Historical Titles Reviewed By Jan-Chan



  Name: Jan-Chan
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I got involved with anime about five years ago, primarily because of Cowboy Bebop and a number of other ‘odd’ animated series that I kept stumbling across. After a bit of research, I came to understand that what I was enjoying was all imported (R1-Licensed) Japanese anime and I became fascinated. It did not help that I had a couple of young nephews who were also into anime, so I started up a lending library.

Well, that was five years ago and since then, I have run out of shelf space for my library and have learned a bit more about Japanese Anime.

I enjoy posting to MIKOMI, but I tend to focus on the more off beat and uncommon series. My biggest concern with the MIKOMI site is that while we will always have our likes and dislikes, a single bad posting for a new series might turn off a number of anime fans from something fun & special, so I try to offer some depth on new series, such as images and background information to interest the visitor/reader.

Once upon a time, ANIME was something that was created, produced and animated in Japan, but that was in the past. Much of the Japanese anime series are now being out-sourced Korea. In fact the American series The Boondocks has much of its animated detail work done there. And we can expect China to step up and begin supporting the type of 'anime' that we currently associate with Japan. The world is changing and getting a bit smaller.

For contrast, I visited ANIDB.NET (an anime site) and ran a query on what they have listed for their top 20-some (most highly rated) anime series. You can find the results below – and yes, it did surprise me a bit and yes, I do not agree with it. But, it does call attention just how diverse our differing opinions can be. Some of their posted ratings do not appear to make sense, but it is a popularity contest. In any event, it is fun!!

When reading the listings below, be aware that ANIDB uses a 10 point scale (which is averaged between the number of votes). So when looking at the rating, remember to look at the number of votes.

Enjoy your anime.

Jan-chan. August 2007




Top 27 Anime series as listed at the ANIDB site

Toki Wo Kakeru Shoujo (2006 - Movie) rating 9.03 (with 1,500 vote)
Nodame Cantabile (2006 – 23 TV episodes) rating 9.01 (with 641 votes)
Byousoku 5 Centimeter (2007 – 3part Movie) rating 8.93 (with 367 votes)
Death Note (2006/7 – 37 TV Episodes) rating 8.91 (with 1750 votes)
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen (1999 - 4 OVA episodes) rating 8.88 (with 6,000 votes)

Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch (2007 - 25 TV Episodes) rating 8.83 (with 1,000 votes)
Kanon (2006) (2006 – 24 TV Episodes) rating 8.87 (with 1,200 votes)
Monster (2005/6 – 74 TV Episodes) rating 8.76 (with 2,100 votes)
Mushishi (2005/6 – 26 TV Episodes) rating 8.76 (with 2,000 votes)
Nana (2006/7 – 47 TV Episodes) rating 8.74 (with 311 votes)


Great Teacher Onizuka (1999/0 – 43 TV Episodes) rating 8.73 (with 5,700 votes)
Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (2003/4 – 51 TV Episodes) rating 8.72 (with 8.200 votes)
Aria the Natural (2006 – 26 TV Episodes) rating 8.72 (with 244 votes)
Koukaku Kidoutai S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004/5 – 26 TV Episodes) rating 8.71 (with 2,500 votes)
Fighting Spirit (2000/2 – 75 TV Episodes) rating 8.70 (with 1,600 votes)


Tekkon Kinkreet (2006 – Movie) rating 8.70 (with 24 votes)
Hachimitsu to Kuroba II (2006 –12 TV Episodes) rating 8.69 (with 1,200 votes)
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988/97 – 110 OVA Episodes) rating 8.60 (with 169 votes)
Juuni Kokuki (2002/3 – 45 TV Episodes) rating 8.68 (with 4,200 votes)
Major 3rd Season (see Major 2nd Season) (2007 – 26 TV Episodes) rating 8.68 (with 51 votes)

Koukaku Kidoutai STAND ALONE COMPLEX (2002/3 – 26 TV Episodes) rating 8.67 (with 4,200 votes)
Hachimitsu to Kuroba (2005 – 26 TV Episodes) rating 8.60 (with 3,000 votes)
Mononoke Hime (1997 – Movie) rating 8.65 (with 4,600 votes)
Planetes (2002/3 – 26 TV Episodes) rating 8.65 (with 2,300 votes)
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (2001 – Movie) rating 8.64 (with 4,444 votes)

Kino no Tabi - the Beautiful World (TV) (2003 – 13 TV Episodes) rating 8.64 (with 1,200 votes)
Cowboy Bebop (1998/9 – 26 TV Episodes) rating 8.62 (with 6,500 votes)

