Curated playlist
Bandai Visual
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is set in the year 2030, in a Japan where many people have replaced their bodies with prosthetics and become cyborgs. It is an anime television series about an elite law enforcement unit that…
- GundamJapan's Agriculture Ministry once reprimanded an employee for editing Gundam pages at work.
- Cowboy BebopCowboy Bebop lost its toy company sponsor after early footage showed it would never sell spaceship toys.
- Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)Ghost in the Shell flopped in theaters, then became a video hit. In August 1996 it topped Billboard's video sales chart.
- Akira (1988 film)Akira opened in Japan on the same date its story says Tokyo was destroyed. Otomo chose that symmetry on purpose.
- Crayon Shin-chanWhen Crayon Shin-chan creator Yoshito Usui died in 2009, the manga did not end. His team began a new manga.
- Royal Space Force: The Wings of HonnêamiseA Bandai president liked a film pitch because he could not tell what it was about. It became Royal Space Force.
- Aim for the Ace!Hiromi Oka's toughest opponent in this 1970s tennis manga is her own fragile confidence.
- One-Punch ManOne-Punch Man is a Japanese manga series about a hero who can end any fight with a single punch. Saitama has trained so thoroughly that no opponent can test him, and the reward is boredom rather than glory. His creator, who goes by the…
- Code GeassCode Geass is a Japanese anime television series produced by the studio Sunrise, and its premise rests on a single dangerous gift. The gift is called Geass, and it is the power of absolute obedience. Whoever receives it can issue a command…