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    Australian distributor Madman has licensed Studio Ghibli`s latest, THE WIND RISES. Image courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © 2013 Nibariki ? GNDHDDTK

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    Source: Madman Entertainment Official Movie Site: kazetachinu.jp (Japan) Special Thanks to Ben Pollock Madman is proud to announce its acquisition of THE WIND RISES (????, Kaze Tachinu, 2013), the latest feature from Oscar-winning Japanese filmmaker, Hayao Miyazaki, and the renowned Studio Ghibli, for release in Australia and New Zealand. THE WIND RISES follows the story of Jiro (voiced by famed EVANGELION director Hideaki Anno), who dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Unable to become a pilot because of his eyesight, Jiro joins the aircraft division of a major Japanese engineering company in 1927. His genius is soon recognized, and he grows to become one of the world’s most accomplished airplane designers. Chronicling two decades, THE WIND RISES depicts key historical events that deeply affect the course of Jiro’s life, including The Great Kanto Earthquake

    Satoru Watarai (Gaku Hamada) decides to live his entire life without ever leaving his apartment complex in director Yoshihiro Nakamura`s SEE YOU TOMORROW, EVERYONE. Photo courtesy of Third Window Films. © See You Tomorrow, Everyone Production Committee

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    Source: Phantom Film Co. Ltd. Official Movie Site: minasan-movie.com (Japan), thirdwindowfilms.com/see-you-tomorrow-everyone (UK) Additional Material: Nippon Connection, Third Window Films, Terracotta Film The director and acting team behind the hugely entertaining FISH STORY reunite for their latest film, SEE YOU TOMORROW, EVERYONE (??????????, Minasan, Sayonara, 2013). Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura, who has earned worldwide praise for making very entertaining films from very complex and intelligent stories, SEE YOU TOMORROW, EVERYONE is based on the Papyrus Rookie of the Year Award-winning novel by Takehiko Kubodera. Gaku Hamada, the star of ULTRAMAN GAIA: THE BATTLE IN HYPERSPACE, FISH STORY and SAKE-BOMB, is Satoru, a simple boy who lives in a government-built estate where he’s told that life is so perfect that he never wants to leave. SEE YOU TOMORROW, EVERYONE is currently playing at international film festivals. Distributor Third Window Films will release the movie on

    A Megavirus Monster battles Servo (Gridman) in SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER-SQUAD. © 1993 Tsuburaya Productions. © 1994 DIC Entertainment, L.P., a DHX Media company. A Megavirus Monster battles Servo (Gridman) in SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER-SQUAD. © 1993 Tsuburaya Productions. © 1994 DIC Entertainment, L.P., a DHX Media company.

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    25 Episodes of Samurai Action! Source: Mill Creek Entertainment press release Special Thanks to Barrett Evans and Chris Smith Join Team Samurai as they protect our planet from the evil warlord Kilokahn and his army of megavirus monsters! On October 1st,SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER-SQUAD - Volume 2 will be released on Region 1 DVD from Mill Creek Entertainment. The Americanized adaptation of Tsuburaya Productions` GRIDMAN (??????????, Denkoo Choojin Guriddoman, 1993-94) was produced by DIC Entertainment (now part of taken over by DHX Media) and aired on TV and in syndication on ABC from September 12, 1994 – April 11, 1995. This second dose of SYBER-SQUAD adventures stars Matthew Lawrence (BOY MEETS WORLD) as Sam Collins, a teenage whiz kid with a talent for video game programming, and his friends Sydney, Tanker, Amp and Lucky as they surge through cyber-space on a mission to "Samurize"

    Artwork not final – mock-up. Photo courtesy of Section23 Films.

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    GIRLS UND PANZER Available on December 3rd Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced its December slate of releases; including the highly anticipated release of GIRLS UND PANZER TV COLLECTION. Available on both DVD and Blu-ray. Product details follow, in order of release... GIRLS UND PANZER TV COLLECTION Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 300 min. Street Date: 12/3/2013 Format: DVD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $59.98 GIRLS UND PANZER TV COLLECTION BLU-RAY Published by: Sentai Filmworks Distributed by: Section23 Films Run Time: 300 min. Street Date: 12/3/2013 Format: BD Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles SRP: $69.98 You may have heard of kung fu, but the girls at Oarai Academy practice gun-fu -- really, really BIG gun-fu, in fact. It`s called Tankery, and it`s the martial art

