Sunday, 27 May 2012

Sukisyo!: Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shōganai!? 好きなものは好きだからしょうがない!!?



Alternative Name: ,就是喜!!? (Xǐ Huān, Jiù Shì Xǐ Huān!!?)


Genre: Shounen-Ai/Yaoi, Drama, Romance, Comedy, School Life, 
               Bishounen, Multiple Personality, Cross-Dressing 

Description: 

High-school student Sora Hashiba has been hospitalized after falling from the fourth floor of the school building. On his first night back in the dormitory, he wakes to find a strange boy addressing him by the name "Yoru". The stranger identifies himself as "Ran" and says he's Sora's new roommate. The next day, Sora's childhood friend and dorm manager, Matsuri Honjou, informs Sora that the other boy, whom Matsuri identifies as Sunao Fujimori or "Nao-kun," is actually another childhood friend of Sora. Sora doesn't remember meeting Sunao before. In fact, Sora can't remember much of anything regarding his past, and the series follows his quest to regain his memory.


Sora soon learns why Sunao identified himself as "Ran" that first night: he and Sora have alternate personalities. Sora's is Yoru, a powerful protector and the lover of the more dependent, feminized Ran. The existence of these alternate personalities, and the relationship between them, has some mysterious connection with Sora's fall from the window and his forgotten past. The alternate personalities' passionate relationship is a far cry from the hostility and distrust between Sora and Sunao. Because Yoru and Ran possess them arbitrarily, Sora and Sunao frequently find themselves in embarrassing situations when they regain control of their minds.


Other comical situations arise from Matsuri's efforts to draw Sora and Sunao into his moneymaking schemes, known as the group "The School Do-It-Alls" and from such minor characters as a bishounen ghost and three younger boys who resemble the trio. No parents are ever mentioned, and the only authority figures are school nurse Kai Nanami and math teacher Shinichirou Minato, but it is known that Sora and Sunao are both orphans. Both have some connection with Sora and Sunao's dark past, which also involves one of the older students at the school, Kai Nagase, and a mysterious doctor named Aizawa.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: January 8, 2005 – March 26, 2005
Special: September 25, 2005

Studio: Zexcs

Friday, 25 May 2012

Hikaru no Go ヒカルの碁 (Hikaru's Go)



Alternative Name: 棋魂 (Qí Hún)


Genre: Board Games, Supernatural, Psychological, School, Sport,  
               Drama,Tournaments, Games, Comedy, Alternative Version

Description: 

Hikaru Shindo is just a normal 12 year old boy, but one day he's rummaging through his Grandfather's things to see if he can find something to sell and pulls out an old Go board. A ghostly apparition appears out of the board and tells Hikaru his sad story. His name is Sai Fujiwara, a man who was a Go instructor to the emperor of Japan a thousand years ago. However, because of bad sportsmanship of his opponent during a game, Sai was accused of cheating and banished from the city. With no livelihood or any other reason to live, Sai committed suicide by drowning himself. Now, he haunts a Go board, and wants to accomplish the perfect Go game, called the "Hand of God" which he hopes to do through Hikaru.

Episode: 75 + 1 Movie + 2 Specials + 1 OVA  + 2 Specials

Original Run
Series: October 
10, 2001 – March 26, 2003
Movie: January 3, 2004
Special: January 1, 2002
Special: June 30, 2004
Alternative Version (OVA): 2002
Special: January 29, 2003 – October 29, 2003

Studio: Studio Pierrot

Television DramaOctober 27, 2020 – November 26, 2020 (36 Episodes)

Maburaho まぶらほ



Alternative Name: 的魔法 (Ài De Mó Fǎ)


Genre: Fantasy, Harem, Comedy, Fanservice, Ecchi, Comedy, Magic, 
               Drama, Romance, Supernatural, Magical Boy/Girl

Description: 

His name is Kazuki Shikimori, 17 years old. He attends Aoi Academy, a school for elite magicians. Each magician has a set limit of spells, and performing more spells than the limit allows that will cause the user to turn into dust. In this case, the number of magic Kazuki can use is far below the average in his school. Then one day, all of a sudden, three girls: Yuuna Miyama, Kuriko Kazetsubaki and Rin Kamishiro, appear before him. But of all the things that they are after, it is his genes. And for Kazuki, the girls' appearances may also spell his doom, as he soon realizes that his magic count is decreasing ever steadily due to the fact that he can't resist using magic to help them.

