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This is a list of episodes of the anime series Tsukihime, Lunar Legend (真月譚 月姫 Shingetsutan Tsukihime?). The episodes are directed by Katsushi Sakurabi, animated by J.C. Staff, and produced by the Tsukihime Production Committee, which included Geneon Entertainment, Movic, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and J.C. Staff.[1] The English adaptation of the episodes has been licensed by Geneon Entertainment.[2] The episodes are based on the visual novel Tsukihime by Type-Moon and adapt the source material over twelve episodes. The plot of the episodes follows Shiki Tohno after he moves into his sister's house, and his interactions with the vampire Arcueid Brunestud.
The episodes aired in Japan from October 9, 2003 to December 25, 2003 on BS-i and Tokyo Broadcasting System.[1] The episodes received their international premiere on the anime television network Animax, who have also later broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and its other networks in East Asia, South America and other regions under the title Lunar Legend Tsukihime.[1]
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This is a list of volumes and chapters of the ongoing manga series Yotsuba&!. The series is written and drawn by Kiyohiko Azuma and published in Japan by MediaWorks in the monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh. Fifty-two chapters have been published since 2003, and collected in seven bound volumes as of January 2008.[3] The series is published in English by ADV Manga, with five volumes published as of December 2007.[4] Volume six is scheduled to be published in English in February 2008.[5]
Yotsuba&! follows the daily life of a young girl named Yotsuba Koiwai and her adoptive father, with each chapter taking place on a specific, nearly sequential day of a common year starting on Wednesday. The year was initially believed to be 2003, coinciding with the date of the manga's serialization, but Azuma has stated that the manga always takes place in the present day.[6] This allows the appearance of products created after 2003, such as the Nintendo DS Mr. Ayase plays in chapter forty-two.
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This is a list of episodes of the Gunslinger Girl anime. The episodes are directed by Morio Asaka, animated by Madhouse Studios, and produced by Bandai Visual, Marvelous Entertainment, MediaWorks, and Madhouse Studios.[7] The English adaptation of the anime is licensed by FUNimation.[8] The episodes are based on the Gunslinger Girl manga series by Yu Aida, and adapt the first two volumes of the series over thirteen episodes. The plot of the episodes concentrates upon Henrietta, a young girl fitted with cybernetics and trained to be an assassin and her "handler," Giuseppe, and their missions with a secretive government organization. A sequel named Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-, directed by Hiroshi Ishiodori, animated by Artland and incorporating the next two volumes of the manga over thirteen episodes, is set to air on January 7, 2008.[9]
The episodes aired in Japan from October 8, 2003 to February 19, 2004 on Bandai Channel and Fuji Television.[7] The English adaptation of the anime aired in the United States on the Independent Film Channel from January 5, 2007 to March 30, 2007.[7] The episode titles of both the English and Japanese adaptations are given in Italian, with the corresponding kanji preceding the Italian title in the latter.
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This is a complete episode listing for the anime series Trinity Blood. The episodes are directed by Tomohiro Hirata, animated by Gonzo, and produced by the fourteen company Trinity Blood Production Committee.[10] It was based on a series of Japanese light novels written by Sunao Yoshida. The series first aired on WOWOW in Japan on April 28, 2005 and concluded twenty-four episodes later on October 27, 2005.[11]
Trinity Blood first premiered in dubbed English on July 6, 2006 on the Razer specialty channel in Canada,[12] and it premiered in the United States on September 9, 2006 as part of the Adult Swim block of Cartoon Network.[13] The series also aired in Malaysia on ntv7, in Australia on the Australian Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, in Spain on Buzz Channel, and in Latin American on the worldwide satellite channel Animax.[10]
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This is a list of episodes of the 2007 Japanese animated television series Myself ; Yourself. The episodes are directed by Tetsuaki Matsuda, animated by the Japanese animation studio Dogakobo, and produced by the Myself ; Yourself Production Committee, which is composed of Happinet Pictures, Marvelous Entertainment, The 5pb, and Pony Canyon Enterprises.[14] The episodes are based on the visual novel Myself ; Yourself by Yeti, and adapt the source material over thirteen episodes. The plot of the episodes follows Sana Hidaka and his return to the town of Sakuranomori after leaving the town and his friends five years prior.
