Sunday, December 31, 2006

Eiken (エイケン)


Genre: Comedy, harem


Eiken (エイケン) is a heavily fanservice-themed manga and anime series created by Seiji Matsuyama. The story depicts the life of schoolboy Densuke Mifune after he is forced into the mysterious Eiken Club, which is populated only by females, several of whom have enormous breasts.

The manga series ran for eighteen volumes, and additionally included a series guidebook. A number of radio drama episodes and two OVAs (the latter roughly based on a volume 3 storyline) have been produced.

The first twelve manga volumes have been released in North America. The first three volumes were rated 16+, while subsequent volumes were rated 18+.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiken_(manga)

Flash Forward (2006)

Flash Forward

Genre: Children's television series
Created by: Bernice Vanderlaan, Alyson Feltes, Daphne Ballon
Directed by: Alex Chapple, John Bell, Milan Cheylov, Neill Fearnley, Graeme Lynch, Bruce McDonald, Ron Oliver, David Straiton
Creative director(s): John May
Starring: Jewel Staite, Ben Foster, Asia Vieira, Theodore Borders
Country of origin: United States
Language(s): English


Flash Forward is an American Disney Channel Original Series produced in Canada for pre-teens and teenagers which aired on both the Disney Channel and ABC during the mid-1990s. The show took a look at the lives of two best friends and neighbors since birth, Tucker and Rebecca, and their respective adventures as they travel through the world of eighth grade. The show was produced by Atlantic Films in association with the Disney Channel (Buena Vista International, Inc.). Flash Forward is notable for being the first of the original series created by Disney Channel in the late 1990s.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Forward

Ginban Kaleidoscope (銀盤カレイドスコープ)

Ginban Kaleidoscope (銀盤カレイドスコープ)


Genre: Drama, Romantic comedy, Sports


Ginban Kaleidoscope (銀盤カレイドスコープ, Ginban Kareidosukōpu, lit. Skating Rink Kaleidoscope) is a series of light novels written by Rei Kaibara and illustrated by Hiro Suzuhira. The manga adaptation is authored by Jun Hasegawa. There was an anime adaptation of the first arc of the novels, aired weekly on TV Tokyo from October 8, 2005 to December 24, 2005.
The series won the 2nd Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award Grand Prize.

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Best Student Council (極上生徒会)

Best Student Council (極上生徒会)


Genre: Comedy, Slice of life story


Best Student Council (極上生徒会, Gokujō Seitokai) is an anime television series produced by Konami and J.C.Staff which originally aired on TV Tokyo from April to September 2005. A PS2 dating sim game of the same name based on the anime was also made by Konami. The development staff includes composer Yoko Shimomura of Kingdom Hearts fame.

The North American DVD was released by ADV Films in 2007.

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Di Gi Charat (デ・ジ・キャラット)


Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Science fiction, Romance


Di Gi Charat (デ・ジ・キャラット, De Ji Kyaratto) is a Japanese anime and manga series created by Koge-Donbo. The series follows a catgirl named Di Gi Charat "Dejiko" who was adopted as the mascot of Broccoli's retail chain store, Gamers. The original anime series and its original video animations (OVAs) are set in a Gamers store. There are twenty Gamers stores across Japan. Gamers opened a store in the United States in 2001, Anime Gamers, that is located in Los Angeles.

Several specials, OVAs, and movies have been adapted as prequels, sequels and alternate stories. Trading cards and video games are among the many forms of merchandise released for the series.

The original series, movie, and Leave it to Piyoko is licensed in North America by Synch-Point. The manga series is licensed by several companies.