"That would be the most efficient way of getting out of this protective isolation." Nala noted to Lucius, and brought the candle closer to the others to see if their eyes were solid black.
From what you can see, none of you has black eyes.
While you use the candle, you hear the woman's voice again. " I am s-sorry...but...I must know...is...is anyone among you...a... priest?"
As Nala brought the candle towards Vashyk, he held up a hand to to stall her momentarily . "Some members of my tribe receive gifts from their animal totems. These gifts come with a price, however. These totem marks can be.... unsettling for those outside the tribe." With that, Vashyk pulls back his hood to reveal his totem mark, avian eyes darting quickly back and forth between the faces of his impromptu room mates. "I assure you that this is no more unnatural than one being left handed or hot tempered," the last bit being accompanied by a quick glance to Keith.
"Wait, hang on!" Talon says, walking up to the wooden door. "We're being pretty patient, but now you gotta answer our questions. For one, why are we all here? And why these questions about black eyes? What's going on out there?" He fingers the alchemist bottles at his belt, thinking of just melting away the wooden door and saving everyone in the room a lot of time.
The noble takes a look at Vash's eyes out of a sense of curiosity, and while he does find them a little off-setting in their exoticness, he also finds them intriguing. "Exotic, yes, but not solid black as the lady fears."
He rolls his eyes as Talon steps up to the door now to compound the issue of burly male types aggressively demanding the door be opened. "Both of you get over here and have your eyes checked. The sooner you co-operate, the sooner the lady lets us out. There is no reason at all for this aggressiveness, she is clearly concerned for her safety and carrying on that you are a danger to her is not going to help anyone."
Lucius really did not want a fight in these confined quarters, he was much better suited to open areas where he could take advantageous position and blast away. In a small room like this, he'd be hesitant to using his magic beyond embuing his blade, and a close quarters combat with someone of Keith's build was dubious at best.
"Ah, yes. I've read about such things in my clerical studies." Nala replied to Vashyk, "Nature and elemental spirits tend to mark those they favor."
She sighed when Talon asked his questions.
"She is just being cautious. Isolating newcomers until it can be determined they are safe is common practice - especially if there is a risk of spreading a disease. Be it natural or supernatural in origin."
She thought a moment before answering the woman outside the door. "I am Nala the Wanderer, acolyte of Logos, the Spirit of Knowledge. I am quite familiar with the rites of most religions in the area, so I suppose I may qualify as a priest. Do you require the services of one ?"
" NO!" her voice is suddenly shrill with obvious panic as Nala speaks. From behind the door, you can hear some shuffling and then a male voice, gruff and determined. " Lynda, what are you doing? Didn't I tell you to wait?"
The female voice answers quickly, " They...they are awake...they speak normally, but...but there is a priest..."
" Oh, blood and ashes! Gorun, Kennt, get over here! I'm going to have a look myself."
A moment later, the door is thrown open and a group of four men step into the room. All of them look like experienced swordsmen and all are armed and armored, although said armor looks piecemeal, more scavenged than properly forged.
" Who is the priest?!" the leader of the four barks while the others hold their swords at the ready, casting wary glances at the group, especially their eyes.
Vashyk subtly adjusts his grip on his bow, bringing it from his side to running across his front but still down. Was the world outside his tribe composed of nothing but boar touched mountain hearts? "None of us. The hunter who stubbornly shoots at branches thinking them antlers will bring back nothing but an empty quiver and an empty belly. If one listened to what was said by Lady...Nala?... she is familiar with the rites of most priests and could possibly substitute if one were required. She knows of them and may even be favored by one of their gods, but is not in fact a priest. No more than I am an animal though I understand their ways and can mimic in some small way the gifts of the hawk. Now may we talk with quiet hearts, or is that unheard of in 'civilization'?" Vashyk hopes that the armed men will stand down and see reason, but having seen enough frightened animals in his time, he is not expecting it.
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"My - what an unusually hostile reaction !" Nala noted to herself when she heard the commotion on the other side of the door.
She took a deep breath and tried to sound calm and non-threatening as Vashyk displayed some very good sense and a good grasp of her status.
"Acolytes of Logos like myself try to understand the world by studying as much as they can about it." she began, speaking to the men that just came in, "You can tell a lot about a culture by what gods they worship, and how they worship.
As I stated, I've studied the rites and beliefs of almost every religion there is information on, but I have never been ordained in any of them. Without that form of official and spiritual recognition, I am not a priest. I have no access to the higher powers and priviledged sacred knowledge that ordained priests do. I could probably perform the rituals correctly, but they would not be binding."
The moment Nala says that she does not have any powers or binding connection to the divine, the men visibly breathe a sigh of relief.
From outside the room, the voice of the woman echoes, " She sounds...normal. And if she is truly not a priestess..." The men step closer to one another, whispering for a moment before the leader steps forward.
" You seem to be...untouched. That's good enough for us. If you want to, you can come upstairs now...maybe get some stew, if there is any left. We have some questions for you."
Lucius tensed when the men burst in, his hand raising, but not towards her sword, just hovering slightly, loosely in front of him, and relaxes visibly then the men stand down, letting his hand settle back, casting a look towards Keith and Talon, both men having displayed and aggressive demeanor that might not take well to having weapons raising in front of them, even if not directed at them.
"Aye...food would do well to cool tempers. We may well have questions of our own once you fill us in on what's been happening. A fair exchange of information. We answer your questions, you answer ours."
As the men lower their swords, Vashyk slings his bow over his shoulder. "Food sounds wonderful, as well as some fresh air. Shall we see what we can piece together about our situation? A rustle in the bushes is frightening, because you don't know what it is. Once you know it is a rabid bear, it is no less frightening but at least you know how to deal with it." Vash then turns to the pouch laden man and the large boar touched mountain heart, "Gentlemen?"
The thief's hand quickly went for his Dragonfire Launcher when the doors burst open. Luckily, Nala and Lucius diffused the situation before he used the weapon. "My name is Talon Jendro, the Lord of Crows." He gives them a roguish grin "perhaps you've heard of me."
However, bragging about his thieving 'career' was cut short at the mention of food, and Talon quickly realized how hungry he was. "Stew sounds fantastic!!" He quickly moves to leave the room, sliding his weapon back in his belt.
"About time." Keith said after getting cleared of the "Black Eye" and shoving his way out of the room. "I, for one, should NOT be treated that way, for I am the legendary Boar King! I should be given a feast of fire roasted boar and assorted charred vegetables, but stew would be alright... FOR NOW."
The others keep a wary eye on the group, especially Keith, as they follow you upstairs. Upstairs, you find a larger room, obviously the common room of some inn. A fire is flickering in the old fireplace, being the major light source in the room besides a few candles. There are a few other people in the room, all looking somewhat haggard and bedraggled. As you emerge from the door and the small staircase, they mutter to one another.
The woman named Lynda gestures you to a larger table. As you sit down, the men sit down as well and a moment later, another woman, barely out of her teens, although her eyes do look much older, brings each of you a bowl full of steaming stew. As you stir it, you notice that while there is meat in it, there is not much of it.
" Alright now...", the man who led the others says, " I'm Yandrak...who are you? And how did you end up in the middle of the town square? You were damn lucky we found you before the Ravagers did."


If you are local and over 21, you can play here. If you are not from our hood, you have to come in with folks who are local. They make the approach. We make exceptions for LGBTQ folks.
To book, scroll down to how the different days of the week look. You choose the day of the week you like. Go by your draw so you don't have to fork over cash for the tech. We don't want your money, so PLEASE be REALISTIC about your draw.
All of the following slots are for bands. You choose the bands (3 max – NO 4 BAND BILLS) and the day/slot that fits best with your draw. Choose well because if you don't meet the required number for that particular day, you will end up using door money for the techs time ($25/hr). We trust your judgement to grab the right day.
You play the rear room and provide a back door person to check stamps. We charge your folks at the front door and will stamp your folks. We will not charge people who are not here for your show.
NOTE: This should be obvious, however….Only El Rio staff are permitted to run the sound during your set. Do not show up assuming you can run your own sound or with your own sound tech. We have neighbors that live directly above us and therefore NO ONE aside from staff is permitted to touch the board or gear.
We do the door from the front and you provide a rear room door person to check for stamps.
We do the door from the front and you provide a rear room door person to check for stamps. We have various events in the front room between 7-11pm with no cover most Tuesdays. These are, of course, separate from your event.
Thursdays– Rear Room — This night is for LGBTQIA+ folks ONLY. Do not inquire unless you fit into this category.
Saturday Afternoons – Year Round. Patio Shows.
Salsa Sundays (march-november and 2nd/4th sundays only), we have a dedicated group of bands we work with(who we also love to no end) and rarely add new bands. It does not mean though that you should not chat us up.
When You Write In to elriosflive@gmail.com- Give us band names, links, your contact info and what day you want to look at. Title your subject line with your band name and available dates. Don't give us some big bio, just bare-boned info. If you are a local, we are happy to book you. You don't need to sell it. We are a community space and have a great deal of respect and admiration for live music. Thanks for wanting to play here.


