Summer 2010 Anime PV (w/ pics)

[[[JUNE]]]

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): June 4, 2010
Animation Company: Feel
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Manga Companion
Summary: Keita has two older step-sisters, Ako and Riko, but since they aren't related by blood, they love him in a lustful way. After a mishap at school, Ako and Riko finally confess their love to him. Keita dislikes the thought of seeing them other then brother and sister, but as he tries to enter the same school as his sisters, he slowly becomes attracted to them.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
I haven't watched any of the previous versions of this show, so why start now? Besides, this is a release with one of the manga volumes in Japan. XD

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): June 5, 2010
Animation Company: Studio Deen
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
I've been meaning to watch the series but haven't had the luck of finding a torrent my computer can run, but eventually I'll find one and when I do it'll probably be not too long before this movie has a fan sub.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): June 25, 2010
Animation Company: Aqua Plus/ Chaos Project
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Manga Companion
Summary: A collection of side-stories. In the first, Hakuro and his friends and family from Tuscru come into possession of an abandoned baby, and begin the search for it's parents. Uratori takes it upon herself to be the baby's temporary mother and finds herself getting attached to him....maybe too attached. In the second, Eluluu is kidnapped by a group of people who want her to make a special medicine.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
I never watched the original anime, and I don't read the manga so there isn't really a reason for me to watch this.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): June 25, 2010
Animation Company: JC Staff
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Manga Companion
Summary: Self-conscious Tsubaki Hibino enjoys hairstyling, but doesn't think that style suits herself. When she arrives at her new high school, she is immediately teased by her delinquent-like classmates for maintaining such an old-fashioned look. That's not the worst part -- the top student of the grade, Kyouta Tsubaki, not only shares the same name as her, but is also an arrogant, promiscuous playboy. After Tsubaki cuts Kyouta's hair in defiance, he ominously threatens to steal all of her first experiences.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
It has a funny, overused concept... so I'd probably check out the manga before watching the companion ova.

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): June 26, 2010
Animation Company: XEBEC/ Production IG
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Sequel
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
I'm waiting for subs of the first movie D:

[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): June 26, 2010
Animation Company: A1 Pictures Inc
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Movie
Summary: Five children save the life of a dog-like alien while at a self-run summer camp. He attempts to reward them by taking them to an alien colony on the Moon. Events take a turn for the worse when his report on that attack that injured him causes passage from the Moon to the Earth to be banned, and children are stranded in space. The children need to find a way back home before camp ends and their parents discover that they are missing. They also have to avoid the poachers that injured their alien friend, and now seem to be stalking them all.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
I know that since this is a movie I can't really expect to watch it till 2011 but I sure want to watch it.

[[[July]]][Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 1, 2010
Animation Company: ZEXCS
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series, Light Novel Adaptation
Summary: Raina Lute is a lazy student of Roland Empire Royal Magician's school. One day, Roland Empire goes to war against a neighboring country Estaboole, and he lost his classmates in the battle. After the war, Lute sets out for a journey to search the relics of a "Legendary Hero" at Emperor Zion Astar's command. And he finds out a deadly curse spreading the continent.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
Rental Magica T_T EHHHHHHHHHHHH



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 1, 2010
Animation Company: AIC
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series, Game Adaptation
Summary: A second-year high school boy finds himself uneasy during Christmas time due to an experience in the past. However, this year at Christmas, he gets his last chance to ask out a graduating female senior named Haruka Morishima — or one of several other classmates. The story of the anime will be arranged in an omnibus format, with each heroine getting her own version of the story animated. Each heroine will sing her own version of the ending theme song.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
Even though it's not exactly a visual novel based moe anime, it still is what I would call my favorite type of anime so I'm def planning on giving this one a chance.



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 1, 2010
Animation Company: A1 Pictures Inc
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Sequel, Manga Adaptation
Summary: ((a new butler is introduced in this season))
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
I still haven't finished off the first season, but I have been reading the manga. So who knows, I might check this one out.



