DearS: Is It a Golden Ball? - Recommendations

• OVA (2 eps)
• 2003

As Mehm spends more time at the Tokino household, she begins to air her concerns over the lack of progression in Valkyrie and Kazuto’s marriage. Sensing that the young Valkyrie may not be mentally ready to be a bride, Mehm decides to train her using a set of special training cards, each containing a different matrimonial scenario. Though, when everyone else arrives at the bathhouse, Mehm’s training exercise soon becomes a full on competition between the girls to determine who will make the best bride...

• OVA (2 eps)
• 2006

One lazy Sunday morning, Rika is taking things easy when a strange woman emerges from the bathroom mirror, scaring the living daylights out of her. The woman is Ymir, an old school acquaintance of Valkyrie who has come to Earth for a school reunion that, much to the surprise of Kazuto and the others, is to be hosted at the Tokino bathhouse! In addition to the various alumni of the Academic Planet descending upon the bathhouse in the most bizarre of ways, Akina is appointed as the priestess at the Farewell Star Banquet, a special ceremony held once every nine hundred years in honour of the passing of the Slepni comet. Now everyone, including the Valhalla Princesses, must head to a satellite near Pluto for this once in a lifetime banquet!

• OVA (6 eps)
• 2005

Life at the Tokino bathhouse continues as always - that is, until two more of the Valhalla Princesses arrive! With Pharm taking up residence in the school's clock tower while transforming every girl in school into a glasses-wearing maiden, and Inarva sending everyone to the ‘Punishment Dimension' for any minor infraction, things are busier than ever. Aside from inflicting her justice on everyone, Inarva has come to Earth to inform Kazuto that he shall marry Valkyrie on the Celestial Soul's day in three months time. However, before the ceremony can take place, Kazuto and Valkyrie must undergo the trial of the twin demons and retrieve the twelve Stellar Stones that have been scattered around town. Will the pair be able to overcome the trial, cast away their doubts and finally get married?

• TV (12 eps)
• 2003

Kazuto, Valkyrie and the others have all returned from Planet Valhalla and life returns to normal. Kazuto and his sister are still balancing school with running the family bathhouse, Akina is looking after Hydra at the temple, and Valkyrie continues to live her carefree existence of playing and reading manga. Plus with the arrival of Chorus, the most bizarre of the Valhalla princesses, and Raine dropping in whenever she pleases, life at the Tokinoyu bathhouse has never been so busy. Though with the appearance of the mysterious ‘Valkyrie Ghost' the relaxed life they've all been enjoying seems set to be interrupted. Just what does this ‘Valkyrie Ghost' want, and why does Kazuto continue to be drawn to her?

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1986

The gang from Tomobiki has dealt with a lot of strange things in the past, but they may finally have met their match! They have been called to Mendou’s estate to create an independent film with a giant cherry tree as a background, but as the work begins, strange things begin to occur. Everyone’s memory begins to fade, Lum starts to lose her powers, and for the first time ever Lum’s Stormtroopers are looking at other women! As the day continues, they begin to question the meaning of their lives, as they try to get to the bottom of what is going on in their town.

• TV (13 eps)
• 2011

Yukitaka has just left Tokyo, eager to transfer to Kisaragi High where he's been recruited to play baseball. However, upon entering his new apartment, the boy is met by a man with long blonde hair who claims to be… an alien?! After initially scoffing at the notion, Yukitaka discovers that the alien – Ouji – is for real, has amnesia and, what's worse, now wants to live with him in his apartment. The fact that scientists and mysterious guys in black suits are after Ouji becomes the least of Yukitaka's problems as his new guest turns out to be more than a handful to handle!

• Other (1 ep)
• 2008

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2010

There’s a pervert on the loose, and it's up to Naoko-chan to do something about it! With her super-powerful punches and threats of castration, the unorthodox alien from the planet Yuri attempts to locate the lecherous groper and make him repent for his sins.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2002

Kazuto Tokino lives his tranquil life attending high school by day and running the family bath house by night; but his peace is all set to change. One fateful day, the Beautiful Princess Valkyrie crashes her spaceship into Kazuto’s public bath, killing the high-schooler outright! In order to revive him, Valkyrie gives the teen half of her soul, with the unfortunate side-effect of reverting the princess back to a child in both body and mind. Now the young Valkyrie is moving in to the bathhouse and, with her brash sister Hydra and over-protective catgirl maid Sanada following close behind, it seems Kazuto’s peaceful life is long behind him…

• Other