As indicated by the title, air, skies and wings are important themes: Yukito is searching for the "girl in the sky", and Misuzu believes her other self is flying in the sky above her. Other characters show a similar relationship to the sky...(more)
It is the dream of every boy to have a beautiful goddess fullfill their dreams and fantasies...whatever they are. This either relatively or literally speaking. In Keiichi's case, its literal. Keiichi Morisato is a student of Nekomi Tech whose entire life revolved around this one girl he liked. He would keep confessing his love for her, but she keeps rejecting him as well. Not a very fun life, but things were about to change. One day while trying to make a call to his "senpais," he accidentally dialed ...(more)
Akira - MovieWidely acclaimed as the pinnacle of anime classics, Akira is usually seen at the top of most anime review sites. And that is not because it starts with an "A." Set at the a post-world-war-III era, Akira starts off by...(more)
Amazing Nurse Nanako >In the beginning, Nanako was the subject of a cyborg experiment conducted by Dr. Ogami for one of his most powerful robots. Through rigorous training, Dr. Ogami trained Nanako to withstand the pain. However, he made her too strong, and the plan ultimately failed. However, recent developments between the Pentagon and the Vatican to resurrect Jesus for the Second Coming have landed Nanako...(more)
Angelic Layer >The primary protagonist of Angelic Layer is Misaki Suzuhara, a seventh grader who just moved to Tokyo to live with her aunt, Shouko Asami. After arriving in the city, she watches the battle doll Athena on a big screen television outside of Tokyo Station and becomes interested in learning about Angelic Layer...(more)
Asura Cryin' >Asura Cryin' is the anime adaptation of its original light novel version. This not so serious high school action anime centers around the adventures of a boy named Tomoharu Natsume. His problem, however, is that he often times has a ghostly visitor who was once his childhood friend. Check it out for yourself and you decide. Enjoy!
Avatar the Last Airbender >Long long time ago when the entire world was at peace, the four nations of fire, earth, wind, and water lived peacefully amongst each other. The delicate balance was maintained by the one powerful being called the "Avatar" with the ability to wield all the four elements. However, everything abruptly changed when the fire nation decides to wage war against the other nations. Just when the world needed him the most, the Avatar vanishes with no trace. A hundred years later and the world...(more)
Berserk >Guts is the protagonist of the story: a tall, muscular man with a huge sword called the Dragon Slayer and a prosthetic left forearm that has a magnetic grip and conceals a cannon and repeater crossbow. Guts is a Byronic hero who is able to struggle against causality, but seemingly unable to overcome it...(more)
Blade of the Immortal >Blade of the Immortal follows the deeds of Manji, a skilled samurai who has a decisive advantage: no wound can kill him. In the past, his criminal actions led to the death of 100 other samurai (including his sister's husband)...(more)
Ichigo is a kid who can see ghosts. His life took an interesting turn when he encounters a phenomenon called Death Gods and Hollows. Death Gods are entities meant to destroy hollows that stray its way to the living world.
