Akikan!
English title: Akikan!
Japanese title: アキカン!
Alternative titles: Empty Can!
Type: TV
Source: Light novel
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 4, 2009 to Mar 29, 2009
Broadcast: Sundays at 00:00 (JST)
Duration: 23 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Brain's Base
Producers: Half H.P Studio
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Ecchi
Themes: Anthropomorphic

Hobbies are often a great way of meeting new people, but how could Kakeru Daichi, who collects rare juice cans, have ever suspected that he'd meet a fascinating new girl when he attempted to DRINK her? Naming her Melon, because she's got great melon... soda, Kakeru quickly learns that she's an Akikan—a beautiful girl who's also a special can created to fight other Akikans in a strange experiment to determine what kind of container is better: steel or aluminum! 

Will becoming involved in this ridiculously twisted research project gone amuck complicate Kakeru's life incredibly? Of course it will, but because Melon's steel body needs carbon dioxide to breathe, he's now stuck with her since she's too CO2 dependent! And when his wealthy, attractive, best childhood friend Najimi gets HER own aluminum Akikan, the trouble really begins! 

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Episode 1 was previewed at Bandai Channel on 12/22/2008. Regular broadcasting began on 01/04/2009.