Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Kuroko no Basketball (COMPLETE)

Type: TV
Episodes: 25
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 8, 2012 to Sep 22, 2012
Genres: Comedy, School, Shounen, Sports
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
 OP : #1: "Can Do" by GRANRODEO (eps 1-13)
         #2: "RIMFIRE" by GRANRODEO (eps 14-25)
ED : #1: "Start it right away" by Hyadain (eps 1-13)
        #2: "Catal Rhythm (カタルリズム)" by OLDCODEX (eps 14-25)
 
Synopsis: 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!
 
 
 

Hyouka (COMPLETE)


Type: TV
Episodes: 22
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 14, 2012 to Sep 16, 2012
Genres: Mystery, School
Duration: 25 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
OP : #1: "Yasashisa no Riyuu" by Choucho (eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10-11)
        #2: "Mikansei Stride" by Saori Kodama (eps 13-16, 18-20, 22)
ED : #1: "Madoromi no Yakusoku " by Satomi Satou & Ai Kayano (eps 2-4, 6-11)
        #2: "Kimi ni Matsuwaru Mystery" by Satomi Satou & Ai Kayano (eps 12-14, 16, 18, 20-22)

 Synopsis: Oreki Houtarou is a minimalistic high school boy. One day, he joins the Classic Literature Club at his elder sister's request.

There he meets Chitanda Eru, Fukube Satoshi, and Ibara Mayaka. Chitanda is a calm beautiful girl but she turns into an embodiment of curiosity once she says, "I'm interested in it (Watashi, Kininarimasu)". Fukube is a smiling boy with a fantastic memory who calls himself a database. Ibara is a short girl and is strict with others and herself. She loves Fukube, but he always dodges her approaches.

They begin to investigate a case that occurred 45 years ago. Hints of the mystery are buried in an old collection of works of the former members of Classics Club. The collection is titled "Hyouka." 
 

Friday, July 6, 2012

Tsuritama (Complete)

Japanese: つり球
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
 Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 7, 2012 to Jun 29, 2012
 Producers: Aniplex, A-1 Pictures
Genres: Sci-Fi, Shounen
Duration: 23 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
OP : "Tsurezure Monochrome (徒然モノクローム)" by Fujifabric
ED :  "Sora mo Toberu Hazu (空も飛べるはず)" by Sayonara Ponytail

Synopsis : You can't catch fish if you don't go fishing, and you can't make friends if you don't at least try.

Which is how relationship-challenged student Yuki finds himself on a fishing trip to a tiny island with three other boys he barely knows. Well, two other boys and Haru, who claims that he's an alien. Not that constantly stewing Natsuki or mysterious Akira are any more likely as prospects for good companionship.

But there's something about fishing that makes it unlike any other pastime, and maybe that quiet sense of companionship and hopeful expectation is just what Yuki needs to start charting the unfamiliar waters of personal connections. Or maybe it will turn out that Haru's right and they're going to have to save the entire planet.

There are lots of different kinds of fish stories, from the "ones that got away" to the "best catches ever," but whichever way the currents of life take them, for four young men, this trip may turn out to be the biggest whopper ever!

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Episode 01
Episode 02
Episode 03
Episode 04
Episode 05
Episode 06
Episode 07
Episode 08
Episode 09
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12