Basic Anime/Manga/Japanese Guide

[Ryoutarou]

I've been seeing a lot of people ask these questions, so I though I'd make a guide like thing for those who are new to anime and Japanese culture and don't know some of these words.

Formal----
San-You give this title as a common show of respect, kinda like a Mrs., or Mr.

Chan- You give this title to younger person or a girl's name

Dono- Teacher or lord

Sensei- Master or teacher, same meaning as dono.

Kun- At the end of a boys name

When there is no word, just the actual name it means the two people are of a close relation, (I.E. family, friends)

Sempai- Your senior
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Seiyuu- A VA or voice actor for a anime or movie.

Shinto- A Japanese religion upon which a great deal of animes get plots from.


Shonen- Boy

Shoujo- Girl

Bishonen- Japanese for ?beautiful boy".

Bishoujo- Japanese for ?beautiful girl".

SD- Super deformed, in which a person is drawn with deformed proportions as in large eyes, small head and body and such.


Yaoi/shonenai- A love between two men or boys which is part of a homosexual manga or anime.

Yuri/ shoujoai- Love between two females, or deep friendship between two females.

Manga- Comics, in Japanese manga is never a spoken word, the word ?comicku? is often used in its place.

Manga-ka- A manga author, the same as Doujinshika and Doujinshi author

Anime- Short for animation, which can involve animation from around the world. Most fans just think of anime as Japanese animation.

OVA/OAV- Original Video Animation, Original Animation Video, this is the Japanese equivalency to direct to video.

Doujinshi- A fan manga, often a parody or play on a preexisting series, sometimes original as in the case with CLAMP?s Rayearth manga. Often times a doujinshika or fan comic author will join a group or ?club?. These clubs provide finiancial support, supplies, and over all help your comic sell. At conventions there will be booths featuring only comics from a certain club.

Ka- A add on to the end of Manga or Doujinshi for the words Doujinshika and Mangaka.

Otaku- Many fans believe this to be a good word, but it is not. Otaku is the Japanese word that means you have an obsession with something to an unhealthy point. In Japan it is rude to call someone an otaku.

Hentai-Again a misunderstood word, hentai is Japanese for pervert. One might also be called a hentai when you are doing an impolite thing. Most though see it as "anime porn"

Eechii- A more mild form of pervert/hentai.

Tokusatsu- A henshin like show where the heroes often transforms, but into a monster of some sort, or a uniform other then a costume as in the Sentai shows.

Henshin- Transform (E.G. Sentai members often henshin)

Sentai-A japanese word meaning hero in most cases. The most famous use of the word is the Super Sentai shows that have been running since 1981. The first few were not considered Sentai becuase of other factors such as their suits and story. Sentai is also the American version of Power Rangers.

Kamen- masked one

Kaiju- A VS movie or anime, most Godzilla movies are Kaiju.

Super Robot- A anime style in which a robot is given awesome powers that cannot be explained, such as astroboy. Gundam shows are ?realistic? so they fall into another category.

Space operas-The larger-than-life-characters, epic stories, political intrigue, simple classic appeal, and so much more endear those kind of shows. Gundam and Macross are in this category because they deal with political struggle often times.

Mecha- A realistic super robot

Trinidad of Manga the first- Generation one Manga masters

These men are considered to be the finest mangaka that ever lived. They truly paved the way for new generation manga, and showed the world that animation and comics were not only children?s media, but also something that can be used as a great tool. They have all passed away sadly, each one of these men showed the world political, racial, humanity issues. They brought a great understanding of who or what this world is.

Kazaka house- An apartment that was inhabited by 15 mangaka from 1945-1950. The apartment was the home of the three greats for five years. The other mangaka also went on to achieve great things, but these three are the godfathers of the medium.

