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Category: Anime Reviews

Chobits

Posted on February 1, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Every college student needs a computer who can carry on a conversation. Chobits, created by Clamp, tells the story of Hideki Motosuwa, a student trying to qualify for college. Hideki dreams of a girlfriend and a persocom, an android used as a personal computer. One evening he finds a trashed persocom with long flowing hair….

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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Posted on January 31, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

One thousand years after a war devastated much of the Earth, humanity clings to existence at the fringes of a vast, polluted forest inhabited by monstrous insects. Only Nausicaä, the princess of the tiny realm of the Valley of the Wind, grasps the environmental significance of the forest. She sees beyond petty wars and national…

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Wolf’s Rain

Posted on January 30, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

The world dies a slow freezing death. Long thought extinct, wolves know of a legend that just might save a few lucky souls. When the Lunar Flower blooms the gate to Paradise shall open. Wolf’s Rain is set in the far future during the next Ice Age. Humanity is secluded to a harsh short life…

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Heiress of the Phantom Thief

Posted on January 30, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Chizuko is a young heiress living with her aunt and uncle, who are plotting to inherit her fortune. She is rescued by the mysterious phantom thief, 20 Faces, and becomes part of his family of thieves. Chizuko is an avid mystery book reader; if it wasn’t for the skills she picked up from these books…

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Last Exile

Posted on January 29, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

A rate of 7 star difficulty can quickly change the life of a sky courier. Last Exile is a steampunk sky-venture that follows Claus Valca and his navigator Lavie Head through a tough courier mission that killed a more experienced pilot and plunges them between 2 warring nations and the Guild, an organization that seemingly…

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Ghost in the Shell

Posted on January 28, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

The world survived a nuclear and biological war. Can it survive the cyber war as well? Ghost in the Shell is a police thriller set in the not too distant future. The world is now driven by cybernetics, and its soldiers are augmented to the point of super human abilities. The series takes place in…

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