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Your development as an artist involves more than solitary practice. It takes collaboration, mentoring, and training – and the quality of each determines the quality of the work you'll produce. The Studio Art Department is committed to working with you as an individual to get the most out of your talent and vision. However, art is not simply about art; it includes the present world, the worlds of the past, and the worlds of the future. We'll emphasize that art begins outside of the studio and is defined and refined inside it, before ultimately returning to the public in a more comprehensive semblance.
Manhattanville's studio arts program emphasizes the fine arts as the foundation for all art careers. After exploring several areas, you'll do advanced work on your senior project in a concentration you choose, such as painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, digital media/graphic design, or photography.
Students exhibit their work throughout the college campus and in Berger Gallery and Brownson Gallery. Senior projects are exhibited in April and May of the senior year in group exhibitions.
Manhattanville College maintains two art galleries to help us engage and educate the academic and local art communities. The Arthur M. Berger Gallery of Art, located in the Berman Center, is dedicated to showing the work of professional artists and providing a space for artist lectures. The other gallery, the Brownson Gallery, features the work of our current students and alumni.
All exhibitions and receptions at the galleries are free and open to the public.
Through the generosity of David Fagin's family and friends, this memorial cash prize is awarded each year to Senior Art Majors who exhibit high professional standards in the field of visual arts.
David Fagin, a sensitive, accomplished sculptor whose life had profound impact upon those who touched it at any tangent. He was struck down in the midst of a most gratifying retirement. He sought culture and knowledge as a devotee of the theater and a discerning collector of paintings. In recent years he participated in the local college community, particularly at Manhattanville, auditing diverse courses. He was a sensitive worker and supporter of sociological ends in the Westchester area. His was a kind of gentle nature, straightforward, with indisputable integrity, helpful to all who approached him.
View photos of the Twenty-Second Annual David Fagin Award Ceremony here.
Established in 1997, in memory of Phyllis Grebstein, BFA 1986, and her son, Gary Grebstein, the award provides a yearly cash prize to a sophomore or junior art major exhibiting high professional standards in the field of visual arts. Phyllis Grebstein was a sensitive and accomplished sculptor, whose life ended in the midst of a most gratifying artistic career. Her artistic imagery possessed both unique sensitivity and excellence in craftsmanship and detail. Phyllis and Gary, a skilled and creative musician, sought culture and knowledge in their lives, and the Manhattanville community recognized them as innovative, emerging artists.
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Q: JAX-RS GET and DELETE giving 405 Error I have implemented a method to upload an audio file by posting to a Jersey JAX-RS REST backend. This works fine. However, when I try to implement the DELETE audio file method, it gives me the following error:
HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed

I can't for the life of me see what is wrong - i assume it might be something trivial that I am blind to, as I've done many DELETES before and they have worked. I've also tried to implement a simple dummy GET method and that too gives the same error.
The file upload is done using an angularjs directive called ng-file-upload.
It is uploaded successfully using the following url:
file.upload = Upload.upload({
    url: 'http://localhost:8080/pododdle/webapi/auctions/' + bid.auction_id + '/uploads?category_id=' + bid.category_id,
    data: {file: file}
});

An example URL for the upload would then be:
http://localhost:8080/pododdle/webapi/auctions/1/uploads?category_id=2

I have tried using POSTMAN to use the DELETE incase my frontend code was wrong. The url supplied was:
http://localhost:8080/pododdle/webapi/auctions/1/uploads

Here is the code for the entire 'uploads' Resource, both DELETE and POST. As you can see the DELETE is only a dummy method, with no real work done. Also, the upload Resource is a subresource of the 'auctions' resource.
@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
public class UploadResource {

    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(UploadResource.class);
    AuctionService auction_service = new AuctionService();

    @DELETE
    public Response deleteAudio(@PathParam("auction_id") int auction_id) {
        System.out.println("inside deleteAudio");
        return Response.ok().build();
    }

    //this uploads the audio file, stores it to disk, and then saves the file-path to the auction
    @POST
    @Consumes(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA)
    @Produces("text/html")
    public Response uploadAudio(@PathParam("auction_id") int auction_id, @QueryParam("category_id") int category_id,
        @FormDataParam("file") InputStream fileInputString, @FormDataParam("file") FormDataContentDisposition fileInputDetails) {

        //We need to get the value of the audio root directory
        ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        Properties properties = new Properties();
        try {
            properties.load(classLoader.getResourceAsStream("pododdle.properties"));
        } catch (IOException e) {
            log.error("Error getting the audio root directory location when uploading the audio: " + e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        String auctionAudio = "audio/category/" + category_id + "/auction/" + auction_id + "/" + fileInputDetails.getFileName();
        String audioFileName = properties.getProperty("audioRootDirectory") + auctionAudio;

        NumberFormat myFormat = NumberFormat.getInstance();
        myFormat.setGroupingUsed(true);

        try {
            File audioFile = new File(audioFileName);
            File parent = audioFile.getParentFile();
            if(!parent.exists() && !parent.mkdirs()) {
                return Response.status(501).entity("Error creating directory when uploading the audio to the server. Please try again in a few moments").build();
            }
            OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(audioFile, false);
            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
            int bytes = 0;
            long file_size = 0;

            while((bytes = fileInputString.read(buffer)) != -1) {
                out.write(buffer, 0, bytes);
                file_size += bytes;
            }
            out.flush();
            out.close();

            log.info(String.format("Uploading Audio file for category: " + category_id + ", fileSize: %s", myFormat.format(file_size)));
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            System.out.println("error uploading audio file to server: " + ioe.toString());
            return Response.status(501).entity("Error uploading the audio to the server. Please try again in a few moments").build();
        }

        //now updating the auction with the audio path in the database and return the updated auction
        return Response.ok(auction_service.updateAuction(auction_id, auctionAudio).toString()).build();
    }

}
The Auction resource looks like this:
@Path("/auctions")
public class AuctionResource {

    //creating sub-resource for auction bids
    @Path("/{auction_id}/uploads")
    public UploadResource getUploadResource()
    {
        return new UploadResource();
    }
}

A: It looks like this error was caused by the project not building properly. Upon inspection of the buildpath, it seemed two jar files were mysteriously missing! They were:
jersey-media-multipart-2.21.1.jar
mimepull-1.9.3.jar

I have no idea how the jar files were deleted from the /lib directory of the glassfish server, maybe I shouldn't have drunk that extra bottle of whiskey. Once they were added back in, everything suddenly worked hunky dory. A little baffled by the error - i would have thought it would give a compile error if the jar wasn't available. Anyhow, 5 days lost due to another annoying error.

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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from datetime import timedelta

import pytest

from indico.modules.events.contributions.models.contributions import Contribution

@pytest.fixture
def create_contribution(db):
    """Returns a a callable that lets you create a contribution"""

    def _create_contribution(event, title, duration):
        entry = Contribution(event=event, title=title, duration=duration)
        db.session.add(entry)
        db.session.flush()
        return entry

    return _create_contribution

@pytest.fixture
def dummy_contribution(create_contribution, dummy_event):
    return create_contribution(dummy_event, "Dummy Contribution", timedelta(minutes=20))

