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2009-11-11T21:57:00.000-08:00

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Hey! Guys take a look at what animes was released this year! 2009! Before the start of 2010!

2009-11-08T03:57:00.002-08:00

Nyan Koi! (にゃんこい!)
Rate:4.8/5
Episodes: Ongoing
Summary:

Junpei Kosaka is a second-year high school student who despises cats and has an allergy to them. It just so happens that his high school crush is Kaede Mizuno, a girl who adores cats. One day, while walking home from school, Junpei kicks an empty can and unfortunately beans the local neko-jizo-sama(guardian deity of cats). He finds he can now understand what cats are saying, including his family's own ill-tempered cat, Nyamusasu. However, if he does not grant 100 wishes from cats, he will turn into cat himself.
Review:
This anime is very very very funny! Every episode is interesting talking about how he helps out those cute little cats and how his relationship with Mizuno becomes closer. Mizuno is a blockhead and always get the wrong idea. Kousaka has luck with girls, the girls that are interested in him are very pretty. Its worth watching and most importantly its a love comedy anime!

Review by:Kizxuya

Ga Rei Zero

2009-11-08T03:25:00.000-08:00

Ga-Rei: Zero

喰霊-零-
Rates:4.5/5
Episodes: 12
Summary:
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has an anti-paranormal special forces group called the Supernatural Disaster Prevention Agency. They're the ones responsible to protect Japanese soil and its people from supernatural and paranormal events. However, things didn't go so well in one of their missions, which leads to intervention by the Ministry of Enviroment's Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Division after the SDPA has sustained large numbers of casualties battling demons.
Credits to Kizuyan for the below picture:

This anime revolves around a girl named Kagura, she was a heir to their family the Tsuchimiya.
She was given heavy responsibility of an exorcist since young, the heir of Tsuchimiya is to be given the Ga Rei a Spiritual Creature that will help in exorcising the demons. Kagura's father recieved the Ga Rei when her mother died and he was supposed to leave house and go exorcising so he handed over Kagura to another family for them to take care of her.

Kagura is under the Isayama's care (which also is a family of exorcist) and Yomi who was the heir to the Isayama treated Kagura very well treating her as if as her own little sister, in time they were very close and worked together to exorcise demons.

However unfortunate things happen and Yomi turned evil and killed almost everyone. Kagura is suppose to stop her but she hesitates...

Review:
At first it was a little bit skeptical, but only in the first episode. When I watched the second episode I knew that this was something for me. Although the starting part of the anime is about Kagura and Yomi's past, it was still interesting and the killing of someone beloved to you is something ver sad! This anime is very touching everytime I watched the part where Kagura killed Yomi and Yomi said I am proud of you being my sister this always makes me wanna cry!

Review by:Kizxuya

Chobits

2009-11-08T02:30:00.000-08:00

Chobits (ちょびっツChobittsu)
Rates:4.0/5
Episodes: 24 episodes

Summary
The story centers on the life of Hideki Motosuwa, a repeat student attempting to qualify for university by studying at Seki prep school in Tokyo. Besides a girlfriend, he dreams of having a persocom. On his way home one evening, he stumbles across a persocom in the form of a beautiful girl with long hair lying against a pile of trash bags, and he carries her home. Upon turning her on, she instantly regards Hideki with adoration. The only word the persocom seems capable of saying is "chi" , thus he names her Chi. Hideki assumes that there must be something wrong with her, and so the following morning Hideki's neighbor Hiromu Shimbo tries to analyze her with his mobile persocom Plum, and after Plum crashes he concludes that she must be custom-made.

Shinbo introduces Hideki to Minoru Kokubunji, a twelve year old genius who specializes in the field of custom made persocoms. Minoru's persocoms, including Yuzuki, a fairly exceptional custom made persocom, are not able to analyze Chi either, and thus they conclude that she may be one of the Chobits, a legendary series of persocoms rumoured to have free will and emotions. Although this could be a possibility, Minoru is confident that it is only a rumour. Yuzuki also adds that she does not resemble any persocom model in any available database and so she must be custom made after all.

A major part of the plot involves Hideki attempting to teach Chi words, concepts, and appropriate behaviours, in between his crammed schedule of school and work. At the same time, Chi seems to be developing feelings for Hideki, at an emotional depth, which she is not supposed to possess, and Hideki struggles with his feelings for her. The need to figure out more about Chi and her mysterious functions and past becomes a stressing pull for the characters in the series.