Mitsuteru Yokoyama- A Japanese news article on his death. Mitsuteru Yokoyama, 69, who also created Little Witch Sally,and Gigantor was found unconscious in his bed with severe burns and later died in hospital. Police said the fire was suspected to have been started by a lit cigarette by his bedside. His greatest known work was Gigantor (Tesuojin 28), not only did it give way to the super robot theme, but also for the space opera. He also is treated as the godfather of the ?magical girl? genre. No picture found becuase he was not a outside person so there are very few pictures of him...but Digi-chan found me one,lol. Mitsuteru Yokoyama -June 18, 1935 - April 15, 2004.

Shoutarou (Isinomori)Shinomori -was the comic book artist responsible for creating most of the Japanese superheroes of the 1970s, including the Kamen Riders. He is thought of as the godfather of the ?super hero? genre in Japan. He created Sentai, and political manga works know as Cybernetic Solider 009 AKA Cyborg 009, it was thought to be his greatest life?s work, but he died in 1998 before finishing it. Some other works he did were, Kikida the manga, When the world stops turning and Zakumah. Shoutarou (Isinomori)Shinomori January 25, 1938- January 28 1998. His cause of death was believed to have been heart failure.

Osamu Tezuka- gained popularity as a manga writer and illustrator up through the 1950s. He is widely credited as the most influential animator in Japan and, indeed, his career parallels the rise of the Japanese animation industry. Inspired by his great love for cartoon animation, Disney in particular (it's said he saw Walt Disney's Bambi 80 times), he set up Mushi Studios, his own production company, (1961-1973) which became a springboard for a number of influential animators who were to follow, including Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira). Unlike Disney which some people say has replaced its pioneering vision with a corporate mentality, Tezuka's vision remained fresh. Known not for one simple work but for being ?The god of Japanese art?. His most notable work was astroboy. His great love was teaching children and helping them, that is why at first he was a doctor, he went to a university for 7 years and became a doctor, but soon left to pursue art. Osamu Tezuka November 3, 1928- November-February 9th, 1989. Cause of death was gall stone infection-

Many comic writers are thought of as entertainers, that they make work that can be entertaining and then forgotten. These men were truly artist that left behind a giant milestone in their wake, American artist such as Walter (Walt)Disney, and Shultz are thought to be the North American equivalent to these men.

 

[Ryoutarou]

Part 2

Anime Cinema-
There are many types of anime cinema, but today I'm gonna focus on the three largest types.

1) Yearly movie- A yearly movie is just that, a movie that comes once a year, for long running anime such as One Piece and Pokemon, a movie is usually made once a year or so. Generally, these movies will have no effect on the series. Many movie directors believe that by doing this, they cut their fans off that can't go to the movies, and they felt that ratings from the TV are often better when any important events are left to the anime. The yearly movies are also thought to be a sign to mark roughly how well an anime is doing. At most events a special item is given out with the price of the ticket, depending on whether you buy it in advance or at the door, your item will vary in quality. Now there are some anime that release a movie once every 6 months, these are short term anime that don't plan on running more than one year or 52 episodes.
Anime Cinema-
There are many types of anime cinema, but today I'm going to focus on the three largest types.

2) Given Movies- these things can get to be a big hassle, these are movies in which major events of the series take place in the actual movie. Not a favorite of fans for obvious reasons, but some do see a plus side to this type of movie. Plus side being that you can get the experience of the anime in big screen format, this is usually due to the better animation in the movie. There are a great deal of fans not interested in this type of movie for the pure fact that all Japanese fans have access to it.

3) Stand alone- this is a fan favorite type of movie, mainly for the fact that after this or maybe a sequel there is not anything to the series. These movies tend to run anywhere from two to three hours depending on if it's manga based or not. An example would be CLAMP's XXXholic coming out next year in Japan. This movie is based off their XXXholic manga, which is currently at six volumes in its publication. This seems as if it will be a stand-alone movie, but as with CLAMP's series from the early 90's X proved that it might have a chance at a serial run on TV. Though if it does not receive a TV run, it will most likely be released with sequels.


