The Genshiken manga recently (well about a year ago) started receiving new chapters with a new cast of characters and the return of old ones. Because of this, I have decided to feature the anime (which sadly was never a real accurate adaptation of the manga in the first place but it is still a fun series worth watching for otaku's of all types). I don't remember the anime being nearly as good as the manga, but that could just be due to the anime not adapting the whole series =/ Eh, oh well.
Type: Manga adaptation
Genre(s): comedy, otaku, slice of life
# of Episodes: 24
Synopsis:
This is the story of college freshman Kanji Sasahara and his fellow members of the college club he joins, The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture (aka Genshiken), as he goes shopping for doujinshi, attends conventions and slowly but surely makes his way down the road to fandom. [ANN]
The premise behind Limit isn't all that exciting or unique- a group of second year high school students are on their way for a trip known as "Exchange Camp" when the bus driver happens to lose consciousness, thus causing the bus to crash into the middle of some forest looking area. Most of the students (which oddly this manga seems to be missing any interaction with male students, despite them being there) end up dead. The few that do remain (at least that were found in the first volume of this manga) meet up and end up forming some weird patriarchal system because of one student in particular who was seemingly indirectly bullied throughout that year of school.
You would think a manga about a bus crashing could end up being more exciting. Maybe it's the shoujo format and the theme of bullying that is suppose to be explored here... but this manga seems to be falling flat on it's face. I wasn't thrilled by any of the characters- especially the main "villian" Arisa who was seemingly forced into the villain position by the manga artist just because this manga is suppose to explore the topic of "high school bullying". Most painful of all in this manga was the inclusion of a scyth... since when did high school students ever use scyths when on a school trip!?
I can't in good consciousness recommend this manga. It's plain, borring and painful to read. There isn't anything new here and the characters are just so bland. I do feel like I wasted $11 purchasing this... maybe volume two will be better.
Don't worry my nettaversers, I know you must be in awe of that chupacabra; especially since Asuna has created the perfect rendition of one for her "Chupa Club" series of shirts- but the Chupa Club is here for a reason!! To hunt down a chupacabra of Asuna's very own... or is it really a cover for Sensei Negima being a magician?
Studio Shaft really got me with this one. Their, as I like to call it, "sensual" style of animating really suits many scenes of this series. I particularly LOVE the way Asuna's twintails create their own emoticoms such as being the shape of a heart in order to enhance her emotions.
Negima!? isn't an exact adaptation of the manga of the same name; it's actually an alternate retelling of the series and while not perfect, it is well worth watching (as long as you know not to expect an amazing story that ties up all holes by the end of the two seasons).
Type: Alternate Retelling of Manga
Genre(s): School life, magic, fantasy, drama, comedy # of Episodes: 26 Synopsis: Wizard Negi Springfield may be a boy, but he has a man-sized job to do! Fresh from the Academy of Magic, Negi continues his training as an instructor at Mahora Academy in Japan. But before he can get his
Masters in magic, the 31 schoolgirls of Class 3-A are gonna keep him up
all night cramming for a final exam in will power. Temptation aside,
Negi has more on his syllabus than flirting and spells. Darkness is
closing in, and Negi is gonna need help from his lovely student bodies
to drive the ghouls from their school. These girls want to prove that
they're the best in class, and extra credit is available to the cuties
that aren't afraid of after-hours phantom fighting! [MAL]
I'm only featuring Claymore because I plan to try and make an Alicia cosplay for a convention in 2013. Instead of having to read the manga which is still going I thought why not just try and watch the anime which is much shorter and a good way to introduce myself more into the series. And my friend is a huge fan of this series so I'd like to know why.
Type: manga adaptation
Genre(s): Dark fantasy, action, drama
# of Episodes: 26
Synopsis:
The series is set on a fictional medieveil island where humans are plagued by Yoma; humanoid shape-shifters that feed on humans. A Mysterious group, known as The Organization, creates human-Yoma hybrids to kill Yoma for a fee. These female warriors wear Roman army-like uniforms. The public refer to them as "Claymores" alluding to their Claymore swords, or "silver-eyes witchers" due to their silver eyes.
I remember being excited every Saturday to watch the originalFullmetal Alchemist anime on TV. While that series was not canon (it didn't follow the manga for the most part, especially in regards to how the humunculi were created), it still retained a fairly big following even to this day. I thoroughly enjoyed the original and was told that it did not compare to the remake, Brotherhood. Brotherhood is a more mature version of the anime; this time being based on the manga (well, more of it than the original was based on). When people say the original doesn't compare, they mean it! There's way more story behind how the humunculi were created, how Ed/Al are tied into this whole alchemy mess and even a whole lot more characters (which for the most part all are like able despite being "good" or "evil"). If you watched the original and like it, I highly suggest giving Brotherhood a watch as well!
Oh, and in regards to the movie (Star of Milos) I haven't seen all of it yet. As of posting this, I'm on episode 48/64 of Brotherhood. After finishing the anime, I plan on giving the second movie a watch but I was told the movie is not canon soooo my hopes aren't as high for it being as good as the anime has been thus far.
Best part about this series is that FUNimation has it streaming (for free and dubbed in English or subbed if you so prefer) online and on Netflix! The only downside to Netflix is only 39 episodes of the 64 are on there (well, at the time of posting this), so you will at some point have to switch to FUNi's website (which is what I had to do).
OH, and last thing! This time around I'm writing the summaries myself (well not the Milos one because I haven't seen the movie). Usually I take them from ANN or Wiki, but I've decided in order to make this articles more personal and cool that making my own summaries is a good way to do that.
Edward and Alphonse Elric are two brothers who were seemingly abandoned as children. One day their mother passes away from an incurable disease Stricken with grief and loneliness, the two boys perform a taboo in the alchemy world known as human transmutation; in the process Edward lost an arm and leg while his brother Alphonse lost his entire body. In order to gain their bodies back, Edward becomes a state alchemist in order to find out how to make a philosophers stone. What the boys don't know is making such a stone could cost them more than they would ever know....
One can never go wrong with a classic adventure series!
I myself have been on an older anime kick lately which started with Those Who Hunt Elves, then went to Arjuna and now I'm on Rune Soldier (which in the past I only was able to manage viewing the first two disks when my parents used to get DVDs in the mail via Blockbuster Online... they have since switched to Netflix which is amazing for anime). This is all thanks to a local shop -Robo Gato- which has been selling complete series for $5. Yup, I've gotten just over 65 episodes of anime for only $15.
Type: Novel adaptation
Genre(s): Adventure, Magic, Comedy, Fantasy # of Episodes: 24
Louie is a mage student of the mage academy, and
adoptive son of the director. But still, he sucks at magic. Instead, he
has abilities for drinking, flirting and fighting in taverns. One day,
he meets a party of girls (a priestess, a warrior and a thief) looking
for a mage to join them to open a ruin entrance, but they absolutely
rejects him due to his pathetic magic skills. But he refuses to be
rejected, and then he tries to join them by force, only to interrupting a
sacred ritual of Melissa (the priestess), revealing Louie as her
master. Now, as the will of god Miley says, they have no choice but to
accept them, and here begins the whole new adventure for this "mage".
Louie, a brawny student at the mages' guild, is
reluctantly accepted by three girls (Merrill (thief), Genie (fighter),
and Melissa (priestess)) as a companion for their adventuring party. As
the foursome explore ruins, battle dark creatures, and make new friends,
they also uncover a sinister plot within the kingdom.
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