Monday, 28 December 2015

HenNeko: The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat. 変態王子と笑わない猫。 (Hentai Ōji to Warawanai Neko.)



Alternative Name: 變態王子與不笑貓 (Biàn Tài Wáng Zǐ Yǔ Bù Xiào Māo)


Genre: Harem, Romance, Comedy, Supernatural, Drama, 
               Love Triangle, School, School Life

Description: 

Yōto Yokodera is a perverted schoolboy who is unable to express his true feelings freely. After hearing about the wish-granting Stony Cat, he decides to try and make an offering to lose his facade, only to meet Tsukiko who wishes instead to be more discreet with her feelings to become more adultlike. Who'd have thought the rumors of the wish-granting Stony Cat turns out to be true; transferring the facade that Yōto wishes to lose into a classmate who needs it more and making it difficult for Tsukiko to show even the slightest of emotions on her face. Being on the same boat, they both search for ways to remedy the situation.

Episode: 12 + 13 Special

Original Run
Series: April 13. 2013 – June 29, 2013
Special: January 2, 2013  March 27, 2013

Studio: J.C.Staff

Monday, 21 December 2015

Devil Hunter Youko 魔物ハンター妖子 (Mamono Hantā Yōko)



Alternative Name: 魔物人妖子 (Mó Wù Liè Rén Yāo Zi)


Genre: Horror, Magical Girl, Comedy, Supernatural, Action, Ecchi, 
               Fanservice, Magic, Fantasy, Transformation, 

Description: 

Yohko Mono is a regular girl making her way through high school--until she learns that she is the 108th successor to a line of warriors charged with defending the earth against demons. Eventually she must fight her ultimate battle against the demon who started it all.

Episode: 6

Original Run: December 1, 1990 – July 1, 1995

Studio: Madhouse

Saturday, 19 December 2015

The Irregular at Magic High School 魔法科高校の劣等生 (Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei)



Alternative Name: 魔法科高中的劣等生 

                                      (Mó Fǎ Kē Gāo Zhōng De Liè Děng Shēng)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Magic, Romance, Sci-Fi, Military, 
               Tournaments, Mafia, School, School Life, Military Technology, 
               Blunted Affect, Organized Crime, Terrorists, Special Abilities, 
               Social Hierarchy, Alternative Version, Fantasy, Supernatural

Description: 

The series is set in a world where magic exists and has been utilized as a technology for nearly a century. Rather than casting spells with chants or other traditional forms of spellcasting, mages use a Casting Assistant Device, better known as a CAD. Mages infuse the CAD with psions (想子 Saion, lit. "thought particles"), a substanceless particle and psychic phenomenon. The CAD itself provides an activation sequence, which is used to construct a ritual in order to invoke the magic. This magic ritual targets the Idea, the platform on which Eidos are recorded. Eidos refers to a form of information that is attached to a phenomenon. Modern magic uses false signals to manipulate the Eidos of a target, which in turn modifies the phenomenon and causes physical changes in the real world.

In 2095, Tatsuya Shiba and his sister Miyuki Shiba are new students enrolling at the Private Magic University Affiliated High School (First High School). Students are ranked according to their test scores: Students with the best grades are enrolled in the Course 1 curriculum, while those with poorer scores are enrolled in Course 2. These streams are known colloquially (and against school policy) as "Bloom" and "Weed". Miyuki topped the entrance exams and is selected to be the first years' representative, while Tatsuya is placed in Course 2 due to his low practical test scores, despite scoring highest in the written/theoretical portion of the exams.