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Interview: Baroness
By: Jeff Terich
In 2009, Savannah-based metal band Baroness confirmed something that attentive listeners might have suspected all along — underneath the heavy layers of riffs and crushing volume, they were really just an incredible rock `n' roll band. Their second album, the psychedelic, hook-driven Blue Record, began to show some new elements that weren't as apparent on its predecessor Red Album. Where once they specialized in an atmospheric but visceral sound, their sophomore effort found the band incorporating elements of punk, folk and Southern rock, some harmonized vocals, spoken word and even a disco beat. A risky move for sure, but one that largely paid off; the album was met with widespread acclaim, even being named Decibel magazine's best album of 2009.
If that album's shift in direction was unexpected, however, its follow-up, Yellow & Green might very well come off as a shock to longtime fans. While the album is still certainly loud, and features frontman John Baizley's signature cover art (not to mention continuing the band's chromatic-themed album titles), it's not, strictly speaking, a metal album. Not exactly, anyway.
Spread out across the album's two discs, 18 tracks and 75 minutes are the most diverse array of styles and sounds Baroness has ever captured on a single album. There are pop songs. There are ballads. And there are at least half a dozen songs that could be singles, two of which — "Take My Bones Away" and "March to the Sea" — already are. As guitarist Pete Adams explains, the wider range and greater attention to subtlety was born of a practical need.
"After touring behind Blue Record, basically, we just kinda had to kick back and say `now what?' Basically what does our live set need?" Adams said in a phone conversation while in Philadelphia. "One thing for sure was that there was no space — no breathing room. You go up there for an hour, an hour 15, and you're spent. There was no break or moment of hesitation. So that's where we started off, writing for [Yellow & Green]. We were all collectively in a mellower mood. We started rolling with things and we just got on a plane, got in a groove of things.
"March to the Sea"
Yellow & Green is, like most double albums, pretty massive in scope. It initially lures the listener in with "Yellow Theme," a brief introduction of instrumental atmosphere before setting in motion a journey that sets up one exclamatory and compelling surprise after another. Where "Take My Bones Away" is a muscular rocker in the vein of some of the band's catchier tracks on past albums, the six-minute "Eula" is a dirge composed of much dreamier, hypnotic elements, and "The Line Between" is a stadium rocker that goes big on riffs and hooks.
An even more noticeable change of technique lies in the band's approach to vocals. Where Baizley and Adams once created a chorus of burly screams, this time around they're actually singing, which Adams notes as a primary factor in opening up their sound.
"One thing we don't want to do is repeat ourselves," Adams said. "Next time, we'll do something completely different. But vocally, we discovered between Blue and touring, we discovered, John and I, we could sing. We don't have an amazing ability, but we have a range we could work with. So it's like an added element we can introduce.
"It dawned on us when we were recording that, yeah, this can appeal to a wider audience," he continued. "When you continue on as a band, it's nice to have a few more fans. I've heard a few times people say, `I really like your music but I don't really like the vocals.' So maybe they'll like this more."
In addition to the artistic changes the band has undertaken, logistically Baroness has undergone some transitions as well. Earlier this year, longtime bassist Summer Welch left the band, and Matt Maggioni has since joined and assumed the low-end duties in the group. Meanwhile, John Baizley and his wife relocated from Savannah up to Philadelphia, which places drummer Allen Blickle (New York) and Adams (Virginia) in somewhat closer quarters, even if the four musicians are still separated by state lines. Whatever mileage they rack up when writing or recording, however, Adams says the new geographical arrangement is far more convenient.
"Thankfully, with technology the way it is, if John's got an idea, he can send it out to us, and say, `while you're at home chew on this.' And we can do the same. But the bulk of it really gets written in person," Adams explained. "Because I live 400 miles away, I actually end up driving all the time. And this is my love — it's my passion. So it doesn't exactly hurt my feelings to spend my time doing that. Being down in Georgia, and have a drummer live in New York, that was way harder to do. But now with John being a little bit closer, and closer to Allen, it's a little bit easier."
So, there is one nagging question that lingers in light of Baroness' new, sprawling sonic approach — is Baroness still a metal band? They're still a heavy, soaring and riff oriented band, after all, and Yellow & Green is still being released on longtime underground metal imprint Relapse. When asked, Adams pauses for a few seconds to ponder, but ultimately reaches a comfortable and confident conclusion.
"Baroness has never been a straight up metal band," Adams said. "It's always been left of center. Even more so now than yesterday. Nowadays, I wouldn't call it metal. And honestly, we don't want to be just a metal band and we don't want to be just a rock band. I think it's everyone's fear of being pigeonholed. It's kind of out of control actually how people have to label your band to try to fit or relate.
"We're still called sludge, and that's just like the worst word to describe our sound," Adams added, with a chuckle. "Nowadays it's still happening. We're not a sludge band! The idea is to just kind of create our own thing, and not be a pop band, metal band, rock band, just be a little bit of everything."
"Take My Bones Away"
In their 10 years together, through a handful of lineup shifts and even more phases of sonic evolution, Baroness has amassed a compelling body of work. From their beginning as what Adams describes as playing "Mötorhead-meets-Exploited-meets Iron Maiden" metal, to their latest album, undoubtedly their most ambitious work to date and arguably their best, they've made some pretty massive leaps in a relatively short amount of time. But while Yellow & Green presents a stage of significant change for the band, it's still just one step in an ongoing path of growth and artistic development.
"It's interesting to look back and see the progression," Adams said. "It's not like it's happened over the course of 30 years. It's a decade of progression. Where we started and where we are now, just to see it all, it all feels really natural to me. We're all full of different influences. We all listen to so much and play so much different music — I've played bluegrass for years — and that comes out. And all of our influences come out. We just want to continue to evolve and just get different ideas out there.
"We just want to play all the stuff we're capable of playing."
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Lobregat died
Mayor Maria Clara Rafols Lorenzo-Lobregat, died of cardiac arrest at on. January 2 at the Manila Medical Center. The first woman mayor of Zamboanga City would have turned 83 on April 26. Lobregat, daughter of a politician-businessman, became the second mayor in Zamboanga City to die in office in 20 years. Bullets snuffed the life out of Mayor Cesar Cortes Climaco on November 14, 2004; cardiac arrest caused Lobregat's death on January 2, 2004.
The second of five children of Pablo Lorenzo and Luisa Rafols, Lobregat started her political career at age 50, as representative of Zamboanga City in the 1971 Constitutional Convention.
Before 1971, Lobregat, mother of six, was president of the Philippine Coconut Producers Federation.
Throughout her political career, Lobregat lost in only one election – in 1984 for the lone seat at the Batasang Pambansa. Allied with the Marcose, she lost to Mayor Climaco who did not assume his post as assemblyman.
With Marcos gone and the then opposition-turned-administration splitting into factions, Lobregat easily won as representative of the lone district of Zamboanga City in the 1987 elections and was reelected in 1992 and 1995. She ran and won the mayoralty in 1998, was reelected in 2001 and was set to file her certificate of candidacy for a third term. Her son Celso, is presently occupying the congressional seat she held from 1987 to 1998. Her nephew, Luis Lorenzo, Jr., is Agriculture Secretary.
Lobregat's net worth as of end of 2002, was P27.8 million, making her the richest Mindanao city mayor.
In her Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) as of end of 2002, Lobregat listed 18 companies where she has "shareholdings" and listed as number 19, "other enterprises (resort and others)" where she also has "shareholdings."
Lobregat's business interests included banking, real estate, flower growing, mining, resort and resort development, recreation, petroleum, etc.
Lobregat, always seen in public wearing kimona and patadyong, was among three female representatives who figured prominently in the protest actions against the creation of the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development (SPCPD) in 1996. She, along with then South Cotabato representatives Luwalhati Antonino and Daisy Fuentes, were referred to by the media as "Tres Marias."
Lobregat was a harsh critic of Moro National Liberation Front chair Nur Misuari, insisted that the controversial coconut levy funds were private funds; campaigned against the inclusion of her city in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in the 1989 and 2001 plebiscite; ordered the Filipino deportees from Sabah in 2002 to be "screened" before entering her city, opposed the transfer of the regional seat from Zamboanga City to Pagadian City.
Lobregat was educated at the Pilar College in Zamboanga City, Maryknoll and St. Scholastica in Manila and is the recipient of an "honoris causa" — Doctor of Humanities from the Ateneo de Davao University in 1979, Doctor in Business Administration from the Aquinas University in 1980, and Doctor in Educational Administration, Western Mindanao State University.
Her major contributions to Zamboanga as a three-termer representative is the sponsorship of RA 7903 which created the Special Economic Zone and Freeport in Zamboanga City, RA 7272, which converted the Zamboanga Regional Hospital into the Zamboanga City Medical Center, RA 7474 which converted the Zamboanga School of Arts and Trades into a polytechnic college, now referred to as the Zamboanga City Polytechnic College and RA 7350, making October 12 of every year a special non-working holiday in Zamboanga to celebrate Fiesta Pilar.