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 1, 2010
Animation Company: JC Staff
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series
Summary: A love comedy parodying fairy tales such as "Little Red Riding Hood," "The Ant and the Grasshopper," etc. Ookami Ryoko (Ookami-san) is a spunky high school girl. She is a member of a "fixer" club so called Otogi High School Bank. She fixes the school's problems with her partner Akai Ringo (Akazukin-chan.)
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
Fairy tale parody anime is usually good....



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 2, 2010
Animation Company: Brain's Base
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Sequel, Light Novel Adaptation
Summary: Based on a series of light novels, Kure-nai is about the adventures and misadventures of 16-year-old Kurenai Shinkurou. Shinkurou is an authority in settling disputes between people, and finds his life turned upside down one day when he is assigned as a bodyguard for Kuhouin Murasaki, the daughter of a powerful plutocratic family.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
I never watched the original simply because it came out at a time where I didn't really pay attention to recent anime in Japan, but if I get around to watching that an it's good I'll prob give this a watch.



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 2, 2010
Animation Company: AIC
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series, Game Adaptation
Summary: Leicester Maycraft is a young item technician who lives in the city as part of the Oasis adventurers clan. On the "Day of Shooting Stars," one shooting star lands near a party that Leicester attends. When Leicester searches for where the shooting star landed, a girl appears before Leicester and says, "You are my Papa!"
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
UHHHHHHHHHHH, not sure =v



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 3, 2010
Animation Company: GoHands
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series, Manga Adaptation
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
Student council anime........ not really what I like =/



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 3, 2010
Animation Company: tv Kanagawa
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Sequel, Manga Adaptation
Summary: The year is 1939 - it was then that the Neuroi appeared. Nobody knows where they came from or what their ultimate agenda is, but the fact remains that their attacks drove people out of their towns and cities. In order to take arms against them, humanity develops a new anti-Neuroi weapon called the "Striker Unit." Using the power of magic to fight against the monsters, this new device enhances and amplifies the power of female magic-wielders. To use this device, young witches from all over the world have been brought together to form an elite task force unit called the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, commonly known as the "Strike Witches."
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
no and never ever!



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 4, 2010
Animation Company: Seven Arc
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Sequel, Manga Adaptation
Summary: Minato Sahashi is extremely intelligent, yet due to his inability to cope under pressure has failed the college entrance exam twice. As a result he has been branded an idiot and loser by many. One day after talking to his yet again disappointed mother he comes into contact with a girl named Musubi who was under attack. The girl runs but takes him with her and soon finds that Minato, while unknown to him, is an Ashikabi, one of the mysterious set of masters that have the genetic trait that can become partners with some of the 108 cute girls, buxom women, and bishōnen called "Sekirei". The reason for the partnership allows the Sekirei to use all their power to win in the competition held by the mysterious MBI corporation.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
I never watched the original because this show never really appealed to me.



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 5, 2010
Animation Company: Mad House
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series, Manga Adaptation
Summary: The story follows a group of students and a school nurse who try to survive a worldwide plague that has turned people into the living dead.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
I've anticipated this anime since I first heard it was possibly green lit over a year ago.



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 5, 2010
Animation Company: Studio Deen
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series, Manga Adaptation
Summary: Rikuo Nura, is 3 parts human and a quarter Demon, lives in a house of spirits with his grandfather, The current clan head of the Nura youkai. Rikou is set to be the next clan head, despit the fact he dilikes his demon side. He soon come to terms with his demon blood and decides to take his position as young master of the Nura house. However there are those who will certainly not allow it to be easy.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
Hmmm, seems like I've seen something like this before but it doesn't sound bad so I'm more than likely going to give it a try.



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 5, 2010
Animation Company: Gathering
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series, 4-koma Manga Adaptation
Summary: Follows the daily lives and details the eccentricities of Date Masamune, Uesugi Kenshin, other famous territorial lords, and their followers during Japan's Warring States period.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
It's a slap stick comedy, and it's probably going to be one of those short length series. I'll probably watch it.



