Anime N Manga

Sunday, June 26, 2005

Death Note

I am still reading this manga : Death Note. It was published last year April. Now its book 6. The plot is about a shinigami named Ryuuku purposely drops a "Death Note" onto the human world in hopes that he could extract some entertainment from this. A high school student named Yagami Raito is the one who picks up this note and therefore receives the ability to kill anyone by writing down their name and imagining their face while doing so. He decides to use this Death Note to destroy big-name criminals and murderers through heart attacks. As the crime rate falls, the people soon name him "Kira".

Eventually the governments of the countries around the world notice the unusual amounts of deaths of their criminals, and figure out someone is behind them, but they have no way of discovering it themselves. That’s when they hire L, a master detective, to find out who is behind the murders. The "battle" between L and "Kira" now begin.

This is an interesting plots. I recommend you all to read it.

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Monster

I have completed this manga. xiuping has recommended me on that mange. After reading I find that its a very wonderful crime story. It is about a doctoer name, Dr. Tenma who is a Japanese man working in Germany. He has it all, incredible medical skill, a great job, a beautiful fiancee. He becomes disillusioned with the hospital politics though, when one day he's ordered to forgo operating on a critically injured man in favor of someone who was more famous. After this point, he decides he will do what he thinks is right, regardless of politics.

One day, a young boy and his younger sister were brought in. The boy had a bullet in his head, an operation that the doctor knows only he is capable of completing successfully. But soon after a politician was brought to the hospital and the high ups in the hospital want Dr. Tenma to leave the boy to operate on the politician. Dr. Tenma decides that he'll do what's right and save the young boy's life.

The young boy's operation was a success, but the surgeons operating on the politician fail, prompting his life to fall apart. Dr. Tenma is passed over for a promotion and his fiancee becomes cold to him and eventually leaves him.

But soon after, strange murders begin to occur, ones that benefit Dr. Tenma greatly and though he becomes the #1 suspect, they have no evidence against him. But it seems that the boy whose life he saved has a hand in things, and that he is much more than he seems...

Thanks xiuping for the recommendation. Its a perfect crime story and all should read !!!

Full Metal Panic!


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Full Metal Panic is also one of my favourite. The series is set in a post-modern, parallel world where the Cold War has yet to end and the KGB and other secret governmental agencies are running rampant. It follows the events of Sagara Sousuke, an unduly disciplined member of Mithril (an anti-terrorism organization which often operates under the guise of the UN), and Chidori Kaname, the schoolgirl whom he was assigned to protect. Chidori is considered to be one of the "Whispered"; that is, she possesses a inherant understanding of advanced Black Technology. Such knowledge was implanted genetically upon birth, of which she herself intially remained unaware of and consequently which she has access to only when in a near-comatose frenzy (which is generally induced through fear of harm). The Lambda Driver is an integral part of Black Technology which allows pilots of select Arm Slaves (combat mechas) to manifest their desires in defensive and offensive manuveurs. Therefore, the knowledge of the "Whispered" is highly desirable to both terrorists and governmental agencies alike.

While carrying out his mission in an environment previously foreign to him, Sagara assumes the identity of a high school student at Jindai High School. His inability to "blend in with the crowd", however, is quickly made transparent by his peers (though ultimately to no consequence as they continue to refer to him as being strangely militant). Chidori had initially mistaken him to be a stalker of sorts as he was always "coincidentally" nearby. The fish-out-of-water Sagara continues to pester Chidori -- albeit with good intentions -- until she finally realizes his purposes in doing so.

Full Metal Panic! is based on a series of novels by Gatoh Shoji. The first season of the Full Metal Panic! anime covers the first 3 novels, while the second season, Fumoffu, covers various of the short stories. The third season will adapt the two Owaru Day by Day novels.

Yes there is a third season which I am not sure when will it be out. We shall all wait.

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Fullmetal Alchemist

Full Metal Alchemist is another anime that I like. It is about two brothers who passed the happy days of their childhood by studying alchemy, which is governed by the equal transfer principle: an eye for an eye -- you can't get more than you give. But these brothers tried to defy that law, and a horrific accident resulted. Now, the older brother, Edward, is called the Full Metal Alchemist because of his metal limbs, and the younger, Alphonse, is a soul without a body, trapped within the confines of an automaton. Together they search for the power to restore themselves, to find the lives they lost so long ago...


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Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Harukanaru toki no naka de

This anime is very nice. I am addicted to it after I watched the first episode.


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Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, or HaruToki for short, is a shoujo manga by Mizuno Tooko. The name roughly means "From a Distant Time." There are 9 volumes of the manga out and it has been produced to be a full 26-episode anime as well.

Motomiya Ayane was a normal high school student, but she was suddenly summoned into another world, with her friends, Tenma and Shimon. Akane was the child of the Ryujin (the god of the dragon) who had a power of Rujin in her body. She was asked to save Kyo from demons. At first, she couldn't believe the story, but she met Akram, the leader of the demons, and Hachiyo who was responsible for helping sacred children. She gradually realized his responsibility as a sacred child, but she was also attracted by Akram and Hachiyo.

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