Den slimede Wall Street-skurk Arthur Shaw bliver fanget i at franarre sine investorer to milliarder dollars. Han får husarrest i sin luksuøse newyorker-lejlighed, men skæbnen vil, at de ansatte i selvsamme bygning alle har mistet deres pensionsopsparing på grund af Shaws lille nummer. Derfor rotter de sig sammen om at lave bræk i hans penthouse for at skaffe deres penge tilbage - plus det løse
Dane Jensens chef meddeler, at han går på pension. Derfor kan Dane pludselig se frem til ledelsen af en stor headhunter-virksomhed. Men da den lige så ambitiøse Lynn Vogel søger samme stilling, udbryder der en magtkamp mellem de to. Danes prioriteter bliver imidlertid bragt i tvivl, da hans ti-årige søn bliver syg.
The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals—a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. Magnus seeks to protect this threatened phenomena as well as unlock the mysteries behind their existence.
A young boy, J. Shuro, meets the legendary pitcher Eiji Sawamura in the Philippines during World War II. Sawamura shares his dreams of one day gathering the nine Astro Superhumans – who all were born nine minutes and nine seconds past nine on September 9th of the 29th year of Showa (1954) and all have baseball-shaped birthmarks on their bodies – to form the ultimate baseball team capable of beating the Yomiuri Giants and any U.S. Major League team. When Sawamura dies during the war, Shuro decides to help fulfill his idol’s dream and goes in search of the nine ball players. But the team that is formed does not play ordinary ball. These extraordinary players demonstrate extraordinary plays on the field and some will not stop until everything – even their lives – is left on the field.