Saya Otonashi would seem like an ordinary school girl in first look, but more of her meets the eye. On top of the fact that she was an adopted daughter with amnesia and anemia unable to recall her previous life, she finds out that she...(more)
Blood the Last Vampire - MovieNot a single soul. There are only two people riding the subway train. Blood the Last Vampire is a movie set in post-modern Tokyo before the beginning of the Vietnam War. Saya Otonashi is the "last original" as the supporting characters narrowly...(more)
Claymore >Chrono Crusade is set in the height of the Roaring Twenties, where jazz is king, bootleg liquor flows freely, and the mob rules the streets. It is a time of prosperity, luxury and decadence, and the division between rich and poor grows even...(more)
Da Capo II >The protagonist, Yoshiyuki Sakurai, was born when Sakura Yoshino, weary of being alone for so long, wished upon a prototype artificial wish-granting magical sakura tree for a family. Years later, though, the tree starts malfunctioning, granting all wishes, regardless of how impure. Sakura and Otome Asakura at first try to handle all the problems caused by it, but the situation gradually worsens and they have...(more)
Dears >One year prior to the beginning of the story, mankind made its first contact with an alien species, when a malfunctioning alien spacecraft made an impromptu crash-landing in Tokyo Bay. The aliens on board the UFO are human-like and remarkably beautiful, and are soon affectionately nicknamed "DearS" by their human hosts, which means "Dear friends from outer space"; as extraordinarily...(more)
D Gray-Man >
DN Angel >Daisuke Niwa is a 14 year-old-boy who has a special genetic ability: Whenever he sees or thinks about his crush, Risa Harada, he turns into the infamous phantom thief Dark. During the start of the anime, Daisuke carries a picture of Risa Harada in his back pocket for such occasion. This will continue until his love is returned. Satoshi Hiwatari is a student at the same school as Daisuke and the Harada twins and also the Commander of the police force, heading the investigation on Dark...(more)
Dragon Ball GT >
Dragon Ball Z - MoviesDragon Ball Z is a Japanese animated television series produced by Toei Doga (now Toei Animation). Dragon Ball Z is the sequel to the Dragon Ball anime, which covers the first 16 volumes of a 42 volume Dragon Ball manga...(more)
Fate Stay Knight >Shirou Emiya lost his parents in a fire when he was young and was later adopted by a sorceror by the name of Kiritsugu Emiya. Although he was full of admiration for his adopted father and yearns to become an ally of justice...(more)
Final Fantasy Unlimited >Final Fantasy: Unlimited incorporates characteristics of the Final Fantasy games. Summoning is used in the series and is performed by using a demon gun. By using three cartridges of Soil as ammunition, different summons can be created depending on the types of soil used. The Ghost Train is used by the protagonists to ride into the inner world, Wonderland. Although Elizabeth, the Ghost Train, is the main mode of transportation, the submarine Jane and the airship...(more)
Final Fantasy Spirits Within - MovieThis movieset on an alien-infested Earth in the year 2065. It was released prior to the infamous Advent Children movie. The remaining humans live in "barrier cities" all over the world and attempt to free their planet from the Phantoms...(more)
Final Fantasy Advent Children - MovieIf you remember the playstation one days where everyone would go Wow whenever they would see a pixelated character do some amazing flashy moves while using their box-like legs to jumps and run, then you would probably...(more)
Fullmetal Alchemist >Alchemy is the science of transforming one element into another. During the ancient times, alchemists have tried their hardest to turn lead into gold. In this anime, they not only transmute elements, but the most unlikely things...(more)
Gilgamesh >Gilgamesh is a dark and apocalyptic anime series that is based on the original story by Shotaro Ishinomori. Gilgamesh is set in the super present and the plot revolves around characters who can be divided into four groups: The Countess and the Orga-Superior, the Mitleid Corporation, the siblings, and the Gilgamesh. With the development of the plot, the past and motives of the characters, and their...(more)
Hellsing >The story begins as you are introduced to a top secret anti-freak organization that originated from the UK called the Hellsing Organization. They specialize in the top-secret elimination of vampires while hiding it from public knowledge. The organization is led by a strong-willed woman named Integra Hellsing. This organization to rid England of vampires, however, has its most powerful member named Alucard, a Nosferatu---The most powerful breed of vampires. The story takes an interesting turn as Alucard encounters Seras Victoria and turns her into a blood sucking vampire babe...(more)
