Programming 8/13/2005
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Major - Episode 1 () 25m
Shigeharu Honda is a Major League batter on the rise. His son Goro is a Little Leauge pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father's footsteps. Momoko Hoshino is Goro's schoolteacher, and the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Goro's mother.The destinies of these three individuals will become intertwined as father and son experience both heartbreak and triumph on the baseball diamond. But when an unspeakable tragedy visits the family, it will take everything they have to pick up the pieces and reclaim their dreams.
Marchen Awakens Romance (MÄR) - Episode 1 () 25m
Ginta is a Japanese Middleschool boy who fanatises about a Land known as Mär Heaven. One day he is Summoned to the Land of Mar, where he learns of items known as Arms. Ginta uses the Arms to fight the Chess to save Mär Heaven from its ultimate demise.
Tide-Line Blue - Episode 1 () 25m
Six billion lives and 90% of the land were swallowed by the sea as a result of a catastrophe, which was later named the "Hammer of Eden". 14 years from then, the New United Nations were formed to pursue peace on the ruined lands. Yabitsu is a town, which has prospered due to the energy from the nuclear generator of the carrier brought by the catastrophe. Kiiru is a boy living in this town. His next kin, Aoi, is the secretary general of the New United Nations. She views the catastrophe as an opportunity to create a new world in which people can help each other overcome differences in races, ideologies, and religions. However, her efforts to realize that vision fail because each nation's ego has turned uglier than before. Gould, a military officer, feels that the military power is the only way to make an order and carries out a coup using Ulysses, a nuclear submarine to declare war against the New United Nations.
Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto - Episode 1 () 22m {}
Taruto is a little cat who has just moved to a new city with her master's family. Taruto spends her days making friends and exploring her new home town. She also has a knack for getting herself into trouble. And it turns out that Taruto just might be a legendary magical princess. Almost none of Taruto’s friends believe that she can use magic or that she’s a princess, but Taruto is determined to prove it to them. But Taruto's magic is so unpredictable, you never know what's going to happen when she uses it.
Samurai 7 - Episode 1 () 25m
SueA small village on a backwater planet. Bandits, who have converted their bodies into huge machines, threaten the numerous small villages, and steal their crops every harvest. The situation has become crucial, as this one village can no longer support themselves and the bandits. This leaves the village with a choice of starvation or massacre when the bandits once more make their rounds. The decision is made to search for a samurai who can protect them. The village's water priestess, Kirara, and Rikichi, one of the stronger men, head to the city to find a "hungry" samurai, one that would be willing to help, for all the rice they can eat. Tagging along on the trek is a spirited little girl, Komachi.
This is loosely based on Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. [gdh]
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