Filler-
Ok this one is a little simpler, but knowing me I'm gonna blow it up, lol.

Ok the essence of a filler is this, manga based anime are animated at a normal rate of three manga episodes for one anime episode. As you can see this might be a bit of trouble later on, if the anime starts long after the manga started, like the bleach manga, which is at chapter 138 at the moment, then fillers will not be a problem for a good while, if ever. Now for other manga such as FMA, which was only at volume 4 when it's anime started, you can see the problem. Around episode 20 or 30 is when the anime had to go into filler, and it was certain that unless the anime kept going into fillers for a long time, it would lose popularity and what not. The problem was that it started so early after the manga did, not even a year later. So the anime ran for 52 episodes, half of which played no part in the original story. Then there is the anime such as Rurouni Kenshin. It was going fine until the Kyoto arc ended. After that it had to go into a filler, and the manga was just not going at a fast enough pace, so it had to go into filler upon filler for 30 weeks, until it finally got cut. The final arc was animated in a movie, but it was not even close to being true to the manga story.

The filler, if done right, can be a good arc, but it really has no purpose other then to give the manga time to get ahead of the anime story line. Most of the people, places, items, and events in fillers stay in the filler arc and are usually never seen again.

Mangaka spotlight: Clamp

CLAMP is a group of creators, each specializing in one or more areas. These ladies are well known for several manga and anime blockbusters. Now here is a brief summery of what each one member does.

Nanase Ohkawa: In charge of original story, script and design.
Mokona Apapa: In charge of drawing and illustration.
Nekoi Mick: In charge of drawing and illustration as well
Satsuki Igarashi: In charge of design, development and assistant to drawing and illustration.

These are all the current members of CLAMP, the original team was started in the late 80's and had a group of 15 to its credit. Over time some members went off into different careers. There have been some members who were speculated to have left because of a fight within the group. The current members of CLAMP have all improved greatly from their past forms.

CLAMP started out as a doujinshi group believe it or not, they had a string of one shoot manga that was not popular. Their first big break through came with a doujinshi know as RG Veda. It ran for a good number of volumes and was picked up by an animation studio. This marked the first time CLAMP had a doujinshi of theirs animated, it also marked the first doujinshi ever to be animated. After this, CLAMP grew in success with a string of one shoots, but then their big break from doujinshi club to full fledged mangaka came with a little series know as Magic Knight Rayearth. It ran for three volumes and spawned a second three-volume sequel known as Magic Knight Rayearth II. This was picked up for a full anime, it was animated in 1993 and thus CLAMP had finally become well known.

After MKR and MKR II, Clamp started a series of manga in their own "CLAMP-verse" each one was loosely connected to the last one, usually centering around a school. This universe had four series, Clamp school defenders, Clamp school detectives, Clamp school kids, and Clamp school paranormal detectives. Only one of these was animated, the first detectives manga became a 27 episode anime.

Some of the lesser known CLAMP manga is Suki: A like story, it has beautiful art and a good story, Man of many faces.

In 1996 CLAMP was about to make history and become the worldwide team we know them as today. In the last October issue of Kodansha, CLAMP premiered with a new manga, their first in two years. Their manga was called Cardcaptor Sakura, the story of an 11-year-old girl. It was something new in Japan, before the monster craze would hit the year after. The plot was simple and complex at the same time. The art had a good simplicity to it. It is widely credited as being the most popular girl's manga ever. Of course a good number of boys liked it as well.

After the first story arc of CCS came to a close, the manga was animated. It had no problems with filler, but it did have the given movie feature, it was given two movies, each that had something that greatly effect the story. The anime ran for 71 episodes and ended about a year after the manga did. To date no manga has been as popular for CLAMP as CCS.

