[Review] Valkyria Chronicles

Main Title: Senjou no Valkyria: Gallian Chronicles
Official Title: 戦場のヴァルキュリア -Gallian Chronicles-
Type: TV Series

Episodes: 13
Genres: Action, Military, Politic

Rating: T
Producers: Sega Enterprises, A-1 Pictures
Official Website: http://www.valkyria-anime.com/
Voice Actors:
Marina Inoue as Alicia Melchiott
Noto Mamiko as Cordelia
Susumu Chiba as Welkin Gunther
Houko Kuwashima as Isara Gunther

Jun Fukuyama as Maximilian
Junko Minagawa as Logieerrorsource
Kenji Nomura as Largo Potter
Sayaka Ohara as Selvaria Bles
Takahiro Sakurai as Faldio Landzaat
Akio Ohtsuka as Radi Jaeger
Atsuko Tanaka as Eleanor Varrot
Chikao Ohtsuka as Berthold Gregor
Junko Minagawa as Rosie

Opening Theme:
"Ashita e no Kizuna" by HIMEKA
Ending Theme:
"Ano Kaze ni Notte" by pe’zmoku


--Summary taken from PS3 Manual--

In the 1930's EC, Europa is split from the Empire and the Federation, the two dominant military powers that divide the continent. The two powers struggled for ultimate supremacy, inevitably starting the Second Europan War (E.W.II) involving all of Europa. Gallia, a small independent nation situated between the two super powers now faces attacks from the Imperial Army.

The Gallian Army is overmatched by the Imperial forces and must retreat quickly. But just when the nation was about to surrender its capital city, one squad leader's unusual strategy defeats the Imperial Army.The name of that young lieutenant was Welkin Gunther and this is his story.


--Design characters comparison between PS3 and Anime--

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[Update] Half way this year...

Oh my, we're already half way this year.. I'm sorry for not updating, life seems too complicated for a while. And I got no one except me to take care of this blog.

I'll edit some post (like Code Geass) and fix it.

I'm going to add more anime, but I think I could only get two or three for this moment. I hope you patiently wait, tee-hee.

*EDIT*

I already add a review, just look at the post above! ^_^

~animchan/killer-chan/kawaii killer

[Review] Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2

Main Title: Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2
Official Title: コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ R2
Type: TV Series
Episodes: 25
Genres: action, drama, magic, mystery, psychological, science fiction

Rating: T
Director: Goro Taniguchi
Official Website: http://www.ergoproxy.com/
Voice Actors:
Akiko Yajima as Pino
Koji Yusa as Vincent Law
Rie Saitou as Real Mayar
Hikaru Hanada as Raul Creed
Houchu Ohtsuka as Proxy One (Ep. 21, 23)
Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Iggy
Sachiko Kojima as Monad
Sanae Kobayashi as Daedalus Yumeno

Opening Theme:

#1: "O2" by ORANGE RANGE

#2: "WORLD END" by FLOW

Ending Theme:

#1: "Shiawase Neiro" by ORANGE RANGE

#2: "Waga Routashi Aku no Hana" by ALI PROJECT

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[Review] Ergo Proxy

Main Title: Ergo Proxy
Official Title: エルゴプラクシー
Type: TV Series
Episodes: 23
Producers: Frontier Works, Actas

Genres: adventure, drama, horror, mystery, psychological, science fiction, supernatural

Duration: 30 min. per episode
Rating: T
Official Website: http://www.ergoproxy.com/
Voice Actors:
Akiko Yajima as Pino
Koji Yusa as Vincent Law
Rie Saitou as Real Mayar
Hikaru Hanada as Raul Creed
Houchu Ohtsuka as Proxy One (Ep. 21, 23)
Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Iggy
Sachiko Kojima as Monad
Sanae Kobayashi as Daedalus Yumeno

Opening Theme:
"Kiri" by MONORAL
Ending Theme:
"PARANOID ANDROID" by RADIOHEAD

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[Review] White Album

Judul : White Album
Genre : Drama, Romance
Rate : Adult
Official Website : http://www.whitealbum-tv.com/
Animation Production : Seven Arcs
Original Creator : Aquaplus
List Seiyuu :
Morikawa Yuki - Hirano Aya
Ogata Rina - Mizuki Nana
Fujii Touya - Maeno Tomoaki
Sawakura Misaki - Takamoto Megumi
Kawashima Haruka - Masu Nozomi
Shinozuya Yayoi - Paku Romi
Mizuki Mana - Tomatsu Haruka
Nanase Akira - Sakaguchi Daisuke
Ogata Eiji - Hayami Shou

