Title: Asura Cryin’ Genre: Fantasy, Mecha, Action Rating: 6.0/10 Summary: A semi-serious school action story revolving around the main protagonist, Tomoharu Natsume. He is haunted by his childhood friend, Misao Minakami, who became a ghost ever since he barely survived an airplane accident three years earlier. Tomoharu Natsume takes the opportunity to live on his own…
Title: K-ON! Genre: Comedy, Music, Slice of Life Rating: 7.5/10 Summary: It’s Yui Hirasawa’s first year in high school, and she’s eagerly searching for a club to join. At the same time, Ritsu Tainaka, a drummer, and her friend Mio Akiyama, a bassist, are desperately trying to save the school’s light music club, which is…
Title: Hand Maid May (HMM) Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction Rating: 7/10 Summary: Saotome Kazuya is a computer whiz. One day his friend Nanbara, threatens him with a computer virus. Trying to stop the virus, Kazuya ends up making a special order. May is a cyberdoll that arrives at his door a few minutes…
Title: Kaleido Star Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Rating: 9.5/10 Summary: Sora, a young girl from Japan, comes to America in search of her dream. She wants, with all her heart, to be a member of the famous Kaleido Stage, a combination of musicals, acrobatics and magical effects. With the help of her friends, she struggles…
Title: Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Magic Rating: 8.8/10 Summary: An art student named Jin Mikuriya carves a statue from the wood of the Kannagi tree only to have the statue come to life in the form of a goddess, who has now taken over the statue. He and “Nagi” work together…
Title: Air Gear Genre: Action, Comedy, Sports Manga Rating: 7/10 Anime Rating: 8/10 Summary: Minami “Ikki” Itsuki, is a student and a delinquent. Also known as the “Unbeatable Babyface,” Ikki is the leader of the youth gang by the name of “East Side Gunz.” Upon his return home after being humiliated by a street gang…
Title: Nodame Cantabile Genre: Musical, Romance, Comedy Rating: 8.4/10 Summary: Megumi Noda, or “Nodame” is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a preschool teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths several days apart…
Title: Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Genre: Comedy, Supernatural, Psychological Rating (season 1): 8/10 Rating (season 2): 5/10 Summary: On the first day of high school a beautiful girl named Haruhi Suzumiya introduces herself as having “no interest in ordinary humans”. She asks for any aliens, time travelers, sliders or espers to join her. Watching her…
Title: FLCL (Furi Kuri) Genre: Science fiction, Action, Comedy Rating: 9/10 Summary: Naota’s life is confined to going to school and living with his father and grandfather. The usually boring life in Mabase is rudely interrupted by the arrival of Haruko Haruhara, who bursts on the scene by running Naota over with her Vespa ,…
Title: Clannad Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance Rating: 8.9/10 Summary: Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and gambling. This results in fights between the two until Tomoya’s shoulder is injured…
Title: Kämpfer Genre: Action, Romance, Comedy Rating: 6/10 Summary: The plot revolves around Natsuru Senō, a normal high school boy with blue hair. One day he wakes up to find himself turned into a girl. A stuffed tiger “Harakiri Tora” comes to life and tells him to fight as a female psychic fighter “Kämpfer”. Having…
Title: True Tears Genre: Drama, Romance Rating: 2/10 Summary: True Tears revolves around a high school student named Shinichirō Nakagami with a high artistic ability. He lives with his mother, father, and fellow high school student Hiromi Yuasa who moved into his house after her father died. Her father had been a close friend of…
Title: Chrome Shelled Regios Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Post-Apocalyptic Rating: 8/10 Summary: In a post-apocalyptic world overrun with mutated beasts called Filth Monsters, humanity is forced to live in large mobile cities called Regios and learn to use weapons called DITE and harness the power of Kei to defend themselves. In the Academy City of Zuellni,…
Title: School Rumble Genre: Romance, Comedy Rating: 6/10
Title: Michiko to Hatchin Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy Rating: 8.7/10