Hideki discovers that his feelings intensify for Chi whether she is a persocom or not, despite other horrible experiences involving persocoms that happened to his friends. Chi becomes aware of her purpose through a picture book series called A City with No People which she finds in a bookstore. The books speak about many different things involving human and persocom relationships: persocoms and their convenience towards people as friends and lovers, how there are things that they cannot do and questioning whether a relationship between a persocom and a human is really one sided. It also speaks about the Chobits series; that they are different from other persocoms, and what they are not capable of doing unlike other persocoms. These picture books awaken Chi's other self, her sibling Freya who is aware of their past and helps Chi realize what she must do when she decides who her "person just for me" is. Together, Chi and Hideki explore the relationship between humans and their new technological advantage, the persocom, as well as their friends' and their own.
*note: perscom is an android used as a personal computer, which is expensive.

Review:
Chobits, overall was an excellent series. The characters actually had relationships that developed, which is rare in anime. The story flowed fairly well, and did not bore the audience to death. The writers knew who would be their target audience would be, and definetly drove to please that audience. The voice acting in the english version was done wonderfully, and the voices fit the characters extrememly well.
This series was created so well, it is difficult to say that it is flawless, but it would be a lie to say it wasn't. The show could have definetly be cut down some; for example, episodes repeat what happened in the last episode too much instead of moving on in the story. The ending was predictable, making it almost dislikable; some things never really were resolve;and even though the characters moved on with relationships, at the very end, it seems like the begining is just repeated.
Despite Chobit's flaws, it is still a wonderful series. Any viewer will have no trouble looking past the bad points, which there are few, and will fall in love with this series charm and interesting view on love.

Review by:Kizxuya

Rozen Maiden (ローゼンメイデン, Rōzen Meiden)

2009-11-07T03:40:00.000-08:00

Rozen Maiden (ローゼンメイデン Rōzen Meiden)
By : Peach-pit
Episodes : 12
Run : 7 October 2004 – 23 December 2004
Rating : 4.3 / 5 (Must watch!)

Summary :
Jun Sakurada is a Junior High School student who refuses to go to school after being traumatized by an embarrassing experience there . He has taken to locking himself in his room, never leaving the house, and spends the day ordering goods online and returning them before the date in which he has to pay. His older sister, Nori Sakurada, does everything she can to brighten Jun's dreary existence, but is unable to change his situation.

One day, Jun receives a letter claiming he has won a prize. The letter asks him to choose "Yes" or "No". It states that after he has made his decision, he must place the letter in the drawer of his desk, and Holie will take it to the spirit world. Despite his skepticism, he follows these instructions, and discovers soon after that the envelope has vanished. Moments later, he realizes that a richly detailed wood case has materialized within his room. The box contains a strange realistic doll dressed in French aristocratic attire. Jun examines the doll from every angle before seeing the key and winding up the doll. The doll creaks, stands up on its own, then proceeds to slap him for handling her as crudely as he had. She introduces herself as, "...Shinku, the fifth doll of the Rozen Maiden."

Shinku is a doll from the unique "Rozen Maiden" collection, and before Jun can fully comprehend the weight of his new situation, a stuffed clown (bear in the manga) plush doll attacks. Shinku promises that she will save Jun's life, but only if he will vow to serve her. Thus, Jun becomes entrusted with the responsibility of protecting Shinku's "Rosa Mystica" whilst she is engaged in a centuries old fight with the other Rozen Maiden dolls for the title of "Alice."

Review:
As a Lolita and aristocratic lover, i strongly recommend this anime to you. Filled with adventures, tears, love and battles, The storyline is very touching and nostalgic. Each rozen maiden doll has their own story about why they want to be Alice, The one who is pure and pretty enough to meet "father". Each of their story is very touching, especially suigintou's story. Watch it to find out !

2009-11-07T03:21:00.000-08:00

Shugo Chara! (しゅごキャラ! Shugo Kyara!)
Artist : Peach-pit
Episodes: 51 Run : October 6, 2007 – September 27, 2008
Rating : 3/5

Summary :
The heroine of the story, Amu Hinamori, is a student at Seiyo Elementary.At first glance, her classmates refer to her as "cool and spicy" and rumors speculate about her personal life. However, her real personality is that of a very shy girl who has trouble showing her true personality. One night, Amu wishes for the courage to show her "would-be" self, and the next morning finds three brightly colored eggs—red, blue, and green—in her bed. At first, she is alarmed, but realizes she must have really wished to change. These eggs hatch into three Guardian Characters: Ran, Miki, and Su. The Guardian Characters aid Amu in discovering who she truly is and help fulfill Amu's dreams. Amu's life becomes much more complex as she struggles to deal with her "would-be" selves and the Seiyo Elementary's Guardians, who recruit Amu as the Joker to search for X Eggs and X Characters, the corrupted forms of peoples' dreams.

