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Bakemonogatari(化物語)

Synopsis The short stories in the two volumes of Bakemonogatari deal with a high school boy named Koyomi Araragi and strange students he encounters. ("Bakemonogatari" is a wordplay on the Japanese term bakemono for supernatural creatures and the term monogatari for stories.) One student, a girl named Hitagi Senjōgahara, almost literally falls into his lap, only to have him discover she has no weight. (Source: ANN) Episodes: 15 Status: Currently Airing Aired: Jul 3, 2009 to ? My review: "Bakemonogatari" is a wordplay on the Japanese term bakemono for supernatural creatures and the term monogatari for stories.The ghosts in the story are gods or spirits(i.e oniis) who have cast their own special curses on humans resulting in supernatural effects on the humans on whom the curses are cast.Almost each episode starts and ends a story arc,as we see many characters getting introduced as the series progresses.The main plot of the story deals with Koyomi Araragi who t

Eufonius(ユーフォニアス) (J-pop)

eufonius (ユーフォニアス) Eufonius (stylized as eufonius ) is a Japanese progressive rock music group which debuted on October 11 , 2003 with the release of their first album Eufonius which was also an independent release. The band has produced songs for various anime and video games , such as Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl , Himawari! , Noein , True Tears , and Key 's visual novel Clannad . The band is composed of two primary members, Riya — who provided vocals and the majority of the lyrics—and Hajime Kikuchi—who plays the keyboard and handles composition , arrangement , and sometimes lyric. [Source:Wikipedia] I always had this interest for japanese music ever since I started watching anime 10 years ago.Eufonius is one of my favorite j-pop bands,they aren't very well known as they tend to keep a very low profile(It's been pretty hard for me to even find images of the band!).But nevertheless the band is really very good and are much better than many of the j-pop artists out

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

Synopsis The premise of the project is the 70% possibility that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake will occur in Tokyo in the next 30 years. The anime depicts what would happen if an 8.0 earthquake took place. The story centers on Mirai, a middle school freshman girl who goes to Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba Island for a robot exhibition with her brother Yutaka at the start of summer vacation. A powerful tremor emanates from an ocean trench, the famed Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge crumble and fall, and the landscape of Tokyo changes in an instant. With the help of a motorcycle delivery woman named Mari who they meet on Odaiba, Mirai and Yutaka strive to head back to their Setagaya home in western Tokyo. [Source: ANN] Episodes: 11 Status: Currently Airing Aired: Jul 9, 2009 to ? My review: This one has to be one of the most realistic anime out there.The anime has well drawn artwork,with nice character designs.Looking at the progress of the story,it would probably be too early for me to

Inuyasha's Final Chapters Get TV Anime Green-Lit

Inuyasha Kanketsu-hen to air on Japan's YTV this fall This year's 34th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine will announce next Wednesday that an Inuyasha Kanketsu-hen ( Inuyasha Final Chapter) television adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi 's manga has been green-lit. The anime will broadcast on Japan's YTV this fall and cover the story in volumes 36 to 56 of the manga — the final 21 compiled book volumes. The original staff and cast will reunite for the new anime adaptation . Shonen Sunday had promised earlier this month that it will be including a special news announcement about Inuyasha in issue #34. Takahashi had ended the Inuyasha manga in the same magazine last June. She has been serializing a new manga called RIN-NE ( Kyōkai no Rinne ) in the magazine as well as on TheRumicWorld.com website for North America readers since April 22. Viz Media has been releasing the Inuyasha manga in North America, and it has also released

Sora no Manimani(宙のまにまに)

Synopsis Saku Ooyagi returns to his hometown after seven years and is soon reacquainted with his childhood friend, Mihoshi Akeno. The reunion is far from merry since the last memory they have of each other is of her falling off a tree and him saving her. In any case, Mihoshi is determined to improved their relationship and forces Saku to join the astronomy club she founded. Episodes: 12 Status: Currently Airing Aired: Jul 7, 2009 to ? My review: Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan,Saku-chan................!!!! (Mihoshi likes saku-chan) (Mihoshi also likes Hime-chan) well that's I heard through most of the three episodes I watched.The story setting is ty