Thursday, August 26, 2010

FLCL



Alternative title:
Fooly Cooly
Furi Kuri (Japanese)
Фури-кури (Russian)
フリクリ
프리크리 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, science fiction

Themes: aliens, parody, super robot

Plot Summary: Naota is a normal Japanese 6th grade boy (although a little cynical), but when his older brother leaves for America to play baseball, his brother leaves his homeless 17 year old girlfriend Mamimi behind. Mamimi is sending mixed signals and advances to Naota, and he doesn't know what to do about her. But to make matters worse, Naota's world is totally turned upside down when he is run over by a woman on a Vespa. During their first encounter, she hits him over the head with her guitar, which then causes a horn to grow out of his forehead. She calls herself "Haruko" and her presence changes Naota's life to even further insanity.

Fruits Basket



Alternative title:
Furuba (Japanese)
Корзинка фруктов (Russian)
سلة الفواكه (Arabic)
フルーツバスケット (Japanese)
幻影天使 (Chinese (Taiwan))
후르츠 바스켓 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, supernatural

Themes: bishounen, body switching, male harem

Plot Summary: Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family (both close and distant) hold a curse; if they are hugged by the opposite gender, they transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Everyday is an adventure for sweet Tohru, as she gets to know everyone in the large family better (especially Yuki and Kyo), in both common and bizarre situations. But, the Sohma Family curse is certainly no laughing matter... it also holds horrible cruelity and heartbreak.

Sola



Alternative title:
Cielo (Spanish)
Sky
sora (Japanese)
السماء (Arabic)
Genres: action, drama, psychological, romance, supernatural

Themes: demons

Plot Summary: Yorito Morimiya loves taking pictures of the sky so much that one day, he wakes up at 4 am to take pictures of the sunrise overlooking the bay. However, he is deterred when he meets a strange girl trying to force a vending machine that stole her money. Yorito helps her with forcing the machine but when the machine finally vends, the girl has mysteriouslly vanished.

KimiKiss pure Rouge



Alternative title:
キミキス pure rouge (Japanese)
君吻 (Chinese (Taiwan))
키미키스 pure rouge (Korean)
키미키스 퓨어 루주 (Korean)

Genres: comedy, romance, slice of life

Plot Summary: Kouichi Sanada and Kazuki Aihara's childhood friend Mao Mizusawa has returned after living in France for several years. Kouichi is surprised to learn that his mother has agreed to let Mao stay with them, since her parents are remaining overseas for the time being. The three friends help each other deal with the ups and downs of high school romance.

Honey x Honey Drops



Alternative title:
Mitsu x Mitsu Drops (Japanese)
蜜×蜜ドロップス (Japanese)
Genres: drama, romance

Themes: schoolmaster-slave, sports

Plot Summary:
Hagino Yuzuru is a common girl who takes a normal course of Hojo High School. When she works part-time job during summer break, she makes trouble with Renge Kai of the Kuge course which many rich people take.After the summer break, she finds that she was chosen as Kai's "HONEY". The HONEY is a partner of a MASTER, a Kuge course student, to take care of him until he graduates from the school, and the HONEY is chosen from the normal course student. The HONEY is exempt from paying tuition fee. It is a fascinating condition for Yuzuru because her family is badly off. However, if she quits being HONEY, she will be expelled from the school.
Hagino Yuzuru is a normal high school student attending Houjou academy. There is a special course within the school called the Kuge course for the rich. Only students with a flower name within their name can enroll in the program. There is a "Honey system" where the special student chooses a normal student as his "honey." This relationship is like a master and honey. In return for being a "honey" the master pays all of the "honey's" tuition and must obey all commands. Hagino Yuzuru gets involved with Renge Kai, one of the special students, and it could be a big mistake for Yuzuru.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya



