シャイニング・ティアーズ・クロス・ウィンド

シャイニング・ティアーズ・クロス・ウィンド 

Genres: action, adventure, drama, fantasy, romance

Plot Summary: Mysterious disappearances are occurring one after the other in Tatsumi Town. Kiriya has a vision from a mysterious beautiful girl with pointy ears. A book talking for an alternative world is found. And Mao searching for her long lost friend, Zero, comes to our world. But what she didn’t expect is to find Souma and Kureha, and even less, to accidentally take them to her world. Now, Souma and Kureha have to find a way to come back. But other forces are playing their part in the darkness and Souma with Kureha will find that going back is harder than they first anticipated.

Running time: 24 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 13

Vintage: 2007-04-06 to 2007-06-30

Opening Theme:

"Shining Tears" by Souichiro Hoshi

Ending Theme:

"光のシルエット (Hikari no Shiruetto)" by Souichiro Hoshi

"光のシルエット (Hikari no SILHOUETTE)" by Souichiro Hoshi

Official website:

SEGA[シャイニング・ティアーズ・クロス・ウィンド 公式サイト] (Japanese)

Japanese Cast

Souichiro Hoshi as Souma Akizuki

Akira Ishida as Kaito Kiriya

Ayako Kawasumi as Blanc Neige

Chiwa Saito as Mao

Kumi Sakuma as Reia Hiruda

Misato Fukuen as Ryuna

Nana Mizuki as Kanon Seena

Ryotaro Okiayu as Haruto Saionji

Ryou Hirohashi as Elwing

Souichiro Hoshi as Zero

Yoshinori Sonobe as Razalus

Yui Horie as Touka Kureha

Atsushi Ono as Jin-Crow

Ayako Kawasumi as Clalaclan Philias

Chiwa Saito as Houmei

Daisuke Matsuoka as Rouen

Hiroki Yasumoto as Hyoun

Houko Kuwashima as
The Eternal Forest's Chanting (ep 1)
Xecty Ein

Junko Hagimori as Lassi

Kazunari Tanaka as Enu

Kunihiro Kawamoto as Kouryuu

Naoki Imamura as Raihi

Takahiko Sakaguma as Basou

Takashi Kondo as Killrain

Tetsuharu Ohta as Shumari

Umeka Shouji as Caris Philias

 

 

 

 

Dance in the Vampire Bund （ダンス イン ザ ヴァンパイアバンド）

ダンス イン ザ ヴァンパイアバンド

 

Genres: action, horror, romance, supernatural

Themes: vampire

Objectionable content: Intense (graphic depictions of sex, drug use, or bloodshed)

Plot Summary: Mina Tepes, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires, wants her race to stop hiding from the humans. Using her vast wealth, she has paid off Japan's entire national debt and by doing so, gained the right to create a district off Japan's coast that is to become the future haven to vampires worldwide. But when she finally attemps to make public the existence of vampires to the world some politicians, terrorists and rival factions are plotting to assassinate Mina before she has a chance to get Japan's and International recognition for the Vampire Bund. Now she must rely on her strength, cruelty and those closest to her, while trying to make a normal life.

 

Video:

 

Running time: 24 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 12

Vintage: 2010-01-07 to 2010-04-01

Opening Theme:

"Friends (フレンズ)" by Aiko Nakano

Ending Theme:

"Tsumeato (爪痕)" by hibiku

Official website:

Dance in the Vampire Bund 公式サイト (Japanese)

FUNimation's Official Dance In The Vampire Bund Anime Site

Japanese cast

Aoi Yūki as Mina Tepes

Yuuichi Nakamura as Akira Kaburagi Regendorf

Akeno Watanabe as Nerra

Asuka Tanii as Nero

Chiwa Saito as Yuki Saegusa

Eri Kitamura as Nelly

Jouji Nakata as Wolf

Ken Narita as Jean Marais Dermaille

Rie Kugimiya as Hysterica

Shizuka Itou as Nanami Shinonome

Yu Kobayashi as Meiren

Yuko Kaida as Vera

Eiji Maruyama as Isurugi

Hiromu Miyazaki as Leeroy

Isshin Chiba as Seichi Hirai (ep 1)

