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POPOTAN ぽぽたん   포포탄   波波堡

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PO・PO・TAN,ぽぽたん,포포탄,波波堡
(c) Petitferret/POPOYA

Broadcast Date

2003.7.17 - 2003.10.12

Episode / Duration

12 episodes 30 min. x 12 eps.

A fun and magical tale of the lives of 3 sisters and their maid living in their house/spaceship called Popotan. The eldest, Ai, runs a Christmas-wear shop in their home; Mai is the strong-minded sportswoman; Mii is the spoiled and precocious witch; and Mea is their impassive android maid. They travel from town to town in their house, meeting new people and having new adventures. At the end, they always depart for a new destination, but not without leaving an impression where they have been!

Action Heroine Cheer Fruits

アクションヒロイン チアフルーツ   액션 히로인 치어후르츠   動作女英雄 水果啦啦隊

30 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

What starts as a project for a small-town festival gains traction when local heroines begin getting scouted for popular TV programs. At the urging of her aunt, a prefectural governor in Hinano City, high school senior Misaki Shirogane signs up to become a "heroine fighter" for her area - but everything changes when she realizes that a local superhero show might be the way to rescue their town from serious financial jeopardy! But can they recruit all the girls and resources needed in the short time before the bills come due?

Beyond the Boundary

境界の彼方   경계의 저편   境界的彼方

30min. x 13 eps.|13 episodes

It all began quite suddenly. Akihito, who appears human but is actually half yōmu with the power to quickly heal himself, sees a freshman girl who appears ready to jump from the school rooftop. The girl, Mirai, who has the ability to manipulate blood, which is unique even among members of the spirit world, continues to fight her isolation. Akihito decides in that moment to save Mirai, but disturbing events soon begin to unfold.

Dream Animals THE MOVIE

たべっ子どうぶつ THE MOVIE

90min

Dream Animals biscuits, a long-selling snack beloved by Japanese since its launch in 1978 has been sold in more than 20 countries around the world and features the animal names written in English on the biscuits. The product has enjoyed an explosion in popularity in recent years as merchandise, especially among young people. Now for the first time, the product is given treatment as an animated movie called Dream Animals: The Movie. How will these animal biscuit characters behave and sound as they embark upon a thrilling adventure while tugging at your heartstrings with endearingly rich personalities.

Grimms Notes The Animation

グリムノーツ The Animation

30 min.|12 episodes

Set in a fairy tale world in which everyone receives a book when they are born. These books determine every little detail of that person’s life.
Written by the mysterious storyteller, each book traps that individual into a preordained fate.
The story, however, stars a hero without a story, someone free to decide his own fate. But since he has only blank pages he can only wander to find his purpose.
What follows is a journey where our hero travels to lands and meets characters straight out of the pages of some of the most famous fairy tales. He must work together with the characters he meets to fight to get back his story.

Original Story: Grimms Notes by SQUARE ENIX
Director: Seiki Sugawara
Series scripts: Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Character Design: Kentaro Matsumoto
Music: Mirai Kodai Gakudan
Sound: Fumiyuki Go
Production:Brain’s Base

How to Keep a Mummy

ミイラの飼い方   미이라 사육법   小木乃伊到我家

30 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

Sora is living a normal high school student life, when his "adventurer" father sends him a mummy from his travels in Egypt. Sora balks at the letter from his crazy dad at first, but the mummy that emerges from inside the huge coffin is a mere 12 centimeters tall--small enough to fit in the palm of his hand... Not only that, it's shy, a crybaby, and most of all, super cute. So Sora ends up keeping the mummy, naming his new little buddy "Mii-kun." But living with a mummy might be easier said than done...!

K-ON!

けいおん!   케이온   K-ON! 輕音部

Series.1: 30 min. x 14 eps. Series.2: 30 min. x 27 eps.|41 episodes

Four high school girls join the Light Music Club to save it from being abolished when all of its members graduate. Although most of them don’t have much experience playing a musical instrument, they all decide to give it a shot. Yui, who originally misread the club name and joined thinking it was something else, decides to stay and take up the electric guitar. Ritsu is the president of the club and plays the drums because they are “cool.” Mio, the smart but shy one, is the base guitarist of the band. Gentle child of affluence, Tsumugi, plays the keyboards since she has experience winning piano contests. In their sophomore year, the wide-eyed freshman Azusa lends her considerable guitar skills to finally form the five member band, After School Tea Time. Now they just need to stop having tea parties and get busy practicing... as if!

Kabukibu!

カブキブ!   가부키부   青春歌舞伎故事(青春歌舞伎物語)

30 min. x 12 eps.|12 episodes

Kurogo has loved Kabuki ever since he was a kid, and the fact that his high school has a drama club but no kabuki club drives him crazy. So, naturally, he’s decided that the solution is to make his own club. Even if it means drafting other students, getting a faculty sponsor who knows nothing about the art, and “bending” some of the stricter rules about things like allowing girls to participate in what may become a classwide culture shock!

Seven Senses of the Reunion

七星のスバル   칠성의 스바루   昴宿七星

30 min.|12 episodes

Asahi's life in reality ended simultaneously when she died playing "Union", a world-renowned online RPG. The members of "Subaru" went separate ways when "Union" shut down due to Asahi's death. Six years later, Haruto logs onto a renewed version of "Re'Union" and reunites with Asahi who had died. Is it really her or just an electronic ghost? The former team members reunite and enter the mysterious and deadly online game to find out.

Takunomi

たくのみ。   타쿠노미   酒鬼妹子

15 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

Michiru is a 20-year-old woman who just moved to Tokyo for a new job and lives in Stella House Haruno, an all-female share house. Her roommates are different ages, have distinct jobs and unique personalities but share a very important interest: their love for great food and delicious drinks!
Sometimes all you need are good friends, funny stories and a nice drink to unwind from the adult world.

Urara Meirocho

うらら迷路帖   우라라 메이로쵸   烏菈菈迷路帖

30 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

Chiya was raised in the woods and most of her friends were animals. But now she needs to find her missing mother, and since it may take the skills of an Urara, or fortune teller, to find her, she’s come to
the town of Meiro-cho to learn to become an Urara herself. It won’t be easy adjusting… and not just
because Chiya still tends to check to see if people have tails or want their tummies rubbed! The other girls studying at the Natsumeya teahouse are all unusual in their own ways…