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Pet Shop of Horrors ペットショップ・オブ・ホラーズ   공포의 애완 동물 가게   寵物店驚魂

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Pet Shop of Horrors,ペットショップ・オブ・ホラーズ,공포의 애완 동물 가게,寵物店驚魂
(c) MATSURI AKINO / UNIVERSAL J・TBS・MAD HOUSE

Broadcast Date

1999.3.1 - 1999.3.25

Episode / Duration

16 episodes 6 min. 30 sec. x 16 eps.

A shady Los Angeles Chinatown pet shop, owned by the mysterious Count D, sells a variety of precious and unique pets that serve a select clientele with special needs. Parents who have lost their child, or a young man having separated from the love of his life, are given a chance to recover some of what was once theirs, but with very specific rules. Should the rules be ignored, the consequences can be quite severe. Leon, a young Los Angeles police detective, visits Count D in the course of investigating a series of "accidents" involving animals. His initial suspicions of a mafia connection are gradually replaced with the fear that something much more sinister is behind this purveyor of pets.

DAGASHIKASHI

だがしかし   다가시카시   粗點心戰爭

30 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

Shikada dreams of becoming a famous manga artist. The only problem—he’s terrible. His real talent is selling the complex and delicious snacks in his father’s “dagashi” shop. He never thought much about the family business until the trendy, eccentric Hotaru showed up. As a lover of “dagashi,” she can’t let his talent go to waste and decides she won’t stop ‘til she’s sold him on sweets.

DEATH CASH

死幣   사폐   死幣

30 min × 10 eps|10 episodes

College student and Economics major, Yuka Minami (19) suddenly learns of the freakish death of her friend, Ikumi, on whose corpse were found reams of 10,000-yen bills. The eyes of Yukichi Fukuzawa, the face on the 10,000-yen note, had all been darkened black. When the bodies of 5 more men and women around Ikumi turn up in the same manner, rumors spread of a “death cash” curse. Frantic over this rash of inexplicable deaths in her immediate surroundings, Yuka one day hits upon a certain “rule” she believes might combat the workings of these fatal deaths. Horror and suspense surround her in this visceral depiction of modern society’s biggest and most terrifying subject: money.

How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Ω

異世界魔王と召喚少女の奴隷魔術Ω   異世界魔王與召喚少女的奴隸魔術Ω

30 min.|10 episodes

Diablo (real name: Takuma Sakamoto) is summoned to a different world as the character he controls inside a game he played. Shera and Rem both claim to be the one who summoned him, and they start to spend their days in this world that looks exactly like the game. He fights an elite force from the kingdom of elves, battles a demon tribe, and becomes the master of the resurrected Demon Lord Krebskrum. He states, “I am Diablo. I am the Demon Lord of the other world” and continues to play the role of Demon Lord and goes up against formidable enemies. Though he is at the mercy of beautiful girls from time to time, he develops a trusting relationship with them.

Then one day…
Diablo and his allies venture out to a forest when they find a lone girl in tatters. “A-are you… God?” It turns out to be Lumachina, the High Priest of the Church who was being chased by a Holy Knight!
The Demon Lord (at least he acts as one) with zero social skills marches on with overwhelming strength! It’s another “other world adventure tale full of dreams” brought to you by the Demon Lord of the other world and Summoner girls!

MOZU (S1): Night Cry of the MOZU|MOZU (S2): Phantom Wings

MOZU Season 1 ~百舌の叫ぶ夜~|MOZU Season 2 ~幻の翼編~   MOZU Season1 ~모즈가 울부짓는 밤~|MOZU Season2 ~환상의 날개~   吶喊正義 第一季~百舌吶喊的夜晚~|吶喊正義 第二季~幻之翼~

Season 1: 114 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 9 eps Season 2: 60 min x 5 eps|15 episodes

The crowning work of Go Osaka, one of Japan’s leading hard-boiled mystery writers, his series “Mozu” (Bull-headed shrike) has sold almost 700,000 copies to date.

【MOZU Season1: Night Cry of the Mozu】
Ace police officer of the public safety department plice, Kuraki (Hidetoshi Nishijima) who lost his wife in a bombing incident, Osugi (Teruyuki Kagawa), a cop who rose from the bottom of the ranks up through the 1st Criminal Section, and a tough woman cop, Miki (Yoko Maki), form an odd trio that gradually learn to trust each other as they try to solve a town bombing, catch an assassin that goes by the name “Mozu”, and expose shady past collusions and conspiracy within the police department. The truth emerges slowly from a whirlpool of human intrigue that will keep you glued to your screen in a blockbuster production that goes beyond the conventional scale and realm of television.

【MOZU Season2: Phantom Wings】
One year following the first season “Night Cry of the Mozu”, an even more wicked challenge presents itself to Kuraki and his gang in the form of an international conspiracy. A murder in the style of Mozu occurs near Kuraki, Osugi and Miki that points to not only Japan but to an international terrorist ring surrounding the “Phantom wings” and a high-stakes gamble. The shocking truth behind a peaceful society is about to be revealed! “Phantom Wings” adds new cast members to this action thriller sure to shake the foundation of your values and view toward life.