Alternative title:
A Melancolia de Haruhi Suzumiya (Portuguese)
Die Melancholie der Haruhi Suzumiya (German)
La Malinconia di Haruhi Suzumiya (Italian)
La Melancolía de Suzumiya Haruhi (Spanish)
La Melancolie de Haruhi Suzumiya (French)
Melancholia Haruhi Suzumiyi (Polish)
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu (Japanese)
Меланхолия Харухи Судзумии (Russian)
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 (Japanese)
涼宮春日的憂鬱 (Chinese (Taiwan))
스즈미야 하루히의 우울 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, mystery, psychological, science fiction, slice of life, supernatural

Themes: Bishojo, otaku, Parody, school

Plot Summary: On the first day of high school a beautiful girl named Haruhi Suzumiya introduces herself as having "no interest in ordinary humans". She asks for any aliens, time travelers, sliders or espers to join her. Watching her weird behaviour is Kyon who sits in front of Haruhi and is the only person who talks to her. When Kyon comments about Haruhi's joining every club in school and then quitting he unwittingly gives Haruhi an idea to start her own after school club. Thereafter Kyon and several others find themselves dragged, literally, into the Save our world by Overloading it with fun Suzumiya Haruhi's Brigade (the S.O.S. Brigade for short).

SaiKano



lternative title:
Larme Ultime (French)
Lei, l'arma finale (Italian)
Mi novia el Arma Definitiva (Spanish)
Saishuu Heiki Kanojo (Japanese)
Saishuu Heiki Kanojo: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet (Japanese)
She, The Ultimate Weapon
Моя девушка - совершенное оружие (Russian)
最終兵器彼女 (Japanese)
최종병기 그녀 (Korean)
Genres: adventure, drama, romance, science fiction

Themes: angst, military

Plot Summary: Shuji and Chise are two Hokkaido high school students barely starting a relationship with each other. Then, with no warning, a squadron of bombers from an unknown country destroy the city of Sapporo. All hope is lost when suddenly, the bombers are destroyed by a small red light floating across the sky. At this point, Shuji finds out that the one responsible for eliminating the enemy forces is Chise, who reveals herself as a cyborg engineered for mass-destruction.

School Days



Alternative title:
Школьные дни (Russian)
スクールデイズ (Japanese)
在校時光 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy, drama, horror, psychological, romance, slice of life

Themes: ecchi, ecchi (nudity), harem, school, tragedy

Plot Summary: Makoto Ito rides the train to and from school every day. However, at the beginning of his second term, he falls in love with a beautiful girl that also rides the train. Unfortunately, she barely knows of his existence. Her name is Kotonoha Katsura, and though they attend the same school, they are not in the same class. In an attempt to catch her eye, Makoto enlists the aid of a close female friend of his: Sekai Saionji. She helps him, despite the fact that she--unbeknownst to Makoto--is in love with him. Thus the three are bound in a love triangle of life changing proportions.

Romeo x Juliet



Alternative title:
ロミオ × ジュリエット (Japanese)
Genres: drama, fantasy, romance

Themes: Love/Fate

Plot Summary: This is a story of a young and tragic love, set in the aerial city of Neo Verona. Tyranny rules this island in the sky after the Montague family took control 14 years prior. The disparity among the wealthy and poor is apparent in the present state, the earth dries and water stagnates. The sky itself is wrapped in a deep dense fog. Both Romeo and Juliet's lineages are of present and past ruling families of Neo Verona. Romeo is the son of the current Montague dictator, Juliet (a beautiful woman) masquerades as a man (Odin), she's the last descendent of Capulet the previous rulers who were killed by an assasin's dagger 14 years ago. Her true background is not to be revealed to her until her 16th birthday. The cruel hands of fate introduces 2 people who will become "Star Crossed Lovers".

Peach Girl



Alternative title:
Brzoskwinia (Polish)
Красотка (Russian)
ピーチガール (Japanese)
蜜桃女孩 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy, drama, romance

Themes: school, teenagers

Plot Summary: Peach Girl is about an average high school girl, Momo Adachi, who everyone thinks is a beach bunny / slut because of her tanned skin. The actual reason she is so tanned is because she was on the swim team and tans very easily. She likes a boy, Toji, who she heard only likes non-tanned girls. This causes her to question who she is and have low self esteem. She spends a lot of time trying to remake herself into the girl she believes he wants. However, she has a friend, Sae, who likes to go behind Momo's back and make her life terrible, mostly by trying to take Toji away from her. All the while there's another boy, Kairi, who is in love with Momo.

