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What comes in your mind when you hear samurai anime?!

You guessed it: SAMURAI!!!!! Samurai anime basically revolves around the idea on anime with lots of samurai action with some of the infamous samurai warriors..




By definition, "samurai" is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan.. But of course, utmost respect and high regards has been treated to samurai warriors due to their Bushido code..

Aside from their mysterious facade and their samurai techniques, there is much to be appreciated thus samurai anime is born..

Samurai anime has been created in order to give vivacity of life to a samurai warrior so we may not generally think of them as a soldier of boredom. They put some interesting plots and themes unto it making the typical samurai a very interesting character in the samurai anime world..

SOme of the famous and not so famous samurai animes are Gin Tama, Samurai 7 which tells a story of a village elder who decided to hire samurai to fight against bandits abusing their village, Samurai Champloo which is about a young lady named Fuu and Jin, a stoic young ronin in samurai garb.

There are still lots of good samurai anime out there.... Will be continually updating this site for more info!

For the typical girls next door who loves anime, the reverse harem anime would definitely be your favorite.

Sometimes the “patriarch” of a harem anime is a female and the members of her harem pool are bishounen. These shows are termed as reverse harem anime.




The themes usually are the same but in this case, the roles have been interchanged. Instead of the average teenage boy unknowing of any romance, there now is a girl-next-door type of girl who’s usually insecure of herself. She then meets handsome men who eventually help her overcome her flaws.

A popular example of this type of anime genre is Fushigi Yuugi, featuring a young girl named Miaka who is transported into a magical book where she meets Tamahome and other male knockouts who all help in empowering and encouraging her to become the Priestess of Suzaku. In the process, not only did she save the world and keep her true love, she also was molded into a more mature female individual who faces responsibilities head on.

If you are a serious anime lover, you would definitely find lots and lots of anime series and movies of this genre. You know, a typical girl being wooed by lots of cute guys and also, the not so cute ones..... Kudos to these girls,they won't have any trouble selecting the guy of their dreams!

This type of anime might probably boost a typical girl next door's ego. It could unintentionally create a psychological impact to a typical shy girl and give her the confidence she needs. So, all you girl anime lovers, you may relate with two or more of the protagonists in a harem anime show and you'll never know the next guy you bump into might fall head over heels inlove with you!!!

I'll stop now before I get all too mushy and be all over the place! Hehe!

Harem anime are pretty interesting shows. Read on to know more..

Yeap, they are indeed pretty interesting shows. Although the characteristics of this genre generally are unheard of in Western type animated shows, harem anime usually are pretty common now and attract quite a significant number of following.




This type of anime genre shows basically features a male garden variety teenager who’s not considered a bishounen (a pretty boy character) with little to no experience in love and relationships who, despite all of his flaws, manage to catch the eyes of incredibly voluptuous, cute and/or sexy female characters.

The funs in these shows usually involve the male protagonist getting into silly, awkward and embarrassing situations with the members of the “harem”. Although the protagonist usually has a few dozen girls following him around, there’s always one of them that is considered his “default” partner – and most likely the one he’s going to fall for eventually.

In such shows, you’d probably wonder how in the hell would so many perfect looking female characters become so romantically interested in an average boy. Well in most cases, one would begin to see through the course of the story that the male “patriarch” actually has some really great aspect in his personality. Most of them are kind, goody-two-shoes, who despite all of their flaws (some even have some uncontrolled perverse tendencies) are able to save the girl of his dreams doing some very selfless and inspiring acts.

One very popular example of the of this anime genre type is Love Hina. The shows revolves around a boy named Keitaro who was called by her grandma to become the next manager of the bath house family business – only to find out that the place has actually also become an all girl’s dormitory, thus setting the stage for a hilarious chaotic life with the female residents.

What’s attracting about this anime (aside from the beautiful female characters) is the fact that the show actually has some moral elements to it – like keeping a promise and being able to help a friend in need no matter the difficulties. Popular harem anime include Tenchi Muyo, El Hazard, Negima! and many others.