    Australian Blu-ray and DVD cover art for BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC II – THE BATTLE FOR DOLDREY. Images courtesy of Madman Entertainment. © Kentaro Miura (Studio Gaga), Hakuensha/Berserk Film Partners

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    Source: Madman Entertainment Official Site: berserkfilm.com (Japan), facebook.com/BerserkFilm (US) Special Thanks to Ben Pollock To be equal, he must step outside of another`s shadow... On October 16th, 2013, the acclaimed, epic dark fantasy anime feature film, BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC II – THE BATTLE FOR DOLDREY (????? ?????? ???????, Berserk Oogon Jidai-Hen II: Doldrey Kooryaku, 2012), will be released in DVD and Blu-ray editions by the Australian label, Madman Entertainment. Based on the best selling manga (over 30 million copies sold worldwide), the BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC film trilogy is a violent and deep story of ambition, survival, friendship and fate featuring cutting edge animation by the masterful Studio 4C. THE BATTLE FOR DOLDREY screened theatrically in Australia at special REEL ANIME 2013 events. “A friend should never rely on another’s dream... he must have a reason for living that goes

    The 12 episode GATCHAMAN CROWDS presents a new take on the classic anime series GATCHAMAN. © Tatsunoko Production © 2013 NTV ? VAP ? Tatsunoko Pro.

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    Source: Sentai Filmworks press release Official Site: ntv.co.jp/GATCHAMAN_Crowds (Japan) Special Thanks to David Williams To fight a hidden enemy requires an invisible army in Sentai Filmworks’ newest acquisition: GATCHAMAN CROWDS (??????????, Gatchaman Kurauzu, 2013)! This 12 episode series derived from the classic GATCHAMAN TV series originally produced by Tatsunoko Production is directed by Kenji Nakamura (tsuritama), features character designs by Kinako, G-Suit designs by Kenji Andou and Koji Nakakita, who also does mechanical designs, and series composition by Toshiya Ono. For most of the residents of Tachikawa city, life seems to be perfectly normal. That’s how it seems, but the truth, known only by a tiny select handful, is that this is a city at war. Every day, as the citizens go about their business, they are under attack by alien criminals and mysterious monsters seeking to conquer, enslave and destroy. But to

    Gia Moran (Ciara Hanna), Noah Carver (John Mark Loudermilk), Troy Burrows (Andrew Gray), Jake Holling (Azim Rizk) and Emma Goodall (Christina Masterson) are the Power Rangers Megaforce. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate Entertainment. © 2013 SCG Power Rangers LLC.

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    Win Free First Volume of New POWER RANGERS Series Source: Lionsgate, Bender/Helper Official Site: powerrangers.com Special Thanks to Geovani Rocha A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Lionsgate Home Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win POWER RANGERS MEGAFORCE: ULTIMATE TEAM POWER - Volume 1 on DVD. The collection includes the first four episodes of the latest Power Rangers series and has a suggested retail price of $14.98. For centuries, the earth has been protected by a supernatural guardian named Gosei and his robotic aide, Tensou. When the evil Warstar aliens plan a massive invasion of Earth, Gosei calls upon five teenagers with talent and attitude to form the ultimate team... the Power Rangers Megaforce! Using their newfound special abilities, mega-weapons, high-tech Zords and giant Megazords to battle this new alien threat, the Power Rangers Megaforce prove that "Earth`s defenders never surrender!"

    The Red Ranger battles the Warstar alien foot soldiers, the Loogies, in Lionsgate Home Entertainment`s POWER RANGERS MEGAFORCE: ULTIMATE TEAM POWER - Volume 1. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate Entertainment. © 2013 SCG Power Rangers LLC.

