Forum: Anime, Manga and Video Game Reviews

Type: TV series/Manga Genre: Fantasy Plot synopsis: Usagi is a young girl who possesses a mystical brooch that imbues her with a special power. Upon uttering the phrase, "Moon Prism Power, Make Up," she is transformed into the powerful Sailor Moon, a superheroine whose mission is to protect...

Monster Media: TV series, manga, movie (in development; rights purchased by New Line) Episode count: 74 Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Psychological, Seinen Author/Creator: Naoki Urasawa (浦沢直樹)

Azumanga Daioh TV, 26 episodes (each of these are divided into 5 different episodes, for a total of 130 five-minute episodes) By Genco/J.C. STAFF, 2002. Genre: Comedy, School life. Plot Synopsis: A lighthearted anime that follows the exploits and daily lives of 6 high-school...

Hi everyone. After watching rumble hearts, I really wanted to write a review. I would appreciate all honest feedback on my review. Rumble hearts(Kimi ga Nozomu Eien) Reivew: Story/Content- 10/10 Rumble hearts is an anime that shows alot about human weakness and how we can learn from them....

My first thread on a review. Hope it goes well. Kodomo no Omocha Episodes: 102 By TV Tokyo (1996) Genre: Romance/Comedy/Drama US Distribution: Funimation (2006) Plot Synopsis:

STRANGER – MUKOU HADAN AKA: Sword of the Stranger, Sutorejia – Mukou Hadan Movie, 102 minutes By BONES studios, Shochiku Released: Japan 2007, USA 2008-9 Director: Masahiro Andou Music: Naoki Satou Genre: action, drama Plot Synopsis: ...

Ok, before i get started i just want to say that this is my first review, so if you think i should improve something, feel free to PM me or say so in the topic. So to begin with the Plot... Story: The story of Chaos Head really had a lot of potential, and started out very interesting....

La Corda D'Oro Review by littlekitty STORY (7) Hino Kahoko, a high school girl who has never played an instrument in her life, is given a magic violin. In turn, she must compete in a competition (the Concours) with several elite music students from her school. It's a story about Kaho learning...

Story: 7/10: The story was well built but could use something else to liven up the plot. Characters: 6/10: I really liked Baki, a teen just trying to get stronger. The story could have used better secondary characters Animation: 9/10: The drawing on this anime is one of the best I have...

Type: Movie, Running time 82 minutes Genre: Action, Drama. Aired: 1995 Companies: Manga Entertainment Plot synopsis In the not too distant future (twenty two years to be exact) everything gets complicated! Our main character, Major Motoko Kusanagi, is a police officer of section nine (a...

Type: movie Genre: action, sci/fi, military, romance (kinda, but not really) Prequel: Appleseed Plot synopsis Year 2135. Following World War Three, which was a non-nuclear war that killed half the world's population, the city-nation of Olympus stands as a beacon of hope in a world of chaos...

Type: manga - 2 volumes so far (it's also an 8 volume light-novel, but I can only find the first one translated so far) Genre: Romance, Comedy Plot synopsis Meet Ryuuji Takasu, the male protagonist. He's a nice guy, but he always looks like he's about to fight a dragon, he's...

Type: manga Genre: Supernatural, mystery, horror, ero guro, lolicon (a bit) Plot synopsis Little Akazukin is a demon girl. She has a fetish to be eaten alive by Mr. Wolf (Akazukin translates into Red Hood... like Little Red Riding Hood). There are two forces in the world: those...

AKA: Seikai no Monshou Type: TV series - 13 episodes. Genre: Drama, Sci-fi, Romance (kinda) Sequels: Banner of the Stars, Banner of the Stars II, Banner of the Stars III (I'm not 100% sure on this last one though, as I can't find it anywhere. Unless the subbing groups just haven't gotten...

Lucky Star is an anime centered around Konata Izumi and her friends: Miyuki Takara and Tsukasa and Kagami Hiiragi, and their daily school lives. As the anime continues, more characters are introduced, such as Konata's cousins Yutaka Kobayakawa and Yui Narumi, and schoolmates with interesting...

Name: Samurai 7: Genre: Action Source: DVD, FUNimation, Gonzo Year: 2005 Website: www.samurai7.tv _________________________________________________________________ Set in a futuristic world that has just witnessed the end of a massive war, scores of villages are terrorized by Nobuseri...

Noein Type: TV series, manga, Episodes: 24 Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction Company: Bandai

Plot - Ichigo Marshimaro, better known as Strawberry Marshmallow, follows the lives of four young friends through the everyday adventures of pre-adolescence, Chika, Miu, Matsuri, and Ana, along with Chika's, older sister, Nobou, whom everyone called Onee-chan. Though a simple story line, it is...

Manga review : Ares Bibliographic notes : KUM CHEL, Ryu. Ares(떠돌이 용병 아레스), BB Comics, 26 volumes, Korea, 2001-07 Type: Manhwa Genre: Action, Adventure, Shounen, Plot synopsis

I just wanted to post here to find some people knowledgeable about anime/manga - and what better place than AnimeForum? I'm from a distribution company for independent film and documentaries called IndiePix (www.indiepixfilms.com) and we just signed a doc by Ray Castle called "MANGA MAD" about...

Piano no Mori AKA: The Piano Forest, ピアノの森 (Japanese), Piano Forest Movie Madhouse Production, 2007-07 Genres: drama, slice of life, tournament Themes: Music, Piano

Story 10/10 Animation 10/10 Dub 10/10 Summary: Set in a futuristic world a boy name renton, lives a normal live until a mysterious girl crash lands at his basement, with a special LFO( Think Mecha) from there little renton joins a group called the gekko state, a rebel group that goes...

Type: Television Series Genre: Action/Mecha Plot Synopsis: Souske Sagara is a special military agent sent to protect a high schooler, Kaname Chidori. If life isn't hard enough for Souske, he has to go to high school with her! It's hard to for Souske to get used to live as...

Type: TV series Genre: Witch & Wizards Plot synopsis:The red-hooded young girl Chacha is an apprentice to the great and wise sorcerer Seravi (sort of a pretty-boy Merlin with an amusingly sarcastic doll on his shoulder). She proves herself worthy to attend magic school, and goes off on various...

Type: TV series Genre: Action/Comedy/Drama Plot synopsis: The story is focused on the main character, Ichimura Tetsunosuke, an energetic, short, and very childlike 15 year old. Sadly, he and his older brother are left to fend for themselves after the vicious murder of their...

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Season 1 ~ 25 episodes Season 2 ~ October 2008 Genre: Mecha, Action, Sci-fi, Drama. Plot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_00 The series is set in the years 2307-2308 AD of the Gregorian calendar. During this time, fossil fuels became exhausted and the...

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) TV, 14 Episodes, by Kyoto Animation Genre: School life/supernatural, with a bit of a lot of other genres mixed in. Mainly comedy. Plot Synopsis: The story revolves around the crazy antics of a most uncommon high-school student:...

Overall The second Inuyasha movie was definitely better than the first. It is more closely related to the series in that Naraku and his gang actually show up despite the entire movie being a side plot. The movie is more intricate and the story more involved than the first movie. Despite having an...

Also known as: HARUKA: Beyond the Stream Of Time: A Tale Of The Eight Guardians Often abbreviated to: HaruToki, Harukanaru. Since this has finally got US licencing and will be released in America in 2008, I figured a review was in order. Genre: Neoromance. Harukanaru Toki no Naka De...