Gift (ギフト)

Gift (visual novel)

Genre: Drama, Harem, Fantasy, Romance

Gift (ギフト, Gifuto) is an adult Japanese visual novel developed by Moonstone which was released as a limited edition version on May 27, 2005 playable on the PC as a DVD; a regular edition followed on June 10, 2005. The original game was a collaboration project where the company Circus helped to produce it, though Moonstone did the majority of the work involved. Gift is Moonstone's fourth title, and was followed up with a fandisc called Gift Rainbow-colored Stories released on January 27, 2006 for the PC. A PlayStation 2 version named Gift: Prism was released on October 19, 2006 by Sweets with adult content removed. The gameplay in Gift follows a plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters. The story revolves around Haruhiko Amami, a male high school student living in a town where a rainbow is always seen in the sky.

A set of five drama CDs, one for each heroine, was released by Lantis between September 2005 and February 2006. There have been five light novels written, two Internet radio shows produced, along with a manga series serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen magazine Comptiq between January 2006 and February 2007. An anime adaptation, produced by Oriental Light and Magic, aired in Japan between October 2006 and December 2006, containing twelve episodes.

Akikan! (2007-)

Akikan!

Alternative names: アキカン!, Empty Can!
Genre: Romantic Comedy, Action

Light novel
Author: Riku Ranjō
Illustrator: Hiro Suzuhira
Publisher: Shueisha
Demographic: Male
Original run: May 24, 2007 –
Volumes: 9

Manga
Illustrator: Momotaro Miyano
Publisher: Shueisha
Demographic: Seinen
Magazine: Ultra Jump
Original run: October 18, 2008 –

TV anime
Director: Yūji Himaki
Studio: Brain's Base
Original run: January 3, 2009 – March 28, 2009
Episodes: 12 (List of episodes)

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Akikan! (アキカン!, lit. Empty Can!) is a Japanese light novel series by Riku Ranjō, with illustrations by Hiro Suzuhira, known for her artistry in Shuffle!. The first novel was released on May 24, 2007, and as of April 24, 2009, eight volumes have been published by Shueisha under their Super Dash Bunko label. A manga adaptation began serialization in Ultra Jump on October 18, 2008, an anime adaptation began airing on January 3, 2009. On December 22, 2008, an early release of the first episode was streamed on the internet through Bandai Channel. On the day the final episode aired on March 28, 2009, an Akikan! OVA was announced to follow on 23 October

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Story

Akikan (”Empty Can”) is the unlikely story of high school boy Kakeru Daichi, whose can of melon juice soda magically transforms into a human girl. More "akikan" girls begin appearing, each of them needing to be infused with carbon dioxide from their respective drink types to survive. The akikans were created as part of the 'Akikan Elect' to determine whether steel cans or aluminium cans are superior. The akikans must battle each other until only the strongest can type is left standing.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akikan!

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Light novels | Manga series | Anime series | Anime OVAs | Anime (year of release missing) | Anime of 2009 | School anime and manga | Manga of 2008 | Romantic comedy anime and manga | Shōnen manga | Super Dash Bunko

Happiness!

Happiness!



Genre: Magical girl, Romantic comedy



Happiness! (はぴねす!, Hapinesu!) is a Japanese adult visual novel originally for the PC first released on October 21, 2005, and followed by the release of a fan-disk sequel Happiness! Re:Lucks on July 28, 2006. Both games were developed, produced, and published by Windmill. Later, a manga illustrated by Rino Fujii based on the games was created and first serialized in the first issue of the manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on June 27, 2006. A light novel was first published by Harvest in April 2006, and so far three volumes have been released. An anime based on the game aired in Japan between October and December 2006, containing twelve episodes. Happiness! was also ported to the PlayStation 2 by Marvelous Interactive as Happiness! De:Luxe on January 25, 2007 with the adult content removed; a special OVA episode of the Happiness! anime was released with the limited edition of this game.

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+.