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 5, 2010
Animation Company: A1 Pictures
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series, 4-koma Manga Adaptation
Summary: The story revolves around Maya - The daughter of the Former head Master of a private Japanese academy dedicated to the study of the occult who died in 1999, and a time traveling agent Uchida a mysterious young man who travels back in time from 2012
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
Reminds me of Nightschool!! Which is win win win




[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 7, 2010
Animation Company: Dogakobo
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Sequel, Game Adaptation
Summary: After losing a family to bandits during a night raid, Kanu swears she will not let others share the pain she experienced that night. She quickly becomes a well-known and feared by villains bandit hunter. During her journey she comes across others, who wish to join her in her cause. One of them is a girl named Rin Rin, who had similar experience with bandits in the past.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
Haven't watched any of the originals...



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 8, 2010
Animation Company: Daume
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series, Manga Adaptation
Summary: During a fiercely hot summer in Sotoba, a peaceful and quiet village with a population of 1300 people, a series of bizarre deaths begin to occur. At the same time, a strange family moves into a long abandoned mansion in the region. Hospital dean Toshio Ozaki cannot figure out the cause of death in the deceased, initially suspecting an epidemic. As investigations continue between the hospital staff and the residents, it turns out that the village is being attacked by vampires.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
Oh goodness, this looks pretty good!



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 10, 2010
Animation Company: AIC Plus +
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series, Light Novel Adaptation
Summary: The story centers around Kio Kakazu , a high school freshman living in Okinawa. During a memorial service for one of his family ancestors. A mysterious girl with cat ears appears before him indroducing herself as Eris and claiming that she is an alien. However She be more troubling than he first realizes.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
Another anime I've been anticipating!!!!!!!!!



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 11, 2010
Animation Company: Production IG
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: Sequel, Game Adaptation
Summary: In the bloody Warring States period of feudal Japan, many generals fought in an endless struggle for power, but one man proved to be too big a threat - The dark lord Oda Nobunaga. Sanada Yukimura and Date Masamune, two young warriors from different regions who become heated rivals, begin to form an unlikely alliance with the rest of the generals to take down the Devil King.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
My friends made such a big deal about the first season that I started watching it, so if I like that enough I'm going to have to put my "guns on" once again to watch the second season (which is the second half of the story apparently).



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): July 2010
Animation Company: Bridge
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series, Manga Adaptation
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
Though I know next to nothing about this series, it looks interesting.

[[[others from July]]]
Digimon Xros War ~july 6~
Stitch! 3 ~July 6~
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl movie ~July 10~
The Borrower Ariety ~July 17~
Hen Zemi ~July 23~
Black Rock shooter ~July 24~
Zettai Karen Children ~July 16~
Black Lagoon Roberta's Blood Trail ~July 17~
Aki Sora (ova) ~July 30~
Hiyoki ~July 30~
Konchuu Monogatari ~July 31~

[[[August]]]


[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): Aug 10, 2010
Animation Company: Sunrise
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: New Series (movie)
Summary: The main character of the story is Haru Irei, a boy who becomes a "Gunpla Builder" after a fateful encounter with the Beginning Gundam plastic model. (In real life, Bandai is producing a Beginning Gundam model kit in 1/144 scale, but has not set a release date or price.) Rina Noyama is an always cheerful girl who,like her friend Haru, is a fan of Gunpla. Haru's pal Kenta Sakazaki is a boy who loves Gunpla and gives advice to Haru about building them.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
XD An anime to celebrate the anniversary of building Gundam model kits~ OHMYGAWSH, that's kind of epic. Also, its part 1 of 3 planned movies. So got to see this since I'm a new model kit builder myself :3



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): Aug 21, 2010
Animation Company: Sunrise
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: movie, Light Novel Adaptation
Summary: The "heart-warming comedy" follows a person who finds himself trapped outside the normal endless circle of life and death. Thanks to "winning" a lottery in the angel world, the protagonist is brought back to inhabit the body of a 14-year-old boy — who just committed suicide. Thus, the protagonist begins a new life.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
Watch the trailer. It looks amazing.



