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Read or Die the TV

7.6

SeriesAnimation, Action & Adventure20031 Season

Five years have passed since the occurrence of the incident known as the "Human Annihilation Mission." In Japan, a novelist is dealing with writer's block after her friend has gone missing. In Hong Kong, three sisters, masters in the use of paper, run their own detective agency to solve cases that involve books. When these people are brought together, a bond greater than blood is formed - a bond that will be sorely tested by the evil powers intent on taking over the world. Join Anita, Maggie, Michelle, and Nenene as they travel the globe in order to save the world from the evil mastermind, Mr. Carpenter! Of course, that's if they can find the time to put down the books they're reading...

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Season 1
  1. 1The Papers Have LandedSep 1, 2003 · 30mNenene Sumiregawa, a famous Japanese author travels to Hong Kong for a book signing. She meets Michelle and Maggie, two of the Paper Sisters, who have been hired to be her local guides. When Nenene's hotel suite is bombed, the Sisters volunteer to help protect her. After spending the night at the Paper Sisters' apartment (where she meets the third sister, Anita), a jealous rival holds her hostage at her book signing, but he is foiled by the three sisters. Nenene is excited to see their Paper Mastery, but is disappointed to learn they have no connection to her friend, Yomiko Readman, who has been missing for four years. When Nenene is attacked on her way home to Japan by another rival, the Sisters follow and rescue her.
  2. 2Rise Up, Oh Dregs of HumanitySep 1, 2003 · 30mNenene's editor Lee Linho hires the Paper Sisters to remain in Japan to look after Nenene. However, after fighting over money woes, they decide to pay Nenene a visit, quickly imposing on her hospitality--and breaking her television. They use Lee's deposit money on their new apartment to replace Nenene's television, but this leaves them homeless, so Michelle concocts an overly complicated scheme to guilt Nenene into taking them in. While the plan initially fails, Nenene eventually repents and allows them to live with her. Meanwhile, on the news, Joker is seen with United States President Cole.
  3. 3Let's Meet in Jinbo-choSep 16, 2003 · 30mWhen Nenene wanders off without her bodyguards, the Sisters follow her to Jinbo-cho. Michelle quickly forgets her mission and enters a shopping frenzy, while Maggie passes out from the excitement of being surrounded by all the bookstores. Anita manages to find Nenene, following her to the underground store, Toto Books, where she meet a strange young boy (Junior). Nenene and Anita drop books off at Yomiko's apartment and discuss Anita's aversion to books; meanwhile Michelle has bought so many books that the Jinbo-Cho store owners start a rumor that Yomiko Readman has returned.
  4. 4The Seventh Grade CourseSep 16, 2003 · 30mNenene insists Anita go to school, and so Anita enters the local seventh grade class. She meets and befriends the girls in her class, including the shy Hisami Hishishii. Anita ends up joining the library club to hang out with Hisa. During their chat, an English man named Richard shows up, trying to hide a book; however, he gets shot from an unseen assailant and passes the book to Anita. Anita is attacked by the shooter, who has the power of intangibility. But Michelle--who had shown up at the school to see how Anita was doing on her first day--appears and helps drive away the assassin. One of Anita's classmates, Tohru Okahara witnesses part of the fight, but chooses not to confront Anita about it (despite his rivalry with her). In the meantime, Nenene sneaks away to follow a lead on the missing Yomiko, and the Sisters receive a job order from Dokusensha.
  5. 5They ShoutOct 1, 2003 · 30mThe Paper Sisters travel to Romania to retrieve a book stolen during the fire at the British Library four years ago. While attempting to infiltrate Professor Webber's castle, their powers are partially stripped by a strange force surrounding the castle, and they are attacked by strange animals. Maggie grows excessively depressed while Anita grows extremely frustrated and begins to pick fights with her sisters, then runs off. The three finally find Professor Webber's central chambers, where they discover he has been weakening their abilities and playing on their emotional weaknesses with the influence of ultrasonic and subsonic waves. Michelle finds herself partially immune because of her general sense of calm, and the Sisters find a way to defeat the sonic attacks. Anita kills Webber and they flee. An already injured Maggie protects Anita from Webber's vengeful servant Irving, and Dokusensha agents Kim and Sonny Wong help the sisters escape the castle.
  6. 6The Right StuffOct 1, 2003 · 30mAnita's school day routine is shaken when her teacher announces the annual "Family Visit" day, and she tries to keep the knowledge of the day from her sisters, planning to skip class herself. She runs into Junior , who has been disguising himself as a student, searching for the book Anita hid in the library. When the household learns Anita has kept the family visit day--and accompanying required book report--a secret, Maggie and Michelle discuss Anita's aversion to books and reveals they are adopted, not blood related. Although Anita doesn't expect her family to appear for the visitation day, she decides to do a book report anyway, reading her first book in a long time--Nenene's "Midnight Liberation Zone."
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Five years have passed since the occurrence of the incident known as the "Human Annihilation Mission." In Japan, a novelist is dealing with writer's block after her friend has gone missing. In Hong Kong, three sisters, masters in the use of paper, run their own detective agency to solve cases that involve books. When these people are brought together, a bond greater than blood is formed - a bond that will be sorely tested by the evil powers intent on taking over the world. Join Anita, Maggie, Michelle, and Nenene as they travel the globe in order to save the world from the evil mastermind, Mr. Carpenter! Of course, that's if they can find the time to put down the books they're reading...

Created by
Hideyuki Kurata
Genres
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Status
Ended
Original title
R.O.D -THE TV-
First aired
September 1, 2003
Last aired
March 16, 2004
Seasons
1
Episodes
26
Episode length
30m
Language
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Networks
Fuji TV
Production
Studio Deen, J.C.STAFF
  • Chiwa SaitoAnita King (voice)
  • Hiromi HirataMaggie Mui (voice)
  • Shouko Kikuchi
Michelle Cheung (voice)
  • Satsuki YukinoNenene Sumiregawa (voice)
  • SSoichiro ShibataLocal Staff (voice)
  • Risa HayamizuCabin Attendant (voice)
  • Takuma SuzukiMovie Company Employee (voice)
  • YYugo TakahashiPolice Chief 1 (voice)
  • Nobuo TobitaCriminal A / Criminal B (voice)
  • Eizo TsudaDetective (voice)
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