Razor Flavored - Anime: July 2006

Love Hina

Keitaro Urashima, hes a pervert a loser and he's also the landlord of an all girls dormatory.

Keitaro failed getting into the university of his choice twice and he got kicked out by his parents. Now as his last resort he tries to stay at his grandmothers hotel, the Hinata Inn and retake the exam as a ronin (those who have failed the entrance examination for a university) It just so happens that the Hinata house is now a female dormitory. If you couldn't tell before this is where DLLRS comes from. Oh and dont forget to check out the OVA "Love Hina Again" where Keitaro's sister comes into the mix.

Love Hina is a Romance Comedy thats another notch on the Shounen Harem Genre, one guy and alot of girls. It just happens to be based on one of the funniest mangas ever and lives up to it. The comedy overplays the romance though but not a problem. The character desighns were interesting and you'll tend to get sucked into the Love Hina universe. Be warned though it contains adult situeations, inuendo, perversion and fanservice.

Hey did you know? If two people who are in love go to Tokyo University, they’ll live happily ever after...

Azumanga Daioh

Azumanga Daioh is the grand summit of total and complete randomness. This is a commedy by genre and I found it uber cute and funny. 26 episodes of interesting.

Ohhhhh look at the uber cute penguine!

It generally centers around highschool girls each with their own unique and colourfull personalities. Some of the teachers get in on the action too but it tends to only focus on the main characters. There are pretty much only 2 boys in the entire anime. There is no compelling plot line that grabs you, no in depth analysis of reality and no deap messages to unravel. Just sit back and behold the extremely spontanous funnyness. Its simple and sweet. You'll enjoy yourselves with this one.

Canvas 2

Canvas 2 was a very good love/comedy anime. The genre seems to be very popular in Japan and is growing. The chracters are interesting and unique enough to make you care and hold your attention. In case you were wondering Canvas 1 is the video game Canvas 2 is based off.

Ok so with colourfull characters, funny situations, mild perverted humour, tragic romance and intense drama scenes Canvas 2 comes highly recommended. 24 episodes.

Understand the joy that can be obtained from spending meaningless time from someone...

Our hero is Kamikura Hiroki, an art teacher in training who doesn't draw any more for some mysterious reason, ironic. He is currently living with his cousin Housen Ellse after her parents were involved in a car accident. She also attends the same school her brother is training at. Kiri Kikyou,his childhood crush, suddenly makes a return in his life by becoming the new Phys.Ed. teacher. What ensues is a complicated love relationship that is simultaniously humourous and tragic while Kamikura deals with his own personal issues and tries to regain his confidence as an artist.

Gunslinger Girl

Another nice anime series that im actually close to finishing. About 13 episodes to my knowledge. Just a little reminder that I whatch most of these animes in Japanese with subs.

Little girls with guns, enough said.

A government organisation that saves the lives of little girls also use these little girls as anti-terrorist elite operatives. Due to their "conditioning" they have little memory of who they were resulting in almost all the story revolving around the relationship between the girls and their supervisors. Of course guns, really kool guns, really big guns. The gun senes are fast and action packed. The this anime series is depression trying to supress moments of heart warming kindness. When you don't get that fealing of overwhelming sincere kindness you will instead get an earie uneasyness. Like a fake smile trying to hide a secret most of the moments are truly sad whether or not it is appearant from observing the characters.

Justice doesn't come without a price...

All the episodes can be found on YouTube

Elfen Lied

Elfin Lied is officialy my new favourite anime series. I have fallen completely in love with it but whatching this will make you feel pain...

Extreme violence, intense drama, uber cuteness, love, comedy and phsychological mahem. 13 episodes with one secret episode making it 14 total.

Lucy is a creature called a Diclonius with telekenetic abilities in the form of "vectors." She escapes from a research facility where she was held captive and makes a sadistic masacre on her way out. Kouta and his cousin Yuka find Lucy who has lost her memory and is hence forth called Nyu by them, Nyu is surprising helpless and docile. Soon their happy little family grows with the addition of Mayu, a runaway from an abusive household, and Nana, another Diclonius. Together they have formed and interesting and yet still loving family but the secrets of the Diclonius and a mysterious organisation threatens that.

What I have come to know and love about Elfin Lied is that it explores the cruelty and depression in this world and how good people try to fight against that, but that's just my opinion. I walked away from whatching this anime with a desire to fight just like that. So not a typical happy-go-lucky anime series but in the end, no regrets (smile). Good people shouldn't get hurt....