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Shinigami-sama ni Saigo no Onegai wo
February 2nd, 2010 | 
Author: 
Drama, Shounen, Supernatural, Tragedy
Mangaka: YAMAGUCHI Mikoto
Year: 2009
Original Publisher: Square Enix
Serialized in: Gangan Joker
Group(s) Scanlating: CINOSS
Volumes: 0 – Ongoing
Summary
Aida Shizuka is three days from being executed for cruelly murdering his family when a shinigami comes to visit him. It’s his little sister Hibiki, who has come to make sure his soul goes to hell! Hibiki has another job on this trip as well, granting the final wish of a girl with heart disease, and she drags her condemned brother along with her. Soon, it becomes apparent that people are not as simple as they may seem, and even Shizuka’s guilt is uncertain. Hibiki and Shizuka promise to search together for the truth about their family’s death, and they won’t let life, death, or trouble in the afterlife get in their way!
Darker than Black – Ryuusei no Gemini Specials
Action, Mystery, Drama, Supernatural
Category: Specials
Year: January 27, 2010 – Ongoing
Studio: Bones
Episodes: 4
Synopsis
The four episodes are side stories bridging the gap between the first and second season.
OVA 1 – The Black Contractor: While on the run from the Syndicate after the Tokyo explosion incident, Hei and Yin travels to Okinawa.
First Squad – The Moment of Truth
Action, Drama, War Setting, Historical Setting
Category: Movie
Year: 2009
Directed by: ASHINO Yoshiharu
Written by: KILMOV Aljosha, SPRITS Misha
Studio: Studio 4°C, Molot Entertainment
Running time: 73 minutes
Language: Russian, German
Subbed by: Feast-Subs
Synopsis
First Squad is set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross and enlist them in the Nazi cause. Pretty soon all the teenagers die, except for the protagonist Nadia.
She is taken to a secret Soviet lab that studies supernatural phenomena, especially contacts with the dead. Nadia’s task is to dive into the world of the dead for reconnaissance. There, in the Gloomy Valley, she meets her dead friends and tries to persuade them to continue fighting.
Yozakura Quartet
Supernatural, Youkai, Slice of Life
Category: TV
Year: October 2, 2008 – December 18, 2008
Studio: Nomad
Episodes: 12
Licensed! Sentai Filmworks
Synopsis
The story revolves around four teenagers; Akina, Hime, Ao, and Kotoha; each of them having their own unique abilities. They run an office called Hiizumi Life Counseling Office, where their job is to help and protect the townspeople of Sakurashin, a town where humans and youkai co-exist with one another. The town is protected by a barrier created by the spiritual sakura known as The Seven Pillars. The Seven Pillars exist in both the human world and the youkai world and is the only thing that keeps both worlds connected to each other. However, recent bizarre incidents have occurred in their town and someone has threatened the safety of their town. It is up to the four of them to protect the town they love.
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