REIDEEN 01 raw
Saiga Junki is a normal high school student. One day, he hears that his father, an archaeologist missing for the past 10 years, was found dead in ruins located at Iwate Prefecture’s at Mt Kurokami. Junki blacks out while in the ruins. Upon waking up, he finds a gold bracelet left beside him with the inscription, "The Great Reideen." At that time, a meteor falls from the sky and a large mechanical beast appears out of a lake..."
Keitai Shoujo ep 01 raw
Guy and girl see each other at school, and also use phones to communicate. Ramance doesn't go well in real life, but the cell phone saves the day. Medetashi, medetashi (so wonderful, so wonderful).
Idolmaster XENOGLOSSIA - 01 raw
Idols being recruited, meet on the train while going to Tokyo, little strange events happen elsewhere... what is going on?
Sci-fi with idols.
Hitohira 01 raw
"A transferred student Asai Mugi is a painfully shy girl. She is so shy that she can’t speak when she becomes seriously nervous. However, for some reason, she is spotted and recruited as a member of the drama club."
Seirei no Moribito 01 raw
Every 100 years, a Water Fairy puts an egg into a person who is to become the Guardian of Fairies. This time, the egg is given to the young prince of the New Yogo Kingdom. But they are people plotting to have him killed. A travelling female fighter, Valsa, happens to witness the event...
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 01 raw
Boy with a giant drill and his AWESOME older brother live in an underground cavern.
The old chief doesn't want them to try to leave because there's nothing above ground and imprisons older brother.
Hayate the Combat Butler 01 raw
Highly competent adaption of Hayate the Combat Butler; I don't want to explain the plot due to it being 4 AM.
Preponderance of flat-chested girls, and also the female lead is a little girl with thighhighs. They are very moe.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 01 raw
This show is all about drills, giant glasses and even bigger faces. This is a recipe for pure awesome.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - 01 raw
Story: Since immemorial times, people have drilled their homes down deep in caverns. In one such village, a boy named Simon happens to find an ancient artefact while drilling. He goes to tell Kamina, an older boy who believes in the fairy tale that there is another land above. But suddenly an earthquake occurs, and the ceiling collapses, followed by a big monster and her hunter in hot pursuit, Yoko...
Hayate the Combat Butler 01 raw
Ayasaki Hayate was the fastest delivery boy, till he was fired after his employer found out that he was underage. Returning home, he learns that his parents ran away and sold him to the yakuza. Escaping, Hayate decides to kidnap a young girl, Nagi Sanzenin, for ransom money...
Heroic Age 01 raw
Answering the call of the Golden Race, all sentient races launch into space. The human race, aka the Iron Race because they were the last ones to launch, is under thread of total annihilation by the Silver Race. To save Mankind the Queen sails out toward a far-off galaxy's planet with her people, following the prophecies. There, she finds a boy called Eiji. But the Silver Race has caught up to them and the battle begins.
Seto no Hanayome - 01 raw
While visiting his hometown, junior high school student Michishio Nagasumi almost drowns but Seto San, a mermaid, saves his life. However, her family is part of a merfolk mafia, and they abide by a strict rule: if a mermaid is discovered by a man, either he dies, or the mermaid dies. The only exception is if the man becomes a member of the family.
GeGeGe no Kitarou (2007) 01 raw
Kitarou, and his dad who is an eyeball, and his friend who is a catgirl named Catgirl, and his friend who is a, uh, rat guy named Rat Guy, and a talking konnyaku, and some anthropomorphic toilet paper are all youkai (spirits). They go and fight other spirits for being evil.
>Nobody outside Japan cares about this show.
Well, besides us, I mean.
I want to see at least 1 episode...
GeGeGe no Kitarou (2007) 01 raw
More scary and less silly than the original series, which I only caught the one subbed episode of. Overall very entertaining for a kids' show. Also, that guy is not a talking konnyaku, he's a nurikabe!
GeGeGe no Kitaro (2007) 01 raw
"Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills."
Fighting ancient monsters in modern Japan.
El Cazador de la Bruja - 01 raw
A girl, Elis, is wanted for a murder and a large bounty is put up for her capture, dead or alive. A bounty hunter, Nady, finds her in Mexico, but other hunters want the bounty too. Nady decides to help Elis...
Touka Gettan 01 raw
"To regain his/her memory, the main character goes to the Momoutadai academy." [from the jp wiki]
Romance.
It's part three of the director's trilogy that started with Noir and Madlax, apparently.
