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Keitei Chou Tokyuu Marine Express

Also known as Marine Express.

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

The year is 2002, and the Marine Express, the first underwater train between America and Japan, is ready for its maiden voyage. The chief engineer suspects that the train's test run will be used for illicit purposes and hires private detective Ban Shunsaku. He arrives to his client's mansion only to find that he has just been murdered. Armed with just a glimpse of the murderer's face, Shunsaku boards the Marine Express to get to the bottom of this mystery. This job, however, is much more than what he bargained for, as the train holds secrets beyond anyone's imagination.



Tags: Trains , Meta , Crossover , Anachronism , Lost Civilization , Time Manipulation , Ghost

Astro Boy Tetsuwan Atom

Also known as Astro Boy (2003).

Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment , Dentsu , Tezuka Productions , Fuji TV , Animax
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Atom is a robotic boy that posses super human powers and an artificial intelligence system that is unparalleled to any robot. His creator, Dr. Tenma, created him to replace his late son, Tobio. Dr. Tenma soon destroys his laboratory, after the creation of Atom, and shuts down Atom. Soon after, Dr. Ochanomizu, the head of the Ministry of Science revives Atom, and tries to give him a normal life as a 6th grade student that helps the police agency keep renegade robots and bigot humans from causing harm. Atom faces extreme racism for being a robot, and he must discover the truth about his creator Dr. Tenma.



Tags: Robots , Found Family , Artificial Intelligence , Adoption , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Kids , Suicide , Detective

Black Jack (TV)

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Black Jack is an "unregistered" doctor with a clouded, mysterious past. He works with his little assistant Pinoko (who has a massive crush on the doctor), dealing with medical cases not very well known, which can be strange, dangerous, or not known at all. But he is a genius, and can save almost any of his patients' life (as long as they have the money for it, that is), and is known to many around the world, especially to those of medicine and science. He's a man of science himself, and does not believe much until he has seen it, yet it is many times he is surprised by love and nature often overpowering the science he bases his life in.



Tags: Medicine , Work , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Shounen , Philosophy