Spice and Wolf is a different anime than I usually watch; this anime somewhat funny, it does make you think, and definitely addicting. Spice and Wolf is about a traveling merchant in a European style world, he has been traveling 7 years; his goal being to save enough money to own his own shop. Kraft Lawrence the salesman, meets Holo a young looking woman whom is actually a wolf deity which has brought the town she lives near a good wheat harvest pretty much every year. Holo says the town people have forsaken her so she wants to go home in the north with Kraft. He agrees only because he thinks she could help bring in some extra cash, but during their travels her personality and help with making more money than usual, cause them to get into bad situations that they can only get out with their smarts. You can tell through out the season they start to grow feelings for each other, but Kraft is to dull to show his feelings, and Holo is a wise wolf she isn't going to do the chasing. Currently theres only a season one out in English but season two should be coming soon and I cant wait to watch it. definitely a must watch for me at least.
A four Manga series by Clamp, where this guy meets an angel. I read this series in high school and I loved it so much, its a lot like Oh My Goddess! Kudo walking sees this little girl being attacked by crows, he saves her, and she proclaims she is an angel. Kudo is at first in denial about the whole thing. You see according to this book, angels and demons when low on energy stay in a chibi form to conserve energy. Kohaku the angel wants to repay Kudo and grant him a wish, but he is happy with what he has, so she stays with him until he decides. Koryu is a demon equivalent of Kohaku, and ties to hurt and attack her all the time, towards the end Clamp implies that he only teases Kohaku because he has a crush on her. Koryu has twin cat lady minions Hari and Ruri, who do everything for him, they love him so much that they start fighting all the time. God gets mad that Kohaku stayed on earth so long but loves his angels, Kudo gets in a accident and dies. Kohaku gets real sad and god decides to let her sleep until Kudo is reincarnated. In the end Kudo is reincarnated and is a teen at the time, because of him Kohaku awakes, and loves him instantly and follows him. The teen having no memory of his past life is kind of freaked out, but accepts it and thats how it ends. I hope some day they make another part to the series but I doubt it.
Comic Party is a short series that is pretty funny, its has a minor romance as well but this anime is more about following your passion and following your dreams. The main character is Kazuki, in his senior year he is wondering what to do with his life, he is a fantastic artist. Taishi is a class mate that pushes Kazuki into comic conventions and tells Kazuki he wants them to make a group to make comics for a living. Kazuki at first doesn't understand anything about comics, he starts making ones that has a little bit of every genre, which fails miserably which causes Kazuki to almost quit. His best friend through junior high Mizuki tries throughout the series, to stop him saying he is wasting his time, and she is also is creeped out by the whole anime nerds type thing. Mizuki though hating that kind of stuff, is the one that helped Kazuki not quit, she wanted him to follow his passion, but she likes the way he use to draw. Kazuki decides to make a comic based on his own style, him and all his friends help him finish and copy all his work in a few hours when all the printing places are closed, just to barely finish in time for the comic convention. Kazuki meets a few anime friends on the way through the series, two rival artists whom fight a lot, daughter of a printing company, a fellow new comic artist, and a few cosplayers. even though this anime is short I love it because it makes you feel with friends you can follow your passion.
Most people know Inuyasha but i still want to talk about it since it was my favorite for many years. It starts out as a young girl Kagome, and she falls down a well. The well takes her to the feudal era, where demons still exist. There she meets a half dog demon Inuyasha, whom first tries to kill her for the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls. A demon bird steals it, Kagome gets the idea to use its leg they chopped off to shoot a homing arrow, which shatters the jewel across the world. Inuyasha and Kagome have to get along to get the jewel, which Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyo the priestess protector of the jewel, and Inuyasha wants it to be full demon because he believes he isn't strong enough. During their journey a witch brings to life Kikyo, which is also Inuyasha's ex lover. throughout the series Inuyasha cant make up his mine about which girl he loves. Soon they find out a very powerful demon Naraku, is after the shards and has many of them. Naraku was a human villain whom almost died but thanks to Kikyo saved him, Naraku wanted her so much he sacrificed himself to demons to become one. On the journey the Meet a perverted monk Miroku, a demon hunter Sango with pet demon cat kirara, and a little fox demon kid Shippo. Throughout their journey they get close to beating Naraku but never do, but the couples love grow each day, and I heard theres a second series not in English yet that finishes the series. Characters: Inuyasha a half demon hated by boy sides, wants to be strong to prove everyone wrong even his brother. Kagome a young girl with a short temper which causes the whole jewel hunt. Sango a demon hunter whom watched her entire family die because of Naraku and watch her only family left her little brother be taken by Naraku. Miroku a perverted monk that likes grabbing butt and falls for Sango, he has a family curse from Naraku a black hole in his hand that one day will swallow him whole unless they kill Naraku. Shippo a fox demon kid which is orphaned and the group takes him with them. Kikyo the original protector of the jewel Naraku tricked her and Inuyasha into betraying each other. Kirara a fire demon cat that can grow to tiger size, Sango's pet and ride. This anime series is a romance fantasy action comedy and a great watch with over 180 episodes and 4 movies.