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Enter a world in the distant future, where Bounty Hunters roam the solar system. Spike and Jet, bounty hunting partners, set out on journeys in an ever struggling effort to win bounty rewards to survive. While traveling, they meet up with other very interesting people. Could Faye, the beautiful and ridiculously poor gambler, Edward, the computer genius, and Ein, the engineered dog be a good addition to the group?
It is the dark century and the people are suffering under the rule of the devil, Vandel, who is able to manipulate monsters. The Vandel Busters are a group of people who hunt these devils, and among them, the Zenon Squad is known to be the strongest busters on the continent. A young boy, Beet, dreams of joining the Zenon Squad. However, one day, as a result of Beet's fault, the Zenon squad was defeated by the devil, Beltose. The five dying busters sacrificed their life power into their five weapons, Saiga. After giving their weapons to Beet, they passed away. Years have passed since then and the young Vandel Buster, Beet, begins his adventure to carry out the Zenon Squad's will to put an end to the dark century.
Before he was executed, the legendary Pirate King Gold Roger revealed that he had hidden the treasure One Piece somewhere in the Grand Line. Now, many pirates are off looking for this legendary treasure to claim the title Pirate King. One pirate, Monkey D. Luffy, is a boy who had eaten the Devil's Fruit and gained rubber powers. Now he and his crew are off to find One Piece, while battling enemies and making new friends along the way. (Source: ANN)
In the future, Japan is a wasteland. In the Great Kantou Desert, scattered humans eke out a living in the hot sand. Among them, a short-statured man they call "Sunabouzu" makes a living as a bounty hunter. Like a demon of the sand, he seems unbeatable. Yet, like all men, he has a particular weakness for the opposite sex... (Source: ANN)
A brave young warrior named Guts fights for his fortune as a mercenary on the front lines. A fated encounter unites Guts with the charismatic and deadly young man named Griffith. Leading the rogue soldiers known as the Band of the Hawk, Griffith wields his formidable force like no other. Driven by a quest for status, the Hawks exert military and social prowess the likes of which have never been seen before. The armies of Midland will quake with fear as Griffith and Guts set off on a path that will bring the world to its knees. (Source: Season One Complete DVD Collection Back Cover)
Himura Kenshin is a vagabond with a dark past and sunny disposition. Not a ronin but a rurouni, he was never a samurai, but an assassin of utmost skill in the Meiji restoration, who in the turning point of the war simply walked away. His travels lead him to Tokyo in the 11th year of the Meiji era, where he befriends a female Kendo master, a former thief, a brawler and a doctor all with their own secrets. Together they fight off the enemies surfacing from the dark past that Kenshin cannot escape. (Source: ANN)
It's the year 2019, thirty-one years have passed since the start of World War III. A top-secret child with amazing powers of the mind breaks free from custody and accidentally gets a motorcycle gang involved in the project. This incident triggers psychic powers within one of the gang members, Tetsuo, and he is taken by the army to be experimented on. His mind has been altered and is now on the path of war, seeking revenge on the society that once called him weak. (Source: FUNimation)
Amidst a popular online role playing game in the near future, characters try to play out the goals they set for entertainment and passing of time. The World as the RPG is called is one with a setting of monsters, player characters and dungeons. Tsukasa is a detached and introverted character that has a number of mysteries about his player character. Many weird happenings seem to suround Tsukasa and his involvement in a rare item called 'The Key Of The Twilight' sparks Tsukasa'a meeting with different online characters and the befriending of their real life counterparts; All without ever meeting face to face in reality. What is strange about Tsukasa is that he can't seem to log out of The World. Subaru and Silver Knight of The Crimson Knights continue to look for proof of why Tsukasa can not log out or the existance of The Key Of The Twilight. Meanwhile Bear, Mimiru, and BT as Tsukasa's friends try to help him understand who he really is and how he can return to the real world. (Source: ANN)
The story follows Elk,a bounty hunter in some strange futuristic world.On this world archaic but advanced technology exists side by side with primitive attitudes,beasts and magic.In other words it's got a bit of everything.It also has an evil conspiracy who are able to produce powerful monsters called chimera,who can also appear as human.Naturally it is not long before Elk has rescued a young female beast-master and gained himself some serious enemies. (Source:ANN)
Mars has been colonized and is a world where children have been replaced by robot servents known as 'dolls'. Layla is a skilled fighter with a tragic past who travels about the world. Her companions are Nei, a strange and unique doll with some unknown ties to Layla, and Speedy, who is a doll breeder. The founders of Mars see the trio as a threat to their world, and each time they attack Layla and Nei a bit more of their mysterious past and future is revealed.
Yuji Kaido was diagnosed with a serious disease and cryogenically frozen. He wakes up more than 20 years later--and Earth is nothing like what he remembers. A race of alien bugs called the Blue have taken over the planet, and a few select humans have retreated to the space station Second Earth. Yuji is taken back to Second Earth, where he learns that he and the other sleepers will be instrumental in defeating the Blue. And his relationship with one member of the recovery squad only serves to complicate things. (Source: ANN)
Basilisk: Kouga Ninpou Chou
The year is 1614 AD. Two warring ninja clans, each supporting a son of Hidetada Tokugawa as the next shogun, send ten representatives each to fight to the death for the possession of a scroll. The prize: the annihilation of the other and the staunch support of the Tokugawa government for the winning clan for the next thousand years. (Source: ANN)
Train Heartnet is the infamous gunman 'Black Cat', a cold-blooded assassin who works for the organization known as 'Chronos', bearing the mark XIII on his body. Most of his life was surrounded by violence, so Train is quiet, asocial and uncaring. However his life changes as he encounters the mysterious Sweeper (bounty hunter), Saya. Her unique way of living interested Train but tragedy occurs, resulting in Train changing the way he has lived towards the life of a Sweeper with newfound friends Sven and Eve.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
UC 0079 - After the success of Operation Odessa, more and more Earth Federation soldiers are sent to earth to free it from the hands of the Principality of Zeon. As Zeonic troops retreat to unknown parts of the world, it's up to the Earth Federation Ground Force to find them and exterminate them. Ensign Shiro Amada is made leader of the 08th MS Team, leading a team of Ground Type Gundams into battle. His mission: to distract the enemy and find a mysterious new Zeon weapon. But can he complete it when he falls in love with a Zeon pilot, named Aina Sahalin? (Source: Otakufreakmk2, copyedited by Kolokotronis)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
The Side 6 space colony is a neutral oasis in the war between Zeon and the Earth Federation. Alfred Izuruha, a ten-year-old boy, finds relief from the tedium of schoolwork by following the war's progress and collecting military memorabilia. When rumors that the colony is hiding a Federation mobile suit development program bring Zeon special forces to Side 6, Alfred views them as a source of additional excitement. But, as the Zeon mission becomes more urgent and both sides take increasingly desperate measures, he might be in for an unexpectedly close look at the reality of war.
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
U.C. 0083 - Three years after the end of the catastrophic One Year War, peace on Earth and the colonies is shattered by the presence of the Delaz Fleet, a rogue Zeon military group loyal to the ideals of the late dictator Gihren Zabi. Delaz Fleet's ace pilot Anavel Gato, once hailed as "The Nightmare of Solomon", infiltrates the Federation's Torrington base in Australia and steals the nuclear-armed Gundam GP02A "Physalis" prototype. Rookie pilot Kou Uraki - with the aid of Anaheim Electronics engineer Nina Purpleton and the crew of the carrier Albion - pilots the Gundam GP01 "Zephyranthes" prototype in an attempt to recover the stolen Gundam unit and prevent another war from breaking out. (Source: ANN)
It is the year After Colony 195, and war between the Space Colonies and Earth has begun. To give the colonies an edge, they send 5 young soldiers, trained to perfection, to earth in the most powerful of Mobile Suits-Gundams. With their arrival, the tide of the war changes as they battle against the Earth forces and the Colonies of their origin. (Source: ANN)
When one space colony declared its independence from the Earth Federation, the devastating 7th Space War, an all-out war between Earth and space, resulted. The Federation responded to the Space Revolutionary Army with mobile suits, called Gundams. However, the Space Revolutionary forces played their trump card and dropped hundreds of space colonies onto the Earth, plunging the planet into a seven-year-long nuclear winter. The Federation collapsed, but the Space Revolutionary Army was unable to invade the Earth in the aftermath of the colony drop. Fifteen years have passed. The year is now After War 0015, and a New Federation has sprung up on Earth to restore order. In space, the colonial leaders have been rebuilding their own forces as well. By chance, fifteen-year-old Garrod Ran has discovered an old Federation mobile suit, the Gundam X, and now he uses it to help out the Vulture ship Freeden in its struggle to keep the powers that be from repeating the mistakes of the past.
This story is set thousands of years in the future. The people of Earth have forgotten the space wars of the past, reverting back to a pre-industrial existence. But the lunar settlers known as the Moonrace, who have retained their high technology, now plan to seize their mother planet for themselves. As the war of the worlds begins, a young Moonrace citizen named Loran Cehack, pilot of the legendary Turn A Gundam, struggles to bridge the gap between humanity's long-separated branches. (Source: GundamOfficial)
In the Year FC 60, much of mankind inhabits space colonies which orbit the Earth. Dominance over the colonies is decided once every four years by a large tournament in which each nation sends a single representative to fight the others with a giant robot called a Gundam. Domon Kashuu is selected to represent Neo-Japan in one of these tournaments, but he fights less to ensure his nation's victory than to find his brother, who has been blamed for the deaths of Domon's parents and the disappearance of a very dangerous weapon, the Dark Gundam or Devil Gundam. (Source: ANN)
It's the dawn of the Golden Age of Aviation on planet Prester, and retro-futuristic sky vehicles known as vanships dominate the horizon. Claus Valca – a flyboy born with the right stuff – and his fiery navigator Lavie are fearless racers obsessed with becoming the first sky couriers to cross the Grand Stream in a vanship. But when the high-flying duo encounters a mysterious girl named Alvis, they are thrust into the middle of an endless battle between Anatoray and Disith – two countries systematically destroying each other according to the code of chivalric warfare. Lives will be lost and legacies determined as Claus and Lavie attempt to bring peace to their world by solving the riddle of its chaotic core. (Source: Funimation)
Akazukin Chacha
