August-2008 Update List

.hack//Legend of the Twilight
Genres: adventure, comedy, fantasy, science fiction
Themes: Online computer gaming
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Shugo and his twin sister Rena, two new players in The World, (a future online roleplaying game) are caught up in an unknown agenda….

.hack//Liminality
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy, science fiction
Themes: online computer gaming
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: In the year 2007, an MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) known as ‘The World’ is released in the US and becomes insanely popular, spreading worldwide and reaching up to 20 million players….

Hatenkou Yuugi
Genres: adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy, mystery, supernatural
Plot Summary: A young girl named Rahzel is booted out of her house one day by her father with the instructions to ’see the world.’ And so her journey begins, However, she won’t be doing it alone … for she befriends a stoic young man named Alzeido seeking revenge for his father’s murder….

Minami-ke Okawari
Genres: comedy, slice of life
Plot Summary: More stories from the daily lives of the three Minami sisters: gentle Haruka, hyperactive Kana, and sarcastic Chiaki….

Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Genres: comedy, drama, slice of life
Themes: parody, school
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: More crazy antics abound as Nozomu Itoshiki, a.k.a Zetsubo-sensei, who is the worlds most negative person, tries to teach class 2-H about how life is filled with despair and darkness.A harder task than it first may seem, with his students being far from ordinary themselves…

_Summer
Genres: romance
Plot Summary: Takumi Kaizu is a boy that doesn’t have any particular interest in girls. During a school trip, his friend Osamu asks him whether or not he has a girl that he likes. From that point on, Takumi slowly becomes interested in the opposite sex, through the girls that he is accquainted with in his daily life…

Tenshi na Konamaiki
Genres: action, comedy, romance, supernatural
Themes: gender switch
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Megumi-chan is a girl with a secret past. She used to be a boy until she met a person she thought was a magic user. This person gave him/her a magical book from which a genie appears to grant one wish when blood is applied to it….

Angel Tales 2
Genres: comedy, magic
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: A year later, Goro has found a career and is going to school to become a veterinarian. The twelve “Angels” have sworn not to use thier powers as they continue to live with him.There are new problems to deal with as they grow together as a surrogate family and grow up…

2×2=Shinobuden
Genres: comedy
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Shinobu is a naive ninja-in-training. In order to test her ninja abilites, she must steal the panties of all the high school girls. The first house she stops at is the abode of one Kaede Shiranui…

Kaiji
Genres: action, psychological
Plot Summary: Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector….

Kemonozume
Genres: adventure, drama, horror, romance, supernatural
Plot Summary: A race of cannibal monsters called the Shokujinki exists and it is the job of the Kifuuken, an elite group of beast-hunters, to stop them. Toshihiko Momota, an expert swordsman and son of the Kifuuken organization’s leader…

D.Gray-man
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy, horror, supernatural
Themes: Historical
Plot Summary:

Allen Walker is a young Exorcist who has a cursed eye that can see the suffering of the Akumas created by The Millenium Earl. He travels to England to the Headquarters of the Exorcists where his Master has sent him to meet with the other Exorcists. The battle with the Millenium Earl and the Noah Family vs. the Exorcists intensifies when some of the best Exorcists begin to get killed by hoards of Akuma….

Hataraki Man
Genres: slice of life
Plot Summary: Hiroko Matsukata is a woman who works for a magazine company. She puts all she has into her work, and is known as a strong, straight-forward working girl, who can at will turn herself into Hataraki man (working man) mode. Despite Hiroko’s success at work, her life lacks romance….

Iriya no Sora UFO no Natsu
Genres: drama, romance, science fiction
Plot Summary: Asaba Naoyuki is an ordinary high school student. As a member of his school’s press club, he’s just spent the summer camping outside the local military base, in hopes of seeing the UFOs that are secretly kept there, according to local legend….

Ranma 1/2
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, romance
Themes: gender switch, Martial Arts
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Saotome Ranma, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the ‘cursed training ground’ of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs….

I My Me Strawberry Eggs
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, slice of life
Themes: crossdressing, school, Sports
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Amawa Hibiki is a young man just out of college, with an education to be an athletics teacher. He’s been having a hard time finding a job since he graduated, so all his money has gone towards living expenses….

Saiyuki Gunlock
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, supernatural
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku fight their way to their goal, their path is fraught with internal strife….

Saiyuki Reload
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, supernatural
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Priest Genjo Sanzo and companions Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku maintain their westward journey to stop the resurrection of the demon Gyoumao….

Mokke
Genres: slice of life, supernatural
Plot Summary: This is a story about two sisters: Shizuru is a high school student who is able to see ghosts while her younger sister, Mizuki, is haunted by these apparitions. Frustrated by their abilities, their parents decided to entrust the sisters into the care of their grandparents who live in the countryside….

Mai Otome
Genres: action, comedy, drama, magic, psychological, romance, slice of life
Themes: Magical Girl
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Arika Yumemiya has traveled far in search of her goal: the prestigious Gualderobe Academy. This is the school where young girls are trained to become Otomes, protectors of royal leaders throughout the lands….

Naruto Shippuden
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, supernatural
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Naruto Shippuuden is the continuation of the original animated TV series Naruto.The story revolves around an older and slightly more matured.Uzumaki Naruto and his quest to save his friend Uchiha Sasuke from the grips of the snake-like Shinobi, Orochimaru….

Binbou Shimai Monogatari
Genres: comedy, drama, slice of life
Plot Summary: The Yamada sisters, Kyo (15) and Asu (9), are students studying in secondary and primary schools respectively. Their mother has passed away while their father ran away after incurring debts due to gambling. Despite the difficult circumstances, both of them decide to overcome the unhappiness and welcome their days with enthusiasm and pride….

Angel Tales
Genres: comedy, magic, romance
Themes: Magical Girl
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Goro’s down on his luck. He keeps losing jobs and has little money. One day he meets a fortune-teller outside of a pet store who predicts that his luck will change….

Kurau Phantom Memory
Genres: action, drama, psychological, science fiction
Themes: Mecha
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: It is the year 2100, and on the colonised Moon, a project is under way to explore new aspects of energy. Amami Kurau is the daughter of the chief scientist on the project, and on her 12th birthday…

Kyo kara Maoh
Genres: adventure, comedy, fantasy
Themes: bishounen
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Yuri Shibuya was living a pretty normal life. That changed the day he was dunked into a toilet after an attempt to save a classmate from a gang of bullies. Instead of just getting a good soaking, he’s pulled in….