CLAYMORE - 01 RAW
In this world there are demons who eat men's flesh(youma). To fight against them, humans have created special warriors who are half-demon, half-human. They are the Claymore, from the name of the sword they wield, roaming the countryside.
Wellber no Monogatari ~Sisters of Wellber~ 01 raw
Since the war between Wellber and Sangatrus ended, there has been peace. But a new war is brewing. The King of Wellber tries to quell the tensions by giving his daughter, Princess Litta, to the Prince of Sangatrus. When the Prince tries to possess her, Litta runs away with Tina the thief.
Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo~Youkosou-gumi Ryou e~ 01 RAW
South of the mainland there is an isolated island. On that island, there’s a factory and a school. The factory decided to stop its operations. That leaves only the male protagonist and a few girls living there to go to school.
Touka Gettan 01 RAW
This show does not make sense. Sense is entirely the opposite of what this show stands for. Characters appear without being introduced and change names unexpectedly. Lots of cherry petals fall around and the maid is suddenly magical and people get stabbed in the eye with MIND BULLETS for no reason.
MURDER PRINCESS 01 raw
In the 4th of Month of Jade, Cyndina Era 672, a coup d’etat broke out in Foreland, forcing Princess Arita to flee the castle. Outside, she bumped into the strongest bounty hunter in history and their souls exchange. Thusly, the strongest (and bloodiest) princess in history was born.
Shinkyouku Soukai Polyphonica - 01 (RAW)
Humans rely on the miracles of fairies in their lives, and the fairies live on the music played by humans. This is the story of the fairy Conticarte and the human Phoron, who live on the Polyphonica continent.
Kissdum -ENGAGE planet- - 01 (RAW)
In 2031, strange life forms called Hardians appear, begin to multiply and assault the population. Mankind creates a special group, the NIDF, to investigate the Hardians. Rurika Yuno, one of Earth's foremost scientists, hears rumors about a certain "Book of a Dead Man". Is this the key everybody is looking for?
OverDrive - 01 raw
Clumsy schoolboy Shinozaki Mikoto is asked “Why don’t you join our bicycle club?” by a girl who happens to be his secret crush. But he doesn't know how to ride a bike. So he must learn it in secret, and fast.
Nagasarete Airantou 01
A 14-year-old boy, Tohoin Ikuto, quarreled with his father, and ran away from home. He fell out of the ship he embarked on and woke up at an isolated island where the locals are all strong possessive females and have never seen a man...
Romeo x Juliet 01 raw
On the flying city of Neo Verona, tyranny reigns after the Montague assassinated the previous Capulet ruler 14 years ago. Romeo is the son of the new ruler, Juliet is the last of the Capulet and lives in hiding, masquerading as a masked, caped man who defends the oppressed.
Gigantic Formula - 01 raw
2035, Mankind is recovering from a recent cataclysm. A mecha fight has been proposed by the UN to decide which country will rule the world. Japan finished building their giant robot, and is holding a virtual game at the Tokyo Dome to decide who is the best pilot. Another country decided to play dirty and sent their robot to destroy the Dome with all the pilot candidates in it. A 13-year-old boy who was playing from a remote location is the only pilot left. Incidentally, he was also the best pilot. But foreign men in black are zeroing in on his location...
Oh Edo Rocket - 01 raw
In the 13th year of Tempo, people in Edo are ordered to stop living extravagantly and luxuriously. But Tamaya Seikichi doesn't want to abandon his dream to make beautiful fireworks. The next day, Sora, a mysterious and beautiful girl, asks him to make a firework that can reach the Moon.
Darker than Black 01 raw
In Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, people with paranormal powers also appeared. The police is faced with violent psychics they have a hard time to put under control. A special agent, Hei, who can deal with such creatures is sent to Tokyo to stop the rampage.
Kotetsushin Jeeg ep 01 raw
50 years after the original Jeeg defeated Evil, a giant clay robot manages to escape its rocky prison thanks to an earthquake. A high school student, Kenji Kusanagi, who is also a bike racer, is told to ride the superbike hidden deep in a shrine. But now the giant robot is going after him - can he outrun it?
Saint Beast - Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan - 01 raw
A long time ago, Zeus, the great god, created a hierarchy of angels, although they were supposed to be equal. Also, Zeus appointed 6 angels as Saint Beasts who govern the animals of Earth. The six fulfilled their tasks faithfully. However, Zeus is becoming increasingly tyrannical...
