We cant rightly have a month of cyberpunk and not do anything by Masamune Shirow. As the creator of Cybercity Oedo, Black Magic M-66, Dominion Tank Police, and a little something called Ghost in the Shell amongst others he basically … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Appleseed

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

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

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

Tsuki ga Kirei (月がきれい, tr. “As the Moon, So Beautiful”) is a 12-episode romance anime series from 2017, produced by Feel. It was written by Yuko Kakihara and directed by Seiji Kishi. [Header image from Lost in Anime] Synopsis Kotaro … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Tsuki ga Kirei

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

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!

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

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