Wednesday 4 December 2013

11eyes: Sin, Damnation, and the Atonement Girl 11eyes -罪と罰と贖いの少女- (11eyes: Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shōjo)



Alternative Name: 11eyes -罪與罰與贖的少女-

                                       (11 Eyes -Zuì Yǔ Fá Yǔ Shú De Shào Nǚ-)


Genre: Action, Superpowers, Fantasy, Romance, Horror, Harem, Moe, 
               Ecchi, Magic, Supernatural, Transformation

Description: 

After losing his sister seven years ago, Satsuki Kakeru led a vacant life, only able to return to normal with help from his childhood friend Minase Yuka and other friends at school. Suddenly one day the sky turns red, and the moon turns black. Everyone around Kakeru and Yuka disappears and monsters start roaming the streets. They are able to run away and hide and after a while, the world returns to normal. But just when they thought this world was a dream, the Red Night occurs again. Kakeru and Yuka manage to find four other humans involved in this mysterious phenomenon: Kusakabe Misuzu, a red-haired onmyouji swordswoman, Tachibana Kukuri, a strange mute girl who looks like Kakeru's deceased sister, Hirohara Yukiko, a lively young girl who reverts to the personality of a cold killer when her glasses are removed, and Tajima Takahisa, a young pyrokineticist with a heated attitude to boot.


They get together and try to survive, but six shadows suddenly appear in front of them.... These six shadows call themselves the "Black Knights," and for an unknown reason wish to kill Kakeru and friends. The teenagers wind up coming across a girl with flowing silver hair wearing a white dress, trapped in a red crystal. Her name is Lisette. She claims that she is being held captive and asks for their help. The Black Knights prevent them from doing anything and begin referring to Kakeru's friends as "fragments" and to Kakeru as "the bearer of the 'eye of Aeon'." As they go on trying to survive, the six teenagers gradually form bonds and begin to work together in order to defeat the Black Knights, in the hopes that this will end the Red Night once and for all.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special + 13 Special

Original Run
Series: October 6, 2009 – December 22, 2009
Special: June 25, 2010

Studio: Dogo Kobo

Fruits Basket フルーツバスケット (Furūtsu Basuketto)



Alternative Name: 水果篮子 (Shuǐ Guǒ Lán Zi)


Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Supernatural, Drama, Bishounen,
               Slice of Life, Reverse Harem, Alternative Version

Description: 

Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family (both close and distant) hold a curse; if they are hugged by the opposite gender, they transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Everyday is an adventure for sweet Tohru, as she gets to know everyone in the large family better (especially Yuki and Kyo), in both common and bizarre situations. But, the Sohma Family curse is certainly no laughing matter... it also holds horrible cruelty and heartbreak.

Episode
Series: 26 
Alternative Version: 25 + 25 + 13 + 1 Movie

Original Run
Series: July 5, 2001 – December 27, 2001
Alternative Version~
Season 1: April 6, 2019  September 21, 2019
Season 2: 
April 7, 2020  September 22, 2020
Season 3: April 6, 2021 – June 29, 2021
Movie: February 18, 2022

Studio: Studio Deen / TMS Entertainment (Alternative Version)

Valkyria Chronicles 戦場のヴァルキュリア -Gallian Chronicles- (Senjō no Varukyuria -Garian Kuronikuruzu-)



Alternative Name: 戰場女武神 (Zhàn Chǎng Nǚ Wǔ Shén)


Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy, War, Romance, Military, Magic, Sci-Fi, 
               Fantasy, Alternative Version

Description: 

When the Imperial forces attack the small border town of Bruhl,  Welkin Gunther, the son of late General Belgen Gunther, is forced to fight for his life alongside with the Town Watch captain, Alicia Melchiott. Along with Welkin's adopted sister, Isara, the three had escaped to Gallia's capitol and subsequently join the country's militia forces. As the members of newly-formed Squad 7, they must work together to repel the invading Imperial forces and discover the true purpose of the invasion itself.

Episode
Series: 26 episodes + 9 Special
Alternative Version (OVA): 2 episodes

Original Run
Series: April 4, 2009 – September 26, 2009
Special: August 9, 2009  April 7, 2010 
Alternative Version (OVA): April 13, 2011  June 29, 2011

Studio: A- 1 Pictures

RahXephon ラーゼフォン (Rāzefon)




Alternative Name: 翼神传说 (Yì Shén Chuán Shuō)


Genre: Mecha, Drama, Romance, Action, Magic, Mystery, Psychological,
               Romance, Sci-Fi, Military, Alternative Version

Description: 

In a world where time passes at a crawl and the blood of your neighbor runs blue, 17 year old high school student, Ayato Kamina goes about his daily life within Tokyo Jupiter oblivious to the world around him, having been educated with the fact that the all civilization but Tokyo has been destroyed. But all that changes when the mysterious civilization "MU" invades his home, raining destruction down from the sky in the form of strange monsters called Dolems. The events that occur next will lead Ayato to the mysterious woman named Reika Mishima, to the truth of their existence, the discovery of what and who he is, and to the powerful angelic robot RahXephon.