Sola 01 raw
Absent-minded guy who likes to take pictures of the sky and sun, meets girl in the night who avoids the sun, drinks tomato juice and sleeps in a church during the day.
Kamichama Karin 01 raw
Polyphonica 01 raw
Both of these shows really suck a lot, a whole lot, and you shouldn't watch them.
To Terra 01 raw (Terra e…)
Guy at school in the future has psychic episodes, is taken away by evil police, who then let him go again for no reason. He runs off to a park and has more psychic episodes.
Koutetsu Sangokushi - 01 RAW
Alternate version of the Three Kingdoms China, with a much coveted magic cube added in the mix.
Manly blood and tears on the battlefield.
TOWARD THE TERRA 01 raw
Earth is now a distant memory. Stories tell of a planet that was ravaged by an uncaring Mankind. Science stepped in, and computers created a new world where everything is provided. This comes at a price: anything that can disturb the peace has to be removed. Children are artificially created, and at the time of their "adult examination" their memories are taken from them. Those found to be unfit, the MU, are disposed of. Wisdom is that the MU are dangerous people who'll use their powers to destroy the new world.
Blue Dragon 01 raw
The story follows Shu and his friends as they find themselves able to summon powerful shadows. The main cast will set off on a grand journey that'll determine the fate of the world.
Shining Tears x Wind 01 raw
Two school mates get teleported to a different world. Now they must fight their way out.
Adaptation of a fantasy role-playing game.
Kamichama Karin 01 raw
We meet orphaned this 12-year-old girl named Karin Hanazono. Her beloved cat recently died, she’s getting horrible grades and is forced to live with her mean aunt. One day, Karin meets a boy named Kazune Kujyou, and discovers that her mother’s ring has the power to give her god-like powers.
WHERE IS NANOHA???
Instant Reviews
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Same cr*p as before. For loliconners.
Saiunkoku Monogatari 2nd Series Same crap. For chicks.
Sakura Taisen 5th OVA New York NY Same crap. For g4merz.
> Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Same cr*p as before. For loliconners.
Man, I highly disagree. But I haven't got a good raw yet.
Gigantic Formula 01 raw
G Gundam was an excellent show. Therefore, this may be an excellent show, since it is the same thing as G Gundam.
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS 01 Raw
I can't produce an objective review of this, and I could easily write an essay on it, but anyway.
Oh, yes, and Nanoha and Fate are now adults.
Oh, and, uh.
Koutetsushin Jeeg 01 raw
LOVELY COMPLEX 01 raw
Risa is taller than the average girl. Otani is shorter than the average boy. They are known as the comedy duo, they're always arguing. Although they have a big height difference, in any other way it seems they are perfect for each other. Can this love work out?
Lucky (unicode star) Star 01 raw
Kyoto Animation comedy 4koma adaption. Mysteriously young girls in high school, etc.
Draws are that one of them is an otaku and that they're really moe.
Lucky ☆ Star 01 raw
Story portrays the lives of several school girls with a very loose humor. The main heroine is Konata Izumi, an athletic and intelligent girl but very lazy so her grades are bad. She only likes anime and video games.
Instant Reviews
Bokurano 01: Same author as NaruTaru, more children killing sick crap. I'm not going to even bother dling this.
Bokura no 01 raw
Some kids go to the beach. Since this is a Mohiro Kitoh story, one of them tortures a crab to death with a fiirecracker because kids are evil.
Instant Review: Reideen eps 1-2
I'd watch this if there was nothing better on.
Instant Review Omake: Reideen eps 1-2
If that guy's going to have his clothes disappear every time he pilots the robot, it's gonna put a dent in his wardrobe budget.
Lucky ☆ Star 01 subbed:
Okay, there is no funnies in the dialogs at all, it's just girlie chitchat. The one funny is at the end with the super-idol dropping her cutiepie mask to discuss serious business - money! Problem is, I was already completely drowsy from the prior nonstop yapping so it barely registered on my laffing-o-meter. ^^;
Touka Gettan 02 raw
Still making no sense. And what happened to the guy the girl kissed at the train station in ep01? Only girls in this episode.
I heard a rumor that the episodes are done out of order -- if true, it was badly done.
Seirei no Moribito subbed
Small:
Great animation and action, good plot and realistic characters, setting: historical japan, Go watch it if you have time.
