After a less than stellar fall and winter season, I'm happy to say that Spring is looking up for us anime watchers. To tell the truth, I only watch Bleach and Naruto these days, mainly out of habit (all the fillers...though Bleach isn't too bad).
So here are a few I'm excited to see:
Nana For those who don't know about Nana, it's probably one of the best manga I've read. Even though I'm not keen on a lot of shojo stuff, this one just sucked me in. The story is about two girls named Nana, both come from very different lifestyles and are VERY different people. Somehow, while moving to Tokyo they meet on a train, then end up as roommates. So their story begins...
And then there is Host Club. I can't tell you how excited I am to see this animated. The manga is HYSTERICAL. I laugh my ass off when I read it. Not a deep story, but just friggen funny. For those that don't know, a Host Club is an establishment of sorts in Japan that caters to men/women. Customers go there and pay to have drinks poured for them by beautiful 'hosts'.
In this story, a bunch of bored rich kids have set up a host club at their school. Led by Takami, aka The King, the group has quite the reputation. Enter Haruhi, boyish looking girl with an apathetic personality. She breaks an expensive vase and is bullied into becoming a host--mistaken for being a girlie looking boy. She has to work off her debt (did I mention she's a lowly poor scholarship student?) under the reign of Takami. Luckily he's dumber than a box of melted crayons.
If your a fan of anime, I highly recommend these.
Posted by Zoso at March 18, 2006 11:58 PMThanks. It's always nice to get steered in the right direction. It's almost daunting when you ride up to FYE and there's just this WALL of stuff there, and you don't know what the hell you ought to be looking at.
Posted by: J00kst3r at March 19, 2006 07:25 PMI highly recommend the manga. The shows will be aired in Japan this year, but more than likely be snatched up by subbers. At the least, the raws will probably be availible online. *shrug*
Posted by: Zoso at March 19, 2006 09:14 PM