Stories defined by motion, tension, and confrontation — where energy shapes both character and world.
Release: 2012-04
A near-future series where augmented reality and accelerated perception turn everyday social pain into combat within a layered virtual system.
An autograph essay beginning from Yuna’s 2026 Sword Art Online live performance, tracing fiction-reality synchronization, SAO’s technological invention of another world, AI, death, empathy, and continued existence.
Release: 2021-11
In a world where science and magic collide, two sisters find themselves on opposing sides of a conflict between the prosperous city of Piltover and the underground realm of Zaun.
From *Gunbuster* to *Bubblegum Crisis* and *PLUTO*, exploring how the OVA spirit of creative freedom echoes through today’s short-form anime.
Release: 1963-01
A robot boy with humanlike emotions fights for peace in a future society where humans and machines struggle to live together.
An autograph essay beginning from Yuna’s 2026 Sword Art Online live performance, tracing fiction-reality synchronization, SAO’s technological invention of another world, AI, death, empathy, and continued existence.
Release: 1996-01
A Mini 4WD racing anime following brothers Retsu and Go Seiba as they compete with customized machines, rivals, and teams through races built around speed, tuning, and childhood competition.
A dAIa-log dialogue on nostalgia IP, reading anime, toys, remakes, and fan creation as ways fiction takes time to become real in the age of AI.
Release: 1997-01
The second Bakusō Kyōdai Let’s & Go!! television series follows Retsu, Go, and the TRF Victorys as they compete against international teams in the World Grand Prix of Mini 4WD racing.
A dAIa-log dialogue on nostalgia IP, reading anime, toys, remakes, and fan creation as ways fiction takes time to become real in the age of AI.
Release: 1987-02
In 2032, Tokyo rebuilt after a massive quake faces chaos from rogue androids and corporate power. The vigilante team Knight Sabers rise to protect the city’s streets from Genom’s deadly creations.
From *Gunbuster* to *Bubblegum Crisis* and *PLUTO*, exploring how the OVA spirit of creative freedom echoes through today’s short-form anime.
Release: 2022-10
A debt-ridden boy merges with a devil and joins a government bureau hunting devils, where violence, desire, and survival define his new life.
A dAIa-log dialogue examining rain in anime as a shift from private, viscous interiority to a shared and whitened social condition—linking Evangelion-era “liquid” motifs, 2000s dampness, and contemporary visual purification.
Release: 2025-09
Denji encounters a mysterious girl, leading to a brief romance that turns into a deadly conflict shaped by betrayal, desire, and hidden identities.
A dAIa-log dialogue examining rain in anime as a shift from private, viscous interiority to a shared and whitened social condition—linking Evangelion-era “liquid” motifs, 2000s dampness, and contemporary visual purification.
Release: 1998-04
A drifting crew of bounty hunters crosses the solar system while carrying unresolved pasts, where music and atmosphere often speak louder than exposition.
A dAIa-log dialogue exploring rain in Japanese animation as motif, emotional amplifier, and narrative device — from The Garden of Words and Totoro to Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop.
A dAIa-log dialogue with ChatGPT defining rain-like expression in anime by asking what rain does, what makes it specific, and how its function might be applied without depicting rain itself.
Release: 1999-03
Children are transported to a digital world, where bonds with Digimon lead them through danger, growth, and a struggle to return home.
An autograph essay beginning from Yuna’s 2026 Sword Art Online live performance, tracing fiction-reality synchronization, SAO’s technological invention of another world, AI, death, empathy, and continued existence.
Release: 2015-04
A cooking battle series about a talented teen at an elite culinary academy, where rivalries and exams are settled through high-stakes, theatrical food duels.
Starting from Tamako Market, this essay explores the shōtengai as a spatial form of the everyday—tracing its historical development, institutional structure, and narrative role as a boundary between ordinary and extraordinary life in anime.
Release: 2004-04
People who should have died are forced into lethal missions by a black sphere, where urban violence, bodily damage, and moral exhaustion define survival.
A dAIa-log dialogue examining rain in anime as a shift from private, viscous interiority to a shared and whitened social condition—linking Evangelion-era “liquid” motifs, 2000s dampness, and contemporary visual purification.
Release: 2004-08
As the missions grow harsher, survivors face escalating violence and psychological strain within the deadly system controlled by the mysterious black sphere.
A dAIa-log dialogue examining rain in anime as a shift from private, viscous interiority to a shared and whitened social condition—linking Evangelion-era “liquid” motifs, 2000s dampness, and contemporary visual purification.
Release: 1995-11
In a networked near future, Major Motoko Kusanagi pursues a cyber-criminal case that blurs the boundary between body, identity, and consciousness.
A dAIa-log dialogue exploring rain in Japanese animation as motif, emotional amplifier, and narrative device — from The Garden of Words and Totoro to Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop.
Release: 2000-10
Modern schoolgirl Kagome falls into Sengoku-era Japan and joins half-demon Inuyasha to recover the shattered Shikon Jewel.
How anime reimagines the Japanese concept of Wa (和) across eras — from Ribbon no Kishi to Mushishi and Suzume — and how emptiness becomes a vessel of meaning.
Release: 2020-10
After a chance encounter with a cursed object, Yuji Itadori is drawn into the secret world of jujutsu sorcerers, where ordinary life collides with violent supernatural threats.
Exploring how Shibuya’s unfinished cityscape comes to function as a narrative core in anime, through works like Jujutsu Kaisen, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Oshi no Ko, and Hi Score Girl.
