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Thursday, July 21, 2011

B'T X



Related anime: B'TX Neo (OAV) (sequel)
Genres: action, adventure, science fiction

Themes: mecha
Objectionable content: Mild (mild bad language and/or bloodless violence)

Synopsis: 

Teppei is going to visit his older brother Kotaro Takamiya during a scientific conference after training with a mysterious woman named Karen for the past 11 years. However his plans for a family reunion become stalled when a woman named Aramis kills everyone in the conference to kidnap Kotaro. Teppei on the way to save his brother encounters a broken mechanical horse called B't X who revives thanks to Teppei's blood and is now his aide to save his brother from the mysterious Machine Empire.

25 episodes:

Friday, June 24, 2011

BOKURA GA ITA



Genres: comedydramaromanceslice of life
Themes: love

Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/ornudity)
Synopsis:
Nanami Takahashi is a high school student entering her first year. Immediately on her first day however, she becomes the victim of a practical joke by the school's most popular guy, Motoharu Yano, who coincidentally also ends up in her class. While the two get off to a rocky start, they soon find themselves falling in love with one another and begin dating. But their relationship is marred by Yano's past which includes the death of Yano's previous girlfriend, Nana Yamamoto, and the betrayal surrounding her death. To make matters more complicated her younger sister, Yuri, is in the same class as Yano and Nanami. As Yano struggles to come to grips with Nana's death and his unresolved feelings for her, so too must Nanami learn to understand Yano if the two hope to continue their relationship with one another.
26 Episodes:

Thursday, June 23, 2011

BLUE GENDER

Blue Gender


Alternative title:
ブルージェンダー (Japanese)
블루 젠더 (Korean)
Genres: adventuredramahorrorromancescience fiction
Themes: alienmechamilitarypost-apocalypticreal robot

Objectionable content: Intense (graphic depictions of sex, drug use, or bloodshed)

Synopsis:

Yuji Kaido was diagnosed with a serious disease and cryogenically frozen. He wakes up more than 20 years later--and Earth is nothing like what he remembers. A race of alien bugs called the Blue have taken over the planet, and a few select humans have retreated to the space station Second Earth. Yuji is taken back to Second Earth, where he learns that he and the other sleepers will be instrumental in defeating the Blue. And his relationship with one member of the recovery squad only serves to complicate things.

26 Episodes:

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

BLOOD+


Alternative title:
Blood, el último vampiro (Spanish)
Кровь+ (Russian)
بلود + (Arabic)
ブラッドプラス (Japanese)
血戰 (Chinese (Taiwan))
블러드+ (Korean)
Genres: action, drama, horror, mystery, romance, supernatural
Themes: giant weapons, Gore, katana, military, vampires

Objectionable content: Intense (graphic depictions of sex, drug use, or bloodshed)

Synopsis:

Throughout the passage of time and the shifts in backgrounds, a particular war continues to leave its mark on history, extending its influence into the modern world. There are two major groups involved in the ensuring war. The first group consists of monsters known as Chiropterans who can change their appearances into that of human beings. They are actually immortals who feed on the blood of the living. The second group is an organisation known as the "Red Shield", formed to track down these monsters and exterminate them. Otonashi Saya is a high-school girl who lives a peaceful life with her family. The only problem is, she has no recollections of her life beyond that of the past year. However, her happy life will be destroyed by an event that will lead her to her destined fate.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

BLEACH


Alternative title:
Блич (Russian)
بليتش (Arabic)
ブリーチ (Japanese)
死神 (Chinese (Taiwan))
漂靈 (Chinese (Hong Kong))
블리치 (Korean)
Genres: action, comedy, drama, supernatural
Themes: dark side, developing powers, giant weapons, Paranormal, secret identity, shinigami, spirits, superhumans, swords

Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)
Synopsis:
Kurosaki Ichigo is a 15 year old boy that has an ability to see ghosts/spirits. Because of his ability, he is able to meet a female death god (a.k.a Shinigami) named Kuchiki Rukia. To save his family and friends from unwanted soul-eating spirits (Hollows), Rukia transfers her Shinigami powers to Ichigo. As Rukia takes on a human shell, together they solve mysteries involving spirits and hollows until from the spirit world comes 2 other shinigamis explaining that it is illegal to transfer Shinigami powers to humans and Rukia exceeded the time limit to stay in the human world. After they sentence her death for breaking the laws, Ichigo snaps and swears to everyone he will retrieve Rukia by breaking into the spirit world.

