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Group TAC
1968 – 2010
Native Name
グループ・タック
Founded
March 1968
Defunct
2010
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  1. Combat Sports
  2. Gore
  3. Sports
  1. Group TAC
Jan 8, 2001 at 11:45am EST

Baki Hanma is a young fighter who yearns to follow in the footsteps of his father, Yujiro, and become the strongest fighter in the world. Through that he trains tirelessly and fights constantly to hone his skills and develop his body to achieve these goals. Many intense battles lay ahead of Baki as he goes about his quest to be the best and ultimately take the title of "King" from his father.

  1. Action
  2. Combat Sports
  3. Gore
  4. Martial Arts
  5. Sports
  1. Group TAC
Jul 22, 2001 at 12:45pm EDT

Baki, a great grappler needs to live up to his name being the son of the the greatest grapplers of all time: Hanma Yujiro. At the Shinshinkai Organization's private arena, anything goes and the odds are always stacked against you. Current champion of the urderground tournament he fight to defend his title against the worlds strongest and best martial artists, including "the beast" his own father Yujiro.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Fantasy
  4. Supernatural
  5. Vampire
  1. Group TAC
Sep 8, 2006 at 10:30am EDT

Ten years after the Holy War in Hong Kong, Mochizuki Jirou, aka the Silver Blade, and the lone hero who fought and defeated the Kowloon Children despite the loss of his lover, returns to Japan with his young brother, Mochizuki Kotarou. The two quickly discover that the Kowloon Children who survived the Holy War are seeking to infiltrate the "Special Zone", a thriving city protected by an invisible barrier that will not allow Kowloon Children entrance, unless they're invited. Red Bloods refers to the humans; Black Bloods are the vampires, and the Mochizuki Brothers are Old Blood, the last descendants of an elite clan of vampires. When Kotarou is abducted by one of the Kowloon Children, Jirou has no choice but to fight once more.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Soccer
  3. Sports
  4. Team Sports
  1. Group TAC
  2. MADHOUSE
Oct 7, 2001 at 4:20am EDT

Tsubasa Oozora loves everything about soccer: the cheer of the crowd, the speed of the ball, the passion of the players, and the excitement that comes from striving to be the best soccer player he can be. His goal is to aim for the World Cup, and to do that, he’s spent countless hours practicing soccer, ever since the moment he could walk on two legs. Now, as he plays for the Barcelona team in a fierce game, it seems as though his dreams are on the verge of coming true.

Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 tells the story of how Tsubasa climbed his way through the ranks, featuring his roots in the town of Nankatsu as well as his epic journey to master the art of soccer.

  1. Comedy
  2. Love Polygon
  3. School
  4. Super Power
  1. Group TAC
Oct 29, 2004 at 7:06pm EDT

In a small country school, Sakura Mikan and Imai Hotaru are classmates and best friends - in their own way. Ditzy, emotional Mikan seems ill-matched with aloof, emotionless Hotaru, yet they are together all the time... until Hotaru gets called away to study at the strange and forbidding Alice Academy. In her anguish at being left behind, Mikan finally decides to follow her friend - and doing so, she makes a strange discovery.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Comedy
  2. Drama
  3. Romance
  1. Group TAC
Jan 12, 2006 at 10:30am EST

During the winter, Yuichi was hospitalized due to hepatitis. Randomly he would try to escape from the hospital but would get beat up by the nurse. One day, he happened to meet Rika, a girl of his age, in the next building. He was fascinated by her beauty, but she was very selfish girl. Although she led him by the nose, he began to be attracted by her. However, when Rika told him about her illness, he knew why she acted so selfish; she didn't have long to live.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Comedy
  4. Ecchi
  1. Group TAC
Oct 14, 2004 at 11:30am EDT

