Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story; some were created for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories.
The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror and fantasy. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time.
A movie star from the Republican era encounters a rookie screenwriter from the 21st century. Two people from different worlds cross the boundaries of time and space to start a romantic story of living together.
During the 1930s, Xiang Qin Yu finds himself time travelling to the modern era after getting shot on the filming set. The movie star who is arrogant on the outside but a softie on the inside happens to meet Jin A Yin, an unknown screenwriter who is simple and quick-witted. As they fall in love, Xiang Qin Yu also looks into the shooting incident and the truth behind his fateful reincarnation.
During the two hundred years of the Three Kingdoms period, rival warlords rose across the land, dividing it among Wei, Shu, and Wu. Zhuge Kongming devoted his life to creating the “Eight Array Diagram,” a brilliant military formation. However, upon his sudden death, the diagram was lost. Later generations believed that this unpredictable and powerful military manual would reappear six hundred years later, just as Zhuge Liang had foretold, and that “whoever possesses the Eight Array Diagram shall rule the world.”
Avenger is an anime series, produced by Bandai Visual, Bee Train and Xebec, and directed by Koichi Mashimo. It is set on post-apocalyptic colonized Mars. The series premiered across Japan between 1 October 2003 and 24 December 2003 on the TV Tokyo network. It was later licensed for North American distribution by Bandai's distributive unit across the region, Bandai Entertainment.
Follows professional teenage video gamer, Conor, who is forced to go to high school for the first time, after a thumb injury. Coping with his new lifestyle, he focuses on friendships and visualizes life as a video game.
This Sci-Fi adventure follows the struggle between good and evil forces in an alternate universe, and what happens when their 4,000-year-long conflict crosses over into modern-day Shanghai to endanger both worlds.
A U.S. satellite crash-lands near a small town in Utah, unleashing a deadly plague that kills virtually everyone except two survivors, who may provide clues to immunizing the population. As the military attempts to quarantine the area, a team of highly specialized scientists is assembled to find a cure and stop the spread of the alien pathogen, code-named Andromeda.
Science Fiction Theatre is an American science fiction anthology series that aired in syndication from April 1955 to April 1957. It was produced by Ivan Tors and Maurice Ziv.
Three wizards, Vivian, Deris and Aphere are chosen to fulfil a quest. Every century, citizens of their realm must journey to the ordinary world to discover their true loves. If they fail to complete their mission in thirty days, they'll be transformed into animals for eternity. Fortunately, they'll each have an assistant to help them along the way.
Outlaws is a short-lived action-adventure American television series which aired Saturday nights on CBS. Five cowboys are sent forward through time from 1886 to 1986, and fight crime. The original series began as a 2-hour pilot movie, and was followed by eleven one-hour episodes.
Female author Hua Qingge unexpectedly enters the world of her novel, taking on the role of a supporting character destined for failure. Armed with the script, she anticipates turning the tide, but instead, her journey takes a series of unexpected turns as she becomes entangled in a tale of love and hate with Ji Chu.
Mighty Atom (鉄腕アトム Testuwan Atomu?) is a Japanese Tokusatsu TV show that was created by MBS Productions and had aired on MBS. It was the first adaptation of Mighty Atom (a.k.a. Astro Boy), which pre-dates the 1963 Mighty Atom anime television show.
High school senior Heita Fukai doesn't know what to do with his life. Having been seriously ill until recently, he never had the opportunity to think about his future. He leads a mundane existence among his classmates, all of whom are struggling with their own issues. There's the popular guy with secret hang-ups, the boy who can't afford the tuition, the girl with bulimia and the pathologically shy kid. The teachers don't fare much better. The high school is a microcosm of our troubled modern society.
One day Fukai stumbles across a mysterious and attractive new girl in school, Q10, whom he soon finds out is actually a robot. Assigned by the principal to be her mentor and told to keep her true identity a secret, Fukai tries to teach Q10 about human feelings. In the process, he becomes aware of his own complex, emotional makeup. Fukai realizes that he is learning about life from an android, and that he may be falling in love with her.
A unique story told over two distinct halves, "Summer" follows Sam, a man drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost. "Winter" follows Helen, a strong-willed outsider who comes to the island seeking answers, but whose arrival precipitates a fractious battle to decide its fate.