Kenji Akabane as Shinva

Kenji Takahashi as Heinrich

Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Hikosaka

Nao Nagasawa as Hiroe Ubayama

Nobuyuki Kobushi as Romulus

Nozomu Tamaki as Nozomu Tamaki

Susumu Chiba as Ryouhei Kuze

Takaya Kuroda as Alfonse

Takayuki Fujimoto as Remus

Takayuki Kondou as Camille

Yuzuru Fujimoto as Juneau Dermailles

 

 

Ikkitousen: Dragon Destiny （一騎当千 Dragon Destiny ）

一騎当千 Dragon Destiny 

Related anime:
    Ikkitousen: Great Guardians (TV) (sequel)
      Ikkitousen: Xtreme Xecutor (TV) (sequel)

Genres: action, comedy, supernatural, tournament

Themes: ecchi, fanservice, historical, hot girls, martial arts, school war

Plot Summary: Loosely based on the novel 'Romance of the three kingdoms', modern day Japan sees a similar struggle for power between different rival schools with the three strongest being; Kyosho Academy led by Sousou Moutoku, Nanyo Academy by Sonsaku Hakufu and Ryuubi Gentoku from Seito High School. Together these three tousei, each with their own mangatama, fight for the honour of becoming ikki tousen and fulfilling their fated destiny through battle and conquest.

 

Video:

 

Number of episodes: 12

Vintage:

2007-02-26 (AT-X special)

2007-02-26 to 2007-05-14

Opening Theme:

"HEART&SOUL" by Mai Kariyuki

Ending Theme:

"Garasu no Hana (硝子の花; Glass Flower)" by IORI

Official website:

一騎当千 Dragon Destiny (Japanese)

一騎當千Dragon Destiny (Chinese (Taiwan))

DVD

Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny (DVD 2) 2010-01-26 (from $17.94)

Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny - Complete Series (DVD) 2010-08-31 (from $23.99)

Ikki-Tousen Dragon Destiny (DVD 1) 2009-11-24 (from $20.99)

Ikkitousen: Dragon Destiny (DVD 1) 2010-05-18

Ikkitousen: Dragon Destiny (DVD 3) 2010-04-20 (from $20.99)

Japanese Cast

Hitomi Nabatame as Unchou Kan'u

Kei Shindou as Gentoku Ryuubi

Mai Kadowaki as Koumei Shokatsuryou

Masumi Asano as Hakufu Sonsaku

Minori Chihara as Ekitoku Chouhi

Yuko Kaida as Shimei Ryomou

Eri Kitamura as Myousai Kakuen

Hajime Iijima as Gakushuu

Kenta Miyake as Narration

Kikuko Inoue as Goei

Koji Yusa as Genpou Saji

Satoshi Hino as Koukin Shuuyu

Shiho Kawaragi as Bunwa Kaku

Shuuhei Sakaguchi as Genjou Kakouton

Susumu Akagi as Moutoku Sousou

Takayuki Fujimoto as Houkou Kakuka

Yuu Asakawa as Shiryuu Chouun

Mikako Takahashi as Teni

  

Tegamibachi ( テガミバチ )

テガミバチ 

 

Genres: adventure, supernatural

Themes: Delivery service, steampunk

Plot Summary: Apparently abandoned by his mother, orphan Lag Seeing is taken as a "letter" by "Letter Bee" Gauche Suede to a town where his aunt raises him. His affection and admiration for Gauche give Lag the ambition to become a Letter Bee himself, carrying mail through the dangerous wasteland between towns on his world. When he becomes a teenager, he makes the trip to the capital to take the examination to become a trainee Letter Bee. En route, he meets the strange, powerful girl-like creature Niche, who becomes his "dingo," a Letter Bee's travelling companion. Lag yearns to find his mother, and discover why she abandoned him, if she did.