Hunter X Hunter >Hunter X Hunter would seem like another stereotypic Shonen at first look where a small kid goes on an adventures and eventually finds his dreams, but the truth is that it is one of the most incredible anime ever made. You haven't watched anime until you have seen this. The story begins as you are introduced to a young kid named Gon Freecs living with his Aunt. He spends most of his days playing in the forest...(more)
Inuyasha >During the ancient times when the world was still young, a half-demon creature named Inuyasha steals the "Jewel of Four Souls" from a village. Having amazing power, the jewel grants it user unimaginable power. Inuyasha tried to escape, but Kikyo uses her scared arrow to seal into Goshinboku, a sacred tree...(more)
Karin >The story revolves around the main character, Karin, the middle child in a family of vampires who immigrated to Japan two centuries earlier. However, Karin is different from the rest of the family in that she produces blood instead of feeding on it; because of this, she has to inject blood by biting someone or else she suffers exaggerated nosebleeds. Because of her unusual condition, Karin lives her life just as an ordinary teenage girl would, despite being considered something of a freak by...(more)
Kiba >Kiba's main character is Zed, a 15-year-old boy who lives in a place called "Calm". Frustrated by his current situation in life he feels that somewhere out there is a place where he can live more fully. One day, at the invitation of a mysterious wind, Zed dives into a space-time crevasse (portal), seeking the answers...(more)
Last Exile >
Linebarrels of Iron >
Last Exile >Last Exile is Anime centered around the lives of Claus Valca and Lavie Head, a young courier pilot and his navigator, and their interesting adventurous in the floatinf land of Prester. In this charming sky world with Victorian fashion and society, two countries, Anatoray and Disith are locked in a seemingly never-ending war path against each other under the watching eye of the mysterious Guild... (more)
Linebarrels of Iron >The Linebarrels of Iron epic occurs in the future, revolving around the life of Kouichi Hayase, who got away from being pushed around as a child by imagining himself as a super hero. Little did he know that his life was about to be changed for ever, when a satellite crashes from it orbit. Due to this "occurence", Kouichi was suspended in a comma for half a year, and woke up with strange powers. Then, in 2019... (more)
Macross Frontier >The series features the 25th New Macross-class Colonial Fleet, dubbed the Macross Frontier, en route to the galactic center. This heavily-populated interstellar fleet (consisting of numerous civilian vessels and their military escorts) contains a makeup of both human occupants and their Zentradi allies. As such, many of the Macross Frontier's companion vessels appear to merge more metallic Human designs with organic Zentradi aesthetics. On the Macross timeline, the story is set in the year 2059...(more)
Maple Story >Ten years ago, the World Tree that protected peace and order of the world was being targeted by an evil organization called the Zakum. The Human race led four other races: the brave warriors, the intelligent magicians, the agile archers and the sly thieves in a fight against the Zakums. In the end, the world Tree activated self-destruction to protect itself. However, the other races thought it was...(more)
Neon Genesis Evangelion >The story begins in the year 2000 when the whole world is literally shaken by the "Second Impact" obliterating the majority of Antarctica in its initial contact causing cataclismic earthquakes, tsunamis and ultimately shifted...(more)
Ninja Scroll >Ninja scroll is like Naruto meets Afro Samurai meets your really cool Grand Pa. It is a pretty old Anime, but the animation is amazingly rendered and very detailed and could even be described as beautiful. The Anime begins showing a mysterious...(more)
One Piece >There was a man named Gold Roger, who was king of the pirates. He had fame, power, and wealth beyond your wildest dreams. Before they hung him from the gallows, these were the final words he said, "My fortune is yours for the taking, but you'll have to find it first. I left everything I own in ONE PIECE." Ever since, pirates...(more)
Outlaw Star >Everyone in has to make a living one way or another. If you don't, you will get hungry, get hungrier, afterwards you starve to death, and eventually small maggots will eat you. Gene Starwind, however, the main character...(more)
Princess MononokeThis week in Movie hot spots I introduce you to the captivating movie called Princess Mononoke. Its a wildly popular movie known for its breathtaking sceneries and epic story line. The movie starts out in this beautiful kingdom...(more)
