I cannot say I have been very surprised when I understood that even in the human world you have such things like hazard and gambling… We have them too! Though… we usually bet on human lives. Anyway, although the number of anime that occupy themselves with gambling may be big, I wanted to make this post about a more specific topic – Poker. Now, this was a challenge!
I was told to watch Neo Angelique Abyss (ネオアンジェリーク Abyss) by a friend. She thought this was a greatly developed show that got her hooked from the very start. I trust my friends and got to watching it as soon as I got the chance. Now, a week after finishing its two seasons, I have to admit that there is a lot of beautiful animation happening in this anime, but the plot could have used more depth.
Wolf’s Rain is an anime I started watching because I had nothing to do, but ended up seeing all the episodes on one run. Surprisingly for me, the futuristic idea and the shapeshifting did not manage to put me off the plot and idea of the show and I enjoyed it quite a lot. Action, beautiful images and a really nice soundtrack (a thing I rarely take such a notice of) are the key ingredients to the story, adapted in Keiko Nobumoto and Toshitsugu Iida’s manga.
Being an initiator of an online anime encyclopaedia of a sort, I have seen a lot of Japanese animation movies, series and OVA. Naturally, I have my favourites and least favourites out of them, but what makes me want to slap the world is when there is not enough talk about a character (or anime) I consider worthy of it. So, this Top 5 is about the underrated anime characters that I think you should pay more attention to. (more…)
I have wished to make this into one of my Manga vs. Anime reviews, however, the manga is taking quite too long to finish and I was quite excited to write about this exact show, so here I am – doing my Pandora Hearts review of the animated television series. Just don’t be too surprised if this turns out to be a manga and anime review at the same time. (more…)
A hilarious comedy with outrageous characters, uncanny animation and one of the first series ever to be called “Shounen Ai”. These are all valid for “Patalliro!”- one of the weirdest and most intriguing series I’ve ever seen – Mineo Maya’s 1982 anime. Of course, I am just an otaku that is trying to write a review on it…
May 25
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Paradise Lost is the new project by mangaka Tooko Miyagi. She’s previously written Il Gatto Sul G and Byakuya Zoushi. The title will be published in Kadokawa Shoten’s Asuka magazine starting June 23, 2012. Miyagi is famous as a shounen-ai writer that has been read all over the world and a lot of her works have been published in English.
May 25
The shoujo fantasy manga by Min Ayahana is returning to Shueisha’s Cookie magazine with a new title Akazukin Chacha N. It will be present in the very next issue that will come out on June 26. The story of the new project will be based on the same idea, but will be happening 12 years after the ending of the original manga and will be set in Tokyo.
May 24
After releasing the first video of LiSA (the performer of Fate/Zero’s theme song “Oath Sign”), Aniplex US is sharing some more of the fun that this lady is today through the second part of her greeting. Hold your hands in punches and jump in the air, dance enthusiastically or just shake your head in the rhythm of the music you listen to – LiSA said you can do it all, as long as you enjoy it. See the video below.
May 24
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 TV anime and movie is a really recent project. In the movie that comes out in Japanese theatres on June 30 the story covered is presented in episodes 3-6. The second movie will come out on BD and DVD on July 27, 2012. Below you can see a 129-minutes-long trailer as released by film distributing company Shochiku.
My personal favourites – the twins Nono and Nene Motoe from the upcoming Blood-C:The Last Dark movie that is coming out this June 2, 2012. So… they are back and explain all the basics about Ukijima Shrine where, in the Blood-C story, some of the events happen. The video is available below.