Friday, July 4, 2003

T-X (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)


T-X (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)

The T-X, also known as the Terminatrix, is a fictional character who appears in the 2003 film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, which is part of the Terminator franchise. The T-X is a cyborg assassin with a human female appearance; the character was portrayed by Kristanna Loken. The T-X has the ability to assume the appearance of other characters; therefore, several other cast members occasionally portrayed the T-X throughout the film. This ability to change shape is similar to that of the T-1000, the main antagonist of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-X

Friday, June 27, 2003

After...

After...

Alternative Names (異名):
After... (visual novel)

Developer(s)Ciel
Publisher(s)Ciel (PC), Pionesoft (DC, PS2)
Designer(s)Tony Taka (character designs)
Artist(s)Tony Taka
Platform(s)Windows 98, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Release date(s)JPN 2003-06-27 (Win), 2003-12-19 (Win, sweet kiss), 2004-02-26 (DC,PS2), 2005-08-26 (Win, story edition), 2007-10-12 (Win download)
Genre(s)Visual novel, Eroge
Mode(s)Single player
Rating(s)18+ (PC), All ages (DC, PS2)


After... is an eroge visual novel originally developed for the PC by Ciel. The art and character designs to the series are by Tony Taka. Early DVD version includes a guide book and soundtrack CD. Early CD version includes a guide book and mouse pad.


After... Wasureemu Kizuna (After...~忘れえぬ絆~)

It is the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 version of the original game with the pornographic elements removed. Early orders include music CD, and calendar for PS2 version; music CD, and school badge for DC version.


After... -Sweet Kiss-

It is a release containing only side story with desk accessories.


After... -Story Edition-

It is a Windows release with the original game and After... -Sweet Kiss-.


After... THE ANIMATION

A 2-episode OVA was produced under the After... THE ANIMATION name, published in Milky animation label.


Japanese Manga | Japanese Animation | Anime(アニメ) |

Friday, March 21, 2003

G-On Riders (G-onらいだーす)


Genre: Parody, Harem, Action


G-On Riders (G-onらいだーす) is a 2002 magical girl parody anime series. The "G" in "G-On" stands for "Glasses". Every female character in the series (including in one brief shot the Statue of Liberty) wears glasses, hence the title. The character designs are intended to both parody and glorify the meganekko fetish among many anime fans. Other fetishes the anime uses include maids, seifuku, nurse, lolita, and nun.
While the original 13 episodes primarily used fan service with nothing actually shown, the OVA included nude scenes of many in the female cast as well as a mock bukkake scene. The OVA was included as a DVD special.

Tuesday, February 4, 2003

G-taste (ジィ・テイスト)


Genre: Erotic


G-taste (ジィ・テイスト) is an erotic manga series illustrated by the artist Hiroki Yagami 八神ひろき (Yagami Hiroki) and serialised in Young Magazine Upper's. The "G" in "G-taste" is used symbolically as the letter between "F" (for "Fetish") and "H" (for "hentai"). The anime has been licensed in the US by Softcel Pictures. However the rights have since expired and now Critical Mass have since bought the rights. Not all of the series has been licensed as only the first five episodes have been released in the US. Episodes 6 and 7 have, to date, not been released in the US at all.

Hiroki Yagami places a great deal of emphasis on character design, and some of his female characters have become cult figures in Japanese anime. The G-taste comics consist of a collection of four scene erotic vignettes, which typically each focus on a particular female character. Characteristically, they feature very little male involvement in sexual acts, which contributes to the voyeuristic atmosphere. They are not usually very graphic, abiding by the Japanese legal restriction on not showing the lower genital areas. Some of the activities shown include masturbation, bondage, lesbian sex etc. Like most manga, it features female characters with highly improbable proportions. The comics seem to thrive on fetishes, and motifs of long legs, heels and short skirts are continuously recycled. Nevertheless, G-taste can be said to be artistic in terms of presentation, with slow and deliberate scenes showing close-ups of anatomy and of movement. Its art is relatively unique in Japanese anime.

The characters of G-taste include the stock figures of Japanese pornography, including the school girl, office clerk, secretary, nurse, waitress, receptionist, campaign girl, maid, doctor, teacher, and wife.
G-taste has also released a number of short films, mostly dramatisations of its comic stories. They are distinguished by realistic entourage. It has also spawned a number of computer games, including G-taste Mahjong for Arcade and PlayStation 2. But far and away the most successful part of the G-taste franchise is the resin figurines modelled on G-taste characters, which enjoy mainstream appeal in Japan and overseas. Some of the resin statues sell for up to USD $150 each. To an extent, the G-taste franchise demonstrates the crossover occurring between hentai, anime and comics.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-Taste

Thursday, January 23, 2003

Fate/stay night (フェイト/ステイナイト)


Genre: Action, Romance, Supernatural, Thriller


Fate/stay night (フェイト/ステイナイト, Feito/sutei naito) is a Japanese visual novel developed by Type-Moon, which was originally released as an adult game for the PC. An all-ages version of Fate/stay night, titled Fate/stay night Réalta Nua (Irish for "a new star"), was released for the PlayStation 2 on April 19, 2007, and features the Japanese voice actors from the anime series. On October 28, 2005, Type-Moon released a sequel to Fate/stay night, entitled Fate/hollow ataraxia. Its plot is set half a year after the events of Fate/stay night.

Fate/stay night has made transitions into other media. A manga series based on the visual novel was first serialized in the Japanese magazine Shōnen Ace and published by Kadokawa. The manga is illustrated by Japanese artist Nishiwaki Datto and is currently ongoing. In 2007 the manga was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Tokyopop. A twenty-four episode anime series created by Studio Deen aired in Japan between January 6, 2006, and June 16, 2006. The anime series were initially licensed and released in North America by Geneon Entertainment, however On July 3, 2008 Geneon Entertainment and Funimation Entertainment announced an agreement to distribute select titles in North America including Fate/stay night. On November 22, 2006, Type-Moon announced a series of light novels entitled Fate/zero, set as is a prequel to Fate/stay night. There have been four video games based on the series to date. Three fighting games have been released, Fate/unlimited codes for arcades and PlayStation2, Fate/tiger colosseum and its sequel Fate/tiger colosseum Upper for PSP. A PSP RPG entitled Fate/Extra was released on July 22, 2010. A Fate/stay night film was also created by Studio Deen and was released in Japanese theaters on January 23, 2010.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate/stay_night

Wednesday, December 18, 2002

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.

Sunday, November 17, 2002

.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.

Thursday, July 4, 2002

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


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.


Manga, Animation

Saturday, May 25, 2002

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.

FormatOriginal video animation
Directed byShinichiro Kimura
StudioWonder Farm
Released25 May 2002
Episodes3


Wikipedia: Cosplay Complex
Wikipedia: Anime and Manga Portal

Thursday, February 28, 2002

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


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.


Links

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


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