[Basics]
Website(s): (1)
Premier Date (Japan): Aug 28, 2010
Animation Company: Production IG
[Plot/ Synopsis/ Summary]
Type: movie, Light Novel Adaptation
Summary: Virtual reality. Murder. Werewolves. And teen girls! In a future where nothing is as it seems, can old legends come true? In the near future, humans will communicate almost exclusively through monitors, making real interaction a rarified and weak occurance for those living in a near totalitarian society. In this new world of communication, children are only allowed to interact personally on school grounds. So when a serial killer starts slaughtering junior high children the communication routes go under futher surveillance. And despite all the safeguards put in place to avoid physical interaction, the killer's latest victim turns out to have been in contact with three young girls: Mio Tsuzki, a certified prodigy; Hatsuki Matsuno, a uiet but opinionated classmate; and Ayumi Kono, her best friend. And as the girls get caught up in trying to quell curiosity under such terrorist scrutiny, Hatsuki learns that there is much more than meets the eye of their monitored communications.
[What Akia's Gonna Do]
Will this movie fill that gap Dennou Coil left behind T^T

[[[others from August]]]
Kuttsuki Boshi ~aug 16~
Negima! (ova) ~aug 20~
Metal Fight Beyblade ~aug 21~
Thriller Restaurant ~aug 21~
Queen's Blade (ova) ~aug 22~
Tono to Issho (oad) ~aug 25~

[[[August]]]
Mirai Nikki (oad) ~aug 9~
Sora no Otoshimono (oad) ~aug 9~
Queen's Blade (ova) ~aug 22~
Shukufuku no Campenella (oad) ~aug 22~

[[[TBA]]]
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[The Daily Otaku][#1] (2/26/2010)

Check out my other blogs: [Reviews][Art Sketches & WIPs]
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Changing up my blog again :D rofl. I'm incorporating Daily Manga Typing into this overall otaku series of blog posts - not that all my blog posts are pretty much otaku blog posts :P IM AN OTAKU WHO JUST CANT SEEM TO HELP BEING ONE SO GET USED TO IT. on to the blog *dissipates into a puff of smoke and reappears back in front of a computer*

~Anime I've enjoyed Recently~


Chobits: I read the manga about 4 years ago, and it's really surprising I never watched the anime two nights and the night before ago considering it is an anime about humanoid robots- and that is my favorite kind of anime. The anime was pretty disappointing... and I find the manga was much more well done. I do understand how Chobits seems to be a favorite anime among a lot of anime friends I know... but it just can not compare to other anime having to deal with humanoid robots. Sorry Chobits (the anime version), you have failed me T^T
malice@DOLL: I watched this because of a review done by ON,V and because I had asked on my Twitter what anime has stood out for you lately and that was Brent's response. Also, it's an ova about humanoid robots (more specifically of the sex bot type). Overall, it was an interesting and creepy watch. I honestly just did not get the ending. It seemed like a cop out 'it was all a dream' type ending imho. *shrugs*
Key the Metal Idol: This is an anime I had been wanting to watch, but barely got around to doing so. I watched episodes 1-13 in one sitting because it was just so intriguing. There's just something about old-ish anime ovas that focus on humanoid robots that just end up being really good.
Vandread II: I watched all of Vandread I and about 3/4ths of 2 back in 2009, and the other day I watched like 3 more episodes of II simply because I needed something with an English dub to "watch" while working on some art.
E's Otherwise: Early on in high school I watched about 10 episodes of this series and never got around to finishing it so tonight I started this anime from the beginning.

~Manga I've recently Enjoyed~


We Were There vol.2: Hmm... well, all of a sudden the guy confesses to liking the girl. This is more of a mature shojo tbh, and it's kind of slow and the way the panels are confuse me at times but I bought 4 volumes so far in hopes that this would be good since it is the pretty famous Bokura ga Ita manga (as it is known as in Japan).
Phantom Dream vol.4: Of the 3 Takya series I own complete versions of, this one is my least favorite and the hardest one to follow. The first two volumes were fairly easy to read, but volume 3 and 4 threw me for a loop. The paneling and the story just kind of went all over the place. I do give Takya credit though, this is her first manga series other than a series of short stories. I have one more volume left to read in this series before I'm done.

