Summer 1989

Hutch, a young honeybee separated from his mother when his hive is attacked, sets out across the insect world to find her. Every new place introduces creatures with different ways of surviving, and Hutch's kindness often draws him into their troubles even when continuing the search would be safer.The road is filled with predators, loss, friendship, and brief moments of happiness. Though the world can be harsh to a small insect traveling alone, Hutch refuses to give up the belief that his mother is still somewhere ahead, and each encounter teaches him how courage and compassion can survive alongside danger.

Kiki is thirteen, and witch tradition requires her to leave home for a full year of independent training. She flies away with her black cat Jiji and settles in the seaside city of Koriko, only to discover that finding a place to belong is harder than she imagined. Osono, a bakery owner, offers her a room in exchange for help, and Kiki turns the one skill she can confidently claim into a job: flying. Her broomstick delivery service introduces her to the city's residents through small errands and unexpected adventures. Success does not come smoothly, and as pressure begins to erode her confidence, Kiki learns that growing up is not simply about surviving alone, but about rediscovering joy and purpose when they stop coming naturally.

My Melody sets out through the woods carrying a basket to visit her beloved grandmother. Her mother warns her not to wander from the path, but a sly wolf learns where she is going and races ahead with a plan of his own.When My Melody reaches her grandmother's house, something about the familiar face waiting in bed feels very wrong. To save herself and her grandmother, she will need help before the wolf's trick reaches its unhappy ending.

Kitty lives under the cruel rule of a stepmother and stepsisters who treat her as a servant while they enjoy every comfort for themselves. When an invitation arrives for a grand royal ball, Kitty longs to attend, but she is deliberately left behind with no dress and no way to reach the palace.A little magic transforms her night, giving Kitty the chance to meet the prince and experience the happiness she has been denied. Yet the enchantment will not last forever. When midnight forces her to flee, the clue she leaves behind becomes the prince's only way to find the mysterious girl who captured his heart.

Kiki and Lala take the roles of siblings Tyltyl and Mytyl, who are visited by a mysterious old woman asking them to find the Blue Bird of Happiness for her sick daughter. She gives them a magical hat whose diamond reveals hidden wonders and brings the spirits of familiar things to life.Accompanied by their dog, cat, and personified companions such as Light, Fire, Water, and Milk, the children search through strange realms for the bird that can make someone happy. Their journey keeps leading them farther away, yet the answer they seek may be much closer to home than any magical kingdom.

Tokyo's enormous Babylon Project is remaking the waterfront with the help of construction Labors, but the machines begin going berserk without an obvious cause. The incidents seem random until Captain Kiichi Gotou's Special Vehicles Section 2 notices that the newest Labor operating system, HOS, may be tied to a dead programmer whose final actions were anything but accidental.Noa Izumi, Asuma Shinohara, and the rest of Section 2 investigate a threat hidden inside the very infrastructure meant to modernize the city. With a typhoon approaching and thousands of Labors capable of receiving the same dangerous trigger, the team races toward the massive Ark facility in Tokyo Bay. Stopping one rogue machine is easy compared with preventing an entire city of them from awakening at once.

As demonic forces begin stirring across the world, the aging Dr. Faust recognizes the signs of a catastrophe he can no longer fight himself. His search leads him to Shingo Yamada, a boy bearing the mark of the one destined to oppose the coming darkness.Faust calls forth Mephisto II, a devil whose cooperation is far from enthusiastic, and binds him to Shingo's cause. Armed with occult knowledge and an unlikely demonic companion, Shingo steps into a hidden world of supernatural enemies that threaten humanity.

Garlic Jr. is gathering the Dragon Balls to obtain eternal life, and the four-star ball attached to young Gohan's hat makes the child his next target. After his servants attack the Son family and kidnap Gohan, Goku follows the Dragon Radar to Garlic Jr.'s fortress to bring his son home.Piccolo and Kami have their own reasons to confront the enemy, but the situation becomes far worse when Garlic Jr. succeeds in making himself immortal. Even overwhelming force may not be enough against an opponent who cannot die, forcing Goku and his unlikely allies to face a gateway capable of swallowing everything around it.

Ryo Saeba's attention is captured by Nina Steinberg, a beautiful pianist who comes to Tokyo for a charity concert while quietly searching for the father she has never known. What looks like another chance for Ryo to impress an attractive client turns deadly when an assassination and a missing microchip pull the concert into an international intelligence struggle.Foreign agents and political interests close in on Nina, each hiding a different reason for wanting her watched, protected, or silenced. Ryo and Kaori must separate the personal mystery of Nina's family from the conspiracy unfolding around her before the music stops for good.

Several months after restoring peace, Wataru is summoned back to Mount Soukai when a new disturbance threatens the world he fought to save. This time the danger is linked to Majin Mountain, where powerful magical machines and the secrets behind their creation draw Wataru and his companions into another battle.With Ryujinmaru at his side, Wataru once again climbs into a conflict filled with eccentric enemies, strange machines, and the same mixture of courage and comedy that marked his earlier journey. Protecting Mount Soukai means discovering what is happening on Majin Mountain before its power can be turned against everyone below.

Char and Haman prepare a school festival celebrating the merger of the all-boys Nu academy and the all-girls Zeta academy. Their carefully arranged event is thrown into chaos when Amuro, Judau, and Kamille lead the unruly Counterattack School gang straight into the festivities.Elsewhere, in the land of Ark, familiar mobile suits take on an entirely different form as sentient samurai. Amid an age of rival warriors and clashing armies, their battles unfold with the exaggerated spirit of a super-deformed Warring States tale.

Japan's junior youth team reaches Paris for the U-16 international tournament, where Tsubasa Ozora and his teammates must prove themselves against the strongest young players from Europe and South America. Victories over Italy and Argentina lead to an especially emotional clash with host nation France.Waiting in the final is West Germany, led by the devastating striker Karl Heinz Schneider, the formidable Hermann Kaltz, and giant goalkeeper Deuter Müller. To stand at the top of the world, Tsubasa, Misaki, Wakabayashi, and the rest of Japan must combine everything they have learned into their hardest match yet.

Chaos strikes a space colony during a glamorous cabaret show when the sight of Gundam's heroines sends both men and mobile suits into such a frenzy that the colony itself begins rolling out of control. What should have been entertainment becomes an escalating parody of disaster as familiar faces scramble to survive the commotion.In another world entirely, Amuro, Kamille, and Judau become heroes in a fantasy role-playing quest. Their mission is to rescue the princess of the Zeta Kingdom from Char and his Zeon forces, but classic Gundam rivalries are transformed into swords, monsters, and game-like absurdity rather than the wars they usually know.