Series by Lutair highlighting works of anime that are worth watching
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
Haibane Renmei (Haibane renmei, Une fille qui a des ailes grises) is a 2002 13 episode anime series developed by Yoshitoshi ABe (he of Serial Experiments Lain fame, which might be a tale for another time). With fantastic music from … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Haibane Renmei
Gankutsuou (巌窟王) is a 24 epiosode Gonzo production based loosely on The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas. Written by Shuichi Kouyama and directed by Mahiro Maeda. Synopsis Gankutsuou is very obviously based on The Count of Monte … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Gankutsuou
Inferno Cop (インフェルノコップ ) is a 13-episode ONA anime directed by Akira Amemiya and produced by Studio Trigger and CoMixWave, with Hiroyuki Imaishi as a production director. Synopsis Inferno Cop is a short-form anime which follows the titular character, a violent, … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Inferno Cop
Trigun (トライガン) is a 26 episode anime based on a manga by Yasuhiro Nightow. Directed by Satoshi Nishimura. It’s an spaghetti western influenced action show. It was one of the first really big hits when anime just started to break beyond … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Trigun
Cyber Team in Akihabara (アキハバラ電脳組) is a 1998, 25-episode magical girl sci-fi anime created by Tsukasa Kotobuki and Satoru Akahori. This review is specifically for episodes 6-10. Synopsis Episode 6 throws the viewer in medias res, so a lot of information … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Cyber Team in Akihabara (Ep 6-10)
Kids on the Slope (坂道のアポロン Sakamichi no Apollon, lit. “Apollo of the Slope”) is a 2012 12-episode slice-of-life anime directed by Shinchiro Watanabe and based on the mange by Yuki Kodama. The soundtrack was created by Yoko Kanno. Synopsis Kids on … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Kids on the Slope
Black Lagoon (ブラック・ラグーン) is a 24 episode action series from 2006 based on a manga by Rei Hiroe and animated by Madhouse. Synopsis After low-level businessman Rokuro Okajima is kidnapped and held for ransom on a work trip his company … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Black Lagoon
One Punch Man (ワンパンマン) is a 2015 superhero parody anime directed by Shingo Natsume, produced by Madhouse, and based on a webcomic of the same name created by ONE. The second season is currently in production. Synopsis One Punch Man follows a … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: One Punch Man
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (銀河英雄伝説 Ginga Eiyū Densetsu) is a (1988-1997) 110-episode space opera produced by Artland, based on the novel by Yoshiki Tanaka and directed by Noboru Ishiguro (Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Megazone 23). Synopsis The setting of … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Shirobako (シロバコ, lit. White Box) is a 2014 24-episode (two 12-episode cours) workplace dramedy produced by P.A. Works, written by Michiko Yokote and directed by Tsutomu Mizushima. Synopsis Shirobako tells the story of five young women who were in the … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Shirobako
Crest of the Stars (Seikai no Monshō) is a 13-episode space opera from 1999. Based on a book by Hiroyuki Morioka it was adapted by Bandai back when they still made shows other than Gundam and directed by Yasuchika Nagaoka, … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Crest of the Stars
Tsuredure Children (or Tsurezure Children, or Tsuredzure Children, because nobody can agree on how to romanize a friggin voiced tsu apparently) (徒然チルドレン) is a 2017 shortform romance anime based on a 4-panel webcomic by Toshiya Wakabayashi, directed by Hiraku Kaneko. Synopsis Tsuredure … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Tsuredure Children
Spice and Wolf (狼と香辛料) is a 2008, 25-episode historical light-fantasy romance anime based on the light novels by Isuna Hasekura and directed by Takeo Takahashi. Synopsis Spice and Wolf follows the story of Kraft Lawrence, a travelling merchant in a world similar … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Spice and Wolf
Michiko & Hatchin’s strengths lie in it’s surprising depth of character of the two leading ladies. Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Michiko & Hatchin