Kissdum -ENGAGE planet- 02 raw
Ok, we got a little explanation of what's going on. Also we got some daylight for a short while before going back into nighttime + anti-epilepsy dimming effects (btw bright lights weren't the reason kids went down when watching that pokemon episode, it was because it alternated blue and red at a specific high frequency that is well-known in the cinema industry to induce discomfort/pain to viewers; so this bright-lights-dimming rule is most likely quite pointless.)
Instant reviews
Wellber no Monogatari 02 raw: Boring. I still don't like the characters. Nice 3D when the talking tank shoots, but that scene lasts only a few seconds.
Kaze no Stigma 01 raw
Guy got kicked out of his fire Clan because he had no talent. 4 years down the road he comes back to Japan and has now power to manipulate the wind. But there has been a murder and the clan accuses him of doing it.
Monster Princess 01 raw, aka Princess Resurrection.
Guy is killed while trying to save obnoxious magical goth princess, ends up as her slave for life.
Supernatural comedy.
Ookiku Furikabutte - 01 raw
"Mihashi moves on to high school convinced he is a lousy baseball pitcher. There he meets the catcher Abe and the team manager Momoe who together work to make Mihashi and the team shine."
Instant reviews
El Cazador de la bruja 02 subbed
So damn boring... slow as molasses... Are they are going to pull another "Avenger", aka "there is not enough animation material so let's stretch everything and hope no one notices"? Also, Ali Project music within the show is a boner killer. I'm dropping this show.
AIKa R-16 Virgin Mission 01 raw
Aika is a smart and athletic high school girl who just got her deep sea salvager’s license. She put up ads in her school to attract clients. This attracts the ire of Erika, the leader of the Treasure Hunting Club...
Darker than Black 01 raw & 02 sub
Ayakashi Ayashi was terrible! E7 was good!
Sisters of Wellber 01
Somewhat comedic RPG-game-style fantasy. I somehow manage to hate every character, especially the talking tank.
Lucky Star 02
Well, this one is better, but this show is really too inward-turned.
You should watch an anime instead of watching an anime of people talking about anime, I think.
LS 02
It was so great, Konata becomes my favorite character in anime ever!
Konata's hair is about the right length IMO.
The Skull Man ep 01 raw
In post-war Japan, Hayato Mikagami is a freelance journalist in Tokyo who learns of a mysterious “skeletal man” who has been committing a series of murders in his old home town. Hayato hasn’t been back there since he left home seven years ago. Entrance into the town is strictly controlled, but...
Seirei no Moribito 2 - 4 sub
Maintains its excellent animation and story, new characters are introduced with plot twists. would like it more than the first episode .
Dennou Coil 01 raw
This is an exciting show about a girl and another girl a third girl* and a boy and their nonexistant Internet dog.
> another girl a third girl
"and a third girl"
Denno Coil 01 raw
The year is 202x. Sixth grader Yasako Kokonogi moves with her family to Daikoku where her grandmother lives. Yasako, along with her sister, walks in Daikoku's streets, looking at the surimposed virtual world which can only be seen through special computerized glasses. With those one can surf online, look up maps, etc. But they encounter a strange creature and things start to go wrong...
Dennou Coil 01
Up until now this season was entertaining but uninventive. Now it's a lot more inventive, too!
Dennou Coil 02 raw
I have a love-hate relationship to that show, probably because it hits too close to home. WHY OH WHY isn't there a firewall on that darn pet??
Finished shows:
Ongoing shows, notes
o iDOLM@STER_XENOGLOSSIA 07: whoa, I can't sense any direction here. I feel like it's rambling.
o Toward_the_Terra 06: that annoying "Jomy" is gone and a new character has appeared, thanks heavens. This ep06 was decent.
o Nagasarete_Airantou 06: the awesome animation from the first eps is gone, it's dragging now. :/
Wangan Midnight 01 raw
The protagonist, Asakura Akio, finds a Fairlady Z at a car junkyard, and is fascinated by it. He restores the Z, and drives it on the capital freeway. A Porsche 911 Turbo called the "Black Bird" comes to challenge him and he accepts... What he doesn't know is that his car has a deadly past and was called the "Devil Z".
ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!!
ICE ep 1
This show has the single worst seiyuu ever to appear in anime. The rest is also hilariously bad, but nothing quite lives up to the sheer badness of this "Erena Ono" person.
ICE OVA 1 sub
2010, all men have died off due to a dramatic change in the environment and an unknown contaminant. Now only the women are left alive and battling bioterrorists who want to destroy this world without hope left.
Devil_May_Cry_01 sub
Dante is a demon killer on hire. Today he's asked to babysit a future rich young girl for a day...
