Dual! follows Kazuki Yotsuga as he lives a life that is quite far
from normal. First, he gets these visions of robots
(he called one Halzenan) fighting right in the middle fo their city,
but only HE can see them. Practically the whole population of their school thinks he's a freak...
but there's always one exception. Mitsuki Sanada, a POPULAR girl in
their school, thinks that he is quite interesting. She takes him to her father,
Ken Sanada, a physicist working on the theory of the existence of a
parrallel world. And since Kazuki can see objects that aren't really there, Ken belives that he
just might be the one that can prove his theory. Accidentally, Kazuki is sent to a parrallel
world. The world where all he people he knows are almost entirely different, and where Halzenan
actually exists...but HE doesn't. He beocomes an ace corps robot pilot with 100% life sympathy.
Along with Sanada-san (who is the chief commander of the UN there), Mitsuki (who also becomes a
corps robot pilot), and a few other people trying to get their hands on him, Kazuki tries to
survive in the parrallel world, eventually finding himself.
It is 1969, the 44th year of Showa, Japan is undergoing industrialization. Amidst the modernization, most people are unaware of the evil that is roaming about. This is the story of
Gatekeepers, who fight aliens called Invaders...
Gatekeepers follows Ukiya-kun and the Gatekeepers party, along with the Earth Defense Unit, in fighting the Invaders and keeping peace on our planet...GEETO! OPEN!!!
Ranma 1/2
Ranma 1/2 is about a 16-year-old boy named Saotome Ranma of the
Saotome School of Anything-Goes Martial Arts. While training in Jusenkyo, China, he and
Genma, his father, fell into cursed springs. Now when they are
splashed with cold water, Ranma becomes a girl, and Genma turns into a panda.
To make matters worse, Ranma finds out that his father engaged him to marry one of the daughters of Tendo Soun, Genma's best friend of the Tendo Dojo in Nerima, Tokyo. The Tendo girls are Kasumi, Nabiki and Akane. It was soon decided that Akane should marry Ranma since she hates boys, and Ranma is just half a boy. Akane refuses to marry a hentai, and Ranma, for his part, isn't very happy being engaged to a kawaiikunee tomboy, either
Together with their many "friends", they travel places, and fight people to save their skins, for revenge on something, or just for the heck of it.
The Ranma 1/2 manga is written by Takahashi Rumiko, which began appearing in the Japanese magazine Shounen Sunday in September '87 and the last one was out in February '96. It was eventually a hit with Rumiko's current and new fans. It ran for 38 volumes.
It became an anime in 1989 and ended in 1992. Ranma 1/2 has 18 TV episodes; it was cancelled for rework, though. The second season onwards was called Ranma1/2 Nettouhen, which has 143 TV episodes.
As far as I know, Ranma 1/2 has 2 movies: Big Trouble in Nekonron China, Nihao my Concubine. There are also 6 OAVs. I don't know the chronological arrangement, though. If anybody knows which is which, just tell me ok...
Taken from "Chronicles of the Pigtail"
Recca no Honou
Hanabishi Recca is a Hokage Ninja sent to the present time. He has the power to control flames because he is the son of a Hokage Ninja leader, Ouka, and is sent to present time by his mother, Kagerou.
The series starts out when Recca doesn't know about his power yet, and he is just a normal high school boy, pretty much obsessed with the cultures and traditions of the ninja. Recca finds out about his power when he was defending his princess, Sakoshita Yanagi, from a mysterious woman named Kagehoushi, (hehe...does this name ring a bell?).
The rest of the series is basically how the Hokage team was built. The team is made up of (of course) Recca, having the power of flame casting; Recca's friend, holder of the madougu Fuujin, Kirisawa Fuuko; Ishijima Domon, holder of the Dosei, the ring of Saturn; Mikagami Tokiya, seeking revenge for his sister, holder of the Ensui; and Koganei Kaoru, a totally SMART 13-yr-old, former memeber of the Uraha Jusshin, holder of the Kougan Anki. Now the team is complete, and the fun begins...
Like all other stories, RnH has a villain. There's Kurei, another Hokage Ninja and flame caster, leader of the Uruha Jusshin; and Mori Kouran, a millionaire who sponsors the Urabutou Satsujin.
The second part of the series involves the Urabutou Satsujin, and the team's combats and sacrifices. It would be too long of a story, so I'll just stick to that.
