Mahoraba - Heartful Days

Shiratori Ryuji wants to become a picture book writer, and he moves to an apartment, Narutaki-Sou, in order to go to an art school in Tokyo. Narutaki-sou is an old Japanese style one-story house which doesn't fit in urban scenery. It is owned by the cousin of his mother, and the manager of the apartment is Aoba Kozue. She is his second cousin, and they met with each other when they were children although he doesn't remember her much. She is in the second grade of a high school attached to Aoba Junior Collage.

There are five people living in Narutaki-Sou. First, Chanohata Kotomi is living in the room #1. She is a best friend of Kozue. Then, the resident of the room #3 is Momono Megumi. She is a kind of person who goes her own way. In the room #5, Kurosaki Sayoko and her daughter Asami are living. Asami is in the first grade of a junior high. Finally, in the room #6, Haibara Yukio is living with his kind of a dog puppet.

They are all characteristic and eccentric persons. However, in fact, the most eccentric person is Kozue. She has a secret; when she is shocked at something, she changes her personality. Not knowing this, Takashi moves to Narutaki-Sou to realize his dream.

This anime reminds me a little of Love Hina and i really likes Kozue's personality, she is so cute and kawaii. Mahoraba -Heartful Days its very comic and its very recent (2005) in Japan. I dont know exactly how many episodes will be but it looks very awesome!!

Here are some cool links:
http://www.mahoraba.info
http://www.mahoraba.net

Full Metal Alchemist

"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of equivalent exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth."

(Alphonse Elric, Fullmetal Alchemist intro)

In this world, there exist people with special abilities to manipulate objects and transform those objects into other objects. These people are known as alchemist. However, this manipulation process does not come without cost, as the basic alchemy rules stated that something with equivalent cost is needed to perform the manipulation.

The main character is a famous alchemist named Edward Elric, who loses his little brother Alphonse in an accident. Edward manages to contain his brother's soul in a large piece of armor suit. However, merging the soul and body of the dearly departed comes with great cost, so the two brothers must embark on a journey to find a mysterious power amplifier which can reduce the cost to manipulate objects greatly.

This anime serie has 51 total episodes and it was published in 2003 by the Bones Studio. It has Action, Comedy, Adventure and of course Magic.

Some good sites:
http://www.fullmetalalchemist.com Official site
http://www.fullmetal-alchemist.com

Elfen Lied

Lucy, a beautiful young mutant, is bred by the government to be the ultimate weapon. Armed with unfathomable powers, she escapes her handlers, but loses her memory in the process.

Fortunately, our young waif is taken in by two well-meaning students. Now, with government killers on her trail, the disposition of a five year old, and a hair trigger for ultra-violence, Lucy and her young friends must unravel the dark secret of her legacy before it’s too late.

Critics have described Elfen Lied as “weird,” (Anime Planet), “surprisingly sadistic,” (Gamerz Edge), and “addictive” (Animesou).

This seems to be an awesome anime title. "A must see..." should i say. ^_^

Evangelion - NERV Bag

Well, i did it!! i bought the evangelion nerv bag at japanimation.com and its awesome. The bag its very cool. It has eleven pockets and two sided mesh pockets. Its black with the nerv logo centered in the flap of the bag.



I received my nerv bag via Priority Mail by USPS in two weeks. You can see the package and the invoice attached.

Also I bought two Card Captor Sakura Keychains (Syaoran Li and Sakura in blades) and a wallet with the nerv logo embroidered very cool with a lot of tiny pockets.

Here are the pictures (right click to download).

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You can Buy all your anime items at japanimation.com