Series by Lutair highlighting works of anime that are worth watching
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
The World God Only Knows (神のみぞ知るセカイ) is a 41 episode comedy series spread out across 3 seasons and 3 OVAs from 2010-2013 by Studio Manglobe and based on the original manga by Tamiki Wakaki. Synopsis Keima Katsuragi is a hardcore … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: The World God Only Knows
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (魔法少女まどか★マギカ or just Madoka for my sanity) is a 12-episode magical girl show from 2011 written by Gen Urobachi (of Fate/Zero and Psycho-Pass fame) and produced by Studio SHAFT and look, this is one of the … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Angel Beats is a 13-episode comedy-drama by PA Works based on an original idea with story by Jun Maeda of CLANNAD and Key fame. Synopsis Otonashi is a young boy who’s recently died, but he can’t remember how or … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Angel Beats
Welcome to the NHK (NHKにようこそ！) is a 24 episode dramedy anime by Studio Gonzo from 2006 based on a manga based on a novel. Those of you aware of my feelings toward Gonzo may be surprised to see it here, … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Welcome to the NHK
Genshiken (げんしけん) is a 12-episode* anime from 2004 based on a manga by Shimoku Kio animated by Palm Studio and directed by Takashi Ikehata. *There are a couple continuations which I’ll discuss more in the comments. For the purpose of … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Genshiken
Golden Kamuy: seinen, historical, based on the manga by Satoru Noda. 2 seasons and 26 episodes so far, with a third one already having a trailer. Synopsis Sugimoto, a scarred veteran of the Russo-Japanese war, is panning for gold in … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Golden Kamuy
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない) is a 2011, 11-episode anime produced by the Super Peace Busters, an artist collective consisting of director Tatsuyuki Nagai, screenwriter Mari Okada, and character designer Masayoshi Tanaka. Synopsis The show follows the … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Anohana
Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist (下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界 Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai) is a 12-episode satirical ecchi comedy produced by J.C. Staff, based on a light novel series by … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Shimoneta
Mushishi is an anime very faithfully based on the manga by Yuki Urushibara. A first season was broadcast in 2005, and a second one in 2014, with Hiroshi Nagama as a director. The music was written by Toshio Masuda. I’d … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Mushishi
Gintama is a 367-episodes comedy and action anime started in 2006 which ended (?) in 2018, based on the manga by Hideaki Sorachi. Synopsis In Edo era Japan, everything was turned upside down twenty years before when aliens invaded and … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Gintama
The Ancient Magus Bride (魔法使いの嫁 Mahō Tsukai no Yome) is a 24 episode dark(ish) fantasy anime written by Kore Yamazaki and Aya Takaha. Directed by Norihiro Naganuma. Synopsis “The Ancient Magus Bride” is the story of Chise, a depressed and … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: The Ancient Magus Bride
Sgt. Frog (ケロロ軍曹 Keroro Gunsō, lit. “Sergeant Keroro”) is a comedy based on an ongoing manga created by Mine Yoshizaki. The anime (directed at various times by Junichi Sato, Yusuke Yamam, and Nobuhiro Kondo and written by Mamiko Ikeda and Masahiro … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Sgt. Frog
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen (魔術士オーフェン) is 26 episode fantasy with some comedy elements anime. Based on a light novel series by Yoshinobu Akita. Directied by Hiroshi Watanabe. It was popular enough to get a second season which was not based on anything … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
Garden of Sinners (空の境界) is a 7.5-movie series produced by UFOtable based on a novel by Kinoko Nasu (Fate/Stay Night, Tsukihime) and music by Yuki Kaijura. Synopsis Mikiya Kokuto finds himself intrigued by two things. The first is by Shiki … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Garden of Sinners
Silver Spoon (銀の匙) is a 2013-2014, 22-episode series directed by Tomohiko Itō at A-1 Pictures, based on a manga by Hiromu Arakawa. Synopsis After failing the entrance exam for his first-choice high school, city boy Hachiken Yūgo enrolls at … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Silver Spoon