Rushuna is a blonde and very beautiful Senshi (gun expert) that travels through the world with one purpose. Which is to make the world a peaceful place by, instead of fighting with weapons, taking away the people's will to fight by giving them a smile. Although she doesn't want to fight, she is forced to, and shows amazing gun skills. In this journey she meets Yajirou, a mercenary that uses a sword to fight and joins her on her journey.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Drama
  2. Fantasy
  3. Psychological
  4. Supernatural
  1. Group TAC
  2. Ginga Ya
Mar 2, 2006 at 10:30am EST

A girl wrapped in white, her name is Momo...in her hand lies a blunt yet shiny scythe. By her side is a winged black cat by the name of Daniel. Carrying the souls of humans, the girl's existence parallels to that of a "Death God" or "Shinigami". At the instant when this white Death God touches the hearts of humans, the world is filled with kindness and grief...

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Detective
  4. Horror
  5. Mystery
  6. Supernatural
  1. Group TAC
  2. AIC Spirits
Mar 24, 2006 at 11:34am EST

"Shindou Ranmaru has just graduated from police academy and assigned to Tokko: Special Mobile Investigation Force. On the day of his graduation, he meets the half-naked girl he has been seeing in his dreams. Her name is Rokujo Sakura and she works for a secret group within Tokki, known as Tokko: Special Public Safety Task Force. Shindou ends up joining Tokko to avenge his parents' death, and solve the mysterious mass murder of residents in his hometown of Machida. Meanwhile, bottomless pits begin appearing around Japan, and mysterious creatures emerge from them. Could these events be linked to Machida Massacre?"

[Source: DVD Complete Series Back Cover]

  1. Comedy
  2. Romance
  1. Group TAC
Jan 7, 2006 at 12:50pm EST

Kagemori Mamoru is a dowdy boy whose hair is disheveled and who wears thick glasses, but he is actually the son of a ninja family. They have protected their neighbors, the Konnyaku family, secretly for 400 years. Mamoru has personally protected their daughter, Konnyaku Yuuna, since they were in kindergarten. When Yuuna is in trouble, Mamoru puts on ninja suit and turns into a competent ninja to help her.

  1. Adventure
  2. Comedy
  3. Ecchi
  4. Fantasy
  5. Isekai
  6. Magic
  1. Group TAC
  2. Amuse
Oct 3, 1996 at 12:15pm EDT

An actor, a martial artist, a gun-crazy high school student, and their tank are transported from earth to a world of elves and magic. However, the spell to return them home was botched resulting in fragments of the spell being magically imprinted onto their skin. Their solution: run around looking for elves and stripping them wherever they find them.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Martial Arts
  1. Group TAC
August 5, 1994 EDT

Get your quarters ready, because the world's top fighters are about to go head to head in this explosive animated adaptation of the classic Street Fighter II arcade game! M. Bison's plan to crush those who would oppose his organization, Shadowloo, is simple: brainwash the strongest martial artists around with his dreaded psycho power, and turn them into living weapons! To stop him, Interpol agent Chun-Li must team up with Major Guile of the United States Air Force, but that's no small feat.

They'll have to put aside their differences and learn to work together, and fast. Bison is closing in on Ryu, a traveling vagabond said to be the best fighter in the world. Fortunately (or not), Ryu is a hard man to find, but the same can't be said of his eternal rival, Ken. And it might just be through Ken that Bison will get what he wants! Can the World Warriors beat Bison to the punch?

[Source: Discotek]

  1. Action
  2. Adult Cast
  3. Adventure
  4. Drama
  5. Military
  6. Sci-Fi
  7. Space
  1. Group TAC
Oct 6, 1974 at 6:30am EDT

In the distant future, the war between the human race and the Gamilon has taken its toll on the planet Earth. Constant bombardment of radioactive asteroids has rendered the planet's atmosphere uninhabitable. As a means of relief aid, Queen Starsha of the planet Iscandar offers the Earth Forces a device that can completely neutalize the radiation off the planet. For this task, the space battleship <i>Yamato</i> is launched from the remains of its World War II ancestor on a 148,000 light-year journey. However, the crew of the Yamato has only one Earth year to travel to Iscandar and back, or the human race will come to an end.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Cyberpunk
  2. Mecha
  3. Sci-Fi
Blame!
Short-form
7.57
  1. Group TAC
October 23, 2003 EDT

The story takes place in a city where it's said that has thousands of levels.