Rosario + Vampire >Tsukune was an ordinary high school kid. It was his first day of class in this new high school his father apparently "helped" him get into. However, nothing about it was ordinary. To start with, he gets into a bus, once they pass through the tunnel...(more)
Shakugan no Shana >Shakugan no Shana is an Anime centering around the life of a high school boy named Yuji Sakai. He's the usual high school boy - meeting up with friends, having crushes on cute high school girls, sucking at school and all that. Little did he know that a harsh awakening is about to happen. It was a beautiful day...(more)
Soul Eater >Soul Eater primarily revolves around students classified as meisters at the Shinigami Weapon Meister Vocational School , or Shibusen for short, located in the fictional Death City, in Nevada, United States. The school is run by Shinigami, the God of Death himself, as a training facility for weapons and the human wielders of those weapons...(more)
Spirited Away - MovieThis is among those movies that seem boring at first look, but when you actually watch it, you find out the great elements and depth of plot associated with it. Spirited Away is a movie centered around a whiny little kid named Chihiro. The initial scenes are quite boring, establishing the base of the story as a family moving to a new place is shown having the usual conversations and......(more)
Steamboy - MovieIn the year 1866, it's the eve of the World Expo, a technological showcase in Victorian England. Ray Steam, a boy obsessed with mechanical technology, gets caught up in a crazy chain of events when an unknown package containing the enigmatic Steam Ball is taken to his place courtesy of his grandfather... (more)
When Earth's population drastically increased, humanity led by the United Nations attempted to colonize Mars. During the colonization, they discovered two alien technologies: the Bacillus and the Crusnik nanomachines...(more)
Tower of Druaga >It has been sixty years since King Gilgamesh defeated "the tower" single-handedly, and now the tower is reborn again. The "Summer of Anu" is a season that comes every few years during which the powers of the monsters within the Tower wane thanks to the grace of the great god Anu. Each Summer of Anu, the armies of the Uruk Kingdom secure their strongholds within the Tower, aiming to eventually conquer the upper floors...(more)
To Love-Ru >Rito, like any typical teenage boy with love problems, is in love with his classmate Haruna. He could really use some dating tips, but little did he know something amazing is about to happen. Lala, the princess of Planet Deviluke...(more)
Vampire Hunter D Original - MovieJust to warn you, in the beginning of this video there is a really annoying music video that plays out of nowhere. I have no idea why its there, but you'll just have to bear with it for a while, and try to lower your speaker volume. Once the actual movie begins, you are introduced to a frightening world of strange...(more)
Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust - MovieFollowing the dark path of a dunpeal hunter named "D" this story is not for those who get
nightmares easily. Its a story about vampires, demons, succubi, and dark...(more)
Vision of Escaflowne >Vision of Escaflowne is the story of a high school student Kanzaki Hitomi. Everything about can be seen in a typical teenager, participating in school, joining clubs, having crushes, but one thing that is not so typical about her is the ability to see visions...(more)
Wolf Rain >Wolf's rain is a story about a post-apocalyptic world drowned in destruction and rubble. According to an old legend, when the end of the world comes, Paradise, will appear, however, only wolves will have access to it. In the initial scenes it shows a white...(more)
World Destruction >In this world, there are creatures of every kind. There are beastmen and humans living amongst each other. However, it was not a peaceful relationship due to the fact that humans were treated like property by the beastmen. A notorious group called "World Destruction Committee" is wanted by the "World Salvation Committee" for threatening the very foundation of the world because they want the world to end... (more)
XxxHolic >Kimihiro Watanuki is a high school student plagued by yōkai, spirits with a strong attraction to him. The spirits are invisible to others and encounters with them are extremely troublesome. When he stumbles into a shop that grants wishes, however, events in his life promise to become more unusual. The shop is owned by Yūko Ichihara....(more)
Yu Yu Hakusho >
Yu Yu Hakusho >Yusuke Urameshi is a street-brawling delinquent with a tough guy approach to everything. Yusuke's mother Atsuko, an alcoholic, had him at the age of 15 and took a backseat in raising her son. He has a reserved seat in the guidance counselor's office, and numerous other delinquents in the city are constantly trying to take him on. Yusuke is pretty fed up with his life. However, no one expects a sudden act of...(more)