Demon buster horror.
>>91
ever played the games? It won't pick up. It's all "style".
Nanatsuiro Drops 01 raw
The magical girl mascot is a goat. This should not be seen as an endorsement.
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Instant reviews
Nanatsuiro Drops 01 raw: So dumb... What's the intended audience, five-years old girls? I feel like I lost a whole bunch of brain cells.
Tetsuko no Tabi 01 raw: YAAAT, Yet Another Anime About Trains. Ugly character designs ripped from "Nodame Cantabile" worst moments.
>>95
There's more anime about trains? tell me more
Doujin Work - 01 raw
Girl discovers the world of doujinshi.
Simplified "Comic Party" clone.
Doujin Work 1
Pretty cool. Should watch it.
ZOMBIE-LOAN - 01 raw
Loner Kita Michiru is a shy girl who is used as a lackey by her "friends" at school. At her home things are even worse. She meets Pretty Boy A and Pretty Boy B who seem to be nice to her, and she decides to see the ring of death on their necks with her special gift, the shinigami eyes, to see how long they have left to live. But she finds out they are dead already...
ZOMBIE-LOAN 01
Some attempt at shounen fighting and Hitohira at the same time, with everything they could stolen from Tsukihime + Death Note.
>>101
Where can I download Tetsuko no Tabi? Sounds interesting.
CODE-E ep 01 raw
18-year-old Ebihara Chinami emits electrical waves. All electronics go berserk near her. The more nervous she becomes, the worse the situation gets. Her power forces her to transfer schools frequently. Today is the day she moves in a new school...
Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho - 01 raw
Kaname Okimura joined the school's swimming club in order to learn how to swim, but the club is filled with weirdos, so he never learned. One day, a happy-go-lucky girl named Amuro Ninagawa who was transferred from Okinawa joins the club. Her extraordinary underwater speed and unorthodox swimming style surprise every club member.
School Days 01 raw
For Makoto, Katsura Kotonoha is merely a student in the next class, a student who uses the same train line. There is a legend amongst the students "If one changes the background image on his cell phone to a picture of whom he secretly loves, and if nobody discovers it for three weeks, one’s love will be fulfilled." So Makoto changes the image on his cell phone to a picture of Kotonoha. But Saionji Sekai, a classmate interested in him, happens to see the picture, thus ruining his plan. As apology, she offers to fix him up a date with Kotonoha…
"A legend?" From the ancient days of cellphones from centuries past, no doubt. Lawl.
It's only bloody in some endings that might not show up. Everything else about School Days is deadly dull.
Shigurui 01 raw
Feudal-era TEXHNOLYZE.
>>108 You think it's gonna have a happy end?
Well, only two endings were that bad, and showing them on TV would require R-16. But maybe.
In terms of getting what they deserve, the "good" ending is actually the one where Sekai stabs the main guy to death. Everyone hates him.
Mushi-Uta 01 raw
In Japan's near future, parasites called "Mushi" appeared. Their human hosts, the "Mushitsuki", are feeding them with their dreams in exchange for special powers. "Tokkan" is an organization that hunts them down. Kakko, the organization's top killer, receives the mission to infiltrate a school where a resistance group fighting against Tokkan, the "Mushibane", is rumored to be hiding.
Sky Girls TV 01 raw
(Same plot as Sky Girls OVA.)
In 2084, lolitas rule the skies.
Sky Girls 1 raw
Girl goes to become a test pilot after beating her father in a kendo match. Stuff.
The present has already beaten this show's sci-fi, they're using a PDA with a stylus? Get an iPhone!
I can review Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei without even watching it, just by typing the character names
Itoshiki Nozumu
Maybe easier to understand with the kanji?
Potemayo 01 raw
Shy boy Sunao Moriyama find in his fridge pudgy little creature emitting love-me pheromones. He decides to name her Potemayo (potato + mayonnaise, his breakfast that day) and ends up bringing her to school, where everybody falls in love with the cute thing.
Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei 01 raw
Story about a depressed teacher whose attempts to commit suicide are constantly foiled by his unusual students.
Tragicomedy.
>>118
Have you ever actually read Kumeta's comics besides the first issue of Kaizou?
And stop with the trip code already.
>>118 Ah, I found the name of that mangaka I was thinking of, KIMURA Tahiko ("My Name Is Zushio"). But apparently "Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei" is not by him but by someone named Kôji Kumeta, which I never heard of.
