Anime reviews in general

[oro404kenshin]

Well, i am taking EO's idea of anime reviews, but since his thread states that it's his anime reviews, i will respect that statement, and i will make my own.
Here goes

Anyone may post a review here, but please make them long enough to actually learn something about it, and please only post reviews here, pm the reviewer if you have any questions.

[oro404kenshin]

Rurouni Kenshin

Author: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Illustrator: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Volumes: 8 vols to date, comes out monthly
Publisher: shonen jump
Price: $7.95 USD

This is a quite old anime, but it has just recently been translated. It aired on cartoon network for about a year, and is now on air again

Description: A tale about a wandering samurai (rurouni) who seeks refuge in the Meiji era. A battousai (man-slayer) in the time of the bakamatsu (called Himura Battousai, and still called that by some vain enemies), or the revolutionary war, but now a reformed man, and upholds a vow never to kill again. He meets a girl by the name of Kamiya Kaoru, the temporary sensei of the Kamiya-Kasshin dojo. Her dojo uses the shinai, a cross between a bamboo and wooden sword, used in kenjutsu, but not lethal (unless using a very powerful type of jujustu). Kenshin stays with Kaoru, and they soon meet Myojin Yahiko, a pickpocket for a gang. Soon after they meet him, he turns away from the gang. They also soon meet Sagara Sanosuke, a street brawler, and a hired merc.
This series tells about what happens to each of these characters through time, and about Kenshin's vow never to kill again.

Review: Quite a good anime/manga, but dont listen to me, cause im biast towards it (hence my name). But a good anime/manga overall. Lacks some elements, but not essential ones.

Art: 5/5
Storyline: 4/5
Characters: 5/5
Violence: 4/5
Humor: 4/5

Overall: 4.5/5

[oro404kenshin]

Ranma 1/2

Author: Rumiko Takahashi
Illustrator: Rumiko Takahashi
Volumes:27 (english) 35 (chinese + japanese)
Publisher: VIZ
Price: $9.95 USD

A very long series, also in anime.

Description: This series is about a guy named Ranma Saotome who fell into a spring when he was young. The spring was cursed, and called the __ (spring of drowned girl), and there are many others like it, such as the spring of the drowned pig, panda, cat, etc. After falling into one of these springs, whenever doused with cold water, that person will turn into whatever drowned in that spring. eg, whenever ranma touches cold water, he turns into a girl. Hot water reverses this process, but the curse remains. This story is about his life, and the many people he is either engaged with, is nemesis with, or are infatuated with him. Akane Tendo is the girl he is engaged to, as their parents arranged it before they were born. Also, Ukyou Kuonji is engaged with him, as Ranma's father engaged him to her to get the dowry (when ranma was very little) Ukyo is a tomboy, but also a okinamiyaki cook. Shampoo is infatuated with ranma, and after girl-ranma beating her (girl version is Ranko), as Shampoo is an amazon, but then ranma also beat Shampoo. And according to amazonian law, if a male beats an amazon, the amazon must marry the male, if a female beats an amazon, the amazon must kill that female. The other main characters are Ryoga Hibeki, Kuno Takawaki, Kodochi (Kuno's sister) and a few others.

Art: 4/5
Storyline:4/5
Violence: 4/5
Humor: 5/5

Overall, 4.25/5

[psychopete]

How about if I review?
Manga:

Abenobashi: Magical Shopping Arcade
story by Satoru Akahori
art by Ryusei Deguchi
published by TokyoPop
volumes: 2 (Thats the whole series)
$9.99
Age recomandation: 16+


Description: Saashi Imamiya is pissed off that his best friend Arumi Asahina is moving away from Osaka to Hokkaido. To make matters worse, the shopping arcade he lives in is being torn down after 50 years of service. One construction site knocks down a portal to different dimensions. Saashi and Arumi get transported to different worlds during the series, all based on Saashi's nerdy hobbies.

Review: It is funny, yet tries too hard at times to be serious when it's not. It's a pure comedy worth re-reading. Go nuts with all 4 DVDs of the anime.

Art: 4/5
Storyline: 4/5
Characters: 5/5
Violence: 0/5
Humor:5/5

Total score: 4.9/5

If you like this, try:
-Azumanga Daioh
-Comic Party
-Happy Lesson
-Tenchi Muyo!

