Coming of Age: (Story/Location) A story in which the main character is confronted with issues related to their transition from adolescence (innocence) to adulthood (responsibility). Most typically found in a modern romance story in which the main character has to confront his/her feelings over their (first) love and/or deciding about the path in life (setting goals, attending college, getting a job etc.).
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
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| E | ||
| Eureka 7 | Buy | See Eureka Seven |
 Eureka Seven |
Buy | A 14 year-old boy named Renton lives with his mechanic grandfather and struggles with the boredom of a quiet town in which nothing ever happens. At least until a giant LFO mech named Nirvash, in need of repair, crashes into their house. The pilot, a young girl name Eureka is part of Gekko-State renegade group, who have been branded as being criminals by the military. They are a group of surfers who specialize in using mecha's to ride the strange ‘trappa’ waves that on special boards that allow them to surf and soar the heavens. Eureka invites Renton to join their group, telling him that he has a special bond with her LFO, a mecha unit named the Nirvash. |
| Eureka Seven: Psalms of Planets | Buy | See Eureka Seven |
| G | ||
 Gunparade Orchestra |
Watch | Ishida Saryou is assigned to be the new commander of the 4th division in Aomori. This squad is the laziest of the whole army because they are assigned into a remote mountain town far away from civilization and never attacked by the Ginju. Displacing a popular and older Lieutenant Ishida finds herself with a bunch of pampered spoiled crew who hates her. They cause many obstructions such as disobeying orders, sending in falsified reports, and blaming Ishida for all of their problems that result from it. |
| N | ||
 Naruto |
Buy |
Despite his ambition to become the greatest ninja ever known in a village full of shinobi warrior-magicians, young Naruto starts the series as the town pariah, and must fight to gain the respect of his peers and teachers -- each a study in comic emotional imbalance -- all in a world full of treachery, nine-tailed fox demons, and free-flying shuriken the size of manhole covers. |
| P | ||
| Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven | Buy | See Eureka Seven |
| U | ||
 Uta Kata |
Buy | A very quiet Ichika is attending Kamakura Girl High School with her three friends, Satsuki who had a sturdy mind, Keiko who was a gentle girl, and Michiru who has something mysterious about her. On the last day of the first term, on her way home with her friends, Ichika realizes that she has lost her cellphone with its special treasured charm, so she hurries back to school. She finds her cellphone but it appears to be on the other side of a large, ancient mirror. A cute, friendly young girl appears in the mirror, offering to return the item in exchange for a simple promise: Ichika has to do the summer homework for this girl who came into this world for "sightseeing". And so begins the summer friendship between Ichika and Manatsu and the story of their magical adventures, for the 12 stones in Ichika's charm have turned into magical stones to summon elemental djinns. |
| W | ||
 Windy Tales |
One sunny afternoon day, as the spacey Nao is doing what she enjoys doing most, taking photographs of clouds on the roof of their middle school, she encounters a cat, a FLYING CAT! In chasing after the cat, she manages to fall of the roof and is saved by a strange gust of strong wind, which slowed her fall and saved her from injury. She comes to learn that one of her teachers is a ‘ wind handler’, and it was he who taught the cat to control the winds so as to be able to fly through the air. During the summer break, Nao, her best friend Miki and a cute fellow student, Jun, all head out to their teachers little village in countryside to learn more about the secrets of controlling the wind. They arrive at a time when the mysterious Wind Festival is about to begin. |
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| うた∽かた (Japanese) | Buy | See Uta Kata |
| ガンパレード・オーケストラ | Watch | See Gunparade Orchestra |
| ナルト (Japanese) | Buy | See Naruto |
| 交響詩篇 エウレカセブン | Buy | See Eureka Seven |
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