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Sango no Umi to Ouji (Dub)
On the island of Okinawa, driven by his kindhearted nature, a boy named Ray determines to stop the destruction of the island's natural forests and coral reef, no matter what he has to give. What will he give to stop a tidal wave from killing the island's people?
OVA
Completed
2000
X Densha de Ikou
Ishihara Toru is an everyday guy with an on-and-off girlfriend and a position working for a train buff. Things become complicated when a ghostly vehicle dubbed the X Train begins to ride the rails, destroying everything in its path. Somehow, it seems that Toru is connected with the X Train by a strange power, which draws the attention of some very dangerous and power hungry people who would wield it for their own...
OVA
Completed
1987
Yamakoshi Mura no Mari to Sanbiki no Koinu
Based on a picture book written about the 2004 earthquake in Chuuetsu, Niigata prefecture.
Mari's three puppies were just born, when the earthquake in Yamakoshimura started. Now their home is in ruins, and their owner, an old man is trapped under the debris. Mari somehow manages to break her chain, and encourages the old man, until help arrives. In the end, someone saves the old man, but he can't take in the dogs, so they remain in the now abandoned village. Can Mari and the puppies live on like this?
OVA
Completed
2006
Ramen Chai-nyan
Chai Nyan is a 14-year-old girl who came all the way from China to spread the way of Ramen! However, a drunk named Yoiyoi refuses to accept that Chai Nyan's ramen shop neither sells alcohol nor allows drinking. And so, the drunk decides to destroy the shop with robots and so on. Will Chai Nyan be able to weather this storm?
OVA
Completed
2001
Cosmic Fantasy: Ginga Mehyou no Wana
Yuu and Saya are two of the top Cosmic Hunters in the galaxy, and Yuu is enjoying a bit of fame after his most recent adventure. The two are on a date when they are interrupted from a distress signal from their "ally", the feline pervert Nyan. In the meantime, the space pirate Belga begins attacking space freighters in an attempt to lure out Yuu, so she can take him to bed with her. Of course, when he spurns her, she decides that if she can't have him, then no one can.
OVA
Completed
1994
Netrun-mon the Movie
"Netrun-mon THE MOVIE #1" is an original animation DVD conceived by Netrunner Magazine to celebrate their 5th birthday. This 30-min OVA is directed by Poyoyon Rock (of "Popotan" fame) and stars cute Netrunner characters Nin'i-tan and friends.
OVA
Completed
2004
Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki!
Manami is your typical schoolgirl, despite the odd machines her grandfather is always building. One day, though, an odd evil robot comes to attack Minami's school, and commits the ultimate offense of threatening her friends... and ruining her lunch. Now, she will stop at nothing to return order to the world in her grandpa's newest creation: the mecha Del Power X.
OVA
Completed
1986
Makaryuudo Demon Hunter
Yama Rikudo is not your average teenage girl. With her trademark duo horn-like tufted hair, she’s really a kind of demon policewoman, charged with the duty of protecting Japan from demonic monsters that’ve gone AWOL. Even when her demon superiors try and pull her off the job, because demon-human relations are getting too hot for her to handle, she will stay and fight with her giant scythe, because, while disguised as a high school student, she has fallen for fellow student Sho Kurogane. Now she must save Sho, and his friends, from the evil plotting of the school’s eternal youth seeking, soul sucking, Headmistress.
OVA
Completed
1989
Katte ni Shirokuma
Shiro is a dim-witted albino bear who lives with his mother and siblings in a remote forest, fishing and hunting for food on a daily basis. One day, a chance encounter with a tortoise leads the family to take an unexpected adventure far from their home. As they encounter various mysterious artifacts on their way back to the forest, they unexpectedly stumble upon a peculiar and unique sight: an abandoned city.
OVA
Completed
1987
Dokushin Apartment Dokudami-sou
Yoshio Hori is a day laborer in the 1980s during Tokyo's economic boom. Initially, Yoshio sought out Asagaya to live a free-wheeling lifestyle but that was quickly dropped as he was confronted with reality. He lives a life of extreme poverty and encounters all types of characters from Japan's sub-cultures, including yakuza, drug addicts, and alcoholics.