Episode: 26 + 1 OVA + 2 Special + 1 Movie

Original Run 
Series: January 21, 2002 – September 11, 2002  
OVA: August 7, 2003
Special: August 19, 2003  February 19, 2004 
Alternative Version (Movie): April 19, 2003

Studio: Bones

Sky of Connection ヨスガノソラ (Yosuga no Sora)



Alternative Name: 之空 (Yuán Zhī Kōng)


Genre: Romance, Ecchi, Incest, Twins, Erotica

Description: 

Haruka Kasugano and his twin sister Sora, have lost both their parents in an accident and with them all their support. They decide to move out of the city to the rural town where they once spent summers with their late grandfather. At first everything seems familiar and peaceful, but changes come as Haruka starts to remember things from his youth.

Episode: 12

Original Run: October 4, 2010 – December 20, 2010

Studio: feel.

Monday 25 November 2013

Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist 魔界王子 devils and realist (Makai Ōji: Devils and Realist)



Genre: Demons, Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, Supernatural, 
               Fantasy, School

Description: 

After his uncle's business fails, William Twining, an intelligent young noble, finds himself in a dire financial situation. With no funds for his school tuition, he searches his house until he comes upon the basement. There, he accidentally summons Dantalion, who recognizes William as a descendant of Solomon, and the Elector—the individual that will choose a substitute ruler for when the Emperor of Hell, Lucifer, rests. From that moment on, William's life is irrevocably interwoven with the supernatural world as other demonic candidates for substitute king vie for his nomination and Heaven attempts to retrieve his soul.

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 7, 2013 – September 22, 2013

Studio: Doga Kobo

Thursday 14 November 2013

Ramen Fighter Miki 無敵看板娘 (Muteki Kanban Musume)



Alternative Name: 敌看板娘 (Wú Dí Kàn Bǎn Niáng)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Slice of Life, Fighting, Parody, Restaurant

Description: 

Miki Onimaru is a poster girl that works at her mother's Chinese ramen restaurant. She appears to be a normal girl, but she can become very violent if provoked. She picks a fight with her mother and acquaintances as a result on an almost daily basis, causing a series of troubling mishaps in their otherwise normal lives.

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 4, 2006 – September 19, 2006

Studio: Telecom Animation Film

Virus Buster Serge ウイルス (Virus)



Alternative Name: VIRUS病毒 (VIRUS Bìng Dú)


Genre: Adventure, Polices/Detectives, Mecha, Sci-Fi, Action

Description: 

Neo Hong Kong, 2097: The world has changed. Advances in genetic engineering and cybernetics have created an environment full of artificially enhanced humans and intelligent super-computers that operate using biological software. But the same technology that has allowed man & machine to merge has made both susceptible to a new kind of threat - digital viruses capable of controlling their hosts.

Episode: 12 

Original Run: October 2, 1997  December 19, 1997

Studio: J.C.Staff

Sunday 3 November 2013

Weiss Survive ヴァイス・サヴァイヴ



Genre: Comedy, Card Games, Moe, Magic, Parody, Tsundere

Description: 

The story follows the main characters Takeshi and Michi as they get lost in the Card Battle world and have to win card battles to return home.

Episode: 16 + 12 

Original Run
Season 1: June 5, 2009 – September 18, 2009
Season 2: December 4, 2009 – March 26, 2010

Studio: Studio Hibari

C³ - Cube×Cursed×Curious C³ -シーキューブ- (Shīkyūbu)



Alternative Name: C³ -魔幻三次方- (C³ -Mó Huàn Sān Cì Fāng-)


Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Psychological, Romance, Ecchi, Harem, Action, 
               Fanservice, Supernatural, School

Description: 

Haruaki Yachi is a high school boy and naturally resistant to curses. His father, Honatsu, sends him cursed instruments called "Worse" to try to break this. One day, Haruaki receives a black cube from Honatsu. During the night, he encounters a naked silver-haired girl stealing rice crackers. She is the human form of the black cube, an instrument of torture called "Fear in Cube". Haruaki and the girl "Fear" fight together against other Worse instruments and their owners using Fear's 32 mechanisms of torture.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run 
Series: October 1, 2011  December 17, 2011
Special: April 25, 2011

Studio: SILVER LINK.

