Set in a young America still reeling from the Civil War, The Pinkertons follows Allan Pinkerton—founder of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency— his son, William, and America’s first female detective, Kate Warne, as they solve crimes throughout the “Wild West” of the 1860s.
Get Blake! is an American children's animated television series.
The series tracks the exploits of Blake Myers, an adventurous boy who is destined to one day become a space ranger who protects humanity from alien squirrels called "Squaliens". The Squaliens, however, are sent back in time to prevent Blake from fulfilling this destiny.
8 contestants from 8 different countries participate in an adventure reality show in a spectacular setting: the Canary Islands. His objective, to find the ninth island of this archipelago: San Borondón.
Musashi Gundoh is set in a fictional feudal era of Japan, where the Toyotomi Shogunate (instead of Tokugawa) governs the nation. The anime tells the story of Musashi, a young practitioner of electro-sword and his "gundoh", a martial art involving the use of guns. This show deals with Musashi's battles against a group of monsters called "Ayakashi" and his quest to win the love of the beautiful princess Kaguyahime.
With the collapse of ZAIA Enterprise Japan, Gai Amatsu establishes a new company with a presidential aide model Humagear, Rin. Suddenly, something happens to his body, and Kuroto Dan emerges! The Bugster Virus, which was wandering the internet, was revived by Ark and infected Gai!
An award-winning series from Channel 101's short film contest in the early 2000s. It mocks the soap opera television genre and satirized life in Malibu, California. There were seven episodes filmed, with an eighth episode "apology" also submitted after the creators decided to end the series. The original run was created by The Lonely Island; and starred Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Sarah Chalke.
Operation Barbarossa is a kids TV show, based on the novel The Mysterious Boy by Ivan Kušan. It is a story about a boy who for some time lives in the belief that he is to blame for the death of a friend, a peer, who drowned in the Sava river. In order to cover up his death, the boy takes his name (because he had just come to Zagreb when he disappeared) also goes to another school. Thus, in two shifts (before noon - afternoon), he tries to be a student in two schools and gets into many dramatic situations. The riddle is, of course, solved by Kušan's main character Koko.
A prisoner of war is sentenced to 25 years in the Soviet Union. His escape from the Soviet gulag takes him through the intense and hopeless terrain of Siberia.
A Soviet scientist creates a brilliant robot. This is a boy who is able to solve any mathematical problems, he writes the best essays and sings perfectly! And he is also an exact copy of schoolboy Seryozha Syroezhkin. A clever boy quickly shifts all his duties to an electronic double. He does his homework for him, goes to school and does household chores that his parents entrust to Syroezhkin...
"Die Schatzinsel" (Treasure Island) - 1966: An Overview
This film is a live-action, East-German/Czechoslovak adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure novel. However, it's crucial to know that it is not a direct, faithful adaptation of the book. Instead, it is a highly liberal and stylised re-imagining that blends the pirate adventure with the popular genre of the time: the Euro-Western.
Plot Summary (The Basic Premise)
The core premise remains the same: a young man, Jim Hawkins, comes into possession of a treasure map and embarks on a voyage to a remote island. However, the 1966 version takes significant liberties:
Setting: While the novel is set in the 18th century, this film has a distinct 19th-century "Wild West" feel, with characters using revolvers and wearing costumes that feel more like cowboys than classic 1700s pirates.
Grand Preceptor Shen Qian colludes with the nomadic Nu Muqi tribe to divide and conquer China. When the tribe attacks Yunzhong City, Emperor Xian sends Luo Zeng to resist them. However, Shen tricks Luo and he gets captured. The Emperor mistakenly believes Luo betrayed him, executes his whole family, and Luo's son Luo Kan, along with his brother, escapes and seeks help to save their father. Three women who once rejected Luo Kan's advances also join forces to assist him. However, they are captured, and Luo Kan and Luo Cang lead the people of Yunzhong to fight the invaders. They succeed in defeating Shen Qian, and Luo Zeng demands that he testify to Shen's treachery. Shen's son plots to overthrow the Emperor and imprisons him in a tower. He and his allies, with the help of Luo Kan and Luo Cang, rescue the Emperor and confront Shen.
A young mystic without a past, Kujaku was born under a dark omen possessed of incredible supernatural powers. Raised by priests, he has learned to use these powers for good. But the evil Siegfried von Mittgard seeks to steal his birthright, and rule the world as the Regent of Darkness. He has dispatched bloodthirsty minions to destroy Kujaku before he can awaken to his destiny. Now, Kujaku must unravel the riddle of his past, before the power within consumes him!
A shy teen wants desperately to fit in and enjoy his high school years if only his dead best friend and a posse of rotting ghouls would stop sabotaging him at every turn.