Episode: 24

Original Run: October 14, 2003 – April 6, 2004

Studio: J.C. Staff

Rental Magica レンタルマギカ (Rentaru Magika)



Alternative Name: 出租魔法使 (Chū Zū Mó Fǎ Shǐ)


Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural, Mystery, Action, Comedy, 
               Romance, Adventure, Harem, Wizards/Witches,

Description: 

Due to his father's disappearance, Itsuki Iba has to take over the family business: a magician dispatch service called "Astral". Astral basically employ countless magicians and other supernatural beings in order to send them out to help those who need magical assistance. As a leader, Itsuki now has to be tough, commanding, and reliable, but there's one problem: he's a coward. Also, in order to run a successful business, he has to connect with his employees, which is more difficult than it seems due to his personality and lack of magical ability. But not only does he have to deal with his own employees, he also has to deal with those who threaten the family business.

Episode: 24

Original Run: October 7, 2007 – March 23, 2008

Studio: Zexcs

Thursday, 24 May 2012

SoltyRei ソルティレイ (SorutiRei)



Alternative Name: 曙光少女 (Shǔ Guāng Shào Nǚ)


Genre: Action, Polices/Detectives, Sci-Fi, Mecha, Drama, Androids

Description: 

In a future-based disaster-ridden city with an enormous gap between the rich and the poor, it is hard to tell which humans are walking around with cybernetic body parts. This makes Roy Revant's job as a renegade bounty hunter/bodyguard-for-hire even more difficult. When a young girl with unbeliveable strength rescues him from a particularly dangerous criminal, Roy realizes that perhaps help can be found in the strangest of places. Joining together with a few others, they engage in a battle to find out the truth behind the giant conglomerates that are supposedly serving mankind and making life better.

Episode: 24 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: October 06, 2005 – March 30, 2006
Special: July 26, 2006 

Studio: Gonzo & AIC

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Arms Alchemy 武装錬金 (Busō Renkin)



Alternative Name: 武装炼金 (Wǔ Zhuāng Liàn Jīn)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Supernatural,
               Superpowers

Description: 

One night, Kazuki Muto jumps in to try to save what he thinks is a girl in distress from a monster and instead gets impaled through the heart. The girl, Tokiko, is actually an alchemic warrior with a Busou Renkin, name of Valkerie Skirt, with the mission to exterminate Homunculi. She implants the only other successful work of alchemy than the Homunculus, the Kakugane, to take the place of Kazuki's heart. The Kakugane resonates with his fighting spirit and forms a Busou Renkin (in his case a spear) so he can fight the Homunculus monsters who prey on humans. Kazuki joins with Tokiko to battle with the Homunculi and protect his friends and his sister Mahiro.

Episode: 26 + 11 Special

Original Run
Series: October 5, 2006 – March 29, 2007
Special: January 25, 2007 – September 21, 2007

Studio: Xebec

Ben-To ベン・トー (Ben Tō)



Alternative Name: 便· (Biàn·Dāng)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Fighting, Harem, School, Supermarkets, 
              Fanservice, 

Description: 

You Sato is a new high school student living in the boy dorms. While seeking cheap meals at the local market, he finds himself being beaten up and semi-conscious with fleeting glimpses of a girl during the moments of his collapse. As his memories recover the next day, he discovers that he is trying to purchase half priced lunchboxes that can be hazardous to his health as free-for-all fights with local students for the discounted food is the nightly routine. The girl from the night before, Sen Yarizui, is an upper classmate known as the Frozen Witch and is one of the local Wolves who dominates the area. She educates him on the rules of the game where Wolves eat well while Dogs settle for cup ramen. With fellow first year student Hana Oshiroi, a fetishistic germaphobe, You Sato sets out to discover if he too has what it takes to be a Wolf and taste the sweet victory of half priced boxed banquets or wallow in the bitter defeat of reconstituted noodles and salty broth in a styrofoam bowl.

Episode: 12 + 6 Specials

Original Run
Series: October 9, 2011 – December 25, 2011
Special: December 21, 2011 – May 16, 2012

Studio: David Production

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Fafner in the Azure 蒼穹のファフナー (Sōkyū no Fafner)



Alternative Name: 苍穹之法芙娜 (Cāng Qióng Zhī Fǎ Fú Nà)


Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Aliens, Mecha, Military, Romance

Description: 

Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles. Not much happens there, and the island's young people go to school knowing that their lives are likely to remain peaceful and undisturbed. Or so they have been taught... but the truth is different. The fate of mankind is on the line, and Tatsumiyajima is the last line of defense against a hostile and incomprehensible enemy. At the center of it all, fighting for Humanity's continued existence, is the giant robot Fafner, the dragon that guards this final treasure of mankind.

