Series by Lutair highlighting works of anime that are worth watching
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
The Morose Mononokean (不機嫌なモノノケ庵, Fukigen na Mononokean) is a fantasy series based on the manga by Kiri Wazawa. The first season, 13 episodes, aired in 2016, and the second one, 13 episodes as well, in 2019. Synopsis Hanae Ashiya is all … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: The Morose Mononokean
xxxHolic (XXX ホリック) is a 24-episode supernatural anime from Production IG based on a manga by CLAMP. Synopsis Kimihiro Watanuki is a boy with a problem, he can see ghosts and supernatural beings who refuse to leave him alone. One … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: xxxHolic
When They Cry (aka Higurashi ni Naku Koro Ni ひぐらしのなく頃に ) is a 26-episode horror series from 2006 by Studio DEEN and based on a Sound Novel by 07th-Expansion. Synopsis In 1983 Keiichi Maebara moves with his family to a … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: When They Cry
From the New World (新世界より) is a 25 episode series from A1 Pictures in 2012 adapted from a novel. It merges a lot of genres of fantasy, mystery and even horror at times. Synopsis In the early 21st century humans … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: From the New World
A Place Further Than the Universe (宇宙よりも遠い場所) is a 13-episode original slice-of-life adventure series from 2018 by Studio Madhouse. Synopsis Four high school girls are brought together by various coincidences and all decide they want to go to Antarctica for … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: A Place Further Than the Universe
Made in Abyss (メイドインアビス) is a 13-episode adventure series from writer Hideyuki Kurata and based on a manga by Akihito Tsukushi. Synopsis A mysterious and massive pit known as the Abyss sits at the center of a city which has … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Made in Abyss
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱) is a 14-episode supernatural slice of life comedy from 2006 by Kyoto Animation based on a series of novels by Nagaru Tanigawa. Synopsis Kyon (not his real name) is a high school boy who gets … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ) is a 50-episode mecha-action series split over 2 seasons, from 2006-2007 and then 2008. It was made by Sunrise with direction by Goro Taniguchi and character designs by CLAMP. Synopsis In an … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Code Geass
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (LUPIN the Third ～峰不二子という女～) is a 2012 13-episode action-comedy psychological thriller produced by TMS and directed by Sayo Yamamoto. Veteran writer Mari Okada served as the series’ primary writer. It is the … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Lupin The Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
My-HiME (舞-HiME) is a 26 episode action pseudo-magical girl show from 2004 by Sunrise. Synopsis Tokiha Mai and her sickly younger brother, Takumi, have received a scholarship to attend the prestigious Fuka Academy. On the way, the ferry they are … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Mai HiME
Paradise Kiss (パラダイス・キス) is a 12-episode romantic drama from 2005 by Studio Madhouse based on the manga by Ai Yazawa. Synopsis Yukari is a typical high-school student who listens to her parents and attends school everyday. As she starts to … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Paradise Kiss
Bloom Into You (やがて君になる) is a 13 episode yuri romance series from 2018 by Studio Troyca and originally based on a manga. Summary Yuu is a first year high schooler who has always loved romance stories and wanted to fall … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Bloom Into You
Kamichu! (かみちゅ!) is a 16-episode slice-of-life/comedy original series from 2005 by animation studio Brains Base with screenplay by Hideyuki Kurata (who has written a lot of scripts, including World God Only Knows, Bamboo Blade, Made in Abyss and R.O.D.) Synopsis … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Kamichu!
Blast of Tempest (絶園のテンペスト) is a 24 episode action/fantasy/road trip series from 2012 by Studio Bones with scripts by Mari Okada adapted from a novel by Shirodaira Kyou (who also wrote the In/Spectre novel). Synopsis Two friends go on a … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Blast of Tempest
Bamboo Blade (バンブーブレード) is a 26-episode sports series from 2007 by Studio AIC based on a manga. Synopsis Toraji Ishida is a high school kendo teacher. His friend and fellow kendo teacher makes him a bet: if Ishida can assemble … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Bamboo Blade
Planet With (プラネット・ウィズ) is a 2018 12-episode absurdist philosophical mecha dramedy produced by J.C.Staff, written by Satoshi Mizukami, and directed by Youhei Suzuki, with music by Kōhei Tanaka. It is an original story, though it did receive an accompanying manga … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Planet With