Running time: 21 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 25

Vintage: 2009-10-03

Opening Theme:

#1: "Hajimari no Hi (はじまりの日; Day of Beginnings)" by Suga Shikao feat. Mummy-D

#2: "Love Letter no Kawari ni Konoshi wo" by Seira

Ending Theme:

#1: "Hatenaki Michi (果てなき道; Endless Road)" by HIMEKA

#2: "Hikari no Kioku (光の記憶; Memories of the Light)" by Angelo

Official website:

「テガミバチ」公式サイト (Japanese)

テガミバチ @ TV Tokyo (Japanese)

Japanese Cast :

Ayumi Fujimura as Niche

Miyuki Sawashiro as Lag Seeing

Ami Koshimizu as Aria Link

Daisuke Kishio as Zaji

Hisayoshi Suganuma as
Conner
Moc Sullivan

Jun Fukuyama as Gauche Suede

Katsuyuki Konishi as Ralgo Lloyd

Kazuya Nakai as Jiggy Pepper

Marina Inoue as Mana Jones

Nana Mizuki as Silvette

Naomi Nagasawa as Steak

Aya Hisakawa as
Anu Seeing (Lag's mother)
Narration (Amberground scriptures) (ep 11)

Chihiro Suzuki as Promessa (ep 13)

Chiwa Saito as Sonja (ep 12)

Eri Kitamura as Ann (eps 24-25)

Hideki Tasaka as Garradd (ep 13)

Hideo Ishikawa as Dr. Thunderland Jr

Hitomi Nabatame as Nelli

Kazuhiro Oguro as Signal

Kenichirou Matsuda as Editor B (ep 11)

Mari Okamoto as Louisa Alcott (ep 11)

Susumu Chiba as Hunt (eps 24-25)

Tooru Nara as Vincent Alcott (ep 11)

Yui Horie as Roda (girl) (ep 25)

Yuka Komatsu as
Pistis (ep 13)
Sara (eps 24-25)

Yuki Matsuoka as Nello

 

 

 

 

 

K-ON ! ( けいおん！)

けいおん！

Genres: comedy, slice of life

Themes: bishoujo, moe, music, school

Plot Summary: It's Yui Hirasawa's first year in high school, and she's eagerly searching for a club to join. At the same time, Ritsu Tainaka, a drummer, and her friend Mio Akiyama, a bassist, are desperately trying to save the school's light music club, which is about to be disbanded due to lack of members. They manage to recruit Tsumugi Kotobuki to play the keyboard, meaning they only need one more member to get the club running again. Yui joins, thinking it will be an easy experience for her to play the castanets, the only instrument she knows. However, the other members think their new addition is actually a guitar prodigy...

Running time: 24 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 14

Vintage:

2009-04-02 to 2009-06-25

2010-03-16 (Animax Asia)

Releases: We have 8

Opening Theme:

"Cagayake! GIRLS (5-nin Ver.)" by Aki Toyosaki with Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou, Minako Kotobuki and Ayana Taketatsu (eps 9-13)

"Cagayake! GIRLS" by Aki Toyosaki with Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Satou and Minako Kotobuki

Ending Theme:

"Don't say ''lazy''" by Yoko Hikasa with Aki Toyosaki, Satomi Satou and Minako Kotobuki

Official website:

K-ON! on Animax Asia

TBSアニメーション・けいおん！公式ホームページ (Japanese)

Japanese cast :

Aki Toyosaki as Yui Hirasawa

Minako Kotobuki as Tsumugi Kotobuki

Satomi Satou as Ritsu Tainaka

Yōko Hikasa as Mio Akiyama

Asami Sanada as Sawako Yamanaka

Ayana Taketatsu as Azusa Nakano

Chika Fujitō as Nodoka Manabe

Madoka Yonezawa as Ui Hirasawa

Aiko Ōkubo as Teacher (ep 1)

Aki Kanada as Satoshi's friend (ep 13)

Asuka Horiguchi as Student (ep 8)

Asuka Nishi as Student (ep 1)

Asumi Kodama as Student council president (ep 11)

