Princess Tutu! "Quack!!"
School finally finished yesterday, which means I now have time to devote every waking moment to watching anime...that is until I have to start studying for my finals. I'll do that in a few days..hehe..for now, I get to watch anime! Yay
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So here are a few to choose from for now. Tell me which one you'd like to borrow, and I'll bring that tomorrow. ^_^ (all synopsis' were taken from AnimeNfo http://www.animenfo.com/ )
1: Hikaru no Go - Shindoh Hikaru, a 6th grader, finds an old go table in the attic of his grandfather's house. He sees some blood stains on the go table, and tries to wipe it off... when a ghost dressed in Heian period clothes pops out, and takes over his body.
The ghost happens to be Fujiwara no Sai, a member of the court during the Heian period. Sai was one of the two men who was assigned as the go tutor to the emperor. The other tutor was envious of Sai, and challenged him to a go match -- whoever wins gets to stay as the court's go master. Sai's opponent cheats during the match, and before Sai could say anything about it, the opponent accused Sai of cheating. Sai was banished from the court, and because of regret and anger, he committed suicide. But as with all unrepented souls, Sai was unable to leave the material world... until he is able to master go, and get one step closer to "kami no itte," or god's hand.
2: Princess Tutu - Kinkan-chou is a circular shape town with castle-walls surrounding it. With its calm scenery including a park, a theatre, lines of shops, it looks as if just any ordinary town... but why is it a slightly unusual? The people who live there are all nice, but these are including cats, crocodiles, all of which can speak!
In this town, there is a large performing arts school, Kinkan-gakuen, where a girl named Ahiru learns ballet. She is a little clumsy but tries as hard as anyone else, and is always scolded and made fun of but also loved by her friends, Pike and Ririe.
Ahiru has an upperclassman, a boy whom she is fond of, Myuto. He is very good at dancing, not so talkative, but handsome; he is Ahiru's Prince. However, Ahiru feels Myuto's eyes look lonely. Just once, she would love to see her Prince smile! With those wishes in mind, she continues to work hard with her ballet lessons. But Myuto has a very beautiful, smart girlfriend Ru, who is even better than her at dance. To think that someone like herself would be able to dance with Myuto is just a dream in another dream. Will Ahiru be able to become a Princess and dance with her Prince?
3: Jungle wa itsumo Hare nochi Guu - Here is a village in a peaceful jungle. The blazing sun and tropical trees. The people build a village around the elder. Food depends on hunting. The festival of every month. There is an animal outside of the village. A child's snack is freshly-picked banana. Really the living which seems to be the jungle. However, there are actually a television and a game, too and children live like the today's kids.
The boy called Hale lived here. One day, his mother brought one pretty girl from the town. Her name is Goo. Hale wanted to make friends with her. But, next morning, the face of Goo had changed. And the character changed into the extremely unfriendly one, too. Furthermore, she swallows the banana, swallows the small bird, swallows human, and swallows everything. And, somehow swallowed people live in her body !? Who is Goo on earth?
Hale is always led a dance by the paranormal phenomena which Goo causes. This is the surrealism gag anime with the big roar of laughter to such an unfortunate boy!
4: Fruits Basket - Fruits Basket is the story of a young high-school girl, Honda Tohru. Having lost her mother in a car accident, she has come to live alone in a tent in the forest near her school. Never a quiitter, she strives to honor her mother's memory and work hard to do the best she can with her life.
One day, she happens across a house in the woods, not far from her makeshift abode. The residents, Sohma Yuki and his cousin Shigure, aren't total strangers. Sohma is the coolest guy at Tohru's school!
Will the chance encounter lead to new friendships, and perhaps, a new romance? Why all the talk of the Chinese Zodiac? Why is the title "Fruits Basket"?
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5: Full Metal Alchemist - In this world, there exist people with special abilities to manipulate objects and transform those objects into other objects. These people are known as alchemist. However, this manipulation process does not come without cost, as the basic alchemy rules stated that something with equivalent cost is needed to perform the manipulation.
The main character is a famous alchemist named Edward Elric, who loses his little brother Alphonse in an accident. Edward manages to contain his brother's soul in a large piece of armor suit. However, merging the soul and body of the dearly departed comes with great cost, so the two brothers must embark on a journey to find a mysterious power amplifier which can reduce the cost to manipulate objects greatly.
6: .//hack Legend of Twilight's Bracelet - The story revolves around a network game called "The World". It takes place four years after the "Twilight" incident (from the PS2 game), which not only shook the game world, but also the real world.
CyberConnect Corporation (CC Corporation), the creator and operator of The World, held a "Limited Edition Character" campaign for The World players and participants. The prize of the campaign is the Limited Edition Character itself: the legendary "Kite" and "Black Rose" from the ".hackers" data that was prohibited since the Twilight incident.
A pair of twin brother and sister in 2nd year junior high, Shuugo (the elder brother), and Rena (the younger sister), successfully obtained the Legendary Characters from the campaign. Shuugo who wanted to quit playing the network game, once again had to set foot into The World under his sister's invitation.
In the game world, Shuugo and Rena met other players, Mileyu and Houka and they quickly became close friends after several events and encounters. However, the seemingly peaceful game world began to meet with many weird changes resembled to the incident four years ago. But this time, Shuugo, Rena and their new friends are involved in it...
7: Hellsing - Hellsing Agency is a group of fighters that protects Great Britain and the Anglican Church from vampires and ogres. Led by Integra Hellsing, the heiress of the legendary Hellsing Family, the agency sets on the crusade with Alucard, a renegade vampire who fights for humanity.
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