Samurai Harem

明日のよいち!   내일의 요이치!   明日的與一!

30 min. x 12 eps.|12 episodes

Yoichi has been raised in the mountains by his samurai father, and now has great athletic skill and swordsmanship. One day, his father tells Yoichi that staying with him would not further increase his skills, and so it is decided that to grow stronger in body and mind he is to move to the city. Entering an affiliated dojo in the city, Yoichi is pleased to find that four sisters live at the dojo: Ibuki, Ayame, Chihaya and Kagome. Seeing the big city and girls for the first time has got Yoichi all turned around! On top of that he’s got to deal with bullies at school and assassins out to get him. With all these distractions will Yoichi ever get around to his studies to become a great samurai?

Shonen Maid

少年メイド   소년 메이드   少年女僕

30 min. × 13 eps.|13 episodes

After the loss of his mother, Chihiro is left alone.With no family left, he has to find a way to move on. Things aren’t looking good until a chance encounter with the young and handsome Madoka – who turns out to be his walthy uncle! Madoka offers him his home and all Chihiro has to do is clean up after the messy, irresponsible man. The problem? This job requires a uniform – a maid outfit!

The Crimes That Bind

祈りの幕が下りる時   기도의 막이 내릴때   當祈禱落幕時

119 min.

A woman is found strangled to death in an apartment in Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward.
The victim is Michiko Oshitani, a resident of Shiga Prefecture who worked for a home cleaning company.
What’s more, the occupant of the apartment where the murder took place, Mutsuo Koshikawa, has gone missing.
Matsumiya (Junpei Mizobata) and his fellow detectives of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Investigation Section 1 begin investigating, but hit a brick wall when they fail to find any links between Oshitani and Koshikawa.
Why was Oshitani, who lived in Shiga, killed in Tokyo?
Eventually, the detectives’ inquiries lead them to a theater director named Hiromi Asai (Nanako Matsushima).
They learn that Oshitani came to Tokyo to visit her former classmate Asai, but again come up with nothing when searching for connections between Asai and Koshikawa, and their investigation grinds to a halt.
Matsumiya has a hunch that a charred corpse found nearby the murder scene may have some relevance to the case, and subsequently discovers an item among the victim’s belongings with the names of Nihonbashi’s 12 bridges written on it.
When Kyoichiro Kaga (Hiroshi Abe) learns of this, he is deeply shaken.
It is somehow connected to his mother, who died alone...

The Man with the God Tongue

神の舌を持つ男   擁有神之舌的男人   신의 혀를 가진 남자

75 min × 1 ep / 60 min × 9 eps|10 episodes

Ranmaru Tomonaga may be a bit naive and dorky, but he’s got something of an endearing quality that is hard to dislike. Above all, he has a tongue like a gas-chromatography device, capable of analyzing whatever it comes in contact with. Sure enough, that tongue leads him into all kinds of trouble as he gets embroiled in solving one puzzling mystery after another. Along the way, he picks up a sidekick; an “uzakawa” (cute, but annoying) suspense drama fan girl named Hikaru Kamekanbo. They meet up with Kanji Miyazawa, a straight-laced man who is the only person capable of reining in the quirky pair and keeping them out of trouble. The three of them become traveling companions, traversing the countryside in a beat-up automobile, sleeping and eating in some of the nation’s best-kept secret hot springs, and searching for the mysterious “onsen” geisha “Miyabi” in a comical mystery adventure.

The Quintessential Quintuplets

五等分の花嫁

30 min.|12 episodes

Uesugi Futaro, a high school second-year from a poor family, receives a highly appealing offer to work part-time as a tutor... but his students turn out to be girls from his own class! What's more, they're quintuplets... and all five are beautiful, but happen to be problem students who have borderline grades and hate studying! Looks like his first assignment will be to win all the sisters' trust?! Every day is a wild party in this rom-com centering around the quintuplet sisters of the Nakano household!

Unnatural

アンナチュラル   언내추럴   非自然 法醫女王

75 min × 1 ep / 70 min × 1 ep / 60 min × 8 eps|10 episodes

A story-a-week episodic medical mystery that treats the theme of reality changing when faced with imminent death. Mystery and exhilarating human drama unfold against the backdrop of the “unnatural death institute”, or “UDI”. For example, the body of a young man is brought into the UDI lab one day; his cause of death attributed to ischemic heart disease in which blood fails to be conveyed to the heart. But the victim’s parents are puzzled by the freak nature of their son’s death and turn to medical coroner Mikoto, to find out why. Together with her lab technician partner, Yuko Shoji, and rookie medical recorder, Rokuro, they examine the body for a possible drug poisoning, and then learn that another female colleague of the deceased man has just died suddenly.