The episodes aired from October 3, 2007 to December 26, 2007 on TV Kanagawa, with episodes airing later on Chiba TV, TV Aichi, TV Saitama, TV Osaka, and AT-X.[14] The AT-X broadcast was notably late, starting on November 22, 2007, as opposed to the other stations, which started airing the episodes in October.[14]
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This is a list of episodes of the 2007 Japanese animated television series Blue Drop: Tenshitachi no Gikyoku (BLUE DROP ～天使達の戯曲～?). The episodes are directed by Masahiko Ohkura and animated by the Japanese animation studios Asahi Production and BeSTACK, with the 3D modeling done by Gonzo.[15] They constitute a prequel to the storyline of the Blue Drop manga by Akihito Yoshitomi.[16] The plot of the episodes follows Mari Wakatake's relationship with the enigmatic Hagino Senkōji, a member of an alien race known as the Arume, and the prelude to an invasion by the Arume.
The episodes aired from October 2, 2007 to December 25, 2007 on Chiba TV and KBS Kyoto, with AT-X, Mie TV, Tokyo MX TV, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama, and TV Wakayama showing the episodes at later dates.[15] The AT-X broadcast started much later than its counterparts, with the first episode airing in November, while most other stations started showing the episodes in October.[15] Unlike most Japanese anime, the titles of the episodes are given in English instead of the customary Japanese, and each episode title is the name of a flower shown in the episode.[17]
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This is a list of episodes of the 2007 Japanese animated television series Night Wizard: The Animation (ナイトウィザード The ANIMATION Naito Uizaado The ANIMATION?). The episodes are directed by Yusuke Yamamoto and produced by Hal Film Maker and Omnibus Promotion, which produced the animation and sound respectively.[18] They are based on the Night Wizard! role-playing game released by Enterbrain in 2002, and adapt the source material over thirteen episodes. The plot of the episodes follows Renji Hiiragi, a magic user known as a "Night Wizard" that protects the world against demonic beings called Emulators, as he protects newly ordained Night Wizard Elis Shihō on their quest to find the Jewels of Virtue.
The episodes aired from October 2, 2007 to December 25, 2007 on Chiba TV, Tokyo MX TV, and TV Aichi.[18] TV Osaka and TV Saitama broadcasted the episodes later in October, and Kids Station started airing the episodes in November.[18]
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This is a list of episodes of the FLCL (フリクリ Furi Kuri?, also Fooly Cooly) original video animation series. The episodes are directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which included Gainax, Production I.G, and Starchild Records.[19] The English adaptation of the series is licensed by Synch-Point and Geneon Entertainment, which released the DVDs and soundtrack respectively.[19] The plot of the episodes follows Naota Nandaba, a twelve-year-old boy living in the fictional Japanese suburb of Mabase, and his interactions with Haruko Haruhara, who arrives in the quiet suburb, drawn by the industrial town houses and the Medical Mechanica building.
The episodes aired in North America on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming bloc from August 4, 2003 to August 13, 2003.[20][21] The episodes did not air in Japan, as they were released straight to video.
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The Bleach Soul Society: the Sneak Entry arc is the second story arc of the Bleach anime series. The episodes are directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, and Studio Pierrot.[22] In the English release by Viz Media, the title is translated as The Entry.[23] It is based on Tite Kubo's Bleach manga series, and adapts the ninth through fourteenth volumes of its source material over twenty one episodes. The plot of the episodes centers around Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends' journey to Soul Society in order to save shinigami Rukia Kuchiki from her impending execution.
The arc initially ran from March to July 2005 in Japan on TV Tokyo.[22] The first English airing of the series lasted from February to July 2007. It was shown on both YTV's Bionix and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming blocks.[22] The English airdates given for episodes twenty-one through twenty-six are the dates the episodes aired on Bionix, as they premiered the episodes a day before Adult Swim until the show went into reruns on Bionix.