5 cm per second



Alternative title:
Byousoku 5 Centimeter - a chain of short stories about their distance. (Japanese)
Byousoku 5 cm
Five Centimeters Per Second
Пять сантиметров в секунду (Russian)
خمسة سنتيمترات في الثانية (Arabic)
秒速5センチメートル (Japanese)
秒速5公分 (Chinese (Taiwan))
초속 5 cm (Korean)
초속 5 센티미터 (Korean)
5 Centimetres per Second
5 Centimetros por Segundo (Spanish)
5 cm pro Sekunde (German)
5 cm/sec
5cm per Second
Genres: drama, romance, slice of life

Themes: circumstances, love at distance

Plot Summary: A tale of two people, Tono Takaki and Shinohara Akari, who were close friends but gradually grow farther and farther apart as time moves on. They become separated because of their families yet continue to exchange contact in the form of letters. Yet as time continues to trudge on, their contact with one another begins to cease. Years pass and the rift between them grows ever larger. However, Takaki remembers the times they have shared together, but as life continues to unfold for him, he wonders if he would be given the chance to meet Akari again as the tale embarks on Takaki's realization of the world and people around him.

Angel Sanctuary



Alternative title:
Tenshi Kinryouku (Japanese)
Обитель ангелов (Russian)
天使禁猟区 (Japanese)
천사금렵구 (Korean)
Genres: drama, romance, supernatural

Themes: incest

Plot Summary: Mudou Setsuna, a high school student, loves his sister in a way that he shouldn't. He also struggles from supernatural powers. Angels and demons flocks to him as the day of his awakening draws near -- he is the angel Alexiel, the highest angel which fought against God, reborn.

Chobits



Alternative title:
Чобиты (Russian)
ちょびっツ (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, science fiction

Themes: fanservice, love, robot girl

Plot Summary: In the future, personal computers have developped into "Persocons", mobile computers that look like human beings. Hideki Motosuwa, a prep school student, desperately wants to buy a Persocon but cannot afford to. One day he finds a Persocon that has been thrown away and decides to keep it. When he turns on the Persocon, all she can say is "Chii" so he decides to name her that. After a while it starts to become apparent that Chii is more than an average Persocon. Having much better performance, it seems that Chii might be a "Chobit", a type of advanced Persocon rumoured to have independent thought.

Toradora



Alternative title:
Tiger x Dragon
とらドラ! (Japanese)
虎與龍 (Chinese (Taiwan))
토라도라! (Korean)
Genres: comedy, romance, slice of life

Themes: love rectangle, school

Plot Summary: Despite Ryuji Takasu's gentle personality, his eyes make him look like an intimidating delinquent. Class rearrangements on his second high school year put him together with his best friend, Yusaku Kitamura, and his hidden crush, Minori Kushieda. Along with these two comes Kushieda's best friend, Taiga Aisaka. Her delicate appearance contrasts with her brutal personality. Secretly in love with Kitamura, Taiga agrees to help Ryuji with his love interest as long as he helps her get closer to hers.

Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru



Alternative title:
I'm In Love With My Little Sister
I'm in Love With My Little Sister: Secret Sweethearts - This Love is a Secret
Я люблю свою младшую сестрёнку (Russian)
僕は妹に恋をする シークレット・スウィートハート この恋はひみつ (Japanese)
Genres: drama, romance

Themes: incest

Plot Summary: Yori and his twin sister Iku used to be very close as children but lately Yori has grown colder toward Iku and is always eager to stay away from her. Iku was confused by Yori's attitude. Actually Yori is in love with Iku and that forbidden love is causing Yori sleepless nights since Yori and Iku are sharing the same room with bunk beds. Yori tried to ease his intense desire for Iku by bedding Iku's best friend. He had even applied to attend a boarding school in another city to take him far away from Iku. Yori lost his resolve to stay quiet about his feelings when Iku started to talk about having a boyfriend and going on dates. Now Yori want to have his little sister and he confessed. Iku loves her big brother and wanted them to stay together, so Iku is willing to anything to keep them together. But Yori wanted to have Iku as a lover, not as a sister loyal to her twin.

