A sidesplitting essay in animation that depicts the simple everyday life of career-committed mother and her rather out of standard family set in contemporary Japan. She is, like any career-committed mother is, jaded after struggling with her job and child care all together as she goes through a lot of hardship to keep the balance between her professional and personal lives. But the life is filled with rewarding moments too. Many stories are inspired by incidents in the author's own life, and their honest and thoughtful tone will surely be appreciated by a wide range of audiences.
Mikio Osawa, an average 5th grade school boy, lives in the suburbs of Osaka. Mikio likes Haruko Tezuka, a cute little girl in his class. However, Mikio is too shy and withdrawn to tell Haruko that he likes her. One day, Mikio's close friend Megane brings news that Haruko is about to move away to another town... Kaede Newtown is a romantic comedy animation created by Naoto Iwakiri, an Osaka-born illustrator. With cute little characters and music created by Japanese band Aprils and singer-songwriter TOMOVSKY, Kaede Newtown takes you back to the good ol' town you lived in during the good ol' days of your childhood.
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Kamisama Dolls (s)
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KAMISAMA DOLLS follows Kyouhei, a college student who came up to Tokyo from his hometown. One night, he and Hibino discover a dead body and coincidentally Kyouhei’s sister appears with the doll called Kamisama she controls...
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Kanamemo (s)
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Kana Nakamichi lost both her parents and her only remaining relative, her grandmother which left her homeless. She ends up looking for a part-time job and finds one that provide room and board at a newspaper delivery office. Kanamemo follows her daily life in a fast-paced yet joyous environment will all charming, self-assertive bishojo who all live and work together.
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Kanokon (s)
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Kanokon's story revolves around Kouta Oyamada, a young first-year high school student who moves from the country to the city and thus transfers to Kunpo High School. On his first day at his new school, a beautiful second-year female student named Chizuru Minamoto asks him to meet her alone in the music room. When he arrives, she reveals her that she is in fact a fox deity and from that day on the two hang out together. Nozomu is a first year female student at Kouta's school, she is in fact a wolf deity and in love with Kouta, and a rival of Chizuru for Kouta's affections.
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Kaze no Stigma (d)
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Kazuma’s clan is skilled in fire magic, but when his female cousin, Ayano, beat him in a battle to become the clan’s successor, Kazuma went into exile. Now he’s back with a powerful new mojo that’s sure to fan the flames of the family rivalry.
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Kaze no Stigma (s)
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Kazuma’s clan is skilled in fire magic, but when his female cousin, Ayano, beat him in a battle to become the clan’s successor, Kazuma went into exile. Now he’s back with a powerful new mojo that’s sure to fan the flames of the family rivalry.
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Kekkaishi (s)
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Mystical forces are powerful in the region called Karasumori. For over 400 years, it has been the duty of a clan of Kekkaishi—barrier masters—to guard the land, exterminating the supernatural beasts which appear there night after night. Yoshimori Sumimura is a 14-year-old student at Karasumori School. Following in the tradition that's come down through the generations, he is the twenty-second Kekkaishi of the Sumimura clan. But he’s constantly fighting with his rival, Tokine Yukimura—his childhood friend and also a Kekkaishi—about who is the rightful heir to the magical barrier arts. Protecting people from danger while growing stronger himself, Yoshimori will battle the forces of evil again tonight!
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Kemeko DX (s)
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M.M. pilots the mech known as Kemeko to protect her fiancé from the efforts of the elusive Mishima Corporation who is deeply interested in a mysterious power that is hidden within his body.
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Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (d)
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Kenichi seems destined to be bullied forever - until he meets butt-kicking cutie Miu and the six martial arts master she lives with! The warriors take Kenichi as their disciple and give him a chance to change his fortunes.
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Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (s)
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Kenichi seems destined to be bullied forever - until he meets butt-kicking cutie Miu and the six martial arts master she lives with! The warriors take Kenichi as their disciple and give him a chance to change his fortunes.
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Kiddy Grade (d)
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In Star century Zero-One-Sixty-Five, the Global Union was born. The G.O.T.T. was simultaneously formed to settle disputes amongst the member planets. Existing in the shadows, the ES Force serves as the primary law enforcement organization, seeing that the Galactic Organization’s orders are enforced. ES Force members Éclair and Lumiere are on the front line, pursuing all manner of criminals and bringing them to justice.