Release: 2023-07
Hidden plans erupt into open conflict as sorcerers and curses clash on an unprecedented scale, exposing fractures within the jujutsu world itself.
Exploring how Shibuya’s unfinished cityscape comes to function as a narrative core in anime, through works like Jujutsu Kaisen, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Oshi no Ko, and Hi Score Girl.
Release: 2026-01
In the wake of devastating losses, the surviving sorcerers face an unstable world where alliances shift and the rules governing jujutsu no longer apply.
Exploring how Shibuya’s unfinished cityscape comes to function as a narrative core in anime, through works like Jujutsu Kaisen, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Oshi no Ko, and Hi Score Girl.
Release: 2021-12
Haunted by a powerful curse born from grief, Yuta Okkotsu enrolls in Jujutsu High and begins learning what it means to wield power without losing himself.
Exploring how Shibuya’s unfinished cityscape comes to function as a narrative core in anime, through works like Jujutsu Kaisen, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Oshi no Ko, and Hi Score Girl.
Release: 2013-10
Koto tumbles into a surreal Kyoto where gods and humans share one city, unraveling a tangled family’s past and future.
How anime reimagines the Japanese concept of Wa (和) across eras — from Ribbon no Kishi to Mushishi and Suzume — and how emptiness becomes a vessel of meaning.
Release: 2012-10
In a surveillance society governed by quantified mental states, inspectors and enforcers confront justice, violence, and the limits of social optimization.
A dAIa-log dialogue examining rain in anime as a shift from private, viscous interiority to a shared and whitened social condition—linking Evangelion-era “liquid” motifs, 2000s dampness, and contemporary visual purification.
Release: 1996-01
A former assassin wanders Meiji-era Japan, sworn never to kill again. As Kenshin protects others, his past as Battousai refuses to stay buried. A historical action story about redemption, violence, and restraint.
Tracing how Kapitaro’s “Osorezan Le Voile” grew from Nico Nico and Vocaloid-era fan creation into *Shaman King*’s most definitive anime ending—through Reiwa remakes, Japanese era-name intuition, and a thought on what generative AI can’t replicate.
Release: 2001-07
Easygoing Yoh Asakura trains with spirits and friends to win the Shaman Fight and claim the title of Shaman King.
Tracing how Kapitaro’s “Osorezan Le Voile” grew from Nico Nico and Vocaloid-era fan creation into *Shaman King*’s most definitive anime ending—through Reiwa remakes, Japanese era-name intuition, and a thought on what generative AI can’t replicate.
How anime reimagines the Japanese concept of Wa (和) across eras — from Ribbon no Kishi to Mushishi and Suzume — and how emptiness becomes a vessel of meaning.
A dAIa-log dialogue on nostalgia IP, reading anime, toys, remakes, and fan creation as ways fiction takes time to become real in the age of AI.
Release: 2021-04
A manga-faithful remake following Yoh from his first battles through the full Shaman Fight and its hidden designs.
Tracing how Kapitaro’s “Osorezan Le Voile” grew from Nico Nico and Vocaloid-era fan creation into *Shaman King*’s most definitive anime ending—through Reiwa remakes, Japanese era-name intuition, and a thought on what generative AI can’t replicate.
How anime reimagines the Japanese concept of Wa (和) across eras — from Ribbon no Kishi to Mushishi and Suzume — and how emptiness becomes a vessel of meaning.
A dAIa-log dialogue on nostalgia IP, reading anime, toys, remakes, and fan creation as ways fiction takes time to become real in the age of AI.
Release: 2024-01
Hana Asakura, son of Yoh and Anna, clashes with new shaman factions while struggling with the weight of his inheritance.
How anime reimagines the Japanese concept of Wa (和) across eras — from Ribbon no Kishi to Mushishi and Suzume — and how emptiness becomes a vessel of meaning.
Release: 2021-01
A reincarnated student awakens as a weak spider monster and survives through dungeon battles, tactical growth, and comic persistence.
An autograph essay beginning from Yuna’s 2026 Sword Art Online live performance, tracing fiction-reality synchronization, SAO’s technological invention of another world, AI, death, empathy, and continued existence.
Release: 2012-07
A virtual-reality action series where players become trapped in a deadly game, following a skilled swordsman as he fights to survive and clear the world.
Starting from Tamako Market, this essay explores the shōtengai as a spatial form of the everyday—tracing its historical development, institutional structure, and narrative role as a boundary between ordinary and extraordinary life in anime.
An autograph essay beginning from Yuna’s 2026 Sword Art Online live performance, tracing fiction-reality synchronization, SAO’s technological invention of another world, AI, death, empathy, and continued existence.
Release: 2017-02
In a new augmented-reality game, Kirito and Asuna confront battles, lost memories, and the mystery surrounding the virtual idol Yuna.
An autograph essay beginning from Yuna’s 2026 Sword Art Online live performance, tracing fiction-reality synchronization, SAO’s technological invention of another world, AI, death, empathy, and continued existence.
Release: 2021-04
An autonomous singing AI joins a mission across one hundred years to rewrite key historical events and prevent a future war between humans and AI.
A dAIa-log dialogue exploring rain in Japanese animation as motif, emotional amplifier, and narrative device — from The Garden of Words and Totoro to Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop.
Release: 2000-04
A television anime centered on Yugi Mutou, the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle, and the Duel Monsters card game, following card battles, ancient Egyptian mysteries, and rivalries with duelists such as Seto Kaiba.
A dAIa-log dialogue on nostalgia IP, reading anime, toys, remakes, and fan creation as ways fiction takes time to become real in the age of AI.