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Anime Review – Katanagatari
Katanagatari
Description: A swordfight story taking place in Edo era (17th – 19th century). Yasuri Shichika is the seventh head of the Kyotou school of Japanese sword martial arts and lives in Fushou Island with his sister Nanami. With the order from a female samurai general Togame, he sets out for a trip to collect the twelve treasured swords created by a legendary swordsmith Shikizaki Kiki.
Episodes: 1 | Year: 2009
Anime Review – Inuyasha
Title: InuYasha
Genre: adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy, romance
Premier: October 16, 2000
Director: Masashi Ikeda (eps 1 to 44), Yasunao Aoki (eps 45+)
Animation Studio: Sunrise
Original Creator: Rumiko Takahashi
Series Composition: Shigemi Ikeda
Character Design: Yoshihito Hishinuma
This anime has 167 episodes
Cast:
Kappei Yamaguchi as Inuyasha
Satsuki Yukino as Kagome Higurashi
Akiko Yajima as Kohaku
Houko Kuwashima as Sango
Ken Narita as Sesshoumaru
Kenichi Ogata as Myoga
Kouji Tsujitani as Miroku
Kumiko Watanabe as Shippo
Mamiko Noto as Rin
Noriko Hidaka as Kikyo
Rieko Takahashi as Miroku (young)
Taiki Matsuno as Kouga
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Naraku
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Higurashi Kagome, after being pulled down a well by a demon, finds herself in Feudal Japan, where she learns that a powerful jewel has been reborn inside her body. After the jewel shatters in an attempt to retrieve it from one of the many demons who was after its power, Kagome must join forces with the half-demon Inu Yasha (also after the jewel’s power) to track down the shards of the jewel before its power falls into the wrong hands.
The series follows the adventures of a a time-traveling high school student, a half-demon, a lecherous monk, a fox demon, a demon slayer, and a nekomata during the Sengoku period as they seek to find all the fragments of the Jewel of Four Souls and to keep them out of the hands of evildoers, especially Naraku.
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Anime Review – Hellsing
Title: Hellsing
Genre: action, drama, horror, supernatural
Premier: October 10, 2001
Director: Kaoru Suzuki
Animation Studio: Kino Production
Original Creator: Kouta Hirano
Series Composition: Yoshiyuki Fudetani
Character Design: Toshiharu Murata
This anime has 13 episodes
Cast:
Fumiko Orikasa as Seras Victoria
Jouji Nakata as Alucard
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Sir Integral Wingates Hellsing
Motomu Kiyokawa as Walter
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The Hellsing Organization is an integral part of the true power-structure of Great Britain. The organization is tasked with defending the country’s shores from any and all supernatural threats, using any methods necessary. The organization was founded by Abraham Van Helsing, and the Hellsing Organization is traditionally headed by Abraham’s descendants. The current leader of the Hellsing Organization is Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, and she is aided by the vampire Alucard.
Alucard is an ancient vampire who has served the Hellsing family for generations. Together with Sir Integra and the Policegirl-turned-vampire Seras Victoria, He works to defeat the forces of evil and bring order to the country.
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Anime Review – Bleach
Title: Bleach
Genre: action, comedy, drama, supernatural
Premier: October 5, 2004
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Animation Studio: Studio Pierrot
Original Creator: Kubo Tite
Series Composition: Masashi Sogo
Character Design: Masashi Kudo
This is an ongoing anime
Cast:
Fumiko Orikasa as Rukia Kuchiki
Masakazu Morita as Ichigo Kurosaki
Hiroki Yasumoto as Sado Yasutora
Kentarou Itou as Abarai Renji
Noriaki Sugiyama as Ishida Uryuu
Yuki Matsuoka as Inoue Orihime
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Kurosaki Ichigo is a young man living in Karakura Town. What makes him special is his ability to see and communicate with the spirits of dead people. His life is without major incident, until one day, a female Shinigami named Kuchiki Rukia pays him a visit. She is followed by a monster, called a Hollow, which attack Ichigo’s family. Ichigo is forced to obtain Shinigami powers from Rukia in order to save his family.The story continues to show how Ichigo uses his Shinigami abilities to save his friends and fight the forces of evil.
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Anime Review – Naruto
Title: Naruto
Genre: action, comedy, drama, fantasy
Premier: October 10, 2002
Director: Hayato Date
Animation Studio: Studio Pierrot
Original Creator: Masashi Kishimoto
Series Composition: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Character Design: Hirofumi Suzuki and Tetsuya Nishio
This anime has 220 episodes
Cast:
Chie Nakamura as Sakura Haruno
Junko Takeuchi as Naruto Uzumaki
Noriaki Sugiyama as Sasuke Uchiha
Kazuhiko Inoue as Kakashi Hatake
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The story revolves around the life of Uzumaki Naruto, a resident of the Konohagakure village. Although he appears to be an ordinary boy, Naruto actually has the nine-tailed fox sealed inside him. The nine-tailed fox is a monster that attacked the village, causing massive destruction until it was sealed inside Naruto (who was a baby at the time) by the Fourth Hokage, who died in the process. Naruto becomes a ninja along with team mates Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura, led by Hatake Kakashi. Hated by most of the villagers for having the nine-tailed fox inside him, Naruto decides that he will take the position of Hokage to earn everybody’s respect.
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