Animation / Drama
The story centers on Hinano, a very normal and mild-mannered 17-year-old girl. Since she was very young her grandmother ran a planetarium that Hinano loved, but one day Hinano found out that the planetarium would be closing down. Hinano worried about whether there was anything…


The pair finally find the pole dancing school in front of the town's train station. They find Azumi there, but she looks totally different than she did beneath that starry sky. Hinano and Lilia beg her to teach them pole dancing, but...

Hinano and Lilia go out to recruit new students for the pole dancing class. They see an unusual-looking girl and ask her to join, and are surprised to find out what gets her excited...

The girls hold a small party to celebrate their success, and meet an unexpected talent. Azumi asks her to join without much luck, but when she learns about her past, she becomes determined to bring her to the world of pole dancing.

Lessons finally begin at Azumi's studio. The four students struggle with their first experience at pole dancing, but feel a sense of fun and achievement like they've never felt before. They get even more excited about pole dancing!

The girls increase their number of lessons as they dedicate themselves to pole dancing. Meanwhile, Yukari Mikoshiro and the rest of her team, AILE d' ANGE, are having a high-level discussion as they prepare for their next competition.

The girls increase the number of lessons they take as they dedicate themselves to pole dancing. They're finally starting to learn to dance, and getting closer to one another, too. But just before their first performance, something seems odd about Hinano...

The girls increase the number of lessons they take as they dedicate themselves to pole dancing. They're finally starting to learn to dance, and getting closer to one another, too. But just before their first performance, something seems odd about Hinano...

Hinano Hoshikita (voice)

Lilia Saijo (voice)

Mio Tousaka (voice)

Subaru Nanyo (voice)

Yukari Mikoshiro (voice)

Sana Murafuji (voice)

Noa Aoi (voice)

Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between man and machines. The shorts include Final Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance, Kid's Story, Program, World Record, Beyond, A Detective Story and Matriculated.

A Knot in Time — Reflection — Mayu found a camera floating in the ocean while she was on vacation. A very unusual camera. The film, mostly intact, reveals a picture of herself with a man she has never seen before. But that is not all. The unusual part is that this camera has not been made yet... and will not be made for another two years. And soon, Mayu finds herself swinging uncontrollably back and forth through time like a pendulum... Mystery Case — File 538 — A down-on-his-luck detective accepts the first case to come his way: surveillance of a man and a little girl. But who are they? And why do aeroplanes that fly over them turn into giant imperial carp? An investigator's normal methods do not apply when reality itself no longer applies...

Based on the popular strategy game, Minato has become the new president of the Kibou Company. In order to be a good president and help the company grow, he must lead his party of adventurers through the Gate and collect Kirakuri — a type of energy that is extremely valuable and fundamental to the city of Gatepia. However, there are other companies vying for the chance to gather the Kirakuri.

The Good Witch of the Lake's four-year crush ended in heartbreak with a single request from the object of her affections! Wanting to increase what little time she has with Royal Knight Harij, Rose sends him on a wild-goose chase for the ingredients but gets more than she bargained for when the grumbling knight starts visiting her every day…to feed her?

Ichigo Hoshimiya is a regular, ordinary middle school girl. But when her best friend Aoi invites her to join the idol training academy, Starlight Academy, her whole world is turned upside down. As she encounters all kinds of rivals and learns what it takes to be an idol, she uses her Aikatsu Cards to challenge countless auditions.

Shikada Kokonotsu's father owns a rural sweets shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one day. However, Kokonotsu wants to be a manga author instead! One day in summer, the cute but weird girl Shidare Hotaru, from the famous sweets company, comes to pay a visit. Apparently, Kokonotsu's father is famous and she wants him to join her family's company. However, he will only agree if she can convince Kokonotsu to take over the family business!

Outspoken Luise and shy Lotte meet at summer camp and realize they are identical twins who were separated at birth by their divorced parents. The girls become friends and decide to switch places with each other so that they can each learn about the parent they never knew, and perhaps bring together their broken family.

Natsumi Mizuki is a 4th grader whose parents have gone to London. Her Aunt Izumi comes to live with her. Izumi is an aspiring manga writer who is trying to get her first big break, so she doesn't have time for a baby that appears out of thin air on Natsumi's first night alone. The baby's name is Mirai and her mother is *Natsumi*, but 15 years older. Somehow, Mirai had traveled back in time. Now the young Natsumi has to raise Mirai while trying to keep her 4th grade life from falling apart and keep Mirai-chan secret from everyone. She has the dubious help of Izumi and some baby-care gadgets from the future.

Azumi Shinou (voice)