i love animes! part ii

hellooooooo! and here is the second installation. i'm actually off to bed early. tell ya about it later ;).

17. sailor moon - i've seen this one long ago...many people have heard of the many sailor moon series and movies...a bunch of hs girls are the protectors of this galaxy, each bearing a code name of a planet...except the earth. and sailor moon is the leader, and also a princess. the actual protector of the earth is a guy going by the code name, the tuxedo mask...kinda cheesy. and of course, the 2 are an item. i enjoyed the series, but i don't think i can watch them now. too much sugar! hahahahaha ;)

18. case closed - a cutsie anime! i wouldn't say it's the best art i've seen, but i DO love the stories. it's pretty much a detective story...with a twist. the main character is a teenage crime solver stuck in the body of a child, who is living with his girlfriend and her incompetant detective of a father. does that makes sense? they don't know the boy's true identity. also, the boy solves all the crimes, and the father takes credit...well, the kid gives it to him. hard to explain. anyhoo, i like it, cuz i like the whole whodunit thing.

19. megaman/rockman - now i know this series is on the WB right now, but i love megaman. especially the video game. which came first? i don't know. and i can't really explain the story, because he became something totally different, but ultimately the same, in the new tv version. nonetheless, megaman is AWESOME. oh, and i haven't gotten around to looking up why he has 2 different names. cuz i'm pretty sure megaman=rockman. correct me if i'm wrong cuz man, i dunno. ;)

20. inuyasha - series & 3 movies - LOVE it. and the movies are just as great...especially the third! it's about a girl, kagome, who falls through a "time well" in her family's shrine to find that she's arrived in feudal japan, where demons are aplenty. she meets a half demon half human boy named inuyasha, and of course falls in love w/him...they make other friends, and are on a journey to retrieve pieces of a magical jewel that acts as demon steroids when embedded in their bodies. cuz kagome broke it. OH and she is the reincarnation of a powerful priestess, kikyo, who died long ago that was actually an item w/inuyasha until they were both deceived to hate one another. and kikyo comes back to life while kagome is there. and inuyasha still has lingering feelings for the dead woman. stupid boy. well, i still enjoy it. :D

21. wolf's rain - series on a desolate future where wolves are supposedly extinct...but have actually evolved into tricking peoples' minds into thinking they are human. most wolves have lost hope of seeking paradise, but 4 have caught the sent of the lunar flower, which is supposed to lead them to paradise. it's a real good show. alot of mysterious things goin on...cuz u know, the wolves aren't the only ones who've heard about paradise. dundun duuuuuuuun!

22. witchhunter robin - i really enjoy this one. people have 'evolved' to have powers, and are of course called witches...so a gov't agency (i think) is in charge of hunting down these witches before they do anymore harm, cuz most of them do. and robin, the 15 yr old heroine of the series, is a hunter, but also a user of 'the craft.' she's a pyro ;). anyhoo, there are a couple of twists n turns...like what happens to the witches when they are captured? dundun duuuuuuuuun! hahaha...but yeah, i like it, since robin matures as a character. she has to start out as the out of place rookie that people disregard or don't trust, to a young woman that has unbelievable power and loyal to an organization she barely knows anything about. or does she? mooooohahahaha...

23. fullmetal alchemist - this is interesting too. i dunno why i'm interested in the 'occult' stuff. blame it on christine :D. it's of a world like ours, but instead of science as we know it, alchemy reigns...and laws must be followed or an act of alchemy can result in horrific consequences. when the main characters, ed and al elric lose their mother at a young age, they try human alchemy (which is forbidden) to bring her back. unfortunately, al ends up losing his body, and ed loses an arm and a leg - the arm he loses in order to tie his lil bro's soul to a piece of armor. after that, ed decides to become a state alchemist and find a way to first restore his brother's body, and the to get back an arm n a leg. and what of their mother? what did they create when al lost his body, and ed his leg? dundun duuuuuuuun! yeaaaaaaah! hahahahaha...

