Jane's mother dies when she is born, and her father, a rich English aristocrat, soon remarries to a woman with a son, William, who despises his new father and brother. George and Jane grow up with a dream to make a flying machine. George believes the distant Asian sands hold a secret: a mysterious cerulean sand which can make machines fly. He goes on an expedition to find it, and soon is reported executed for treason. William disappears too. After she recieves an unsigned letter holding a handful of pale-blue sand which floats in the air, Jane is sure her brother is alive and leaves to the East to find him and prove him innocent. There are many mysteries to unravel in store for Jane and her new friends on her journey. But perhaps a mystery should forever remain a mystery...
Patapata Hikousen no Bouken has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: パタパタ飛行船の冒険, The Secret of Cerulean Sand
Genres: Desert , Science Fiction , Fantasy , Steampunk , Adventure , Earth , Action , Asia , Alternative Past , Past , Friendship , Plot Continuity
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5. Brigadoon: Marin to Melan
Marin is a typical junior high school girl with a sunny disposition and a loving adoptive family. Her life takes a drastic change when a mysterious mirage is seen in the sky above the entire earth. Killer androids called Monomakia descend to earth from the formation in the sky called Brigadoon and begin to hunt down little Marin. She discovers a blue bottle in a shrine as she seeks escape and from the bottle comes a protector, a sword carrying gun slinging alien called Melan Blue, together they must save the earth and deal with family crisis, school prejudice and the police and come to an understanding of Marins past and Melans unexplained mission, as well as learn to trust each other. Set in 1969 Japan with a colorful cast of friends and enemies.
Brigadoon has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: ブリガドーン まりんとメラン, Brigadoon Marin and Melan, MariMera
4. Zipang
Mirai, an improved Kongou-class Aegis guided missile destroyer, is one of the newest and most advanced ships in the entire Japanese Self Defense Force (SDF). Her crew, also one of the newest, is lead by Capt. Umezu Saburo and Executive Officer Kadomatsu Yosuke. While running scheduled training exercises one day, Mirai encounters a fierce storm that throws their navigation systems into temporary disarray. After a few minutes of recovery, the crew is shocked to discover that they've been transported back in time to June 4, 1942—The Battle of Midway, during World War II. Letting history take its course for this battle, they manage to avoid the conflict firsthand and make a vow to remain annonymous, changing history as little as possible. However, when the crew comes across the dying Lt. Commander Kusaka Takumi, XO. Kadomatsu's instincts to save lives takes over, changing the course of history more than he could've imagined.
Zipang has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: ジパング, Zipang
3. Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi
During Japan's Taisho Era (1912-1926), a scientist named Ayanokoji developed the Steel Angel - an artificial humanoid with superhuman physical abilities. While the Imperial Army wanted to use the Steel Angel as a new means of modern warfare, Ayanokoji wanted his creation to be a new step in the future of mankind. Thus, he defied orders from the Army and secretly made the Steel Angel codenamed "Kurumi". Then one day, a young boy named Nakahito Kagura snuck into Ayanokoji's house as a dare by his friends and stumbled upon Kurumi's lifeless body. A sudden attack by the Imperial Army shook the house, causing Kurumi to fall on Nakahito. At that moment, their lips met, and Kurumi woke up from "the kiss that started a miracle".
Steel Angel Kurumi has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: 鋼鉄天使くるみ, Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi
2. Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
In 1889, the world is on the pinnacle of great discoveries in technology. In mankind's grasp for the future, a sinister foe known only as Gargoyle, obsessed with restoring the former Atlantean empire to the glory it once held, begins his plans to take over the world. Nadia, with the help of a young inventor, Jean Raltique, and the mysterious captain Nemo of the submarine Nautilus, must fight to save the world from Gargoyle and Neo-Atlantis. Based on the Novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' by Jules Verne.
Nadia: Secret of Blue Water has finished airing and it has 39 Episodes. It is also Known as: ふしぎの海のナディア, Die Macht des Zaubersteins [de], Nadia - Il mistero della pietra azzurra [it], Nadia, le secret de l`eau bleue [fr], Nadia: Mavi Suyun Esrarı [tr], Matka maapallon ympäri [fi], Nadia: Tajemství Modré vody [cz], Il mistero della pietra azzurra [it], Nadia: Tajemnica Błękitnego Kamienia [pl], Nadia - Tajemnica Błękitnego Kamienia [pl], Nadia - Tajemnica niebieskiego kamienia [pl], Nadia of the Mysterious Seas [en], Nadia: Secret of Blue Water [en], Nadia: el Secret de l'Aigua Blau [ca], Nadia: el Secreto del Agua Azul [es], Nadja z tajemných moří [cz], The Secret of Blue Water [en], Надя c загадочного моря [ru], 不可思议之海的娜迪娅 [zh], 冒險少女娜汀亞 [zh], الماسة الزرقاء [ar]
1. Samurai 7
In the far distant future, on a planet that might have been called "earth", there was a war between samurai who mechanized their bodies. After the long war, people enjoyed a modest peace.
Facing starvation and abductions at the hands of fearsome mechanized bandits (Nobuseri), the farmers of Kanna Village make the dangerous choice to hire samurai for protection. The village's water priestess, Kirara, her younger sister, Komachi, and a heartbroken villager, Rikichi, set off to hire willing samurai with nothing to offer but rice from their meager harvests. Through dangerous encounters and a bit of luck, seven samurai of varying specialties and experience are gathered for an epic battle against the bandits and the merchants that influence them.
Samurai 7 is based loosely upon Kurosawa Akira's famous movie "Seven Samurai"/"Shichinin no Samurai"
Samurai 7 has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: サムライセブン, Samurai Seven