Akazukin Chacha is the story of a young magical girl (Mahō Shōjo) named Chacha. Living with her guardian in a cottage on Mochi-mochi mountain is Seravi, who is her teacher and also the fictional world's greatest magician. Chacha is clumsy in casting her spells because, throughout the anime, when she summons something, it often turns out to be something that she didn't mean to cast, for example, spiders (kumo) instead of a cloud (also kumo). At times in the anime when she and her friends are in trouble, however, her spells do work. Living on the same mountain is a boy gifted with enormous strength named Riiya. It is described that Riiya came from a family of werewolves who can instantly change into a wolf whenever they want. Quite far from Mochi-mochi mountain lies Urizuri mountain. Dorothy, also a well known magician in her land, lives in a castle on Urizuri mountain. Living with her is Shiine, her student. Shiine is adept when it comes to casting spells. He is a young wizard and most of his knowledge about magic was taught to him by Dorothy. The first 2 seasons were originally created by the anime team. Most of the stories in season 3 are based on the manga. (Source: Wikipedia)
Ceres was a tennyo (Celestial maiden) who came down from the heavens to bathe in a stream. She hung her hagoromo (robe) on a tree nearby, which was her key to returning to the heavens. But the robe was stolen and the man who had stolen it forced her to become his wife, thus producing a family full of human and tennyo blood mixed. Now, in modern day time, Aya Mikage is a descendent of Ceres, and has quite an amount of tennyo blood. On her 16th birthday, she and her twin brother, Aki, are thrown a party. At the "party", Aya's grandpa plans to kill her, for she has tennyo powers unlike the rest of the family, and can actually become Ceres herself and destroy the Mikage family. Aya, however, can switch back, so this transformation happens quite frequently. With protector Yuuhi by her side, it is up to Aya to control Ceres and keep her from coming back, but her relationship with an ex-worker for her evil grandpa may be a distraction.
Ou Dorobou Jing
Jing may appear to be a young boy, but his remarkable skills make him one of the most feared thieves on the planet. Along with his feathered partner Kir, Jing travels from town to town, stealing anything of value regardless of the amount of security. But when he's in a pinch, he has one more trick up his sleeve: Kir bonds with Jing's right arm to perform the effectively deadly "Kir Royale" attack. And because of all this, Jing is infamously known by many as the "King of Bandits."
Ou Dorobou Jing in Seventh Heaven
Jing, the infamous King of Bandits, finds himself and his feathered partner Kir behind bars in Seventh Heaven, the most notorious prison complex in the world. There, they seek to steal the Dream Orb from the convict Campari. But before doing so, they must escape from the prison of dreams that Campari has conjured for them.
In a crime-ridden future Japan, Kyohei Tachibana is a peaceful student at a culinary school, dreaming of going to France for advanced study as a patissier (pastry chef). To afford the trip, he accepts a part-time job as private cook to a strange group of women - Sei, Meg, Jo and Amy. To Kyohei's astonishment, they turn out to be a band of violent mercenaries, and he finds himself in the line of fire.
Yui is an average schoolgirl who lives in a future where all computers are supported by a single global network known as COMNET. Yui is a computer-illiterate girl who after a computer-lab accident is approached by IR, a raccoon looking corrector computer program, which tells her she must save COMNET. She must stop the rogue A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) computer program known as Grosser and his hench-programs from taking over the world. Grosser was originally designed to be that manager of all of COMNET. At first she's very reluctant to play the heroine because of her complete lack of knowledge and ability with computers. To save COMNET she must find and gain the trust of the other seven wayward corrector programs. They must also find the creator or COMNET Professor Inukai, to help stop Grosser for good. (Source: ANN)
Cosprayers
Koto unknowingly seals away the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, and now she is in a different world and can't return. Meeting priestesses who combat the evil in this strange place she learns that Black Towers throughout the land keep Amatersu sealed away and are guarded by evil monsters. Koto must now find a way to help defeat these monsters and return the world to the way it was. (Source: ANN)
El Hazard: The Alternative World
Miz plans to retire as a Great Priestess of Water to married life with her darling Fujisawa and as replacement the young Qawoor Towles arrives to Floristica. Jinnai sees Qawoor's initiation ceremony as a chance to infiltrate Makoto's laboratory but accidentally activates a mysterious thingy that sends them all through the dimensions to a grey industrial city protected by a huge castle in an alternative world. (Source: ANN)
El Hazard: The Wanderers
Makoto Mizuhara is working on his latest experiment in the school science lab, but when he takes a break his lifelong rival Katsuhiko Jinnai shows up and attempts to destroy the device and discredit Makoto. This overloads the experiment and transports Makoto, Jinnai, his sister Nanami, and their teacher Mr. Fujisawa to the strange and magnificent world El Hazard. Makoto and Fujisawa land squarely in the Kingdom of Roshtaria, and quickly befriend the princess Rune Venus. Jinnai allies himself with the Bugrom, a race of giant insects bent on taking over El Hazard, while his sister tries to eke out her own living in the desert. Makoto searches desperately for a way to return home, all the while fighting off the Bugrom, enlisting the help of the Holy Priestesses, and stopping the demon god Ifurita from destroying everything. (Source: ANN)
El Hazard: The Magnificent World
When Makoto Mizuhara discovers an old monument in his school and awakens a beautiful woman, he, his teacher, his worst enemy and one of his female friends is transported to the magnificent world of El Hazard. There they discovers that they have received some special powers. Makoto and his teacher Fujisawa lands in a jungle and saves a princess from some large bugs. Makoto's friend Nanami lands in a desert. And Makoto's rival, Jinnai lands in the middle of the bug's kingdom and becomes their general, plotting to destroy Makoto and his new friends. After several having his attacks repelled by Makoto several times, Jinnai learns about an ultimate weapon, the demon Ifurita. And so everyone sets of to find Ifurita, and when she's found Makoto learns that she is the same woman that sent them to El Hazard. But the one gaining control of her is Jinnai. (Source: ANN)
El Hazard 2: The Magnificent World
Continuing the from OVAs; When Fujisawa, suffering from cold feet, leaves Miz at the altar, an enraged Priestess drafts Makoto and friends to go find him. In the couse of locating the hapless (and gutless) teacher, they find another Ifurita. Meanwhile Jinnai and Diva searching for a new Bugrom homeland stumble upon another yet another Demon God, the impish Kalia. However, unlike Ifurita she has a mind, and a mission, of her own... (Source: ANN)
The rules of alchemy state that to gain something, one must lose something of equal value. Alchemy is the process of taking apart and reconstructing an object into a different entity, with the rules of alchemy to govern this procedure. However, there exists an object that can bring any alchemist above these rules, the object known as the Philosopher's Stone. The young Edward Elric is a particularly talented alchemist who through an accident years back lost his younger brother Alphonse and one of his legs. Sacrificing one of his arms as well, he used alchemy to bind his brother's soul to a suit of armor. This lead to the beginning of their journey to restore their bodies, in search for the legendary Philosopher's Stone.
Miaka Yuuki, an average middle school student caught up in studying for exams, is sucked into an ancient Chinese novel titled "The Universe of Four Gods". There she discovers that she is in an ancient country in what is now China, Konan, and is to be the Priestess of one of the four gods, Suzaku. As the priestess, her duty is to gather the Seven Seishi of Suzaku, who are to be her protectors. Once they are gathered, the priestess will summon the god Suzaku and bring peace between the warring lands, Konan and Kutou. But it's harder than it seems. Along the road, many hardships are faced, as Miaka's best friend Yui Hongo enters the book and becomes her rival, the priestess of Seiryuu in the land of Kutou. Who summons their god first is up to the courage and skill of the priestesses and their seishi, as they meet triumphs and tragedies along the way. (Source: ANN)
Many years ago, humans and demons lived in harmony. But that unity ended when demons started attacking humans and plotted a mission to unleash Gyumao - an evil demon imprisoned for thousands of years. Now, Genjo Sanzo, a rogue priest, must team up with three demons - Sha Gojyo, Son Goku, and Cho Hakkai - and embark on a perilous journey to the west to stop these demons from resurrecting Gyumao and restore the balance between humans and demons on Earth. (Source: ANN)
Saiyuki Reload
Priest Genjo Sanzo and companions Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku maintain their westward journey to stop the resurrection of the demon Gyoumao. As the reputation of the Sanzo Ikkou precedes them, they continue to fight demon assassins at every turn, but they must also deal with increasing tensions within their group in order to defeat a powerful enemy. (Source: ANN)
Saiyuki Reload Gunlock
The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku fight their way to their goal, their path is fraught with internal strife. When they encounter a formidable pair of adversaries from the west, the cohesion of the group -- and the fate of the mission -- may be at stake. (Source: ANN)
A Hunter is one who travels the world doing all sorts of dangerous tasks. From capturing criminals to searching deep within uncharted lands for any lost treasures. Gon is a young boy whose father disappeared long ago, being a Hunter. He believes if he could also follow his father's path, he could one day reunite with him. After becoming 12, Gon leaves his home and takes on the task of entering the Hunter exam, notorious for its low success rate and high probability of death to become an official Hunter. He befriends the revenge-driven Kurapika, the doctor-to-be Leorio and the rebellious ex-assassin Killua in the exam, with their friendship prevailing throughout the many trials and threats they come upon taking on the dangerous career of a Hunter. Based on the manga by Togashi Yoshihiro.
Hunter x Hunter OVA
After reuniting with Gon and his friends, Kurapika explained to them the risks he bears because of his abilities. Believing that his target of revenge is no longer alive and the search for his fallen comrade's eyes could truly begin, Kurapika soon after receives a message informing him that all the Spiders still lived. After much discussion between his friends, Gon, Kurapika and company decided to hunt after the one Spider member who's ability could ultimately result in Kurapika's defeat and death. Based on the manga by Togashi Yoshihiro.
Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island
After the battle with the Spiders, the search for Gin continues as Gon and Killua decided to once again attempt to purchase the rare game "Greed Island". However, Gon came up with a better plan, which was to volunteer to complete the game for the billionaire who owned it. But some training must be done, as Gon and Killua's abilities are still at a developing stage and "Greed Island" is no simple game for anyone to play with. It is the infamous game that could easily lead to one's death. Based on the manga by Togashi Yoshihiro.
Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island Final
Continuing with their adventure at Greed Island, Gon and Killua train furiously under the guidance of Biscuit for better preparation at attempting the game. With their abilities vastly improving and the threat of player killers menacing Greed Island, Gon and company continue the game despite the dangers that they will face with the game activities and encounters with other players. Based on the manga by Togashi Yoshihiro.