Chiaki Kanou as Person in charge (ep 2)

Chie Nakamura as Kawakami-san (ep 14)

Chihiro Tagaino as Nodoka's mother (ep 12)

Daichi Kanbara as First love (ep 5)

Eiji Maruyama as Butler Saitō (ep 10)

Eri Nakao as Maki (ep 14)

Eri Sendai as Aya (ep 14)

Hisafumi Oda as Clerk (ep 11)

Kengo Nishioka as Assistant (ep 14)

Kentarou Tone as Teacher (ep 5)

Kiyohito Yoshikai as Customer (ep 6)

Kokoro Kikuchi as Student (ep 8)

Mai Goto as Student (ep 6)

Mami Fujita as Student (ep 9)

Miho Miyagawa as Teacher (ep 3)

Mika Itou as Satoshi Tainaka (ep 13)

Riki Kitazawa as Yui's father (ep 7)

Rio Natsuki as Yui's mother (ep 7)

Shinnosuke Tachibana as Clerk (ep 11)

Takashi Mito as Scary person (ep 1)

Tomoaki Maeno as Clerk (eps 2, 11)

Tomoko Nakamura as Student (ep 6)

Yasuaki Takumi as Garbage collection voice (ep 12)

Yoriko Nagata as
Jun Suzuki (eps 8, 12-14)
Student (ep 6)

Yu Shimamura as Student (ep 6)

Yui Shoji as Clerk (eps 1, 13)

Yuiko Tatsumi as Student (ep 8)

Yuka Nishigaki as Eri (ep 14)

Yukika Teramoto as Student (ep 9)

Yukiko Monden as Sayaka (ep 14)

Yūtarō Shimizu as Customer (ep 13)

 

 

 

Digimon Adventure ( デジモンアドベンチャー)

デジモンアドベンチャー

Related anime:
    Digimon Chronicle (manga)
    Digimon V-Tamer (manga)
    Digimon Adventure 02 (TV) (2000-04-02 to 2001-03-18, sequel)
      Digimon: Diaboromon Strikes Back (movie) (2001-03-03, sequel)
    Digimon Tamers (TV) (2001-04-01 to 2002-03-31, spinoff)
      Digimon Tamers: The Adventurers' Battle (movie) (2001-07-14, sequel)
        Digimon Tamers Movie 6: The Runaway Digimon Express (2002-03-02, sequel)
    Digimon Frontier (TV) (2002-04-07 to 2003-03-30, spinoff)
      Digimon Frontier Movie (2002-07-20, sequel)
    Digimon (manga) (2003-03-11, adaptation)
    Digital Monster X-Evolution (movie) (2005-01-03)
    Digimon: Data Squad (TV) (2006-04-02 to 2007-03-25)
      Digimon Savers the Movie - Ultimate Power! Burst Mode Invoke!! (2006-12-09)

Genres: adventure, comedy, drama, science fiction

Themes: monsters

Objectionable content: None

Plot Summary: Seven kids are transported to the Digital World, a strange place where digital creatures called "Digimon" reside. A group of Digimon soon befriend them and keep the kids out of harm's way. The children then become the Digidestined, or Chosen Children, which protect the Digital World from evil Digimon like Devilmon and Myotismon.

Running time: half hour per episode

Number of episodes: 54

Vintage:

1999-03-07 to 2000-03-26

1999-08-14 to 2000-06-24 (USA)

2008-01-18 to 2008-04-02 (Philippines - Hero, Ohayoo Hero)

Opening Theme:

"Butter-fly" by Kouji Wada

Ending Theme:

#1: "I Wish" by Ai Maeda (eps 1-26)

#2: "keep on" by Ai Maeda (eps 27-54)

Official website:

Toei Animation Series Site (Japanese)

Toei's Official Digimon Adventure 02 Site (Japanese)

Toei's Official Digimon Frontier Site (Japanese)

Toei's Official Digimon Tamers Site (Japanese)

Japanese Cast :

