Winter 1998

Mima Kirigoe leaves the pop group CHAM! to begin a new career as an actress, a decision some of her fans refuse to accept. Determined to shed her image as an innocent idol, she takes a more provocative role in a crime drama, but every step away from her old identity increases the pressure surrounding her.An obsessed fan begins stalking her, a website appears that writes a diary in her name with frighteningly precise details, and violent incidents strike people connected to her new work. At the same time, Mima starts seeing a version of herself still dressed as the idol she abandoned and loses confidence in her own memories. Acting, life, fantasy, and reality blur together until the most frightening question is no longer who is watching her, but which version of “Mima” she can trust.

Years after the Meiji Restoration, Kenshin Himura encounters Shigure Takimi, a swordsman whose faith in the new age was shattered when comrades and loved ones died during the struggle that created it. Convinced that the government betrayed the ideals for which they fought, Shigure gathers fellow disillusioned warriors and prepares an uprising in Tokyo.Kenshin understands the pain behind that anger, but he cannot allow another generation to be sacrificed to it. When Shigure learns that the peaceful wanderer before him was once Hitokiri Battousai, old bloodshed turns their disagreement into something deeply personal, forcing Kenshin to stop a rebellion without abandoning the vow that now guides his sword.

Long before the Battle of Astarte made their names inseparable from galactic history, Reinhard von Müsel and Siegfried Kircheis were young Imperial officers trying to rise through a system ruled by privilege, corruption, and dangerous politics. From a frozen frontier assignment to military-police investigations and battlefield commands, every posting tests Reinhard's ambition and Kircheis's loyalty.Their path brings assassination schemes, murder cases, drug trafficking, and clashes with officers whose interests oppose Reinhard's ascent. Each success moves the pair closer to the power Reinhard needs to challenge the Empire's old order, while revealing the price of climbing through it.

Anpanman and his friends turn everyday habits into simple promises children can practice themselves. Cleaning up, washing hands, using the toilet properly, taking naps, eating without being overly picky, avoiding selfish behavior, staying close enough not to get lost, and being careful around cars all become cheerful little situations to solve.Baikinman’s antics ensure the lessons are rarely quiet, but each problem ends by showing why small rules matter when everyone wants to stay healthy, safe, and considerate of others.

Kazuya Mishima has carried one memory since childhood: his father Heihachi throwing him from a cliff to test whether he was worthy of the Mishima bloodline. Years later, Kazuya enters a tournament known as the King of Iron Fist, where victory offers him the chance he has waited for to confront Heihachi and settle that hatred.The tournament draws fighters for very different reasons. Jun Kazama and detective Lei Wulong investigate the Mishima empire's illegal experiments involving cloning and genetic engineering, while others chase the enormous prize. Behind the martial arts spectacle, Heihachi's ambitions hide a danger far greater than any participant expects.

Less than a year after the struggle surrounding the Macross 7 fleet, Basara Nekki leaves Fire Bomber and travels alone to the planet Zola. There he meets Elma, a young admirer of his music, and discovers a society whose troubles soon pull him into another conflict despite his refusal to solve problems through ordinary violence.Space whales migrate through the Zola system, attracting poachers determined to kill them for profit. Among those obsessed with the whales is Elma's father, Graham, whose personal fixation places him at odds with Basara. Once again Basara turns to the one power he truly believes in: singing, hoping his music can reach both people and creatures before greed turns the migration into slaughter.

Christmas preparations are in full swing when the cheerful Meringue Sisters travel aboard SL-Man with cakes for the town's celebration. Baikinman and his companions target the precious cargo, and Anpanman is struck by Iwaotoko's beam while trying to stop them, leaving both the cakes and the holiday itself in danger.The Meringue Sisters refuse to let the celebration be stolen. As friends across the snowy landscape race to help Anpanman, their songs, courage, and willingness to befriend even lonely troublemakers become the key to bringing everyone together for Christmas night.