Fall 1992

Orphaned as a toddler, Nello grows up with his grandfather in a poor village near Antwerp. One day he rescues an abused dog named Patrasche, nurses him back to health, and gains a loyal companion who helps pull the family's milk cart through town.Nello possesses a gift for drawing and dreams of seeing the great paintings inside Antwerp Cathedral, but poverty and suspicion repeatedly close doors before him. Through every hardship, the bond between the boy and Patrasche remains an unwavering source of dignity and love.

Ashibe's lively days continue with Goma-chan, the round little spotted seal whose innocent curiosity can turn the simplest outing into chaos. Home, school, and the neighborhood are full of eccentric people, strange misunderstandings, and new reasons for everyone to fuss over Goma-chan.Whether the friends are separated, reunited, or simply trying to get through an ordinary day, Ashibe and Goma-chan keep stumbling into warm and ridiculous adventures that make their unusual friendship impossible to ignore.

Hangyodon and his friends are suddenly thrown far beyond their own time and land in a future world unlike anything they know. Before they can figure out how to return home, they become caught in a conflict involving extraterrestrial invaders.Technology, aliens, and the confusion of being stranded in another era turn the journey into one escalating misadventure after another. Hangyodon must help his companions survive the future's troubles while searching for a way back to the life they left behind.

Santa Claus must choose the ten reindeer that will pull his sleigh for Christmas, so he organizes a race to find the strongest and most dependable candidates. Young Kuppi wants the job more than anything and enters despite having much less experience than the older reindeer.The race tests more than raw speed. Kuppi has to prove that determination, kindness, and the ability to keep going when things become difficult matter just as much as crossing the finish line first.

Kitty and Mimmy are counting the days until Daniel arrives from New York to spend Christmas with them. Then severe winter weather shuts down his flight, leaving the sisters facing the holiday without the friend they had been so excited to welcome.Although disappointment settles over the house, Kitty refuses to let the distance erase the warmth of Christmas. As the evening unfolds, kindness, hope, and a little holiday wonder turn a lonely change of plans into a celebration none of them expected.

On Christmas Eve, Keroppi discovers a little star that has fallen from the sky. The star desperately wants to behave like a grown-up, but after its fall it has lost both strength and confidence.Keroppi takes care of the injured visitor and tries to help it believe in itself again. Their time together becomes a gentle Christmas journey about accepting help, growing at one's own pace, and finding the courage to shine once more.

Subaru Sumeragi, the young head of a powerful onmyouji clan, is hired to cleanse a construction site haunted by vengeful spirits. When his employer dies under impossible circumstances, suspicion falls on a man who repeatedly survives accidents that should have killed him.A grieving woman claims the survivor murdered her brother and tries to curse him herself. With his twin sister Hokuto and the enigmatic Seishirou Sakurazuka beside him, Subaru must untangle human guilt from supernatural protection before another act of vengeance claims the wrong life.

Tenchi Masaki grows up hearing that an ancestor once used a sword to seal a demon inside a cave seven centuries ago. Curiosity eventually draws him inside, where he removes the legendary blade and releases the prisoner himself. The "demon" is actually Ryouko Hakubi, a powerful space pirate who has been trapped there for centuries.When the sword awakens a hidden power within Tenchi, Ryouko takes an immediate interest in him, and one extraordinary visitor soon leads to another: Jurai princesses Aeka and Sasami, Galactic Police officer Mihoshi, and the brilliant Washu. Tenchi's rural home suddenly becomes the center of alien rivalries, family secrets, and powers he never knew he possessed.