We are Mint (Mint na Bokura) is a Japanese manga series by Wataru Yoshizumi  

Sunday, September 13, 2009

















































We are Mint (ミントな僕ら, Mint na Bokura) is a Japanese manga series by Wataru Yoshizumi. We are Mint centers around the life of a pair of 14-year old twins. It was initially published in July 1997 issue of Ribon Comics and ended in February 2000. It is completed in 6 volumes, while in the Spanish version; the manga is compiled into 16 volumes.
We are Mint, is a light-hearted romance manga about fraternal twins Minamino Noeru/Noel and Maria and the various love situations that occur around them. These two siblings are very close, so when Maria falls for an older guy from a different school and transfers to that school to be closer to him, Noeru - who seems to love his sister a *bit* too much - is struck by extreme jealousy. To make things worse, the school that Maria has transferred to is a boarding school, so he will no longer be able to hang out with her. Of course, Noeru won't stand for it. He decides to enter Maria's new school as well and persuade her to come back, but there is one major problem: the only open admission left is in the girl's dormitory! Supposedly, that fact alone is enough to deter any normal, proud guy, but Noeru seems to be anything but that - especially when it concerns his beloved sister. Armed with a wig (hair extension), headband, a pair of suppatsu and padded bra, Noeru resolutely masquerades as a girl and begins his new life in Morinomiya Boarding School.






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Kannazuki no Miko is a manga series created by the duo Kaishaku.  

















































Kannazuki no Miko (神無月の巫女, lit. Priestesses of the Godless Month) is a manga series created by the duo Kaishaku. The series was serialized in fourteen chapters by Kadokawa Shoten and in Shōnen Ace in 2004 and 2005, and collected in two bound volumes. The series was adapted as an anime television series broadcast in 12 episodes on TNK between October and December 2004. A drama CD was released on November 25, 2004 by Geneon based on the anime version. In North America, the manga is licensed by Tokyopop and the anime was licensed by Geneon Entertainment, but the license transferred to Sentai Filmworks in 2009.
The series centers on the yuri relationship of the two main characters, Himeko and Chikane, with elements of magical girl and mecha themes helping to carry the plot.[1] An anime series that includes several characters similar to those of Kannazuki no Miko called Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora began airing in Japan on January 5, 2007.
Kannazuki no Miko is the story of Himeko and Chikane, the reincarnations of the Solar and Lunar Miko, respectively. They are two high school girls going to the prestigious Ototachibana Academy of Mahoroba, Japan. When an ancient evil rises once more, the girls are plunged into destiny as their long-sealed personas awaken to defend the world against the eight Orochi, who are the eight heads of Yamata no Orochi of Japanese folklore. When the Orochi awaken, it is the first day of October (called kannazuki, lit. "the godless month," in the traditional Japanese lunisolar calendar), which just happens to be Himeko and Chikane's birthday. The first Orochi who tries to kill the Miko is Sōma Ōgami, the boy in love with Himeko. However, after a blinding flash of light brings him to his senses, he rejects his fate and vows to defend Himeko against the other Orochi. The Miko must awaken Ame no Murakumo in order to combat the threat while Sōma repels the Orochi efforts to kill them.
The manga goes into more detail on the relationship between Himeko and Chikane. In the end, Himeko chooses to be incarcerated forever in the shrine with Chikane. At the end, it also shows that a number of years later two twin girls are born and are actually Himeko and Chikane, with the memories and feelings for one another intact.
In the anime, Himeko's memory of Chikane is taken away after Chikane sacrifices herself for Himeko and is incarcerated in the shrine. Though Chikane is ultimately reincarnated and their feelings for each other are intact, their past memories of one another are hidden unless they unlock them through an unknown method, which Chikane does near the end of the anime. At the very end of the anime, all the Orochi heads go back to their original lives and Himeko is seen walking down a street intersection. As she walks, she comes across Chikane in her new human world body and instantly remembers her this time, following by hugging Chikane and the the two narrate how they will always find each other again.
The story of Himeko and Chikane seems to be over, however, sometime in the near future, the two will meet again. The next time they meet however, Himeko and possibly others will learn something new and horrifying about Chikane which Himeko will not be prepared for.






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Hiroshi Sakurazaka's Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō (Properly Learned Modern Magic) light novels will be animated  

Friday, September 11, 2009

















































The December issue (on sale on November 4) of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine will announce that Hiroshi Sakurazaka's Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō (Properly Learned Modern Magic) light novels will be animated. The story revolves around Koyomi Morishita, a clumsy high school freshman girl who is often mistaken for a grade-schooler because of her shortness. Koyomi becomes a disciple of Misa Anehara, a 25-year-old graduate student who happens to be one of the most powerful modern-day magicians.
Ai Nonaka (Clannad, Negima!) will play Koyomi, and Hitomi Nabatame (Ichigo Mashimaro, Maburaho) will play Misa. The other cast members include Haruka Tomatsu (Yumiko Christina Ichinose), Minako Kotobuki (Kaho Sakazaki), and Shintaro Asanuma (Sōshirō Anehara). Shueisha's Super Dash Bunko imprint published five volumes of the light novels between 2003 and 2005, along with a new edition of the first volume with revamped art that shipped this year. Miki Miyashita, the illustrator of the original light novels and the Maburaho manga, has also been adapting the story as a manga in Jump Square since the September issue, after a short prologue in the Jump Square II spinoff magazine.






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Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō  
















































Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō (よくわかる現代魔法, lit. "Comprehensible Modern-Day Magic") is a Japanese light novel series by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, with illustrations by Miki Miyashita. As of March 25, 2009, six volumes have been published by Shueisha under their Super Dash Bunko imprint. A new edition of the first light novel was released on April 25, 2008. A manga adaptation started serialization in the shōnen magazine Jump Square on August 4, 2008. An anime adaptation was announced in October 2008.On July, 11, 2009, the anime began airing in Japan on the networks BS11, AT-X and Bandai Channel, while also simulcast worldwide via Crunchyroll. It will run for 12 episodes, ending on September 26, 2009.








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My Neighbors the Yamadas  












































































































My Neighbors the Yamadas (ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん, Hōhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun) is an anime film directed by Isao Takahata and released by Studio Ghibli on July 17, 1999. The movie is a family comedy that is presented in a comic strip style which is unusual since all the other Studio Ghibli movies are presented in the anime style. Based on the yonkoma manga Nono-chan by Hisaichi Ishii, it was the first completely digital Studio Ghibli movie. Takahata wanted Yamada-kun to have the art style of watercolor pictures rather than cel pictures. To achieve that, the traditional paint-on-cel techniques were replaced with digital technology, making Yamada-kun the first Ghibli movie to be painted and animated entirely on computers. Despite decent reviews, the movie did not fare well at the box office in Japan. It was released on DVD in America in August 2005. Produced by Toshio Suzuki.
The story featured the lives of a Japanese family and their crazy life happenings. The movie is humorous but possesses a tone of sincerity like many movies by Isao Takahata.
My Neighbors the Yamadas received an Excellence Award for animation at the 1999 Japan Media Arts Festival.












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