Genre
Action(19) Action Comedy(2) Adventure(8) Comedy(7)
Drama(7) Mystery(1) Parody(1) Romance(1)
Suspense(1)
Setting
Fantasy(5) Modern(2) Sci-Fi(2) Steampunk(1)
Demographic
Seinen(1) Shounen(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Dark(1) Kawaii(1) Korean Wave(1)
Keywords
Artificial Girls(1) Assassin(s)(1) Boys Love(1) Ecchi(1)
Epic(2) Fan Service(2) Fighting(5) Gun-action(2)
High School(1) Isekai (Other World)(1) Martial Arts(4) Mecha(3)
Middle School(1) Ninja(5) noitaminA(1) Samurai(13)
Supernatural(1) Swordplay(9) Video-game inspired(1) Violent(2)
War(3)
Type
Movie(1) ONA(2) OVA(2) TV(18)
Release Year
2010(6) 2008(1) 2007(3) 2006(1) 2005(4) 2004(2) 2003(2) 2002(1)
2001(1) 2000(3) 1999(1) 1987(1)
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Title Rating Synopsis
A
Age of Chaos Buy See Shura No Toki
Apocalypse Meow Unevaluated See Cat Shit One
B

Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
Rent The End of the Edo Era was also the end of the Age of the Samurai. The arrival of the Westerners with their new ways and weapons was generating turmoil and chaos throughout Japan. The members of the Kakunojou Yuuyama Theater Troupe have spent ten years seeking to revenge the death of their Master. At the same time, a ronin named Youriro Akidzuki is searching for the Hasha no Kubi, (or the Head of Conqueror.) – a dangerous mystical treasure that is rumored to assure victory in combat. Their paths cross in the year 1853 in the city of Yokohama, at a time when shadow armies are locked in a struggle for power, control and the future of the country.
Basilisk Buy See Basilisk - Kouga Ninpou Chou

Basilisk - Kouga Ninpou Chou
Buy The Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years.
Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls Buy See Basilisk - Kouga Ninpou Chou

Brigadoon
Watch Marin is a happy 13year old orphan, who lives with her adoptive grandmother in a boarding house filled with friendly and interesting people. Prone to an overactive and overdramatic imagination, she makes the best of her life. It is only when the skies over the city fill with a shadow of another world and she becomes the target of monsters even more nasty than she can imagine, that she begins to understand how special she is. And only with the assistance of a found friend, a robotic warrior named Marlen Blue who is dedicated to protecting her, does she manage to escape from repeated attacks. Through her friendship with Marlen Blue, she comes to learn that both she and Marlen have come from the shadow world overhead, from a planet called Brigadoon.
C
Carried By The Wind Rent See Tsukikage Ran

Cat Shit One
Unevaluated The war against terrorism has gone private. War has always been a profitable business, so having private corporations field their own armies to fight against terrorism is just good business. Who else could protect those innocent bunnies from the religiously fervent turbaned donkey fanatics. It falls upon a small cadre of seasoned furry rabbit soldiers to take the battle to the donkey's home turf.
Crazy for Death Rent See Shigurui
D
Densetsu Sanada Juu Yuushi Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyuu Unevaluated See Sanada10
F

Furusato Japan
Watch It was the spring of 1956 (the 31st year of the Showa Era), roughly 10 years after the end of the Pacific War - a time when Japan was just recovering from the post-war poverty. A new teacher named Rieko Sakamoto is assigned to an elementary school in Kiba, downtown Tokyo. At the same time, Shizu Miyanaga, a transfer student from Kobe, joins the class #4 of the 6th grade. Shizu is a bright, pretty girl who dreams to become a singer. Blessed with both athletic and academic abilities, Shizu quickly becomes the center of everyone’s attention in the class. Akira, the son of a joiner and also the class president, starts to develop a special feeling for Shizu...
Furusato JAPAN (Japanese) Watch See Furusato Japan
G

Gintama
Watch Sakata Gintoki is a samurai living in an era when samurais are no longer needed. To add to his troubles, oppressive aliens have moved in to invade. Gintoki lives with Kagura and Shinpachi, taking on odd jobs to make the world a better place...and to pay their rent.
H

Hetalia Axis Powers
Watch Based on a popular web-released manga series by Hidekazu Himaruya, this has been described as a "cynical gag" story set in Europe in the years between WW1 and WW2 (1915-1939), using exaggerated caricatures of the different nationalities as portrayed by a gaggle of bishōnen boys. For example, the Italia Veneziano character is into pasta and women. The Deutsche (German) bishi loves potatoes and sausages, and Nippon is an otaku boy. Installments of the manga have jumped back and forth in setting from the ancient times to modern-day geopolitics. The manga's title comes the Japanese words for "useless" (hetare) and Italy (Italia).
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