Den rebelliske Jake Pentecost, en gång en lovande Jaeger-pilot vars far offrade sitt liv för att säkra mänsklighetens seger mot de monstruösa ”Kaiju”, har övergett sin utbildning och istället hamnat i kriminella kretsar. Men när jorden åter hotas av undergång, får Jake en ny chans att leva upp till sin fars rykte genom att ansluta sig till en modig ny generation piloter som vuxit upp i skuggan av kriget.
Ett bestialiskt styckmord avtäcks parallellt med berättelsen om en uttråkad hemmafru, vars tristess leder djupt in i Tokyos sexkvarter.
I Tokyos neonupplysta natt blir den unge knarklangaren Oscar skjuten. Vore det inte för hans syster hade historien slutat där. Men Oscar svor en gång att han aldrig skulle överge henne och i takt med att hans kropp dör börjar hans själ en rastlös vandring genom storstadens smutsiga bakgator och minnets mörka korridorer, båda mer förvridna för var minut som går…
Tokyo Underground is a manga series by Akinobu Uraka and published by Enix. It became an anime series, produced by Studio Pierrot and shown on the TV Tokyo Network from April 2 until September 24, 2002. The TV series was released on DVD by Geneon Entertainment in the US and Canada, released as a boxset by Manga Entertainment in the UK and by Tokyo Night Train in Australia. It also aired in Canada on the digital channel G4techTV Canada, starting on July 22, 2007 at 8:30 pm ET/PT.
The hardened veteran detective Rena and bright-eyed rookie Sato take on a menial investigation. The job goes well until a thug named Dobu steals their evidence. Disheartened, they take a job looking into the life of a taxi driver named Odokawa in hopes of redeeming themselves. They wind up in the middle of a missing girl case, with gangsters, aspiring students, and surprises around every corner.
In AI-optimized Tokyo 100 years in the future, an orphan teenage hacker blends in until a favor for her only friend inadvertently draws her into a benevolent gang of outcast motorcyclists, uncovering the seemingly utopian city's sinister underbelly through a murder investigation linked to a drug syndicate.
Peter Barakan is a broadcaster and a 45-year resident of Japan. In this series, he discovers how Japan is changing.
Actress Maeda Atsuko challenge hairtail and horse mackerel in Tokyo Bay in summer.
We go on a one month backpacking adventure around Japan. In this 2 part documentary series we travel to Japan for the very first time. Travelling there for one month, starting in Tokyo and then using the Japan Rail Pass to explore the country.