Dramacon is a great romance manga, ill talk about the first manga to show you what its about. Dramacon is about a Christie and her boyfriend, they go to a convention where they try selling there first manga. Christie Friends also come, which are very rowdy bunch. Christie's boyfriend is a total jerk to her and ignores her half the trip, just to let you know he is her first. Christie meets a mysterious older guy in shades called Matt, Matt helps her with her boyfriend, which gets very jealous. Even with all this boyfriend nonsense she is left alone to take care of the booth, while her boyfriend flirts with girls and meets there manga idol. Christie's boyfriend comes back all pissed because there idol said he should take lessons because he has natural talent but still needs improvement. Finally Christie gets to walk around get pocky and meet her idol, which loves her story work. Christie's boyfriend gets very drunk with her friends, Christie takes a shower, when she comes out they fight and he tries to force himself on her. Christie runs to Matt and his sisters room, Matt goes all heroic and beats up her boyfriend. In the end they have to leave, she says her goodbyes but Matt doesn't make a move and makes excuses, Matt's Sister secretly gives Christie their phone number. Next book is even better Christie is more mature with a great female artist, but finds out Matt has a girlfriend, how will that turn out hehe.
Tenchi Muyo has 3 different series all revolving around the same characters. This is a very funny harem series with Tenchi stuck in the middle, all series are based on science fiction, comedy, relationships. Tenchi is the hero 2 of the many girls have crushes on him and fight over him all the time. There is a genius, a couple of space police, a little girl and Tenchi's father and grandpa. Tenchi- strong, brave, half alien not shy but indecisive, all the friends revolve around him. Ryoko- strong, alien space pirate, knows what she wants, tries to get Tenchi to be intimate with her. Ayeka- a space princess which has the same blood as Tenchi, also fights with Ryoko to be with Tenchi, a bit snobbish but good hearted. Sasami- Ayeka's sister most mature out of the girls, cooks well, and is very sweet. Washu- a alien super genius use to be evil, but because of Tenchi's friendship she is good. Mihoshi and Kiyone- A couple of space pirates Mihoshi is very klutzy and is a airhead, Kiyone the more mature and best friend of Mihoshi, says Mihoshi holds her back but wont leave her. Ryo-Ohki- is Ryoko's space ship that can take the form of a tiny bunny that meows. Tenchi's grandfather Yosho- turns out to be part of the same royal family Ayeka is from. This is a great anime about relationships, friendships, and doing whatever it takes to protect the one you love, with great action and comedy.
Please Twins is a funny spin off of Please Teacher with some of the original characters. Some of the characters you may remember is Mizuho, Kaede, and the last episode you see in the end; all of the original characters meet up. Maiku is a programmer and is only in high school; he is currently alone. one day a redhead named Miina; comes to him showing a picture of when they were kids, saying they are twins. Maiku is annoyed but in the end lets her stay. A day or two later another girl named Karen comes with the same picture saying she is his twin. All three have the same picture and they all i have blue eyes, but only one is related to Maiku. The three not only have to deal with the fact that one may be family to Maiku, but the girls get feelings for him, Miina's is more perverted with real love, and Karen loves him but don't understand her feelings. Maiku- is uptight and likes things his way, he is also the most mature of the three. Miina- is hyperactive, physical, and slightly perverted, she makes the plans out of the two girls. Karen- is the shy, quiet, sweet type, that can cook, she also faints when surprised which happens a lot. The last episode they do find out who is the sister and the other fears being kicked out, Maiku says he will do anything to have them both stay which includes even marrying the non sister. You have to find out yourself who the sister is, this show is a definite must watch but I strongly suggest watch Please Teacher first.
