It seems as though TechTV's fledgling anime block "Anime Unleashed" is doing very well for the tech centric network, so well that they have decided acquire the rights to three new anime series. TechTV has announced that 'SoulTaker' will premier on the block starting June 24th, following it will be the -- relatively short-- 'GateKeepers 21' series premiering July 16 and lastly, airing July 28 will be the enigmatic headtrip 'Boogiepop Phantom'.
Here's an excerpt from TechTV's announcement:
'The SoulTaker' A young boy finds he is becoming something else. Something evil. Something dangerous.
Some time in the not-so-distant future Kirihara Heavy Industries, a powerful corporation, has gained control over most of the world. Deep in the city, a young boy named Kyosuke has his life shattered when his mother plunges a sharp knife into his heart for no apparent reason. As he recovers, his body reveals a dangerous secret proving his past is a lie, and reveals his true identity as the powerful SoulTaker!
Kyosuke searches for Runa, the sister he never knew, and for the truth about his ability to transform. But Kirihara Heavy Industries will employ as much violence as possible to prevent Kyosuke from learning anything.
The 13 episodes of "The SoulTaker" combine a rich, baroque visual style, grand action sequences and a futuristic mystery that takes our hero through many twists and turns as he learns about himself.
Premieres Tuesday, June 24 at 12 a.m. Eastern.
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'Gate Keepers 21' Thirty-one years have passed since the defeat of the Invaders in 1960s-era Tokyo by the original teenage gang known as Gate Keepers. The Far Eastern branch of the AEGIS (Alien Exterminating Global Intercept System) Network, still holing up in underground Tokyo, has been working hard for its country's protection ever since.
Lately, strange things have been occurring around Tokyo. The first member of the 21st Century Gate Keepers, Ayane Isuzu, must find and recruit a new member before it's too late. Without new members, the Invaders -- who embody the dark, immoral, valueless sides of humanity -- will surely take Tokyo this time.
Fans of the first "Gate Keepers" series and newcomers alike will be swallowed up in the dark and gorgeously animated near-future world of this six-part series.
Premieres Wednesday, July 16 at 12 a.m. Eastern.
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'Boogiepop Phantom' Everyone knows about Boogiepop. Meet her one dark night and you disappear. People tell each other the stories and laugh. No one believes that she exists in this day and age. Still, there are some strange things going on just below the surface. The glass shatters. Time stands still. There is something in the darkness. Are you safe?
Five years ago, there was a string of grisly murders that shook the city to its core. Now, in the present, psychic echoes reverberate....
Like "Serial Experiments Lain," "Boogiepop Phantom" is a complex and fascinating puzzle the viewer must piece together. The twelve-episode series blends together modern horror and science fiction to tell a strange, horrifying, and moving tale.
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