Ai Maeda as Mimi Tachikawa

Chika Sakamoto as Agumon

Hiroko Konishi as Takeru Takaishi

Junko Takeuchi as Gomamon

Kae Araki as Hikari Yagami

Katori Shigematsu as Piyomon

Masami Kikuchi as Jou Kido

Mayumi Yamaguchi as Gabumon

Miwa Matsumoto as Patamon

Shihomi Mizowaki as Palmon

Takahiro Sakurai as Tentomon

Toshiko Fujita as Taichi Yagami

Umi Tenjin as Koushiro Izumi

Yuka Tokumitsu as Tailmon

Yuko Mizutani as Sora Takenouchi

Yuuto Kazama as Yamato Ishida

Chikao Ohtsuka as Apokarimon

Hiroaki Hirata as
Gennai (Young)
Hiroaki Ishida

Yasunori Matsutani as Etemon 

Ai Nagano as LadyDevimon

Akira Ishida as Wizardmon

Atori Shigematsu as Garudamon

Chika Sakamoto as
Greymon
Lilymon
MetalGreymon
Otamamon
Pagumon
SkullGreymon
WarGreymon

Chikao Ohtsuka as Piemon

Etsuko Kozakura as Pinnokkimon

Ginzo Matsuo as TonosamaGekomon

Haruhi Terada as Pumpmon

Harumi Asai as Girl (ep 33)

Hidenari Ugaki as Nanomon

Hidetoshi Nakamura as Meramon

Hiroaki Hirata as
DeathMeramon
Gazimon
Geckomon
Leomon
Narrator

Hiroki Takahashi as
Monzaemon
WaruMonzaemon

Hiroyuki Kawamoto as Veggiemon

Hisao Egawa as
Mugendramon
Ogremon

Isamu Tanonaka as Piccolomon

Jin Horikawa as Digitamamon

Jouji Yanami as Gennai

Junko Takeuchi as
Deluman
Geckomon
Ikkakumon
Zudomon

Kae Araki as Blossomon

Kaneto Shiozawa as Devimon

Kaoru Shiomi as Poyomon

Kappei Yamaguchi as Chuumon

Katashi Ishizuka as Bakemon

Katori Shigematsu as Birdramon

Kazunari Kojima as Phantomon

Keaton Yamada as Bakemon

Keiichi Sonobe as
Bakemon
Cockatrimon

Kenji Nomura as Nanimon

Kentarou Itou as Yukidarumon

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Andromon

Kouki Miyata as
Bakemon
Geckomon
PiccoDevimon

Masafumi Kimura as Whamon

Masaki Aizawa as Kentarumon

Masami Kikuchi as
Gazimon
Geckomon
Masami Izumi

Mayumi Yamaguchi as
Garurumon
MetalGarurumon
WereGarurumon

Megumi Tano as Dokugumon

Miki Chizuka as Botamon

Miwa Matsumoto as
Angemon
Anomalocarimon
HolyAngemon

Motoko Kumai as Sukamon

Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Drimogemon

Noriko Fujimoto as Unimon

Reiko Kiuchi as
Koromon
Pagumon

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Vamdemon

Shihomi Mizowaki as Togemon

Susumu Chiba as Susumu Yagami

Takahiro Sakurai as
AlturKabuterimon
Fujiyama
Kabuterimon
Keisuke Tachikawa
Yukidarumon

Takuma Suzuki as Vadermon

Yasuhiko Kawatsu as Shellmon

Yasuhiro Takato as Elecmon

Yasunori Masutani as Etemon/MetalEtemon

Yoji Ietomi as Mojyamon

Yoshikazu Nagano as Hangyomon

Yuji Ueda as Numemon

Yuka Tokumitsu as
Angewomon
Satoe Tachikawa

Yukie Muraoka as Yuramon

Yukiko Hanioka as Punimon

Yuko Mizutani as
Otamamon
Yuko Yagami

Yuu Sugimoto as Gotsumon

Yuuto Kazama as Gazimon

 

 

 

School Rumble ( スクールランブル )