Meanwhile, the Easter Company is extracting people's eggs in search of a special egg called the Embryo. The Embryo is believed to grant any wish to the one who possesses it. However, the process creates X Eggs and X Characters. It is described as a white egg with a heart and yellow wings.Which they eventually found out was someone else's egg.

Later on in the series a fourth (yellow) egg is born, this egg contains the Guardian Character Diamond. She was only seen a few times in the series, until about halfway to the end, where she was purified of the X on her, and then would appear in times of heavy crisis.

Review :
This anime is a little bit too long-winded for me, as it contains 3 seasons currently and the 3rd season is still airing. Prior to shugo chara ! Doki, Shugo chara ! is kind of a mahou shoujo anime , as in the start, only Hinamori Amu can transform with her charas. As time passes by, the guardian group get closer together to achieve a common goal : Get hold of the embryo. It revolves around the character Hinamori amu, a girl who doesn't understand her inner self and outer ego, As she fights her outer ego of being a cool and spicy girl, she finally lets her inner self take over bit by bit.

Review by:Xin

Akikan!

2009-11-07T03:09:00.000-08:00

Akikan! (アキカン!?, lit. Empty Can!)
Marks:4.0/5[Nice...]
Episodes:12

Summary
Akikan (”Empty Can”) is the unlikely story of high school boy Kakeru Daichi, whose can of melon juice soda magically transforms into a human girl. More "akikan" girls begin appearing, each of them needing to be infused with carbon dioxide from their respective drink types to survive. The akikans were created as part of the 'Akikan Elect' to determine whether steel cans or aluminium cans are superior. The akikans must battle each other until only the strongest can type is left standing.

Kakeru Daichi (大地カケル, Daichi Kakeru) is the series' main Protagonist. A sixteen year old male virgin studying at Kyuugetsu Academy. He's a perverted boy who loves to play lewd jokes. He enjoys collecting rare juice cans and basically likes juices. One day, he bought a melon soda that transformed into a girl, which was an Akikan. He was later invited by Hidehiko Otoya to join the "Akikan Elect" and "Intelligence Port Project" but being a person who hated fights, he rejected the invitation (although he was later forced to participate). Later, he made his mind to crush those projects together with his comrades. A certain incident during his sophomore/junior high school days made him afraid of hurting somebody.

Melon is a steel Akikan who came from a melon soda, owned by Kakeru. She's competitive and strong-willed, which was the reason why she was always having a fight with Kakeru. Although she likes her owner she cannot express her feelings well, which ends up telling opposite of what she wants to say. She likes watching baseball matches, even with midnight telecasts, though she has stated she has no clue on how the game is played. She basically hates Aluminum Akikans.

Review
A very ecchi anime. Story is good and it is sure funny, but there is something i don't understand is where is the fighting between Akikans in the anime . I thought the story plot is to show how Akikans fights but instead it showcase romances only. Otherwise it is great.

D.Gray-man

2009-11-07T01:55:00.000-08:00

D.Gray-man (ディー・グレイマン, Dī Gureiman)
Marks:3.0/5[Average...]
Episodes:103

Summary
Set in England during the end of a fictional nineteenth century, D.Gray-man mostly centers around 15-year-old Allen Walker. In his childhood Allen was abandoned by his parents due to a 'deformed' left arm and was adopted by a travelling clown called Mana Walker. At some point, Mana died and Allen was approached by a person named Millennium Earl, who offered to revive Mana. The Earl revives him but Mana reappears as a machine called an akuma that is ordered by the Millennium Earl to kill Allen and take on his skin, as akuma do.

As Allen is gifted with the ability to control his left hand and turn it into an anti-akuma weapon because of a substance called Innocence is embedded in it and against his will, kills Mana. Before Mana dies, he curses Allen's left eye, which later gives him the ability to see the souls of akuma.
Learning that Millennium Earl is doing the same thing to him as to other people.

Allen decided to stop him.Soon after this he becomes the apprentice of General Cross, an Exorcist of the Black Order, a secretive organization which aims to stop the plan set in motion by the Millennium Earl and to save the souls trapped as akuma.