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[Review] Jigoku Shoujo

Hell Girl (地獄少女, Jigoku Shōjo), also known as Jigoku Shoujo: Girl From Hell[1][2], is an anime series, produced by Aniplex and Studio Deen. It premiered across Japan on numerous television stations, including Animax, Tokyo MX, MBS and others, between October 4, 2005 and April 4, 2006. Following the success of the first season, the series was followed soon after into a second, Jigoku Shōjo Futakomori (地獄少女 二籠, Jigoku Shōjo Futakomori?), which premiered October 7, 2006 across Japan on Animax.[3] A live-action television series adaptation started airing in Japan on Nippon Television from November 4, 2006.


Characters:
Ai Enma (閻魔 あい, Ai Enma?)
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Brina Palencia (English)

The primary protagonist of the series. With long, flowing hair and red eyes, she is a spiritual entity with a tragic past, who lives in a world of eternal twilight with her grandmother, and is the one who receives and delivers vengeance on her clients' behalf. She normally wears a black seifuku, or sailor uniform (which is usually worn during winter months), but always wears a kimono with floral designs when delivering the vengeance of a client.

Since she has done this (being the Hell Girl) for so long, she initially seemed to have become emotionless, numbed, as is shown by her expressionless face. Wanyūdō noted she still had feelings, though, although she did not express them strongly, and it was later revealed that Ai had been ordered to close her heart by the Spider.

Wanyūdō (輪入道, Wanyūdō?)
Voiced by: Takayuki Sugo (Japanese), R. Bruce Elliott (E

Wanyūdō is the first of Ai's three companions. He generally appears as an old man whose eyes remain mostly shut, wearing fairly old-fashioned Japanese clothing, and a red scarf around his neck. When necessary, he takes the form of the black straw doll that Ai hands to her clients in the series. He also frequently takes the form of a Ai's coach with burning wheels when she goes to the human world to claim a soul.

Despite appearing quite mild-mannered, frail and weak with age at most times, Wanyūdō possesses considerable skills in martial arts and is capable of hurling fireballs and performing feats of inhuman strength.

Wanyūdō's name means "A wheel entering the road" a reference to the flaming wheel form he most commonly assumes. In episode 12 of Futakomori, it is revealed that he was the driver of a princess' entourage, which fell off a cliff. The coach caught fire and all aboard were killed. As a result, he became a yōkai terrorizing people in the form of a flaming wheel with his own enlarged, infuriated face as a hubcap, until he met Ai and she invited him to join her as her first companion. Ai revealed to Wanyūdō his ability to shapeshift.

Ichimoku Ren (一目連, Ichimoku Ren?)
Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze (Japanese), Todd Haberkorn (English)

Ren is Ai's second companion, and usually takes the form of a young man. He can manifest a single large eye that can be directed anywhere, allowing him to see the inside of a building through projecting the eye on the walls and ceilings. The large eye can also be used as a weapon through projecting intense flashes of light.

When so required, Ren becomes the blue straw doll by kissing a pendant he wears around his neck. He is sometimes referred to as "Moku" or "Ichimoto Ren". Ai was the one who gave his human form body.

Since that time, Ren has apparently grown quite fond of his human form, displaying considerable vanity from time to time. Ai claims she invited him to join her because there is something that Ren is looking for, a fact perhaps manifested in Ren's occasional puzzlement and inability to understand the things humans do.

Hone Onna (骨女, Bone Woman?)
Voiced by: Takako Honda (Japanese), Jennifer Seman (English)

Hone Onna is Ai's third companion, and she often takes the form of a woman in a kimono with its obi tied in front--the trademark of a prostitute (In the second season, her obi is tied at the back).

She becomes the red straw doll when necessary by tossing her red obi strap over her neck.

Hone Onna and Ren investigate the people who make a contract and the ones they have a grudge against. She usually infiltrates human society in casual clothing to investigate cases, on these occasions she tends to use the pseudonym "Sone Anna".