スクールランブル

 Related anime:
    School Rumble: Extra Class (OAV) (sequel)
      School Rumble: 2nd Semester (TV) (sequel)
        School Rumble Sangakki (OAV) (sequel)

Genres: action, comedy, drama, romance, slice of life

Themes: bishoujo, delinquents, parody, school

Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)

Plot Summary: Tsukamoto Tenma is an ordinary 2nd year high school student who has fallen in love with one of her classmates, Karasuma Ooji. However, currently she is unable to confess her feelings to him. To make things worse, she found out that Karasuma is transferring to another school in a year. On the other hand, Tenma's other classmate, Harima Kenji (who is a delinquent) is also in love with Tenma. Not being able to confess his feelings, Harima gets depressed day by day.

Video: ,

 

Running time: 23 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 26

Vintage:

2004-10-05 to 2005-03-29

2007-06-01 to 2007-07-06 (Philippines - Hero, Girl Power)

2007-06-05 to 2007-10-29 (Germany - Animax)

2007-11-10 to 2008-02-09 (ABS-CBN's Hero Zone)

Opening Theme:

"Scramble (スクランブル)" by Yui Horie with UNSCANDAL

"Umi no Otoko wa yo (海の男はよ)" by Kikoukumaru's Man Chorus Group (ep 25)

Ending Theme:

#1: "Onna no Ko♥Otoko no Ko (オンナのコ♥オトコのコ; Girls♥Boys)" by Yuko Ogura

#2: "Hatenkou Robo Dojibiron no Teema (破天荒ロボ ドジビロンのテーマ)" by Hiroki Takahashi

#2: "Hatenkou Robo Dojibiron no Tema (破天荒ロボ ドジビロ ンのテーマ)" by Nanba Juuzou & Dojibiron V (ep 18)

#3: "Scramble (スクランブル)" by Yui Horie with UNSCANDAL (ep 25)

#4: "School Rumble 4 Ever" by Ami Koshimizu, Hitomi Nabatame, Yui Horie & Kaori Shimizu (ep 26)

Official website:

Madman's Official School Rumble Sales Site

School Rumble @ Sotsu Agency (Japanese)

School Rumble @ TV Tokyo (Japanese)

School Rumble Anime Info @ StarChild (Japanese)

DVD

School Rumble - Season One Box Set (DVD) 2008-08-12 (from $14.99)

School Rumble - Season 1 + OVA Viridian Collection (DVD) 2009-09-01 (from $17.99)

School Rumble - Complete Series Set (DVD) 2009-12-08 (from $35.99)

School Rumble (DVD 1) 2007-08-21 (from $6.00)

School Rumble (DVD 2) 2007-10-02 (from $18.99)

School Rumble (DVD 3) 2007-11-13 (from $16.99)

School Rumble (DVD 4) 2007-12-18 (from $6.00)

School Rumble (DVD 5) 2008-02-05 (from $6.00)

School Rumble (DVD 6) 2008-03-18 (from $6.00)

School Rumble + Artbox (DVD 1) 2007-08-21 (from $9.00)

 Japanese Cast / Seiyuu :

Ami Koshimizu as Tenma Tsukamoto

Hiroki Takahashi as Kenji Harima

Hiroki Konishi as Ooji Karasuma

Hitomi Nabatame as Mikoto Suou

Kaori Shimizu as Akira Takano

Mamiko Noto as Yakumo Tsukamoto

Shinji Kawada as Hanai Haruki

Yui Horie as Eri Sawachika

Ai Horanai as
Megumi Sagano
Yuri-pe

Akiko Kurumado as Sasakura Yoko

Daisuke Kishio as Imadori Kyousuke

Hiroki Yasumoto as
Kōriyama (Goriyama)
Masaru Suzuki
Tougou Masakazu

Hirotaka Nagase as Jiro Yoshidayama

Hiroyuki Yoshino as Fuyuki

Hitoshi Bifu as
Katō
Matakichi Itou

Kaori Shimizu as Napoleon

Kazuhiko Inoue as Eri's Father (ep 8)

