Doll Maker Genzo: A Second Chance for Human Souls

The story is set in Japan in the middle ages. Tsujimura Genzo is a puppeteer whose heart has become as hard as stone due to the murder of his beloved wife. In each story, Genzo brings the dead back alive as puppets, and by doing so, he is able to solve mysterious incidents or help a dead man's soul. Kikuhime, a young "tomboy" princess is Genzo's companion and helps him fight the villains.

From ADV: When inventor Kyusaku Natsume transfers the brain of his son Ryunosuke's cat into a top secret android body, he doesn't lose a family pet…he gains a daughter! Nuku Nuku may appear to be a teenage girl, but her cute and cuddly exterior hides both the superhuman strength of the world's most advanced android chassis and the lightning-quick senses of a domestic feline. She’ll become the sister Ryunosuke never dreamed of, and she’s on a mission to save her new family from disaster!

Fujimiya Momiji is a descendant of the Kushinada clan, whose women possess the power to defeat the Aragami, an alien plant-like race, by sacrifice. After centuries of slumber, the Aragami have awakened and are invading Tokyo en route to conquering the world. In their way are the hapless schoolgirl Momiji, who becomes infected with one of the "Blue Seeds" –magatama beads that are the heart and soul of the Aragami, the TAC, a government agency whose sole mission is to stop the Aragami, and Kusanagi Mamoru, a young man infused with Aragami blood who swears vengeance on those who took his family away from him. Like the heroes of the past, this ragtag band of misfits must work together to defeat an ancient menace from the past, and one far closer to home. AnimeNewsNetwork Links: [Anime](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8) [Beyond](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1815) (OAV) [Ver. 1.5 [premium]](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7398) (OAV)

It all begins when a girl, Yumi, narrowly avoids a car accident thanks to the intervention of a magician named Tohru, who had a very promising career ahead of him. As a result of this event, Tohru suffers from a severe hand injury, cutting short his dreams of making it big in Hollywood. After 8 years they run into one another again, but Tohru's become a common criminal, and Yumi a rookie police officer.

Kuzumi Kentarou is a salesman and also an organ donor card owner (their organs get donated upon death). He gets mugged and almost dies but eventually regains consciousness in a hospital and sees a patient with an ailing heart, Hasegawa Kirin, who tells him that he is completely compatible with her… as a donor. Kentarou promises to give his heart to her. However, Kentarou lives on, but he never got into college. He now works part-time in the hospital where he begs Kisaragi Ryouko, an organ transplant coordinator, "when will Kirin receive his heart?"

This manga was writen to promote the TV series by the same name. It covers situations not in the anime. It's about a cute female robot that has the brain of a cat.

Pai, a three-eyed Unkara girl who has the power to grant immortality, and Yakumo, a boy who has become her immortal guardian, Wu. They set out on an adventure together to grant Pai's wish to become human. However, this is the beginning of a long and fierce battle against the God of Destruction who is driving humanity to extinction. And... 12 years after the final episode, where everything ended, the curtain rises on a new adventure for Pai and Yakumo! The official sequel to the smash hit comic that has sold 33 million copies is now available in a completely new work!!

The title character is Arisu Tanigawa, an aircraft pilot who gained extraordinary flying skills under the expert tutelage of her father when she was young — but who also has some issues. Arisu's life changes when she has a chance encounter with a mysterious boy on the same airplane she is piloting.