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

Sakamichi no Apollon (Complete)

English: Kids on the Slope
Synonyms: Sakamichi no Aporon, Apollo on the Slope
Japanese: 坂道のアポロン
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
 Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 7, 2012 to Jun 24, 2012
 Producers: Tezuka Productions, Sentai FilmworksL, MAPPA
Genres: Drama, Historical, Romance, School, Slice of Life, Josei
Duration:  22 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
OP : "Sakamichi no Melody" by YUKI
ED : "Altair" by Motohiro Hata meets Sakamichi no Apollon

Synopsis : The beginning of summer, 1966.

Because of his father's job situation, freshman high school student Kaoru Nishimi moves by himself from Yokosuka to Kyushu to live with relatives. Until then, Kaoru was an honor roll student who tended to keep to himself, but meeting notorious bad boy Sentaro Kawabuchi starts to change him. Through his devil-may-care classmate, Kaoru learns the attractions of jazz and finds the first person he can call a "friend". He also discovers how much fun it is to play music with a pal.

Other characters include Sentaro's kind childhood chum, Ritsuko, who is the daughter of a record shop owner; the mysterious upperclassman, Yurika; and Brother Jun, the much-admired leader among their peers. Set against the backdrop of a seaside town with a scent of American culture, this series is a drama about young people coming into their own, crossing each other's paths, and finding friendship, love, and music!

(Source: Official Website)

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