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The Bleach Agent of the Shinigami arc is the first story arc of the Bleach anime series. The episodes are directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, and Studio Pierrot.[22] In the English release by Viz Media, its title is translated as The Substitute.[24] It is based on Tite Kubo's Bleach manga series, and adapts the first eight volumes of its source material over twenty episodes. The plot of the episodes covers the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after becoming a shinigami and assuming the duties of shinigami Rukia Kuchiki.
The arc initially ran from October 2004 until February 2005 in Japan on TV Tokyo.[22] The first English airing of the series was from September 2006 until January 2007.[22] It was shown on both YTV's Bionix and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming blocks, with Bionix airing the show one day sooner. The arc started airing in the UK starting in September 2007 on AnimeCentral.
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This is a list of volumes of the Naruto manga, part of the Naruto media franchise. The manga chapters that compose these volumes are written by Masashi Kishimoto and published by Shueisha in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.[25] The series began its serialization in 1999.[26] The first two hundred and forty-four chapters are known as Part I, and constitute the first part of the Naruto storyline. All subsequent chapters belong to Part II, which continues the storyline in Part I after a two and a half years. The English adaptation of the Naruto manga is licensed by Viz Media and published in the United States Shonen Jump.[25]
Several adaptations have been made based on the manga, including two anime series and four featured movies. The first anime series, titled Naruto, covers the entirety of Part I over two hundred and twenty episodes.[27] The second, named Naruto: Shippūden (ナルト 疾風伝? lit. Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles), is based upon Part II, and started airing on February 15, 2007.[28] Both series are produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, and air on TV Tokyo.[27][28] The first three Naruto movies are situated during Part I, with the fourth taking place in Part II.
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This is a list of episodes of the 2007 Japanese animated TV series Kaze no Stigma (風の聖痕? lit. Stigma of the Wind). The episodes are directed by Jun'ichi Sakata and produced by Gonzo.[29] They are based on the light novel series Kaze no Stigma by Takahiro Yamato, and adapt the source material over twenty-four episodes. The plot of the episodes is based on the return of Kazuma Kannagi to Japan after being exiled by his clan, and his subsequent interactions with his clan.
The series aired from April 2007 to September 2007 in Japan on thirteen networks, with Chiba TV, Fukui TV, Tokyo MX TV, TV Hokkaido, and TV Saitama airing the episodes first on April 11, 2007.[29] The remaining networks began airing the episodes later in May, with the exception of Kumamoto Broadcasting, which broadcast the first episode on May 14, 2007.[29]
Four pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; one opening theme and three ending themes. The opening theme is "blast of wind" by Saori Kiuji. The ending themes are Kiuju's "Hitori Kiri no Sora" and "Matataki no Kiwoku" by Ayumi Fujimura, Yuka Inokuchi and Shizuka Itō, with either played for all episodes save episode twelve, which features Sakai Tanako's "Tsuki Hana no Inori." A single for "blast of wind" was released on May 30, 2007, and a single for the closing themes was released on August 18, 2007.[30][31]
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This is a list of episodes of the YuYu Hakusho anime, covering the fourth and final season of the series, known as the Saga of the Three Kings. The episodes are directed by Akiyuki Arafusa and Noriyuki Abe and produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot.[32] The episodes were released in North America by FUNimation.[32] They are based on the YuYu Hakusho manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi, and adapt the seventeenth through nineteenth volumes of its source material over seventeen episodes. They are based on the YuYu Hakusho manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi, and adapt the seventeeth through nineteenth volumes of its source material over eighteen episodes. The episodes cover Yusuke Urameshi's journey to Makai to meet his demon ancestor, and his attempts to resolve the unstable political situation in Makai.