Moetan 01 raw
Ink Nijihara looks like a kindergartner, but she is actually in high school and has top grades. She has a crush on Nao, a classmate with bad grades, but she's too shy to confess to him. One day, a sleazy duck expelled from the magical kingdom enters her life, Ah-kun. With his help, she transforms into Pastel Ink, the magical teacher girl...
>>121
I think more fun than the horrible Engrish was that practically every sentence was an otaku ref to something or other (the ridicule of Senkousha in your example)
BACCANO 01 raw
1930s, New York, various people's fates are about to become intertwined, and this includes immortal alchemists who left the Old World, and other "things" like killer ghosts who roam trains from the New World.
Mononoke 01 raw
A hotel owned by black people has ghosts in it, which are dispelled by Link, who has a sword and is dressed as a gay pirate. Show is animated in watercolor with parallax clothing. Too exhausting for me to watch it.
>>123 [continued]
Okay, I saw BACCANO 01 subbed, but I still don't know what to think about it. It's quite confusing and not much is explained of what's happening. 'Needs more episodes.
Saishuu_Shiken_Kujira_-_01-02 (ONA (Original Net Animation), 4 min. each)
Ep 01
A boy wonders why there's a whale floating in the sky. A girl is laughing at his face and concludes he must be from the countryside.
MOONLIGHT MILE 2nd -Touch down- 01 raw
Continuation of the first season. More unprobable disasters strike the astronauts. It's like "Baywatch" in space. Babes and ships, yeah!
Kodomo no Jikan OVA 01
3 elementary school girls go about the city.
Daily life.
BAMBOO BLADE 01 raw
"Ishida Toraji is an advisory teacher of the Kendo Club. He is dull and so poor that he finds it hard to make a living. However his life changes dramatically, when a teacher asks him to have a competition with Ishida’s girl’s team..."
Sketchbook ~full color's~ 01 raw
"The story revolves around a group of female high school students. The main characters is a young shy girl named Sora Kajiwara who is unsure of what club to join in her school, but before she knows it she gets dragged into the art club and becomes a member."
D.C.II~Da Capo II~ 01 raw
"Sakurai Yoshiyuki wakes up one morning after dreaming again about a girl confessing to him in front of the large sakura tree. Realizing how late it is, he rushes out of his room and nearly runs over his sister Asakura Yume who wants him to make her some breakfast since their older sister Asakura Otome had to leave early today..."
ChocoMimi 01 raw
JDrama, not anime.
Didn't we get this once already?
Suteki Tantei Labyrinth 01 raw
"Mysterious events unfold in the now-devastated, old capital city of Tokyo where inhabitants still remain. Young boy detective, Mayuki Hyouga, sets out to uncover these mysteries in the city, now known as “Labyrinth”."
Night Wizard -The Animation- 01 raw
"This modern-day fantasy pits Emulators, who have invaded Earth from a demon world, against Humanity’s newly awakened Wizards."
Magical anime.
Myself;Yourself - 01 raw
"Sana Hidaka returns to his home town five years after moving out to Tokyo, and finds that much has changed in both the place and his childhood friends."
BLUE DROP - 01 raw
"In 1995, all inhabitants of an island mysteriously disappear in a single night, except for one girl named Mari, who lost all her memories. Four years later, Mari moves to a school dormitory and meets the school idol, Hagino. Hagino, however, has some dark secrets of her own."
Majin Tantei Nogami Neuro - 01 raw
"Yako’s father was murdered in a locked room. She then meets a man named Neuro Nougami who is a demon from Hell who eats “riddles.” He forces Yako to act as a detective so he can solve mysteries. Neuro longs to eat the ultimate mystery."
Mokke 01 raw
"Shizuru and Mizuki are sisters born in a family with spiritual abilities. The elder sister, Shizuru, is able to see spirits; the younger, Mizuki, is easily possessed by them."
Majin Tantei Nogami Neuro = Comical Horror Shoujo? From what I've seen the manga I can't really say that (the mangaka can't really draw that well), it's more of a horror detective story or something... kinda hard to explain.
>>141 Yeah.
Majin = devil/demon
Tantei = detective
Yes, it's a detective story. But goofy /and/ gory. The girl just wants to eat good food. The demon wants to eat good riddles. He walks on her ceiling. He makes her have funny faces. The bad guy transforms in something ugly, the demon becomes a /duck/ to fight him... Comical horror, or horrible comic?