Episode
Season 1: 26 + 6 ONA + 1 Special + 1 Movie + 4 ONA + 1 Special
Season 2: 13 
Season 3: 12 + 1 Movie
Alternative Setting: 13 

Original Run
Season 1: April 5, 2014 – September 27, 2014
ONA: February 22, 2014  September 13, 2014
Special: February 25, 2015
Movie: June 17, 2017
ONA: May 24, 2017 - June 27 2017
Season 2: October 4, 2020
  December 27 , 2020
Alternative Setting:  July 3, 2021  September 25, 2021
Special: December 31, 2021
Season 3: April 3, 2024  June 28, 2024
Movie: TBA

Studio: Madhouse / 8bit (Movie, S2, Special & S3) / 
                Connect (Alternative Version)

Friday, 18 December 2015

Gugure! Kokkuri-san 缲缲れ! コックリさん



Alternative Name: (Yín Xiān)


Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Ouija, Ghosts/Spirits,
               Gods/Goddesses/Deities

Description: 

A little girl named Kohina ends up summoning a Kokkuri-san, a lower-ranking ghost in Japanese folklore. The Kokkuri-san she calls ends up being a white-haired handsome, young man. Although he had intended to merely haunt her at first, he becomes worried about her terrible eating habit of cup ramen for every meal, so he decides to haunt her in order to protect her.

Episode: 12 + 11 Special

Original Run
Series: October 5, 2014 – December 21, 2014
Special: December 24, 2014 – May 27, 2015

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Love Stage!! ラブ ステージ (Rabu Sutēji)



Alternative Name: 舞台!! (Liàn Ài Wǔ Tái!!)


Genre: Romance, Comedy, Shounen-Ai/Yaoi, Showbiz, Celebrities

Description: 

Izumi was born in a family of celebrities. His father is a singer, his mother is an artist and his older brother the lead vocalist for the popular band Crashers. Izumi himself, however, is just a nerdy college student. He loves the manga "Magical Girl Lala Lulu" and dreams of becoming a manga writer himself. One day he is roped into filming a commercial where he wears a dress. Another actor on the set, Ryoma Ichijo, mistakes him for a woman and falls in love at first sight. As it turns out, though, they met ten years in the past. And Ryoma feelings don't change when he finds out Izumi is a boy.

Episode: 10 + 1 OVA

Original Run
Series: July 9, 2014 – September 10, 2014
OVA: November 22, 2014

Studio: J.C.Staff

Live-Action Film: October 2, 2020

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

The Hill Dyed Rose Madder あかね色に染まる坂 (Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka)



Alternative Name: 红的街道 (Rǎn Hóng De Jiē Dào)


Genre: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life, Fanservice, Harem, School, 
               School Life, Tsundere

Description: 

One day, Junichi Nagase comes across two boys tormenting Yuuhi Katagiri. When he steps in to help they run off calling him "Geno Killer". He then walks off without introducing himself or allowing the girl to either. The next day to both of their surprise she is introduced as a new transfer student to his class. The following day due to a misunderstanding he kisses her which greatly upsets her. That evening to his surprise and dismay she shows up to his door saying she is his fiancée and that she has come to live with him to evaluate him to see if he is worthy of her. Much hi-jinx ensues as the days go by.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: October 2, 2008 – December 18, 2008
Special: June 26, 2009

Studio: TNK


Tuesday, 15 December 2015

Mysterious Girlfriend X 谜の彼女X (Nazo no Kanojo Ekkusu)



Alternative Name: 谜样女友X (Mí Yàng Nǚ Yǒu X)


Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural, 
               Ecchi, Fanservice, School, 

Description: 

Akira is a normal high school boy, but he nevertheless impulsively licks some drool left by the mysterious transfer student Mikoto. The next day he falls asleep with an inexplicable fever. After five days Mikoto suddenly comes to visit, and makes him consume her drool. The fever instantly vanishes, and Mikoto explains that he's suffering from "love sickness." She can transmit emotions through her drool, and the two of them are now bound together.

Episode: 13 + 1 OVA

Original Run
Series: April 7, 2012 – June 2012
OVA: August 23, 2012

Studio: Hoods Entertainment

Sunday, 13 December 2015

Secret Princess ひめゴト (Himegoto)



Alternative Name: 日常 (Gǎo Jī Rì Cháng)


Genre: Comedy, Romance, Cross-Dressing, School, Ecchi, Slice of Life

Description: 

Hime Arikawa is being pursued by debt collectors due to his absent parents mounting debts. The student council saves him on the condition that he becomes their toy and cross-dresses as a girl. The whole student body takes notice and some of them get in on the act.

