L/R: Licensed by Royalty

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L/R: Licensed by Royalty
Genre	Spy Thriller
TV anime
Director	Itsuro Kawasaki
Studio	Pioneer
Licensor	Geneon Madman Entertainment
Network	Fuji Television
Original run	8 January 2003 – 26 March 2003
Episodes	13

L/R: Licensed by Royalty is an Japanese anime television series about Cloud Seven, a fictional organization whose job is to protect the royalty of the fictional country of Ishtar.

As of August 2005, this series aired on AZN Television. The two main characters of the show are Jack Hofner (the charming polite blonde haired man with sea blue eyes, and Rowe Rickenbacker (long brown hair/eyes- impolite most of the time). The series focuses on the group of L/R and mainly on the protection of Noelle, a 14 year old girl from the fictional country of Ivory.

Volume #1: Deceptions

The royal family often has "special" jobs that require intervention and can't be directly linked to the government. For these impossible missions, they often call upon their most trusted agents in the private sector: Cloud7.

Episode 1 - Be Traced
Episode 2 - A Taste of Secret
Episode 3 - A Girl Goes to City
Episode 4 - Sweet Enemies in the Same Desert

Volume #2: Targets

Twice the Agents, Twice the Action and Twice the Fun! The world's deadliest sniper arrives in Ishtar so the government dispatches Cloud 7 to discover and protect his target - only to discover the target is themselves! Then Jack and Row must cooperate with Jack's ex-girlfriend to protect Ishtar's mightiest mega-conglomerate, DTI from the terrorist known as "Angel." Soon, they track Angel's roots to Ivory Island, where they also decide to visit their friend Noel. However, a paramilitary group ruins the reunion by trying to kill Noel! Buried truths boil dangerously to the surface and threaten to rip the countries apart with violence...

Episode 5 - Teardrop
Episode 6 - Lost Recognition
Episode 7 - Ivory

Volume #3: Broken Angel

A lull in Angel's activities makes active investigation difficult, so L/R gets assigned to retrieve a royal gem before the syndicate can smuggle it out of the country. Later Rowe attempts to relax and attend the first baseball game played in Ishtar. Unfortunately, he becomes trapped in an aerial tramway being buffeted by high winds with arguing passengers and an old man going into diabetic shock! Later, Jack investigates a connection between DTI's president and L/R's boss, Mister, while Rowe discovers the truth about Angel!

Episode 8 - Out of Phase
Episode 9 - Suspended Game
Episode 10 - The Discard

Volume #4: Assassinations

Jack disappears while investigating into DTI leaving Rowe all alone to deal with their new assignment - to protect Noelle while she prepares for her Crowning confirmation ceremony. The intense media attention is difficult enough, but old royal power struggles and an ambitious agent create an overwhelming task! As Noelle prepares to use the ceremony to make a stunning revelation about DTI and the royal family, L/R receives a chilling new mission - assassinate Noelle during the ceremony!