In Black Order ,he make friends and allies and together they journey across the world to stop Millennium Earl evil deeds

Review
Hmm...I gotta say.. the introduction of the anime really excite me. It is a great anime! In fact i will give it a 4.6/5.0 if not for it crappy ending. Storyline was great! ACTION WAS BOOM! But ending just doesn't work out.Though it did rock the entire anime world with it's great story and mystical weapons.If you are looking for a good starting anime and action, this is definitely for you!

Review by:Sotong

Basquash!

2009-11-06T21:52:00.000-08:00

Basquash! (バスカッシュ!, Basukasshu)
Marks:4.1/5[Hmmm what to say?Definitely good!)
Episodes:26

Summary

The story takes place in the world of "Earth Dash", an alternate, futuristic version of Earth where human society split between the far more advanced lunar society and that of the planet's surface. A popular sport is BFB (Big Foot Basketball), where players ride mecha called "Big Foot" and play basketball in a giant arena. In the city of Rolling Town, Dan JD and his companions take the sport to the streets, rename it "Basquash", and then embark on a journey to overcome their past hardships and make their dreams come true.

Dan JD (ダン・ジェイディー, Dan Jeidī)
The main protagonist, Dan is a young boy who loves basketball but despises BFB due to an accident that crippled his sister.His dream is to make enough money to pay for his debts and send his sister to the moon to treat her paralyzed legs.

His attempts to demoralize the sport ended up making it more popular when he invaded an official BFB game and awed the crowd with a highly-skilled demonstration under his alias, "Dunk Mask", on his own Big Foot which he named Dangan.As a result of the widespread destruction, he is imprisoned for a year and charged with a massive debt, numbering 5.3 billion Rollings (the local currency). This event, as well as Dan himself, has since then gained the status of a legend, and inspired the sport Big Foot Streetball. And therefore Basquash! was created. As Dan JD continue to journey he found more friends to aid him in completing his dreams as well as thier's.

Review
I have to say that this is an awesome anime. Don't judge a book by it's cover though it seems that robots playing basketball is dumb but it is great the action and graphic atmosphere created another type of earth that had never been seen before. The continous persuing of dreams that the characters had shown touch me greatly . Comedy and Romance were also great it is very funny indeed and it is really heart tearing as the characters faces a lot of troubles with loves. It is truely a must watch series.

Review by:Sotong

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun

2009-11-06T20:50:00.000-08:00

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (とある科学の超電磁砲?, lit. A Certain Scientific Railgun)
Marks:4.0/5[Great?OF Course!]
Episodes:Ongoing!

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (とある科学の超電磁砲?, lit. A Certain Scientific Railgun) is an anime series based on a spin-off manga to the light novel series To Aru Majutsu no Index, focusing on the adventures of Mikoto Misaka and her friends.

Summary

Mikoto Misaka (御坂美琴, Misaka Mikoto)is the main protagonist of To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, a side story to To Aru Majutsu no Index. A psychic user of Academy City, her powers are ranked Level 5( The highest level yet). She attends Tokiwadai Middle School, a famous girls' school in Academy City for the rich and elite psychics. Though in reality, she has a short-tempered, prideful, and improper attitude with some slight tomboyish tendencies and insecurities she has a strong sense of morals and hates injustice.She have the ability to generate electricity.Which create instant railguns by using coins as projectiles.

She has a one-sided rivalry with Tōma( Protagonist of To Aru Majutsu no Index).Which later on discover that she is in love with Tōma

Kuroko Shirai is Misaka's kōhai in Tokiwadai Middle School and a protagonist in To Aru Kagaku no Railgun. A Level 4 psychic, she is a member of Judgment, a special public committee group whose duty is to maintain peace and order in Academy City. She is in love with Misaka, who she calls "Onee-sama" (big sister), and tends to get jealous if someone else gets her attention.Her powers are instant teleportation, which allows her to teleport herself and anything in her possession as long it weighs around 130-137 kilograms to anywhere in a radius of around 81-85 meters. One disadvantage of her power is that she has to concentrate on where she, the object(s), and/or person she holds would be teleported to, for any disturbance in her concentration will make her powers useless.

Left is Ruiko Saten , Right is Kazari Uiharu

Ruiko Saten is a Level 0, classmate, and Uiharu's friend who is known for wearing a flower on the left side of her hair. She is a little shameless as she sometimes flips Uiharu's skirt in public.

