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Jarinko Chie (TV)
Jarinko Chie is a movie directed by Takahata in 1981. Based on the very popular manga by Etsumi HARUKI, it is about ten year old Chie, "the most unfortunate girl in Japan," who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated. This sounds really depressing, but it's actually a very funny comedy.
The story is set in Osaka, which has a totally different culture from Tokyo. After the success of the movie, a TV series was made, and Takahata worked as the chief director.
TV Series
Ongoing
1981
Vanguard Dragon God
Having been forced to sleep with the cold empress for a hundred year, he gave up one of his spirits so as to get away from her!! In this life, he is reborn to be a man who marries into and live with his bride’s family, being adept with both martial arts and spell, let’s see how he will rock the continent that is full of disdains.
ONA
Ongoing
2022
Jidou Hanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyuu wo Samayou
A vending machine fanatic meets his demise when he is, quite ironically, crushed by a vending machine. To his dismay, he finds himself reincarnated as a vending machine in another world. Having reemerged within a forest inhabited by frogmen and other monsters—and supplied with only two products—Boxxo the Vending Machine requires coins to keep itself stocked, powered, and upgraded with new skills.
Luckily, the automat is rescued by a young woman who quickly realizes that it is sentient, and she carries it to a human settlement. Thereafter, the strange piece of machinery gradually makes an impact in the world around it, gaining numerous allies along the way despite being utterly incapable of speech or movement and communicating only by playing out pre-recorded vending machine phrases.
Summer 2023
Ongoing
2023