[psychopete]

Happy Lesson
written by Mutsumi Sasaki
art by Shinnosuke Mori
Age suggested: 17+
volumes out: 1
$9.99 for Manga
Page count: 170
produced by ADV Manga
Description: 18 year old orphan Hitotose Chitose has found out that his parents left him a house. He leaves the orphanage and lives there, only to find out that 5 of his teachers; Mutsuki Ichimonji, Satsuki Gokojo, Uzuki Shitizuue, Yaiyoi Sanzenin, and Kisaragi Ninomai, are his roomates! There are alot of plot twists later in the show. Happy Lesson has also sprung off 2 OVAs, HAPPY LESSON ADVANCE and HAPPY LESSON FINAL.

Review: This is a good take on an old plot. It's comedic, it's dramatic at times, but mostly crazy. Worth watching and reading over and over again. The characters are highly rememberable, and its comedic. Violence is nowhere to be seen in this show. Except for the fight scene in episode 2 of the anime. And the class president beating up perverts.

SCORING
Art: 5/5
Storyline: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
Violence: 1/5
Humor: 5/5

TOTAL SCORE:5/5
I also reccomend:
-Abenobashi: Magical Shopping Arcade
-Rurouni Kenshin
-Excel Saga (Anime, not manga)
-Comic Party

[teh lazy admin eviloyster]

Yay for azumanga and excel!

I'm getting excel saga for christmas!

[psychopete]

Comic Party
Anime/Manga
Manga published by TOKYOPOP
DVD distributed by Right Stuf
by Sekihiko Inui
DVDs out: 4
Manga volumes out: 4

Description: Kazuki Sendo is lead into the world of doushinji by his friend Taishi. Kazuki now wants to just draw and sell his own doushinji. But his girlfriend, Mizuki Takase, won't let him go down to the nerd world without a fight!

Review: Excellent artwork and unique storyline. A manga about manga. the comedy and drama are large portions of the series, and yet agin in my revies, no violence. The series gets overdramatic at the end, that'll make it lose points. In the words of Taishi, "DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE MUFFIN!!!"
*MY REVIEWS NOW SHOW A DRAMA FACTOR!*
SCORING
Art: 4/5
Storyline: 5/5
Characters: 3/5
Violence: 0/5
Humor: 4/5
Drama: 4/5

Overall scoring: 3.9/5

I also reccomend:
-Azumanga Daioh
-.hack//LEGEND OF THE TWILIGHT
-Angelic Layer
-Chrono Crusade

[Sashivan]

now i'm not sure if this is a full series or not
but....

Name: Ronin: Spirirt of the Sword
Age:21+

The stpry is about a nameless samurai who's trying to find 5 scrolls with ancinet spells. It's very violent and can get pretty sexually intense but...it's a very good series.
P.S. My frined showed me the first few comix. sry o can't give more

there is also an online game about it.

[eviloyster]

21+ WTF?! Here the highest age there is for ANYTHING is 18 so that seems pretty farfetched, must be super violent or a hentai that has been banned in 54 countries.

[oro404kenshin]

eviloyster said:

21+ WTF?! Here the highest age there is for ANYTHING is 18 so that seems pretty farfetched, must be super violent or a hentai that has been banned in 54 countries.

no, 42 countries, including the land of the kiwis

Negima

Author: Ken Akamatsu
Illustrator: Ken Akamatsu
Volumes: 3 and still making
Publisher: TokyoPop (?)
Price: $9.95 USD

This is relatively new, and by the same author as Love Hina. It's about this kid (young) and he teaches at this girls-only school (go figure it's Ken Akamatsu...) he is a magic-user, and for some odd reason, whenever he sneezes all the clothes around him rip to shreds. Story is about the kid's teachings and adventures to be a magi-master.

Review: Pretty funny, hard to gauge how good it is since it just started.

Art: 4/5
Storyline: 3/5
Characters: 4/5
Violence: Little to none 3/5
Humor: 5/5

Overall: 4/5

[psychopete]

I don't do reviews on message boards anymore. I'm doing them on my site. Whatever. Still, not tryin to advertise (since I am on search engines), plz read my reviews.

[largo]

Yeah I do. But most of the time I just hear of some anime then download the series. (legally)