A normal looking high school girl on the outside, Kusakabe Maron is actually the reincarnation of Jeanne d' Arc. With the help of the angel, Fin Fish, Maron works as the thief Jeanne at night to seal the demons that reside in pieces of artwork, preying upon the weak hearts of the owners. She is branded as a thief due to the fact that the artworks disappear after she seals the demons. One day, a new neighbor and classmate appears, as well as a rival in her night job, the thief Sinbad. With her own best friend being the detective's daughter, out to capture her and the appearance of her new rival, Maron's work is anything but easy.
Juuni Kokuki
Nakajima Youko is your average somewhat timid high school student. One day, a strange man named Keiki appears before her, swearing allegiance. Before she could properly register what was happening, demon-like creatures attack Youko and her friends, after which they are pulled into a different world. A world unlike what she has ever known. Separated from Keiki, Youko and her friends must do whatever they can if they wish to survive in this new world.
Asakura Yoh is a shaman, one who can see and communicate with spirits. Yoh is training to become the Shaman King, strongest among all the Shamans. The ones helping him are Manta, a short boy who can see ghosts and Amidamaru, who is an old samurai spirit and Yoh's partner. However there are also others who are trying to get the title Shaman King.
Boukyaku no Senritsu
A great war occurred in the 20th century between humans and monsters. Since that time, the monsters rule the world in fear but keep relatively hidden from public view. A boy named Bokka ponders the past and wonders what became of the Meros Warriors who defended the world so bravely against the demons. He soon meets Kurofune and learns of the power of the Meros and the I-bar machines they ride in battle. Warriors are the only ones who can see and hear the Melody of Oblivion, a phantom girl hidden away waiting to be rescued and be the savior of mankind. During a battle between Kurofune and a demon, Bokka discovers something only his wildest dreams could possibly imagine...he too can hear that melody. Throughout his journeys, Bokka meets many monsters and their agents, friends, and companions as he discovers the true extent of his new powers. He must continue to battle evil in the hope of releasing Boukyaku no Senritsu and free a world that has forgotten its once beautiful melody. (Source: ANN)
Now and Then, Here and There
Shu is a typical Japanese boy, but has an unbeatable, optimistic and determined attitude. However, when he sees a mysterious girl with strange eyes named Lala-Ru up on a smokestack, he is soon pulled into a strange desert world. Shu soon discovers the true terrors of war, which includes genocide, brutal torture, hunger, thirst, and child exploitation. Now Shu is trying to save Lala-Ru, as well as his hard earned, and often reluctant, new friends from the insane dictator, Hamdo. Whether Shu can possibly accomplish saving those he cares about while still holding up to his values remains to be seen. (Source: ANN)
An ancient legend tells of a magical Powerstone that granted its owner any wish desired. Adventurers from all over the globe clash as they seek this mystical gem. Based upon the Dreamcast game, POWERSTONE tries to entertain us with the story behind the game's premise. The plot begins with our hero, Fokker, training to be a fighter like his idol, Vargas. (Source: AniDB)
While fighting to save his village from the attack of a demon-god, Ashitaka comes in contact with it and is inflicted with a deadly curse. In his search for a cure he is forced to leave his village forever and journey to the forest inhabited by animal gods. There he finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and a village led by Lady Eboshi. (Source: ANN)
Pacifica Casull is the most feared and hated person by the followers of the God Mauser. Known as the Scrapped Princess, she is the poison that will destroy the world. To avoid being killed by the zealots of Mauser, Pacifica and her adoptive brother and sister leave the village of Manhurin. Her brother, Shannon, is an expert with the sword while Racquel is proficient with magic. At every step of the way, however, someone is constantly trying to kill Pacifica, hoping to somehow avert the catastrophe that is supposed to befall the world on her 16th birthday. (Source: ANN)
A strange environmental phenomenon 22 years ago in the Kanazawa prefecture caused the land to split and protrude upwards reaching unprecedented heights, creating the secluded area known as The Lost Ground. Kazuma is a young mercenary who lives in the Lost Ground, looking for any work he can find to sustain his livelihood within the harsh environment. He is one of the few people that are gifted with the Alter ability, which allows him to plaster his right arm and torso with a metallic alloy. When this mercenary encounters HOLY, an order whose purpose is to suppress and capture what they call Native Alter Users, and one of the elite members of HOLY, Ryuho, an epic rivalry begins. (Source: ANN)
Strange Dawn
Yuko and Eri are two normal girls who are sucked into the alternate world filled with tiny people. The people of this mysterious world sees them as their "Great Protectors" who can protect their land in a time of strife. The two girls set out on a mission with a group of warriors from the village to find out how they were brought here and how might they return home. However, there is a war brewing and these two Great Protectors are the political tool that every faction lusts for to rally the people to their side. (Source: ANN)
Under the capital city of Tokyo, Japan, there exists a large, vast, and unknown world known as Underground. There, people known as Elemental Users exist; people who have the ability to control the elements: Fire, Water, Lightning, Magnetism, Freeze, etc. Meet Rumina Asagi and his best friend Ginnosuke Isuzu, two average high school freshmen who reside in Tokyo. When they meets Gravity User, Chelsea Rorec, and the Miko of Life, Ruri Sarasa, their whole life changes into one big adventure. (Source: ANN)
Triangle Heart: Sweet Songs Forever
Fiasse is a world-renowned singer. She is now the headmistress of a special Singing School who does a Charity World Tour every year. Her mother left behind a inheritance for her after she died and some shady people are after Fiasse and the inheritance. Bring in Ellis, and two siblings who are master of the swords to protect Fiasse. The World Tour is coming up and Fiasse will continue the show. Ellis, Kyoya, Miyuki and company must protect their childhood friend at all costs. (Source: ANN)
Tsubasa Chronicle
During an excavation at the mysterious ruins in Clow Country, Syaoran discovers his childhood friend Princess Sakura appear on the site with wings that disperse into many feathers. As the feather's disappear to different dimensions, so does Sakura's memory. In attempts to save Sakura's life and restore her memory, Syaoran travels through to another world to find a solution. There's only one thing left he can do. Travel through to different dimensions to collect Sakura's feathers. Helping out with the quest is Kurogane, an exiled ninja from Japan Country who wishes to return to his world, the runaway magician, Fay, who desires to jump between each world never to return to his own and the white meat-bun shaped creature, Mokona.
High school student Hitomi is transported from Earth to the magical world of Gaea, where she meets boy prince Van Fanel, and is caught up in his quest to unite the countries of Gaea against the ominous Zaibach empire. On the way, she discovers a hidden ability and strives to unravel layers of mystery surrounding Van, his past, and the giant machine known as Escaflowne. (Source: ANN)
Love Hina Spring Special
The tests have come, and Keitaro can only hope to succeed. However, in the final stretch, he fails miserably and daydreams through the test. Assuming that he has failed, he runs away, so the rest of the cast hunts him down on a remote desert island to bring him back. The Toudai entrance exams have finally come (again) for Keitaro. With all his confidence Keitaro sits for the paper, but ends up falling asleep and dreaming about Narusegawa. Waking up with barely any time to complete the paper, Keitaro thinks he will fail the paper and tries to escape from Hinata Lodge and forget all the memories with it. By a stroke of luck he meets Seta, but ends up in a faraway island with the whole cast trying to look for him. (Source: ANN)
Taking place one year before the Zentraedi arrive on Earth, Macross Zero chronicles the final days of the war between the U.N. Spacy and anti-U.N. factions. After being shot down by the anti-U.N.'s newest fighter plane, ace pilot Shin Kudo finds himself on the remote island of Mayan, where technology is almost non-existent. While Shin stays on the island to heal his wounds, the tranqulity of the island is shattered by a battle that involves the UN's newest fighter - the VF-0. (Source: ANN)
On their way to their new home, a young girl, Chihiro, and her parents stumble into what appears to be an abandoned theme park. But all is not as it seems, as the theme park is a bath-house for the spirits, and not a place where humans are welcome. Chihiro must fend for herself and rescue her parents, as they have been turned to pigs as punishment for eating the food meant for the gods. (Source: ANN)
Words Worth
The legend has survived for generation. The Words Worth tablet, which will unlock the secrets of the Universe for the one who can decipher it, has been shattered. The warring tribes of Light and Shadow blame each other, and their accusations lead to all out war! Astral, the undisciplined heir to the throne of the Shadow Forces, lusts for his bride-to-be, Sharon. But Sharon, an accomplished warrior herself, feels her body drawn toward Caesar, the Shadow Tribe`s bravest swordsman. Sharon battles alongside Caesar during an assault by the Light Forces, and her ferocious beauty captivates Sir Fabris, the leader of the Tribe of Light. Fabris` army loses the battle, but he vows that he will one day get Sharon into his bed, the hard way, if necessary. Meanwhile, Astral takes his sexual frustrations out on Maria, a Light Tribe sorceress who has been taken captive. As Astral penetrates Maria, Sir Fabris prepares to launch a penetration of his own: a full-scale attack on the Tribe of Shadow! (Source: AnimeNfo)
Mugen's a buck wild warrior - violent, thoughtless and womanizing. Jin is a vagrant ronin - mysterious, traditional, well-mannered and very strong as well. These two fiercely independent warriors can`t be any more different from one another, yet their paths cross when Fuu, a ditzy waitress, saves them from being executed when they are arrested after a violent swordfight. Fuu convinces the two vagrant young men to help her find a mysterious samurai "who smells of sunflowers." And their journey begins. This is a story about love, friendship and courage... NOT! (Source: AniDB)
Lodoss-tou Senki: Eiyuu Kishi Den
Five years after the death of the Emperor of Marmo in the War of Heroes, Parn is now the Free Knight of Lodoss, he and his old allies now famous through the land. However, the Emperor's right-hand-man, Ashram, seeks the scepter of domination to re-unify Lodoss under his former leader's banner. Meanwhile, beyond his attempts at conquest lies a more sinister force beginning to set the stage for the resurrection of the goddess of death and destruction... (Source: ANN)
Lodoss-tou Senki
Created from the aftermath of the last great battle of the gods, Lodoss and its kingdoms have been plagued by war for thousands of years. As a quiet peace and unity finally become foreseeable over the land, an unknown evil begins to stir. An ancient witch has awakened, bent on preserving the island of Lodoss by creating political unbalance throughout the many kingdoms and keeping any one from maintaining central control. Only a mixed-race party of six young champions, led by the young warrior Parn, stand between this new threat and Lodoss' descent back into the darkness of war and destruction. (Source: ANN)
R.O.D OVA