The episodes aired from August 1994 to December 1994 in Japan on Fuji Television.[20] The English episodes were shown from December 2005 to April 2006 on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block.[20][33]
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This is a list of episodes of the YuYu Hakusho anime, covering the third season of the series, known as the Chapter Black Saga. The episodes are directed by Akiyuki Arafusa and Noriyuki Abe and produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot.[32] The episodes were released in North America by FUNimation.[32] They are based on the YuYu Hakusho manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi, and adapt the thirteenth through seventeenth volumes of its source material over thirty-seven episodes. The episodes follow Spirit Detective Yusuke Urameshi and his conflict with a former Spirit Detective, Shinobu Sensui, and the latter's desire to open the gateway to Makai.
The episodes aired from February 1994 to August 1994 in Japan on Fuji Television.[20] The first twenty-two English episodes were originally shown from July 2004 to January 2005 on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block.[20][33] New episodes began airing in October 2005, with the saga concluding in November 2005.[20]
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This is a list of episodes of the YuYu Hakusho anime, covering the second season of the series, known as the Dark Tournament Saga. The episodes are directed by Akiyuki Arafusa and Noriyuki Abe and produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot.[32] The episodes were released in North America by FUNimation.[32] They are based on the YuYu Hakusho manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi, and adapt the sixth through thirteenth volumes of its source material over forty episodes. The episodes cover the story of Yusuke Urameshi and how his tenure as Spirit Detective led him to participate in the "Dark Tournament," a competition between demons to determine the strongest supernatural inhabitants of the Living World.
The episodes aired from April 1993 to January 1994 in Japan on Fuji Television.[20] The first twenty-nine episodes of the English adaptation of the anime were aired between April and May 2003 on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block.[20] YuYu Hakusho was then removed from Toonami's listings until January 2004, when re-runs of the old episodes were shown.[33] New episodes began airing on April 2004, with the last episodes of the saga shown in July 2004.[20]
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This is a list of episodes of the YuYu Hakusho anime, covering the first season of the series, known as the Spirit Detective Saga. The episodes are directed by Akiyuki Arafusa and Noriyuki Abe and produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot.[32] The episodes were released in North America by FUNimation.[32] They are based on the YuYu Hakusho manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi, and adapt the first through sixth volumes of its source material over twenty-five episodes. The episodes follow the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage boy who dies in an accident, and is resurrected as a Spirit Detective, Spirit World's protector of the Living World against demons and other supernatural threats.
The episodes aired from October 1992 to April 1993 on Fuji Television in Japan.[20] The English episodes aired from February 2002 to April 2003.[20] The first twenty-one episodes were shown on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, with re-runs playing after July 2006.[34][32] New episodes began airing in April 2003, when the episodes began showing on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block.[35]
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This is a list of episodes of the Japanese animated television series YuYu Hakusho (幽☆遊☆白書 YūYū Hakusho?, lit. Spirits Wander White Book, or "Ghost Files" / "Poltergeist Report", romanized as YuYu HAKUSHO), part of the YuYu Hakusho media franchise. The episodes are directed by Akiyuki Arafusa and Noriyuki Abe and produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot.[32] The episodes were released in North America by FUNimation.[32] They are based on the YuYu Hakusho manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi, incorporating nineteen volumes of the source material over one hundred and twelve episodes. The series concentrates on the adventures of Yusuke Urameshi, who after his untimely death becomes a Spirit Detective, the protector of the Living World against supernatural threats.
The series aired from October 10, 1992 to January 7, 1995 on Fuji Television in Japan.[32] In North America, the episodes aired from February 23, 2002 to April 1, 2006 on Cartoon Network.[32] Initially, the episodes were shown on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block from February 2002 to April 2003, and switched to Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block for the remaining episodes.[34][35]
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This is a list of episodes of the Devil May Cry anime. The episodes are directed by Shin Itagaki and produced by Madhouse Studios.[36] The English adaptation of the anime has been licensed by ADV Studios.[36] They are based on the Devil May Cry video game series produced by Capcom. The background of the storyline is primarily based on the first and third installments of the series, Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 3 respectively.
