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Anime Review: Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi   1 comment

Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi
オオカミさんと七人の仲間たち
Ookami-san and Seven Companions

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Plot Summary:

Ookami Ryouko is a spunky and, by some accounts, rather manly high school girl. She is tall, speaks in a traditionally masculine way and is very proficient in fighting. Ookami-san’s best friend is the small and high-pitched voiced Akai Ringo. Incidentally, the two are rather flat-chested, a fact the Narrator (voiced by Arai “Kuroko” Satomi of Railgun fame) is all too eager to point out.

Ookami and Ringo are members of the Otogi Bank, a club in Otogi High School that assists students with their problems in return for their assistance on a different problem at a later date; thus the Otogi Bank is effectively a loan institute for problems where you can take out a loan for a solved problem but you have to repay it sooner or later.

The Otogi Bank is able to solve any problem and will go to any lengths to do so, often leading the members to danger or mayhem. Since most of the members of the club are female, another male is needed for the more dangerous assignments. Thus, the scopophobic (the fear of being looked at) Morino Ryoushi is inducted as a member, right after he confesses his love for Ookami… [MyAnimeList]

Genre: Comedy, Parody, Romance

Age Rating: PG-13 – Teens 13 or older

No. of Episodes: 12 episodes

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Anime Review: Kamen no Maid Guy OVA   Leave a comment

仮面のメイドガイ OVA
Kamen no Maid Guy OVA

Kamen no Maid Guy OVA

Plot Summary:

The OVA episode of Kamen no Maid Guy featuring a mish-mash of Japanese folk-tale, Urashima Taro.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Ecchi

Age Rating: R+ – Mild Nudity

No. of Episodes: 1 OVA

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Posted September 3, 2010 by John in Anime Review, Japanese Pop Culture

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Anime Review: Kamen no Maid Guy   Leave a comment

仮面のメイドガイ
Kamen no Maid Guy

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Plot Summary:

Fujiwara Naeka is a typical 17 year-old high school student. Or so we thought. She`s really one of two surviving heirs of a tycoon who has the right to inherit his mass fortune when she turns 18 in half a year. Fubuki, a young and beautiful maid, and Kogarashi, a big burly maid guy with a mask, have been assigned to keep Naeka and her brother Kousuke safe from those who would plot their demise, and to steal the fortune she would inherit.

(Source: AniDB)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Ecchi

Age Rating: R+ – Mild Nudity

No. of Episodes: 12 episodes

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Posted September 1, 2010 by John in Anime Review, Japanese Pop Culture

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Anime Review: Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na ~Crescent Love~   Leave a comment

Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na ~Crescent Love~
夜明け前より瑠璃色な ~Crescent Love~
Brighter than dawning blue ~Crecent Love~

Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na

Plot Summary:

Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na centres on Princess Feena Fam Earthlight from the Kingdom of Sphere on Earth’s moon. It was decided that she was to live on Earth in a home-stay with the family of the primary secretary to the president of the United Nations so as to get more knowledgeable of Earth in order to better prepare herself for her succession as the Kingdom of Sphere’s next queen.

The background of the story explains that humans landed on the moon long ago intending to create a new home for themselves called the Kingdom of Sphere. However, the relations between Earth and the Kingdom have worsened things and a war called the Oedipus war started. Once the war was over, it was decided that the city of Mitsurugasaki, where the story takes place, under the rule of the United Nations, be developed as the centre of diplomacy with the Lunar Kingdom, which, currently, has closed its doors to the world. This central lunar junction port city, which has the only space port within the United Nations with ships going to and coming from the Lunar Embassy, is, as its name suggests, the gateway which connects the Earth and the moon. Although tensions have temporarily eased now, relations between the two worlds is still in a situation when the story begins where caution must still be taken.

Genre: Comedy, Romance, School, Science-Fiction

Age Rating: PG-13 – Teens 13 or older

No. of Episodes: 12 episodes

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Anime Review: Kannagi   3 comments

Kannagi
かんなぎ

Kannagi

Plot Summary:

An art student named Mikuriya Jin carves a statue from the wood of the Kannagi tree only to have the statue come to life in the form of a goddess, who has now taken over the statue. He and “Nagi” work together to destroy the impurities that are gathering in the town.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Magical, Romance, Supernatural

Age Rating: PG-13 – Teens 13 or older

No. of Episodes: 13 episodes

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Posted August 8, 2010 by John in Anime Review, Japanese Pop Culture

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Anime Review: Black★Rock Shooter   6 comments

Black★Rock Shooter
ブラック★ロックシューター

Black★Rock Shooter

Plot Summary:

These young girls hearts are pure, and then violent!

Kuroi Mato just got into junior high school, and on the first day, someone catches her eye; her classmate Takanashi Yomi. The two meet. The innocent and naive Mato. The mature Yomi. Seemingly opposites, but the time they spend together only strengthens a growing friendship. But as they go into their second year at the school, they get placed in separate classes, and they begin to grow apart.

But somewhere simultaneously…

In another world, a young girl, blue fire residing in her eyes, Black Rock Shooter faces another young girl; this one holding a jet-black scythe, Dead Master, and a battle to the death begins to unfold.

(Source: The Official Black Rock Shooter Site)

Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, School, Slice of life

Age Rating: PG-13 – Teens 13 or older

No. of Episodes: 1 OVA

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Anime Review: Angel Beats!   8 comments

Angel Beats!
エンジェルビーツ

Angel Beats!

Plot Summary:

In a world after death, angels fight for their fate and their future. Yuri, the leader of the Shinda Sekai Sensen, rebels against the god who destined her to have an unreasonable life. On the other hand, Tenshi, the chairperson of the student council for the world after death, battles against the SSS members. SSS members utilize armed weaponry to battle it out against the angels harnessing supernatural powers.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural, Romance

Age Rating: PG-13 – Teens 13 or older

No. of Episodes: 13 episodes

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Anime Review: Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun   1 comment

Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun
ご愁傷さま二ノ宮くん

Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun

Plot Summary:

Ninomiya Shungo is a normal high school student living in a huge house. One day, his sister Ninomiya Ryouko, sends Tsukimura Mayu and Tsukimura Mikihiro, two siblings, to live with him to help Mayu overcome her problem of androphobia (fear of men). How? By making Mayu and Shungo stay together all the time. To make things even worse, Houjou Reika, the student-council president, somehow ends up becoming their maid.

Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem

Age Rating: PG-15 – Teens 15 or older

No. of Episodes: 12 episodes

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