Kazari Uiharu is Shirai's friend and colleague in Judgment and another protagonist in To Aru Kagaku no Railgun. Shy and humble, she goes to a different middle school from Shirai and can be identify for wearing a headband made of flowers on her head

Review
Looks like the creators of To Aru Majutsu no Index did not leave us with nothing and therefore, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun is born.It is surely a must watch anime. It is funny and the graphic is great. The starting was great it brought up a kind of mysterious but it is totally disrupted by the comedies. It is introduced properly and i catch every bit of it though during that period of time , i haven't started on To Aru Majutsu no Index. It is to be expected to have more funny and awesome episode in the upcoming weeks so do watch it!

Review by:Sotong

2009-11-06T20:46:00.000-08:00

Pandora Hearts (パンドラハーツ Pandora Hātsu )
By : Jun mochizuki
Episodes: 25
Run : April 3, 2009 – September 25, 2009
Marks :4.0/5

Summary
Oz Vessalius, heir to one of the duke houses, has just turned fifteen. His life is rich and carefree, darkened only by the constant absence of his father. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. For no reason that he can discern, he is cast into the prison known as the "Abyss", only to be saved by a "chain" known as Alice, the bloodstained black rabbit or B-rabbit for short. The mystery there begins as Oz unravels the mystery behind Alice, the Abyss and the strange organization known as Pandora.

As Oz unravels the many mysteries, he slowly finds out that he might not be plainly himself, Fearing that he has powers that he cannot even have any control or knowing of, and of the connection between him, Jack bezaurius and Alice. The story revolves around the truth of the tragedy of sabrie, and ends with a big missing piece of puzzle.

Review
The story is filled with excitement and trills, but the ending was a little disappointing, with a cliff hanger as Alice and troop enters a new trance of adventures. I think there will be another season though. I really like the storyline though, it's very interesting. Something new out of the usual romance, comedy animes. If you like mystery genres, i strongly urge you to watch this anime as it has a really deep meaning to it .

Review by:Xin

BAK MAN! not baka ... it is back...

2009-11-06T19:58:00.001-08:00

BAK MAN! not baka ... it is back...

WOO~ EXAM OVER MEAN? MORE ANIME! So we decided to resume our activities on this blog
Do COME OFTEN!

Code Geass

2009-09-10T22:12:00.000-07:00

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (コードギアス反逆のルルーシュ, Kōdo Giasu: Hangyaku no Rurūshu)
Marks:3.8/5[Great?OF Course!]
Episodes:25

Summary
The Holy Britannian Empire, the Chinese Federation, and the Euro Universe have divided up control of the world
Holy Britannian Empire on August 10, 2010, a.t.b. with the Knightmare Frames stripped Japan and its citizens of all rights and freedoms and renaming the country as Area 11.Lelouch is a Britannian prince who was disowned by his father, Emperor Charles zi Britannia, after his mother was murdered, and has vowed to destroy his father, the Emperor, and Britannia.

In which later on,he gains the power of Geass, allowing him to force others to obey his orders without question, and begins a quest to utilize this power to destroy Britannia under another identity known as Zero.In order to realize his two wishes to seek revenge for his mother and to construct a world in which his beloved sister Nunnally can live happily.

Through his alter-ego, Zero, Lelouch attempts to restore Japan's independence as the "United States of Japan", as a step in his quest to overthrow Britannia with The Black Knights.

Review
Looks like the same old machine fighting show like Gundam or so on. But~ it is a great show , it do not just contains machine it contains mysterious powers like Geass too. Details of how he got Geass and what was happening is clearly explain , it is ensure that you would not get confused. If you like action you would love this. Storyline is focused on Lelouch , which is great as Lelouch is a mysterious guy and would most likely attracted you to find out more about him as it did to me.Romance was not as expected , if you are a romance animer , most likely would be very disapointted. But still the storyline get nicer every episodes and would sure make you keen to watch till the end.

Review by:Sotong

Vampire Knight

2009-09-10T21:37:00.000-07:00

Vampire Knight
Marks:3.5/5[Not bad!]
Episodes:13

Summary
Yuki's earliest memory is of a stormy night in winter, wherein she was attacked by a vampire... And then rescued by another. Now 10 years later, Yuki Cross, the adopted daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy, has grown up and become a guardian of the vampire race, protecting her savior, Kaname, from discovery as he leads a group of vampires at the elite boarding school. But also at her side is Zero Kiryu, a childhood friend who?s hatred for the creatures that destroyed everything he held dear, is now determined never to trust them. This coexisting arrangement seems all well and good, but have the vampires truly renounced their murderous ways, or is there a darker truth behind their actions. Is Kaname's infatuation with Yuki the beginning of a forbidden romance, or is it something in her forgotten past that draws him to her. Because in this world of secrets, nothing is as it seems. And the price of misplaced trust may even be worse than death.

