An android is a humanoid robot or other artificial being often made from a flesh-like material. Historically,androids were completely within the domain of science fiction and frequently seen in film and television,but advances in robot technology now allow the design of functional and realistic humanoid robots.
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. It was serialized in Weekly Manga Action for only three issues in 1991,with the three published stories later compiled in a single volume collection in December 1997. The story begins when genius inventor Kyusaku Natsume transplants the brain of a cat found by his son Ryunosuke on Christmas Eve,into a schoolgirl android that he created and subsequently stole from his former employer,Mishima Heavy Industries. The result,Nuku Nuku,is a nekomusume or cat girl. The manga was licensed by ADV Manga and published as a single volume on August 24,2004.
Tenchi in Tokyo is a Japanese anime television series animated by AIC and aired on TV Tokyo from April 1 to September 23,1997. It is the third installation of the Tenchi Muyo! line of series,preceding Tenchi Muyo! GXP and succeeding Tenchi Universe. The show was localized in North America by Geneon Entertainment and aired on Cartoon Network from August 25 to September 29,2000.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Ashinano. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine from June 1994 to February 2006,with a concluding postscript episode in July 2006,and collected in 14 tankōbon volumes. Parts of the story were adapted as two original video animation (OVA) anime series of two episodes each,where the latter one is titled Quiet Country Cafe.
Casshan,also known in Japan as Neo-Human Casshern,is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973.
Divergence Eve is a thirteen episode Japanese anime television series created by Takumi Tsukumo and directed by Hiroshi Negishi,with production by Operation EVE and animation production from Radix Ace Entertainment.
Armitage III is a 1995 cyberpunk original video animation series. It centers on Naomi Armitage,a highly advanced "Type-III" android. In 1996,the series was edited into a film called Armitage:Poly-Matrix.
The Song of Saya is a horror eroge visual novel (VN) by Nitroplus. The original plot was written by Gen Urobuchi,who took inspiration from reading Lovecraft novels during a lonely time in his life.
GoGo Sentai Boukenger is the 30th series in Toei's Super Sentai series,a metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu programming. It was the first installment to be broadcast in the 16:9 aspect ratio. It aired from February 19,2006 to February 11,2007,and was replaced by Juken Sentai Gekiranger. Its footage was used in the American series,Power Rangers Operation Overdrive and also dubbed into Korean for the South Korean series,Power Rangers Treasure Force.
Tenchi Universe is a Japanese anime television series animated by AIC and produced by Pioneer LDC. It is loosely based on the first six episodes of the Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OVA series. The series premiered on April 2,1995 in Japan and concluded its airing on September 24,1995. The series aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's cartoon block Toonami on July 20,2000 and ended on August 24,2000. Two featured films came from this canon,Tenchi the Movie:Tenchi Muyo in Love and Tenchi Forever! The Movie. Funimation announced distribution of the series,along with several other Tenchi properties,on July 2,2010 at Anime Expo.
The World of Narue is a Japanese manga series by Tomohiro Marukawa. The series follows Kazuto Izuka,an alien girl named Narue Nanase and the trials and tribulations of the young couple as they get to know each other. The title is taken from A. E. van Vogt's The World of Null-A.
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki,known as simply Tenchi Muyo! in North America,is a collection of Japanese OVAs created by Masaki Kajishima and animated by AIC. Initially released in 1992,it marked the beginning of the Tenchi Muyo! franchise,composed of several manga,OVAs,TV series,and other related media. The first two OVA series were later licensed and distributed in North America by Pioneer Entertainment,with Funimation taking over the rights for the third series,and later taking over the rights for the first two OVAs. In 2020,Crunchyroll acquired worldwide streaming rights for the fourth and fifth seasons of the OVA.
Astro Boy is a Japanese anime television series,based on Osamu Tezuka's manga series of the same name. Produced by Tezuka Productions,Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan,Animax,Dentsu,and Fuji TV,it was directed by Kazuya Konaka,with Marc Handler as the story editor,Shinji Seya designing the characters,Shinji Aramaki and Takeshi Takakura designing the mechanical elements,KeiichirōMochizuki serving as chief animation director,and Takashi Yoshimatsu composing the music.
Coyote Ragtime Show is a Japanese anime television series directed by Takuya Nonaka and produced by ufotable,which first aired in Japan on July 3,2006. The storyline consists of the adventures of a group of space-faring fugitives in search of a treasure.
Super Rescue Solbrain is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company. It ran for 53 episodes from January 20,1991 to January 26,1992 on TV Asahi. It is part of the Metal Hero Series franchise;a sequel to Special Rescue Police Winspector,it is the second series in the Rescue Police Series trilogy.
Princess Jellyfish is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akiko Higashimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Kiss from October 2008 to August 2017. The manga is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. An 11-episode anime television adaptation directed by Takahiro Omori was produced by Brain's Base and aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between October and December 2010. The anime has been licensed by Funimation. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan on December 27,2014. A ten-episode live-action drama series aired from January to March 2018.
Nagi-Asu:A Lull in the Sea,known in Japan as Nagi no Asukara,is a 2013 Japanese anime television series animated by P.A. Works. The series centers on a group of seven friends:Hikari Sakishima,Manaka Mukaido,Chisaki Hiradaira,and Kaname Isaki,children from the sea;and Tsumugu Kihara,Miuna Shiodome,and Sayu Hisanuma,their new friends from the surface. A manga adaptation by RisōMaeda began serialization in the June 2013 issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh magazine.
Miracle Girl Limit-chan is a Japanese magical girl anime television series consisting in 25 episodes. It was directed by Takeshi Tamiya and Masayuki Akehi,and it was first broadcast on TV Asahi in 1973. Based on an original story by Shinji Nagashima and Hiromi Productions,the series featured character designs by Kazuo Komatsubara and scripts by Masaki Tsuji. It is the sixth of Toei Animation's original majokko anime series,although,as with Cutie Honey,the title character's powers are derived from science rather than magic.