Spring 2010 Anime PV (mini-version)

At the moment it's 1:37am and I don't really feel like posting a detailed preview blog, but I will in the next few days ^__^ for now, you can see some basic information and pictures for the spring anime here.

So excited to see that I have to hold back fan girl squeals when comes out:
Trigun: Badlands Rumble [movie] (April 24)

So want to watch:
Iron Man (spring 2010)
Rainbow (April)
Heroman (April)
Angel Beats (April)
Working!! (March 6)
Maid-sama! (April)
K-ON s.2 (April 6)

Plan to maybe watch:
Senko no Night Raid (April)
Arakawa Under the Bridge (April 4)
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimao (April)
B gata H kei (April)
Hakuouki
Uragiri wa Boku no Mamae Shitteiru (April)
Mayoi Neko Overrun! (April)

Have no plans to watch:
Yojo-han Shinwa Taikei (April 22)
House of Five Leaves (April 15)
Giant Killing (April 4)

[Anime of the Week] (2/21-27/2010) Zaion ~i wish you were here~

# of Episodes: 4
Rating: Teen
Released: 2001
Synopsis: In the future, a meteor crashes into Earth and brings with it a virulent form of life. This virus is known as M34 and attacks humans, turning them into vicious monsters. Most of the human population is wiped out, thus government agencies are formed to fight the virus. One of the groups, NOA, inserts nanomachines into the bodies of its soldiers; these machines allow them to transform and fight off the infected. Unfortunately, the virus mutates and becomes too strong for NOA to handle. Now the fate of the world rests in the hands of 16-year-old girl with the power to defeat the virus.

[Daily Manga Typing][#2] (2/21/2010)

Added some more manga to my collection:
Black Bird 1-3
We Were There 4

Today (well, yesterday) at work I read the first two volumes of Black Bird... and it was pretty ok-ish. The manga itself is nothing out of the ordinary or special, and it is borderline josei/smut (which I've been addicted to lately >.>). In fact the manga is a lot like Love Monster... ok, I kind of lied but the themes are pretty much the same and the whole childhood friend thing and getting married is like the same! I can see myself buying Black Bird 'till the end because it's one of those shojos that won't let you stop reading until you finish it.

Today (the 21st) I started a manga called Are You Alice? which is based on both the Alice in Wonderland universe and a Japanese cd drama. So far I've read the first 3 chapters.

I'm also going back to reading a manga called Otaku no Musume-san which is about this otaku that finds out he has a daughter! Well, he ends up having to hide his otaku nature but ends up failing miserably. Currently on chapter 20

and I've found this manga called Say Hello to Black Jack that I really want to start reading. I also want to get back to reading Luck Stealer and Bakuman

[Daily Manga Typing][#1] (12/17/2010)

These past two or so weeks I've been lucky enough to be able to increase my manga collection by a significant amount. Here is the list:
Alice in the Country of Hearts 1
Bokurano Ours 1
Butterflies, Flowers 1
Crown of Love 1
Deadman Wonderland 1
Dogs 1 & 2
Kimi ni Todoke 3
Me & My Brothers 1 & 2
Millennium Snow 2
Otomen 5
Phantom Dream 1-5 (complete series)
Princess Ai and the Prism of Midnight Dawn 2
RE:play 3 (complete series)
We Were There 1-3

