Jack Torrance flytter sammen med hans kone og deres 5 årige søn Danny ind på det elegante, men isolerede Overlook Hotel i Colorados bjerge. Her har Jack fået job som vicevært i vintersæsonen. Han håber på at få ro til at skrive, - men efter meget kort tid opdager de, at hotellets bærer på mange grusomme hemmeligheder. Jack bliver gradvis mere utilregnelig og det går op for dem alle, hvor isoleret de er i bjergene.
Når en maskine, der gør det muligt for terapeuter til at indtaste deres patienters drømme bliver stjålet, bryder helvede løs. Kun en ung kvindelig terapeut kan stoppe det: Paprika.
Mima er træt af sin status som sukkersødt popidol. Hun stopper sangkarrieren og starter som skuespiller i en barsk kriminalserie. Hendes uskyldige image krakelerer mere og mere ekstremt (bl.a. via nøgenbilleder i bladene og gruppevoldtægt i tv-serien!), og hendes liv forvandles til et paranoiahelvede, hvor hun konstant befinder sig i grænselandet mellem fantasi og virkelighed. Efterhånden hjemsøges hun både af sit eget hadefulde popidol alter ego og en sindsforvirret fan, samtidig med at flere personer i hendes omgangskreds brutalt myrdes. Historien er så raffineret konstrueret, at man tror, det er løgn, men hold øjne og ører åbne - ellers...
Max, en dygtig matematiker, som tror, at alt kan forklares ved hjælp af tal, står over for sit livs største opdagelse: at kunne forudsige, hvad der vil ske på aktiemarkederne. Der udbryder kaos, da både et Wall Street-firma og en religiøs sekt får øjnene op for Max' færdigheder, samtidigt med at han plages af hallucinationer, migræne og paranoia.
Da skolelæreren og hobby-entomologen Niki Junpei besøger afsidesliggende sandklitter for at samle ukendte insekter til sit arbejde, når han ikke den sidste bus hjem. En flok landsbybeboere guider ham ned ad en stige til en lille hytte i en sandgrav, hvor han kan overnatte. Men da han vågner, opdager han, at stigen er væk, og han må blive i sandgraven for at hjælpe kvinden, som bor i huset, med at skovle sand væk, før de begge to bliver begravet.
I slutningen af 1960'erne grundlagde dr. Mercurio Arboria et terapicenter, der havde som mission at finde et højere lykkestadie i krydsfeltet mellem videnskab og religion. Men noget gik galt. I 1983 ledes det underjordiske center af den uhyggelige doktor Barry Nyle. Han holder den unge Elena som fange, efter hun har udviklet farlige telekinetiske kræfter under eksperimenterne.
There is an urban legend that tells of a shinigami that can release people from the pain they are suffering. This "Angel of Death" has a name—Boogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real. When a rash of disappearances involving female students breaks out at Shinyo Academy, the police and faculty assume they just have a bunch of runaways on their hands. Yet some students know better. Something mysterious and foul is afoot. Is it Boogiepop or something even more sinister...?
Musashino, Tokyo. An elementary schooler repeatedly attacks people in the streets. Known only to the public as "Lil Slugger", none of the victims can recall the young boy's face and only three distinct details are left in their memories: golden inline skates, a baseball cap, and the weapon: a bent golden baseball bat. Detectives Ikari and Maniwa set out to track down the perpetrator and put an end to his crimes.
Humans have created a Wall of Severance to separate themselves from the bears, who grew violent and attacked humans after a far-off planet known as Kumalia exploded many years ago, turning into a meteor shower that fell upon earth. Two bears, Ginko Yurishiro and Lulu Yurigasaki, sneak through the Wall of Severance and disguise themselves as humans, enrolling in Arashigaoka Academy and taking an interest in Kureha Tsubaki, a human girl who despises bears.
In a world where memories can be stored like computer data, a young man named Kaiba searches for his lost memories and discovers a connection with a mysterious girl.
Kirie tries to escape from her town Kurouzu-cho, where the residents get obsessed with spirals due to an unexplained curse.
Creatures known as Shokujinki have been secretly living alongside humans for hundreds of years. Though they may look like humans, Shokujinki are able to transform into uncontrollable beasts with gigantic claws and consume humans to survive. The equally secretive Kifuuken dojo specializes in killing Shokujinki by cutting off their arms, and is the only force preventing unchecked Shokujinki domination. Toshihiko Momota, the son of the leader of the Kifuuken, is instantly charmed by a mysterious woman named Yuka Kamitsuki. Their relationship is complicated, however, because unbeknownst to them both, Yuka is a Shokujinki and Toshihiko is sworn to kill her. Meanwhile, the Kifuuken is having a crisis of confidence as Toshihiko's brother Kazuma pushes against tradition and tries to modernize the Kifuuken. As emotions are strained and the secrets of both the past and present are revealed, who will live, and who will be eaten?
Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, a deaf-mute and a con artist simultaneously stumble upon the remnants of a secret society.
