The show is the anime adaptation of several literary masterpieces in Japan (much like Ayakashi Classic Japanese Horror), some of them dating back to the late 1920s. ABS portrays six such immortal classics, each of them highlighting the complex and fickle nature of the human mind.
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Dream Eater Merry Episode 1 review
January 8th, 2011 
FinntheFrisian Fujiwara has a recurring nightmare where he is assaulted by a gang of anthropomorphic cats who threaten him by claiming that their boss is coming for him
Rio: Rainbow Gate Episode 1 review
January 4th, 2011 FinntheFrisian All in all, without the ecchi factor this anime wouldn’t have anything going for it. I probably won’t be watching the rest of Rainbow Gate
Posted in Anime, Anime Reviews, Comedy, Ecchi, Genre, Rio: Rainbow Gate 
Tags: Casino Dealer, gambling, Panty Shots, Rainbow Gate, Rio 
1 Comment »Rental Magica Anime Review
December 30th, 2010 Miki Rental Magica (???????, Rentaru Magika Itsuki Iba, the newly appointed president of Astral. Astral is a company that dispatches magicians to perform jobs involving supernatural phenomena. We see Itsuki’s interactions with his employees and Astral’s competitors throughout the series. We meet these characters who are performing jobs while trying to keep from being disbanded. The [...]
Posted in Anime Reviews, Fantasy, Magic, Rental Magica, Supernatural Tags: Childhood Experience, Inexperience, Itsuki, Magic Users, Magicians, Rival Company No Comments »Clannad
December 26th, 2010 trzr23 People struggle, not to find money or power, but to find a place where they belong. A place where they are wanted. A place called home. To some, home might mean family, but to some it might mean friends. And every one of us, do what we do, everyday, to find this elusive place. [...]
Posted in Anime, Anime Reviews, Clannad, Comedy, Drama, Genre, Harem, Romance, School, Supernatural 2 Comments »Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom Part One
December 24th, 2010 BiggityB Just received a DVD set of Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom Part One from Funimation to review. The dub of part one is due out in North America on January 18th, 2011. I went into this anime series without knowing much. Finn did inform me Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom is a highly ranked series. [...]
Natsume Yuujinchou
December 23rd, 2010 trzr23 “So, you can see youkai huh?” Natsume Yuujinchou follows Natsume, a high school student and his encounters with youkai. Youkai are basically ghosts, but not the kind you see in kids’ cartoons or horror movies – they are just funky looking monsters that are invisible to most humans. Once a [...]
Posted in Action, Adventure, Anime, Anime Reviews, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Genre, Magic, Mystery, Psychological, School, Seinen, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural Tags: Charming Fashion, Demon Cat, Episodic Format, Kids Cartoons, Kinos Journey, Slapstick Comedy No Comments »Review: Mai HiME
December 20th, 2010 mouseycou Title: Mai HiME, Japanese Title: ?-HiME, Category: TV, Total Episodes: 26 (26 x 24 mins), Release Date: 2004-09-30 Description:In the land of Fuuka there is a private school, many students attend this school not knowing what terrible secrets the school holds. The land of Fuuka is the ancient grounds of an old ritual which repeats once every century, 10 [...]
Posted in Action, Comedy, Drama, Magic, Mai HiME, Military, Psychological, Romance, School, Super Power Tags: equipment, Highly-Advanced, Mai Hime, Materializing, Shiho No Comments »Review: Soukou no Strain
December 20th, 2010 mouseycou Title: S?k? no Strain, Japanese Title: ????????, Official Site: http://www.s-strain.jp/, Category: TV, Total Episodes: 13 (13 X 24mins), Release Date: 2006-11-03 Description:In the not too distant future, humans have spread out across the stars and settles on many different planets. Of course as humans are, there is still no peace in the world. There now exist two factions in this [...]
Posted in Action, Drama, Ecchi, Mecha, Military, Mystery, School, Soukou no Strain Tags: Brother Ralph, Different Time, False Name, Strain, Subspace, Union Army No Comments »Sora no Otoshimono – It’s raining BOOBS hallelujah!
December 19th, 2010 TamashiNoShinji Sora no Otoshimono Directed by: Hisashi Saito Studio: AIC Network: Teletama, Chiba TV, KBS, etc Episodes: 25 (2nd season “Forte” included) Status: Ended Plot. It all begins in a dream on vast open field and there’s a n angel girl with long blue hair in a white dress aside the guy that loves her but [...]
Posted in Anime, Anime Reviews, Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Supernatural Tags: Sora no Otoshimono, Sora no Otoshimono: Forte, TamashinoShinji No Comments »