Goshūshō-sama Ninomiya-kun 01 raw
Guy is afraid of girls and is getting bullied at school. His sister is an even bigger bully and forces a deadly female succubus on him to get her to overcome her fear of men, for the money...
Dragonaut -The Resonance- 01 raw
"Faced with impending doom from a huge asteroid, humanity created a weapon called a Dragonaut after the discovery of a dragon egg under the ocean..."
Clannad 01 raw
Tomoya Okazaki is a student branded as an outcast. Mother is dead, father is an alcoholic. Nothing seems to be getting better in his dull school life until one day when he meets a strange girl, Nagisa Furukawa.
Shakugan no Shana Second 01 raw
Shana and Yuuji continue their fight to keep the balance of the World.
Fantasy, mystery and romance.
>>145 well it is a product of Key, so one would expect a passing similarity to their other works.
You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle 01 raw
"Natsumi Tsujimoto and Miyuki Kobayakawa patrol the streets as female law enforcers from the Bokuto Police Precinct. They, along with their co-officers, go off in wild and sometimes comedic adventures to bring down felons to keep Tokyo safe."
>>149 Ah, I meant "Natsumi stopping the car". s/Miyuki/Natsumi/ and s/Natsumi/Miyuki/.
>>148 LOL... it's so true.
Kanon was good though, and Air was good, and therefore through association anything else based on a Key game which ends up being animated by Kyoto Animation must be good.
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 ep01 raw
"With the age of fossil fuels gone, the three superpowers have build their own energy generation systems. Constant warfare around the globe for fuels lead to the formation of a private military organization, called "Celestial Being", dedicated to eradicating war."
KimiKiss pure rouge 01 raw
"Follow the lives of the young heroines of Kibina High during the springtime of April, the perfect season to for chance encounters and budding romances."
ef - a tale of memories 01 raw
"Hirono Hiro is a poor high school boy who gets by drawing shoujo manga. On a Christmas night, he chases down Miyamura Miyako, the girl who stole his bike. With the chance encounter blooming into a friendship, will Hiro’s childhood friend, Kei, just watch idly by the sidelines?"
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Shugo Chara! ep 01 raw
"Little do the students of Seiyo Academy know that the “spice princess” Amu is actually a softie deep inside. With her wish to break away from this mask of coolness comes the birth of Amu’s three “Shugo Charas” (Guardian Charas) who are said to represent her desired personalities (or is it..?)."
Kaiji 1 (sub)
This is the best show.
Sketchbook 1 (raw)
This is a slice-of-life show, well known to be the worst anime genre. The character direction and sense of comic timing are so bad (characters go into :3 and SD faces randomly without a scene cut or change in proportion) that it's nearly unwatchable, but the background art is okay. If you're a plebeian and not a cool guy like myself you might be able to watch it.
Rental Magica - 01 raw
"Due to his father’s disappearance, the cowardly Itsuki Iba takes over their magician-dispatching company, Astral. As he leads a pack of magicians in carrying out requests from clients, he uncovers his powers and unravels mysteries of his past."
Minami-ki - 01 raw
"The three Minami sisters (Haruka, Kana and Chiaki) live together, taking care of each other. With nobody to answer to but themselves and each other, the three sisters get up to some very odd shenanigans."
Night Wizard
This is half comedy and half some slightly incoherent RPG fighting thing.
Animation is TV class but okay. It feels like they're taking direction cues from StrikerS even though it's terrible…
PRISM ARK - 01 raw
"Preicia and Hyaweh are aspiring knights-to-be of the Rozenberg Knights Academy, who find themselves caught up in a devastating war..."
RPG anime.
Jyushin Enbu - HERO TALES 01 raw
Taitou, a young man living in ancient China, is the prophesied seventh star of the Hokuto (Big Dipper). He must travel with his companions to retrieve a sacred sword that was stolen.
Maple Story
This show is for 5 year olds. If you're a five year old who can speak Japanese I guess you can watch it.
Oh also the main character has a lisp. A LISP! Is that an approved moe defect?
Quick reviews
Suteki Tantei Labyrinth 02 raw: still haven't seen this subbed. Still a lot of yapping going on. Looks like the hero is gonna be a kid solving adult problems (Conan clone?). I'm starting to get a bad vibe from this anime...
BAMBOO BLADE 02 raw: good kendo fight episode, then it faded into molasses.
Quick reviews 2
Dragonaut 02 raw: more explosions "because it looks cool", more unnecessary use of violence. I guess we shouldn't pay attention to the (bad) script and just look at the visuals (and the girls bosoms).
