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School Days

Posted on April 25, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

I’ll admit that I like to watch an occassional romance. When I saw School Days, I thought I’d give it a watch since it’s been awhile since I saw a romance. The anime starts up like one… Makoto Ito begins as an innocent and naive guy who many girls crush on. He has a crush…

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Pale Cocoon

Posted on April 13, 2011April 16, 2011 by Chris Kincaid

If we lost our written memory would we remember our history? Pale Cocoon is a 23 minute OVA about a boy who reconstructs data from the archives. He is interested in what Earth used to look like on the surface, before he and his people built cities deep underground. One of the files he reconstructs…

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Highschool of the Dead

Posted on April 11, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Highschool of the Dead ( H.O.T.D.) follows a zombie apocalypse, anime style. It all starts during a typical day at high school. Takashi Komuro was skipping class as usual when he noticed a strange man at the school gate. The PhysEd teachers confront the man…well being a zombie series, the stranger turns out to be…

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Howl’s Moving Castle

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

Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a spell on Sophie. In a life-changing adventure, Sophie climbs aboard…

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Bleach

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

Bleach is full of bad ass one liner moments. That is why I like it. Without further ado, the synopsis: Bleach opens with the Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki dropping into teenager Ichigo Kurosaki bedroom. (She also spends the night in his closet throughout the series. Sounds a little like a teenage boy’s fantasy eh?) A…

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Inuyasha

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

Inuyasha opens in feudal Japan. The half-demon Inuyasha attacks a village to steal the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls. The Jewel enhances the possessor’s powers and grants a single wish. Inuyasha seeks to use the jewel to turn himself into a full-blooded demon. He is stopped by Kikyo, a young priestess, who seals him to…

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