Spring 1999
Digimon Adventure
Toei AnimationDigimon Adventure menceritakan tentang tujuh anak-anak yang masih remaja, masuk ke dunia yang dibentuk dari jaringan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi manusia yang disebut “dunia digital”, dengan meninggalkan di belakang realita hidup dunia nyata. Mereka berpasangan dengan “digimon” yang secara ironis memiliki personaliti komplementer dengan masing-masing anak. Digimon adalah makhluk digital penghuni digital world.
Diketahui kemudian bahwa anak-anak tersebut adalah anak-anak terpilih yang dipilih untuk membebaskan dunia digital dari krisis. Petualangan di dunia digital memaksa anak-anak untuk menguak kembali segala permasalahan pribadi masing-masing mereka di dunia nyata yang terus mengganjal dan menghalangi jalan mereka menuju kedewasaan, yang merupakan kunci untuk menyelamatkan dunia digital dan dunia nyata.
Gokudou-kun Manyuuki
Trans ArtsIt all starts when Gokudou steals a pouch from a fortuneteller, thinking that it contains a gem. Instead, it turns out to be a rock, from which emerges Djinn. The genie grants Gokudou the standard three wishes, but our anti-hero doesn’t think heavily about his wishes. Gokudou does get his wishes, though not exactly in the fashion that he expected. The best thing he gets out of his wishes is Honou no Maken, a magical sword that enables its owner to do fire attacks and it can be summoned from anywhere in the world. Even with an enchanted sword, Gokudou doesn’t get much respect. He gets turned into a woman by Djinn, who is also a shapeshifter. He is followed by Rubette La Late, a potential love interest who is more interested in adventure, karaoke and outperforming Gokudou. He gets whapped on the head a lot, especially by the fortuneteller who reappears throughout the series just to plague Gokudou it seems. Later in the series, he gets another sidekick, a former evil magician named Prince, who is more handsome and a better womanizer than Gokudou. (Source: AnimeNfo)
Monster Farm: Enbanseki no Himitsu
TMS Entertainmentmenceritakan seorang anak laki2 bernama Genki yang memenangkan CD game misterius setelah memenangkan kejuaraan game battle moster di kotanya. Ketika game itu dimainkan di PSnya dia atau Genki masuk kedalam game tersebut. Di dalam game tersebut ia bertemu Holly dan Suezo yang sedang berpetualang mencari monster legenda yaitu Phoenix untuk membasmi jiwa jahat yang ada pada sebagian besar monster. Ya benar, sebagian monster di sana sudah dikendalikan oleh monster jahat yang bernama Moo, dan tujuan utama Holly dan suezo adalah mencari Phoenix yang mempunyai kekuatan yan maha dahsyat untuk menghilangkan efek jahat pada setiap monster dan bersatu untuk melawan Moo. Genki merasa sangat senang karena telah masuk kedunia yang penuh dengan monster yang merupakan impianya sejak dulu. Namun sayang, ia datang pada saat kekacauan terjadi dimana-mana. Pada akhirnya Genki mendapat monsternya sendiri, karena betuk mosternya seperti mochi dia menamainya mochi. Kemudian Genki, Mochi, Suezo, dan Holly bersama-sama berpetualang mencari Phoenix keseluruh penjuru negeri untuk melawan Moo.
Shin Hakkenden
Public & BasicBased on the long cherished, classic Japanese novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Bakin Kyokutei Takizawa (1767), a modified version of it was made into animation. Taking place in the future, during this time wars were occuring in heaven, mostly for possession between the eight moons created by the savior Fuse that surrounded God’s land. When the war ended, there was only one ruling family – that of the Oowaris, and the remaining son gained control of all the moons of heaven, except for one. Meiten, the moon of the pope, where people refrained from war and were therefore out of it’s terms. Eight people. Each from one of the eight moons. Each possessing one of the jewels – the elements that compose Earth. They are those who are destined to become saviors of humanity. All of them have sacrificed for these jewels, and are determined to complete their duty to Queen Fuse who entrusted these to them. When the mad emperor Kai threatens to revive a ghost who wants to prevent the restoration of Earth, these eight must battle using the powers given by their jewels in order to create Earth and defeat those who want to prevent it. So they all go to Kusanagi, the ship in the center of God’s land. They must gather the jewels in the key called Yatsufusa at Kusanagi’s center, in order to create Earth. (Source: AniDB)