MY-HIME

RATING: 3/5

CHAPTERS: 1- 26 (END)

AUDIO: JAPANESE

SUBTITLE: CHINESE/ENGLISH

INTRODUCTIONS:

My-HiME (舞-HiME) is an anime series, created by Sunrise, directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino. The series originally premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from September 2004 to March 2005. The show is a comedy-drama focusing on the lives of HiMEs - girls with the capacity to materialize photons - gathered at Fuka Academy for a secret purpose.

Tokiha Mai and her sickly brother, Takumi were awarded scholarships to attend the prestigious Fuka Gakuen high school. After an accident on a boat en route to the school, she finds herself against strange girls with strange powers. After an explosion that tears that boat in half, she finds herself awake at school grounds.

There, she learns about monsters roaming the ground, and the secrets about the powers of the Hime, as appointed by a special birthmark and the ability to see an evil star in the sky. She later found out that she herself possessed the power of a HiME.

NANATSUIRO DROPS

RATING: 3/5

CHAPTERS: 1-12 (END)

AUDIO: JAPANESE

SUBTITLE: CHINESE/ENGLISH

INTRODUCTIONS:

This is a manga series named Nanatsuiro Drops, illustrated by Yūki Takami, began serialization in the Japanese bishōjo magazine Dengeki G's Magazine on September 30, 2006, published by MediaWorks.

Masaharu Tsuwabuki is a normal student, though not very social. One day he meets a new student named Sumomo Akihime, and another girl named Yaeno Nadeshiko, Sumomo's close friend. That same afternoon, he suddenly bumps into Arthur, a servant of Nona Yuki from Figurare who at the time was disguised with a mask. The collision causes Arthur to drop a bag full of magical potions; amid gathering up the scattered cans, one of them is accidentally switched with Masaharu's soda can. Upon drinking it, he transforms into a stuffed animal lamb at night. He must collect seven stardrops, in order to return to normal.

There are two primary worlds within the story of Nanatsuiro Drops: the human world called Retroscena, and a magical world called Figurare from which the Stellar Spinners originate. There are currently two schools that teach magic within Figurare: Pramu Cloris and Saint Asparas. According to Natsume, each year the two schools pick their top Stellar Spinners (the one from Pramu Cloris is called Prima Pramu, and from Saint Asparas is called Prima Asparas) to send to the human world to capture seven stardrops in a goodwill competition to improve relations.

YUME TSUKAI (DREAM USERS)

RATING: 3/5

CHAPTERS: 1-12 (END)

AUDIO: JAPANESE

SUBTITLE: CHINESE/ENGLISH

INTRODUCTIONS:

Yume Tsukai is a Japanese manga series by Riichi Ueshiba. The series revolves around dream masters who turn nightmares into peaceful dreams. On behalf of their clients they go around searching for nightmares which have escaped the mind of the owner and have manifested themselves into the real world, causing havoc. The nightmares are paranormal phenomenons which have the appearance of poltergeist activities.

In what seems ordinary belies occurrences of unexplainable circumstances, and underlying these special occurrences is the presence of one's dreams or "yume". In this world, the said "yume" is composed of strong emotions... Simultaneously, these emotions will break free from one's mind and transcend the borders to reality. Once the fine line between dream and reality is crossed, these "yume" may turn into nightmares and invite disasters. Misako Mishima and Touko Mishima are amateur dream-users or "yume tsukai(s)". They possess special powers to exterminate and control these nightmares. They will then search for the source of the "yume" and return it to the rightful owner.

SHOUNEN ONMYOUJI (SEIMEINOMAGO)

RATING: 4/5

CHAPTERS: 1-26 (END)

AUDIO: JAPANESE

SUBTITLE: CHINESE/ENGLISH

INTRODUCTIONS:

In the Heian period, there existed practitioners of mystical powers called onmyouji. One famous onmyouji is the legendary Abe no Seimei. This anime tells the story behind Seimei’s grandson Masahiro and his monster like partner Mokkun (Real name is Guren). Guren is a Touda - Shikigami guardian in an animal form. He looked like a cross between a rabbit and a cat.

Masahiro might be inexperience but according to the Seimei, Masahiro’s spiritual power is strong enough to be the successor of Seimei. This anime apparently sounded like a shounen anime but mostly based on the boy’s endless effort to prove his best. To know more about the story, you have to see the anime yourself. I won’t spoil the storyline at all.

LOVE HINA XMAS SPECIAL

RATING: 3/5

CHAPTERS: 1 (END)

AUDIO: JAPANESE

SUBTITLE: CHINESE/ENGLISH

INTRODUCTIONS:

When Keitaro was little, he made an oath to his childhood sweetheart that when they grew up, they will go to Tokyo University together and be happy as always. Unfortunately, the girl moved away a short while later. By the time Keitaro was a college boy, he had forgotten about the name of the girl. On top of that, he also flunked his entrance into the Tokyo University.

Things has not been smooth for Keitaro but not long after that his grandmother offered him the post of a manger in Hinata Sou, an all-girl dormitory. He soon met up with a studious yet violent Naru, Kitsume whose main interests are money, parties and mischief, Motoko, the short-tempered turtle phobic kendo master, Shinobu, a shy junior high student whi is also the resident cook, Kaolla, the mysterious foreigner who is fond of inventing various mechanical gadget. With so much fun in the dormitory, could Keitaro succeed in his third try into the University? Could one of the girls be the one Keitaro was supposed to be with as per his promise? Watch on to find out more.