After some more manga like, Chobits, Angelic Layer, and Syo, CLAMP once again became great with the premiere of what could have been their most popular manga ever, even rivaling CCS. The manga was called Clover. The art was simple, but the story was rich in plot and diversity from any of their past works. As I said, it COULD have been better then CCS, the reason it wasn't is simple…the magazine that had been running Clover was cancelled soon after volume 4 came out. CLAMP has no intentions of restarting the Manga at the moment. So this will join X in their "unfinished" manga area.

2003 saw new light for CLAMP as they did something they had never done, they created an alternate world for CCS and all of their other works. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles is an alternate take on CCS with mostly the same people in it, but with Syaoran taking the leading role now. At least one person from each of their manga has appeared in this manga. It currently has 8 volumes of manga and volume 9 is running in the magazine at the moment. It is only a matter of time before the manga is animated, as it has become the most popular manga in the magazine it is running in, even more so than XXXholic.

These are just a few of their titles, CLAMP has created well over 100 manga, at the moment they have 3 manga running, so who knows what else it to come from them.

 

[Ryoutarou]

Part 3

Ok, for many years people have assumed that anime simply referred to Japanese animation. In a sense this is true as it is the adopted term used by many fans today. But the actual word "anime" is short for the term "animation". Before it was well known in the US, anything refereeing to Japanese animation was simply called "Japanamation". Somewhere along the years some people thought that this term might be offensive and raciest to the Japanese, so some people started calling it by what the Japanese themselves called it.

Thus anime became a common term, but it is misused almost everyday the Japanese use the word for ALL animation, not just Japanese animation, a fact that a good number of "otaku" seem to forget. Yet there are still some that don't find this to be true, but there is evidence for this. Recently a Japanese TV by the name of "Whats hot this week in Tokyo town" did a list of the 100 most important anime in the world, a good deal of it was made up of Japanese animation. But the anime that came in at number 39 was Tom and Jerry, the American cartoon about the cat and mouse.

Proving once and for all that anime just doesn't mean Japanese animation. Recently there have been many people picking up interest in other anime out side of Japanese; the most common would be American animation such as Disney and European animation. I'm not sure how widely used this list is, but it is a way to recognize all animation as anime and not have people get confused, it still isn't the best way, but it works well enough. Anyways enough of my ranting on with the list!
NA-anime= Animation from North America
J-anime=Animation from Japan
F-anime= Animation from France
I-anime= Island anime, from New Zealand and surrounding islands.
Euro-anime= All other European animation
Mahnwanime= Used when talking about South Korean animation
O-anime= other anime, used when talking about animation from a country with little animation, such as Egypt or Brazil.
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There are many people with a misguided view on what makes an anime "mature". Many think that if you have gore and swearing an anime is mature, no that only means that you have a somewhat dirty story. I have seen many anime that had little to no violence and almost no swearing and was more mature then a anime that had a swear every other word. Story is the keyword; it is what drives your attention and grabs you to a certain work.

Although it is sometimes necessary to have violence or death to properly portray reality it is not always needed. A good example of this would be our very own pokemon anime. There are many times when the reality of death and importance of other things in life a shown. Thought when it is shown, it is most often in the form of a movie. Now on anime that has violence and other things, such as the EVA anime. It was thought to be one of the greatest psychological anime ever made. Director Hideki Anno used MANY religious settings to show how the end of the world would affect the world today. In the end it became a "masterpiece" of sorts due to the fact that it's true story has yet to be understood by a great deal of people.

There are other anime that show the importance or unnecessary use of war, such as the Gundam anime. Most of the Gundam deal with political issues and reasons behind war. Although many times the protagonist themselves are flawed in their beliefs it shows that once they realize it they come to a crossroads. To continue fighting for what they have been at for so many years, or to change and fight for a new cause. Often times the hero ends up split and is the center of a controversy.