Yomiko Readman is a lovable, near-sighted bibliomaniac working as a substitute teacher at a Japanese high school. Her real identity, however, is that of a secret agent for the British Library Special Operations Division. Her codename: "The Paper." The moniker denotes her supernatural ability to freely manipulate paper into any object she can imagine, including tools and weapons in her fight against the powerful and self-serving IJIN (Great Historical Figure) Army! Along with her partner, the enigmatic "Ms. Deep," Yomiko travels across the world in attempt to solve the mystery behind the reincarnation of historical figures and their attempt to control the world. (Source: RightStuf)
Five years have passed since the occurrence of the incident known as the "Human Annihilation Mission." In Japan, a novelist is dealing with writer's block after her friend has gone missing. In Hong Kong, three sisters, masters in the use of paper, run their own detective agency to solve cases that involve books. When these people are brought together, a bond greater than blood is formed - a bond that will be sorely tested by the evil powers intent on taking over the world. Join Anita, Maggie, Michelle, and Nenene as they travel the globe in order to save the world from the evil mastermind, Mr. Carpenter! Of course, that's if they can find the time to put down the books they're reading... (Source: RightStuf)
Sixteen years have passed since a mysterious alien ship crashed on Earth. Graviton City, once leveled by the ship's crash, is now a bustling metropolis. Within the city's high school, superhuman high school student A-Ko Magami dukes it out with the diabolical genius B-Ko Daitokuji, who will stop at nothing to win the friendship of A-Ko's buddy C-Ko Kotobuki. Meanwhile, in outer space, another alien ship is on course towards Earth to find its planet's lost princess. (Source: ANN)
Mezzo DSA
Mikura, Kurokawa, and Harada are the 3 members of the Danger Service Agency (DSA). Mikura is the brawns of the group, Harada is the brains, and Kurokawa is just a bitter ex-cop that likes to think he's in charge. They'll take on any job as long as it involves lots of danger and, of course, money. If you want to live long enough to eat dinner, you better not cross them. Their biggest case, however, could prove to be finding out why someone wants Kurokawa assassinated. (Source: ANN)
Bulma is a girl in search of the mystical dragonballs that when brought together grant any wish. In her search she bumps into the owner of one of these balls, a strange boy named Goku. The two then set off together, Bulma in search of the dragonballs and Goku on a quest to become stronger. (Source: ANN)
Goku, the hero who destroyed the evil of Frieza, Cell, and Buu in DBZ, learns that an old foe, Emperor Pilaf from DB has captured the 7 magical Black Star Dragon Balls, which, at the cost of the planet the balls are on, can grant any wish. Pilaf wishes that Goku is a child, and Goku becomes a child. In order to save both the planet and restore Goku to adulthood, Goku must allign himself with Trunks and his granddaughter Pan to find all 7 Balls all over the universe. Over time, they encounter foes like Baby, Super 17, and the invincible Shadow Dragons. Taking place 10 years after the final Dragonball Z story, Pilaf finally manages to get all 7 dragonballs and makes a wish. Unfortunately for Pilaf, he gets flustered by the presence of Goku and wishes for Goku to be a child again so that Pilaf could "teach him a lesson." Pilaf gets his wish, and Goku is off on an interstellar trip to gather the 7 "Black Star Dragonballs" that can reverse the wish and return him to adulthood. (Source: ANN)
A former gymnast, Aikawa Maki has turned her skills to a different way of life—street fighting. The only thing that truly makes her feel alive is violence. With amazing power and grace, she fights opponent after opponent, repeatedly demonstrating the gymnastic talent that earns her her nom de guerre, "Airmaster."
One day, Kinomoto Sakura, a 4th grader stumbles upon the mysterious book of Clow. Upon opening it and reading the name of The Windy aloud, Sakura scatters the cards to the winds. Sakura is elected and appointed by Keroberos, Guardian of the Cards to capture the remaining cards. With her friend Tomoyo and rival Syaoran, Sakura begins an adventure that will forever change her.
Dan Doh!!
Dandoh was playing a baseball game with friends Yuka and Kohei and hits a wild fly ball which crashes into the principal's potted plants. Rather than getting mad, the principal admires Dandoh's swing and introduces him to the world of golf. It's now an adventure in golf as Dandoh is under the watchful eye of a former pro-golfer. They enter a tournament together and play for a shot at the national championships. (Source: ANN)
Kudo Shinichi is a seventeen year-old high school detective whom people call the "Modern Sherlock Holmes." However, one night after a date with his childhood sweetheart, Ran, Shinichi witnessed an illegal trade and, caught off his guard, was knocked unconscious and fed a drug that was supposed to kill him... but he woke up and found himself shrunken to a seven year-old. In order to track down the men who did this to him, Shinichi hid his identity and lived with Ran, whose father happened to be a hopeless detective, and with that came a series of murders and mysteries that he must solve. (Source: ANN)
E's Otherwise
Kai, who has powers different from the rest, together with his sickly sister Hikaru was protected by an organization called ASHURUM. Scouted by Eiji, Kai was delegated to the ASHURUM special force AESES and undergo intensive training. Whenever he was free, Kai visited Hikaru at the hospital belongs to the organization, but Hikaru's condition never improved. So, one year later, with amazing growth from the intensive training, Kai decides to escape from the organization. (Source: ANN)
Renton Thurston is a 14-year-old boy who lived with his mechanic grandfather in a backwater town. Every day he dreamed of being with the mercenary "Light Finding Operation (LFO)" aircraft pilot group "Gekkostate" and riding "Trapar" particle waves —a sport called "reffing"— with their charismatic leader Holland, especially when faced with his father's acclaimed past or his grandfather's desire to protect him. When a young girl named Eureka riding the original LFO, the "Nirvash typeZERO", asks his grandfather for a tune-up, she inadvertently brings the attention of the military to the garage; as a result, the garage is destroyed and Renton is forced to deliver a new type of interface —the "Amita Drive"— to the Nirvash. After a heated fight in which the Nirvash destroys the military LFOs by unleashing an immense amount of power, Renton is invited into Gekkostate. However, he quickly realizes that behind the facade of a traveling group of mercenaries is a very bitter reality. (Source: ANN)
Recca Hanabishi is a ninja, but is nearly killed in an accident. However, a girl named Yanagi heals him with her powers. Later, the two are tracked down by a woman who attacks them. She tells Recca to ignite his flame, but he is clueless. Just as she hurts Yanagi, Recca releases a powerful flame upon the woman. She is excited to see this. It turns out that Recca was a baby, from the Hokage Clan of the past, that was sent to the future in order to escape death. Now, Recca is the leader of the new Hokage Clan who must stop his half brother, Kurei, from kidnapping Yanagi. (Source: AniDB)
Groove Adventure Rave
Haru Glory is a boy who lives with his sister, Cattleya, in Garage Island. After fishing out a.... thing called Plue, he meets Shiba who entrusted him with Rave Stone or more known as Holy Bring. From there on, he embarks on a quest leaving his sister at Garage Island like his father who went to find Rave 15 years ago. He meets Elie, a girl who loves to gamble but has lost her memory. They met up with Musica at Punk Street. They have to eliminate Demon Card using Rave and is helped by Elie's uncontrollable Ethelion and Musica's ability of controlling silver as a Silver-Claimer. Unfortunately, they had to collect 4 more Raves in order to eliminate the mother of all dark brings, Sinclair. Together, they find out their past including Haru and Musica who both do not know their parents very well. They also find out the connection between Ethelion and Rave. (Source: ANN)
Higurashi Kagome, after being pulled down a well by a demon, finds herself in Feudal Japan, where she learns that a powerful jewel has been reborn inside her body. After the jewel shatters in an attempt to retrieve it from one of the many demons who was after its power, Kagome must join forces with the half-demon Inu Yasha (also after the jewel's power) to track down the shards of the jewel before its power falls into the wrong hands. (Source: ANN)
Konjiki no Gash Bell!!
Takamine Kiyomaro, a depressed don't-care-about-the-world guy, was suddenly given a little demon named Gash Bell to take care of. Little does he know that Gash is embroiled into an intense fight to see who is the ruler of the demon world. All of the demons have to pick a master on Earth and duke it out with other demons until one survives. Needless to say, Kiyomaro becomes Gash's master, and through their many battles, Kiyomaro learns the importance of friendship and courage.
Yuri Shibuya was living a pretty normal life. That changed the day he was dunked into a toilet after an attempt to save a classmate from a gang of bullies. Instead of just getting a good soaking, he's pulled in. The next thing he knows, he's in a world that vaguely resembles medieval Europe. If that's not odd enough, he's told that he is to be the next Maoh, just because he has black hair and black eyes. The Maoh is the King of the Mazoku, who are coexisting not-so-peacefully with the humans in this world. Much to his subjects' dismay, he's totally different from the rulers they're accustomed to. He's kind, considerate, a believer in justice, and not willing to use violence to solve conflicts. Not exactly someone they want running a country on the very brink of war. Now, Yuri has to deal with trying to become a good Maoh, while at the same time attempting to adapt to this lands' customs and culture, all in a world where the tension between the humans and Mazoku is reaching its peak. (Source: ANN)
Kintarou Oe doesn't look like it, but he is a genius who completed all his university courses and then quit before graduating. He becomes a wandering student, going from place to place on his bicycle, seeking to learn what he can about life, the world, and women. He is willing and able to do any job he has to prove himself. His travels take him to a variety of locations and a variety of women, each who learns to love the hardworking guy, but not before he can run off. (Source: ANN)
Several hundred years in the future, the resources of the Earth runs out, and the progression of the human race has stagnated. The world is now divided into "Units". A boy named Hajiki Sanada lives with his mother and sister in Unit 74, in a place called "Night Town", in which all electricity is shut down at midnight. The key in this story is an object called the GAD. GADs have the ability to reconstruct materials while reacting to feelings of an organic life. The size and shape of the resulting product seem to be different depending on the kinds of feelings that the life possesses. When Hajiki comes in contact with one by accident, it transforms into a huge robot--a Tekkoudo, or "Iron Giant"--which Hajiki names Lightning. And soon he realizes that he isn't the only one with a Tekkoudo, and must find out how to deal with those others who he feels are the "same" as himself. (Source: ANN)
Animal Yokochou