OVA
Completed
1989
Blame! Prologue
Based on the manga Blame! by Nihei Tsutomu, serialised in Monthly Afternoon.
In a city that is said to have thousands of levels, making it impossible to tell the sky from the ground, the mysterious Killy wanders the bizarre and foreboding levels of this mega-structure, where the boundaries between machine and living organism have been obscured.
OVA
Completed
2007
The Animatrix (Dub)
1. Final Flight of the Osiris
The crew of the Osiris discover an army preparing to invade Zion. While one crew member races inside the Matrix to get the message to Zion, the others try desperately to buy her enough time while fighting off an onslaught of Sentinels they can't possibly defeat.
2-3. The Second Renaissance Part 1 and 2
Humans have created the ultimate AI, which is just as smart as they are. But complications arise when these robots and the humans try to exist peacefully, and eventually all-out war breaks out. The humans ultimately lose the war, and become trapped in the Matrix as seen in the live-action films.
4. Kid's Story
A young man discovers that his world isn't real, that it's a computer-generated fantasy land created by robots using humans for energy. He escapes with the help of the hacker Neo. Based on the Matrix trilogy.
5. Program
Cis and Duo engage in battle in a virtual recreation of Feudal Japan.
6. World Record
While running the fastest race in his life, a champion track star breaks free of his computer-generated world for a small period of time. When he goes back to the real world, he has no memories and is placed in a nursing home. Based on the Matrix trilogy.
7. Beyond
While looking for her lost pet, a young woman meets up with some kids in Tokyo to play in a "haunted house," which is really a glitch in their computer world. Based on the Matrix trilogy.
8. Detective Story
A detective named Ash is called upon by a mysterious organization to hunt down the notorious hacker Trinity.
9. Matriculated
A group of scientists capture a robot and place it in a surreal fantasy world. When the robot's friends come in and kill most of the scientists; however, the robot and the last scientist remaining face isolation in the computer-generated world. Based on the Matrix trilogy.
OVA
Completed
2003
The Animatrix
The Animatrix is a collection of several animated short films, detailing the backstory of the "Matrix" universe, and the original war between man and machines which led to the creation of the Matrix.
OVA
Completed
2003
Ryokunohara Labyrinth: Sparkling Phantom
Hiroki and Kanata have been together since they were children. One day Hiroki is caught up in an accident while trying to save a little girl. The next thing he knows, he is looking down on his own body. Separated from his body, Kanata, and everything else, he tries to figure out just what is going on.
Why is he outside his body which is living on as if nothing has changed, how can he convince Kanata that he is there, and who is the strange girl, Fhalei, who keeps appearing for him?
OVA
Completed
1980
Majokko Club Yoningumi: A Kuukan kara no Alien X
Yuu, Persia, Mai and Yumi are together in a science fiction-like adventure. An awful monster assault young and beautiful girls, leaving them transformed into ugly hags: only our four magical girls with their powers can fly to the space and fight for Earth 's sake, so Yuu transforms into Creamy Mami, Mai into Magical Emi, Persia into Fairy and little Yumi draws space suits for all of them.
OVA
Completed
1987
Gdleen
Due to a spacecraft failure, Ryu, a human astronaut, and the AI "MOS" are forced to crash-land on a mysterious planet called Gdleen. There, Ryu meets a cute Euradonian fairy named Fana. However, the planet is in the midst of a dispute over a supposedly magical temple. The self-proclaimed God Gavana captures Fana to use as a sacrifice, and it's up to Ryu to save her.
Will they all be able to escape? And what is the true identity of the being calling itself Gavana?
OVA
Completed
1990
Nakoruru: Ano Hito kara no Okurimono
Nakoruru, finally returned to her home Kamuikotan after a long, fierce battle, receives a warm welcome from dear friends and the village children. Her spirit is uplifted by her reunion with companions Manari and Yantamuu. But as the trauma of battle falls away, Rela appears and challenges Nakoruru and the shadow of misfortune creeps closer... Nakoruru is a popular Ainu girl from SNK's Samurai Spirits fighting game (PC and Dreamcast), now she has her very own OVA series.