In a shutdown area, thousands of levels overlap each other, you couldn't tell the sky from the ground and you couldn't tell which way is up or which way is down. Maybe the original purpose of this story is to unravel the mysteries bound in this time and world. For the humans who found this vast rare multi-level city, the mysterious main character "Kirii" wanders to search for the "Net Terminal Genes" that were not infected. Kirii's burden and his search for the "Net Terminal Genes" is a goal like no other and is very much the mystery of this story. Log1~Log6 contains the story of Cibo that wasn't done in the original works. The Cibo who strayed away with Kirii and wanders about. A disc thrown away in the rubble. Cibo starts downloading. Just who's "Memory" will he end up with?

[Source: AniDB]

  1. Drama
  2. Fantasy
  3. Sci-Fi
  4. Supernatural
  1. Japan Vistec
  2. Group TAC
Oct 11, 2003 at 2:58pm EDT

The half-divine King of Uruk, Gilgamesh, was considered but a paltry legend... until his majestic tomb was discovered in the Middle East. This imperial crypt drew scientists from across the globe to the land, and with that came recognition of their fame. In a joint effort, they built Heaven's Gate in pursuit of advancing human knowledge.

One day, a group of terrorists driven by greed attack Heaven's Gate, causing an explosion within the facility for archaeological excavation. The resulting phenomenon had much more impact than anyone could have imagined.

More specifically, it triggered the birth of supernatural beings. In the midst of this mess, two siblings by the names of Kiyoko and Tatsuya encounter mysterious men with supernatural powers who, despite the scientific crisis around them, claim the ability to restore good to the world. Nevertheless, these seemingly heroic and all-powerful creatures act under the rule of factions. Are they here to save the world, or destroy it?

  1. Adventure
  2. Comedy
  3. Fantasy
  4. Isekai
  1. Group TAC
Oct 1, 1997 at 12:45pm EDT

After Junpei botched the second attempt to transport back to Japan, the four embark their journey once again to collect runes imprinted on skin of Elven females by stripping them. Celsia is cursed into the form of another animal this time.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Aviation
  3. Drama
  4. Military
  5. Romance
  1. Group TAC
Jan 8, 2004 at 12:12pm EST

Deep in the sandy plains of the Middle Eastern kingdom of Asran, Japanese photojournalist Makoto Shinjou travels to the remote airbase Area 88 to document the activities of the mercenaries who destroy the country's enemies for a living. Among their ranks is Shin Kazama, a Japanese ace pilot who was tricked by his former best friend into signing a contract with the Asran's fighter squad. Because of this, he lost his career as an airline pilot and the chance to marry his fiancee Ryoko Tsugumo. Now, Shin has three choices in order to leave Area 88 and return to Japan: serve the mercenary group for three years, earn US$1.5 million, or desert the base, risking imminent death.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Comedy
  2. Detective
  3. Ecchi
  1. Group TAC
Feb 5, 2000 at 11:45am EST

Spoiled rich girl Yao Sakurakouji decides to join the Miami police force to enjoy car chases, gunfights and wanton destruction. The psychotic and not-too-bright Yao is partnered with Lu Amano, the soft-spoken and sharp-tongued daughter of the police chief. Together the dirty duo clean up the streets of Miami and take on a mysterious crime syndicate known only as 'The Organization'.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Anthropomorphic
  2. Drama
  3. Fantasy
  4. Historical
  5. Mystery
  1. Group TAC
July 12, 1985 EDT

Based on a short story by the popular children's writer Kenji Miyazawa, Galactic Railroad offers viewers a slow-paced, dreamlike journey through space and time. When Giovanni, a lonely boy in a hill town, goes to get milk for his ailing mother, he finds himself crossing the Milky Way on a faster-than-light steam railroad. The stations he visits in various constellations, like the planets explored by St. Exupery's Little Prince, offer curious adventures and an assortment of human "types." Reality and fantasy blur aboard the train, and its travels across the light-years sometimes suggests the journey through life. The characters are depicted as cats, presumably to avoid the problems of animating humans.

