# summer-2011

Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ni!

Title: Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ni! Genre: Comedy Rating: 6.0/10

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Dantalian no Shoka

Title: Dantalian no Shoka Genre: Adventure, Fantasy Rating: 7.8/10

Summary: Hugh Anthony Disward inherits an old mansion and a personal library from his grandfather. In the basement of the mansion, he meets a mysterious girl—Dalian. She is a Dantalian and a gateway to "Dantalian's bookshelf", which stores the prohibited books of the demons. Read more...

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Kamisama Dolls

Title: Kamisama Dolls Genre: Action, Romance, Sci-Fi Rating: 7.5/10

Summary: Kyouhei Kuga is a young man who has left his small hometown to escape from its anachronistic rules and traditions. He wants to try a new life at Tokyo as a simple university student. In the past he was a seki, title given to individuals who are able to control the mysterious kakashis. Considered as gods in the small Karakami village, the kakashi are ancient wooden wonders able to perform incredible feats. The escape of a seki from the provincial town abruptly brings to Tokyo a handful of other seki who are searching for him. Despite being so far away, Kyouhei is still haunted by the old laws and hatred between the two main families, the Kuga and the Hyuga. Read more...

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Kamisama no Memochou

Title: Kamisama no Memochou Genre: Mystery, Psychological Rating: 7.7/10

Summary: Fujishima Narumi is a plain high school boy, who has been isolated in the class. His classmate Shinozaki Ayaka invites Narumi to the gardening club and introduces a hikikomori detective Alice to him. Alice hires Narumi as an assistant to solve mysterious cases involving an illegal drug "Angel Fix". But the drug entraps Ayaka into danger. Read more...

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Usagi Drop

Title: Usagi Drop Genre: Slice of Life Rating: 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 her, despite his lack of any experience with children.

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Hanasaku Iroha

Title: Hanasaku Iroha Genre: Comedy, Drama Rating: 7.0/10 Summary: Matsumae Ohana, a 16 year old girl, moves out of Tokyo and starts working at a hot spring hotel, which is located on a hill surrounded by cherry blossoms. Matsumae has yet to decide her future. The story will also feature other teenage girls who are looking for their dreams and excitements. Read more...

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Ikoku Meiro no Croisée

Title: Ikoku Meiro no Croisée Genre: Slice of Life Rating: 6.0/10

Summary: The story takes place in the second half of the 19th century, as Japanese culture gains popularity in the West. A young Japanese girl, Yune, accompanies a French traveler, Oscar, on his journey back to France, and offers to help at the family’s ironwork shop in Paris. Oscar’s nephew and shop owner Claude reluctantly accepts to take care of Yune, and we learn how those two, who have so little in common, get to understand each other and live together in the Paris of the 1800s. Read more...

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No. 6

Title: No. 6 Genre: Adventure, Sci-fi Rating: 4.0/10

Summary: Sion is a bright teenager living a comfortable and promising life inside No. 6, one of this six remaining city-states created by The Babylon Treaty after the last great war devastated the world. On the rainy evening of his twelfth birthday, he meets a savvy adolescent who calls himself "Nezumi" (Rat) and is desperately trying to runaway from the authorities. For helping a fugitive of the state, Sion is stripped of all his privileges. Four years later, they meet once again. For better or for worse, Sion is about to unravel the secrets guarded deep inside No. 6. Read more...

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Yuru Yuri

Title: Yuru Yuri Genre: Comedy Rating: 6.0/10

Summary: Four fun-loving schoolgirls take over the former room of a tea ceremony club for their own "Gorakubu" (amusement club). Read more...

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Summer 2011 Second Look

Hey guys, I know it has been a while and as you know the in-between seasons are always quite slow for a little ol’ review sight like Anime Anthology. So I thought that you guys might to know what I think of the series so far after a couple weeks. The series I didn’t bother picking up or said I was dropping in the podcast hasn’t changed status. They are either still unwatched or dropped. I feel that my judgment on those were correct. Some of them I nailed on the head but others I’m surprised about. Mostly in a negative fashion though. I’m enjoying the summer line up so far and I think there are some pretty quality series. However, being roughly four to five episodes in none strike as a “must watch” possibility. For my past must watch series by now I see it coming. There is still plenty of room for improvement and plenty of time to really grab my attention. I can’t knock all of them out of the running just yet. Anyway let’s just hit down the list and get this thing going!

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Summer 2011 Anime Preview

My sources are: AniDB, ANN, MAL, Fansub Wiki and Moetron

(Summer 2011 chart courtesy of Moetron)

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