OVA
Completed
2002
Ranma ½: Akumu! Shunmin Kou
Twelve years after the final OVA was shown, and the end of the manga, a new piece of Ranma ½ animation was made for the "It's a Rumic World" exhibition of Rumiko Takahashi's artwork. The new 30 minute special is based on the "Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep" manga story from volume 34, and was shown on odd numbered days at the "It's A Rumic World" exhibition in Tokyo from July 30th to August 11th.
OVA
Completed
2008
Kirara
After years of pining and confusion, a romance blossoms between high school friends Chikahira Asai and Kirara Imai, leading to their marriage. But their bright future together is tragically cut short when Kirara dies in a car accident on the day of their wedding.
Kirara's love for Chikahira has allowed her to remain on Earth as a ghost, sending her eight years back in time to the moment when she becomes acquainted with her future husband. While Kirara hopes to use her ghostly powers to accelerate her younger self's romance, her good intentions might just become another obstacle on the road to love.
OVA
Completed
2000
De:vadasy
For young men like Kei, life is still plagued by nothing but homework and girl trouble. When an unknown force besieges Earth with robotic war machines, however, it is Kei who is chosen to defend the human race.
OVA
Completed
2000
Princess Army: Wedding★Combat
The story is about Aida Nonoka who is rescued from a drunken attacker by a judoist. She then resolves to become as good as her savior, hoping that one day to recognize him by the scar on his back. She then transferred into a new high school where she meets two older boys who could possibly the person to whom she owes her life and to give her heart.
OVA
Completed
1992
Ranma ½: Nettou Uta Gassen
A two-part music OVA series never released outside of Japan featuring the main Ranma 1/2 characters. They appear to be having a music contest at a local TV station. As everybody knows, these characters can't get along for more than three minutes and hilarity and hijinks ensue.
OVA
Completed
1990
Ojousama Sousamou
Debutante Detective Corps begins with introductions to the five main characters, Miyuki, Reika, Youko, Nina, and Kimiko. It seems these five girls are incredibly rich and have been sent a threatening video tape by forces unknown. A police guard is set up at the school where the girls have enrolled. Kimiko, however, doesn't like the idea of being cooped up at school, and convinces the rest of the girls to trick the police into leaving. No sooner are the police gone, however, then the girls are assaulted by three armed terrorists. What ensues is a rather silly escapade with our heroines attempting to thwart their attackers.
OVA
Completed
1996
Sanjougattai Transformers Go!
Bundled on DVDs with Shogakukan's Terebi-kun (TV-kun) magazine and Kodansha's TV Magazine.
Samurai Chapter: Episode 1,2,4,6,8,10
Shinobi Chapter: Episode 3,5,7,9
OVA
Completed
2013
Dead Heat
Failed driver Makoto is ready to quit the business until he is approached by Hayami Go, who offers him a hyper-engine to change his fortunes. Claiming to be "Japan's first 3D anime," this curio using the VHD-3D system features 21st-century youngsters racing "FX" machines - predictable crosses between motorcycles and mechas.
OVA
Completed
1987
What's Michael?
A series of adventures featuring the one cat apparently everyone in the world owns... Michael.
OVA
Completed
1985
1+2=Paradise
Yuusuke Yamamoto has a crippling phobia of women, and understandably so—the twin girls living next door tried to cut off his penis as a child. Unfortunately, Yuusuke's father is a gynecologist and needs him to overcome his fear so he can inherit the family business. To accomplish this, Yuusuke's father offers sanctuary to sisters Rika and Yuka Nakamura in their home while the girls are studying at the nearby college.
In a terrible twist of fate, when Yuusuke realizes that their guest room is too small for two people, he is forced to choose which of the sisters is allowed to stay. Desperate to win his favor, the brazen Yuka and the more reserved Rika are willing to do whatever it takes to impress and eventually sway Yuusuke—even if it means making things physical and personal.
OVA
Completed
1990