[Source: AniDB]

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Drama
  4. Historical
  5. Mystery
  6. Romance
  7. Sci-Fi
  1. Gainax
  2. Group TAC
June 28, 1991 EDT

Three years after the defeat of Gargoyle and Neo-Atlantis, a new threat has surfaced bent on bringing the world under his control. Geiger, using advanced robot technology, is attempting to begin a world war, and take control of the devistated world after the destruction has stopped. Once again, Nadia and Jean must fight to save the world, only this time from itself.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Adult Cast
  3. Adventure
  4. Drama
  5. Military
  6. Sci-Fi
  7. Space
  1. Group TAC
Oct 14, 1978 at 6:00am EDT

A year has passed since the Star Force returned to save the Earth but another danger now approaches from deep space. A gigantic White Comet hurtles toward our galaxy, obliterating everything in its path. But it is no ordinary comet—it is the deadly Comet Empire, conqueror of worlds... and Earth is the next target! Against orders, the Star Force blasts off to investigate, but even if they can get past the flagship Andromeda, they don't yet know the true nature of their new enemy!

[Source: AniDB]

  1. Comedy
  2. Drama
  3. Mecha
  4. Sci-Fi
  1. View Works
  2. Group TAC
June 30, 2004 EDT

Lily Bridge, a young journalist, arrives at Arkham City, hoping to find a big scoop. However, with all the strange things occuring around the city, only the exceptional findings are news-worthy, such as the mysterious mecha known as Demonbane. However, upon finding a small piece of machinery that seemed to be connected with the Hadou Combine, Lily is determined to find the truth. Little does she know, she enters into a dark world, involving herself with Demonbane and the powerful forces that control the city.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Comedy
  2. Fantasy
  3. Romance
  4. Vampire
  1. Group TAC
Oct 7, 1982 at 6:00am EDT

The main character, Ranze, is a junior high girl with troubles: her father is a vampire and her mother is a werewolf. Ranze has yet to manifest her supernatural powers, and her parents are beginning to get worried she might be normal. So begins the fantasy romantic comedy story.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Sci-Fi
  1. Group TAC
Oct 1, 2004 at 8:30pm EDT

Joe, a red-headed movie buff, and Silvia, his girlfriend, are having a bit of relationship trouble. Silvia feels that Joe is taking her for-granted and wants to do something together for once, so Joe decides to take her to see an old action movie featuring his favorite hero, Captain Blue. What started out as a cute movie date takes a turn for the worst when Silvia is pulled into the movie by the leader of the evil organization, Jado.

Joe follows her into the mysterious "Movieland," and is granted a powerful device known as a V-Watch by Captain Blue himself. With it, he transforms into the action hero named "Viewtiful Joe" and goes off to rescue his girlfriend before she can be used by Jado to take over the world. It's a long road to go from average Joe to full-blown hero, but he'll give it his all to save both his girl and the world—and he'll do it in the most "view-ti-ful" way possible.

  1. Drama
  2. School
  3. Sci-Fi
  4. Supernatural
  1. Group TAC
Oct 31, 2003 at 7:00pm EST

When Kamogawa Asumi was just a baby, her mother was grievously injured when a rocket crashed to the ground. Five years later, having been in a coma all the time, Asumi's mother finally dies, and the little girl struggles to come to terms with the death of a mother she barely remembers. In the midst of her turmoil, she meets "Lion-san," a strange figure wearing a lion mask and claiming to be a ghost. Lion-san helps Asumi to bury her mother's ashes, and finally, Asumi reaches her own decision: "When I grow up, I'm going to be a rocket pilot."

