Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Encouragement of Climb ヤマノススメ (Yama no Susume)



Alternative Name: 向山进发 (Xiàng Shān Jìn Fā)


Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Moe, Adventure, Outdoor Sport, Sport,
               Tourism, Hiking

Description: 

Hinata and Aoi made a promise to each other when they were very young to climb a mountain. Years later they get in contact again and start acting on that promise. However Aoi has developed a fear of heights, and Hinata has little patience for planning and even less caution.

Episode
Season 1: 12 Episodes + 1 Special
Season 2: 24 Episodes + 2 Special + 1 OVA
Season 3: 13 Episodes
Season 4: 12 Episodes

Original Run
Season 1: January 3, 2013 – March 21, 2013
Special: May 24, 2013
Season 2: July 9, 2014 – December 23, 2014
Special: October 24, 2014 – March 27, 2015
OVA: October 28, 2017
Season 3: July 3, 2018  September 25, 2018
Season 4: October 5, 2022  December 21, 2022

Studio: 8bit 

Friday, 27 January 2017

Weiß Kreuz ヴァイスクロイツ (Vaisu Kuroitsu)



Alternative Name: 白色猎人 (Bái Sè Liè Rén)


Genre: Adventure, Drama, Bishounen, Tragedy, Action, Assassins

Description: 

These four men, Omi Tsukiyono, Ken Hidaka, Yohji Kudoh, and Aya Fujimiya, are a group of assassins called "Weiß." They cover their operations by working at a flower shop during the day and the basement is their hideout. This is no ordinary group: they kill the murderers, big businessmen, and other assassins that the law cannot touch. Each one is fighting for their own reasons, whether it is revenge or to help a loved one. But they soon realize that there are connections between some of their cases and try to find out what is really going on. They use whatever they can to complete their missions and kill the people that are targeted by Weiß's leader.

Episode
Season 1: 25 Episodes + 2 OVA
Season 2: 13 Episodes

Original Run
Season 1: April 8, 1998 – September 30, 1998
OVA: November 25, 1999 – February 23, 2000
Season 2: November 28, 2002 – February 20, 2003

Studio: Plum & Magic Bus (S1) / Triangle Staff & Animate Film (OVA) /
                ufotable (S2)

Cheating Craft チーティングクラフト



Alternative Name: (Yī Kè Yī Liàn)


Genre: Action, School, School Life, Developing Power

Description: 

In a world where people have been sorted since childhood by exams, only those who excel obtain happiness. L (Learning) Types – who prioritize study – and C (Cheating) Types – those who choose not to study to pass – will battle and team up in tests. C Type protagonist Mumei, and L Type heroine Kōi battle together to pass tests.

Episode: 12

Original Run: October 5, 2016 – December 21, 2016

Studio: BLADE

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Koitabi ~True Tours Nanto 恋旅~True Tours Nanto



Genre: Romance, Tourism

Description: 

Three short, love stories set in Nanto.

Episode: 6

Original Run: April 28, 2013

Studio: P.A.Works


Tuesday, 24 January 2017

ReLIFE リライフ (Riraifu)



Alternative Name: ReLIFE 重返17 (ReLIFE Chóng Fǎn 17 Suì)


Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, School, Fantasy

Description: 

Arata Kaizaki is an unemployed, single 27-year-old who has just been cut off from his parents' financial support. Unable to find a job due to him leaving his previous employer within three months, he is stuck. One night after drinking with a high school friend, Arata meets Ryō Yoake, a man who offers Arata pills to turn him back into a 17-year old so he can redo his life. After agreeing to the experiment, Arata joins a high school class, and meets Chizuru Hishiro, a socially-awkward silent beauty who yearns to have friends. Through connecting with her and other classmates, Arata must find what he lacks to live a happy life in the real world within a one-year time limit.

Episode: 13 + 4 Special

Original Run
Series: July 2, 2016 – September 24, 2016
Special: March 28, 2018

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Live-Action FilmApril 15, 2017

Monday, 16 January 2017

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet 翠星のガルガンティア (Suisei no Garugantia)



Alternative Name: 翠星之加 (Cuì Xīng Zhī Jiā Ěr Gāng Dì Yà)

Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Artificial Intelligence, Mecha, 
              Romance, Outer Space

Description: 

While fighting an intense inter-galactic war, a mecha pilot was accidentally warped into a space-time neither he nor the computer of his mecha could recognize. After waking up from a long-time hibernation, he found himself trapped on a planet, with human residents talking in an unknown form of language, using inferior technologies, and -- most shocking to him -- naturally breathable air.

