Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin (
MAL)
Tyyppi:
TV-Sarja / 1 kausi (26 jaksoa)
Genre: Draama / Thrilleri
Ikäraja: R - 17+
Avainsanat: nuorisovankila, raskas draama, ystävyys, nyrkkeily, hyväksikäyttö
Arvosanani: 10
Kommentit: Visuaalinen annos angstia ja draamaa. Jaksaa pitää varpaillaan loppuun saakka.
Japan, 1955: Mario Minakami has just arrived at Shounan Special Reform School along with six other teenagers who have been arrested on serious criminal charges. All assigned to the same cell, they meet older inmate Rokurouta Sakuragi—a former boxer—with whom they establish a close bond. Under his guidance, and with the promise that they will meet again on the outside after serving their sentences, the delinquents begin to view their hopeless situation in a better light.
Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin follows the seven cellmates as they struggle together against the brutal suffering and humiliation inflicted upon them by Ishihara, a sadistic guard with a grudge on Rokurouta, and Gisuke Sasaki, a doctor who takes pleasure in violating boys. Facing such hellish conditions, the seven inmates must scrape together all the strength they have to survive until their sentences are up; but even if they do, just what kind of lives are waiting for them on the other side?
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Psycho-Pass (
MAL)
Tyyppi:
TV-Sarja / 2 kautta (22 + 11 jaksoa) ja 1 surkea elokuva
Genre: Sci-Fi / Poliisi
Ikäraja: R - 17+
Avainsanat: dystopia, raskas toiminta, moraali, poliisi, kevyt filosofia
Arvosanani: 9
Kommentit: Tämäkin edelleen perushyvää toimintaa edes jonkinlaisella ajatuksella. Kiusalliset ninjailut ja parin päähenkilön erinäisten kirjallisten teoksien lainaaminen laittoivat naamaa hieman irvelle. Toka kausi on paskaa ja elokuva on luonnollisesti kusipaskaa.
Justice, and the enforcement of it, has changed. In the 22nd century, Japan enforces the Sibyl System, an objective means of determining the threat level of each citizen by examining their mental state for signs of criminal intent, known as their Psycho-Pass. Inspectors uphold the law by subjugating, often with lethal force, anyone harboring the slightest ill-will; alongside them are Enforcers, jaded Inspectors that have become latent criminals, granted relative freedom in exchange for carrying out the Inspectors' dirty work.
Into this world steps Akane Tsunemori, a young woman with an honest desire to uphold justice. However, as she works alongside veteran Enforcer Shinya Kougami, she soon learns that the Sibyl System's judgments are not as perfect as her fellow Inspectors assume. With everything she has known turned on its head, Akane wrestles with the question of what justice truly is, and whether it can be upheld through the use of a system that may already be corrupt.
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Kara no Kyoukai (
MAL)
Tyyppi:
Elokuva (8-osainen)
Genre: Thrilleri / Mysteeri
Ikäraja: R - 17+
Avainsanat: yliluonnollinen, sarjakuolemat, rikos, kevyt filosofia
Arvosanani: 8
Kommentit: Hienoa piirtojälkeä, hienoa musiikkia, hienoja ideoita ja hienoja fiiliksiä. Yliluonnolliset elementit olivat astetta esoteerisempia näin ensikosketuksella Nasuverseen. Leffakohtaisista keskusteluista pääsee takaisin kärryille. Elokuvat eivät ole aikajärjestyksessä (eikä ole tarkoitettukaan). Eli katse kiinni ruutuun!
In September 1998, a string of seemingly random suicides leaves Japan baffled and devastated. But a detective agency specializing in paranormal occurrences notices that there are a few glaring, disturbing similarities tying the deceptively unrelated cases together: All the victims are schoolgirls, and all of them have jumped to their deaths from atop the ancient Fujou Building, a skyscraper that is scheduled to be bulldozed soon.
To investigate the cause of these disturbing events, the head of the agency, magus Touko Aozaki, dispatches Mikiya Kokutou and Shiki Ryougi. The kind and surprisingly normal Mikiya serves as a stark contrast to the cold and mysterious Shiki, who possesses the "Mystic Eyes of Death Perception": an abnormal ability which allows her to see, and bring, an end to all things.
Dark and philosophical in tone, Fukan Fuukei is the first installment in the seven-part movie series Kara no Kyoukai, adapted from the light novels by Kinoko Nasu.
