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Angelic Layer by Clamp
Angelic Layer is the hottest game in Tokyo. Players send their thoughts to their small robots during fighting tournaments. Misaki Suzuhara is a freshman in a new school in a new town. She is introduced to Angelic Layer by accident. Misaki has a lot of talent but will she be good enough to be the best?

Battle Angel Alita : Rusty Angel by Yukito Kishiro
Daisuki discovers a cyborg head buried in a scrap heap. This head is just too good to leave. Daisuki attaches the head to electricity and Alita is born. She remembers nothing about her past except how to fight to the death. In this extremely violent world, that’s the one thing Alita needs to survive.

Ceres Celestial Legend by Yu Watase
Aya and Aki enjoy being normal teenagers. That is until their 16th birthday party at their grandfather’s house. The twins are given a petrified hand. Just the sight of it causes Aki to begin bleeding from cuts on his body. Aya is changed into a very angry heavenly being. The only problem now is that the family is trying to kill Aya before the being inside of her destroys the family.

Fushigi Yugi by Yu Watase
Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly 300 pounds, gets a new perspective on life when a homeless teenager who is a genius on guitar wants Troy to be the drummer in his rock band.

. Hack// Legend of the Twilight by Rei Izumi
When Shugo and Rena win a contest, they become legendary .hackers “Kite” and “Black Rose” in the online virtual reality game “The World”. Something is wrong in the game though. It falls on Shugo and Rena to solve the mystery and save “The World”.

Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya
Poor Tohru! Her mother has died and her grandfather has abandoned her. The Sohma family has taken her in but that family is cursed. Every time someone hugs one of them, they turn into a member of the Chinese zodiac. Now, it is up to Tohru to keep the curse a secret.

Kare Kano by Masami Tsuda
Arima changes schools and now is in classes with Miyazawa. Both students are arrogant and exceptionally smart. In the new arrangement, there isn’t enough room at the top for two, unless an unexpected romance blossoms.

Marmalade Boy by Wataru Yoshizumi
Things couldn’t be any crazier in Miki’s life. Her parents have decided that they are getting a divorce. To make matters worse, they are each going to remarry to a couple they met in Hawaii. If that wasn’t bad enough, the other couple has a son Miki’s age and they are all going to live together.

Mars by Fuyumi Soryo
Kira is a quiet artist without many friends in her junior class. Rei, also a junior, cares more about racing motorcycles than going to school. Through a chance meeting, the two slowly fall in love. But will their love be able to survive all the obstacles thrown upon them?

Psychic Academy by Katsu Aki
As if transferring to a new school isn’t bad enough, Ai Shimomi is transferring to the freaky Psychic Academy. Psychic ability runs through Ai’s family, in fact Ai’s older brother is infamous for his abilities. Everyone has high expectations for him, expectations that Ai is sure he cannot meet.

Ranma ½ by Rumiko Takahashi
In pursuit of the best training, Ranma’s father took Ranma to the best training grounds in China, where they both fell into the cursed springs. Now, Ranma’s father turns into a panda and Ranma turns into a beautiful girl whenever warm water is thrown on him.

Rave Master by Hiro Mashima
The Dark Bring are being used by an evil group called the Demon Card. With this power, destruction is wide spread. It is only with the help of Rave that the Dark Bring powers can be stopped. Haru Glory has been chosen as the new Rave Master, the one to find all five Raves and defeat the Demon Card.

Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki
Set in Tokyo during the Meiji period, a rogue warrior wanders into town and life is never the same.

Trigun by Yasuhiro Nightow
Vash is a man with a sixty billion double dollar bounty on his head. Even though he is really a softy at heart, he is pursued by multitudes of people trying to gain their fortune by killing him. Vash has no other choice than to fight back.

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