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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!

Amagi Brilliant Park

甘城ブリリアントパーク   아마기 브릴리언트 파크   甘城輝煌樂園救世主

30 min. x 14 eps.|14 episodes

“I know this is sudden, but will you take me to an amusement park on Sunday?” With a musket placed to his head, high schooler Seiya Kanie is forcibly asked out on a date by a pretty transfer student he barely knows, named Isuzu Sento. They make their way to Amagi Brilliant Park, a dilapidated theme park on the western outskirts of Tokyo in Amagi City. Built during the height of the bubble economy, “Amabrilli”, as it had been affectionately known, doesn’t get much love anymore and draws less than 3,000 visitors per day even on a holiday. So when the park is at last faced with an ultimatum: “Draw 100,000 guests in the next 2 weeks or close down forever,” Seiya finds himself necessarily spearheading the charge to revive the park with only hours remaining. But is he capable of pulling off a miracle?

Clockwork Planet

クロックワーク・プラネット   클락워크 플래닛   時鐘機關之星

30 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

A thousand years after the world was rebuilt with clockwork, machine-obsessed Naoto Miura becomes the master of an automaton named RyuZU. When this beautiful piece of machinery crashed into his apartment, Naoto’s superhuman hearing allowed him to fix her broken cogs—but little did he know it would land him squarely in the middle of a horrific government conspiracy! Teaming up with a pint-sized clock technician and her trusty bodyguard, they set out to fix more than just the broken gears of the world.

Girlish Number

ガーリッシュ ナンバー   걸리쉬 넘버   少女編號

30 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

University student Chitose Karasuma dives into the voice acting industry full of dreams, hope, and ambition - but what is the reality that awaits her? Young women with wildly different personalities and backgrounds find themselves friends and competitors at the same time, but may need to join together to find the fame and fortune they all crave in this entertaining look into the voice acting industry featuring a number of original pop songs.

Handa-kun

はんだくん   한다군   半田君

30 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

Handsome teenage calligrapher Sei Handa is worshipped by all his classmates as an aloof superstar… too bad Sei's inherent negativity makes him believe that everyone actually hates him...?! A youthful comedy of misunderstanding and melancholy unfolds in this hilarious prequel to “Barakamon”!

Reign: The Conquevor

アレクサンダー戦記   알렉산더 전쟁기   亞歷山大戰記

TV: 30 min. x 13 eps. Theatrical: 90 min.|13 episodes and Theatrical Version

In 356 BC, Alexander the Great arrives in Greece with the ominous destiny that he will become the "destroyer of the world." Inheriting the crown, he becomes king of the Macedonians and starts down a road of conquest with terrific speed. Alexander ultimately confronts his fated nemesis, Darius the Third, in a war with Persia which changes Alexander into the devil he was fated to become, assuring the destruction of all in his path, and possibly himself.

SEIREN

セイレン   세이렌   清戀「心有千千結」

30 min. x 12 eps.|12 episodes

Faced with university entrance exams and worried about his future, Shoichi decides to try to concentrate on finding love while trying to better himself. In three separate story arcs, Shoichi pursues relationships with the ever-cheerful Hikari, the competitive gamer Toru, and his childhood friend Kyoko. Each of these three stories provides a light-hearted and funny commentary on teenage romance and growing as a person.

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!

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

少年サンタの大冒険   소년 산타클로스의 대모험   小年聖誕的冒險故事

30 min. x 26 eps.|26 episodes

Based on a book by L. Frank Baum, famed author of the "Wizard of Oz" series, The Adventures of Young Santa Claus tells the story of Santa Claus as a child and youth before becoming the world-renowned saint of Christmas. Filled with the loves, dreams, and adventures of a boy growing up, this skillfully drawn animation presents the answers to children's most perplexing questions, such as why Santa Claus delivers Christmas presents around the world, how he is able to do it all in one day, and why he rides a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Discoveries abound for every generation in the heartwarming adventures of the young Santa, his cat, fairies and reindeer.

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun

地縛少年花子くん   지박 소년 하나코군   地縛少年花子君

30 min. × 12 episodes

Story: There’s a strange rumor going around school. In the third-floor women’s room of the old school building, there exists a “Hanako-san” in the third stall, and those who summon her will have any wish granted. The heroine, Nene Yashiro, is a girl who loves superstition and the occult. She wishes to be with an upperclassman she has a crush on, so she tries her hand at one of the school’s seven great mysteries and summons Hanako-kun but is cursed and turned into a fish. In order to undo her curse, Nene strikes a deal with the toilet-bound Hanako-kun. She becomes his assistant and solves mysterious incidents around school.