Takumi Bando

The story begins with "Q-1 Grand Prix," a live television quiz show where contestants compete for a 10-million-yen prize. In the highly anticipated one-on-one buzzer final, an incident occurs during the last question. In the tense silence of the studio, Kizuna Honjo, facing off against the protagonist Mishima, slams the buzzer before a single letter of the question has been read—and somehow gives the correct answer. In any quiz, answering correctly with zero letters revealed should be impossible. So how is he able to answer correctly? As the mystery deepens, every viewer becomes a "participant" in the game.

Kyôko, a traumatized young Japanese girl, finds herself struggling with her self-confidence in her adult life. Growing up in a family without her mother and her sister, she constantly questions the rationale of sex and the notion of liberty in modern Japanese society.

Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

Shinichi Kudo returns as the young Conan to investigate a murderous letter sent to a beauty pageant winner who demands affection.

A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.

A Japanese Class B war criminal sets out to take full responsibility for the execution of American Airmen.