11eyes : Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shōjo (Anime)

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Ayashi's Ratings : 6/10

Ayashi's Review : Quick new anime (2009 Q4) but unfortunately not my favourite.

07-Ghost (Anime)

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Ayashi's Ratings : 7.5/10

Ayashi's Review : A supernatural anime. Opening and ending songs are my favourite. I love the crosses of the "Seven Ghosts" <3 . Anime should ends at episode 25, however Wikipedia is showing ongoing status. Hmmm, ponder...

Anime - Kaidan Restaurant (怪談レストラン)

The official website for Toei Animation's television adaptation of the Kaidan Restaurant (Thriller Restaurant) horror storybook series has opened with a 15-second promotional video. (In the linked page, select the television icon on the bottom.) The anime will premiere on October 13.

Each episode will consist of three stories or "dishes": the appetizer, the main dish, and dessert. The first two "dishes" will deal with an ordinary sixth-grade schoolgirl named Ako Ōzora and the bizarre occurrences that befall her and her classmates. The third "dish" will be a standalone short ghost story told by Ako and her friends.

Miyoko Matsutani (Maegami-Taro, Mizu no Tane, Taro the Dragon Boy) has been editing the books since 1996 with illustrations by Yoshikazu Takai and Kumiko Kato, and Doshinsha has published over seven million copies so far. Yoko Ikeda is directing the anime version, and Shoji Yonemura (Guin Saga, Glass Fleet, Stitch!) is supervising the scripts.

Image © Miyoko Matsutani, Thriller Restaurant Team/TV Asahi.
Info from Animenewsnetwork.com

Characters Profiles :

Shou Koumoto
A transfer student who is having the same class with Ako. Even without the help from his friends he can still handle things by his own. Loves horror stories, and research about the horror information all around the world.



Ako Ouzora
A primary student in YamaSakura School. Nickname is "あんこ"(Japanese sweet beans?)Loves to daydreaming and her dream is to become a adventure novelist. Dislikes scary stories, but full of curiosity which can't help checking the truth.



Reiko Sakuma
An class officer who doesn't believes thing without scientific analysis proves. Somehow, it seems like she picks on Ako for some reasons.



If you wanna tried out the anime, just watch on the youtube below which the first episode is actually separated into 2 clips. And oops, no subtitles :P








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Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Anime)

Details
Anime Movie Title : Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Japanese Movie Title : 崖の上のポニョ, (Gake no Ue no Ponyo)
Released Date: 19 July 2008
Genre : Adventure / Magical

Storyline
Anime started off in a beautiful, magical Water World where a goldfish attempts to swim away from her family outings. This is when she met a 5-yrs old human boy called Sosuke. After that incident, she desired even more to see him again. Thus, she turned herself into a human girl.

Official JP Website
http://www.ghibli.jp/ponyo/



Ayashi's Rating
Ratings: 8/10
Another anime from Studio Ghibli. Anime is worth watching. I find it touching and very meaningful. These outrule the anime graphic which you may find childish. Try it!

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Air Gear (Anime)

Details
Anime Title : Air Gear
Japanese Title : エア・ギア
Episodes : 1-25 (end) + 1 special episode
Anime Run: Apr-Sept 2006
Genre : Action / Sport / Comedy

Storyline
This Anime is set in the World of Air Treks (AT) where players bet their AT parts, emblems, egos & team's status (ranking).

Itsuki Ikki Minami, with sisters of four, finds himself very indulge in the AT. Irresistible battles come one after another. However there's more than just battles. Ikki's sisters are strictly opposing to Ikki being involved in AT. What secrets could there be? Can Ikki fight through this hardship?















Manga
Manga released before anime in 2003 and is still ongoing till to date.
http://www.onemanga.com/Air_Gear/














Ayashi's Rating
Ratings: 7/10
Moderate ratings from me. Only impressed with some comedy scenes. His winning luck may seems to exaggerating and impossible.

















The main mascot for this Anime is Crow. You will know why when you watch the Anime. Those crows are needed censor some necessary scenes. LOL.

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Natsume Yuujinchou (Anime)

Details
Anime Title : Natsume Yūjincho (Season 1) & Zoku Natsume Yūjincho (Season 2)
English Title: Natsume's Book of Friends
Episodes : 1-13 (end) for each Seasons
Anime Run: 07.07.2008 - 29.09.2008 (Season 1) & 05.01.2009 - 30.03.2009 (Season 2)
Genre : Supernatural / Comedy












Storyline
The story started off with a human teenager (Natsume) desperately running off towards a temple while being chased by ghost in the forest.

Flashback showed a boy has the ability for seeing spirit and ghost. It was believed he inherited such from his grandma (Reiko's). Because of his cursed ability, people see him as creepy and weird, including his own biological parents.

