Ayaka Asai

Awaiting new club leader Kumiko is the Ensemble Contest -- a.k.a. "EnCon"-- and the school's preliminary competition to determine the representative team to participate. Kumiko tries her best to make it to the preliminaries without incident, but the concert band club is so large that there seems to be no end to the problems... And as the club leader, she finds herself busy consulting on all sorts of matters. While the club members are deciding on their teams, Kumiko herself hasn't even decided which she will join...

After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha attack. Now Amuro must find a way for them all to escape this mysterious land, but not before meeting a strange man—Cucuruz Doan.

Kenichi Sonoda announced at Anime Central that he launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new "Bean Bandit" anime. He confirmed that the project will meld elements of Riding Bean and Gunsmith Cats, and like these previous works it will take place in Chicago.

El spin-off, ambientado en el universo de Altered Carbon, en el que gracias a unas baterías implantadas en la nuca, se pueden archivar la memoria y la personalidad, haciendo posible el cambiar a nuevos cuerpos, conocidos como fundas. Esta vez, nos traslada al planeta Latimer. Takeshi Kovacs tiene una nueva misión como parte de los comandos: proteger a una tatuadora de los miembros de la yakuza. Al mismo tiempo, trata de investigar la misteriosa muerte de uno de los jefes de la organización criminal japonesa. Para acompañarle en su misión, tiene a su lado como compañera a una Comando bastante pragmática.

Han pasado 10 años desde que Tai y Agumon se conocieron y comenzaron su aventura en el mundo digital. Tai se ha convertido en universitario mientras que Matt y los otros han seguido sus propios caminos en la vida. Pero una serie de incidentes alrededor del mundo hace que los niños elegidos se reúnan de nuevo para combatir al causante: Eosmon. Durante la batalla, algo sale mal con las evoluciones de Agumon y los otros Digimones y sale a la luz una impactante verdad… Cuando un niño elegido se convierte en adulto, su Digimon deja de existir. Si no lucha, Tai perderá a sus amigos, pero si lo hace tendrá que despedirse de un compañero que pensaba que estaría siempre a su lado. ¿Cuál será la respuesta del vínculo entre Tai y Agumon ante este destino inevitable?

Kumiko is now a second year and one of the senior players of the euphonium section. With new underclassmen joining the concert band, Kumiko will have to learn new things in order to deal with awkward and difficult underclassmen. She and third-year trumpeter Tomoe Kabe have been chosen to lead the new underclassmen members. Among the new members to Kumiko's bass section are euphonist Kanade Hisaishi, whose appearances are deceiving; tuba player Mirei Suzuki, who cannot adapt to her new environment; tuba player Satsuki Suzuki, who wants to get along with Mirei; and double bassist Motomu Tsukinaga, who cannot talk about himself. Between the Sunrise Festival, chair placement auditions, and the competition, a number of problems quickly begin to arise.

Mizore, una chica callada y reservada que toca el oboe, y Nozomi, una chica popular y amigable que toca la flauta, son dos buenas amigas que forman parte de la banda sinfónica del Instituto Kitauji, que un día decide tocar Liz y el pájaro azul, una canción inspirada en un cuento de hadas sobre la relación entre una niña y un pájaro. Inmersas en la historia de dicho cuento de hadas, Mizore y Nozomi comienzan a darse cuenta de que tal vez no exista la posibilidad de estar juntas para siempre.

Recap of Season 2. Following their success in the qualifying round for the Kansai regional competition, the members of the Kitauji High School concert band set their sights on the next upcoming performance. Utilizing their summer break to the utmost, the band participates in a camp where they are instructed by their band advisor Noboru Taki and his friends who make their living as professional musicians. Kumiko Oumae and her friends remain determined to attain gold at the Kansai competition, but trouble arises when a student who once quit the band shows interest in rejoining and sparks unpleasant memories for the second-year members. Kumiko also learns about her teacher's surprising past and the motivation behind his desire to lead the band to victory. Reaching nationals will require hard work, and the adamant conviction in each student's commitment to the band will be put to the test.

With the intention of appearing in an event on a southern island, the students of Four Star Academy are taking off! There, rumors about a pair of legendary dresses sleeping within the island... A story about Yume and Laura's friendship, with S4 taking the stage together for the first time. Furthermore, putting the legendary dresses into a Dress Make... A thrilling and exciting Aikatsu! story is coming to theaters this summer!

Recap of Season 1. After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko's childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka. However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.

In 2012, between the events of Digimon Adventure tri. and Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, the early adulthood DigiDestined—Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru Takashi, Hikari, and Ken—must reconcile their new responsibilities with their Digimon partners. But Rui Owada, a mysterious young man, appears claiming to be the first human to partner with a Digimon–Ukkomon. Could Rui really have been the first ever DigiDestined?