Mokke 02 raw: still using this weird, washed, childish, almost ugly art style. Apparently the anime will focus on the younger sister daily life, with the big sis relegated in the background. IOW, an anime for kids... A shame, the manga was so nice.
Genshiken_2 01 sub
"Genshiken follows the lives of a group of college students drawn together by their shared hobbies, and the trials and adventures associated with being otaku."
Kodomo no jikan 01 raw
Daisuke Aoki is a new teacher at Futatsubashi Elementary School. But his class is rebellious, and the leader of the pack is a precocious young girl named Rin Kokonoe with a dark past, and who plays on his weaknesses.
Moyashimon - 01 raw
"Story of a college student who can see bacteria/fungus, an ability which lands him often in troubles."
Agricultural college life.
Quick reviews
BLUE DROP 02 raw again, 'like the scifi parts, 'hate the murky female-female(-robot? -alien?) relationships.
Clannad 02 sub I was bored to tears and kept skipping forward. The only part I liked was with the guy announcing to the whole class the tough girl was bisexual, and all the idiots believing
>>170
Fuck, so the Japanese gyp us from having a good anime, and the Americans gyp us from having a good manga.
I hate you both.
Perhaps it is time to own up to the fact that that manga is just not very good. All it really has is fanservice for the pedos.
Shion no Ou 01 raw
The violent murder of Ishiwatari Shion’s parents at a young age made her lose her voice forever. The only evidence police found was a shogi board and one piece, "the King". As the years passed, she improved her shogi (shōgi=Japanese chess), and ended entering the pro shogi scene. But coming in the open may be her demise...
Suteki Tantei Labyrinth - 01 subbed
"Mysterious events unfold in the now-devastated city of Tokyo where few inhabitants still remain. Young boy detective, Mayuki Hyouga, sets out to uncover these mysteries in the city, now known as "Labyrinth"."
Yattokame Tanteidan 01 (The Appearance of The Old Lady Detective Group) raw
An old lady is running a mom-and-pop candy store downtown in Nagoya City. Various mysteries are solved with the help of her elderly companions and children from the neighborhood.
> Perhaps it is time to own up to the fact that that manga is just not very good. All it really has is fanservice for the pedos.
Quick reviews
All the eps 02 are of the same vein as the eps 01, so nothing to add here, save for
PRISM ARK - 02 raw: The flashbacks have stopped, story have gone back at the beginning of the conflict.
One thing I noticed: there are some cartoonish fast movements (not even flashing or bright lights), and those scenes are heavily darkened/desaturated, even way prior to the actions. A new form of censorship? Was there something in the news about some guy going berserk after seeing some fast movements, or what?
> Script quality also was going up and down -- like if someone with no talent got hold of a tight thriller by a reputable scriptwriter and tried to make it accessible to 5-year olds and below.
Ghost Hound 01 raw
Taro, Makoto and Masayuki are junior high school students. Because of a traumatic childhood experience, the three can travel to/experience the spiritual world...
GunxSword
That's not March 2007+ at all.
yeah... Gun X Sword is 2005. Old!
Gunbuster
A girl called Noriko is at a School for mobile suit pilots, though is bottom of her class. She gets into a fight in her mobile suit, with a girl who has been teasing her. In this fight, which is witnessed my many, including her coach, she shows great promise, for which she is chosen to travel to space with the school's top student to defend the earth from creatures known not other than 'space monsters'.
Gunbuster
Vintage: 1988
>>162
Night Wizard is based off a Japanese tabletop game, Think it was sorta like Shadowrun or RIFTS.
Ghost Hound 1 sub
This is complete plagiarism of Serial Experiments Lain!. The audio production and at least four of the shots (one repeated constantly) are exactly the same!
Same director, same scriptwriter.
And everyone else, too, I know. But that doesn't mean they can reuse backgrounds.
Minami-ke
First three eps I've seen quite solid. Ichigo-mashimaro-style deadpan humor slice-a-life comedy with three sisters elementary, middle, high school. Good seiyuu and some quality animation from a young, but promising studio.
>>193
except for the hard fucking language. someone sub this fast
At least two groups are subbing it already.
Is evaluated high in this term in Japan.
Damn the Chinese work FAST! Two subs out already.
China is so taking over the world.
These guys own.
Clannad 01, 02 (sub): Pretty much everyone is an asshole.
Star-ghost-tan isn't an asshole.