Review #1 - 2007-2008 Anime (Edited)

1. Library War (Toshokan Sensou:図書館戦争)

TV Series

Genre: Drama/War

Production: Production I.G.

Based on a light novel series "Library War" by Hiro Arikawa.

The world of 2019 is over-flowing with information. Fearing the misuse of these information against the government, the government decides to create an agency to restrict and controls the information from the citizens. However, a new agency called 'The Book Soldiers' is created to stand against this and to gain freedom of media. Kasahara Ikku, 22 years old girl with a height of 170cm, enters 'The Book Soldiers' to follow her Prince who saved her and her book when she was in highschool.

-Edited- It finally ended! The quality revived a bit at the last minute but I can't really say the last episodes lived up to the fame of the earlier episodes... *sigh* I think the story is good for a drama though. I guess this animation focused on character development. Other than that, a bit of a cliche ending (but warm enough for you to say "ahhhhh... that was a good ending") was a frowning factor for me although it was pretty much expected from the start. Will there be a 2nd season?

Overall Rating: ★★★★☆ /out of 5

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2. Soul Eater

TV Series

Genre: Action Adventure, Comedy

Production: BONES

Shinigami Technical school is specializing in weapon development. All the groups in this school must pair up with a human weapon and the weapon wielder in order to collect and 'eat' 99 evil human souls and 1 witch's in order to become the 'Death Scythe' which is used by the Shinigami

-Edited- "Let's keep watching~ Let's keep watching~ Let's keep watching~ "

Well, I JUST figured out that the story is very very shounen-style so some of the lines are too cheesy for me to digest. And some characters have very similar quality with other anime/manga characters. But other than that, I love the main characters. Such personalities! BONES will never perish.

Overall Rating: ★★★★★/out of 5
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3. Real Drive (RD Senno Chosashitsu:RD 潛腦調査室)

TV Series

Genre: Mystery, SF

Production: Production I.G.

-Edited- One word. I GAVE UP. Too complicated... I'll watch it later -_ -

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4. Sword of the Stranger (Stranger Mukoh Hadan:ストレンヂア -無皇刃譚)

Feature Animation

Genre: Action, Historical

Production: BONES

A group of Officials from Ming Dynasty of China comes oversea to Japan in order to find a boy whose blood is the vital material of a potion of immortality for the Emperor. A nameless ronin samurai accidently gets his foot in this situation and fights for the life of the boy.

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

Can't get enough of this animation. ALL HAIL BONES!!!

Although the story is too-predictable, the animation itself is... Masterful, Wonderful, Marvelous, Professional, Stylish, Too Good, Excellent... blah blah blah you get my point.

Everything blends well together: simple story, stylish background, strong animation and actions between well-distinguishable characters and their relationships.

The production itself took 4 years, starting from the showcase of 1-minute teaser from 2003 Tokyo International Animation Fair. It has attracted a lot of attention and expectations since then. And for sure, it didn't fail everyone. This one is a Must-Watch for all animation fans!

And the background music is .... I just fell madly in love with it! *drools* I'm like listening to it everyday in my computer (along with Library War ending ^^).

Overall Rating: ★★★★★/out of 5

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In Part II, I'll be posting about Ouran Highschool Host Club, Darker than Black and Seirei no Moribito (if I watch it by then)