Anime starting in Autumn 1993 4q2648

Legend has it that when you eat the flesh of a mermaid, you would live forever. Misa. It seems to Yuuta and Mana that mother and son have a very unusual relationship. What happens when Yuuta and Mana decide to discover the dark secret Masato and Misa are hiding? And what about those monster-like creatures that have been appearing?

It is the dawn of the 21st century. Mankind has terraformed and colonized Mars, but is not alone in the universe. An ancient race of alien beings, known only as The Gods, has been watching mankind's progress... and waiting. Now, these mysterious aliens have returned to halt mankind's expansion into space... by force.

Presently, the planet named after the God of War, Mars, will become the final battlefield, as mankind fights a desperate battle with the latest in high-tech, military hardware: hyper-advanced aircraft, orbital fighters, and gigantic, desert battleships brimming with the most advanced weaponry.

But will it be enough? The aliens have awesome, incredibly destructive weapons at their disposal — including Hell — an unstoppable stealth carrier. But the alien's primary weapon is insidiously quiet and invisible — a mind control plaque. Incurable. Inevitable. Contagious. Humans are powerless to resist its effects, which transforms even the most loyal soldiers into dangerous subversives.

Mankind's last hope lies with Captain Akuh and the crew of the Battleship Aoba. If his top-secret mission is successful, mankind will deal a decisive blow against the alien armada. But Akuh's girlfriend is showing signs of nymphomania — the first symptom of alien subversion!

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It is said that the warriors from two ancient powers would be resurrected in modern times to continue their fight. Sometime in the near future, Tokyo has been reduced to rubble. The gangs, controlled by a crime syndicate, have taken over the streets and only the toughest can survive. One man, Suga Takateru, must infiltrate deep into the crime cartel to save his sister, who has been kidnapped by the crime syndicate, but along the way he assembles the strangest and most unlikely bunch of fighters you will ever see.

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A 9-year-old boy named Wataru Ikusabe is magically transported to a magical realm of the gods called Sokaizan which he is supposed to save. He also befriends many of the Soukaizan natives, and forms some very strong friendship bonds.

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Bow is a whacky stray bull terrier with a distinctive black circle around his left eye. After being adopted by the daughter of a not-so-cool yakuza (Japanese gangster) family, his silliness often turns the house upside down, but the "boss" can barely do anything because Bow is now the pet of his most cherished daughter.

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The hero of the piece is Sakuragi Hanamichi, a loud-mouthed, red-haired guy who has been rejected by girls 50 times in junior high. He meets the latest girl of his dreams, Akagi Haruko, and falls madly in love with her. He even goes so far as to the basketball team to impress her, even though he knows nothing about the sport. But soon, he realizes that he truly loves basketball and he has talent for it. He's bitter rivals with Rukawa Kaede, both on the court and out of it, because Haruko worships the ground Rukawa walks on, though he hardly notices she exists. The other main characters are Akagi Takenori, Haruko's older brother who is also the captain of the team; Miyagi Ryota, who is in love with Ayako the team manager; and Mitsui Hisashi, a third-year former MVP (Most Valuable Player) who has been away from basketball for two years. Together, these unlikely misfits aim to transform Shohoku from a little-known team to the champion in all of Japan.

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Background: The martial arts students female whenever doused in cold water. Luckily, hot water reverses the effects.

And so Ranma continues his quest to end his curse and to finally be rid of the the involuntary transformations he has had to endure. The advances of the many women (and men) in his (her) entourage certainly do not make things easier. Tiptoeing through such an emotional minefield will take all of Ranma's wit and martial arts skills...

* Based on the 1990 manga written by Young Magazine.

Gangster Akutsu Joji is betrayed in the backstreets and lies dying in a pool of his own blood. He wakes up to find a time warp has transported him ten years back into the past, returning him to a younger, healthier version of his former self, ready to take on the world once more. Joji is equipped with indelible memories of the people who will fall into and out of favour, who will rise to power in the organization, and who will betray him, and he begins his quest for revenge before his opponents realize he is there.

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* Based on a manga by Koshiba Shigeru, serialised in Young Champion.

Yakuda Daigo is a new student at Oobu High School. As soon as he comes to school, rumors spread about him because of his buff body and scary face: some say he is a gang leader, others say he is involved with yakuza and likes beating people. There are only a handful of people who know who he really is, including Manami, a girl Yakuda fell in love with. Yakuda loves to cook and he likes cute things. He also enjoys gardening, crafting and adores pets. He is a very caring person who even carries around a sewing and first-aid kit. However, due to many unfortunate events he often gets involved with gang fights or criminals, and people always assume the worst about him.

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Unfortunately, magic carpets do not always come with labels, so when young Akihiro discovers the floor covering in question, all he can think about is how impressed his girlfriend Michiko will be by his new "necking pad". Akihiro's amorous intentions are abruptly shagged however, when, while fondling the deep plush pile, the cute, cuddly and very female sprite Malon pops into his hands.

While this might seem not so bad, the question quickly becomes not whether Akihiro is deserving of such "good fortune", but whether he will even survive the attention of The Girl from Phantasia.

Swept into one predicament after another, Akihiro is faced with not only the mischievous Malon, but also her ruthless magician-rival Roll, her combative elf associates Bith and Mont, and, worst of all, an extremely annoyed Michiko. What a crewel fate.

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The Oishinbo gang takes time off from the normal culinary wars to get involved with a political dispute about American rice imports. The economic conflict between a pushy US Senator from California and a nationalistic Japanese politician is further complicated by concerns about the cumulative effect of pesticide use in both American and Japanese agriculture.

For 200 years they lay deep beneath the earth or silent on the ocean bed. Now two opposing armies race to unearth these massive engines of war, these devastating weapons known as Decimators. As more of these vast robots are reactivated the world moves ever closer to another all-out war...

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Puppetmation of the classic Heike monogatari adaptation of Shin Heike Monogatari by Yoshikawa Eiji, produced by NHK with puppets by Kawamoto Kihachirou.

Note: Internally divided into five parts – Erudition (青雲, episodes 1-12), Glory (栄華, episodes 13-24), Rebellion (乱, episodes 25-36), Continuous Change (流転, episodes 37-48 and S1) and Uncertainty (無常, episodes 49-56).

Mai runs a consulting business and is often the last hope for people with problems, and she will use whatever means necessary to get the job done.

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* Based on the manga by Kusumoto Tetsu

The recently ennobled Yang Wen-Li the unwilling hero of the opposite faction, must prove their worth in the Battle of Astate...

Note: The film is a more detailed retelling of the first 2 episodes of the Legend of Galactic Heroes OVA series.