24. ko century beast (or ko beast) - a cute 7 episode series of a future earth cut in half...but it happened so long ago that no one really remembers why it happened. now, Humans are trying to occupy the northern half where Beasts reign, and they are of course enemies. but where did Beasts come from? they look semi human, but have animal qualities...and why are their idols coming to life and obeying certain people? ok, the idols aren't alive, their robots. but they kinda are alive...in a way...u just have to watch it. only 7 episodes! i own them, so if u wanna borrow (and i know you of course), holla n i'll lend 'em to ya ;).

25. iria: the zeiram project - i ferget how many episodes there are (less than 10), but this series is also one of my faves. Iria is an ass-kicking female bounty hunter that seeks to avenge her brothers death in a future earth filled with hi-tech guns, aircrafts, spaceships, n all that fun stuff. too bad the brother died...he was HAHT. hahahah oh yeah animated men. ;) *wainkwaink*

26. kenshin ova & series (rurouni kenshin) - *(ova=original video animation...aka oav) which means the episodes go straight to video* my friend topher intro'd this anime to me. first of all, i know i haven't seen a lot of anime, but the 6 story ova portion are one of the most passionate and emotional animes i've ever seen. i never cease to cry when i watch these damn episodes. this story is about the greatest assassin in all of japan during the late 1800's named kenshin. so there's a lot of blood, but there's a lot of sadness too. the kenshin ova is very somber. the first four take place in the beginning...how kenshin became a manslayer, his life as a manslayer, and him trying to justify his actions believing he kills to give japan a better future. the last two ova's give an overview of the last couple of years after the ending of the series...it may not be as good as the original 4, but it's a great ending to the series. maybe, by chance, i always watch these episodes during an emotional time, but i don't think so. it's just that good to me...definitely one of my faves. on the other hand, the tv series is WAY different. it's actually a comedy. it relates to the ova's, but puts a brighter spin on it. the series is about how kenshin is atoning for the murders he has committed, his past constantly coming to haunt him, and him making friends that keep in on the right track. i've only seen a couple of them, and they really are funny :).

27. tenchi muyo (ovas, series, & GXP series) - there are 3 movies and a couple of series for tenchi muyo. there is the ova series, universe series, in tokyo series, gxp series, and then the pretty sammy ovas, n magical project s. i haven't seen the last two. not to be mean, but it sounds too sailor moon for me, n i grew outta that. those last two takes the youngest female character into a starring role in another barely related story arc. anyhoo: the ova, is my favorite of all series. it's what started it all. the universe and tokyo series have mostly all the same people as the ova, but slightly changes how they all meet, or are related. so it's about a boy named tenchi that discovers he isn't who he thinks he is. he is a descendent of a prince from another world...and his ancestor's past comes to haunt him. in a funny way. all these females somehow all crash into his life and fall in love or somehow bind themselves to him out of loyalty. and of course, they have their share of villains and adventures. lastly is the gxp series. gxp is the galaxy police that protects the galaxy/universe whatever...and they mistakenly recruit an accident prone earthling (who actually is a friend of Tenchi's) named Seina, whose bad luck reaches to even those around him. eventually, he ends up in the same kind of situation as tenchi - he meets women that fall in love w/him or give their loyalty to him. also, he has a knack of rounding up space pirates, which is beneficial for the gxp...and gives a lot of space adventure time. the first movie, i'd say, is the best movie. it's about tenchi's mom, achika, who tenchi lost as a young child and also the parent with the alien blood. the second is about a young woman who claims to be tenchi's child, and the third is about tenchi being captured by a mysterious woman into a world where his female friends do not exist and he lives with this woman...and his friends have to save him before he's trapped forever. the 1st n 3rd follow the universe arc, and the 2nd follows the ova. overall, i'd say tenchi muyo ova is my most favorite. christine intro'd me to this one as well!


i have heard of many other anime series...but due to the numerous episodes i've missed, i was reluctant to start watching...and then there are the movies that i haven't gotten the chance to watch:
. ranma 1/2, series
. bubblegum crisis, series
. robotech, series
. ghost in the shell, series
. battle of the planets, series
. fist of the north star, movie...i don't wanna see the live action. i wanna see heads explode in the anime ;) hehehehe
. evangelion, series
. escaflowne, series

there are prolly more, but this is all i can think of at the moment. i'm sure i pooped u guys out anyways....but yeah! good times!

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