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Kids on the Slope (s)
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Its the summer of 1966 and high school freshman Kaoru Nishimi discovers Jazz. Together with bad boy Sentaro and music store girl Ritsuko, theyre going to follow their muse to wherever their music takes them! Get ready to be blown away as the acclaimed team behind COWBOY BEBOP reunites for a tale of life, love and music!
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Kigurumikku (s)
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It is an era of war in ancient China. Two orphaned boys long to escape their lives as slaves and rise to greatness on the battlefield. The path to their destiny will be marked by violence and pain - and their journey will alter the course of history.
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Kite Liberator (d)
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They call her the Angel of Death, an unfeeling assassin who eliminates her targets with grace and precision, leaving only a flurry of feathers behind as her calling card. What the public is unaware of is that this notorious hitman is actually a polite young lady named Monaka.
In 1998's Kite, creator/director Yasuomi Umetsu explored the dark underworld of a teenage girl assassin. In Kite: Liberator (which is more of a spin-off than a direct sequel), ten years has now passed. A new teenage assassin is cleaning up the grimy streets of Tokyo. The police call her the Angel of Death, an unfeeling assassin who eliminates targets with grace and precision, leaving only a flurry of feathers across the bloody crime scene as a calling card. What the public is unaware of is that this notorious hit man is actually a polite young lady named Monaka. Could the placid face of an innocent high school girl really disguise such a ruthless killer? Monaka seems to be just an average high school girl. But she has a dark and terrible secret linking her past to a murderous police detective and her future to a fatal duel with the one person she loves most in the world.
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Knight Hunters: Eternity (d)
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Four young men (Aya, Ken, Omi and Yoji) form the nucleus of the vigilante posse the Knights of the White Cross. But this is no ordinary group: their mission is to hunt down and kill those that the law cannot touch. Each one is fighting for his own reasons, whether it is for revenge or to help a loved one. They use whatever means necessary to complete their missions and to kill the people that are targeted by their leader. The Knights assassinate murderers, kidnappers, and sexual predators whenever their hidden superiors command them: "Hunters of the Night, Deny these Dark Beasts their tomorrows”.
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Kobo-chan (s)
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Koihime Musou (s)
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Before Hua Mulan, before Wu Zetian, China bore another great hero, one whose true name was lost to history... until now. Swearing vengeance after bandits destroy her family and village, a girl named Aisha takes the name Kan'u and sets forth on a journey that will take her across the ruins of a great nation, living not as a woman "should," but by the strength of her own sword and the steel of her own will.
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Kokoro Connect (s)
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Five members of the school culture club - Taichi Yaegashi, Iori Nagase, Himeko Inaba, Yui Kiriyama, and Yoshifumi Aoki - encounter a bizarre phenomenon one day when Aoki and Yui switch personalities without warning. The same begins to happen to the other club members, throwing their daily lives into chaos. At first the five students find some amusement among the confusion, but this connection also exposes the painful scars hidden within their hearts... When their calm lives are shattered, the relationships between the five students also begin to change!
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Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo (s)
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In an isolated island south of the Japanese mainland, a school is located on the top of a hill, from where the town and sea can be seen. On the top of another hill lies girls dormitory, a place where many girls have grown up. One day, a transfer student moves to town. Though sometimes arguing against each other, the students come to enjoy their slices of life on the island, filled with wholesome moments against a calm and beautiful countryside.
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Kurau: Phantom Memory (d)
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In a world of mercenary agents, Kurau is a martial arts master and elite thief – but she has a secret. Her body has been fused with a binary alien life form called the Rynax. Every moment Kurau lives is lived twice, one alien sharing her consciousness, the other still waiting to be born. The truth about Kurau has begun to spread, and now the ultimate agent is the ultimate target.
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Kurokami The Animation (d)
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This is a world in which fortune, misfortune, and even lives are controlled by fate. Each person has been split into three duplicates identities. Each of these three duplicates divide an energy-like force called “Terra”. This energy can be attributed to the amount of fate or “Life Energy” that an individual possesses. Amongst the three, the one with the largest share of Terra is called the “Root” and the two possessing a lesser amount are called “Subs”. The hidden truth behind the fate of humans is a far too cruel for some to accept. This is a tale of a battle against one’s fate; one that begins with the chance meeting of the human boy Keita and the young Terra Guardian Kuro.
