Genre: Action, urban fantasy, superpowers, confusion Episodes: 12 Studio: Trigger Summary: Have you ever thought to yourself: I’m surrounded by animals! Well if you lived in Anima City you would be right. And although it has some downsides, for the Beastmen and women of the world, it’s the best place to be. Heck, it can…
Genre : Supernatural, Slice of Life, drama, Everything that’s good with the world Episodes: 74 over 6 seasons, 6 OVAs and a movie Studio: Shuka There are few things I have enjoyed more in my time writing this blog, than coming up with new summaries of a Natsume’s Book of Friends season. Something about trying…
****I will be discussing characters and events from the fourth episode of Bingo Stray Dogs, season 3. Although I don’t believe this post by spoils anything about the season or the larger plot, it does go over the episode itself in fair detail so if you don’t want to learn what happens, please feel free…
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, OMG so cute!!! Episodes: 12 Studio: 8-Bit All parents have their quirks. Some insist on showing anyone we bring home all our baby pictures complete with running, extremely embarrassing commentary. Some seem completely impervious to the notion of privacy while others could compete in the guilt Olympics. All Sora’s dad…
Genre: Supernatural, fantasy, drama Episodes: 24 Studio: Wit Studio I really liked my synopsis for the OVAs and that’s why I’m reusing most of it here – I’m not just being lazy! Chise is a beloved child, adored by fairies and humans alike, living a life of wonder and merriment while studying magic under the ancient…
Genre : Supernatural, Slice of Life, drama, Everything that’s good with the world Episodes: 11 (+1 OVA) Studio: Shuka There are those of us who are driven to change, pushed by wanderlust to seek out adventure. There are those of us who can’t seem to stay still, terrified of stagnation and uncomfortable with silence. But in time,…
Genre: Supernatural, Slice of Life, Drama Episodes: 11 + 2 OVAS + 1 special Studio: Shuka Takashi has come a long long way and been through several lifetimes worth of hardship and adventure, yet the real work has only just begun. Once you manage to pull yourself together and somehow reconcile an existence half rooted in…
Beautiful Bones: Sakurako’s Investigation Genre : Crime drama, procedural, mystery Episodes: 12 Studio: Troyca Sakurako Kujō is your average beautiful young woman in her twenties, with your average every day worries and pleasures. For instance, she worries that she will have to talk to other people since most of them are idiots and interacting with them…
Genre Supernatural, Action Episodes: 25 Studio: A-1 Pictures You think you got daddy issues? Imagine if your dad abandoned you at birth then came back fifteen years later and killed your loving adoptive father, who also happens to be entirely made out of coolness, and now wants to force you into the family business without giving…
Genre: Supernatural, Drama, Magical Boy(?) Episodes: 13 Studio: Brain’s Base This show recounts the epic adventures of the great and powerful Nyanko-sensei and his young attendant Natsume. Every week the great Nyanko-sensei patiently teaches the young boy about the mysterious spiritual world which coexists with our own but is invisible to most humans, all the…
Genre : Supernatural, adventure Episodes: 1 movie Studio: Science Saru Kai has recently moved from Tokyo to his parent’s childhood town of Hinashi. A sleepy little coastal village, entirely dedicated to the fishing industry which sustains it and trying desperately to reinvent itself as a tourist destination. It doesn’t exactly offer the excitement and stimulation of big…
Genre: Slice of Life, Supernatural Episodes: 12 Studio: J.C.Staff As part of her training to become a full-fledged witch, Makoto moves to a rural town to live with her cousins. There she does rural town witchy stuff. Look this show isn’t really about some big overarching plot. Lots of little stuff happens. This series rounded off…
Genre : Fantasy, Adventure, Episodes: 2 Studio: Wit Studio Chise is a beloved child, living a life of wonder and merriment while studying magic under the ancient Magus Elias, but it wasn’t always so… After receiving an old book as a gift, Chise begins to recount the story of how she had first came into…
Genre : Historical, comedy, palace intrigue, bishonen brochette Episodes: 12 Studio: Bridge Heine Wittgenstein, a man often mistaken for a small child, has been summoned to the royal palace of Glanzreich by the king to act as the royal tutor to the four younger princes—Kai, Bruno, Leonhard, and Licht– so that he may mold them…
Genre : Magical girl; feelings Episodes: 12 Studio: Shaft A reserved but kind-hearted girl is suddenly pulled into the dangerous world of witch hunting after she rescues a sentient stuffed toy for the mysterious new blade-wielding exchange student with social acclimatization issues. For those of us who consider ourselves anime enthusiasts (I am by no means…