Please Teacher is very funny and romantic, (haha) I seem to like those anime. Please Teacher is about a boy who has a disease where he goes comatose after feeling emotional stress called standstill. the boy Kei at 15 went into a standstill for 3 years, but all his memories and body is still like he was 15. One day he sees a alien spaceship and witnesses a beautiful woman, just then he goes into a standstill. Kei wakes thinking everything was a dream, going to school the next they get a new teacher; the beautiful red head Mizuho. Kei remembers her and she tries to stop him from telling anyone, getting accidentally stuck in the sports closest. The principle opens the door, and she almost gets fired but Kei and his family step up, and say he is married to her and he is actually 18. Kei and Mizuho quickly make up the papers get married and live together and they barely know each other. Now Kei and his beautiful teacher have to learn to love each other after marriage, while not telling his group of their married.
Characters: Kei - held back, learns that in order to stop going into standstill he must move forward with his emotions. Mizuho- beautiful, naive, teacher of the group of characters, jealous, sweet, and half alien. Koishi- Kei's closest friend she loves Kei, because he seems more mature than regular boys, causes relationship issues between Kei and Mizuho. Ichigo- the shortest of the group, says things beyond her age, likes being mischievous. Kaede- tall, red head, shy, quiet, easily blushes, and later in the series gets in a relationship with one of the guys. Hyosuke- loud, obnoxious, dreams of a world outside his little town, one of the more funny characters. Matagu- the most shyest of guys, dreams of meeting a alien in real life, even considers confessing his love but his shyness stops him. Marie- Mizuho's ship control and a very funny little creature that loves pocky.
All other characters you will have to see in the anime, because I consider this group the main characters. I'm going to talk about Please Twins a spin off of this anime with a few of the original characters, please watch this first.
Oh My Goddess! is a favorite anime of mine, its a romance and comedy; that is different than most I've seen. This anime is about Keiichi a college student that has constant bad luck. Keiichi is in the motorcycle club and gets stuck with all the chores, During the chores he tries to make call for something he forgot to do. The call gets redirected to the Goddess hotline, and Belldandy appears before Keiichi. Belldandy offers any wish he may want, not believing her he jokingly wishes for Belldandy to be by his side forever, which of course came true. Anything that tries to separate them will be stopped, example: because theres a girl in the dorm, the club members kicked him out of the dorm. The first night together they slept in a car, getting to know each other. Because Belldandy did a little magic, they got a place to live at a monks house, soon after he sees Belldandy singing heavenly and decides he isn't holy enough and needs to go on a trip giving them the house totally. Belldandy is pretty much Keiichi's good luck charm but as you can tell through the series he loves her and she loves him. Keiichi takes forever to makes a move, I don't think he even kisses her till closer to the end. What makes it worst is Belldandy 2 sisters come to live with them. Urd is the eldest sister and is part devil, she is very sexy, lazy, loves television, and is always trying to make Keiichi's relationship with her sister to go faster by trying to make him have sex with her. Skuld is the youngest genius and and wants all Belldandy's attention, absolutely cant stand Keiichi being near Belldandy. This anime is great and i suggest watching it, there are 2 series and a movie.
Ai Yori Aoshi is a 1 season anime mostly a romance with some comedy, about a couple promised to each other since childhood. Kaoru is a college student who was born from a rich father but never married his mother. Kaoru mother was poor and when his father died his grandfather took care of him. Kaoru is now living in his own apartment, going to college and have a few friends. Kaoru was meant to be married to a girl from another rich family named Aoi, but when he walked out on the family canceled the arrange marriage. Aoi runs off to find her childhood friend Kaoru because she only wants him. for a few days they live in his apartment she wants to be a traditional Japanese wife that cooks, cleans stays home, loves her husband. Kaoru loved her since childhood but never understood his feelings. Miyabi a servant of Aoi allows Kaoru and Aoi to be together. Miyabi also allows Aoi and Kaoru to move to the family summer house and cant tell anyone their together so their isn't a media uproar. now heres the funny part Kaoru has beautiful female friends whom dorm up at there house, even though Aoi doesn't mind they cant get a real private time with each other to be in love, and they cant tell their friends their together. Kaoru and Aoi love flourish but slowly because of the interruptions, and in the end Kaoru steps up to Aoi's father and makes him, to allow them married. this is a great anime and only reason I found it was because I watched it through a streaming site, definitely a must watch.
