Nihonkoku Daitouryou: Sakurazaka Mantarou - Recommendations
Alt title: The President of Japan
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Naikaku Kenryoku Hanzai Kyousei Torishimarikan Zaizen Joutarou
- TV (11 eps)
- 2006
In the world of politics, public officials are abusing their power and using the citizens' hard earned money for their own whims - be it extortion, payoffs, or worse. To combat this problem, the Japanese government created their own version of the FBI: an independent agency with tremendous resources, the Government Crime Investigation Agency! Jotaro Zaizen, GCIA agent, is a manly man who uses a variety of manly means to take down the corrupt and the unjust. With his super-legal privilege Zainers Gold Black card and his trademark saying "da bomb," Jotaro will do whatever it takes to both get the job done and win the ladies.
Oishinbo: Nichibei Kome Sensou
- TV Special (1 ep)
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A Spirit of the Sun
- TV Special (2 eps)
- 2006
Calamity strikes the country of Japan as a series of brutal earthquakes literally tear the island in two. Put in an impossible predicament, the Japanese government agrees to hand control of the country over to the United States and China in exchange for aid. Tensions flare, both at home and abroad in Taiwan, where 80,000 survivors have ended up. With conflicts brewing between the Taiwanese and Japanese and with a violent gang out to cause trouble for their own ends, can anyone broker peace without bloodshed?
Megumi
- Web (1 ep)
- 2008
In 1977, two parents’ lives were changed forever when their thirteen-year-old daughter was abducted. After nearly twenty years of life without her, they finally learn the grave truth of Megumi’s fate: she was snatched by North Korean spies and committed suicide in 1994. Now, in the present, the Yokota’s still fight for justice for the numerous Japanese citizens kidnapped in the late 1970s; their plight will ensure that no other family has to suffer, and the chance to bring the kidnapped loved ones back to their home shores.
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.
- TV (12 eps)
- 2017
"ACCA" is a giant unified syndicate residing in a kingdom split into 13 autonomous regions. ACCA was formed back when there was threat of a coup d'etat, and it has continued to protect the peace of civilians for almost one hundred years. Jean Otus, the vice-chairman of the inspections department at ACCA headquarters, is one of the most cunning men in the syndicate's history with the nickname "Jean the Cigarette Peddler." Whimsically puffing his cigarettes, he wanders through the 13 districts, checking to see if there is any foul play afoot. Meanwhile, Jean is monitored by gazes, threatening rumors, and... snack time. Jean's quiet everyday life slowly gets swallowed up into the world's conspiracies!
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Ride Back
- TV (12 eps)
- 2009
Amidst the turbulent revolution of 2025 wrought by the GGP government, Rin Ogata only dreams of becoming a ballerina; like her mother before her, Rin’s grace and agility mean she’s destined for success on the stage. However, an injury and the untimely death of her parents quickly shatter her aspirations and, for once, Rin’s existence seems purposeless. That is, until she enters the garage of a club one day and sits astride a RideBack! The RideBack, a motorcycle with arms and the ability to stand upright, offers Rin a new world of boundless movement! What she doesn’t realize, however, is that this club of RideBack enthusiasts is about to get dragged into the bloody war between the GGP and the terrorists intent on overthrowing them. Life may be more exciting now, but it’s also become very dangerous: will Rin’s natural talents as a pilot be enough in a world where racing is not just for glory, but for survival?
Young Black Jack
- TV (12 eps)
- 2015
The year is 1968, the war in Vietnam is approaching its zenith, and the counterculture movement that's been sweeping the world is engulfing Japan. While others are in the streets protesting, one young medical student becomes embroiled in a different kind of battle.As new medical technologies to save and extend lives come into play, the temptation for a surgeon to play God has never been so powerful. Even as he strives to prove his own skills to his colleagues, Hazama Kuroo begins to suspect that the potentials for abuse inherent in the medical system are already being exploited.To attempt to change the system means risking his own promising career as a surgeon, and to move against the perpetrators will put his own life in danger. However, as a doctor, how can he not act when lives are on the line?
