Ergo Proxy (エルゴプラクシー) is a 23-episode 2006 cyberpunk original-anime by studio Manglobe. Synopsis With the world dying due to pollution the last of humanity lives in a giant domed off city with help from automaton assistants. When several of the … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Ergo Proxy
Silent Mobius (サイレントメビウス) is a 12-volume cyberpunk manga series by Kia Asamiya starting in 1988 and released in the US by Viz from 1999-2004 (note: the exact release dates for this series are a little wonky to find complicated by … Continue reading Manga Worth Reading: Silent Mobius
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (バブルガムクライシスＴＯＫＹＯ2040) is a 26-episode cyberpunk series from 1998-1999 by Studio AIC, a remake of the 1987-1991 OVA Bubblegum Crisis (see more below for that) Synopsis After a mysterious earthquake levels Tokyo, Genom becomes a powerful influence … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Anne Freaks (アンネ フリークス) is a 4-volume psychological suspense thriller by Yua Kotegawa originally serialized from 2000-2002 in Japan, and published in the US in 2006 by ADV manga. Synopsis Yuri Kitagawa is having a bad day. He just killed … Continue reading Manga Worth Reading: Anne Freaks
The Devil is a Part-timer (はたらく魔王さま) is a 13 episode comedy series from 2013 by Studio White Fox based on a series of light novels. Synopsis In the world of Ente Island the Demon King Satan has very nearly conquered … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: The Devil is a Part-timer
Utawarerumono (うたわれるもの lit. The One Being Sung but thats not as fun to say) is a 26-episode fantasy action adventure series from 2006 by Studio OLM based on a game by Aquaplus. Synopsis After a pair of sisters find an … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Utawarerumono
Boogiepop and Others (ブギーポップは笑わない) is a 18-episode 2019 supernatural/psychological sorta-horror series by Madhouse based on 5 of the first 6 light novels by Kouhei Kadono. Synopsis There is an urban legend told among high school girls about a shinigami named … Continue reading Anime(s) Worth Watching: Boogiepop
Itazura na Kiss (イタズラなKiss also note the English release tends to use the title ItaKiss which does create come complications while looking it up) is a 25 episode romantic comedy from 2008 based on a classic manga by Karou Tada. … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Itazura na Kiss
Domestic Girlfriend is a 28-volume romantic drama manga from Kei Sasuga which ran from 2014-2020. Synopsis Natsuo Fuji is a 2nd year high school boy with a crush on his young teacher Hina. After some friends drag him to a … Continue reading Manga Worth Reading: Domestic Girlfriend
Say “I love you” (好きっていいなよ。) is a 13-episode romance series by Studio Zexcs from 2012 based on a manga by Kanae Hazuki. Synopsis Tachibana Mei has gone her whole life without friends of any kind, thoroughly satisfied in her cynical … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Say “I love you”
Toradora (とらドラ！) is a 25-episode romantic comedy from 2008 by JC Staff with composition by Mari Okada based on light novels. Synopsis Ryuji Takasu is a boy who thanks to inheriting his late yakuza fathers eyes everyone thinks is a … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Toradora
Eden of the East (東のエデン) is a 11-episode sci-fi/conspiracy thriller from 2009 directed by Kenji Kamiyama (who also directed Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex). Synopsis Three months after a series of 10 missiles strike Japan, amazingly without any … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Eden of the East
Astra Lost in Space (彼方のアストラ) is a 12 episode sci-fi series from 2019 by studio Lerche based on a manga. Synopsis In the year 2063 with space travel common a group of eight students go on a field trip to … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Astra Lost in Space
Gamers! (ゲーマーズ！) is a 12-episode “romantic”-comedy from 2017 by Studio PINE JAM adapted from a light novel. Synopsis Keita Amano is a loner whose only friends are the video games he plays constantly when one day the school idol Karen … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Gamers!
Vinland Saga (ヴィンランド・サガ) is an ongoing series started in 2005 by Makoto Yukimura (author of Planetes). Synopsis Broadly, Thorfinn is a young boy in Iceland at the turn of the 11th century with dreams of being a great viking warrior … Continue reading Manga Worth Reading: Vinland Saga
Note: I will be reviewing the whole Fate/Heavens Feel trilogy, as such there may be some generalized spoilers for the first two and you’ll want to be sure to have read last weeks article on the Fate/ franchise as a … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Fate/Heavens Feel movie trilogy
Were doing things a bit differently this week and next, because some series can’t be confined down to just one “series” and are multi-media franchises were going to take a run through all of Fate/ to tell you where should … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Fate/ Franchise
Suisei no Gargantia is a (翠星のガルガンティア aka Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet) is a 13-episode 2013 sci-fi series from Production IG with series composition by Gen Urobuchi. Synopsis While fighting an intense inter-galactic war, a mecha pilot was accidentally warped … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Suisei no Gargantia
Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Noiichi Guu (ジャングルはいつもハレのちグゥ in Japanese; the US release is known as just Hare+Guu because the original title is a bit of a pun that does not translate well directly and Hare+Guu is the title of the … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Noiichi Guu
Ghost Hunt (ゴーストハント) is a 25-episode mystery horror series from 2006 by JC Staff adapted from a manga adapted from a novel by Fuyumi Ono. Synopsis Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A high school girl, an omyougi, a … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Ghost Hunt
Franken Fran (フランケン・ふらん) is an 8-volume horror manga from 2007-2012 by Katsuhisa Kigitsu. Synopsis Madurai Fran is the “daughter”/creation of the worlds greatest doctor and his protege; however since he always seems to be away she ends up getting involved … Continue reading Manga Worth Reading: Franken Fran
