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01/18/10

The last feature review of the season: Kimi ni Todoke.

01/15/10

Astro Fighter Sunred 2 continues the great comedy, while Winter Sonata brings the classic Korean drama to Japaneses animation.

01/14/10

Sora no Otoshimono provides us with horrible mysoginistic fantasy fullfilment. To contrast, Anyamaru Tantei Kiruminzuu just satisfies our sweet-tooth.

01/12/10

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun has some great action and animation but not-so-great writing, while 11 Eyes doesn't particularly have either.

The Hall of Shame. Sorted by title.

Akikan

Daichi Kakeru is a student who has never had a girlfriend, that is until he drinks a melon soda that turns into a beautiful girl. Someone kill me now.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 02/21/09

Bihada Ichizoku

The women of the world all aspire to win the World Beautiful Skin Competition, in this anime based on a series of Japanese advertisements for beauty products.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/22/08

Examurai Sengoku

The members of the Japanese hip-hop group Exile are animated in this show which takes place during the Japanese Warring States period.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 04/28/09

Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan!!

Charger girls from a parallel dimension come to Earth to charge up people with good energy in order to improve their moods. Plug is one such charger girl, who meets a young man who is able to see her.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 11/03/09

Gokujou! Mecha Mote Iincho

Mimi Kitagami, the super popular class president, is on a mission to make everything right and take on any challenge at school. She is faced with having to take on a group of boys who don’t want to follow the rules.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 06/05/09

Hokuto no Ken Raoh Gaiden Ten no Haoh

Another anime set in the ultra-violent post-apocalyptic world of Hokuto no Ken, starring the eldest of the Hokuto brothers, Raoh.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/28/08

Kamen no Maid Guy

Fujiwara Naeka is about to receive a massive inheritance on her 18th birthday, which puts her in danger from people who want that money. A special agent, a man dressed in a maid’s uniform, is dispatched to protect her.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 4/16/08

Kanamemo

Kana Nakamichi, a middle-schooler who has lost both parents and the grandmother with whom she was living, ends up living and working at a newspaper delivery office.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 08/04/09

Kanokon

Kanokon is based on a series of light-novels which has also spawned a manga adaptation. Kouta Oyamada is a transfer student who somehow finds himself surrounded by a couple of strange female acquaintances – one of whom is a fox deity, the other a wolf deity. The two vie for Kouta’s affections and constantly cause him embarrassment.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 4/16/08

Kemeko DX

A robot doll appears to a typical high school boy, claims him as her husband, and then produces a beautiful girl from her mouth who claims to have a history with the boy.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 01/14/09

Kiss x Sis OVA

Incest is the name of the game as a student named Keita becomes the target of his step-sisters’ lustful overtures.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 02/15/09

Kodomo no Jikan

A third-grade girl named Kokonoe Rin has a huge crush on her teacher at school and isn’t afraid to demonstrate that love - in the most explicit manner possible. She has two friends as well - Kuro who has a crush on her, and Mimi who has large breasts (in third grade no less) and has a crush on Rin’s older brother. There’s no mistake that I’m going into this already hating it on principle, but I did say I would review it like anything else, and since it’s new this season, it’ll get its turn.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 01/26/08

Kurogane no Linebarrels (Linebarrels of Iron)

A boy with the desire to be a hero gets into an accident in the woods one day. When he wakes up he has special powers and a giant robot to boot.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 01/12/09

Macademy Wasshoi

During a summoning spell, magician student Takuto Hasegawa accidentally summons an uber-powerful girl named Tanarotte who, fortunately, pledges her undying loyalty to him.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/12/08

NEEDLESS

After World War 3, diseased humans with special powers called “Needless,” appear. The Needless settle in polluted Black Spots, which are unlawful quarantined areas of Japan.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 08/16/09

Penguin Musume Heart – Original Net Animation

An ecchi comedy with 13 minute episodes – can I manage to stomach it for that long?

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 05/04/08

Queen’s Blade

Every four years, young women from all over battle to become the next Queen through any means necessary. Murder is allowed, and there’s no dress code.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 05/24/09

Queen’s Blade: Gyokuza wo Tsugumono

As the competitors gather for the Queen’s Blade tournament, mysteries arise surrounding the current Queen and her dishonorable actions.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 12/25/09

Rosario + Vampire

This anime is about a mediocre student named Tsukune Aono who keeps getting rejected from every private school he applies to. When he finally gets an acceptance letter it’s from a school which serves supernatural students like witches and vampires who are disguising themselves as humans. He’s attracted to a girl named Moko who’s a vampire and loves the sweet taste of his human blood. Looks like cute girls in short skirts all the way.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 4/02/08

Rosario to Vampire Capu2

Adding to the endless parade of unnecessary anime sequels, we have more adventures of Tsukune, the hapless teen attending a school full of demons, and his well-endowed female classmates who have a penchant for displaying their assets.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 11/22/08

Ryofuko-chan

A great general and his first officer are cast out of the heavens and reincarnated as pre-teen lolis... /ahem/ I mean girls. It seems like it might be some kind of misguided magical-girl anime, but I couldn’t find any other information on it. So on to the viewing.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 4/02/08

Shin Mazinger Shougeki Z-Hen

A miracle ore called Japanium is discovered underneath Mt. Fuji, and the evil forces of Dr. Hell attack the lab responsible for the discovery. Kabuto Kouji, in order to defend against Dr. Hell, combines with the great robot Mazinger Z.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 06/13/09

Sora no Otoshimono

Tomoki often has dreams of a mysterious girl asking for help, but once he wakes up he can’t seem to recall her face. Then one day, an angel falls out of the sky...

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 01/14/10

Strike Witches

In 1939, the Neuroi appeared and began to attack the planet. The only thing that can save the human race are young girls with augmented magic powers called Witches.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 09/01/08

Tayutama — Kiss on my Deity

A boy finds a relic that is said to house the Tayutai race. He performs a ritual to release the relic’s spirits, and accidentally releases a Tayutai goddess.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 05/09/09

Training with Hinako

A real girl is sucked into her TV and becomes the animated Hinako, here to teach lonely otaku everywhere the importance of good exercise.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 05/28/09

Ultraviolet Code 044

A failure of an action movie gets retooled for the anime medium. 044 is the strongest female soldier due to some sort of gene manipulation.

jessi AT s1e1 DOT com – 01/01/09