Denpa teki na Kanojo



Alternative title:
Electromagnetic Girlfriend
Чудная подружка (Russian)
電波的な彼女 (Japanese)
Genres: horror, psychological, romance

Themes: harem

Plot Summary: Juuzawa Juu is a delinquent high school boy who just wants to be left alone. One day, he is approached by Ochibana Ame, who claims that she knew him in a previous life, and now wants to serve him as his "knight". At first Juu wants nothing to do with Ame, but after a classmate is murdered, he accepts her help as he looks for the killer.

Chrono Crusade



Alternative title:
Chrno Crusade: Mary Magdalene
Крестовый поход Хроно (Russian)
クロノクルセイド (Japanese)
聖槍修女 (Chinese (Taiwan))
크르노 크루세이드 (Korean)
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, romance, supernatural

Themes: demons, girls with guns, historical, religion, sad, tragedy

Plot Summary: The year is 1928 A.D. The place is New York, U.S.A. The economic prosperity brought forth after the Great War also heightened the presence of something far darker and much more sinister: the demonic Sinners. The Magdalene Order is an organization that tries to counter this force. Two of its exorcists are Rosette Christopher and her assistant, Chrono. Both appear out of place in an organization like this, and they are in a quest to find Rosette's missing brother, Joshua. Their relationships, secrets and fates can only be revealed in time...

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Nodame Cantabile



Alternative title:
Нодамэ Кантабиле (Russian)
のだめカンタービレ (Japanese)
交響情人夢 (Chinese (Taiwan))
노다메 칸타빌레 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, romance, slice of life

Themes: music

Plot Summary: At a top music academy in Japan, Shinichi Chiaki's arrogance is matched only by his top-notch piano playing. But when Chiaki and the teacher get into a fight, he's demoted to the reject class. Chiaki is left to pursue his dream of being a conductor while surrounded by a bunch of loser musicians and one annoying girl, Noda, who has proclaimed herself Chiaki's girlfriend. It doesn't help that Noda, who insists on being called Nodame, lives right next door to him.

Shugo Chara



Alternative title: 
My Guardian Characters
しゅごキャラ! (Japanese)
守護甜心 (Chinese (Taiwan))
캐릭캐릭체인지 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, magic, romance, supernatural

Themes: cosplay, magical girl, male harem

Plot Summary: Every child has an egg in their heart, unseen at first, an egg with the would-be self of their dreams. Hinamori Amu, part of a group called the Guardians, protect those eggs from becoming x-eggs, eggs filled with resentment and resignation that gives children troubles. Amu's job is to capture and restore x-eggs to their orginal form. She does this with the help of her three Shugo Chara (guardian characters or her would be selves), Ran, Miki and Su. Thanks to them she can change her character and abilities, and so fight against the mysterious organization Easter which aim is to find a special egg called Embryo using the x-eggs.


Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu



Alternative title:
Fumoffu (Spanish)
Стальная паника! Фумофу (Russian)
フルメタル・パニック?ふもっふ (Japanese)
驚爆危機?校園篇 (Chinese (Taiwan))
풀 메탈 패닉! 후못후 (Korean)
풀 메탈 패닉? 후못후 (Korean)
Genres: action, comedy, romance, science fiction

Themes: mecha, military, real robot

Plot Summary: It's back-to-school mayhem with Kaname Chidori and her war-freak classmate Sousuke Sagara as they encounter more misadventures in and out of Jindai High School. But when Kaname gets into some serious trouble, Sousuke takes the guise of Bonta-kun - the gun-wielding, butt-kicking mascot. And while he struggles to continue living as a normal teenager, Sousuke also has to deal with protecting his superior officer Teletha Testarossa, who has decided to take a vacation from Mithril and spend a couple of weeks as his and Kaname's classmate.