Keiji Fujiwara as Kōji Yakushamaru/Mangoku

Kouji Ishii as Captain Genkai Goto (eps 24-25)

Makoto Yasumura as
Hayato Tani
Ryuuhei Suga

Maria Yamamoto as Giorno

Masakazu Kohara as Pedro González

Mika Itou as Haruki Hanai (child)

Mika Kanai as Pyotr (ep 17)

Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Hiroyoshi Asou

Naota Taida as Shigeo Umedu

Naoto Motohashi as Shigeo Umezu

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Harry Mckenzie

Sayaka Ohara as Tae Anegasaki

Shun Takagi as Ganji Nishimoto

Susumu Chiba as Masahiro Kōzu

Takeshi Maeda as
Iwashi Ōtani (eps 24-25)
Nakamura

Tomoe Oumi as Madoka Kido

Tomoyuki Shimura as Tennouji Noboru

Yu Kobayashi as Lala González

Yukari Fukui as Sara Adiemas

Yuko Sanpei as Shuuji Harima

Yuu Asakawa as Itoko Osakabe

Yuuka Nanri as Karen Ichijou

Yuuki Tai as
Masaaki Mitsui
Nara Kentarou

Yuuko Shima as Editorial member

 

 

 

Air Gear (エア・ギア)

エア・ギア

 Related anime:
    Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori -Break on the Sky- (OAV) (side story)

Genres: comedy, slice of life, tournament

Themes: sports

Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)

Plot Summary: Minami “Ikki” Itsuki, is a student and a delinquent. Also known as the “Unbeatable Babyface,” Ikki is the leader of the youth gang by the name of “East Side Gunz.” Upon his return home after being humiliated by a street gang of Storm Riders called the Skull Saders Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by his benefactors, the Noyamano sisters. The sisters belong to a group of Storm Riders who go by the team name of Sleeping Forest. Keen on helping Ikki to regain his confidence and pride, they supply him with a pair of Air Trecks (abbreviated as “AT”). Ikki eventually settles his grudge with the Skull Saders, but in the process he receives more than the simple satisfaction of revenge. Determined to experience the sensation of “flight” for as long as he can, our headstrong protagonist is quickly sucked into the mysterious, yet irresistible world of Air Treck.

Video:

 

 

Number of episodes: 25

Vintage:

2006-04-04 to 2006-09-26

2007-05-07 (Philippines, ABS-CBN - Weekday HeroZone)

2009-09-25 (Animax España)

Opening Theme:

"Chain" by Back-on

Ending Theme:

"Sky-2-High" by skankfunk

Official website:

Air Gear @ Marvelous Entertainment Inc. (Japanese)

Air Gear TV Tokyo Official Site (Japanese)

Funimation's Official Air Gear Website

Madman's Official Air Gear Sales Site

TOEI Air Gear Website (Japanese)

飛輪少年中文官方網站 (Chinese (Taiwan))

DVD

Air Gear - Box Set (DVD) 2008-12-02 (from $43.99)

Air Gear - East Side Showdown (DVD 1) 2007-02-06 (from $4.00)

Air Gear - Growing Wings (DVD 2) 2007-04-03 (from $4.00)

Air Gear - Growing Wings + Artbox (DVD 2) 2007-04-03 (from $6.00)

Air Gear - A New Legacy (DVD 3) 2007-06-05 (from $4.00)

Air Gear - Wings Reborn (DVD 4) 2007-08-07 (from $4.00)

Air Gear - A Battle of Kings (DVD 5) 2007-10-02 (from $4.00)

Air Gear - Kill 'Em Dead (DVD 6) 2007-12-04 (from $4.00)

Air Gear DVD Complete Series (Hyb) - Viridian Collection (DVD) 2010-05-25 (from $29.98)

Air Gear V1 (R4 DVD 1) 2007-11-07

Seiyuu :