Episode
Season 1: 26 episodes + 2 OVA + 1 Movie + 1 Movie + 1 Movie
Season 2: 13 episodes + 1 Special + 13 episodes
Season 3: 3 Movies + 3 Movies + 3 Movies + 3 Movies

Original Run
Season 1: July 4, 2004 – December 26, 2004
OVA: November 2, 2005 – January 12, 2006
Dead Aggressor Right of Left: December 29, 2005
Dead Aggressor Heaven and Earth: December 25, 2010
Season 2a: January 8, 2015 – April 3, 2015
Special: February 4, 2015
Season 2b: October 3 2015 – December 26, 2015 
Movies: May 17, 2019
Movies: November 8, 2019
Movies: November 13, 2020
Movies: November 5, 2021
Movie: January 20, 2023 (In Between Season 1 & 2)

Studio: Xebec (Season 1 Series, OVAs & Movies)/
                I.Gzwei (Season 2 Series & Special)/
                Production I.G & I.Gzwei (Season 3 Movies)/
                Production I.G (Behind the Line Movie)

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Persona 4 ペルソナ4 (Perusona Fō)



Alternative Name: 女神4 (Nǚ Shén Wén Yì Lù 4)


Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Isekai, Adventure, 
               Split Personality, Romance, Action, Slice of Life, Tarot Cards,
               Transformation, Alternative Version

Description: 

Yu Narukami has moved from Tokyo to Inaba to stay with his uncle and cousin, while his parents are away on business. However, after a murder shakes up the sleepy town, things get even more crazy when he discovers the mysterious "Midnight Channel," and that he has the even more mysterious ability to enter TVs. Accompanied by his disbelieving friends, Yu discovers another world inside the TVs, that seems to be connected with the murder. They also discover the ability to summon 'Persona', their 'other selves', whose power they can use to fight the shadows that inhabit the TV world. The murders, the Midnight Channel, the world inside the TV, and Persona; Yu and his friends fight to figure out how they're connected, and to solve the case before it's too late.

Episode
Series: 25 Episodes + 1 Special + 1 Movie + 6 Special
Alternative Version: 12 Episodes + 1 Special

Original Run 
Series: October 6, 2011 – March 29, 2012
Special: August 22, 2012
Movie: June 9, 2012
Special: April 1, 2013
Alternative Version: July 11, 2014 – September 26, 2014
Special: December 10, 2014

Studio: AIC ASTA (Series) / A-1 Pictures (Alternative Version)

Murder Princess マーダー·プリンセス (Mādā Purinsesu)



Alternative Name: 戮公主 (Shā Lù Gōng Zhǔ)


Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Body Switching, Gore, Monsters, Mecha,
               Action

Description: 

In the land of Foreland a coup d'état has occurred and the princess, after witnessing the death of the King, is on the run. She meets with battle-hungry bounty hunter Falis, and with a twist of fate they both switch souls, making Alita the maid of the now princess Falis. Named for her bravery in confronting the enemy as ‘Murder Princess’, Falis must continue to be the princess as well as confronting any new opponent that comes to her way

Episode: 6

Original Run:  March 28, 2007 – August 29, 2007

Studio: Bee Train

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Gakuen Alice 学園アリス (Gakuen Arisu)



Alternative Name: 爱丽丝学园 (Ài Lì Sī Xué Yuán)


Genre: Romance, Comedy, Supernatural, Magical Boy/Girl, School, Drama,
               Magic, School Life

Description: 

In a small country school, Sakura Mikan and Imai Hotaru are classmates and best friends - in their own way. Ditzy, emotional Mikan seems ill-matched with aloof, emotionless Hotaru, yet they are together all the time... until Hotaru gets called away to study at the strange and forbidding Alice Academy. In her anguish at being left behind, Mikan finally decides to follow her friend - and doing so, she makes a strange discovery.

Episode: 26

Original Run: October 30, 2004 – May 14, 2005

Studio: Group TAC

Saturday, 5 May 2012

Air



Genre: Drama, Romance, Moe, Tragedy, Supernatural, Bishoujo, 
               Fantasy, Comedy, Alternative Version, Reincarnation

Description: 

Yukito Kunisaki is on a journey, seeking a girl with wings who flies in the sky, as mentioned in a childhood tale. During this journey, he settles down in a small town, trying to make some money. There, he meets a strange girl named Misuzu. Misuzu quickly makes Yukito her friend and invites him to stay with her. Yukito decides to stay in the small town, and continue searching for the winged girl his mother had searched for in her life.

Episode: 13 + 1 Special + 2 Special + 1 Movie

Original Run
Series: January 6, 2005 – March 31, 2005
Special: April 1, 2005
Special: August 28, 2005 – September 4, 2005
Movie: February 5, 2005

Studio: Kyoto Animation (Series) / Toei Animation (Movie)