009-1 ゼロゼロナイン・ワン (Zero Zero Nain Wan)



Alternative Name: 雳娇009-1 (Pī Lì Jiāo Wá 009-1)


Genre: Action, Espionage, Sci-Fi, Assassins, Cyborgs, Ecchi, 
               Fanservice, Secret Agents/Spies

Description: 

In an alternate world, the Cold War has continued to persist for 140 years. As a result, the world was divided into two factions: the West Block, and the East Block. As the Cold War drags on, the tension between the two factions, as well as the amount of nuclear weapons they have, rise. Mylene Hoffman is a female cyborg who is a spy for the West Block. Together with three other agents, Mylene partakes in various missions issued by her superiors.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run 
Series: October 5, 2006  December 30, 2006 
Special: April 25, 2007

Studio: Ishimori Entertainment

Live-Action Film: September 7, 2013

Television Drama: October 10, 1969  December 30, 1969 (13 Episodes)

Tuesday 29 October 2013

Gravitation グラビテーション (Gurabitēshon)



Alternative Name: 萬有引力 (Wàn Yǒu Yǐn Lì)


Genre: Shounen-Ai, Idols, Drama, Romance, Comedy, Music, Showbiz, 

Description: 

Shuichi Shindou wants to create a famous band. He works on his band, hoping to get a chance in the public eye, with nothing on his mind but his musical ambitions. One night Shuichi writes song lyrics, his paper blows away, and a stranger picks it up. Yuki, a famous romance novelist who tells Shuichi that his writing skills are grade school level. 

From the moment on, Shuichi is determined to find Yuki and have him explain his rudeness... he just doesn't realize that he's experienced love at first sight. When Shuichi finally found Yuki, it's a journey of obstacles, frightening experience and haunting pasts trying to keep them apart. But, it's just the gravitation of fate and love always pulls theses lovers back together every time.  

Episode: 13 + 2 OVA

Original Run
Series: October 4, 2000 – January 10, 2001
OVA: July 23, 1999 – September 22, 1999

Studio: Studio Deen (Series) / Plum (OVA)

Sket Dance スケット・ダンス (Suketto Dansu)



Alternative Name: 学园救援 (Xué Yuán Jiù Yuán Tuán)


Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, School, Parody, Slice of Life, School Life

Description: 

At Kaimei High School, the Living Assistance Club (AKA the Sket Brigade) was organized to help students with problems whether are big or small. Most of the time, though, they hang out in their club room, bored, with only a few trivial problems floating in every once in a while. In spite of this, they still throw all their energy into solving these worries.

Episode: 77 + 1 OVA + 16 ONA + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: April 7, 2011 – September 27, 2012
OVA: February 4, 2013
ONA: May 7, 2011 – October 14, 2011
Special: May 3, 2011

Studio: Tatsunoko Production

Monday 14 October 2013

The Severing Crime Edge 断裁分離のクライムエッジ (Dansai Bunri no Kuraimu Ejji)



Alternative Name: 斷裁分離的罪惡之剪 (Duàn Cái Fēn Lí De Zuì È Zhī Jiǎn)


Genre: Action, Thriller, Romance, Mystery, Ecchi, Fantasy

Description: 

Killing Goods are murder weapons handed down from generation to generation within the families of their owners. They are cursed to compel their current owners to repeat the original murders. The curse also makes them indestructible. Kiri Haimura is the current owner of a pair of shears that can cut seemingly anything, although the only thing he wants to cut is hair. One day he meets Iwai Mushanokoji, a girl of whom he has only heard rumors that her hair cannot be cut, a girl who can grant one wish, any wish, but only to the person who murders her. Every morning he cuts her hair, which grows back every night; and every day he helps protect her from people who know about her curse and who want a wish granted.

Episode: 13

Original Run: April 4, 2013 – June 27, 2013

Studio: Studio Gokumi

Tuesday 8 October 2013

Amnesia アムネシア (Amuneshia)



Alternative Name: 忆症 (Shī Yì Zhèng)


Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Fantasy, Amnesia, Reverse Harem

Description: 

A girl wakes up after having collapsed with no memory of who she is with a spirit that only she can see for company. No-one can know that she has amnesia is it made evident that it has not been caused by her body or mind. The heroine, surrounded by handsome gents in the cafe she works at, must piece together her life with the help of her spirit companion.

