Rizwan Merchant

This Ugly and Beautiful World

Takemoto Takeru is a high school student who also makes deliveries for his household via his motorcycle. During one of his deliveries with his friend Ryou, the two spot a mysterious light in the sky and watch as it enters a nearby forest. Upon investigating the landing site, Takeru finds a girl glowing in a cocoon-like ball of light in a tree. This mysterious girl calls herself Hikari, and is not the only unusual creature in the forest, for the trio is soon attacked by a giant monster. Could Hikari be related to this strange attack?

Kite

Sawa is a girl with a terrible past. When she was young, her parents were brutally murdered, leaving her alone. She ended up being adopted by the sadistic detective Akai. Raised to be a cold and ruthless assassin, she carries out the tasks Akai gives her in the name of justice. However, there may be more to it than that…

Kimagure Orange Road: Ano Hi ni Kaeritai

One cold morning, Ayukawa Madoka and Kasuga Kyosuke ride to the local university to find out the results of their university entrance exam. Passing through the bustling university campus to get to the announcement board, Kyosuke overhears two students talking about the debut of a new play. Suddenly, memories of that previous summer come flooding back. Memories of exhaustive studying, of an energetic Hikaru, of a tearful Madoka, and of that one summer’s day, when he made the hardest decision of his life.

Kimagure Orange Road

15 year old Kasuga Kyosuke has just transferred to Koryo Academy, his seventh new school so far this year! The reason behind this torrid transfer rate? Well, the Kasuga family is “blessed” with ESP, and some negligent usage of the “Power” in past towns did not go unnoticed. Vowing to make a clean start, Kyosuke‘s optimism is fueled by a chance meeting with a charming, pleasant, and stunningly beautiful young woman named Ayukawa Madoka at the head of a flight of stairs. However, things are never as they appear, and it soon is made apparent that Madoka is not quite as charming and pleasant as Kyosuke had originally thought… at least not in public anyway. Furthermore, Madoka’s best friend, Hiyama Hikaru, has announced herself as Kyosuke’s new lover! Can Kyosuke manage this state of affairs without giving away his family’s secret?

Kiki’s Delivery Service

Kiki is a young witch who has recently turned 13. As per tradition, she must now move away to another city where there is no other witch to train for a year. So with her black cat Jiji and her mother’s broom, Kiki sets off to find a town of her own, unsure just what to expect.

Kiddy Grade

The Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs (GOTT) was created in order to maintain peace and order in the Galactic Union through its team of ES agents. Éclair and Lumiere are members of this specially-powered ES squad, charged with resolving disputes and other various peacekeeping duties. They’re quite good at their jobs, but nothing can prepare them for when the world seems to turn on them from the inside out…

Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho

Okimura Kaname is a student at Prefectoral Umineko Shougyou High, or ‘Umisho’ for short. When he was growing up, Kaname encountered a mermaid, which in essence terrified him , and forced him to develop hydrophobia- fear of water. Ironically, despite this phobia, Kaname is the manager of the school swim team, which is dominated by a dozen or so girls. To make matters more interesting, we meet the happy-go-lucky girl Ninagawa Amuro. Right off the bat, she is drafted to the swim team for her bizzare talents in the pool, such as her unbelievable swimming speeds and unusual style, including the occasional skinny dipping. The final spice? Amuro reminds Kaname of the mermaid he met years ago. So just who is Amuro, and is she really a mermaid or not?

Kaiji

After graduating high school, Kaiji moves to Tokyo to find work, but is unable. Two years pass, and nothing changes. In these two years, Kaiji begins drinking cheap liquor, gambling, and often playing pranks, such as slashing tires. Everything changes when he is paid a visit by a debt collector named Endo, who informs Kaiji that he owes money on a loan he cosigned with a coworker who was down on his luck. The amount Kaiji owes is too staggering to pay, and he is offered a choice by Endo. He can either spend the next ten to fifteen years paying back the debt, or board a gambling ship named Espoir (the French for “hope”) and gamble for one night with loaned money to attempt to repay his debt, and maybe even turn a small profit. However, if he fails to win the gamble he will be forced into the most brutal of manual labor for two years to pay the money back. Unbeknownst to Kaiji, he is being set up by Endo to enter and fail. Can Kaiji overcome the gamble aboard the Espoir or has Endo just sealed his fate?

Kanon

His parents having been reassigned to a foreign country, Aizawa Yuuichi has been forced to move in with his cousin Minase Nayuki and her mother Akiko. It’s not Yuuichi’s first visit to Nayuki’s snowy town though, as he experienced a similar situation seven years prior. However, Yuuichi cannot recall any specific memories of his time with the Minases seven years ago, a condition that is constantly on Nayuki’s mind. Yuuichi himself is stricken by mysterious dreams involving a crying girl. Now, facing the same places, the same family, the same objects, and even surprise visits by the same people as seven years ago, will Yuuichi’s mind finally awaken from its long dream and remember just exactly what came to pass?

K-ON!!

Four high school girls come together by chance to form a music group and a lifelong friendship. Among them is Hirasawa Yui, a girl who is prone to being lazy and wants to do something with her high school career in clubs. Being the classic ditz character that she is, she chooses the light music club, thinking she will play the castanets. Imagine her shock when she finds out she must learn guitar and join a J-pop-type band! She, Akiyama Mio (bass), Tanaka Ritsu (drums), and Kotobuki Tsumugi (keyboard) become fast friends and spend their hours procrastinating band practice and having “After-School Tea Time.”