Clannad



Alternative title:
Кланнад (Russian)
クラナド (Japanese)
클라나드 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, psychological, romance, supernatural

Themes: Bishojo, moe, school

Plot Summary: Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and gambling. This results in fights between the two until Tomoya's shoulder is injured in a fight. Since then, Tomoya has had distant relationships with his father, causing him to become a delinquent over time. While on a walk to school, he meets a strange girl named Nagisa Furukawa who is a year older, but is repeating due to illness. Due to this, she is often alone as most of her friends have moved on. The two begin hanging out and slowly, as time goes by, Tomoya finds his life shifting in a new direction.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Petit Cossette



Alternative title:
Cossette no Shouzou (Japanese)
Das Bildnis der Kleinen Cossette (German)
Das Bildnis der Petit Cossette (German)
Le Portrait de Petit Cossette (French)
Petit Cossette
Portret małej Cossette (Polish)
Портрет малышки Козетты (Russian)
コゼットの肖像 (Japanese)
코제트의 초상 (Korean)
Genres: drama, horror, psychological, romance, supernatural

Themes: ghosts, gothic, revenge

Plot Summary: Eiri works at his uncle's antique shop, and one day stumbles across a glass. Upon touching the glass, he receives visions from what he finds out to be a girl, Cossette, haunting the glass. She's been searching for over 250 years for someone who could see her, and now she needs his help.



Paradise Kiss



Alternative title:
ParaKiss
قبلـة الجنـة (Arabic)
パラダイス・キス (Japanese)
天國之吻 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, romance

Themes: fashion

Plot Summary: Yukari is a typical high-school student who listens to her parents and attends school everyday. As she starts to question her way of life, she encounters a group of fashion design students who has a clothing label known as "Paradise Kiss". The group needs to find a model to showcase their designs in an up-coming fashion show and decides to pick Yukari instead. Initially, Yukari was reluctant to be associated with this seemingly eccentric group, but eventually, she realises that they are really nice people. Furthermore, their passion and enthusiasm to follow their ideals and dreams make Yukari realise that she has not been enjoying her life and this motivated her to pursue her own dreams.

B Gata H Kei



Alternative title:
B型H系 (Japanese)
B형 H계 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, romance

Themes: Ecchi, perverted female character

Plot Summary: Yamada is a high school student, and a virgin, who aspires to have 100 casual sex partners. Despite this, she soon finds herself targeting and pursuing only one boy.

When they cry



Alternative title:
Cuando las cigarras lloran (Spanish)
Higurashi no Naku Koroni (Japanese)
Hinamizawa, le village maudit (French)
The Moment the Cicadas Cry
When Cicadas Cry
ひぐらしのなく頃に (Japanese)
쓰르라미 울 적에 (Korean)
Genres: drama, horror, mystery, psychological, thriller

Themes: harem, moe, troublesome kids, twins

Plot Summary: On one hot summer day in 1983, a transfer student named Maebara Keiichi comes to a peaceful rural village in Hinamizawa. There, he befriends his classmates Rena, Mion, Rika, and Satoko. Accepted as a full-fledged member of the "club," Keiichi and the gang plays all sorts of activities ranging from card and board games to hide-and-seek. But just as Keiichi was beginning to be assimilated in simple rural life, he stumbles upon the dark history of Hinamizawa. As Keiichi dives deeper into the mystery, he finds that his new found friends may not be all what they claim to be.

Kanon



Alternative title:
カノン (Japanese)
華音 (Chinese (Taiwan))
카논 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, psychological, romance, supernatural

Themes: moe, school

Plot Summary: Yuichi Aizawa returns to this city after seven years. In his childhood, he often visited it, but something happend in the past which caused him to block out his memories of the events of seven years ago. On the day after he gets settled in, he meets a girl carrying a backpack with wings on it. Her name is Tsukimiya Ayu and he begins to recall the memories he had lost.