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    First POWER RANGERS MEGAFORCE DVD Volume Streets September 3rd Source: Lionsgate, Bender/Helper Impact Official Site: powerrangers.com Special Thanks to Geovani Rocha To celebrate the upcoming release of POWER RANGERS MEGAFORCE: ULTIMATE TEAM POWER - Volume 1, Lionsgate Entertainment has provided a color sheet of the Blue Ranger. POWER RANGERS MEGAFORCE: ULTIMATE TEAM POWER includes the first four episodes of the latest Power Rangers series. The collection will be available ono DVD (srp $14.98) and Digital Download September 3rd. About Lionsgate Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales. Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as THE LINCOLN LAWYER, TYLER PERRY`S MADEA`S BIG HAPPY FAMILY, THE EXPENDABLES,

    Japanese DVD cover art for the trucker movie BIG BAD MAMA-SAN - DEKOTORA 1. © 2008 Spotted Prooduction

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    Japanese “Lady Trucker” Movie Rolls Onto Bilingual DVD this December Source: Section23 Films Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Breaker, Breaker! Switchblade Pictures is east bound and down, loaded up and truckin’, doing what nobody ever expected to be done: bringing Japan’s amazing Dekotora (short for Decorated Truck) craze to western shores with the spectacular debut of the first of four gear grinding, horn honking, honest to goodness Japanese TRUCKER films: BIG BAD MAMA-SAN – DEKOTORA 1 (???????? ??, Dekotora Gyaru Nami, 2008)! And if that’s not enough to make you hit the air brakes hard, all that trucker lingo and CB chatter will be available dubbed in English as well as the usual Japanese with English subtitles! Produced by Kazuaki Kubo (EROTIBOT) and written and directed by Hideo Jojo (RINKO 18), BIG BAD MAMA-SAN features cinematography by Takehiko Tamiya (SULTRY ASSASSIN – THE APHRODISIAC KILL) and

    The 20-Disc ROBOTECH: THE COMPLETE SET will include all 85 episodes of the original series, three feature films and extra features. Logo courtesy of Lionsgate Entertainment. © 1985 Tatsunoko Production Co. Ltd. © 1985-2013 Harmony Gold USA. Inc.

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    Relive the Entire ROBOTECH Saga in a 20-Disc DVD Collection Source: Lionsgate, Bender/Helper Impact press release Special Thanks to Geovani Rocha Drift away into a world of fantasy when the smash-hit sci-fi anime collection ROBOTECH: THE COMPLETE SET arrives on DVD November 5 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. For the first time ever, the entire ROBOTECH saga is collected in one, massive 20-disc gift set. Relive the adventure and romance with all 85 episodes of the original series, three feature films and over 12 hours of bonus material, including a new bonus disc never released with any previous ROBOTECH set. Named as one of IGN.com`s "Top 50 Sci-Fi Properties of All Time" this collection also contains over 90 minutes of all-new bonus features including "ROBOTECH: The Inside Story,""The Making of ROBOTECH: LOVE LIVE ALIVE," rare promotional reels, the original Japanese version of LOVE LIVE

    Win A COMPANY MAN on Blu-ray from Well Go USA and SciFi Japan. Photo courtesy of Fantasia International Film Festival. © 2012 Showbox/Mediaplex

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win the international box-office hit A COMPANY MAN (???, Huisawon, 2012) on Blu-ray. First time Writer/Director Lim Sang-yun gamely reimagines contract killing in the world of corporate culture, with rising action icon So Ji-sub (ROUGH CUT) starring as a hitman who finds himself targeted by his ex-employers after he falls in love with a married woman and quits his job. The film also stars Lee Mi-yeon (TYPHOON, ADDICTED), Gwak Do-won (THE MAN FROM NOWHERE), newcomer Kim Dong-jun, Lee Gyeong-yeong (WAR OF THE ARROWS, A BETTER TOMORROW), and Jeon Guk-hwan (QUICK). A COMPANY MAN will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital starting August 27th, but here is your chance to win the Blu-ray for free!

    Packaging for the Blu-ray and DVD editions of DRUG WAR. Photos courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2012 Beijing Hairun Pictures, Milkyway Film Production

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    High Risk, High Return in an Uncompromising and Exhilarating Action Thriller Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications press release Official Site: facebook.com/drugwarTW (China), wellgousa.com/drug-war (US) Special Thanks to Leif Helland From Johnnie To (LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE, ELECTION), master of the Hong Kong crime thriller, comes the critically-acclaimed, action-packed drama DRUG WAR (??, Du zhan, 2012), debuting on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD October 15th from Well Go USA Entertainment. Cars are crashed, bullets fly, blood spurts, bodies splatter and cocaine is snorted in this high-velocity tale of a drug cartel boss who, after being arrested in a raid, is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation. The film stars Louis Koo (TRIPLE TRAP, ACCIDENT), Sun Honglei (A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP), Michelle Ye (MOTORWAY, ONCE A GANGSTER), Huang Yi (LEGENDARY, ROMANCING IN THIN AIR), Wallace Chung (FOREVER YOUNG), and Li