Hone Onna seems to suffer from mild vanity; she can be quite offended when she is addressed as obā-san ('old lady' or 'auntie'; a proper Japanese form of address for any woman of middle age and above). The name Hone Onna literally means "bone woman", which reflects her ability to expose the bones in her body to scare the victims of the revenge Ai delivers.


Ai's Grandmother (あいの祖母, Ai no Sobo?)
Voiced by: Eriko Matsushima (Japanese), Juli Erickson (English)

Never actually seen in the series, other than as a shadowy silhouette behind a paper screen, she is always spinning thread in her room, and occasionally talks to Ai and gives her advice.



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[Review] Switch

Main Title: Switch
Official Title: スイッチ
Type: OVA
Episodes: 2
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Oct 24, 2008 to Feb 25, 2009
Producers: Frontier Works, Actas
Author & Artist: naked ape (Saki Otoh and Nakamura Tomomi)
Genres: Shounen, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Duration: 30 min. per episode
Rating: R
Official Website: http://ova-switch.com/
Voice Actors:
Jun Fukuyama as Etou Kai
Takahiro Sakurai as Kurabayashi Hal
Hiroki Touchi as Masami Ibu
Junichi Suwabe as Masataka Hiki
Kazuya Nakai as Kajiyama Keigo
Atsushi Ono as Kitagishi
Ryohei as Kuzuya Shouhei
Susumu Chiba as Kayama
Tomokazu Sugita as Kagura Akito

Opening Theme:
"Find out" by MIRANOSAND
Ending Theme:
"Your Hand" by MIRANOSAND

Kai Eto

Sebuah wajah baru penyidik dari Narcotics Control Division. Kai adalah seorang yang lembut dan memiliki karakter yang rapuh, namun bertindak dengan semangat yang besar ketika dia sudah membulatkan tekadnya.

Hal Kurabayashi
Seorang penyidik dengan pembawaan yang tenang dan memiliki kecerdasan dalam mengambil tindakan.

Keigo Kajiyama

Senior yang baik dari divisi yang sama dengan Kai dan Hal. Dia sudah bekerja sebagai seorang penyidik bersama Hiki selama bertahun-tahun.

Masataka Hiki

Direktur dari Narcotics Control Division. Merupakan sosok yang jenius akan analisis dan taktiknya. Dengan pembawaan yang ramah dan hangat terhadap bawahannya.

Masami Ibu

Seorang yang unggul dalam bidang Information System, serta tangguh dalam menghadapi segala hal sampai melupakan jam makan dan tidurnya.

Akito Kagura

Seorang mahasiswa Universitas yang juga bekerja paruh waktu di Kebun Raya bersama Kai. Rendah hati dan sangat menyukai hal-hal yang berhubungan dengan tanaman. (Karakter Original untuk OVA)

Shouhei Kuzuya

Manager dari organisasi "Saya" untuk perdagangan narkoba. Kuzuya menunjukkan perkembangan pesat dalam pembelian dan penjualan "Funny Angel". (Karakter Original untuk OVA)



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[Review] Kuro Shitsuji

Main Title: Kuro Shitsuji
Official Title: 黒執事
Synonym: Black Butler, Kuroshitsuji
Type: TV Series
Year: 03.10.2008 till ?
Categories: Comedy, Fantasy, Historical, Shounen, Supernatural
Rating: PG-13
Official Web: http://kuroshitsuji.tv
Voice Actors:
Daisuke Ono as Sebastian Michaelis
Maaya Sakamoto as Ciel Phantomhive
Emiri Katou as Meirin
Hiroki Touchi as Bard
Jun Fukuyama as Grell
Junichi Suwabe as Undertaker
Koji Yusa as Lau
Romi Paku as Madam Red
Shunji Fujimura as Tanaka
Yukari Tamura as Elizabeth
Yuuki Kaji as Finny

Opening Theme:
"Monochrome no Kiss" by SID
Ending Theme:
"I'm ALIVE!" by BECCA

Sebastian Michaels (セバスチャン・ミカエリス)

Ciel Phantomhive (シエル・ファントムハイヴ)

Meilin (メイリン)

Finnian (フィニアン)

Bardroy (バルドロイ)

Tanaka (タナカ)

Grell Sutcliff (グレル・サトクリフ)

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