Atsuko Mine

Maris is freelance bounty hunter/soldier whose sole aim in life is to become rich enough to never have to work again. This goal, unfortunately, proves elusive. Maris is from a world of super-strong beings and she is constantly having to pay for the damage she and her parents inadvertantlty cause wherever they go. Things start looking up, though, when Maris gets word of a wealthy prince in need of rescue... (imdb)

A group of sisters are the only ones who can pilot a mysterious robot to save the world from an unknown alien life-form. (animenewsnetwork.com)

Going home from his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover. The rest of his family is equally shocked and embarrassed by this surprise development, and not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin Kaga. In a fit of anger, Daikichi decides to take her in himself. As Daikichi nurtures Rin, he started to understand the struggle while at the same time the joy of parenting. (AnimeNewsNetwork)

Akira is a lonely middle school boy, ignored by his classmates and bullied by his teacher. He falls in love with the image of a girl on a coffee advertising poster and names her Lunn. Through his "friendship" with Lunn, he gradually finds the strength to pursue his own dreams.

The story is set in a village in the southern Japanese prefecture of Kôchi during World War II. Even in this remote mountainous area, the perception of American and British people as "brutes" has taken root, due to the deaths and injuries among the villagers' relatives. A elementary schoolgirl named Eiko transfers from the city of Yokohama to this village.