Spring 2011 Anime Guide
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Opening Theme: "Scarlet Knight" by Nana Mizuki
Nana Mizuki as Ricotta Elmar Similcast: None Summary: The magical land of Fronaldo exists two warring kindoms, the Republic of Biscotti and the aggressive Lion Kingdom of Galette. Facing inevitable defeat, Princess Millhiore attempts to summon a hero who can save the country. What she gets is Izumi Shinku, a 7th grade middle-school boy from Japan. Shinku must now become a hero strong enough to defeat his enemies while learning the peculiar rules of battle in this strange new world. |
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Appleseed XIII (Official website) Similcast: Unknown availability Summary: A retelling of the Appleseed story (manga,OVA,CG movies). After a worldwide non-nuclear war, the city Olympus became the control center of the world. Bioroids (cloned humans made from only the best DNA) manage and run the city (and the world) and its defense is handled by a special military force. Among the special force are former LAPD SWAT member Deunan Knotts and cyborg partner Brialeos. They face a challenge from the Human Liberation Front and its terrorist underbelly the Argonauts. The leader of this group, Al Ceides, supposedly died 20 years ago in an attack on Poseidon, but now his shadow emerges once again |
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A Channel (Official website) Opening Theme: "Morning Arch" by Marina Kawano
Minako Kotobuki as Yūko Similcast: None Summary: Four friends; Toru, Run, Yuuko, & Nagi and their antics masking as daily lives in high school. Toru is just entering high school while her childhood friend Run, is now in her second year, as are Run’s friends Yuuko & Nagi. |
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X-Men (Official website) Similcast: None Summary: The mutant-powered X-Men gathered by Professor Xavier to protect ordinary humans, even as they, themselves are persecuted. After the death of one of their own, however, the team ceased all operations for an entire year. Upon receiving word of a mutant girl’s disappearance in Japan, Xavier reassembles the team and sends them to investigate. They uncover a connection between her disappearance and an anti-mutant group known as the U-Men. This is the 3rd of 4 Marvel Comics collaborations (Iron Man, Wolverine) |
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Hen Zemi (Abnormal Physiology Seminar) (Official website) Open Theme: none Kana Hanazawa as Nanako Matsutaka Similcast: None Summary: Nanako Matsutaka is an innocent university student who is participating in a sexual perversion seminar led by the deviant professor Kenji Meshiya. She desperately tries to keep her morals as well as her sanity while amidst the strange group of students in the study group. |
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Denpa Onna to Seichun Otoko (Official website) Opening Theme: "Os-Uchuujin" by Asuka Oogame/Erio wo Kamatte-chan Similcast: None Summary: Niwa Makoto lives with his aunt’s family while his parents are away on business. He he meets his odd cousin Touwa Erio — who happens to tie a futon mattress around her upper body and is a self-proclaimed alien. A few years back Erio went missing for half a year and was later found floating in the sea. She doesn’t remember anything about what happened, but she began to think that aliens had abducted her and wanders the neighborhood wrapped in the futon…eating pizza |
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Showa Monogatari (Official website) Similcast: None Summary: The story follows the Yamazaki family in Tokyo in the Year Showa 39 (1964) — the year that the city hosted the Summer Olympics. |
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Ano hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai (Official website) Opening Theme: "Aoi Shiori” by Galileo Galilei Similcast: None Summary: Five childhood friends have grow apart after the death of their close playmate Meiko Honma. Jinta Yadomi, leader of the group when they were kids, neglects high school and lives as a shut-in when he unexpectedly starts seeing the ghost of Meiko. Only Jinta can see Meiko’s ghost, who as returned to ask Jinta to fulfill a forgotten they made as children. |
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Moshidora (Official website) Opening Theme: "Yume Note" by azusa Similcast: None Summary: Minami Kawashima becomes the new manager of Tokyo’s Hodokubo High School baseball team to help her best friend, Yūki. While searching for a book to assist her, Kawashima mistakenly buys "Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices", a book, famous on the subject of business management. This unorthodox method helps guide Minami on how to administer the team…and become successful. |
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Kaiji Gyakkyo Burai (Official website) Opening Theme: "Chase the Light!" by Fear,and Loathing in Las Vegas Similcast: None Summary: Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by Endou, a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which Kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 30000 yen and after Takeshi disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji. With the interest compounded debt now at at 3,850,000 yen! Endou presents an option for how Kaiji can clear his name and this debt.. |
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Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (Official website) Opening Theme: "Masterpiece" by mihimaru GT Similcast: None Summary: In the distant future boy named Yuma Tsukumo, is the number one bad boy at his school. Something unexpected happens when Ryoga challenges him to a Duel as the mysterious ghost of Astral appears before them, a new legend begins. |
