Japanese animation or “anime” as it is commonly known, has been a major part of the mainstream entertainment since the 80s, when they experienced a boom in production. In the following decades, anime became a global phenomenon, and currently over 430 production companies are involved in an industry that has a total market value of $13.5 billion.
Almost exclusively based on manga, their print equivalent, anime stretch in a plethora of genres, address audiences of all age, sex, and preferences, and entail elaborate animation, despite being in their majority, at least partially hand-drawn. Here is a list with some of the best series in the category.
Just a few notes though. Each title represents the whole franchise, for example, the Monogatari title, includes Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari, the Evangelion one the remake etc. The descriptions and videos of those titles will be paradigms of the whole franchise. The list does not include films, just series.
Almost exclusively based on manga, their print equivalent, anime stretch in a plethora of genres, address audiences of all age, sex, and preferences, and entail elaborate animation, despite being in their majority, at least partially hand-drawn. Here is a list with some of the best series in the category.
Just a few notes though. Each title represents the whole franchise, for example, the Monogatari title, includes Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari, the Evangelion one the remake etc. The descriptions and videos of those titles will be paradigms of the whole franchise. The list does not include films, just series.
- 2/19/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
So, a while back, I won an Amazon gift card of a pretty hefty amount. I looked at all kinds of fun electronics, gardening and kitchen stuff that I could buy with it... Before going straight to the huge anime sale and spending the whole thing, Plus a little extra on 1000+ hours of anime... It’s not an obsession, it’s a way of life, okay?I’ve been going through it and realizing that while some of it is good and has great production values, it just isn’t for me. That’s the stuff I gifted to my sister, who has been all ga-ga about it. I’m such a good older brother :) (Ps I got her comic books for her graduation present this year, and you should have seen the looks my family was giving me when she passed them away and they saw some of the title.
- 8/19/2010
- doorQ.com
On October 7th Manga Entertainment, the Anime company that brought Anime classics like Ninja Scroll, Ghost In The Shell, and Crying Freeman, to the Us, is proud to introduce the mix of horror, magic, and hi-tech in the Ova Strait Jacket, created by Ichoro Sakaki, the mind behind Scrapped Princess. Strait Jacket is the story of a world where magic and its abuse are everywhere. Those who take the risks of using magic untrained transform into terrible demons, and only the “tactical sorcerers” known as the Strait Jackets and their bosses at the Sorcery Management Bureau are willing to take the risks to face and defeat them. But even the Strait Jackets aren’t enough when a terrorist [...]...
- 9/15/2008
- by Costa Koutsoutis
- ShockYa
Anime fans can look forward to the October 7 release of Strait Jacket on DVD. The film, created by Ichiro Sakaki (Scrapped Princess), was a major success in Japan and comes to America with high anticipation.Sakaki wrote the screenplay for the feature, based on his original light novels, which to date have sold more than half a million copies in Japan.
According to a release, the film is about: “In a world where sorcery and science co-exist, the power of magic comes with a price: Humans who do not take proper precautions are transformed into horrific demons. Those who destroy these demons – and run the highest risk of all – are tactical sorcerers known as ‘Strait Jackets’. But when terrorists unleash a plague of demonic carnage, the Sorcery Management Bureau must enlist unlicensed assassin Leiot Steinberg to stop the slaughter. Even if this rogue killer and a mysterious young girl can end the outbreak,...
According to a release, the film is about: “In a world where sorcery and science co-exist, the power of magic comes with a price: Humans who do not take proper precautions are transformed into horrific demons. Those who destroy these demons – and run the highest risk of all – are tactical sorcerers known as ‘Strait Jackets’. But when terrorists unleash a plague of demonic carnage, the Sorcery Management Bureau must enlist unlicensed assassin Leiot Steinberg to stop the slaughter. Even if this rogue killer and a mysterious young girl can end the outbreak,...
- 9/8/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
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