The realm of the supernatural has never been more absurd and wacky than with Professor Zarbi and his loyal assistant, Benjamin. An expert in paranormal activities, Zarbi makes it his duty to solve conflicts between the human and the occult world.
Chako Ishibashi is a normal middle schooler at a normal school having normal school days. However, there is one oddity in Chako's everyday life—the student sitting at the desk next to her, Shibainuko-san. What is it about her that Chako finds strange? The answer is simple: Shibainuko-san doesn't look like a human at all. Instead, she looks just like a Shiba Inu!
Polite, well-meaning, and with the mannerisms of both a dog and a human, Shibainuko-san is loved by all. However, Chako notices that her classmates seem oblivious to Shibainuko-san's physical appearance. Can a dog go to school and be a normal student?
Join Chako and her best friend Naho on bite-sized misadventures with their unusual classmate, who may or may not actually be a dog.
A fifth-year elementary student named Eiji Toomatsu, and his "inspiration" buddy, a dog named Pochirou. One day Eiji finds a mysterious book called the "Pikachin Research Book," and learns about the seven tools that make up the Pikachin Kit. Eiji presses a button inside the research book, and immediately a "Future Amazon" delivery arrives at his door with the kit. Eiji uses the blueprints included in the box to assemble the kit, but it seems as though 1% part of the kit is still missing.
In the franchise, the word "Pikachin" means the flash of inspiration or insight one gets about a new project, similar to the visual of a lightbulb turning on above one's head when someone has an idea. The concept of the franchise is "invention is 99% plastic models, 1% inspiration."
Riley Rocket is an action-packed, music-filled comedy about Riley and her band, Megablast, who gain supersonic powers when the volume is cranked up during a jam session, causing an electrifying sonic surge. Now they are secret superheroes who use the power of music to save the day.
Theo, Lena, Ben, Nina and their Guga friends have the exciting mission of discovering the food group kingdoms and returning nutritious food to their city where no food exists under the rule of super villain Alex Grand.
For their silver anniversary, Vanilla and Coconna return to Uoodo along with Gotho in the hopes of reuniting with Chirico. Once there they find a red shouldered AT at the Battling arena.
Newspaper reporter Robinson Sucroe is sent to live on a tropical island to write about deserted life for The New York Herald. Only problem is, the island is home to groups of pirates and castaways, both of which want their existence kept a secret from the outside world. So now Robinson must write untrue stories about the island, keep their secret, and keep famous reporter Grumbleston from spilling the beans to the head editor.
The story takes place at the KDDI R&D laboratory, where scientists are creating a telephone that can call the future, but an incident occurs when they are using the phone.