Anime Selection For Spring 2010

[Xionnach]

Ok ppl, this is the list for voting today. We have 8 Light and 8 Dark series

Light
        Kanon
A young man, Yuuichi Aizawa, gets off a train and leaves the station as he enters a town that is blanketed by snow. He left the area seven years ago and has now returned to his memories that he left behind. Although his past is blurry in his mind, the girls that still remember him and that he had relationships begin to help him remember. While this happens, the bad memories of his past also begin to come back, and will eventually haunt him.

        Nodame Paris Hen
Nodame and Chiaki arrive in Paris and their story continues with new friends, challenges, more beautiful music and, of course, lots of Nodame gaffes and gyabos! Chiaki wants to make his presence known to Vieira Sensei by winning a competition for conductors, while homesick Nodame has her hands full coming to terms with her new surroundings.

        Nyankoi!
Kousaka Junpei is a second-year high school student who despises cats and has an allergy to them. It just so happens that his high school crush is Mizuno Kaede, a girl who adores cats. One day, while walking home from school, Junpei kicks an empty can and unfortunately beans the local neko-jizou-sama (the guardian deity of cats). He finds he can now understand what cats are saying, including his family's own ill-tempered cat, Nyamusasu. However, if he does not grant cats a total of 100 wishes, he will turn into a cat himself.

        Bartender
Hidden down a dark alley in the Ginza district of Tokyo, protected by a heavy wooden door and marked only by a simple sign, one might find a bar called Edenhall. Leave your worries at the door and take a few minutes to enjoy a cocktail offered by Ryu Sasakura. Gifted by his skills and patience, Ryu offers his hospitality and a compassionate ear to any troubled or harried patron that crosses the threshold and takes a stool.

        Asu no Yoichi
Having been raised and trained for the past seventeen years as a traditional samurai 'bushi', Karasuma Yoichi was surprised when his father suddenly announces that there nothing more that he could teach his son, but he arranges for Yoichi to continue training at a dojo owned by one of his father's friends. So now, Yoichi must leave the tranquillity of his remote rural mountain life and move to the city to live with the family of his father's friend to continue his studies. And if learning how to cope with city life were not hard enough, he finds himself living with four beautiful sisters, having to endure a ‘training’ regiment more severe than he could ever have imagined.

        Wagaya no Oinari-sama
A long time ago, a sacred fox was deified as the guardian of the Mizuchi family. Kuugen the Fox was very wise and it could use various magics. However, because it was too mischievous, it was sealed into a small shrine in the hill behind the Mizuchi house by a priest.

In the present, Takagami Tooru, a Mizuchi descendant, often dreams of a woman who seems like a monster. The head of the Mizuchi household deduces that some sort of danger looms over Tooru, and she releases the sealed Kuugen in order to protect him. Contrary to what Tooru imagines based on the legends, "Kuu-chan", as Kuugen is affectionately referred to, is not a dignified creature. Not only can it turn into a woman of great beauty, but it can also assume the form of a man.

        Chokotto Sister
Haruma Kawagoe is an only child. A long time ago, around Christmas, his mother miscarried the child that was to have been his baby sister. That night, young Haruma knelt down and offered up an earnest prayer: "Please make my mother well again, and please give me a little sister". Years have passed, and Haruma has nearly forgotten his prayer. But Santa hasn't... so one Christmas, when Haruma was least expecting it, he gets an unusual present - a sister.

        Toradora
Despite Ryuji Takasu's gentle personality, his eyes make him look like an intimidating delinquent. Class rearrangements on his second high school year put him together with his best friend, Yusaku Kitamura, and his hidden crush, Minori Kushieda. Along with these two comes Kushieda's best friend, Taiga Aisaka. Her delicate appearance contrasts with her brutal personality. Secretly in love with Kitamura, Taiga agrees to help Ryuji with his love interest as long as he helps her get closer to hers.

Dark

         Kurenai
The 16-year-old Kurenai Shinkurou is a mediator — a specialist in settling squabbles between people. Despite his youth and easy-going nature, he is a man of some skills when it comes to protecting both his clients and his client's interests. One day he is assigned as a bodyguard for Kuhouin Murasaki, a seven-year-old girl. From how the girl reacts to everyday events, like shopping, it is quite clear to Shinkurou that she must come from a wealthy background, and as it turns out Murasaki's family is very powerful and dangerous...

         Matantei Loki Ragnarok
A Northern European myth. A world full of the brilliance of mysteries and riddles. The main character Loki is the god of deception and mischievousness. For some reason, Loki changes into the form of a child to travel to the human world. There, together with a young girl who loves mysteries, they go through all sorts of experiences through time.

A mystery adventure Anime full of Northern European gods who disguise their appearances.

         Black Lagoon
When Okajima Rokuro visits Southeast Asia carrying a top secret disk, he is kidnapped by pirates riding in the torpedo boat, “Black Lagoon”. Although he thought he would be rescued soon, the company actually abandons him, and sends mercenaries to retrieve the secret disk. He narrowly escapes with his life, but has nowhere to go. He gives up his name and past, and resolves to live as a member of the Black Lagoon.

         Planates
It is the year 2075. In a world where travelling between Earth, Space stations and the moon has become normal.
Hachimaki (Hoshino Hachirouta) is just an ordinary salaryman. He works at a space station collecting debris. However, he has a dream of owning his very own space ship someday. And so he is spending his days collecting debris together with his colleagues Yuri, Fee and his friend Tanabe. Now it is his fourth year doing that work and he is going to be 25 years old soon, which is why he starts to think about his life.
How does Hachimaki feel? Well, today, Hachimaki is going to do the same job...

         Utawarerumono
Hakuoro has lost his memory after succumbing to serious injuries. But thanks to an elderly woman and her granddaughter Eruruu, he is nursed back to health. His face is covered by a strange irremovable mask and he occasionally sees beastly visions. Eruruu now cares for him as he becomes accustomed to the village and its inhabitants, who all bear strange ears (the women also have tails). Though these people venerate the forces of nature, desecration of an altar forces them to take drastic measures to preserve their lives from the wrath of Mutikapa-sama, guardian of the forest.

         Shounen Onmyouji
Abe no Masahiro is the grandson of the great onmyouji Abe no Seimei, who passed his teachings on to his grandson. But Masahiro lost his "second sight" which is very important for an onmyouji and enables them to see supernatural beings. Thus he is left with no choice but to try and pick a different career. But one day a strange mononoke appears, which he names Mokkun, who shows him his true potential powers after fighting a demon. But who is Mokkun really?

         Chrome Shelled Regios
In the distant future, a polluted world has been overtaken by havoc-wreaking creatures called filth monsters. Humanity, having been forced to relocate itself, must live in isolated mobile cities called Regios. A mysteriously skilled fighter named Layfon Alseif enrolls in the Academy city of Zuellni and is immediately noticed by Nina Antalk, leader of the 17th Military Arts Unit. He then reluctantly joins her squad, uncertain of what future awaits him and his new teammates within the city as well as the impending dangers in the midst of a plagued world.

         Peace Maker Kurogane
Ichimura Tetsunosuke has always been upset about his short stature. After he sees his parents being murdered by a Choshu assassin right in front of him, he vows with all his heart to become strong enough to take revenge on their killer. It is now 1864, the first year of Genji. Tetsunosuke, now 15, heads to the headquarters of the Shinsengumi with his older brother Tatsunosuke, looking to join the historical group to fulfill his dreams of getting stronger. Little does he realize what he is about to experience by doing so, for in order to join this army, one must forego his humanity and become a demon.
take your pick