Monday 31 October 2016

Beelzebub べるぜバブ



Alternative Name: 惡魔奶爸 (È Mó Nǎi Bà)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Slice of Life, Supernatural, School, Delinquents, 
               Demons, Developing Power, Fighting, Martial Arts, Isekai

Description: 

Tatsumi Oga is a first year student in Ishiyama High School, a school for delinquents, where he is called the "strongest juvenile delinquent". One day while sleeping next to a river, Tatsumi sees a man floating down it. Tatsumi pulls him to shore and the man splits in half, revealing a baby boy. This boy, Beelzebub, is the son of the demon king, and Tatsumi, along with Beelzebub's demon maid Hilda, has been chosen as the one to raise him.

Episode: 60 + 1 Special + 16 Special

Original Run
Series: February 23, 2009 – March 13, 2015
Special: October 23, 2010
Special: June 29, 2011 – September 26, 2012

Studio: Pierrot Plus / Studio Pierrot & Pierrot Plus (Special)

Friday 28 October 2016

Luck & Logic ラクエンロジック (Raku en Rojikku)



Alternative Name: 幸運邏輯 (Xìng Yùn Luó Jí)


Genre: Magic, Action, Fantasy, Transformation, Alternative Version

Description: 

In L.C. 922, people faced a sudden crisis. In Tetra Heaven, the land of legend, a hundred years of war had come to a close. The gods who lost the war searched for a new place to live, and found it in Septpia, the human world, which they proceeded to attack. The Logicalists attached to ALCA, a special police agency whose duty it was to protect cities from assaults by foreigners (angels), were compelled to act in defense of cities, whether they wished to or not. Depending on their ability, Logicalists could initiate trance with goddesses from the other world, and stand a fighting chance on the battlefield. 

A civilian named Yoshichika Tsurugi, who lacked "Logic" and lived happily with his family, was caught up in an attack, and took shelter along with many people. He meets a beautiful goddess named Athena. In her hands, she had the "Logic" that Yoshichika lacked. Now both Yoshichika and Athena head to their destiny.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 9, 2016 – March 26, 2016

Studio: Doga Kobo

Monday 24 October 2016

Hundred ハンドレッド (Handoreddo)



Alternative Name: 百武装战记 (Bǎi Wǔ Zhuāng Zhàn Jì)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Mecha, Harem, Aliens, School, 
               Romance, Ecchi, School Life

Description: 

Hundred is the only weapon that can counter the mysterious Savage life form attacking Earth. To become a Slayer who wields this Hundred, Hayato Kisaragi successfully enrolls in the marine academy city ship Little Garden. However he feels a strange yet familiar sense of incongruity towards Emil Crossford, his roommate who somehow knows him from somewhere. On top of that, as soon as he enters the school, he is challenged to a duel by the "Queen" and the school's most powerful Slayer, Claire Harvey.

Episode: 12

Original Run: April 5, 2016 – June 20, 2016

Studio: Production IMS

Friday 21 October 2016

Blade & Soul ブレイドアンドソウル



Alternative Name: 门剑传说 (Hóng Mén Jiàn Líng Chuán Shuō)


Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Fighting, Martial Arts

Description: 

Alka is an assassin for the Clan of the Sword. She's on a journey to find the woman Jin Valel, who killed her master Hon. Jin is demon-like woman who controls the Energy of Chaos and kills without feeling - not unlike how Alka has learned to kill in her work as an assassin. On her journey, Alka encounters three strange women, each great warriors in their own right, and grapples with her slain master's wish that she leave the life of an assassin behind.

Episode: 13 + 7 Special

Original Run
Series: April 3, 2014 – June 26, 2014
Special: June 25, 2014 – December 26, 2014

Studio: Gonzo

Tuesday 18 October 2016

Kagewani 影鰐



Genre: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Thriller, Detectives, 
                Youkai/Monsters, Exorcists

Description: 

Acclaimed genetic scientist Dr. Sōsuke Banba follows cases of unknown animal attacks that appear to be connected in some way with his own past and the scar on his left temple.

Episode: 13 + 13 

Original Run
Season 1: October 2, 2015 – December 25, 2015
Season 2:  April 1, 2016 – June 24, 2016

Studio: Tomovies

Friday 14 October 2016

Laughing Under the Clouds 曇天に笑う (Donten ni Warau)



Alternative Name: 笑傲 (Xiào Ào Tán Tiān)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Supernatural, Onmyouji, Ninjas, 
               Historical, Samurais, Special Abilities, Ghosts/Spirits, Military

Description: 

In the eleventh year of the Meiji era carrying swords was forbidden by the government and those known as samurai were slowly fading away. However, there were plenty who didn't like those changes taking place in Japan and inevitably the crime rates increased. The country's only solution was an inescapable lake prison. Since the prison had no other way to access it except by water, the three boys of the Kumo family were assigned to transport the criminals to their new "home".