Kenta Kamakari as Minami "Ikki" Itsuki

Hikaru Midorikawa as Kaitou

Hitoshi Bifu as Issha "Fat Buccha" Mihotoke

Kokoro Kikuchi as Akito/Agito

Mariya Ise as Ringo Noyamano

Masami Kikuchi as Onigiri

Noriko Shitaya as Ton-chan-sensei

Rie Tanaka as Simca

Rieko Yoshimoto as Yayoi Nakayama

Seika Hosokawa as Mikan

Yukiko Hanioka as Shiraume Noyamano

Ai Nagano as girl in Chinese dress #9

Daisuke Sasaki as AT-Rider

Haruhi Terada as Ikki (young)

Hiro Yuuki as Mitsuru Bandou

Hiroaki Hirata as Yasuyoshi Sano

Humika Hideshima as Parts War Website Voice

Issei Kojima as AT-Rider

Kazunari Tanaka as Inuyama

Kenji Nojima as Akira Udou

Kenjiro Tsuda as Spitfire

Kenn as Kazu

Mayu Asada as Natsumi Iriya

Miki Itou as Ryo Mimasaka

Mitsuaki Madono as Yoshitsune

Mitsuru Miyamoto as Sora Takeuchi (eps 13-14)

Miyu Irino as Nue

Naoko Matsui as Rika Noyamano

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Magaki

Rumi Shishido as Ren Fa (eps 19-20)

Shinya Fukumatsu as Senior Gunz Student

Shouko Ishii as Emily

Tomoyuki Dan as Orihara-sensei

Tomoyuki Shimura as Gonzo

Toshinobu Iida as AT-Rider

Wakana Yamazaki as Benkei (eps 23-25)

Yasuyuki Kase as Fumei Goshogawara

Yusuke Oguri as Higashi Middle School Student

 

 

RAINBOW 二舎六房の七人

ＲＡＩＮＢＯＷ 二舎六房の七人 

Genres: drama, horror, romance, thriller

Themes: abuse, boxing, delinquents, prison

Objectionable content: Intense (graphic depictions of sex, drug use, or bloodshed)

Plot Summary: Seven teenagers in 1955 have to learn to live together in the same hold in the reformatory of Shio. Confined in a hall where suffering and humiliation are daily, they are waiting for a ray of hope in a dark, incarcerating world. The story follows their life together and how they move on afterwards.

Running time: 23 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 26

Vintage: 2010-04-06

Opening Theme:

"We're not alone" by coldrain

Ending Theme:

"A FAR-OFF DISTANCE" by Galneryus

Official website:

RAINBOW 二舎六房の七人

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Broadcaster: NTV (2010-04-06)

Production: VAP

Sound Production: Techno Sound

 

 

 

 

Shiki (屍鬼)

屍鬼

Genres: horror, mystery, supernatural

Themes: vampire

Plot Summary:

During a fiercely hot summer in Sotoba, a peaceful and quiet village with a population of 1300 people, a series of bizarre deaths begin to occur. At the same time, a strange family moves into a long abandoned mansion in the region. Hospital dean Toshio Ozaki cannot figure out the cause of death in the deceased, initially suspecting an epidemic. As investigations continue between the hospital staff and the residents, it turns out that the village is being attacked by vampires.

Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three people are found dead. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village's lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as a normal occurrence. However, in the days following, the villagers start to die one after the other. Is this mere coincidence, an epidemic, or something else entirely...

The story takes place in a small and what appears to be a peaceful village called, Sotoba. However, this is no ordinary village. Death seems to be tormenting the village and it is a common thing in Sotoba. Natsuno Yuuki, a new resident in Sotoba, hates the village and wants to move back to the city. However, he is determined to solve the mystery behind the strange death occurrences.

Running time: 23 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 22

Vintage: 2010-07-08

Opening Theme:

"Kuchizuke" (くちづけ) by Buck-Tick

#2: "Calendula Requiem (カレンデュラレクイエム)" by kanon X kanon

Ending Theme:

"Walk no Yakusoku" (walkの約束) by nangi

#2: "Gekka Reijin (月下麗人; Beauty Under the Moon)" by Buck-Tick

Official website:

屍鬼 (Japanese)