Episode: 12 + 1 OVA

Original Run
Series: January 7, 2013 – March 25, 2013
OVA: September 25, 2013

Studio: Brain's Base

Date A Live デート・ア・ライブ (Dēto A Raibu)



Alternative Name: 会大作 (Yuē Huì Dà Zuò Zhàn)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Split Personality, Supernatural, 
               Superpowers, Mecha, Fanservice, Harem, Technology, Fantasy

Description: 

Thirty years before a strange phenomena called a "spacequake" devastated the center of Eurasia, claiming the lives of at least 150 million people. Since then, smaller spacequakes plague the world on an irregular basis. Shidō Itsuka, a seemingly ordinary high schooler comes across a mysterious girl at the ground zero of a spacequake and learns from his sister Kotori she is one of the "Spirits" who are the real cause of the spacequakes that occur when they manifest themselves in the world. He also learns that Kotori is the captain of the airship Ratatoskr and recruits him to make use of his mysterious ability to seal the Spirits' powers and stop them from being a threat to mankind. However, there is a catch: to seal a Spirit, he must make her fall in love with him.

Episode
Season 1: 12 episodes + 1 OVA
Season 2: 10 episodes + 1 OVA + 1 Movie
Season 3: 12 episodes + 2 Movies
Season 4: 
12 episodes
Season 5: 12 episodes

Original Run 
Season 1: April 6, 2013 – June 22, 2013
OVA: December 6, 2013
Season 2: April 11, 2014 – June 13, 2014
OVA: December 8, 2014
Movie: August 22, 2015
Season 3: January 11, 2019 – March 29, 2019
Movie: August 14, 2020
Movie: November 13, 2020
Season 4: April 8, 2022
 – June 24, 2022
Season 5: April 10, 2024 – Ongoing

Studio: AIC PLUS+ (S1) / Production IMS (S2) / J.C.Staff (S3) / 
                GEEK TOYS (2 Movies, S4 & S5)

A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives いつか天魔の黒ウサギ (Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi)



Alternative Name: 曾几何天魔的黑兔 (Céng Jǐ Hé Shí Tiān Mó De Hēi Tù)


Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Supernatural, Vampires, Ecchi, Comedy

Description: 

When Taito Kurogane was little he met Himea Saito, a vampire girl who gave him a curse of living after dying, but dies after being killed the 7th time. Himea was then taken away from Taito, who loses all memory of her. After 9 years, Taito is now in high school, and has freed Himea, and they begin to catch up on the 9 years away from each other.

Episode: 12 + 1 OVA + 6 Special + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: July 8, 2011 – September 24, 2011
OVA: December 5, 2011
Special: September 30, 2011 – February 24, 2012
Special: February 24, 2012

Studio: Zexcs

Tuesday 1 October 2013

Modern Magic Made Simple よくわかる現代魔法 (Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō)



Alternative Name: 簡單易懂的現代魔法 (Jiǎn Dān Yì Dǒng De Xiàn Dài Mó Fǎ)


Genre: Magic, Comedy, Action, Fanservice, Magical Girl

Description: 

The story revolves around Koyomi Morishita, a clumsy high school freshman girl who is often mistaken for a grade-schooler because of her shortness. Koyomi becomes a disciple of Misa Anehara, a 25-year-old graduate student who happens to be one of the most powerful modern-day magicians.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: July 11, 2009 – September 26, 2009
Special: June 29, 2009

Studio: Nomad

Needless ニードレス (Nīdoresu)



Alternative Name: 死刑判决 (Sǐ Xíng Pàn Jué)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Superpowers, Ecchi, Fanservice

Description: 

In the near future, mankind has suffered from a Third World War, leaving extreme damage all over and forced mankind to become even more distinct from their species. The world was at chaos and from this chaos comes a new species: “Needless”. The Needless are humans who have contracted a “disease” as humans may call them, and allow them to wield extraordinary powers far superior to any mankind. Their abilities include telekinesis, elemental powers, gravity control, adaptation, radioactive release, and all manners of scientific impossibility.

Episode: 24 + 12 Special

Original Run
Series: July 2, 2009 – December 10, 2009
Special: November 27, 2009  October 22, 2010 

Studio: Madhouse

Prism Ark プリズム・アーク



Alternative Name: 棱柱方舟 (Léng Zhù Fāng Zhōu)


Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Action, Eroge

Description: 

The Sablum Empire has been attempting to take over the kingdom of Windland for many years, and is now plotting with the mercenaries Sister Hell and Darkness Knight to start a new offensive using powerful magical beings called Angels. Hyaweh, a carefree yet talented swordsman, and Priecia, who just might be the lost princess of Windland, are enrolled at the Knight's Academy in Windland to hone their skill at swords and sorcery. There they meet many friends and allies who can help them protect their homeland from the impending invasion.

Episode: 12 + 1 OVA + 6 Special

Original Run
Series: October 8, 2007 – December 23, 2007
Alternative Version (OVA): August 27, 2010
Special: December 21, 2007  May 23, 2008

Studio: Front Line / Asahi Production (Alternative Version)