His loneliness and hatred was later saved by Reiko's Book of Friends which contains a list of spirit names being defeated by Reiko in the past. Binded by the Contracts, spirits are forced to bow down to Reiko as her followers. On contrary, Natsume wished to return every single name back to them. As story goes on, he met Madara (a.k.a Nyanko Sensei) as his bodyguard and got pretty involve with the Spiritual World.

Manga
Natsume Yuujinchou was first released in Manga in Year 2005. Till to date, this Manga is still ongoing release in an irregular basis. http://www.onemanga.com/Natsume_Yuujinchou/.

Ayashi's Rating
Ratings: 7.5/10
Pretty good storyline to start with. Each episodes never bored me.
Madara may looks cawaii in Nyanko form but totally awesome when he turns into true monstrous form. While in Nyanko form, he is always lazy and addict to sake.


















Nyan Nyan ~~~~~ ♥


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Gintama (JP)

Details
Anime Jap Title : 銀魂, (pronounced as Gintama, literally means "Silver Soul")
Episodes : Ongoing till to date
Anime Running Period: 4-Apri-2006 - Ongoing
Genre : Comedy

Synopsis
This Anime showed that Edo (today known as Tokyo) stands with unbelievable high-technology gadgets, etc... Also where Samurai service has been phased-out and not recognize by the Sky People (aka aliens, the conquer0rs).

In this story, our main protagonists are Gintoki Sakata (aka Ginta-san), Shinpachi Shimura (aka Zinba) & Kagura. Being freelancers in biz, they faced different events everyday with more action & comedy!

(More details reading at Wikipedia)


































Notes from Ayashi
Another Anime from Manga-illustrated. Its ongoing manga can be viewed online from onemanga.

Ayashi's Anime Review
Although, I might admit this Anime actually has silly storyline but... it never fail to entertain me. The comedy never cease. Each episode is getting funnier and crazier. As mentioned above, this Anime is in the Edo period, meaning it's before Year 1868, and yet they have crazy high-technology things.

Highly recommended. Rating: 9/10.
P/S: Gintama will make u laugh like there's no tomorrow! :D





And don't forget to mention our all times favourite chara, Elizabeth ....

















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Soul Eater (JP)

Details
Anime Jap Title : ソウルイーター, (pronounced as Sōru Ītā)
Episodes : 51 (end)
Anime Running Period: April 2008 - March 2009
Genre : Adventure / Comedy / Horror
Developer: Square Enix

Synopsis
(More details reading at Wikipedia)

Notes from Ayashi
Like many other Japanese Manga & Anime, Soul Eater is also originates from its well-known manga. Eventhough his Anime Episode has come to an end, the manga is still ongoing. Its ongoing / monthly release can be read from onemanga online.





















Ayashi's Anime Review
Finally I managed to complete this anime today! I believe most viewer might comment about the funny / weird drawings of the background and chara. I, personally, think it has some similarity to Disney Drawing Style -___-|| ... But! after watching few episodes, it's a "not-so-bad-to-watch" anime.

My Rating: 7.5/10





And hey! How can we forget to mention him? That legendary sword / hero .... ~..~



















BAKA!

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Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete (JP)

Details
Title: FF VII Advent Children Complete
Language: Japanese
Duration : About 2 hrs
Released on : 16-Apr-2009

Synopsis
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete is two years after the Planet Destruction by Meteor incident. During that brink of destruction, "Lifestream" has saved the Planet. However, people exposed to the sudden burst of Lifestream are getting mystery illness called "Geostigma" which results in death. This CG movie casts the incident aftermath where everyone struggle to live a normal life.

Meanwhile, three mystery brothers appear and desperately wanting to retrieve their mother, "Jenova" by all means. Our superb hero, Cloud comes to the scenes to fight them off. Can he stop the Reunion?

Ayashi's Review [Spoiler-Free!]
A must watch to all Final Fantasy fans. This is a new Remake / Complete Version of Advent Children with extra scenes included, more action & more bloodshed. I'm surprise to see parts of Crisis Core and Denzel Episode are included in between this movie. Reno-san is still very attractive to me ^^. Another compliment to be noted is the dirt & blood effect on the chara faces, which have none in previous Advent Children. Very well-made CG movie. Love it!
Rating: 9/10 ~ Highly Recommended



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Final Fantasy VII ~ On The Way to A Smile : Denzel Episode (JP)

Details
Alternate Anime Title: "Case of Denzel"
Language: Japanese
Duration : About 45 mins
Released in Year 2009

Synopsis
If you played the Final Fantasy 7 games series, this Anime should ring a bell to you. See My Related Post. The complete novella is clearly described here: LINK.