Kuroko's Basketball The Teiko Middle School Basketball Team. The class that produced three perfect seasons in a row, with five once-in-a generation players, called "The miracle generation". There was another player who all of them respected... A legendary 6th player. An up-and-coming power player, Taiga Kagami, is just back from America. When he comes to Seirin High School, he meets the super-ordinary boy, Tetsuya Kuroko. Kagami is shocked to find that Kuroko isn't good at basketball, in fact, he's bad! And he's so plain that he's impossible to see. But Kuroko's plainness lets him pass the ball around without the other team noticing him, and he's none other than the sixth member of the Miracle Generation. Kuroko makes a pact with Kagami to defeat the other members of the Miracle Generation, who have all played basketball at other schools. A battle of light (Kagami) and shadow (Kuroko) begins!
My Hero Academia comes roaring back into the top 5, but what had to fall to make space for it? Find out how all your favorite shows performed in our weekly user rankings!― Our team of reviewers are following 25 anime series of the Spring 2016 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in...
Three years after Anime News Nina, ANN's new weekly comic series debuts with our first two chapters!― Vice & Luna #2 is also available now: click 'next' below for more! Art: Lanny Liu Script: Zac Bertschy Editor: Jacob Chapman
Production I.G.'s hit franchise gets its first big screen adventure, with Gen Urobuchi back in the writer's seat. Jacob Chapman delves into the Blu-ray release to see what this movie has to offer returning fans.― If you were hoping to see the Sibyl system shaken by the events of this theatrical Psycho-Pass adventure, you may want to curb your enthusiasm. Production I.G. clearly knows when they have ...
E3 is over so that means it's time to talk videogames with Todd Ciolek, Dave Riley and Heidi Kemps! The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Resident Evil 7, Overwatch and much more!― ANNCast Episode 263: You're In The Game Show E3 is over so that means it's time to talk videogames with Todd Ciolek, Dave Riley and Heidi Kemps! The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Resident Evil 7, Overwatch and ...
"Hot guys" in anime tend to be lanky and feminine rather than big and beefy - why is that? Justin gets into it.― James asks: The character archetype of the bishōnen, a male who is smooth, graceful, and elegant, while lacking "rough" features, such as facial hair or oversized muscles, is popular in Japan, but less so in the western world. In fact, most westerners use the phrase "pretty boy" (a close...
Paul dives into a vintage reboot of the classic 8 Man series to see what nostalgic anime sequels were like before they were commonplace. PLUS: this week's new releases!― I'm feeling a little sentimental as Assassination Classroom enters its final run of episodes. I've covered the show for four out of my eight seasons of simulcast episode reviews, which means that I've spent about half of my career ...
In this alternate-history take on the US Civil War, soldiers become legendary monsters to fight humanity's battles and find there's nowhere left for them to go after the war. Theron Martin analyzes this unusual story.― Manga-ka duo Maybe has seen their first effort adapted into an anime licensed in English (Dusk Maiden of Amnesia) and their second picked up by Crunchyroll Manga (Tales of Wedding Rin...
A girl is transported to a strange new world and becomes its most feared villain in this popular web novel. If you're ready for a more shoujo approach to light novel adventure, this is definitely worth checking out.― While the increased interest in publishing light novels has been a boon for many readers, there's also been a definite trend towards picking up series aimed at a male demographic – many...
Introducing anime to newbies can be a weird experience, especially if that newbie is your own dad! Here are some pops-friendly anime options just in time for Father's Day!― Father's Day is this Sunday, and while we've previously looked at anime parents (albeit bad ones) and "gateway" series, this week we're taking a little from Column A and a little from Column B. Here are seven shows you could sit...
In the latter half of this less-than-beloved Gundam entry, a surprising shift in pace takes the series to a new level. Lauren Orsini takes a look at what changed for After War Gundam X.― Getting canceled just might be the best thing that could have happened to After War Gundam X, because the difference in entertainment quality between its first and second halves is like night and day. When the show ...