DearS is a very funny anime series only lasting 13 episodes. Dears Follows along the type of anime that is Chobits, with very similar plots. Both anime have a man whom either gets stuck with or takes a girl into his home. DearS and Chobits have a conflict interest, Chobits he has to decide if its okay to love a android, DearS the main character has to decide if its okay to love an alien woman with a small twist. A year ago aliens have crashed landed on Tokyo bay, and now are becoming transfer students to become more familiar with human customs. Takeya a 17 year old who lives on his own, has to go to school where everyone loves DearS. Takeya thanks to his life long friend Neneko has a fear of aliens, from alien horror films watched as a kid. Takeya finds a naked girl whom kisses him then passes out, he reluctantly takes her home and takes care of her. Her name is very hard to pronounce so he calls her Ren. Takeya and Neneko decides to pass her off as the new Transfer student, after magically learning how to speak from instantly reading all the grammar books. Takeya soon finds out from Ren that kiss meant she was his slave from now on, and all DearS are slaves and there masters didn't give a damn about them. Throughout the series Ren learns the meaning of the emotion love, and Takeya Accepts her as his slave; after the others call her defective and tries to take her away. DearS is way more perverted than Chobits, The slaves dress and act a lot like BDSM(Bondage slave/master relationships) slaves. Takeya's grammar teacher rights sex novels and constantly tries to make her students do or say perverted stuff. EXAMPLE: Ren's getting human clothes and she runs out to Takeya trying to get approval in her lingerie, the teacher catches them and thinks there having a three way with Neneko and wants to join but can't. DearS is a great funny anime, with similarities to Chobits and asks that all important question, is it morally okay to be in love outside our species. It's a short anime so I suggest watching it and only buying if u fall in love with it. On a side note tell me your favorite anime that some people may not know and i'll watch it and blog it, and even give a shout out to the first person that suggested it.
Ponyo is the latest film from Miyazaki well the latest I know of. Ponyo is like a Japanese version of the Little Mermaid. This movie is another film that portrays fantasy, innocents, and true love. ENTIRE MOVIE SPOILER: Ponyo's father keeps her in a aquarium along with her sisters, as he works to keep the ocean balanced. Ponyo is very curious and the most powerful of her sisters, like most children she is very curious and runs off to see the world. Ponyo(which looks like a goldfish at the moment with a human face) meets a young boy named Sosuke. Sosuke helps Ponyo out of a jar, and ends up cutting himself which Ponyo licks; and the wound heals up. Ponyo goes and shows the elderly the magic fish; where his mom works, then he tries to hide it while is in school; which fails and he runs back to the nursing home. While this is happening Ponyo's father searches for her and takes her back, making Sosuke very sad and feels like he failed her. Ponyo escapes after drinking all her dads elixirs, her and her sisters become very powerful and help Ponyo find Sosuke. During all this the sea becomes very unbalanced and creates a typhoon. Ponyo finds Sosuke and she looks like a human girl now. Sosuke's mom goes to the nursing home to help the elderly, while Sosuke takes care of Ponyo. Sosuke and Ponyo go on a little adventure after the storm dies down, to find his mom; they use Sosuke's toy boat enlarged through Ponyo magic. During this most the elderly, Sosuke's mom, and Ponyo's mom and dad are talking down at the bottom of the ocean. Ponyo's dad gets Sosuke and Ponyo as she is tuckered out from the journey. Ponyo's and Sosuke's mom ask Sosuke if he truly loves Ponyo and will always protect her, and that in order to be with Sosuke she has to give up magic. Ponyo and Sosuke agree and everyone goes back to surface and the oceans completely okay, And to finish the deal Ponyo kisses Sosuke to be full human. This movie is very magical and romantic and will make you feel like a child again a definite add to the Miyazaki collection for the entire family.
This is a Isao Takahata film but its from Studio Ghibli, so I want to talk about this film. This anime has no English voice overs, but its worth watching it subtitled. Taeko is a 27 year old single women that has always lived in Tokyo. In the era She lives in thats real old to be single, Taeko works in a boring business. Every year Taeko takes a vacation to the country side to her elder sister in laws. During this years trip and while there, she starts thinking about herself in fifth grade. The films goes from her past back to present, a few things she remembers is getting hand me downs, first and last time her father ever hit her, almost becoming famous, her first Period, first crush, feeling sad for a poor boy, etc... During the trip she meets up with a friend of the family, they get along very well. SPOILER: Her past self and friends help her decide not to go home and marry the guy ending the show with a Japanese version of "The Rose". This movie is very simple, beautiful, and i admit as a guy crying to this film. This anime is a romance, and realization genre; a definite watch.