The violence in a Gundam show usually depends on the situation, though it is a given fact that it is war and the anime isn't afraid to show that people do die in war. Many times this can mean, the hero's love interest, family, and friends, even the hero themselves. War isn't a pretty thing and this anime isn't afraid to show that. It can also show its maturity by doing something that so few anime do. The show itself has a protagonist, but that doesn't mean that the protagonist is good. Protagonists are simply people that the show has a main focus on, and the antagonist is not necessarily the villain. A good example are the first two Gundam shows, Gundam the original from 1979 showed the Earth Federation as the "good guys" and the Principality Of Zeon as the "bad guys".

In the following anime, Zeta Gundam, the E.F. is shown as the villain and the Zeon are shown as the middle ground. With the Anti Earth Union Group as the "good guys". In this sense the people that were heros in Z Gundam would have been shown as villains in the original anime. So the Gundam anime and many other anime have shown that sometimes a anime does need violence and death to properly portray something as grim as war.

There has been one Gundam with very little fighting, Gundam 0080:War in the Pocket. It did what Z Gundam did…kind of. A young boy befriends a Zeon solider trying to return to his base. The Zeon eventually discovers a new Gundam being held on the colony, and thus he finds out the Zeon's plan. So the protagonist of this Gundam anime actually was a young child and a Zeon solider. This Gundam was not about showing war itself, but about a young boy learning the grim reality that war can hold for people that have never given it a second thought.

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Sports manga-
Untill very recently, the past 15 years actually. Sports manga and anime hadn't been taken very serious. It was thought for a manga to be "good" it needed Shounen style fighting and story. Not the case, in the mid 80's a first time mangaka made his debut with his manga "Atskun". A manga about a young boy going from a simple high school baseball team to going through college and trying out for the big leagues. To date the manga has not been animated, and there are currently no plans to animate it. The manga still runs weekly and is at volume 87. This was one of the first breakout hit sports manga. It quickly became the number one manga in it's magazine. Which wasn't saying much, because at the time it was full of lackluster manga. But in time it did gain HUGE popularity and thousands of fan letters have been sent in to the mangaka over the years.

Once this manga came it made it a little easier for sports manga to be accepted, they were not as popular as Atskun or even other shounen manga for that. Until 1994 sports manga was not a real priority or popular genre. But in 94' a new manga came, a soccer manga by the name of "Captain Tsubasa" this was a manga about a man trying to become a pro player. To date it's been called one of the most important sports manga ever, because this was the one that opened the door to other mangaka of sports. The manga ran for 15 volumes, had a anime made, a LOT of merchandise, and good selling merchandise at that. It even had a prequel anime made. In 2001 the manga returned with "Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002" Which was made for the 2002 soccer World Cup. That manga is still running at 17 volumes.

Other great sports manga such as Prince of Tennis, WildCat, and Slam Dunk have also paved the way for many mangaka of sports. There are also some manga that people consider "sports" even though many others do not. Such manga are "Hikaru No Go" and "Iron Wok Janu". These may not really be sports manga but they did have a long run.

So, with the mangaka of CP and Atskun, the door for future sports mangaka was opeaned. Many hundreds of manga and anime about sports have come in gone in the years since, but these have also become greatly more popular due to previous works like Atskun and Tsubasa.

THE END

 

[Ryoutarou]

Sorry,but this will be the end of the basic guide^^; I might get around to adding some more later on, but this does cover a good deal of the basics.

*CLOSED FOR GOOD!*

 

[digi-kun]

*Revives the Mystical Anime/Manga thread*

I digi-kun shall change this (sorta) into a Anime Review area! You can Request what anime you want reviewed via PM...otherwise, You can submit your own review!(note that if you took the review off another site be sure to give them credit or it's plagiarism...and thats a bad thing...submit your reviews via PM and i shall post em up here...AND NO SPOILERS...maybe with a picture or 2 as well

EDIT: you may wonder why i didn't just unlock this thread...this is because some people would just post in this thread without a review...