Episode: 12 + 3 Movies + 2 ONA

Original Run
Series: October 4, 2014 – December 20, 2014
Movie: December 2, 2017
Movie: June 9, 2018
Movie: September 1, 2018
ONA: February 9, 2018
ONA: March 7, 2018

Studio: Doga Kobo / Wit Studio (Movies)

Live-Action FilmMarch 21, 2018

Thursday 13 October 2016

One Punch Man ワンパンマン (Wanpanman)



Alternative Name: 一拳超人 (Yī Quán Chāo Rén)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Parody, Superheroes, Superpowers, Cyborgs, 
               Fighting, Gore, Aliens

Description: 

The seemingly ordinary and unimpressive Saitama has a rather unique hobby: being a hero. In order to pursue his childhood dream, he trained relentlessly for three years—and lost all of his hair in the process. Now, Saitama is incredibly powerful, so much so that no enemy is able to defeat him in battle. In fact, all it takes to defeat evildoers with just one punch has led to an unexpected problem—he is no longer able to enjoy the thrill of battling and has become quite bored.

This all changes with the arrival of Genos, a 19-year-old cyborg, who wishes to be Saitama's disciple after seeing what he is capable of. Genos proposes that the two join the Hero Association in order to become certified heroes that will be recognized for their positive contributions to society, and Saitama, shocked that no one knows who he is, quickly agrees. And thus begins the story of One Punch Man, an action-comedy that follows an eccentric individual who longs to fight strong enemies that can hopefully give him the excitement he once felt and just maybe, he'll become popular in the process.

Episode
Season 1: 12 + 1 OVA + 6 Special
Season 2: 12 + 6 Special + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: October 5, 2015 – December 21, 2015
OVA: December 4, 2015
Special: December 24, 2015 – May 27, 2016
Season 2: April 10, 2019  July 3, 2019
Special: April 3, 2019
Special: October 25, 2019 – March 27, 2020

Studio: Madhouse (S1) / J.C.Staff (S2)

Wednesday 12 October 2016

Joker Game ジョーカー・ゲーム (Jōkā Gēmu)



Alternative Name: 代号D机关 (Dài Hào D Jī Guān)


Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Historical,  World War II, Espionage,
               Secret Agents/Spies

Description: 

In 1937, before World War II begins in earnest. Lieutenant Colonel Yūki of the Imperial Japanese Army forms the "D Agency," an army intelligence outfit under his command and tutelage. Army General Staff attaches Lieutenant Sakuma to observe the unit's performance. D Agency casts a wide net to find agents beyond Japanese military personnel, and Yūki establishes D Agency's tenets, which go against IJA doctrine: "Don't kill, don't get killed, don't get captured." With this, Yūki trains a team of operatives who conduct missions against domestic and foreign powers.

Episode: 12 + 2 Special

Original Run
Series: April 5, 2016 – June 21, 2016
Special: July 27, 2016 – September 28, 2016

Studio: Production I.G

Live Action Film: January 31, 2015

Friday 7 October 2016

Your Name 君の名は。 (Kimi no Na wa.)



Alternative Name: 你的名字。 (Nǐ De Míng Zì.)


Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama, Supernatural, Body Switching, School

Description: 

Mitsuha Miyamizu is a high school student in the rural countryside of Japan. Taki Tachibana is a teenager living in Tokyo. As a comet approaches Earth, their dreams and lives start getting entangled. One day Mitsuha wakes up as Taki. Taki one day wakes up as Mitsuha. For a few days they sporadically switch bodies until one afternoon they lose complete contact.

Original Run: August 26, 2016

Studio: CoMix Wave Films

Monday 3 October 2016

Robotics; Notes ロボティクス・ノーツ (Robotikusu Nōtsu)



Alternative Name: 机器人笔 (Jī Qì Rén Bǐ Jì)


Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-FI, Artificial Intelligence, 
               Conspiracy, Mecha, School, School Life, Thriller, 
               Alternative Version

Description: 

In 2019, Kaito Yashio and Akiho Senomiya are the sole members of the Robotics Club at Central Tanegashima High School in Kyushu, Japan. Kaito is a laid back student and a skilled gamer who is just trying to help Akiho, his childhood friend. She is an energetic positive-thinking girl who yearns to complete the ongoing project of the club: building a functional replica of Gunvarrel, the main robot of a once popular TV series. As they gather new members and try to assemble the robot, Kaito starts stumbling upon secret reports that might reveal a conspiracy of large proportions. Unaware of what he is actually dealing with, Kaito little by little starts discovering clues laid by the mysterious Ko Kimijima.

Episode: 22

Original Run: October 11, 2012 – March 21, 2013

Studio: Production I.G

Sunday 2 October 2016

Double Circle ダブルサークル (Daburusākuru)



Genre: Sci-Fi, Superpowers, Comedy, Transformation

Description: 

"Double Circle" means the community which evolves infinitely by the energy and ICT in the smart community project.
People who live in Kawasaki become a hero, and beat an enemy who steals near from the time-stopped world to the evolving town Kawasaki.

Episode: 6

Original Run: December 19, 2013 – September 26, 2014

Studio: Unknown