I've read most of these, so here is some commentary:
Alice in the Country of Hearts~ I'm impressed with this take on Alice in Wonderland, which there seems to be a current boom of adaptations out there. I liked how each version of the Alice characters were made bishounen style and Alice herself is not the girly girl from the version most people know (the Disney one). I can't wait for volume 2.
Butterflies, Flowers~ I've more recently gotten into the josei [def] side of manga, which is like realistic shojo that also usually ends up getting into smut XD (btw, a really good josei is Desire Climax) and this is a good example of josei. It's the first one I've bought and the story wasn't half bad. It was like a mix of Midnight Secretary and Desire Climax.
Crown of Love~ It seems the creator of Loveless can draw a manga that's not boys love, and that I approve of! I'm not a boys love fan, so when an artist who I like the style of who is an artist that is famous for boys love draws a normal shojo I'm of course gonna give that series a try ^_^ and this one is pretty ok considering it seems a lot like Skip Beat.
Deadman Wonderland~ AH HA, I read this one while at the hospital the other day and it was epic! This manga brought back my faith in Tokyopop because lately the quality of their manga was slacking when it came to paper quality but Tokyopop did really good with this one and I felt like I got what I paid for.
DOGs~ I started reading this series before but for some reason I ended up stopping. Later on I ended up watching the ova and fell in love with the story so when I found out Viz was going to release the manga I told myself I had to have it. And I love the style this artist has.
Millennium Snow~ It's like Twilight in the eyes of the manga-ka behind Orian High School Host Club.... 'cause it's by the same manga-ka! LOL. Apparently the second volume isn't the last but the series hasn't been completed >.>
Otomen~ I adore this manga-ka's style so darn much that when more from the artist comes out (I already have all of Blank Slate) that I'm buying it like I can't live without it! I really reccomend this series for shojo lovers and it is hilarious! I think every single manga fan should read this one.
Princess Ai PoMD~ Meh... the story got really interesting at the end but the magic of the first Ai series seems to have been lost in this one. The manga-ka seems to have gotten lazy with the way the art is at some points.
RE:play~ T__T I don't know why I was such a huge fan of this series when I first read volumes 1 and 2 because volume 3 made me realize how the series just did not flow well and the art style was like a hybrid mix of Bleach and DOGs.... which looked like a rip rather than a unique version. Oh, and the art was some what good in the first volume and got increasingly lazy looking towards the end.

[Anime of the Week] (2/14-20/2010) Adaptations of American stuffz

I've been really impressed these past few years with how Japan has adapted several American concepts (most of which are comics and recently video games) into anime and manga. Since this is my anime of the week feature on Adaptations of American stuffz I will only be focusing on the anime side... and no, not every American anime adaption will be mentioned here! Just the ones I know about and have seen or have seen the original American version >=D

Quite possibly the most famous would have to be the Animatrix! The Animatrix is one I still have yet to see and this is pretty pathetic considering how much of a Matrix fan I am (I've played several of the games and own all the movies thanks to my dad). The Animatrix is comprised of 9 episodes on one dvd; it was released back in 2003.

Batman Gotham Knight
This is possibly a favorite of mine, and I own the DVD because of how much I wanted to see it. Ha ha. And a really epic cool thing about this DVD is the guy who did the voice for the original Batman is the voice for Batman in this anime! WIN *thumbs up*
# of Episodes: 6
Rating: Teen
Released: 2008
Synopsis: From the producers of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight comes an original animated movie chronicling the establishment and progression of Bruce Wayne into Gotham City's legendary caped crusader through 6 standalone episodes: "Have I Got a Story for You" (the mythos of Batman from the minds of children), "Crossfire" (the initial distrust and the eventual gaining of it from the perspective of the police), "Field Test" (the compassion of Batman, even towards his enemies), "In Darkness Dwells" (tracking down Killer Croc and The Scarecrow to foil his plot of resurgence amongst the villainous of Gotham), "Working Through Pain" (a look back at Bruce's training to manage both the physical and psychological pains he would later endure as Batman), and "Deadshot" (a race against the clock to protect Lt. Gordon from a highly-renowned assassin).


Witchblade
I watched the entire anime series, but wasn't too impressed. The plot was ok and the characters were below average. Frankly, this one failed.
# of Episodes: 24
Rating: Mature
Synopsis: In 22nd-Century Japan, Masane Amaha, one of the surviving catastrophe that destroyed Tokyo becomes the latest in an ancient line of women-only warriors to wield the mysterious sentient weapon known only throughout history as "the Witchblade". Protecting her little girl, she will face her worst fear ....

More recently Halo Legends was released, but I have yet to see it. Some other adaptations that are either coming out or are out already are Planet Hulk, an X-men anime, Blade, Wolverine and Iron Man.