 

[digi-kun]

Today's Anime (review from ANN): Bleach

Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Shounen, Supernatural

Plot Summary:
Summary 1: Kurosaki Ichigo is a regular 15 year old who has an unregular haircut and ability, he has always had the ability to see ghosts. One day, he sees a monster, called a Hollow, that only ghosts and he can see. He then sees a woman named Kuchiki Rukia who slays the Hollow with a sword. Ichigo later is attacked by Hollows and the only way for him to survive is for Rukia to give him her power, the power of a Soul Reaper.

Summary 2. Kurosaki Ichigo is not a regular 15 year old, because he has always had the ability to see spirits and ghosts. One day, a female Shinigami (God of Death) named Kuchiki Rukia appears before him, hunting for an evil spirit. But during the confrontation, the Shinigami's powers are transfered to Ichigo. Thus begins the adventures of Ichigo and Rukia and their mission to herd Hollows (fallen spirits).

Current Episodes: 29 (still airing)

Current Plot: (spoilers ahead)










Rukia has been captured by the Soul Society for giving her powers up and staying in a fake body(to recover lost Shinigami powers) for too long. Currently Ichigo and a few friends(with other supernatural powers) go to the soul society to raid the court of pure souls(where all shinigami reside) to save Rukia from being executed.

 

[Ryoutarou]

And a little gift...Mainly due to me being bored and having to study a bit on some Japanese. So here you go.


Biseinen- Straight translation for a beautiful young adult.

Bushido- A code of ethics for Japanese warriors, or more often referred to as the Samurai code of conduct or chivalry.

Chibi- Super deformed, often referring to a character with a small body and oversized head and eyes. Used to make characters look cute.

Daijobu- Japanese for ?Okay? ?alright? ?safe?

Gaijin- foreigner

Gi-Martial arts uniform

Golden week- Running from April 29th to May 5th . It is made up of four major holidays, Green Day, Children?s day, Between Day, and Constitution Day.

[ Green Day- April 29th, celebrating the birth of a nature loving Japanese emperor.

Constitution Day - Celebrated on any given day of the Golden Week, it is used to celebrate the constitution that was formed after World War II.

Between Day- Japanese scripture states, if two or more major Japanese holidays are separated only by one day, the in-between day will also serve as a holiday.

Children?s Day - The most recognizable of the four Golden Week holidays, families pray for positive fortune and health in their sons and daughters by hanging streamers and displaying Samurai dolls. ]

Gomen- Straight translation of the word sorry

Gumai- Straight translation of the word stupid.

Hai- Straight translation for yes.

Ja ne- Slang, often used by young Japanese people as a casual goodbye with their friends.

Kama- A type of scythe.

Kanji- The most important of the three main scripts used for Japanese writing. It combines Chinese and Korean characters. Kanji is made of ideograms, meaning each character does not represent a word, but rather each character has it?s own meaning. There are well over twenty thousand characters in Kanji, about two thousand to four thousand are needed to understand Japanese books, newspapers, etc.

Katakana- The most basic of the three written languages. It?s creation came around in the ninth century. It was the first form of written Japanese, it uses basic characters not found in Kanji. There are about forty six characters in the Katakana alphabet.

Kawaii- Straight translation of cute.

Kawaiku nai- Not cute.

Keiro Hi No/ Keiro No Hi- Known as ?elders day? in Japan, it is used to show reverence for the elderly and those who have passed. Japanese residents who have celebrated their 70th birthday are given gifts from young people in their cities.

Kenkoku Kinen Bi/Kignsetsu- Celebrates the founding of the country of Japan on Febuary 11th.

Kisama- Japanese for you, also meaning bastard. Used in vulgarities.

Kudasai- Straight translation for please.

Kuso- Vulgarity, often used for the insult involving ?feces?

Lemon-Romantic fanfic.

Naginata- A bladed staff often carried by monks for protection in traveling to villages.

Nani- Straight translation for what.

