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MahoRomatic Automatic Maiden まほろまてぃっく   마호로매틱   魔力女管家

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Automatic Maiden,まほろまてぃっく,마호로매틱,魔力女管家
(c) NAKAYAMA・DITAMA / WANIBOOKS・MAHOROBA PROJECT

Broadcast Date

2001.10.5 - 2001.12.28 / 2001.12.14
2002.9.26 - 2003.1.16 / 2002.12.19
2003.8.14
2009.10.17 - 24

Episode / Duration

29 episodes and digest episode Series.1: 30 min. x 12 eps. / 30 min. x 1 special ep.
Series.2: 30 min. x 14 eps. / 30 min. x 1 digest ep.
Special: 30 min. x 2 eps.

In the late 80's, an alien race attacks the Earth and an organization called Vesper creates a line of androids to battle the invaders. The most successful of these defenders, Mahoro, is given a chance to live out the rest of her life of 398 days in any way she likes as a reward for her exemplary service. She chooses to become a maid for a young man named Suguru who was orphaned as a boy. Of course, Suguru is amazed when he learns that this beautiful former fighting machine will be living with him! What follows are many funny and awkward moments as Mahoro tries to learn to be more human. Suguru decides to keep the fact that she is an android a secret from his friends, but even he does not know the whole story.

Forbidden Fruit

不機嫌な果実   금기의 과일   禁果的誘惑

60 min. x 11 eps.|11 episodes

Mayako, a married woman, finds her life of comfort and casual affairs thrown into disarray when she unexpectedly falls in love with a younger man. Here is a modern fable of the moral dilemmas facing today’s women, in a time where the expectations of love, marriage, and divorce from earlier generations no longer seem true.

I Just Wanna Hug You

抱きしめたい 〜真実の物語〜   안고 싶어   想擁抱

123 min.

Overcoming a tragic accident at a young age that confined her to a wheelchair and caused frequent memory loss, Tsukasa has an inspiring lust for life and energy. She plays sports and meets, then falls in love with, a young basketball-playing taxi driver named Masami. Soon, the two find themselves having to face a variety of challenges and difficulties form the world around them on their way to marriage and the dreams of building a blissful life together. This film is based on a miraculous story about an actual couple in Abashiri, Hokkaido. Tsukasa has been paralyzed on her left side since a traffic accident as a young girl, which also caused some brain damage, making her forget things easily.

I Love You Just a Little Bit

あなたのことはそれほど   당신을 그렇게까지는   我對你並没那麼

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

Mitsu is a 29-year-old woman who married “the number 2 man in her life,” but has been unable to forget her first love, Arishima. When she accidentally encounters him after several years, she feels it is destiny calling, and the two spend one night together in secret from their spouses. Airtime himself has just begun a family of his own, with a newborn child, but he and Mitsu find themselves continuing their affair. While they at first enjoy what seems to be a no-strings at-tached affair, it gradually begets subtle changes in feeling. Mitsu’s husband, Ryota, becomes aware of the affair and ups his devotion to her to keep her. Meanwhile, Arishima’s wife, Reika, is a picture perfect mother and devoted wife, throwing this four-way relationship into an increas-ingly complicated web of mixed emotions.

My Teacher

先生!、、、好きになってもいいですか?   선생님!   老師!

113 min.

Hibiki is an awkward, 17-year-old high school sophomore who hasn't known romance.
But she's about to fall in love for the very first time. With whom?
A man who isn't great with words, but compassionate about his students.
It's her history teacher, Mr. Ito.
"Is it okay if I fall for you?" Hibiki asks.
"I'm afraid I can't return those feelings," is Ito's reply.
Hibiki's first love crashes before takeoff. But it doesn't matter.
"Still I want to cherish my crush anyway."
A teacher's heart begins to turn by a student's pure love.

Shinkalion

新幹線変形ロボ シンカリオン   신카리온   新幹線變形機器人 SHINKALION

30 min × 76 eps

A young boy and railfan, Hayato, accidentally discovers that his father is part of a secret organization that combats mysterious beings with Shinkalions, bullet trains that turn into giant robots. Hayato shows a surprising amount of aptitude as a Shinkalion pilot, having used an application on his father's tablet that he mistook for a mobile game. They soon realize kids make the best Shinkalion pilots and Hayato joins several other kids in using the Shinkalions to battle these giant life forms that randomly appear throughout Japan and threaten their cities.

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!

SPEC: zero

SPEC ~零   SPEC: 영(零)   SPEC: 零

120 min x 1 ep|1 episode

This prequel to the hugely popular SPEC act ion series, delves into the story behind protagonist Saya’s loss of her left hand. Saya’s parents are supposedly killed in a plane crash when she’s in high school. But later Saya is approached by Kondo, a Metropolitan Police Agency detective, who tells her it’s likely her family was murdered by a SPEC agent. Five years later, Saya is a cop at the Public Safety Department’s Section 5 Task Force for unresolved cases. Meanwhi le, Saya’s brother blames Saya for their parents’ death, setting out to destroy her under the pseudonym Ninomae. He’s guided by Saya’s jilted ex-boyfriend, Satoshi, who’s poisoned both Ninomae and Saya’s minds so that they can’t recall being close.

SPEC~Close~incarnation / SPEC~Close~reincarnation

劇場版SPEC ~結(クローズ)~漸(ゼン)ノ篇/爻(コウ)ノ篇   SPEC ~완결~   SPEC~Close~ (SPEC~結~)

incarnation: 94 min. reincarnation: 91 min.

The much-anticipated sequel to the SPEC series, Close comes to theaters in two parts, "incarnation" and "reincarnation" and promises to deliver an ultimate conclusion to the franchise and all SPEC holders who have appeared, both new and old. The world is divided into those who possess SPEC, and those who do not. The world is beginning to waver, and a period is about to be placed on the history of mankind. A simple plan. Fatima's 3rd prophecy. Solomon's key. All mysteries hitherto unsolved will be revealed! What fate awaits Toma and Sebumi and the whole human race here at the beginning of the end?

The Yakuza Girl

セーラー服と機関銃   세일러복과 기관총   水手服與機關槍

70 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 6 eps|7 episodes

A girl-next-door type, the ordinary senior high school girl, Izumi Hoshi suddenly turns into a yakuza (gangster) boss. The high school girl, who had been completely unrelated to the yakuza world, now defeats evils one after another. It is a truly exhilarating story.
The original novel written by Jiro Akagawa is a big hit that sold some 2 million copies! Furthermore, it is a serial drama based on “Sailor Fuku to Kikanju (sailor suit and machine gun),” which was made into a movie starring Hiroko Yakushimaru and was rage of the times.

Three Dads

3人のパパ   3인의 아빠   3個爸爸大戰小寶

30 min x 10 eps|10 episodes

Takuto, our protagonist, shares a house with his friends from high school – Kyohei and Hajime. He comes home to find a baby sleeping peacefully in the room. When the other two residents also return, they read a letter that has been left on the desk. “This is your baby.” Although they’re not quite sure what to do, the young men begin to feel responsible and they appear to make a decision to raise it together. However…

The three young men – afraid of learning the truth - take on the task of raising a baby in this slapstick comedy drama.

How would react if you suddenly became a father?