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Adult Cast
  2. Drama
  3. Military
  4. Sci-Fi
  5. Space
  1. Group TAC
  2. Academy Productions
August 5, 1977 EDT

In the year 2199, the Gamilon race declares war on humans, intent on taking Earth for themselves. The fighters on Earth do everything in their might to keep the planet stable, but alien technology proves to be far too advanced, and the resulting destruction renders the surface of planet Earth completely uninhabitable. The underground shelters are also becoming weak, and if nothing changes, humans will become extinct in less than a year.

But just when all seems lost, Queen Starsha from the planet Iscandar offers a helping hand. The key to victory lies in the Cosmo-Cleaner D, which can eliminate the radiation that Earth is suffering from. However, the only way to get a hold of this life-saving device is if someone from Earth goes to Iscandar―148,000 light years away―to retrieve it. The problem is, they have less than a year before time runs out.

The fate of the entire human race lies in the hands of the crew of a salvaged WWII craft, the Space Battleship Yamato.

  1. Action
  2. Adult Cast
  3. Drama
  4. Military
  5. Sci-Fi
  6. Space
  1. Group TAC
August 4, 1978 EDT

In the year 2201, one year after the Yamato saved Earth from radioactive contamination, a new threat emerges. The Yamato makes its final journey to save the Earth from this new threat.

Earth has almost recovered from the battle against Gamilus, and reconstruction has expanded to the other planets. When former Yamato crew-mates discover a strange, garbled message that seems to be coming from a white comet headed towards Earth, they hijack their old space fortress and begin a new battle.

[Source: AnimeNfo]

  1. Adventure
  2. Drama
  3. Fantasy
  4. Supernatural
  1. Group TAC
Jan 6, 1999 at 11:45am EST

In a world where the dead walk, where good and evil exist as palpable forces, a darkness is stirring. The undead march against the cities of light, to capture the sacred fire that is the source of their power. But one hope remains. Called into this world by the magical flame, a young girl named Himiko is thrust into the maelstrom of danger, betrayal, and war. For she is heir to the sacred fire, and holds a power that could save its Guardians... if she survives!

[Source: Central Park Media]

  1. Comedy
  2. Ecchi
  3. Gag Humor
  4. School
Let's Nupu Nupu
TV (JP)
Released
Short-form
  1. Group TAC
Oct 5, 1998 at 11:35am EDT

With four-frame comic origins, this animated title preserves the same quick pace by following the regular cast of colorful characters through separate but interwoven storylines in every episode. From Ms. Shitara's relentless but always ineffective sexual pursuit of young Takagi to the adventures of the heroically stupid but cute Sushi Cat, you will be mystified at the silliness of it all but find yourself laughing for the same reason!

[Source: AniDB]

  1. Adventure
  2. Comedy
  3. Fantasy
  4. Mystery
  5. Sci-Fi
  6. Time Travel
  1. Group TAC
Oct 1, 1998 at 5:00am EDT

It is the 25th century. The dark lord has 'infected' history with time-devices that could damage history beyond repair. Flint and his father lived in the prehistorics when they got turned into fossiles. They are discovered and Flint ges turned back to his original state. With the help of his father, a boy Tony and a girl Sara he has to travel trough time to bring the time-devices back to the land of time so history will be saved.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Comedy
  2. Romance
  3. School
  4. Sports
  1. Group TAC
Mar 29, 1987 at 5:00am EST

Kishimoto Kasumi, a 15-year-old girl, was supposed to live at her auntie's house in order to go to high school since April. However, when she moved to the house she was surprised with the fact that there were already four new male students living in the same house. To make the matter worse, that day while she was taking a bath, Takasugi Yusaku, one of those boys, came into the bath and saw her naked. This is how Kasumi's troublesome high school days started.