Monday, June 20, 2011

BLACK LAGOON: THE SECOND BARAGE


Alternative title:
ブラックラグーン The Second Barrage (Japanese)

Genres: action, drama, psychological
Themes: girls with guns, pirates

Synopsis:

Okajima Rokuro - now known almost exclusively as 'Rock' - was once a typical, put-upon Japanese businessman. Then, on a routine business trip, he was kidnapped and ransomed by the Lagoon Company: a band of mercenary pirates operating out of the crime-riddled city of Roanapur. Abandoned by his bosses, he joined the Lagoon Company. Now he must try and stay afloat amongst the ever-shifting politics of the criminal underworld, while simultaneously avoiding death at the hands of his quick-tempered, gun-toting co-worker, 'Two Hand' Revy.

12 Episodes:

BLACK LAGOON


Genres: action, drama, psychological
Themes: girls with guns, pirates, terrorists

Objectionable content: Intense (graphic depictions of sex, drug use, or bloodshed)

Synopsis:

Okajima Rokuro is a Japanese businessman…in a town full of Japanese businessmen. His normal day consists of social drinking with clients and being kicked around by his bosses. He finally gets a break though, as he’s sent by his company to the tropical seas of Eastern China to deliver a disc…only his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries that were hired to steal it. “Rock” (as he is newly dubbed by his captors) catches the interest of the only female merc “Revy” as she thinks he’s worth a ransom, taking him hostage. However, the disc turns out to be more trouble than its worth, and complicates things both for Rock, and the mercenaries known as Black Lagoon.

12 Episodes:

Saturday, June 18, 2011

BLACK CAT


Genres: action, adventure, comedy, science fiction
Themes: assassins, bounty hunters

Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)
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Synopsis:


Train Heartnet is known as the Black Cat for his quick reactions to attacks and his title as Number Thirteen as member of the secret society Chronos. He is an unbeatable master gunman, a cold and unfeeling killer until he meets Saya, a bounty hunter, or "sweeper". She teaches him the value of a human life, and that one should live in order to repent for one's mistakes rather than die because of them. Through her, Train learns to love and care for other people as he too becomes a sweeper and travels with his partner Sven and the mysterious girl Eve.

BLACK BLOOD BROTHERS



Alternative title:
Bracia czarnej krwi (Polish)
Братство Чёрной Крови (Russian)
ブラック・ブラッド・ブラザーズ (Japanese)
黑血兄弟 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy, supernatural
Themes: vampires

Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)

Synopsis:

Ten years after the Holy War in Hong Kong, Mochizuki Jirou, aka the Silver Blade, and the lone hero who fought and defeated the Kowloon Children despite the loss of his lover, returns to Japan with his young brother, Mochizuki Kotaro. The two quickly discover that the Kowloon Children who survived the Holy War are seeking to infiltrate the “Special Zone”—a thriving city protected by an invisible barrier that will not allow Kowloon Children entrance—unless they’re invited. Red Bloods refer to the humans; Black Bloods are the vampires, and the Mochizuki Brothers are Old Blood—the last descendants of an elite clan of vampires. When Kotaro is abducted by one of the Kowloon Children, Jirou has no choice but to fight once more.

12 Episodes:

BETTERMAN



Alternative title:
ベターマン (Japanese)

Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, horror, mystery, psychological, science fiction
Themes: mecha

Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)

Synopsis:

A deadly virus known as "Algernon" has attacked humanity with vicious meaning. At the forefront of the battle is the mystifying Akamatsu Industries – disguised as a heavy machine factory in Tokyo, this undercover organization uses neural enhanced weapons known as NeuroNoids to battle Algernon. Also helping with their secret efforts is the mysterious mutant who is only known as "Betterman".

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