2001

Koron Nemuta has an inconvenient habit: whenever embarrassment gets the better of her, she yawns. After discovering a mysterious vase, that harmless reflex gains a magical consequence. One yawn summons Akubi, a young genie eager to help, while another sends her straight back inside.Akubi's magic seems like the perfect answer to Koron's everyday problems, but wishes and good intentions rarely unfold as neatly as expected. Between school, friendships, and sudden supernatural mishaps, the shy girl and her energetic genie build an unusual friendship one troublesome yawn at a time.

Black Ghost kidnaps people from around the world and turns them into nine experimental cyborg soldiers. Scientist Isaac Gilmore betrays the organization he served and helps his subjects escape before they can become weapons.Led by Joe Shimamura, the nine cyborgs turn their engineered powers against their creators. Black Ghost intends to profit from global war, and stopping it means fighting the very technology and violence that remade their bodies.

Fifty years ago, the Overdrive destroyed part of the world when the Rave Master's holy power clashed with Dark Bring stones that granted destructive abilities. The explosion scattered the pieces of Rave, while Dark Bring eventually returned in the hands of the organization known as Demon Card.On a quiet island, Haru Glory inherits a sword and the responsibility of becoming the new Rave Master after meeting Plue. He sets out to recover the missing fragments and stop Demon Card, joined by the amnesiac Elie, Musica, and other companions. What begins as a straightforward adventure grows into a struggle over the world's history itself, because gathering Rave also means discovering what happened before the Overdrive and why that past still refuses to stay buried.

In the shadows of modern Britain, the Hellsing Organization destroys supernatural threats before they can prey on the public. Its greatest weapon is Alucard, an overwhelmingly powerful vampire who serves Integra Hellsing and takes grim pleasure in hunting creatures that mistake themselves for monsters.During an operation in the village of Cheddar, police officer Seras Victoria is mortally wounded and accepts Alucard's offer to survive as a vampire. As Seras struggles with her new existence, Hellsing faces escalating attacks from undead creatures, rival organizations, and enemies whose ambitions threaten far more than a single town.

Tennis prodigy Ryoma Echizen returns to Japan after years in the United States and enrolls at Seishun Academy, home to one of the country's strongest middle-school teams. Though only a first-year student, his skill is impossible to ignore, and he quickly earns the chance to challenge older players for a place in the regular lineup. Ryoma has already collected titles, but victories alone have never freed him from the shadow of his father, a former professional whose tennis still seems beyond reach. Surrounded by teammates with distinct styles and ambitions, Ryoma enters increasingly fierce tournaments where finding his own game may prove more important than simply defeating the opponent across the net.

From the moment he first kicked a ball in Nankatsu, Tsubasa Oozora has treated football as both his greatest joy and the road toward one enormous dream: playing on the world stage. His rise is shaped by fierce rivals, trusted teammates, demanding matches, and the lessons he carries from Japan to Brazil.As Tsubasa pushes into professional football and sets his sights on Europe, familiar players are pursuing ambitions of their own across different leagues. Every match becomes another step toward the ultimate goal, a World Cup where Japan can stand against the strongest teams on Earth.

Kamui Shirou returns to Tokyo after six years, obeying his mother's final request while refusing to explain himself to childhood friends Fuuma and Kotori Monou. Dreamseer Hinoto identifies him as the person whose choice will decide whether humanity survives or the wounded Earth is freed from civilization.The Dragons of Heaven gather to protect the barriers sustaining human society, while the Dragons of Earth prepare to destroy them. When Kamui finally chooses his friends over the planet, destiny awakens an opposing Kamui in the person closest to him and turns the coming apocalypse into a battle against the life he wanted to preserve.

Baki Hanma stands at the summit of Tokugawa's underground arena, but his title is about to be tested on an unprecedented scale. Mitsunari Tokugawa gathers 38 elite fighters from across the world, each carrying a different martial art, philosophy, and secret technique into a tournament where almost anything is permitted except weapons.Champions, killers, masters, and monsters of physical strength collide in matches where reputation means little once the fighting begins. As the reigning champion, Baki must survive a field packed with opponents capable of ending his run in a single bout, all while measuring his own strength against the most dangerous fighters he has ever faced.

After her mother's death, Tohru Honda tries desperately not to burden anyone and secretly lives in a tent until Yuki and Shigure Sohma discover her situation and invite her into their home. There she meets Kyo and accidentally learns the family's secret: certain Sohmas transform into animals of the Chinese zodiac when embraced by someone of the opposite sex.The situation seems humorous at first, but the curse is tied to an isolated family and relationships that have left deep wounds on everyone involved. Through her stubborn kindness, Tohru enters the lives of Yuki, Kyo, and the other Sohmas and gives them a kind of acceptance they never expected. In return, she also begins confronting the grief hidden behind her own smile, while it becomes clear that breaking the curse will require far more than a simple wish.

Manta Oyamada can see something most people cannot: spirits. His strange ability leads him to new classmate Yoh Asakura, whom he finds chatting casually with the dead in a cemetery, and opens the door to the world of shamans. Yoh can unite with spirits and borrow their power, and he intends to enter the Shaman Fight, a tournament held every 500 years to choose the person who will become Shaman King and commune with the Great Spirit. With the samurai spirit Amidamaru at his side, Yoh begins a path that draws allies and rivals from around the world, each carrying a different reason for seeking the power to reshape it.

Fourteen-year-old Taro Hanaukyo has just lost his mother and travels to Tokyo expecting to live with a grandfather he barely knows. Instead, he arrives at an enormous estate staffed by hundreds of maids and learns that his grandfather has disappeared after naming Taro heir to the entire Hanaukyo fortune.Head maid Mariel welcomes the bewildered new master into a household where every possible need has its own specialized team. Taro would prefer a normal life, but the maids' extreme dedication, eccentric personalities, and constant determination to serve him ensure that privacy and normality are now luxuries he may never see again.

Paris-based assassin Mireille Bouquet receives a strange message from a Japanese girl named Kirika Yuumura asking her to join a “pilgrimage to the past.” Mireille would have ignored it if the message had not included a melody tied to her childhood and the murder of her family.When they meet, Mireille discovers that Kirika has no memory of her identity yet possesses extraordinary killing skills she cannot explain. The two work together under the codename “Noir,” taking assassination jobs while searching for answers. Each clue draws them closer to a shadowy organization called Les Soldats and to the secret that connected their lives long before they ever met.

Takato Matsuda loves the Digimon card game and sketches a creature of his own named Guilmon. When a mysterious blue card transforms his reader into a D-Ark, the drawing becomes a real Digimon, giving Takato the partner he dreamed of and a responsibility he never imagined.He meets experienced tamer Rika and the thoughtful Henry, whose partners Renamon and Terriermon approach battle very differently. As Digimon enter the human world and a larger threat connects both realities, Takato must learn that raising Guilmon requires trust rather than simply treating him as a game creation.

Doremi, Hazuki, and Aiko are given another chance to pursue witchhood, but returning to magic comes with strict conditions. Several witches remain unconvinced that the girls deserve their place, forcing them to face a new set of tests while continuing to help others through the MAHO-do shop.Their circle grows when Momoko Asuka, a cheerful transfer student from New York and an experienced witch apprentice, joins them. Her talent for making sweets brings a fresh direction to the shop, while differences in language and culture create both confusion and friendship as the girls work together to prove how much they have grown.