    GTO: GREAT TEACHER ONIZUKA THE ANIMATION cover art. Image courtesy of Discotek Media. © Tohru Fujisawa • KODANSHA • Fuji TV • SME Visual Works • Studio Pierrot

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    Source: Discotek Media On September 24th, the complete anime series GTO: GREAT TEACHER ONIZUKA THE ANIMATION (????????????????, Gureeto Tiichaa Onizuka, 1999-2000) will be released on Region 1 DVD by Discotek Media. Meet Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-biker and college karate champ. He`s crude, foul-mouthed, and has a hair-trigger temper. His goal: to be the greatest high school teacher in the world! Unfortunately, the only teaching job available is at Holy Forest Academy (no certification required). There he uses his street smarts to deal with colleagues and students alike. GTO: GREAT TEACHER ONIZUKA THE ANIMATION COMPLETE COLLECTION contains episodes 1-43 with an English dub, original Japanese audio and English subtitles. DVD: Region 1 SRP: $79.95 Release Date: September 24, 2013 Audio: Japanese, English Subtitles: English Running Time: 1350 minutes

    Win the Blu-ray edition of FLOATING CITY or THE GUILLOTINES from Well Go USA. Photos courtesy of Well Go USA. © 2012 Mandarin Films Distribution Co. © 2012 We Pictures, Ltd., Stellar Mega Films, Ltd., Media Asia Film International, Ltd., Polycoce Film Company, Ltd.

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    Source: Well Go USA, MPRM Communications Special Thanks to Leif Helland A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their choice of the Hong Kong drama drama FLOATING CITY (????, 2012) or the martial arts action film THE GUILLOTINES (???, Xue Di Zi, 2012) on Blu-ray. In FLOATING CITY, pioneering Hong Kong New Wave auteur Yim Ho (HOMECOMING, RED DESERT) returns to filmmaking with a sweeping social-historical drama set against the backdrop of the British-colonized harbor that is still known today as “the Floating Village.” The film stars Aaron Kwok (THE STORM RIDERS), Charlie Yeung (BANGKOK DANGEROUS, SLEEPWALKER), Nina Paw (REIGN OF ASSASSINS, FEARLESS), Josie Ho (CONTAGION, THE COURIER), and Annie Liu (NATURAL BORN LOVERS). Director Andrew Lau (INFERNAL AFFAIRS) tells the story of THE GUILLOTINES (???, Xue Di Zi, 2012), a secret brotherhood of assassins

    DVD and Blu-ray cover art for NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN SET 2. Images courtesy of VIZ Media. © Hiroshi Shiibashi/Shueisha, Nurari Project

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    A Middle School Student With a Secret Life Faces Down the 88 Demons of Shikoku Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: nuramago.jp (Japan), viz.com/nura-rise-of-the-yokai-clan-video (US) Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, delivers the latest supernatural action and adventure of NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN (????????, Nurarihyon no Mago) as it announces the release of Set 2 of the popular anime series on DVD and Blu-ray on August 20th. NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN SET 2 is rated ‘TV-14’ and will carry a DVD MSRP of $44.82 U.S. / $43.24 CAN and a Blu-ray MSRP of $54.97 / $66.15 CAN. The 2-disc set features Episodes 14-26 as well as bonus material including production art and an official trailer. Rikuo Nura is an average middle school student by

    The anime film BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC II - THE BATTLE FOR DOLDREY is now available on Blu-ray and DVD in North America. Images courtesy of VIZ Media. © Kentaro Miura (Studio Gaga), Hakuensha/Berserk Film Partners

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    Lone Mercenary Guts Rethinks His Future as the Band of the Hawk Faces an Army of 30,000 Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: berserkfilm.com (Japan), facebook.com/BerserkFilm (US) Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, beckons anime fans to join the battle-hardened mercenary, Guts, for a new action-packed anime feature film epic as it announces the debut of BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC II- THE BATTLE FOR DOLDREY (????? ?????? ???????, Berserk Oogon Jidai-Hen II: Doldrey Kooryaku, 2012) on DVD and Blu-ray. The new release, which is available now, is rated ‘M’ for Mature Audiences and carries a DVD MSRP of $19.98 U.S. / $24.98 CAN and a Blu-ray MSRP of $24.98 U.S. / $27.50 CAN. Bonus features include a production art gallery, theatrical trailers, an