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Hajime no Ippo (
MAL)
Tyyppi:
TV-Sarja / 3 kautta (126 jaksoa) ja lyhyen elokuvan mittaisia erikoisjaksoja
Genre: Urheilu / Komedia
Ikäraja: PG-13
Avainsanat: nyrkkeily, kiusaaminen
Arvosanani: 9
Kommentit: Nyrkkeilyä animena. Itsellä on lyhyt nyrkkeilytausta pystylajeissa, niin mielestäni ihan asiallisesti toivat eri metodeja esille. Animeelle ominaisesti ottelutyylejä ja erinäisiä tekniikoita liioitellaan aika runsaalla kädellä. No joo, animestahan tässä vaan puhutaan. Ja tietenkin parin kuukauden punnertamisen jälkeen Ippo näyttää heittämällä -80 kg -sarjan kehonrakentajalta paidattomana.
Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to the Kamogawa boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo's classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo's journey to the top of the boxing world begins.
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Monster (
MAL)
Tyyppi:
TV-Sarja / 1 kausi (74 jaksoa)
Genre: Draama / Thrilleri
Ikäraja: R+
Avainsanat: sarjamurhaaja, pahoinpitely, kaltoinkohtelu, kauhu, mysteeri, uusnatsit
Arvosanani: 9
Kommentit: Laadukasta, hiukan aikuisempaa toimintaa. Oli ehkä parikymmentä jaksoa turhan pitkäksi venytetty. Tietyt (vähäiset) leffakliseet laittoivat silmiä pyörähtelemään. Moraalimaailma on myös turhan mustavalkoista.
Dr. Kenzou Tenma is a renowned brain surgeon of Japanese descent working in Europe. Highly lauded by his peers as one of the great young minds that will revolutionize the field, he is blessed with a beautiful fiancée and is on the cusp of a big promotion in the hospital he works at. But all of that is about to change with a grave dilemma that Kenzou faces one night—whether to save the life of a small boy or that of the town's mayor. Despite being pressured by his superiors to perform surgery on the mayor, his morals force him to perform the surgery on the other critical patient, saving his life and forfeiting the mayor's. A doctor is taught to believe that all life is equal; however, when a series of murders occur in the surgeon's vicinity, all of the evidence pointing to the boy he saved, Kenzou's beliefs are shaken. Along his journey to unravel the true identity of his little patient, Kenzou discovers that the fate of the world may be intertwined with the mysterious child.
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Seirei no Moribito (
MAL)
Tyyppi:
TV-Sarja / 1 kausi (26 jaksoa)
Genre: Seikkailu / Fantasia
Ikäraja: PG-13
Avainsanat: kevyt toiminta, yliluonnollinen
Arvosanani: 10
Kommentit: Raikasta seikkailuja kauniissa maisemissa ilman mitään väkisin tungettuja maailmanvalloittaja-antagonisteja. Vähäinen toiminta on hyvin koreografioitua ja animoitua.
On the precipice of a cataclysmic drought, the Star Readers of the Shin Yogo Empire must devise a plan to avoid widespread famine. It is written in ancient myths that the first emperor, along with eight warriors, slew a water demon to avoid a great drought and save the land that was to become Shin Yogo. If a water demon was to appear once more, its death could bring salvation. However, the water demon manifests itself within the body of the emperor's son, Prince Chagum—by the emperor's order, Chagum is to be sacrificed to save the empire.
Meanwhile, a mysterious spear-wielding mercenary named Balsa arrives in Shin Yogo on business. After saving Chagum from a thinly veiled assassination attempt, she is tasked by Chagum's mother to protect him from the emperor and his hunters. Bound by a sacred vow she once made, Balsa accepts.
Seirei no Moribito follows Balsa as she embarks on her journey to protect Chagum, exploring the beauty of life, nature, family, and the bonds that form between strangers.
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Shinsekai Yori (
MAL)
Tyyppi:
TV-Sarja / 1 kausi (25 jaksoa)
Genre: Draama / Mysteeri
Ikäraja: R - 17+
Avainsanat: yliluonnollinen, fantasia, antropomorfismi
Arvosanani: 10
Kommentit: Kauhunomaista mysteeriä vieraassa maassa. Loistavaa maailmanrakennusta. Hieman on kynien ja värien kanssa hakemista, mutta piirtotyyliinhän tottuu. Ohjaus on paikoittain hieman kyseenalaista, mutta sarja onneksi pysyy tiiviihkössä paketissa loppuun saakka.
Following a sudden outbreak of psychokinesis in 0.1% of the population, a rapid transformation swept the world. The godlike ability to manipulate matter remotely turned many power wielders to violence, inciting a long period of upheaval. Finally, after a chaotic era shaped by the rise and fall of oppressive regimes, the psychic humans were able to achieve a fragile peace by isolating their society, creating a new world bound by complex rules.
