New on
Animax in December 2008:
Le Chevalier d’EonPremiere date: Double bill on Saturday, 6 December at 21h15
Continues: Double bill Saturdays at 21h15
Paris, 1742. A coffin floats on the shimmering Seine. On the lid, one word is written in blood - "Psalms". Inside lies the body of a beautiful woman, Lia de Beaumont. Now her brother, D'Eon, seeks the reasons for her mysterious murder.
He slowly uncovers an evil that casts shadows in both the palaces of kings and the dark alleys of Europe. A power wielded by spell-casting poets and manipulated by royalty. A force so powerful it brings Lia's soul back from beyond to seize the only weapon she can possess to avenge her death - her own brother.
He Is My MasterPremiere Date: Double bill on Saturday, 6 December at 23h05
Continues: Double bill Saturdays at 23h05
He is My Master follows the day-to-day life of Yoshitaka, a 17-year-old millionaire with a major superiority complex. When he inherits the family fortune following the death of his parents in an accident, Yoshitaka decides to fire his parents’ old servants and hire some new live-in maids to help him look after his estate.
However, he gets more than he bargained for when three attractive young ladies and their pet alligator, Pochi, show up to fill the vacant positions.
WitchbladePremiere Date: Double bill on Sunday, 7 December at 21h15
Continues: Double bill Sundays at 21h15
After a disastrous earthquake strikes Japan, Masane Amaha and her six-year-old daughter travel to Tokyo in search of a better life. There she becomes the latest in an ancient line of female warriors to wield the mysterious weapon known as the “witchblade,” and must discover for herself if the blade is the righteous sword of God, or the hand of the devil.
Based on the comic book series, Witchblade is the saga of a woman who bears the burden of a force of destruction, and the conspiracy surrounding it.
The series was produced in collaboration with animé studio, GONZO, together with the comic book publisher Top Cow Productions.