Haibane Renmei (灰羽連盟)

Haibane Renmei (灰羽連盟)

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Haibane Renmei (灰羽連盟 lit. Charcoal Feather Federation) is a 13-episode anime series based on the work of Yoshitoshi ABe. It began as an original dōjinshi comic series, The Haibanes of Old Home (オールドホームの灰羽達 Ōrudo-hōmu no Haibane-tachi), but this was quickly superseded by the anime and was never completed. The anime series was also broadcast by Animax in its respective networks around the world, including its English networks in Southeast Asia under the French title Ailes Grises (Grey Wings).

The series follows Rakka, a newly hatched Haibane (灰羽) (a being resembling an angel), and other characters in the city of Glie (グリ guri), a walled town with a single gate through which only a mysterious group, the Toga, are allowed to enter or exit.

The music for the series is composed by Kow Otani.

.hack//Sign

.hack//Sign

Tsukasa (front), Aura (right), Subaru (left).

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Science fiction

.hack//Sign (trademarked as .hack//SIGN) is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and produced by studio Bee Train and Bandai Visual, that makes up one of the four original storylines of the .hack franchise. Twenty six original episodes aired on TV and three additional bonus episodes (Intermezzo, Unison, and Gift) were released on DVD as original video animations (OVAs). The series features character design by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, known for his work on Evangelion, and screenplay by Kazunori Itō, who penned the screenplay for the first Ghost in the Shell movie. The score was composed by Yuki Kajiura, marking her second collaboration with Kōichi Mashimo.

.hack//Sign is influenced by psychological and sociological subjects such as anxiety, escapism, and interpersonal relationships. The series focuses on a Wavemaster (magic user) named Tsukasa, a player character of a virtual-reality massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) called The World. Tsukasa wakes up to find himself in a dungeon in The World, but he suffers from short-term memory loss as he wonders where he is and how he got there. The situation gets worse when he discovers he is unable to log out and is trapped in the game. From then on, along with other players Tsukasa embarks on a quest to figure out the truth behind his abnormal situation.

The show premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo between April 4, 2002 and September 25, 2002. It was broadcast across East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Latin America by the anime television network, Animax; and across the United States, Nigeria, Canada, and United Kingdom by Cartoon Network, YTV, and AnimeCentral (English and Japanese) respectively. It is distributed across North America by Bandai Entertainment.

The storyline moves at a leisurely pace, and has multiple layers — the viewer is often fed false information and red herrings, potentially leading to confusion until the true nature of events is unveiled towards the end of the series.[9] It relies on character development and has few action scenes; most of the time character interaction is presented in the form of dialogue. English language reception to .hack//Sign has been generally positive, but some of these sources have negatively criticised the series as a result of its slow pacing and character-driven storyline.

UFO Princess Valkyrie

UFO Princess Valkyrie

異名(Alternative Names):
UFO Princess Valkyrie, UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie, 円盤皇女ワるきゅーレ, Yūfō Purinsesu Warukyūre

Genre: Comedy, Magical girl, Sci fi, Harem, Romance

TV anime
Original run: July 4, 2002 – 2004

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UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (円盤皇女ワるきゅーレ, Yūfō Purinsesu Warukyūre), aka UFO Princess Valkyrie, is an anime series based on the manga of the same name, which has run for at eleven volumes, and still seems to be continuing. It was created by the manga group Kaishaku, who are also known for creating Steel Angel Kurumi.

It follows the story of Kazuto Tokino and the alien Princess, Valkyrie, who gives half her soul to Kazuto to save him after accidentally crashing her spaceship into Kazuto's family owned public bathhouse and nearly killing him. The splitting up of her soul turned her into a child, but whenever she kisses Kazuto, Valkyrie would returns to adult for a limited duration, along with the return of her special powers.

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie was directed by Shigeru Ueda for Media Factory Inc. and initially ran for 12 episodes. Since then there has been a two episode OVA, a 12 episode Season 2, a six episode Season 3, and a two episode Season 4. English translation and production of UFO Ultramaiden is by ADV Films. In 2008, UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie became one of over 30 ADV titles whose North American rights were transferred to Funimation Entertainment.

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Manga, Animation

Cosplay Complex (こすぷれCOMPLEX)

Genre: Comedy

Cosplay Complex (こすぷれCOMPLEX) is a comedy anime original video animation that is centered around the after school cosplay club at East Oizumi Academy. The girls in the club practice so that they may one day be able to compete in cosplay competitions.

Format	Original video animation
Directed by	Shinichiro Kimura
Studio	Wonder Farm
Released	25 May 2002
Episodes	3

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Wikipedia: Cosplay Complex
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Ichigo 100% (2002~)

Ichigo 100%

Alternative Names (異名):
Ichigo 100%, いちご100%, 딸기 100%, Strawberry 100%

Genre: Harem comedy, Romance

Manga
Author: Mizuki Kawashita
Publisher: Shueisha
English publisher: Viz Media
Demographic: Shōnen
Magazine: Weekly Shōnen Jump
Original run: February 2002 – August 2005
Volumes: 19

Game: Strawberry 100% Strawberry Diary
Developer: Takara Tomy
Publisher: Takara Tomy
Platform: PlayStation 2
Released: February 10, 2005

Original video animation: Ichigo 100%: Love Begins!?
Studio: Madhouse
Released: September 2004
Episodes: 1

TV anime
Director: Osamu Sekita
Studio: Madhouse
Network Animax, TV Asahi
Original run: 5 April 2005 – 21 June 2005
Episodes: 26 paired episodes; last not broadcast

Original video animation
Director: Tomoki Kobayashi
Studio: Madhouse
Episodes: 4

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Strawberry 100% (いちご100%, Ichigo Hyaku Pasento) is a Japanese harem manga series written and illustrated by Mizuki Kawashita. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2002 to August 2005, then collected in nineteen tankōbon volumes by publisher Shueisha between August 2002 and December 2005. The series' licensing rights were later acquired by Viz Media, first publishing the series in Germany after partnering with publishing house Tokyopop. The series was later released in North America.

The manga was later adapted into an anime and several OVAs by Japanese animation studio Madhouse, running twenty-six episodes. The anime aired on Animax and TV Asahi from April 2005 to July 2005.

A PlayStation 2 video game was later released, titled Strawberry 100%: Strawberry Diary (いちご100%ストロベリーダイアリー, Ichigo 100%: Sutoroberi Daiari). The game was published and developed by Takara Tomy, and released on February 10, 2005 in Japan. The game was re-released under the Tomy Best Collection on March 30, 2006.

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Links

http://browse.minitokyo.net/652/ichigo-100-percent/
Strawberry 100% - Wikipedia

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