The anime was originally announced at the Tokyo Game Show on September 22, 2006, with plans to release twelve episodes of the series.[37] Unlike most anime, the episode titles were released in English instead of the customary Japanese.[38] The first episode aired on June 14, 2007, with the twelfth shown on September 6, 2007.[20] The episodes aired on WOWOW.[36]
Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes, one opening theme and one closing theme. The opening theme is "d.m.c." by rungran, and the closing theme is "I'll be your home" by Rin Oikawa.
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This is a list of episodes of the 2007 Japanese animated television series Hitohira (ひとひら? lit. Petal). The episodes are directed by Akira Nishimori and produced by the Japanese animation studio XEBEC M2 and Genco.[39] They are based on the Hitohira manga by Izumi Kirihara, and adapt the source material over twelve episodes. The episodes aired from March 28, 2007 to June 13, 2007 on AT-X, Chiba TV, Sun TV, TV Aichi, TV Kanagawa and TV Saitama.[39]
Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "Yume, Hitohira" (夢、ひとひら? lit. Dream, Petal) by Yūko Asami, and the ending theme is "Smile" (スマイル Sumairu?) by Mai Mizuhashi.
Six DVD compilations, each containing two episodes of the series, have been released by Media Factory.[40] The first was released on June 22, 2007, and the sixth on November 22, 2007.[41][42]
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This is a list of chapters of the manga series Claymore. The chapters are written and drawn by Norihiro Yagi and published by Shueisha in the Monthly Shonen Jump magazine.[43] The series follows the adventures of Clare, a Claymore, or half-human, half-yoma hybrid, and her comrades as they fight for survival in a world filled with yoma, or shapeshifting demons.
The first chapter was released in 2001 in the Monthly Shonen Jump, but then released in the Weekly Shonen Jump on a monthly basis due to the discontinuation of the prior magazine. The manga is planned to be released in the Jump Square magazine, Shueisha's replacement for the Monthly Shonen Jump, from November 2, 2007 onward.[44] In total, seventy-eight chapters have been released in Japan. An anime adaptation of the manga was announced in the October 2006 edition of the Monthly Shonen Jump.[45] The first episode of the anime aired on April 4, 2007 on Nippon Television, with the last one shown on September 25, 2007.[46]
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This is a list of chapters of the Naruto manga, covering the second part of the series, known simply as Part II. Part II is the second half of the Naruto manga, taking place two and a half years after the ending of chapter two hundred and thirty-eight, otherwise known as Part I. The next six chapters were part of a gaiden taking place before the Naruto manga. All subsequent chapters are considered to be part of the Part II storyline. The chapters are written by Masashi Kishimoto and published by Shueisha in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.[25]
An anime adaptation of Part II, produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, began airing on February 15, 2007 on TV Tokyo under the name Naruto: Shippūden (ナルト 疾風伝? lit. Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles).[28] These episodes began airing after the end of the original Naruto anime, which had been showing filler episodes in order to widen the plot gap between the anime and the manga.[47]
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This is a list of episodes of the Fate/stay night anime. The episodes are directed by Yuji Yamaguchi, animated by Studio Deen and produced by the Fate Project, which included Geneon Entertainment, TBS, CREi, Type-Moon and Frontier Works Inc.[48] The episodes are based on the visual novel video game Fate/stay night, and adapt the source material over twenty-four episodes. The plot of the episodes is primarily based on the Fate storyline in the aforementioned video game, although certain elements of the other two storylines, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel, are incorporated into the plot of the episodes.
The episodes were originally aired between January 2006 and June 2006 in Japan on Chiba TV, MX TV, Sun TV, TV Aichi, TV Kanagawa, and TV Saitama.[48] The series later received its international television premieres on the anime television network Animax in 2007, also receiving its English-language television premiere on Animax's English networks in Southeast Asia from June 2007, as well as its other networks in South Korea, Hong Kong and other regions.[49][50]
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This is a list of episodes of the Naruto anime series, covering the third and fourth seasons of the series. The episodes are directed by Hayato Date and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo.[51] The episodes were released in North America by Viz Media. They are based on the Naruto manga series by Masashi Kishimoto and adapt the eleventh through nineteenth volumes of its source material over forty-nine episodes. The remaining three episodes are part of a filler arc with an original storyline not found in the manga written by Kishimoto.