Review
At first Vampire Knight looks like an average shojo anime with a soap opera vibe and other elements that repel guys. But it seems that it goes beyond that and explores a little bit of other things seen in shonen comics, such as betrayal, loyalty, friendship and trust. Vampire Knight was the first shojo anime I saw and, to be completely honest, I had no idea it was intended as a show for girls.

I found it helpful that the anime slowly sinks you into its universe and takes the time to let you familiarize with the characters. Unlike the manga, the show seems to try and explain everything more detailed and keep most of the confusing parts at bay.

The events unravel themselves at a steady pace and, although it’s sometimes slow, the story doesn’t get boring. There is also a nice dose of mystery inserted at the end of each episode in order to keep the viewer interested. What I enjoyed the most is that the story doesn’t rush to reveal the cheesy love story, but takes a nice detour in order to show off other elements such as the loyalty between two friends or the decent rivalry between others. The story isn’t based on a silly crush where the girl embarrasses herself, but tries to develop the female protagonist into a strong person with responsibilities

Review by:Kizxuya

K-On!

2009-09-08T07:08:00.000-07:00

K-On!
Marks:4.8/5.0 [1000% must watch!!!]
Episodes:15[one extra,2 specials and one Live!]
Summary
This story follows the story of 4 girls who try to save their high school light music club, even though they aren't that experienced.
Intro!!!

Yui-is the main character of K-On!. She is one of the members of the light music club, and plays a Heritage Cherry Sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard electric guitar that she nicknames 'Giita' (ギー太). Yui is clumsy and easily spaces out most of the time. She takes a huge liking for any kind of food (but admits that she does not gain any weight). She has a very easy-going nature, but has incredible concentration when hyped, though this is only limited to one subject at a time. She will totally neglect any other things in the process, to the point of forgetting anything she has learned beforehand.She has perfect pitch and is the group's main vocalist, although she is known to forget her lyrics in mid-performance, as well as overdoing things, making her unable to perform sometimes.

Ritsu-is the president of the light music club and plays a Yamaha Hipgig Drumset. Ritsu is cheerful, often likes making jokes and is sarcastic most of the time. She usually brainstorms for ideas to earn more money and for the club's success. She says she chose to play the drums because they are "cool", but in reality, she admits that she has trouble playing instruments which involve intricate finger movements, such as the bass, guitar and keyboard. Is Mio's childhood friend.

Mio-is a shy girl who is in the light music club and plays a left-handed, 3-Color Sunburst Fender Precision Bass, with a tortoiseshell pickguard. She gets excellent grades in school, but is bad with listening to stories involving macabre experiences, and cowers whenever something gross is brought up.
she gets embarrassed easily, and is often subject to teasing from Ritsu and Sawako, their club adviser. She cites that she chose bass since it is not the center of attention in the band, unlike the guitarist. Mio is more technical when it comes to music, and Yui often comes to her when she is in need of more guitar tutorials. She is the band's backing vocalist and takes over lead vocals whenever Yui is incapable of singing or forgets the lyrics. She writes the songs, although they feature some odd lyrics like "Light and Fluffy Time". She is left-handed and becomes entranced whenever she sees left-handed instruments. Due to an unexpected accident in one of their live performances, a fan club for her is then formed (much to her dismay considering the circumstances surrounding it), whose founding member is the former student council president, who also stalks Mio.

Tsumugi-often referred to as 'Mugi' by her friends, is a wealthy girl with a gentle and sweet personality who plays a Korg Triton Extreme 76 Key keyboard in the light music club.Tsumugi is considered a piano prodigy since she has been playing the piano since she was four and has experience in winning various piano contests. She is the daughter of a company president, and her family has several villas in various places around Japan (and even one in Finland, much to Ritsu, Azusa and Ui's surprise when they try to contact her at home). Since her father also owns a maid café, she often brings confectionery and an assortment of sweets and pastries to the club room, and she diligently makes tea with a tea set which is kept in their club room. Although she is a sweet and gentle girl, she is often weirdly entranced by the sight of two girls interacting closely together, sometimes imagining something more risqué in her head. Despite her being wealthy, she also tries her hand at a part-time job at a fast-food restaurant. While a lot of things do not bother her, she is fairly conscious about her weight like Mio, and she gets a bit anxious when her family's staff start spoiling her friends during villa visits.