    Osamu Tezuka`s 1967 anime series PRINCESS KNIGHT is coming to DVD in North America from Right Stuf, Inc. Image courtesy of Right Stuf. © Mushi Production Co., Ltd

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    Source: Right Stuf, Inc. press releases Official Site: rightstuf.com/princessKnight (US) Discover one of anime`s original sword-wielding heroines this summer! Right Stuf`s Nozomi Entertainment division will releases the classic PRINCESS KNIGHT anime as two limited-edition DVD box sets. The 52-episode anime adaptation is based upon the best-selling manga by legendary creator Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Kimba The White Lion) and features animation from Tezuka`s own Mushi Productions. This will be the first time the series will be available to North American audiences on licensed DVD. In both anime and manga forms, PRINCESS KNIGHT (??????, Ribon no Kishi) was among the first titles geared specifically toward a young female (shojo) audience. The original comic was serialized in Kodansha`s Shojo Club anthology magazine from January 1953 through January 1956, and its sequel series, Twin Knight (?????, Futago no Kishi), was serialized in Kodansha`s Nakayoshi anthology from

    BLUE SUBMARINE NO. 6 cover art. Image courtesy of Discotek Media. © 1998 Satoru Ozawa/ Bandai Visual • Toshiba EMI • GONZO

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    Source: Discotek Media On September 24th, the OVA series BLUE SUBMARINE NO. 6 (??6?, Ao no Rokugo, 1998-2000) will be released on Region 1 DVD by Discotek Media. The DVD will feature upgraded video quality from the previous US release by Bandai Entertainment, Bandai`s English dub, the original Japanese audio and English subs. In the future, the rising temperature of the Earth has melted the polar ice caps. As a result, the planet`s last remaining land masses are in danger of sinking into the ocean. As if humanity didn`t have enough problems, an army of ocean-dwelling creatures led by the scientist Zorndyke have seemingly declared war on mankind! Humanity`s last hopes rest with the state-of-the-art vessel, Blue Sub 6 and her crew! Can Tetsu and Mayumi stop Zorndyke`s mutant army and save what remains of humanity? BLUE SUBMARINE NO. 6: COMPLETE COLLECTION contains episodes 1-4. DVD:

    The DVD and Blu-ray releases of MEDAKA BOX COMPLETE and NYAN KOI! COMPLETE have been delayed. Artwork not final – mock-up. Images courtesy of Section23 Films.

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    Source: Section23 Films press release Special Thanks to Mike Bailiff Home video distributor Section23 Films has announced that two of their upcoming anime titles will be postponed. The MEDAKA BOX COMPLETE DVD and Blu-ray, originally scheduled for release this month, has been delayed to a September 24 street date. And the NYAN KOI! COMPLETE DVD and Blu-ray, originally scheduled for September, has been pushed back to December 31. About Section23 Films Section23 Films provides home video marketing and distribution services for a variety of companies, including Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, and AEsir Holdings. With its special focus on genre entertainment, Section23 Films distributes some of the very best anime, martial arts, and horror titles on the market today.

    Teenager Suni (Park Bo-young) attempts to teach the feral orphan Cheol-su (Song Joong-ki) about modern society in the Korean romantic fantasy A WEREWOLF BOY, now on Region 1 DVD. Photo courtesy of CJ Entertainment America. © 2012 CJ E&M CORPORATION

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    Source: CJ Entertainment America Official Movie Site: AWerewolfBoy.com Special Thanks to Hoon Bae and Kelly Williams The South Korean box office smash A WEREWOLF BOY (????, Neuk-dae so-nyun, 2012), is released today on Region 1 DVD by CJ Entertainment America. The following production notes are courtesy of CJ Entertainment... Preface A WEREWOLF BOY is a fantasy of the emotions. It is a fantasy because it shows a kind of ‘love’ that many don’t believe can exist in this kind of world. When someone owns a dog, they often experience many touching moments. They do not care what we look like or whether or not we succeed, but look only at us forever. What do they see in us? Could it be that they are the ones that can see through our souls? Even though humans have the ability to see through the soul,

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