Sky Rangers.
Combattler V,full name Chōdenji Robo Combattler V,is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Toei Company and animated by Soeisha that aired from 1976 to 1977. It is the first part of the Robot Romance Trilogy of super robot series created by Saburo Yatsude and directed by Tadao Nagahama.
Godannar is a Japanese anime television series created by Yasuchika Nagaoka,Anime International Company and Project Godannar,which consists of IMAGICA Entertainment,Taki Corporation,KlockWorx,NTT Data Contents Planing,Sojitz and Oriental Light and Magic. The series is produced by AIC and OLM,with Nagaoka serving as director and Hiroyuki Kawasaki as its main scriptwriter. The first season aired in Japan from October 1 to December 24,2003,on AT-X. A second season later aired from April 5 to June 29,2004. Both seasons were licensed by ADV Films for North America,but was licensed by Sentai Filmworks in 2013.
Toku Nishio was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Gifu Prefecture,Japan. He was represented by Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.
Gatchaman Fighter or Gatchaman F is the direct sequel to Gatchaman II. In the continuing saga,a surviving fragment of Leader X mutates into Leader Z,and recruits megalomaniac Count Egobossler to create an army to conquer the world. In order to defeat this new enemy,the Science Ninja Team Gatchaman return with stronger weapons.
Gatchaman II is the direct sequel to Science Ninja Team Gatchaman,set two years after the first television series. After the defeat of Leader X,he exacts his revenge by capturing,brainwashing and mutating a young intersex child known as Sammy into Giersadora and making them the new leader of Galactor and successor to Berg Katze. While Galactor returns,Dr. Nambu and the International Science Organization bring the Science Ninja Team Gatchaman back into active duty. This series and Gatchaman F would be the basis of the English-language version named Eagle Riders. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series and released the complete series on DVD on April 18,2017.
Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God is a Super Robot anime television series produced by Ashi Productions,directed by Seiji Okuda and written by Keisuke Fujikawa. It ran on TBS for 38 episodes from 5 April 1985 to 27 December 1985. The TV anime was licensed by Central Park Media under their Software Sculptors label in 1995,and was released on subtitled VHS. The series's license was later picked up by Discotek Media. After the series ended,four original video animations were released between 1986 and 1990. A sequel series,Dancouga Nova –Super God Beast Armor,aired in Japan in 2007.
Knights of Sidonia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. It was serialized by Kodansha in their seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon between April 2009 and September 2015,with its chapters collected in 15 tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of Nagate Tanikaze,an "under-dweller" destined to become a Garde pilot,whose mission is to defend the massive starship Sidonia from a hostile alien species called Gauna.
Planzet (プランゼット) is a 2010 Japanese animated film written and directed by Jun Awazu.
Sunday Without God,also known as Kaminai (神ない) for short,is a Japanese light novel series written by Kimihito Irie,with illustrations by Shino. Fujimi Shobo has published nine volumes since January 2010 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by Abaraheiki began serialization in the November 2010 issue of Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age. A drama CD was released by Marine Entertainment on December 29,2010. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse and directed by Yūji Kumazawa,aired between July and September 2013.
Tamako Market is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation,directed by Naoko Yamada,and written by Reiko Yoshida. Tamako Market centers of a young girl named Tamako Kitashirakawa,the daughter of a mochi shop owner located inside a shopping district in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward as her life becomes complicated with friendships,rivalries and the arrival of a peculiar bird,named Dera Mochimazzi,from a nearby tropical island.
Dai-Shogun –Great Revolution is a mecha anime television series,directed by Takashi Watanabe and animated by J.C.Staff and A.C.G.T. It aired on April 9,2014,on Tokyo MX and finished on June 26,2014. The mecha design is by Makoto Ishiwata of Nitroplus.
Z-Mind is a six-episode OVA series produced by Sunrise and Bandai Visual,released from February 25,1999 to July 25,1999. The OVA series was initially released in North America on DVD in 2002 by Bandai Entertainment. At Otakon 2013,the OVAs,along with a bunch of other former Bandai Entertainment properties were rescued by Sentai Filmworks.
Matoi the Sacred Slayer is a Japanese magical girl anime television series produced by White Fox. It was announced in July 2016 as White Fox's first original anime series that aired between October 4 and December 27,2016.
My Girlfriend Is Shobitch is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Namiru Matsumoto. It was serialized online on Niconico Seiga from July 2015 to September 2019. An anime television series adaptation by Diomedéa and Studio Blanc aired from October to December 2017.
Giant Beasts of Ars is an original Japanese anime television series animated by Asahi Production and produced by DMM Pictures. It is directed by Akira Oguro and written by Norimitsu Kaihō,with Shūji Katayama and Akinari Suzuki composing the music. Original character designs are provided by Ashito Ōyari,while Hiroshi Shimizu and Masato Kato adapt the designs for animation. It aired from January 7 to March 25,2023,on the Super Animeism programming block on MBS and other affiliates. Penguin Research performed the opening theme song "Hengen Jizai",while Harumi performed the ending theme song "Na mo Nai Hana". Sentai Filmworks licensed the series outside of Asia. Bilibili licensed the series in Asia-Pacific and streams it on Ani-One YouTube channels. A manga adaptation by Toshinori Ito began serialization online via Kobunsha's Comic Nettai manga website on January 27,2023.