Episode: 13

Original Run: July 7, 2014 – September 29, 2014

Studio: Asahi Production

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Yamibo: Darkness, the Hat, and the Travelers of the Books ヤミと帽子と本の旅人 (Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito)



Alternative Name: 暗与帽子与之旅人 (Àn Yǔ Mào Zi Yǔ Shū Zhī Lǚ Rén)

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural, Magic,
               Shoujo-Ai/Yuri, Ecchi, Alternative Version, Isekai, Library

Description: 

Eve is one of the caretakers of the Great Library, a repository containing all of the worlds in the universe within books. Each episode of "Yamibou" details another one of Eve's lives among the many worlds and follows the adventures of Hatsuki, Lilith, Gargantua and others in search of the girl whom they've known by different names.

Episode: 13

Original Run: October 2, 2003 – December 25, 2003

Studio: Studio Deen


Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Blade Dance of the Elementalers 精霊使いの剑舞 (Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance)



Alternative Name: 精灵使的 (Jīng Líng Shǐ De Jiàn Wǔ)


Genre: Action, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Comedy, Slice of Life, 
               Supernatural

Description: 

The story is set in Areishia Spirit Academy, where girls from noble families are educated to become spirit contractors. A boy named Kamito, a male spirit contractor whose existence Was believed to be impossible, accidentally peeps on a girl named Clair while she was bathing, and forms a contract with the spirit she set her sights on. In order to make up for his mistake, Kamito must become Clair's contracted spirit.

Episode: 12 + 6 Special

Original Run
Series: July 14, 2014 – September 29, 2014
Special: October 8, 2014 – March 4, 2015

Studio: TNK

Monday, 7 December 2015

Maiden Spirit Zakuro おとめ妖怪 ざくろ (Otome Yōkai Zakuro)



Alternative Name: 半妖少女绮丽谭 (Bàn Yāo Shào Nǚ Qǐ Lì Tán)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Historical, Supernatural, Military,
              Demons, Twins, Ghosts/Spirits, Youkai/Monsters,

Description: 

Westernization, a time when humans and spirits coexist.

The modernization of Japan has begun. The Ministry of Spirit Affairs is established to resolve mysterious incidents involving the nation’s spirits. This ministry consists of representatives from both the human and spirit worlds. Zakuro, Susukihotaru, Bonbori, and Hozuki are all half-spirits who have been partnered with the second lieutenants Kei, Riken, and Ganryu. These half-spirit girls and the male second lieutenants are all assigned to Spirit Affairs in an effort to join forces and carry out any tasks given to them! 

Episode: 13 + 2 Special

Original Run
Series: October 5, 2010 – December 28, 2010
Special: November 24, 2010 – January 26, 2011

Studio: J.C.Staff

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Clamp School Detectives CLAMP学园探侦团 (Kuranpu Gakuen Tanteidan)



Alternative Name: Clamp学园侦探团 (Clamp Xué Yuán Zhēn Tàn Tuán)


Genre: Comedy, Detectives, Mystery, School, Action, School Life

Description: 

CLAMP School has all the size and resources of a small city. Over 10,000 people - students and their families - live, work, and study within its self-sufficient campus. Any student with talent, regardless of wealth, is gladly accepted into this amazing facility. Covering kindergarten through graduate school, it is without equal anywhere in the world. Nokoru Imonoyama, Student Council President of the Elementary School Division, as well as the Treasurer, Akira, and Secretary, Suoh, are three of the most well-liked and idolized students in school. Nokoru decides that he and his two friends are going to start a detective service, solving any mystery or crime, great or small. But, as Nokoru is a bit theatrical and a shameless romantic, he declares that these detectives will focus on aiding mostly girls and women. With all the resources the school has to offer at their disposal, the CLAMP School Detectives are on a mission to help damsels in distress.

Episode: 26 + 13 Special

Original Run
Series: May 3, 1997 – October 25, 1997
Special: April 22, 2005

Studio: Studio Pierrot