Ayashi's Review [Spoiler-Free!]
It's always nice to watch what happen on the other side of the other characters during the main event of Final Fantasy 7 where everyone is fighting hard to avoid the Destruction of Planet by the Fall of Meteor.

My Rating: 6/10 [Subject to change as I have yet to watch the rest of the Novella cases]

Overall, love it. Wanna collect the complete set, if available (:

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D.Gray-man (Anime)

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Details
Anime Jap Title : ディーグレイマン ((read as: ,Dī Gureiman ~))
Episodes : 103 (end)
Release Date : Oct 2006
Genre : Adventure / Comedy / Horror

Other Info
This anime is actually based on its best-selling manga, released in May 2004 and is still ongoing till date. Read Online Here. In addition, D.gray-man games have also been released in NDS & PS2 console, Mar 2007 & Sept 2008 respectively. Sadly :( I have not seen the games for sale in my Country. Besides the above, D.gray-man novel (2 vols) are selling at market as well. The novel is titled as Reverse, released on 30-May-2005 & 4-Jul-2006.

Synopsis
Allen Walker, a 15 yrs old child was born into the World with a deformed left arm. Abandoned by his parents due to such, he has been adopted by Mana Walker ever since.
One day, Mana Walker died. Feeling in great despair & confusion, Allen mistakenly revives Mana to the living world with the help of Millennium Earl. However, Mana soul was binded inside a monster-form called "Akuma", which do not have control on its own. At the moment when Millennium Earl ordered the Akuma to kill Allen, his left arm "Innocence" activated as "Akuma Anti-Weapon" and accidentally killed Mana. Before Mana dies, he curses Allen's left eye which gives him the ability to see souls inside Akuma.

After that dreadful incident, Allen comes to understand that Millennium Earl has been trying to trick those who have lost their loved ones to build an army of Akuma for his own purposes. Allen decides to stop him at all cost and is later trained by a Master, becoming an Exorcist at a secret organization called Black Order which only aim is to stop Millennium Earl's plan.

Can Allen stop him before the World destruction by his Akuma army? Would he be able to free the souls trapped inside the Akuma?

Official Website
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Ayashi's Review [Spoiler-Free!]
Its story plot is very exciting from beginning till end. The continuous fighting and miracle happenings definitely won't get you bored. Not to mention some of their hilarious scene + well-drawn anime chara. Love their cawaii chibi chara version. A worth set of anime for collection.

Rating: 9/10 ~ Highly recommended!

Check out the sad piano midi theme played by Allen in anime. I roughly arranged the songs in midi format (scroll to below) as I got hard time looking for the original mp3 online last time.

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D.Grayman - Noahs 14th Piano Song -


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Persona Trinity Soul (Anime)

Details
Anime Jap Title : ペルソナ 〜 トリニティ・ソウル 〜 ((read as: Perusona ~Toriniti Sōru~))
Episodes : 26
Release Date : Jan 2008
Genre : Supernatural / Mystery / Horror

Other Interesting Info
Anime Character Design: Yuriko Ishii (Darker than Black)
Persona Design: Genma Nobuhiko
Music: Taku Iwasaki (GetBackers, Witch Hunter Robin)

Synopsis
This anime is a sequel to Persona 3 (Ps2 Game) incident...

Ten years later, in a developing futuristic city called Ayanagi (Sea of Japan), three brothers reunited amidst of several strange horrendous supernatural cases occurring in the City. Ryo (eldest of the trio), City Superintendent Police, does not seems to welcome Shin (17 yrs old) and Jun (14 yrs old) being moving back to the City. The story begins when the two "new moving in" brothers gradually get involved in the new coming mysterious incidents. As the series goes on, nearly everyone close to Shin seems to be taken away. In deeper investigation, Shin learns about Persona Users and the secret experiments ...

What fate awaits them? Could it be for good or worst?


Main Chara Quick View


Ryou Kanzato
28 yrs old
Birthday on 18 January
Eldest Brother among the trio
Superintendent of City Police Dept






Shin Kanzato
17 yrs old
Birthday on 19 January
Second year student in Naginomori Gakuen High School







Jun Kanzato
14 yrs old
Birthday on 4 February
Youngest Brother
Third-year student at Naginomori Gakuen Middle School
(See info here about Jun's twin - Yuki Kanzato)






























(To read more at Wikipedia, click on above picture)



Official Website
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Ayashi's Review [Spoiler-Free!]
Regret to say this anime is kinda disappointing to me eventhough it looks so promising. Too many emotions going on in the anime which make it looks lengthy, complicated & confusing.
Rating: 5/10

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