Moto Hagio

Misugi Akira and his lovely companion Maria arrive in Tokyo on a special mission. It seems Akira is there to pick up Ito Kaori, whom he has known since Kaori was a child, so that she can join his and Maria's clan... of ageless vampires! But before Akira can get to the rendezvous point, the one-time doctor is distracted by a woman making a suicide attempt. Finished with that, he hurries to get Kaori only to find her dead... from a local serial killer who fancies himself to be a vampire. When one of the police detectives on the case, Saeki Shoji, starts digging into Kaori's death, the links he finds all seem to lead straight to Akira and Maria. So now the pair decide their best course of action is to try and track down the serial killer themselves as soon as possible...

There are no heroines, there are no heroes. The six girls in this film are victims of their own excess and lack of worth. The film is set in a Drug Rehabilitation Centre. The girls are rehearsing the play 'Death of Domomata' for the annual Christmas Eve recital. On the morning before the recital, Tobe, who plays the leading role, dies suddenly. How do the girls left behind manage to go on with the show and how do they cope with Tobe's death?

Summer Vacation tells the story of four teenage students who spend their summer vacation at school – unsupervised and untouched by the outside world.

En un futuro cercano la Unión Inter-Planetaria, establecida por las diferentes naciones, fundó La Academia Cosmo, el centro de enseñanza más importante de la Galaxia. Esta academia se encarga de educar a los pilotos espaciales de la nueva era. Una de las citas más importantes es el examen de admisión que se celebra cada 3 años. Muchos estudiantes de todos los planetas se presentan. Dadatos Lain de la Tierra consigue llegar a la última fase del examen después de pasar enormes y dificiles pruebas. Su sueño es convertirse en el mejor piloto espacial del Universo. La última prueba consiste en permanecer sano y salvo durante 53 días en una nave espacial. Pero algo extraño ha sucedido. Normalmente los grupos suelen ser de 10 pasajeros. Pero en esta nave llamada "La Esperanza" hay 11 tripulantes, ¿Quién es el 11º pasajero?

An NHK adaptation of the famous manga by Moto Hagio