Slice of life anime genre is cooler than you thought! Know more about them here!

By definition, this type of story is a category for a story that portrays a "cut-out" sequence of events in a character's life. It may or may not contain any plot progress and little character development, and often has no exposition, conflict, or dénouement, with an open ending.




It usually tries to depict the everyday life of ordinary people, sometimes but rarely, with fantasy or science fiction elements involved. Its term is actually a dead metaphor: it often seems as if the author had taken a knife and "cut out" a slice of the lives of some characters, without concern for narrative form. It is sometimes called tranche de vie, from the French.

John Steinbeck is an example of someone who uses this type of genre. Steinbeck takes experiences from his own life and makes characters who could very well be real characters and turns it into a story. An example is Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.

It has also been defined as an "episode of actual experience represented realistically and with little alteration in a dramatic, fictional, or journalistic work".

Such stories appear in books, TV shows, movies and video games. Super Jinsei Game and Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou are two examples of "slice of life" video games. These kinds of stories may either be dramatic or otherwise presented in a very serious nature, or may be used to help frame a comedic setting. Sports may be present in "slice of life" in a thematic form in order to advance the plot of the story.

Another common trait in these genre type is emphasis on seasonality or procedures. To illustrate seasonality: a show such as Ichigo Mashimaro has an entire episode dedicated to it being summer, and therefore hot; the characters stay inside in front of the air conditioner, cicadas are heard, eventually they eat popsicles.

To illustrate procedures: a show like Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō spends significant time depicting in detail the process of brewing coffee. One example that combines seasonality and procedure: in Aria (manga) the gondolas are removed from the water once yearly and scraped to remove barnacles this is depicted in detail and constitutes the basis for an entire chapter.

Oh, and one thing, if by chance you still find all of these boring, try watching Death Note , an anime genre of this type, you'll surely be an anime lover!!

Here's a treat for Mecha Anime fans, experience the thrill of watching giant anthromorphic robots in action!

For those who are avid fans of Gundam Seed, Eureka 7, or Evangelion, you're in for a good treat! Let's talk about mecha anime.

In Japan, "robot anime" (known as "mecha anime" outside Japan) is a genre that features the vehicles and their pilots as the central plot points. Here, the average robot mecha are usually fourteen feet (4.3 m) tall at the smallest, outfitted with a wide variety of weapons, and quite frequently have tie-ins with toy manufacturers. However, the robots can get up to 500 m tall (as in Bokurano). The Gundam franchise is a prominent example: Gundam toys and model kits (produced by the Japanese toymaker Bandai) are ubiquitous in Japan.




The size of mechas can vary according to the story and concepts involved. Some of them may not be considerably taller than a tank (Armored Trooper Votoms, Megazone 23), some may be a few stories tall (Gundam, Escaflowne, Saber Rider, Code Geass) and others can be as tall as a skyscraper (Space Runaway Ideon, Genesis of Aquarion, Neon Genesis Evangelion). There are also mecha which are big enough to contain the population of an entire city (Macross), some the size of a planet (Diebuster) and some the size of a large galaxy (Getter Robo, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann). Some are even implied to be able to be as large as the universe (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann-hen). And then there are some that are so big the universe they are in collapses and they fight in the space outside (Demonbane).

The genre started with Mitsuteru Yokoyama's 1956 manga Tetsujin 28-go (which was later animated in 1963 and also released abroad as Gigantor). Its inclusion is debatable however, as the robot was controlled by remote instead of a cockpit in the machine. Not long after that the genre was largely defined by author Go Nagai, into something considerably more fantastical. Mazinger Z, his most famous creation, was not only the first successful Super Robot anime series, but also the pioneer of the genre staples like robots being piloted by the hero from within a cockpit[1] and weapons that were activated by the hero calling out their names ("Rocket Punch!"). According to Go Nagai:

"I wanted to create something different, and I thought it would be interesting to have a robot that you could drive, like a car."