Left to Right:Azusa Nakano,Yui Hirasawa,Mio Akiyama,Ritsu Tainaka,Tsumugi Kotobuki as the band "After School Tea Time" (放課後ティータイム, Hōkago Tī Taimu)

Review
Charmingly cute, K-ON! is a beautifully drawn anime that music lovers are sure to enjoy. I loved the story, the characters, and the comedy. At 13 episodes it’s short but not rushed. The bond between the band members feels real and is very heartwarming. I just wish it was longer! A must watch for anyone who loves a short n’ sweet anime!

Review by:Kizxuya

Toradora

2009-09-08T05:57:00.000-07:00

Toradora a.k.a Tiger X Dragon [Rawr~!]
Marks:4.4/5.0 [Should watch~]
Episode:25 (Ahh~ what a relief finally a series with no extra episodes)

Summary
Male protagonist Ryūji Takasu is a seventeen-year-old high school student in his second year, class 2-C. Due to biological inheritance, his eyes make him look like an intimidating delinquent and causes many misunderstandings despite he having a gentle personality.Ryūji goes to school and is happy to find that he gets to be in the same class with his best friend Yūsaku Kitamura and a girl he has a crush on, Minori Kushieda.Later on knock Taiga Aisaka, to happens to also be in his class, and is a good friend of Minori.

Despite her cuteness,Taiga has a negative attitude towards others and will not hesitate to snap at people. After meeting Ryūji, she takes an instant dislike of him. Taiga comes from a rich family, but she has moved out to live on her own due to family issues. She is coincidentally living in an apartment next to Ryūji's.She also had a secret crush on Yūsaku Kitamura , Ryūji best friend!
Story begins as they found out each others love secret and decide to cooperate to help each other gained their crushes.Throughout the anime, relationships were developed.

Review

Hmmm...this anime is bloody hell good! It left a good expression to me.After the anime it is surprising long distance loves could still developed. Storyline was marvelous.Relationships and troubles had blended in at right time.It make one want to watch till the end. It gives a touching environment. As expected the comedies were great too! People who likes great romances would love this. Even if u don't ,I am sure the comdies will brighten things up!

Review by:Sotong

Umineko no Naku Koro ni

2009-09-07T08:17:00.000-07:00

"Umineko no Naku Koro ni" (うみねこのなく頃に lit. When Seagulls Cry)
Episodes:Ongoing

Summary
Rokkeniima Island also known as 六軒島, Rokkenjima Island. October 4th, 1986. Kinzo Ushiromiya, the head of a wealthy famiy, is near death, and eight of his family members arrive to discuss how his assets will be divided. Also on the island are three family members who live there, five of Kinzo's servants, and his personal physician. After the eight family members had arrived, a typhoon traps all of them on the island, and shortly after, strange things start to happen and people mysteriously begin to be murdered.

Review
It’s very unsettling the way it started yet very intriguing to watch how’s it’s going to end. It almost like a detective game show who is the murderer since nobody knows if it’s really this witch who did it; does she really exists. The plot is quite very much perfect to make it more creepy.
Review by:Kizxuya

Karin

2009-08-28T21:43:00.000-07:00

Karin is also known as Chibi Vampire
Marks:4.0/5.0 [Can watch!]
Episode:25 Including a Summary,OVA and a Extra

Summary
Main Character ,Karin Maaka is the middle child in a family of vampires who immigrated to Japan two centuries earlier. She was not the same as her family of vampires who suck blood instead she produce that.She is forced to bite others to expel the extra blood, lest she suffer exaggerated nose-bleeds.She do not have the abilities vampires have instead she have human characteristics and she goes to school.

New transfer student, Kenta Usui came and somehow disrupted her regular blood flow when he goes near her.(Her blood increases).It is not soon before Kenta found out her secret.Karin's elder brother Ren tries to erase his memory but Anju, Karin's younger sister, stops him from doing so. She convinces their parents Henry and Calera to make Kenta their ally, because he can help Karin during the daylight. Kenta was saved and became friends with Karin .It is not soon before they started going out and fall in love.

Review
I really like Karin a vampire and is cute~!Kenta is also a nice character,the typical character u can find in a hero anime. He is brave and dare to admit he like Karin although he could have been killed. Storyline was brilliant the story begin with a slow pace for intro then the serious stuff came in. The romance was blend in prefectly for Karin and Kenta. The comedy was not bad still can improve but it can make some people laugh . Neitherless it is good and i think u should watch it.