The third season ran from October 2003 to April 2004 in Japan, with the fourth following it from April 2004 to October 2004.[52] Both seasons were shown on TV Tokyo.[51] The English airing of the third season was from September 2006 to March 2007.[53] The fourth season was aired from March 2007 to August 2007.[54] Both were shown on Cartoon Network's Toonami and YTV's Bionix programming blocks.[51]
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This is a list of episodes of the Claymore anime series. The episodes are directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka and produced by Madhouse Studios.[55][56] They are based on the Claymore manga series by Norihiro Yagi, and adapt the first through eleventh volumes of its source material over twenty-four episodes. The remaining two episodes follow an original storyline not found in the manga written by Yagi. The series aired between April 2007 and September 2007 in Japan on Nippon Television.[57] The series follows the adventures of Clare, a Claymore, or half-human, half-yoma hybrid, and her comrades as they fight for survival in a world filled with yoma, or shapeshifting demons.
Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "Raison d’être" (レゾンデートル? lit. Reason for being) by Nightmare. The ending theme is J-pop singer Riyu Kosaka's single, "Danzai no Hana~Guilty Sky" (断罪の花 ~Guilty Sky~? lit. Flower of Conviction~Guilty Sky). These two themes are used in all twenty-six episodes.[56] A single for "Danzai no Hana~Guilty Sky" was released on May 30, 2007, and the single for "Raison d’être" was released on June 6, 2007.[58][59]
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This is a list of chapters of the Naruto manga, covering the first two hundred and forty-four chapters of the series. The chapters are written by Masashi Kishimoto and published by Shueisha in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.[25] The first chapter was published in 1999, continuing for a total of two hundred and forty-four chapters.[26] The last six chapters are part of a gaiden taking place before the regular storyline, called the Kakashi Gaiden. The chapters after the gaiden are part of Part II, the second part of the Naruto storyline that takes place two and a half years after the end of the Naruto manga. An anime adaptation, produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, was aired on TV Tokyo, with the first episode shown on October 3, 2002.[27] The last episode of the Naruto anime aired on February 8, 2007, with the anime adaptation of Part II, known as Naruto: Shippūden, replacing it.[27][47]
The Naruto manga was serialized in North America by Viz Media in the United States Shonen Jump magazine.[25] The first chapter of the English adaptation was published on January 7, 2003.[25] The English adaptation of the Naruto anime has been shown on Cartoon Network's Toonami and YTV's Bionix programming blocks, with the first episode airing on September 10, 2005.[27]
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This is a list of episodes of the Japanese animated television series Rental Magica (レンタルマギカ Rentaru Magika?). The episodes are directed by Itsuro Kawasaki and produced by the Japanese animation studio ZEXCS and Victor Entertainment. ZEXCS produced the animation and Victor Entertainment was responsible for developing the music.[60] They are based on the light novel series Rental Magica by Makoto Sando and illustrated by pako, and adapt the source material over twenty-four episodes. The plot of the episodes follows Itsuki Iba, the newly appointed president of Astral, a company that dispatches magicians to perform jobs involving supernatural phenomena, and his interactions with his employees and Astral's competitors.
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This is a list of episodes of the 2008 Japanese animated television series True Tears. The episodes are directed by Junji Nishimura and produced by P.A. Works, Lantis, and Bandai Visual. P.A. Works produced the animation and Lantis was responsible for the production of the music. The anime, while sharing its title with the visual novel by La'cryma, has no relation to the visual novel; however, La'cryma is credited as the series' original creator.[61] The story follows Shinichirō Nakagami, a high school student, who is unable to express his feelings for Hiromi Yuasa, a fellow high school student who was taken in by Shinichirō's parents after her father died, as well as his interactions with another student, Noe Isurugi, who enlists Shinichirō's aid in recovering her "tears."
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