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Anime
Anime is commonly referred as an art form.
As a visual medium, it naturally places a large emphasis towards visual styles.
The
styles can vary from artist to artist or by studio to studio.
Most common form of anime drawings are "exaggerated physical features such as large eyes, big hair, elongated limbs, dramatically shaped speech bubbles and speed lines.
Body proportions emulated in anime come from proportions of the human body.
The height of the head is considered as the base unit of proportion.
Head heights can vary as long as the remainder of the body remain proportional.
Coloring is added to give eyes, particularly the cornea, some depth.
However, not all anime have large eyes. Hayao Miyazaki is known for not having large eyes and having realistic hair colors on his characters. In addition many other productions also have been known to use smaller eyes. This design tends to have more resemblance to traditional Japanese art.
Baccano
Baccano, which Narita translates as "stupid commotion, is Italian for "ruckus". Each of the stories in the series involves several unrelated plots intersecting and crossing each other as events spiral farther and farther out of control. Immortal alchemists, mafia operated speakeasies, and many other elements of pulp fiction mashed together for a world straight out of the movies.
Battle Programmer Shirase
The story of BPS revolves around a freelance programmer named Akira Shirase. He's a very talented, yet mysterious computer programmer. Because of his incredible abilities, he's contacted by several individuals to do all sorts of strange computer-related hacking/security jobs. He's a very quiet guy who lives alone in a small apartment near his niece's house. At first, the episodes revolved around some freelance jobs that highlighted his abilities however, later in the series, characters offered help or plot twists. The school that Shirase had gone to, had been hinted throughout the series, and it finally made an appearance in the last episode, when some of the characters began to show their hidden relationships to the others. However the series was not continued.
Claymore
Claymore is set in a fictional world with medieval technology. In this world, humans coexist with creatures called Yoma sentient monsters that feed on human organs. The Yoma, being shapeshifters, are capable of taking on a human form and living in disguise amongst humans. By consuming a human's brain, Yoma can also absorb their memories, allowing them to disguise themselves as specific people without alerting even their close friends or family. A nameless and highly secretive organization has created an order of superhuman warriors to protect humans from the Yoma. These warriors have come to be popularly known as Claymores, after the immense claymores they wield. Villages being attacked by Yoma hire Claymores to kill the Yoma for a large fee.
Code Geass
Code Geass is set in an alternate universe where the Holy Empire of Britannia, has conquered more than a third of the planet. The world is, for the most part, divided between it and two other superpowers: the Chinese Federation and the Euro Universe. Australia has remained independent. The three powers maintain a tentative balance for the first part of the series, though Japan remains a point of conflict between the Chinese Federation and the Britannian Empire. In the second season, Lelouch overthrows the ruling party of the Chinese Federation in preparation for forming a new alliance against the Britannian Empire.
Death Note
Light Yagami is an extremely intelligent young man who resents the crime and corruption in the world. His life undergoes a drastic change when he discovers a mysterious notebook, known as the "Death Note". Death Note's instructions claim that if a human's name is written within it, that person shall die. Light is initially skeptical of the notebook's authenticity, but after experimenting with it, Light realizes that the Death Note is real. After meeting with the previous owner of the Death Note, a shinigami named Ryuk, Light seeks to become "the God of the New World" by passing his judgement on those he deems to be evil or who get in his way. Soon, the number of inexplicable deaths of reported criminals catches the attention of the International Police Organization and a mysterious detective known only as "L". L quickly learns that the serial killer, dubbed by the public as "Kira", is located in Japan. L also concludes that Kira can kill people without laying a finger on them. Light realizes that L will be his greatest nemesis, and a game of psychological cat and mouse between the two begins.
Fate Stay Night
There is a war going on between masters and servants in order to attain the Holy Grail. Each master can call up one servant each, and their task is to eradicate other servants, by defeating them or killing their master. When there is only one master or servant left, he or she is granted the Holy Grail, and any wish they desire will come true. After being attacked and killed by a servant, Shirou Emiya is revived by one of his classmates, who is also a participant of the Holy Grail war. When the attacker learns of this, he pays his earlier victim a visit to finish the job again. It is then that Shirou accidentally summons his own servant, a girl named Saber. This a story about how Shirou is involved in the Holy Grail war.
Full Metal Panic Fumoffu
Also known as FMP? Fumoffu, the side-story was broadcast in 2003. It focuses almost entirely on the high school life of Sagara and Chidori, highlighted in the short story collections. The series was a departure from the serious tone set in the first anime adaptation, with its slapstick humor and comedy focus. It's also one of the first Full Metal Panic series to be supervised by animation studio Kyoto Animation.
Gundam 00
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is the latest television anime of Sunrise's. Gundam 00 will consist of two seasons, second season is set to go on air in October 2008. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is the first Gundam series to be animated in high-definition. The series is set in a futuristic Earth and centered around Celestial Being, a private paramilitary force and their efforts to rid the world of war and conflict with a series of unique and highly effective mobile suits known as "Gundams".