Review by:Sotong

Love★Com

2009-08-28T21:13:00.000-07:00

Marks:4.0/5.0 [ Not BAD!]
Episode:24

Love★Com is a love story between a boy and a girl. Risa Koizumi is 172 centimetres tall(taller than the average Japanese girl) a.k.a the female protagonist. While male protagonist is Atsushi Otani, is 156 centimetres (below the height of the average Japanese boy).Because of this, they are called the "All Hanshin Kyojin" after a popular comedy duo that has a similar height difference. Risa at first fall for male and Otani fallen for Risa's friend and they decided to put aside their problems and work together but in turn bac fire and failed.During the process, Risa discover her feelings for Otani.After which she confessed but was rejected. Otani later on open up and they became a couple. But the trouble still continued afterward ... anyway i not going say anymore just watch to find out! >.<

Review
Not the intro anyone would expect for a romance anime but it is also an comedy anime so i guess thats fine.The complex between the two was really a break through and worth watching.The romance otherwise contains a lot of thoughts for the protagonists,they had to think a lot before they started to go out! Comedy will be...A FULL MARK! It is excellent! It sure will make a lot of people laugh! if u are up for comedy and have a sudden urge for romance ,This is an anime for u!

Review by:Sotong

Clannad After Story

2009-08-19T06:55:00.000-07:00

Marks:4.7/5.0 [ Definitely must watch!]
Episode:25 Including a Summary,OVA and a Extra

[If u have not watch Clannad DO NOT READ THIS REVIEW]
As You seem to know, this is a sequel to the Clannad. But this is a more romance one.It happen after Tomoya have confess to Nagisa in Clannad (OH~How sweet).They became a couple.

Summary of this series
Things go bad when Nagisa suddenly became sick again and she had to repent a year but this time Tomoya is with her which make things more saddening.As Tomoya graduate with the 3rd years ,all of them look for jobs. Tomoya had finally found a place to live,with Nagisa helping out after school everyday like a wife.

This anime main idea is that Tomoya has to endure several hardships that the family has been suffering from, mainly involving Nagisa's illness as they got married.The weird light orbs that are seen in Clannad are also used in the anime because just after Nagisa gives birth to their daughter Ushio, Nagisa dies, leaving Tomoya to fall into a state of depression. This causes Nagisa's parents, Akio and Sanae to look after Ushio.Ushio died too because she inherited Nagisa illness.But of course the light orbs collected by Tomoya allows him to grant a wish.And his wish was to go back and make things right.And hence Nagisa and Ushio survive and together with Tomoya they lead a happy life.

Review
This anime is a great romance story. It was the first to make me cry ...lol!Anyway it is awesome and great! The emotion of Tomoya can be felt and it is truely a saddening story. The effects was blend in smoothly causing a more saddening surrounding. It is a romantic story that can bring yourself to think if u should cherish your love ones. Best is the only word to discrible this anime.U should watch it!

Review by:Sotong

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2009-08-18T05:30:00.001-07:00

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Clannad

2009-08-16T06:05:00.000-07:00

Marks:4.5/5.0 [ A must watch!]
Episode:24 Including a OVA and a special

Fuko Ibuki,Kotomi Ichinose,Kyou Fujibayashi,Nagisa Furukawa and finally Tomoyo Sakagami as order from left to right, is the 5 heroines of this anime.

Tomoya Okazaki,main character is a delinquent.He hated the city he has lived in all his life.The major story in Clannad is about Tomoya learning about the point of having family and friends by helping them to solve their problems.He is very straightforward in his comments to others and will not hesitate to speak his mind.And of course in the end he did get a girlfriend.
Nagisa Furukawa is the main heroine and Tomoya Okazaki is helping her to rebulid the drama club.She is cute!LOL!But is one year older than Tomoya.
The anime itself is good.The quality is excellent.And the comedy in it, can sometimes make u laugh.The romance part was a bit off until the last few episode when it started to get serious.More and all this a good anime.I do not mind saying that this is one of my favourite.:)

Review by:Sotong

2009-08-15T22:54:00.000-07:00

We still have some difficulty plz wait until we had done the blog skin and stuff :)

2009-08-15T06:31:00.001-07:00

Hi! Sotong here!Nice to meet u guys!The reviewers are in town!LOL

2009-08-13T06:44:00.000-07:00

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