Romanji- Romanized text, using phonetic alphabet of the Western world and not the character based system of the Eastern world.

Sai- A three pronged fork like knife made of metal, often it is not sharpened, used for practice.

Sakura- Straight translation of Cherry Blossom. Often known as the trademark of a Samurai.

Setsuban- ?The eve of a new spring? marks the seasons changing into spring, usually help on Febuary 3rd, 4th, or 5th.

Shakujo- A staff with a large metal ring at the tip, the large ring has several smaller rings coupled into it. Used to keep insects away and small animals. Carried mainly by Zen- Buddhist monks.

Shinjuku- A suburb of Tokyo.

Umi No Hi- Ocean Day- Celebrated on the 3rd Monday of every July. Celebrates the return of Meiji on 1876.

Youma- Japanese for ghost.

 

[digi-kun]

and a while after the last post,so now, info on how Valentine's Day works in Japan.
We've probably at least seen one instance of this in anime.

In Valentines day, which takes place on February 14, women give the men gifts. The most popular, obviously, is chocolate.

There are 2 types of chocolate: Giri Choco and Honmei Choco
Giri Choco (Obligation Chocolate): Giri Choco is usually given to people one is usually around, since many men will feel embarrased if they don't receive any chocolate for Valentine's. This may be due to guilt conscience(sp?). Usually these price at about 100-300 yen, and usually one buys 20-30 boxes. So obviously, many stores will look foward to this event.
Honmei Chocolate (Sounds like Home-Made[Made with love <3] XD): Honmei Choco is usually given to her "Special someone". These are usually at a much higher price than Giri Choco, but it's not uncommon for a woman to try and make some herself. In other words, this can work as a love confession XD.

Valentines Day is followed up by "White Day", which takes place one month later on March 14. This was created from the thought that Valentine's Day was a little too one-sided, and was created in 1980 to relieve the men of their guilt. On White Day, the men can "Return the favor" of chocolate being sent to them by buying an even more expensive box of chocolate(but usually they're only slightly higher). Of course, this can also be used as a "return confession". tThere are also constant reminders, so they don't get the excuse of "I forgot." This is named White Day due to the white boxes the men give the chocolate in.


Don't forget, you can submit your own "Anime Reports", just PM me(or maybe blue[Mihara] XD)

 

[digi-kun]

Genre(ANN): Romance, Sci-Fi, Drama
Episodes: 6
Subbers: AnY & Spork(Finished), Lunar Anime(3/6)

Plot: A bit of credit goes to ANN, otherwise i wrote this up myself
Asaba Naoyuki, member of the school Journal/Report/Newspaper club, just returned from spending summer over at the Sonohara Base(not sure, don't have em handy). He sneaks into the school the day before to take a dip in the pool, where he meets a girl by the name of Iriya Kana. The next day, Asaba is surprised to find out Iriya will be attending his school from that day foward. However, something is strange about her. She has strange orbs on her wrists, she gets a call at noon each day to leave. Later, Asaba finds out something strange is going on, and Iriya is somehow involved with it.

My feelings: Definitely a masterpiece in my book...Awesome art to begin with. Quite funny, but it also actually made me cry :o Ya, this hasn't happened ever since AIR came along. Definitely the best OVA there is. Oh, and the end is kinda confusing...I Want More(or i need a translation of the book) Ya...the OVA's based off a book.

 

[digi-kun]

Ok a few things
1. i'm, unlocking this. This means you guys can post summaries of anime you like in here. Do NOT turn this into an anime DCC
2. Multiple posts in a row ARE allowed, but ONLY IF you are posting multiple summaries (best to separate summaries)
3. Comments...meh, may as well allow them so ya, just don?t turn it into something like a DCC, and say something productive, not something like nice summary. That?s kinda just post boosting XD
4. Summaries?If you?re taking them from somewhere/someone else, give credit to them. Some sites such as ANN copyright their summaries so you have to give credit

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