This led to his creation of the Mazinger Z, which featured giant robots which were "piloted by means of a small flying car and command center that docked inside the head."[1] It was also a pioneer in die-cast metal toys such as the Chogokin series in Japan and the Shogun Warriors in the U.S., that were (and still are) very popular with children and collectors.

Robot/mecha anime and manga differ vastly in storytelling and animation quality from title to title, and content ranges all the way from children's shows to ones intended for an older teen or adult audience.

Some robot mecha are capable of transformation (Macross, Zeta Gundam) or combining to form even bigger ones (Beast King GoLion and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann). Go Nagai is also often credited with inventing this in 1974 with the television series Getter Robo.

The mecha genre, one of the oldest genres in anime, is still alive and well in the new millennium, with revival OVAs like Getter Robo: Armageddon and Mazinkaiser from the Super Robot tradition, the recent Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Macross Frontier, Code Geass, Basquash! and Rideback from the Real Robot genre, and Reideen, a recent remake of the 1975 hit series Brave Raideen. Other recent anime series in the mecha genre include Heroic Age and particularly Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, a Super Robot anime with a few elements from the Real Robot genre.

Not all mechas need be completely mechanical. Some have biological components with which to interface with their pilots, and some are partially biological themselves, such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Eureka Seven, and Zoids. In film

Perhaps the most well-known example of mecha in Western culture are the Walkers such as the AT-AT and AT-ST from the Star Wars series of films.

The Hollywood movie Aliens featured a cargoloader as a civilian mecha (although this instance blurs the line between being a mecha or an exoskeleton). The film Robot Jox, featuring two giant mech fight scenes, or Japanese live-action Gunhed are another examples.

In Matrix Revolutions Captain Mifune leads the human defense of Zion, piloting open-cockpit mecha-like machines called APUs against invading Sentinels.

The tripods featured in The War of the Worlds, with advanced weaponry and dedicated piloting stations, are perhaps the forerunners of modern mecha.

In Starship Troopers 3: Marauder, mechas with rapid-fire, machine gun and flame-thrower arms were used near the end of the film, and were under the command of the main character, Johnny Ricco.

Mechagodzilla, from the Godzilla series, is a rather famous mech.

In James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar, mecha are used as instruments of war called AMPs.

A heavily weaponized powered exoskeleton that envelops the operator and resembles the above mecha/exoskeletons in Aliens and The Matrix Revolutions is used in the 2009 film District 9.

Ever wonder what is SHOUJU ANIME? You might be surprised on little you know about it but how much you love the anime series and movies associated to it..

Shoujo is the word used to describe anime that specifically appeals to young girls. The shows are usually deeper in content, focusing on romantic interests and friendships rather than action and ending with some kind of personal growth and development. They of course still contain their fair share of action (See Magical Girl genre) but tend to go beyond the Shonen approach to strength and defeat as sole motivators. This, like Shonen is more or less a demographic - the rules tend not to be absolute

Another definition for shoujo refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10 and 18. The name romanizes the Japanese "little female".


Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction - often with a strong focus on human and romantic relationships and emotions.[1] Strictly speaking, shōjo manga does not comprise a style or a genre per se, but rather indicates a target demographic

Japanese magazines specifically for girls, known as shōjo magazines, first appeared in 1903 with the founding of Shōjo kai (少女界?, Girls' World), and continued with others such as Shōjo Sekai (少女世界?, Girls' World) (1906) and the long-running Shōjo no tomo (少女の友?, Girls' Friend) (1908).

Simple, single-page manga had begun to appear in these magazines by 1910, and by the 1930s more sophisticated humor-strips had become an essential feature of most girls' magazines. The most popular manga, Katsuji Matsumoto's Kurukuru Kurumi-chan (くるくるクルミちゃん), debuted on the pages of Shōjo no tomo (少女の友) in 1938. As World War II progressed, however, "comics, perhaps regarded as frivolous, began to disappear".