GunGrave
Gungrave opens thirteen years after Brandon Heat is betrayed by his best friend Harry MacDowell. He is reborn as Beyond The Grave, and begins a quest of revenge against the crime syndicate. The series then backtracks to Brandon's youth, and follows him, Harry as they rise through the criminal underworld, detailing the circumstances that led to their eventual falling-out. The TV adaptation lacks various elements of advanced technology that were prominent in the third-person shooter's gameplay but had little consequence concering the plotline.
Hajime no Ippo
Ippo Makunouchi is a very shy high school student who never had the time to make friends because he was always busy helping his mother with the family charter boat fishing business. Because he kept to himself, a group of bullies lead by Umezawa got into the habit of picking on him. On one particular day these bullies decided to give him a rather serious beating, but a middle-weight professional boxer who was passing by stopped the bullies and took the injured Ippo to the Kamogawa Gym, to treat his wounds. After Ippo awoke to the sounds of boxers training, the boxer who saved him, Mamoru Takamura, tried to cheer Ippo up by letting him vent his frustrations on a sandbag. It was then that they had their first glimpse into Ippo's talent for boxing. After that incident, Ippo started his regular training and began his path in Japan's professional boxing.
Jigoku Shoujo
Most episodes are self-contained short stories in which the series narrates the suffering of a different individual caused by one or more antagonists. A website known as (Hell Correspondence or Hotline to Hell) may only be accessed at midnight by one who harbors a desire for revenge against their tormentor. Should someone submit the name of someone against whom they have a grudge, the Jigoku Shojo (Hell Girl) will offer them a straw doll with a red string wound about its neck.
Kara no Kyoukai
Kara no Kyoukai is a Japanese novel series, authored by Kinoko Nasu and illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi. The series is being adapted into an ongoing anime movie series, divided into seven chapters, which are animated by the studio ufotable. The first chapter, premiered across Japanese theaters on December 1, 2007, in connection with the movie's release, the novels are once again being reprinted, as three volumes with new illustrations. It is expected for the fifth movie to premier in Japanese cinemas on August 16, 2008.
RahXephon
RahXephon is a Japanese science fiction series about 17 year old "Ayato Kamina", his ability to control a god like mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world around him. His peaceful life as a student and artist in Tokyo is suddenly interrupted by a mysterious woman who appears to be stalking him, strange machines invading the city, and even stranger machines fighting back. Music, time, archetypal mystery, intrigues and romance are central elements of RahXephon's plot. The series shows clear influences from philosophy and Japanese folklore
School Rumble
School Rumble covers the daily lives students of the fictional Yagami High School and their surroundings. The series is a romance comedy genre, with scenes in the story being exaggerated for comedic purposes. The heroine is Tenma, a second year high school girl with no special qualities who has a crush on Oji Karasuma, a stonefaced eccentric. The generally clueless Tenma finds it difficult to confess her love to him. Complications arise with Kenji Harima, the male protagonist and a delinquent, who has developed a crush on Tenma. He too has difficulty confessing to her. The attempts of the two characters to confess their respective loves are running gags seen throughout the series.
Seikai no Senki
Crest of the Stars is a trilogy of space opera science fiction novels written by Hiroyuki Morioka. Beginning in 1999, the novels were adapted into anime series. The initial trilogy was followed by a second, ongoing novels series, Banner of the Stars, which was adapted into three sequel series to the anime - Banner of the Stars (13 episodes, aka Seikai no Senki), Banner of the Stars II (10 episodes, aka Seikai no Senki II), Banner of the Stars III (aka Seikai no Senki III) is an OVA released in Japan in 2005.
Serial Experiments Lain
Serial Experiments Lain deals directly with the definition of reality, which makes its complex plot difficult to summarize. The story is primarily based on the assumption that everything flows from human thought, memory, and consciousness. Therefore, events on screen can be considered hallucinations of Lain, of other protagonists, or of Lain fabricating the hallucinations of others. Story misdirection is central to the plotline, even the offscreen voices or narrations information cannot be considered truthful. The series consists of a cross-reflection of philosophical themes instead of the traditional linear events depiction: episodes are called "layers".
Tsukihime
The series follows the life of Shiki Tohno, a prodigious 17 year old high school student, who is gifted with a mysterious ability to see "death-lines", which, when cut, will destroy the object they reside within. A product of a life-threatening injury suffered in his childhood, this unique yet traumatizing ability of Shiki's is shielded by a pair of special glasses, a childhood gift from a mysterious woman, Aoko Aozaki. These glasses aid him in not seeing the death-lines and to live a relatively peaceful and normal life. Shiki is sent away from his household, the Tohno mansion, because of the fatal injury and the ill health that followed afterwards. He spends years living with relatives of the Tohno family, the Arimas. Finally, after eight years, following the death of his father, Makihisa, Shiki returns to the Tohno mansion to live with his sister, Akiha. Akiha had been given the responsibility of being the Tohno family's new matriarch. As the story progresses, Shiki gradually discovers his past and numerous other mysteries surrounding him.
Twelve Kingdoms
The Twelve Kingdoms also known as "Record of 12 Countries" or "Juuni Kokki", is a series of light novels by Fuyumi Ono. The Twelve Kingdoms tells several stories from the world of the Twelve Kingdoms, located on several islands accessible through magic. On the islands, magic works and societies similar to classical China exist. While the inhabitants of the Twelve Kingdoms are aware of the existence of our world, the reverse is not true.
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