The end of 2005 saw the birth of my youngest child and a lot of time spent being a parent...a lot of the series' I churned through at that point were either long running shows like Naruto or older programs from the late 90's. A good portion of the shows that premiered this year I didn't get to until years later. One did have a significant impact on my anime fandom. Suzuka was how I started down my path of obsessing over romance anime. A lot of the titles from this year though never interested me so a lot have been left to history, forgotten by many.
A strange and off putting collection of shorts ripped from the manga of the same name. Not for the casual Western anime fan. The series is getting its 5th season this year as a celebration for the 25th anniversary of its source material. This is one a personal favorite of mine!
A really well done story about growing up and finding yourself as you navigate through the first years of adult hood. A fantastic and sprawling light romance that is well worth checking out for a change of pace from the plethora of repetitive high school romances.
This interesting time travel/parallel worlds story will keep a lot of people away with its off putting and strange design. Beyond the less than appealing character design it tells an engaging and unique story that's worth the time.
Coming on the cusp of Kyoto Animation becoming the lord of quirky cute comedies. Pani Poni Dash, done by Shaft, ushers in an era of moe insanity as every convention of storytelling is thrown out with the bathwater.
How much plot can be spun around underwear? Too much in this light ecchi series disguised as a romantic comedy.
In the heyday of the 4 cute girls style of iyashikei, Strawberry Marshmallow delivers a fun and meandering story of idiotic grade school friends.
Siejo Koe's first anime adaptation, the king of sexy time shonen romance, delivered a series that greatly impacted my tastes in anime moving forward. This is the series that flipped the switch into romance being my favorite genre. It hasn't aged well but I still think it does the story better than its shoddy close, Blue Box does.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment