Usagi Drop

Title: Usagi DropGenre: Slice of LifeRating: 8.5/10 Summary: When Diakichi returns home from his grandfathers funeral, he finds in his garden a girl named Rin, who turns out to be his grandfather’s illegitimate daughter. When no one else will take her in because of the shame her existence brings to the family, Daikichi defies everyone and decides to raise…

UN-GO

Title: UN-GOGenre: Mystery, SupernaturalRating: 6.8/10 Summary: With the help of his strange assistant Inga, “defeated detective” Shinjūrō Yūki solves crimes in a near future Japan still suffering from the ravages of war. Problem is, the credit always ends up going to super detective Rinroku Kaishō. Review: UN-GO is meant to be a supernatural mystery that combines wit of a detective…

Togainu no Chi

Title: Togainu no ChiGenre: ActionRating: 5.5/10 Summary: After being devastated in the third World War (known as The Third Division), Japan was divided in two. Several years after the end of the war, a crime organization called Vischio has taken control of the destroyed city of Toshima (formerly Tokyo, Japan’s capital city), where they are holding a battle game…

Toaru Majutsu no Index II

Title: Toaru Majutsu no Index IIGenre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-fiRating: 7.5/10 Summary: Second season of Toaru Majutsu no Index Review: If any of you read my first look you probably already knew this rating was coming. I found this season to be slightly better than the first, but not by much. Almost everything was the same in terms of story…

Toaru Majutsu no Index

Title: Toaru Majutsu no IndexGenre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Science FictionRating: 7.3/10 Summary: In a world where science clarifies supernatural powers. In a huge college that has power development in its curriculum. To a resident high school student, Kamijou Touma, a pure white sister appears. She calls herself “Index” and says that sorcerers are chasing her. Thus, Kamijou Touma…

Tiger & Bunny

Title: Tiger & BunnyGenre: Sci-FiRating: 7.2/10 Summary: Schternbilt City is home to people called “Next,” who use their special abilities to protect the people as superheroes. These heroes solve cases and save lives so they can wear sponsor logos or acquire “hero points.” Their activities are documented on the popular program “Hero TV,” which picks the “King of Heroes”…

The World God Only Knows II

Title: The World God Only Knows IIGenre: Comedy, Romance, SupernaturalRating: 8.2/10 Summary: Season 2 of The World God Only Knows Review: Ah I just feel like taking a break from the anime bashing for a bit and move onto something I actually enjoyed this season. I’m sure all of you are also getting tired of the “avoid watch” flags popping up…

The iDOLM@STER

Title: The iDOLM@STERGenre: DramaRating: 8.5/10 Summary: The arduous struggle of the 13 girls from Talent Production 765 who dream of one day becoming idols in the competitive Japanese entertainment industry Review:The iDOLM@STER has touched the hearts of millions… of fictional anime characters. The title and summary are exactly what the series is. A rather simple story of thirteen young girls…

The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi (Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu) – Review

Summary:On December 16th everything seems normal, the SOS Brigade even make plans to have a Christmas party. On December 18th, Kyon arrives at school and found out that Haruhi is missing and was replaced by a person who shouldn’t exist anymore, Asahina doesn’t recognize him, Yuki is acting odd and Koizumi is also missing. I…

First Look: Tantei Opera Milky Holmes

Title: Tantei Opera Milky HolmesGenre: Comedy Summary: In the future world, people use ‘Toys’ that grant them superhuman abilities like ESP and telekinesis. This has led to a boom in both minor crimes and the need for Toy-using detectives to track down the offenders and bring them to justice. Opera Koyabashi runs the detective agency, Milky Holmes, staffed…

Tamayura ~hitotose~

Title: Tamayura ~hitotose~Genre: Slice of LifeRating: 8.0/10 Summary: For her first year of high school, Fu Sawatari moves to Takehara, a scenic old town near Hiroshima, on the Inland Sea. Her father, who has passed away, grew up in Takehara. She loves taking photographs with her father’s old film camera, a Rollei 35S. The story follows her and the…

Strike Witches 2

Title: Strike Witches 2Genre:Action, Ecchi, Magic, Science FictionRating: 6.0/10 Summary: After discovering that Neuroi are capable of communication with humans and making peace with the nest above Gallia the Witches squads are now on a mission to reestablish communication when a sudden attack vanishes the Neuroi, they now discover a new and massive nest that just appeared covering…

Strike Witches

Title: Strike WitchesGenre: Action, Ecchi, Magic, Science FictionRating: 3.5/10 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…

Steins;Gate

Title: Steins;GateGenre: Sci-Fi, ThrillerRating: 9.7/10 Summary: Steins;Gate is set in the summer of 2010, approximately one year after the events that took place in Chaos;Head, in Akihabara. Steins;Gate is about a group of friends who have customized their microwave into a device that can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN…

First Look: Starry Sky

Title: Starry☆SkyGenre: Romance, Slice of Life Summary: The heroine, Tsukiko, enrolled to a school that was recently changed from all-boys school to co-ed. Since the area where the school is conveniently rural and the rather exclusive curriculums the school has, up until now the heroine is the only one female who enrolled to the school. First Look: When I…