[Source: AniDB]

  1. Adventure
  2. Comedy
  3. Romance
  1. Group TAC
Oct 20, 1983 at 6:00am EDT

After the death of Saizou, Kabamaru's horribly strict grandfather and Iga ninja teacher (sensei), an old lady, Ran Ookubo, claims that she received a letter from him asking her to take care of his grandson. So Kabamaru runs off with Lady Ookubo to the big city Tokyo to gorge on yakisoba, ramen, chow mein, and attend a regular school—which turns out to have weird quirks of its own.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Comedy
  2. Drama
  1. Group TAC
September 20, 1994 EDT

In a rainy spring day, first year high schooler Midori Saezima saw a tall, handsome fellow student took care of a stray kitten. Without knowing the boy's name, she fell in love with him at the first sight. Due to sickness, Midori returned to school three days after summer vacation -- only to find out that she was "volunteered" as a candidate for student council. After a series of embarrassing accidents, both she and the mysterious boy she had a crush on, Akira Sudo, were elected as members of the student council. Being the first student council of this newly established high school, they are about to create "new traditions" for their school and a bittersweet love story for themselves...

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Comedy
  4. Romance
  1. Group TAC
Apr 8, 1995 at 5:00am EDT

Isami Hanaoka is just a fifth grader who happens to be a descendant of the Shinsengumi. Together with fellow descendants and classmates Soushi Yukimi and Toshi Tsukikage, she discovers in the basement of her home, strange artifacts left behind by their ancestors as well as a message urging them to "Fight the evil Kurotengu organization."

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Historical
  4. Military
  5. Samurai
  1. Group TAC
  2. G&G Entertainment
May 7, 2005 at 6:00am EDT

In the Fifth Year of the Keicho era, the Tokugawa clan sought to solidify their control of Japan. Hidetada Tokugawa has come to the doorsteps of Ueda Castle with the intentions of having the Sanada clan open its doors to him. But the Sanada and their retainers have other plans...

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Sci-Fi
  1. Group TAC
Jan 9, 2001 at 4:30am EST

The Daichis are a family in danger of tearing itself apart. Dissatisfied and money obsessed mom Seiko has served wimpy and otaku dad Mamoru with divorce papers. Daughter Nozomi who has always been saddled with all the housework, feels pained that everyone is using her. The youngest albeit most foul mouthed, Dai is forced to watch all this as everything is going to pieces. However when the Galaxy Federation recruits the Daichis to combat alien threats to the wellbeing of the Earth, it will be a chance for the family to save the world and maybe themselves.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Adventure
  2. Comedy
  3. Sci-Fi
  1. XEBEC
  2. Group TAC
Oct 5, 1996 at 5:00am EDT

The emergence of the dimensional tunnel sets the background for a new space era in which space travelling can be designated to planets outside the solar system. Hoshiwata Goro is a space traveller who goes in search for his father whose whereabouts are shrouded with obscurity. His only link to his father is an old photograph. In order to attain his goal, Goro participates in a young space travelling company known as "YAT" which organises tours to different planets. However, in the midst of his journey, he was involved in an accident which resulted in the destruction of the spaceship. As a form of compensation, he had to work for YAT and this sparks off a train of space adventures for him.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Baseball
  2. Romance
  3. Sports
  4. Team Sports
Touch: Cross Road - Kaze no Yukue
TV (JP)
Released
TV Special
  1. Group TAC
Feb 8, 2001 at 10:00am EST

Trying to find his own game of baseball, and not that of his brothers, Tatsuya moves to America and pitches for a poor, struggling minor league baseball team called the Emeralds. Meanwhile, Minami is still in Japan, trying to find her own path after quitting gymnastics. Inspired by a photograph of her final performance, she becomes the photographers assisstant.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Gag Humor
  4. Parody
  1. Group TAC
Oct 14, 1993 at 6:00am EDT

Ta-chan is the king of jungle. He was abandoned in savanna, and has been raised by a chimpanzee, Etekichi. He has a dearest wife, Jane who used to be a top model in New York, but now she looks... Anyway, to protect animals from poachers, Ta-chan is fighting against them with his disciple, Pedro, and a master of Chinese martial arts, Ryo.

This anime is based on the manga with the same title; it begins as a comical parody of Tarzan. The first several episodes are comedies, but the rest of the series consists of (rather) serious episodes.

[Source: AnimeNfo]

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