Various thoughts on a variety of topics.
Kokone Morikawa has strange, persistent dreams about being a princess in a fantasy world, dreams she doesn’t give much thought to until the day her father is suddenly arrested. Afterward those dreams seem far more relevant to current events… and just may hold the key to clearing her father’s name.
A family-friendly action adventure that begins as half fantasy, half modern day and ends as fully merged urban fantasy.
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Masahiro Setagawa has never much liked fictional heroes since in his experience there’s never anyone around to help you when you really need it. A perception that begins to change after meeting the “Bear Killer” Kousuke Ooshiba, who after a chance encounter decides to take Masahiro in under his protection. Meanwhile, Masahiro’s friend Kensuke has to contend with the sudden reappearance of an old friend whom he parted with on bad terms.
A school-life yaoi romantic drama with a moderate amount of comic relief in the form of exaggerated facial expressions and character behavior.
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Nagisa Kai is a normal highschool girl who wants nothing more than to become a professional wrestler, training to that effect every day. Training which comes in handy when a group of aliens set their sights on Earth’s destruction and she’s forced to merge with the robot Iczel, becoming a planet-defending Iczelion, in order to defeat them.
An action series with nude transformation scenes and a bit of comic relief. It has no direct connection to the previous Iczer entries.
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Normalcy has returned to the Earth and many uneventful years have passed while Izcer-1 scoured the galaxy for any remaining traces of Big Gold’s legacy. The battle with Neos Gold ends in a stalemate however and it soon falls to Izcer-3, Nagisa’s grandchild, and the remnants of Earth’s moonbase forces to stop the alien invaders from once again decimating the planet.
An action-focused sequel to Izcer-One which takes places several decades afterward and can be watched as a stand-alone series.
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While following the trail of the vigilante killer ‘B’, the officers of the Royal Investigation Service become entangled in the machinations of the secret organization Market Maker. They are looking for B for reasons of their own and seek to lure him out of hiding with elaborate crimes, crimes which few besides the eccentric Keith Flick can see the truth of.
Part mystery thriller and part sci-fi action with a moderate streak of comic relief.
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Long having looked up to his older brother, a former rising star in the world of robot combat, Dandan Fang (Tantan Hou) wishes to become successful in his own right as a robotic engineer outside of that world. A chance meeting in his first year at college however unexpectedly sends him down that same path as a Robomasters operator… a development he’s initially not happy with in the slightest.
An action-drama with a few comic relief elements that’s part sports competition and part drone advertisement.
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While relaxing on Spring break, Tatsuya and the others encounter a young girl who has escaped from a nearby military facility. After hearing of the inhumane human experimentation occurring at the site, they decide to take matters into their own hands and shut the program down by any means necessary.
An action drama with some comic relief and a bit of ecchi. It’s an Anime-original sequel to Raihousha-hen and requires having seen that first for character introductions.
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Love is in the air for the 3rd-year students at Sakuragaoka High School. Natsuki Enomoto likes her longtime friend Yuu Setoguchi, but cannot confess her true feelings to him, while Koyuki Ayase has a crush on Natsuki. Then there’s Koyuki’s friend Souta Mochizuki, who wants to ask out Natsuki’s friend Akari Hayasaka if only he could find the courage, and not to mention the existing pairing of Miou Aida and Haruki Serizawa.
A school life love polygon romance with comic relief in the form of exaggerated character behavior and a bit of drama.
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Phosphophyllite is one of the weakest houseki, mineral life forms composed of microscopic organisms, and for the longest time has not had a job or purpose until one morning when it’s decided that they should create an encyclopedia. Few of the houseki know much about the topic and Phos is soon directed toward Cinnabar, who keeps their distance from the others due to the poison their body produces. But after seeing how much Cinnabar is suffering from the situation Phos instead resolves to help them find a meaning for their existence.
A coming of age story with a moderate amount of action, large quantity of comedic banter, and a bit of mystery.
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Kyouichirou Hiiragi hopes to become a scholar and has traveled far from his hometown in order to study at Tokyo’s Imperial University. Instead, he soon finds himself caught up in the army’s plan to weaponize spirits.
A character drama with a bit of action that introduces comedy in the form of occasionally chibified appearances.
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