Episode
Series: 13 Episodes + 2 Special +1 Special
ONA: 13 Episodes + 1 Special
OVA: 2 Episodes

Original Run
Series: April 7, 2013 – June 30, 2013
Special: August 28, 2013 – October 25, 2013
Special: September 27, 2014
ONA: April 10, 2013 – July 3, 2013
Special: September 25, 2013
OVA: September 27, 2014 – April 4, 2015

Studio: Production I.G. / Studio PuYUKAI (ONA)

Wednesday, 11 January 2017

NΘRN9 NORN9 ノルン+ノネット (Norn9 Norun+Nonetto)



Alternative Name: 命运九重奏 (Mìng Yùn Jiǔ Chóng Zòu)


Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Reverse Harem, 
               Time Travel

Description: 

The era where great powers of the world have all ventured overseas. Revolution and liberalism spread all over the world. Right when souls and earth are ill, a glowing sphere appeared in the sky, and removed the borders of the world. Three girls and nine young men depart together with a flying ship.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: January 7, 2016 – March 31, 2016
Special: March 10, 2016

Studio: Kinema Citrus

Monday, 9 January 2017

Karneval カーニヴァル (Kānivaru)



Alternative Name: 欢节 (Kuáng Huān Jié)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Circus, Bishounen, Sci-Fi, 
               Mutants, Special Abilities, Secret Agents/Spies, Adventure

Description: 

Nai searches for someone important to him, with only an abandoned bracelet as a clue. Gareki steals and pick-pockets to get by from day to day. The two meet in a strange mansion where they are set-up, and soon become wanted criminals by military security operatives. When Nai and Gareki find themselves desperate in a hopeless predicament, they encounter none other than the country's most powerful defense organization, "Circus". The Circus is a Defense organization that works for the government. They perform raids to capture criminals and solve crimes that the Security force otherwise cannot handle. After their raids, they put on shows as an apology for scaring the citizens. Their group consists of the strongest, most capable fighters that use a special type of bracelet, known as Circus I.D., to fight.

Episode: 13 + 11 Special + 1 OVA

Original Run
Series: April 3, 2013 – June 26, 2013
Special: June 21, 2013 – November 22, 2013
OVA: October 25, 2012

Studio: Manglobe

Friday, 6 January 2017

Katanagatari 刀語



Alternative Name: (Dāo Yǔ)


Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Chanbara, Historical, Martial Arts, 
               Ninjas, Samurais, 

Description: 

This story teakes place in the Edo era where Yasuri Shichika is the seventh head of the Kyotou school of Japanese sword martial arts living in Fushou Island with his sister Nanami. With the order from a female samurai general Togame, he sets out for a trip to collect the twelve treasured swords created by a legendary swordsmith Shikizaki Kiki.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 26, 2010 – December 11, 2010

Studio: White Fox

Thursday, 5 January 2017

Miss Monochrome ミス・モノクローム (Misu Monokurōmu)



Alternative Name: 單色小姐 -The Animation- 

                                       (Dān Sè Xiǎo Jiě -The Animation-)


Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life, Idols, Moe, Music, Androids, 
               Showbiz, Celebrities

Description: 

In order to be more in the eyes of the public, Miss Monochrome begins working to become a top-selling idol. Spacey Miss Monochrome once again runs around the idol show biz world, being tossed around by others.

Episode
Season 1: 13 Episodes + 1 OVA + 1 ONA
Season 2: 13 Episodes
Season 3: 13 Episodes

Original Run
Season 1: October 1, 2013 – December 24, 2013
OVA: March 25, 2014
ONA: June 17, 2014
Season 2: July 3, 2015 – September 25, 2015
Season 3: October 2, 2015 – December 18, 2015

Studio: SANZIGEN & LIDENFILMS / SANZIGEN (OVA)

Wednesday, 4 January 2017

Hellsing ヘルシング (Herushingu)



Alternative Name: 皇家国教骑士团 (Huáng Jiā Guó Jiào Qí Shì Tuán)


Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Supernatural, Shapeshifting, Vampires, 
               Gore, Military, Alternative Version

Description: 

Hellsing follows the antiheroic vampire, Alucard, and a police girl-turned-vampire, Seras Victoria, two vampires employed by the vampire-extermination group of England, the Hellsing Organization. Slowly but surely, through their active duty, they find a new breed of vampires beginning to arise.

Episode
Series: 13 Episodes + 1 Special
Alternative Version: 10 Episodes + 3 Special + 1 OVA

Original Run
Special: 2000
Series: October 10, 2001 – January 16, 2002
OVA: January 22, 2006
Alternative Version: February 10, 2006 – December 26, 2012
Special: July 27, 2011 – December 26, 2012

Studio: Gonzo / Madhouse, Satelight & Graphinica (Alternative Version) / 
                 Satelight (OVA)