Air



Alternative title:
Высь (Russian)
إير (Arabic)
青空 (Chinese (Taiwan))
에어 (Korean)
Genres: drama, romance, supernatural

Themes: bishojo, moe

Plot Summary: Yukito Kunisaki is on a journey, seeking a girl with wings who flies in the sky, as mentioned in a childhood tale. During this journey, he settles down in a small town, trying to make some money. There, he meets a strange girl named Misuzu. Misuzu quickly makes Yukito her friend and invites him to stay with her. Yukito decides to stay in the small town, and continue searching for the winged girl his mother had searched for in her life.

Kare Kano



Alternative title:
Entre Elle & Lui (French)
Hans och Hennes Omständigheter (Swedish)
Kare Kano
Kare Kano: Mein Geheimnis,dein Geheimnis (German)
Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou (Japanese)
Las circunstancias de él y ella (Spanish)
Le situazioni di lui & lei (Italian)
Tales at North Hills High
彼氏彼女の事情 (Japanese)
男女蹺蹺板 (Chinese (Taiwan))
그 남자 그 여자의 사정 (Korean)
그 남자! 그 여자! (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance

Themes: circumstances

Plot Summary: Yukino Miyazawa is really, really vain, and loves to hear people praise her. She's always been the best at everything, and always tries to look perfect. But when Yukino goes to high school, she's finally upstaged--by Souichiro Arima, who scores better on the entrance exams and instantly snatches the attention of the class. By accident, Arima finds out that Yukino is just pretending, and this starts off a series of events that lead to Yukino and Arima falling in love. They then have to cope with a lot of obstacles in their relationship.

D.N. Angel



Alternative title:
Д.Н.Ангел (Russian)
ディー・エヌ・エンジェル (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy, fantasy, romance, supernatural

Themes: bishounen, body switching, multiple personality, thief, twins

Plot Summary: Niwa Daisuke is your average teenager, until his fourteenth birthday. He tries to declare his love to the girl of his dreams, but fails. Suddenly, whenever he thinks about this girl he turns into the legendary phantom thief known as Dark Mousy. Daisuke's mother, very much aware of this, makes him turn into Dark and steal valuable works of art for a purpose unkown to Daisuke. As the story unfolds, he learns why, and about his classmate who seems to have the same ability.

High School Of The Dead



Alternative title:
Gakuen Mokushiroku - Highschool of the Dead (Japanese)
学園黙示録 HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD (Japanese)

Genres: action, drama, horror, romance, thriller

Themes: fanservice, Gore, zombies

Plot Summary: Takashi Komuro is a normal highschool boy, until an infection breaks out that turns people into zombie-like creatures. Along with his friends & the school nurse, they fight their way out and continue their journey to find out what exactly has happened to the world.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

~Note~

I start reading manga!So I think that soon I'll post mangas too :D

Friday, August 13, 2010

~Kyou Koi wo Hajimemasu~

Alternative title:
Today We Start Our Love
今日、恋をはじめます (Japanese)
Genres: drama, romance
Plot Summary: Hibino Tsubaki has had the worst start to high school life. A boy with the same surname as her, Kyouta Tsubaki, was the top student. Kyouta took Hibino's first kiss and said he'll snatch all of her other first experiences away too.

~Kaichou wa maid sama!

Alternative title:
Class President is a Maid!
Maid-Sama (Japanese)
会長はメイド様! (Japanese)
會長是女僕 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy, romance
Themes: maid, school
Plot Summary: Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president at a once all boys school turned co-ed. She rules the school with strict discipline demeanor. But she has a secret, she works at a maid cafe due to her families circumstances. One day the popular A student and notorious heart breaker Takumi Usui finds out her secret and makes a deal with her to keep it hush from the school in exchange for spending some time with him.
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