In the town of Kamisu 66, 12-year-old Saki Watanabe has just awakened to her powers and is relieved to rejoin her friends—the mischievous Satoru Asahina, the shy Mamoru Itou, the cheerful Maria Akizuki, and Shun Aonuma, a mysterious boy whom Saki admires—at Sage Academy, a special school for psychics. However, unease looms as Saki begins to question the fate of those unable to awaken to their powers, and the children begin to get involved with secretive matters such as the rumored Tainted Cats said to abduct children.
Shinsekai yori tells the unique coming-of-age story of Saki and her friends as they journey to grow into their roles in the supposed utopia. Accepting these roles, however, might not come easy when faced with the dark and shocking truths of society, and the impending havoc born from the new world.
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Aoi Bungaku (
MAL)
Tyyppi:
TV-Sarja / 1 kausi (12 jaksoa)
Genre: Draama / Historiallinen
Ikäraja: R - 17+
Avainsanat: historia, kirjallisuus, adaptaatio
Arvosanani: 10
Kommentit: Japanilaisia mestariteoksia käännettynä animeksi. Aihepiirejä löytyy laajasta laitaan.
The series consists of adaptations of six modern classics of Japanese literature: Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) & Run, Melos! (Hashire, Melos!), Natsume Soseki’s Kokoro, Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) & The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito), and Ango Sakaguchi's In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita).
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Haikyuu!! (
MAL)
Tyyppi:
TV-Sarja / 3 kautta (60 jaksoa)
Genre: Urheilu / Komedia
Ikäraja: PG-13
Avainsanat: lentopallo, kilpailu, joukkuelaji
Arvosanani: 9
Kommentit: Shouneniksi todella hyvä urheilusarja. Siis kunhan ei vaan lentopalloa satu harrastamaan. Todella komeasti animoitu pelaajat.
Inspired after watching a volleyball ace nicknamed "Little Giant" in action, small-statured Shouyou Hinata revives the volleyball club at his middle school. The newly-formed team even makes it to a tournament; however, their first match turns out to be their last when they are brutally squashed by the "King of the Court," Tobio Kageyama. Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama, and so after graduating from middle school, he joins Karasuno High School's volleyball team—only to find that his sworn rival, Kageyama, is now his teammate.
Thanks to his short height, Hinata struggles to find his role on the team, even with his superior jumping power. Surprisingly, Kageyama has his own problems that only Hinata can help with, and learning to work together appears to be the only way for the team to be successful. Based on Haruichi Furudate's popular shounen manga of the same name, Haikyuu!! is an exhilarating and emotional sports comedy following two determined athletes as they attempt to patch a heated rivalry in order to make their high school volleyball team the best in Japan.
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Usagi Drop (
MAL)
Tyyppi:
TV-Sarja / 1 kausi (11 jaksoa)
Genre: SoL / Kevyt draama
Ikäraja: PG-13
Avainsanat: lapset, kasvatus
Arvosanani: 10
Kommentit: Älkää helvetti menkö lukemaan mangaa.
Daikichi Kawachi is a 30-year-old bachelor working a respectable job but otherwise wandering aimlessly through life. When his grandfather suddenly passes away, he returns to the family home to pay his respects. Upon arriving at the house, he meets a mysterious young girl named Rin who, to Daikichi’s astonishment, is his grandfather's illegitimate daughter!
The shy and unapproachable girl is deemed an embarrassment to the family, and finds herself ostracized by her father's relatives, all of them refusing to take care of her in the wake of his death. Daikichi, angered by their coldness towards Rin, announces that he will take her in—despite the fact that he is a young, single man with no prior childcare experience.
Usagi Drop is the story of Daikichi's journey through fatherhood as he raises Rin with his gentle and affectionate nature, as well as an exploration of the warmth and interdependence that are at the heart of a happy, close-knit family.
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5 Centimeters Per Second (
MAL)
Tyyppi:
Elokuva (22 min) / 3 osaa
Genre: Draama / Romanssi
Ikäraja: PG-13
Avainsanat: ihmissuhteet
Arvosanani: 10
Kommentit: Mitähän noiden jalkojenkin kanssa on tapahtunut?
Takaki Toono and Akari Shinohara, two very close friends and classmates, are torn apart when Akari's family is transferred to another region of Japan due to her family's job. Despite separation, they continue to keep in touch through mail. When Takaki finds out that his family is also moving, he decides to meet with Akari one last time.
As years pass by, they continue down their own paths, their distance slowly growing wider and their contact with one another fades. Yet, they keep remembering one another and the times they have shared together, wondering if they will have the chance to meet once again.
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