Postwar shōjo manga, such as Shosuke Kurakane's popular Anmitsu Hime,[8] initially followed the pre-war pattern of simple humor-strips. But Osamu Tezuka's postwar revolution, introducing intense drama and serious themes to children's manga, spread quickly to shōjo manga, particularly after the enormous success of his seminal Ribon no kishi (リボンの騎士 Princess Knight)

Loving Love Hina?! No one can resist not seeing Love Hina......

The said anime series may arguably be Ken Akamatsu’s best work, aside from his other hit creation, Negima! Magister Negi Magi.

The anime adaptation, which ran for 24 episodes and followed up by a special episode and an OVA (Original Video Animation) sequel, proved to be a world wide crowd pleaser.

It shows the typical characteristics of a harem anime , where the protagonist Keitaro Urashima, gets into several, often comedic situations with most of the female characters who are also in turn have their individual stories, in one way or another, become entwined with that of the show’s hero. Generally though, it is a genre of shounen anime




Although Love Hina's popularity may stem from the humor and at times, the fan service, it is still clear that the main focus of the whole series is Keitaro’s conviction to fulfill his childhood promise.

In the past, Keitaro made a promise with a girl to enter into Tokyo University together. For Japanese, getting into a prestigious university is a great honor, and both children believed that if they are able to pass through the entrance exams together, it would become an unbreakable foundation for their relationship and thus, they would never be separated. One day, they parted ways and in time, Keitaro has forgotten the girl’s name, and even if he wanted to search for her, it would be difficult to identify how she would look like after fifteen years.

Even so, Keitaro decides to push through with his promise of entering Tokyo University, hoping that somehow, he might actually meet that girl at that school. Unfortunately, he has failed the exams twice and as a result got ousted from his residence by his parents and ends up in his grandmother Hina’s care. She then decides to make him the acting manager of the family hotel business that has also been converted into an all girl’s dormitory, without his knowledge of it – thus getting a rude first visit.

It is here that he meets all the other female characters of the show: the serious kendou expert Motoko Aoyama, the eccentric princess from a foreign land Kaolla Su, the mischievous freelance writer Mitsune Konno, and the shy schoolgirl Shinobu Maehara, among many other interesting characters.

But among all of them, Naru Narusegawa and Mutsumi Otohime are the more significant female characters tied to Keitaro. He meets Naru on day one at the dormitory and discovers that she too is trying to get into Tokyo University. And since she topped the mock entrance exams, Keitaro decides to have her help him with his studies. They get to know each other a little bit more every day they spent time with each other as study buddies – and after having read a snippet of Naru’s diary, Keitaro begins to suspect that she might actually be that girl he made a promise to years before. His suspicions are erased though after Naru herself tells him that she doesn’t remember making any promise to any boy before.

Mutsumi on the other hand meets Keitaro after he takes a brief vacation following his third failed attempt at the entrance exam. He finds out that Mutsumi is like him as she also failed the exams for three consecutive times – but due to different reasons. She is often times too aloof and airheaded that she always forgets to place her name on her exam sheets – not to mention she also gets a lot of anemic attacks. But despite all her shortcomings, Mutsumi is kind, gentle, and selfless and she also has an extremely positive outlook in life. There are times that Mutsumi is suspected to be the girl in Keitaro’s past whom he made a promise to.

In the end, it is finally revealed that it actually IS Naru Narusegawa who made a childhood promise with Keitaro. Mutsumi Otohime was also there with them the moment they shared the promise together. As it turns out, she used to be good friends with the both of them and both she and Naru had feelings for Keitaro – but Mutsumi decides to let both of them be together in order to keep her friendship with Naru in tact.

The three of them finally pass Tokyo University’s entrance exams and Naru and Keitaro finally were able to make real the promise they made as children.