On the first day her family moved to their new house, 5 year old Ami-chan made friends with three talking animals who came out of a door in her bedroom floor, which she finds out leads to Animal Yokocho, another world. The three are Issa, an overly innocent, soft-spoken panda, Kenta, a highly strung, red-scarf-loving bear who puts on an almost constant tough-guy act, and Iyo, a rabbit who usually holds her own well-being and enjoyment over the happiness (and safety) of her friends. Even at only 5 years old, Ami-chan is easily the most rational of the group, and she's a little wary at first, but she eventually comes around and starts spending her free time with them. A typical day involves Ami-chan and the three doing different things to pass the time, often playing a seemingly innocent game, but in AniYoko style. Unfortunately for Ami-chan, the AniYoko version usually turns out to be drastically different, much less logical, and usually more dangerous than the ordinary version. 5 year old kindergarten girl, Ami-chan, has a secret which cannot be revealed to anyone: that is, she spends her days with mysterious animals who come to her house. These animals include a rabbit by the name of Iyo, a bear named Kenta and a panda called Issa. They are actually from Anima Yokocho, the place that the secret door in Ami-chan's room leads to. And of course, other mysterious characters from Animal Yokocho will subsequently make their appearances as well... (Source: ANN)
In the year 2059, the earth has been plagued by aliens for several years. In an effort to learn more about these aliens, Dr. Noguchi and his assistants Maki Agata and Tukuto Kenishiro try to revive the professor's experiment, a large Bio-Mechanical alien named Frank. During this process the alien comes to 'life' and the lab is subsequently destroyed leaving Takuto the only survivor and the alien disappearing into the wilderness. While Frank roams the wilderness he meets Hattie, an emotionally distressed young girl whose parents are killed in the first 'close encounter' war. Oddly enough she is able to communicate with Frank and soon after they are taken into custody by a secret agency known only as 'Funeral'. Meanwhile, Takuto wakes up in a hospital bed with his life in shambles, and his face disfigured. Motivated by vengeance and heart break, Takuto accepts an offer from the mysterious 'Mr. X' and receives a new identity as a ranking Funeral officer named Ryu Soma. (Source: ANN)
B'tX
Teppei is going to visit his older brother Kotaro Takamiya during a scientific conference after training with a mysterious woman named Karen for the past 11 years. However his plans for a family reunion become stalled when a woman named Aramis kills everyone in the conference to kidnap Kotaro. Teppei on the way to save his brother encounters a broken mechanical horse called B't X who revives thanks to Teppei's blood and is now his aide to save his brother from the mysterious Machine Empire.
Bakuten Shoot Beyblade
Thirteen-year-old Tyson Granger (Takao Kinomiya), along with his fellow teammates, Kai Hiwatari, Max Tate (Max Mizuhura), and Ray Kon (Rei Kon), strive to become the greatest Beybladers in the world. With the technical help of the team's resident genius, Kenny (Kyouju), and with the powerful strength of their BitBeasts, the Bladebreakers armed with their tops (AKA: Blades) attempt to reach their goal. (Source: ANN)
In the 24th Century, Intergalactic Space Travel has become a reality. One of the first outposts in the far reaches of space is WATCHER'S NEST - an inflation hole drive portal - which has recently come under attack by a mysterious force known simply as GHOUL... A group of young female cadets assigned to the portal are unexpectedly thrown into a hornet's nest of trouble as they finalize their training to become an elite pilot in the Seraphim Squadron. (Source: DVD Collection Back Cover)
Oozora Reiji isn't a lazy boy, he's just terribly unmotivated; all the clubs and activities he's joined don't interest him for long. That is, of course, until his best friend Yukino takes him to a underground arcade where an unbelievable virtual reality game is played - Dragon Drive - in which players fight each other with virtual dragons. Reiji ends up throwing all he's got into training a dragon so rare that the Dragon Drive staff are baffled. But soon Reiji learns that Dragon Drive isn't all it seems, and he might be the only one who can save an entire world from evil. (Source: ANN)
Grenadier: Hohoemi no Senshi
Rushuna is a blonde and very beautiful Senshi (gun expert) that travels through the world with one purpose. Which is to make the world a peaceful place by, instead of fighting with weapons, taking away the people's will to fight by giving them a smile. Although she doesn't want to fight, she is forced to, and shows amazing gun skills. In this journey she meets Yajirou, a mercenary that uses a sword to fight and joins her on her journey. (Source: ANN)
Shugo and his twin sister Rena, two new players in The World, (a future online roleplaying game) are caught up in an unknown agenda. Unstopable monsters have started appearing and players that encounter these monsters fall into comas in the real world. Playing the limited edition characters, Kite and Black Rose, and the wielding the mysterious twilight bracelet, the two siblings must figure out what is going on and stop it before the damage escalates. (Source: ANN)
Ranma and his partner Rera run a detective agency in Giraffe City. An arranged accident leaves Rera and Ranma in an unfortunate state where the two detectives swap bodies at the stroke of midnight. With Ranma dissapearing and the beautiful Rera appearing. (Source: ANN)
July 2008. Mankind was faced with the threat of extinction. An ultra-magnetic weapon, far more devastating than any nuclear weapon known, destroyed half the world in an instant. The earth's crust was rocked by massive movements, the earth was thrown off its axis, and the five continents were torn completely apart and sank deep below the sea... The attempt by a number of people to flee to outer space failed. Their spaceships were forced back to the earth and vanished with their hopes shattered. But one of the spaceships narrowly escaped destruction and crash-landed on a small island which had miraculously survived the devastation. The crew members of the spaceship settled there, as if they were seeds sown on the island. After years, a boy was born. He was a new life in the desert, a ray of light in the darkness of the annihilated earth... (Source: AniDB)
Mahoujin Guru Guru
There is a small village called Jimuna on the continent of Jamu Jamu. This village is home to a girl named Kukuri. She is the last descendent of the Migu Migu Tribe. She is raised by an old witch who teaches her the secret magic of the tribe, but Kukuri is not a good student. In the same village lives a boy named Nike. He has been raised by very strict parents. They discipline their son to become a brave hero of the village. Nike himself does not want to be a hero at all, but he grows up to become a mighty boy. One day the king of the village, Kodai, recruits troops to fight against the ruler of the darkness, Giri. Kukuri and Nike are accepted. The two children, the strong but reluctant hero Nike, and the eager but unskilled little witch Kukuri, set out on a wonderful journey full of adventures and friendship. (Source: Nippon Animation)
Rose of Versailles
Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people. (Source: ANN)
Wild Arms: Twilight Venom
This anime is based on a playstation game under the same title. The story is about four people who travel the desolated land of Filgaea and carve themselves a legendary story while they`re at it. These adventurers are Sheyenne Rainstorm, a gunslinger who holds the legendary weapon called ARMs; Kiel Aromax, a scientist who looks like he should be carrying a sword; Roleta Oratorio the Crest Sorceress, a magic-user who uses cards called Crests to cast spells; and Mirabelle Graceland, one of the Noble Red, which are a family of vampiric creatures who live alongside human beings They also travel with cute little intelligent furry things, from the Popepi Pipepo Tribe, named Isaac and Jerusha. (Source: AniDB)
High school student Himiko Himejima finds her life change forever when a mysterious flame appears before her one day. Along with her schoolmate Kutani Masahiko, Himiko is transported by the flame to an ancient kingdom known as Yamatai. The Yamatai kingdom has recently come under the attack of the Kune empire during its ritual to select a queen among six candidates. As the evil general of Kune creates an army of undead for power, the six queen candidates lead a resistance force to overthrow the Kune empire. Himiko and Kutani soon find themselves fighting alongside the queen candidates to save the kindgom. With some new-found power, Himiko and Kutani slowly realize their links to the ancient world and discover the power of the sacred flame. (Source: ANN)
A catastrophic earthquake has left Tokyo, and most of the Earth for that matter, under the sea. Aika is a salvager who retrieves various remains from the watery ruins. When Aika accepts the dangerous mission of locating and obtaining the mysterious Lagu, she discovers that she's not the only one after it.
Burn Up Excess
Follows the exploits of Team Warrior, a special anti-terror wing of the Neo-Tokyo Police force. Team Warrior is comprised of the habitually broke Rio, gun-crazy Maya, computer specialist Lillica, tech-expert Nanvel, piliot/voyeur Yuji, and is led by the enigmatic Maki. The team faces a number of missions, ranging from bodyguard duty, breaking up robbery and arms rackets, and providing security for a very powerful tank. Rio and company continually thwart the terrorist aims of Ruby, an operative for a shadowy cabal of powerful men. Before the final showdown, the circumstances behind the formation of Team Warrior, how the precocious Rio came to join it, and Maki's painful past will be revealed. (Source: ANN)
Bannou Bunka Neko-Musume
When Ryunosuke's pet cat dies in an accident, his inventor father "resurrects" the cat by placing its brain in an android body made in the form of a young girl. The Android, Nukunuku, has the dual purposes of being a companion/sister for Ryunosuke as well as being a bodyguard for his father. Nukunuku's extreme strength and feline agility are regularly needed to protect Ryunosuke and his father from Ryunusuke's mother who seeks to kidnap them both following her divorce from his father. Her motives towards Ryunusuke are simple motherly love, however her genius-inventor-ex-husband she wants to put to work designing weapons of mass destruction for her weapons company. (Source: ANN)
Bannou Bunka Neko-Musume (1998)
Each episode centers on Nuku Nuku's adventures and mishaps in high school, and her relationship to students, the overall series plot centers on the evil Mishima Industries' scheme to dominate the world through its products. In opposition to this plan are the slightly nutty Kyuusaku Natsume and Nuku Nuku, the android who acts as a companion to his young son. Nuku Nuku's classmates are all eccentrics, Futaba, the class president, is a domineering control-freak, who cannot leave her authority in school. Chieko Shirakaba is the rich snob with the two yes-girls who always take her side. There is a bookworm, a mystic, a scientist, and a pop singer. All of these are true to their descriptions: the mystic is always foretelling doom via tarot cards, spirits, or some other occult technique. The pop singer never says anything except as a song. The bookworm always has her nose in a book. These eccentricities add to the series' humor. (Source: ANN)
Ex-Driver is set in the future, when all transportation is easily controlled by AI. Though like all machines they tend to break down or lose control or re-programmed. This is where three high schoolers with non AI cars, Subaru WRX, Super 7, Lotus comes in to save the day and make sure the public is safe at all times. (Source: ANN)


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Q: Is mysql.timezone_name's Time_zone_id "static"? I'm building a application that needs to store Timezones.
Rather than building my own table of timezones would it be copacetic to use mysql's already there table (mysql.time_zone_names)?
If I use a Time_zone_id of '94' and mysql updates its timezone tables, will 94 still be America/Chicago?

A: MySQL loads its timezone tables from your OS's /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo when you run mysql_tzinfo_to_sql. Then it keeps the data in the mysql database.
So the entries are only as stable as that file. If the OS adds or removes time zones in zoneinfo, and you reinstall your MySQL instance and run mysql_tzinfo_to_sql again to load the changed time zones, then the numeric time_zone_id values in MySQL could change.
I would recommend using the timezone name, not the numeric id.