Mikura runs an odd-job agency, willing to just about anything for the right price. When they're hired to kidnap a local baseball team owner, they get more than they bargained for when his daughter turns out to be connected with the mob - as well as a rather bloodthirsty and skilled marksman.
Prince Chagum has been possessed by an evil spirit. Court advisors only see one solution: he must be put to death by his own father's hand. His salvation is in the form of Balsa, a spear woman and mercenary from Kanbal, the kingdom across the mountains. Her skills are legendary, and although reluctant, she is held by a mysterious vow to save eight souls before she dies. Can she fend off an entire empire and make Chagum her eighth soul?
Shuga and Shaman Torogai both embark on their own quests to determine the true nature of the Water Spirit. They both come to the same shocking conclusion and learn the real tragic future of Chagum. Meanwhile, the Hunters find Balsa. She is forced to flee, but Chagum won't leave after learning what's happened to his brother back in the royal palace! Torn between his two lives, Chagum is lost as the torch comes down on his new home.
Neither good nor evil, they are life in its purest form. Vulgar and strange, they have inspired fear in humans since the dawn of time and have, over the ages, come to be known as "mushi." The stories of the Mushi and the people they affect are all linked together by a traveling Mushi-shi, or "Mushi Master," who seeks rare Mushi sightings and uses his shaman-like knowledge of Mushi to help the effected people.
Vic Mignogna, the voice of Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, has been writing and producing music for twice as long as he has been voice acting and talks about his experiences in the industry and the elements that go into his work.
A deadly war is being waged on what is left of the planet. On one side are the mysterious beings known as Angels; on the other, the special agency NERV and mankind's last hope, the awe-inspiring Evangelions. Piloted by teenage warriors, these giant bio-mechanical humanoids are the only thing that can withstand the force of the Angels' defense fields long enough for the pilots to tackle the invaders themselves in hand to hand combat!
Dragged through a time warp by a strange machine, Shu is thrust into a hellish future as it explodes into war! Surrounded by fierce warriors enslaved innocents, and enigmatic wanderers, Shu faces the ultimate challenge of survival in a world gone mad!