A.k.a "Flame of Recca," RnH is a manga first published in 1995 by Shogakukan Inc. It was converted into a TV series, with a total of 42 episodes, in two parts, which ended in July 1998. Although the anime ended, the manga is still running and I think there's so far 18 manga.
The story is really similar to Yu Yu Hakusho. So those of you who have seen Yu Yu Hakusho may feel this story to be kind of boring. But the story is pretty cool because of the madougu. As opposed to the internal magic power, the madougu are man-made, and are in fact made by ninja. In addition, in YYH, the emphasis is only on guys. The only female fighter is Genkai. However, in Flame of Recca, the girls play much more important role.
Especially for FoR, I made a madougu encyclopedia in my bookshelf! Click here to go to the page:)
Taiho Shichau Zo!
Tsujimoto Natsumi is introduced as a straightforward and STRONG biker girl who gets a job at the Bokuto police station. She doesn't really get along well at first with her new partner, Kobayakawa Miyuki, but later, they become best of friends.
The story revolves around their friendship, their duties as police officers, and...hehe..their lovelife.
Miyuki is usually teased to Nakajima Ken (who is actually in love with her). Natsumi on the other hand, gets a temporary crush on the Chief. But later, her real partner is revealed to be Tokairin Shouji, a mountain police officer sent to help them on a rescue mission on the Tokyo Tower. Too bad he had to leave for the mountains! *_*
Also part of the gang are Nikaido Yoriko, a lively girl who loves to gossip, Aoi Futaba, a *beautiful* transvestite, and Saori, a high school student and a would-be policewoman.
TSZ written by Kosuke Fujishima. It is made into a 52-episode anime a.k.a "You're Under Arrest." Sometimes the storyline is shallow, but a good episode always pops up. Overall, I love this anime. It's funny, but has real-life themes shown with depth.
TTS Airbats
They're the elite aerialists of the all female 801st Tactical Training Squadron, codenamed AIRBATS, and I'm gonna quote my brother here: "Do these aces have curves in all the right places!" But don't let those good looks fool you! When these girls slip into the cockpit and take a pulsing joystick in their hands, the air to air action is as hot as it can get! It can be one of those "don't underestimate girls" types. They're romantic rivals Haneda Miyuki, and Mitaka Arisa, easygoing classic Japanese singer Saginomiya Sakura, and small and sweet Shimorenjaku Yoko. Wondering why Miyuki and Arisa are romantic rivals? It's because of Isurugi Takuya, the extremely worked over flight mechanic, and the sole male member of the squad!Don't let the typical all females type of anime fool you into thinking this is one of those flesh teaser. It is actually very funny in my humble opinion. Think Tenchi Muyo^_^ It's a very enjoyable anime, I HIGHLY recommend it.
Created by Shimizu Toshimitsu, with character design and direction by Moriyama Yuji. Other directors are: Osamu Mikasa, Junichi Sakata, Tohru Yoshida. Released in 3 OAV episodes.
Urusei Yatsura
Urusei Yatsura is an anime by Takahashi Rumiko. the main storyline is about how
Lum, an alien girl came to meet
Moroboshi Ataru, a *pervert* earthling.
Lum's race, the oni, come to earth proposing to take over it, unless someone beats their champion in a ten-day game of tag. Somehow, it is Ataru that was chosen to represent the earth. If he loses, the aliens will invade. But if he wins, the aliens will go home. Ataru isn't at all willing to play tag until he sees the alien's champion: the beautiful Lum.
Lum falls for Ataru, and vice versa, but Ataru is such a woman-chaser that he is afraid to commit to one person. And Lum's following him around doesn't help, either.
The rest of the series show how Lum and Ataru deal with this kind of relationship, and the troubles brought about by Lum's weird alien "friends" and gadgets.
Urusei Yatsura has 6 movies:
Yu Yu Hakusho
Yu Yu Hakusho is about Urameshi Yusuke, a 15-yr-old boy who having
strong reiki (spiritual power). He dies in the first episode in the process of saving a child
from being hit by a car. Botan, a minor deity of death, comes to take
him to Koenma to get a chance to live again. He does live again, with
the help of his childhood freind, Yukimura Keiko, and his mom
Atsuko, and he becomes a detective for Reikai. He teams up with
Kurama and Hiei, two demons assigned to
work with him, and Kuwabara Kazuma, a rival and best friend in one.
And so the team is complete, and the fun begins...
Taken from "Darkness"