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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

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

24 (TV series)

24 (TV series)

Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama
Format: Serial drama
Created by: Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Elisha Cuthbert, Dennis Haysbert, James Morrison, Reiko Aylesworth, Kim Raver
D. B. Woodside, Penny Johnson Jerald, Roger Cross, Gregory Itzin, Cherry Jones, Louis Lombardi, Annie Wersching, Sarah Clarke and others
Composer(s): Sean Callery
Country of origin: United States
Language(s): English

Executive producer(s): Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran, Brian Grazer, Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, Kiefer Sutherland, Jon Cassar, Manny Coto, David Fury
Brad Turner, Brannon Braga, Alex Gansa, Chip Johannessen
Location(s): Los Angeles, South Africa, Washington, D.C., New York City
Running time: 43 minutes
Production company(s): Imagine Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Television
Real Time Productions, Teakwood Lane Productions
Distributor: 20th Century Fox Television

Original channel: Fox
Original run November 6, 2001 – May 24, 2010
Related shows: 24: Conspiracy, The Rookie

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24 is an American serial drama television series starring Kiefer Sutherland as federal agent Jack Bauer, produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide. The show is presented in the semblance of real time, with each 24-episode season covering 24 hours in the life of Bauer. First broadcast on November 6, 2001, the show ran for 192 episodes over eight seasons, with the series finale broadcast on May 24, 2010. In addition, the television movie 24: Redemption was broadcast between seasons six and seven, while a feature film is also planned.

Bauer is the only character to have appeared in all eight seasons, as well as appearing in every episode of the series. The series begins with him working for the Los Angeles based Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU), for whom he is characterized as a highly proficient agent, but one taking an "ends justify the means" approach regardless of the perceived morality of some of his actions. Throughout the series most of the main plot elements unfold like a political thriller. A typical plot has Jack Bauer racing against the clock as he attempts to thwart multiple terrorist plots, including presidential assassination attempts, nuclear, biological and chemical threats, cyber attacks, as well as conspiracies dealing with government and corporate corruption.

The show has won numerous awards, including Best Drama Series at the 2003 Golden Globe Awards and Outstanding Drama Series at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards. Kiefer Sutherland has been awarded Best Actor – Television Series Drama at the 2001 Golden Globe Awards, and Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards. At the conclusion of its eighth and final season, 24 became the longest-running espionage-themed television drama ever, surpassing both Mission: Impossible and The Avengers.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_(TV_series)

Asu no Yoichi! (2006~)

Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi

Alternative names:
Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi, 明日のよいち! Asu no Yoichi!, lit. Tomorrow's Yoichi
Genre: Romantic comedy, Martial Arts, Harem

Manga
Author: Yū Minamoto
Publisher: Akita Shoten
English publisher: Tokyopop
Demographic: Shōnen
Magazine: Monthly Shōnen Champion
Original run: October 6, 2006 –
Volumes: 12

TV anime
Director: Rion Kujo
Writer Hideyuki Kurata
Composer: Kikuya Tomoki
Studio: AIC
Licensor: Sentai Filmworks
Network: TBS, CBC, Sun Television, BS-i
Original run: January 8, 2009 – March 26, 2009
Episodes: 12

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Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi (明日のよいち! Asu no Yoichi!, lit. Tomorrow's Yoichi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yū Minamoto. It has been serialized in Monthly Shōnen Champion since October 2006. The manga is licensed and released in Chinese by Sharp Point Press. The manga is licensed in North America by Tokyopop as Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi!.

It has been adapted into an anime series by AIC and was broadcast in Japan on TBS between January 8, 2009 and March 26, 2009.

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Plot

After learning martial arts in the mountains for 17 years under his father's teachings, Yoichi Karasuma's father orders Yoichi to learn martial arts with the Ikaruga family in the city, as he has nothing left to teach him. The current head of the Ukiha Divine Wind Style Swordplay school of martial arts, Ibuki Ikaruga, and her siblings gradually accept Yoichi as a freeloader at their dojo. In addition to domestic problems, Yoichi deals with Washizu's jealousy of Ibuki and Yoichi's supposed relationship and his school life.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asu_no_Yoichi!

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Manga series | Anime series | Martial arts anime and manga | Romantic comedy anime and manga | Shōnen manga | Anime of 2009 | Manga of 2006 | Harem anime and manga | Ecchi anime and manga | Sentai Filmworks | Tokyopop titles | Sharp Point Press titles