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Space Patrol Luluco

***Space Patrol Luluco*** is a 2016 Japanese anime series by Trigger. The show was later dubbed by Funimation in

## Plot

Luluco is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives in the solar system frontier space colonization zone Ogikubo together with her father, who works for the zone's Space Patrol division. Despite being a part of this wondrous district full of alien immigrants, Luluco would rather live the life of a normal schoolgirl. When her father is accidentally frozen by alien contraband, Luluco is forced to request help from her father's Space Patrol division. She is appointed a member of the Space Patrol by the division chief, named Over Justice, in order to pay the fees required to revive her father. From then on, Luluco's previously normal life faces drastic changes as she is sent on daily missions to protect Ogikubo from space criminals. On these missions she bands together with her assigned partner and alien exchange student ΑΩ (pronounced "Alpha Omega") Nova, as well as their fairly normal mutual classmate Midori.

## Why it Rocks

1. Cute character designs, especally Luluco herself, who seems to resemble Laney Penn.
2. The entire series leads up to one huge story arc.
3. Several crossovers with *Little Witch Academia*, *Kill la Kill*, *Inferno Cop*, *Kiznaiver* and *Sex and Violence with Machspeed*.
4. Luluco has a hilarious transformation, after she wears the blue suit, her clothes fell down and she covers herself.
5. The end credits song, "Pipo Password" is a heartwarming theme and during the credits, we see how Luluco really feels about Alpha.
6. The under-arrest scene w/ Officer Over Justice.
7. Luluco's English voice actress, Brittany Karbowski, would later do the second season of *Squid Girl* for Sentai Filmworks.
8. Luluco has a beautiful hairstyle.
9. As mentioned earlier, **Funimation** did the English dub.
Daimidaler: Prince vs. Penguin Empire

**Daimidaler:  Prince vs. Penguin Empire** is an action, adventure, mecha, comedy, dark comedy, romance, romantic comedy, drama, fantasy, dark

   fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, science fantasy, fanservice, parody, harem, Japanese anime series.  It was based on a manga series which was written by Asaki Nakama and published by Enterbrain for the magazine Fellows!  It originally ran rom December 15, 2008 to October 15, 2012, and it lasted for 4 volumes in total.  After that it got a sequel manga series, titled Daimidaler the Sound Robot OGS, which was written by Asaki Nakama and published by Enterbrain for the magazine Harta.  It originally ran from October 5, 2013 to June 15, 2016, and it lasted for 2 volumes in total.  After that came the anime adaptation.  It was directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa, written by Takao Yoshioka, musically composed by Ryosuke Nakanishi, and produced by Studio TNK.  It originally aired from April 5, 2014 to June 21, 2014, and it lasted for 12 normal episodes and 6 OVA episodes in total.

## Plot

Kōichi Madanbashi is a high schooler who possesses Hi-ERo particles, which are used as an energy source for the robot Daimidaler. He obtains these particles by groping females and uses them to power up the robot in order to fight penguin-shaped robots from the supposedly evil Penguin Empire.

## Why It Rocks

1. Excellent soundtrack.
2. Wonderful satire and parody of common tropes in anime, including mecha, action, romance, comedy, fanservice, and anime with an extremely perverted and dense main character.
3. Amazing animation.
4. Outstanding cast of characters.  They do have a decent amount of depth and are interesting, but the primary reason to love them is because they're entertaining and serve to improve the overall themes of parody of the show.
5. Great voice acting in both sub and dub.
6. Outlandish, ridiculous, yet still humorous storyline about high school students who have to defend the world, in gigantic mechs, from an invasion of sentient penguins.
7. Very appealing art style and character designs.
8. Incredible action.
Meat Sweats

**Meat Sweats** is a mutant pig and a former "celebrity" chef. His arms are made of tendrils which latch onto mutants in order to drain their power. He speaks with a British accent.

## Trivia

* According to his bio, Meat Sweats can literally "sweat meat".
* Donnie gives him the nickname "Pink Pig Booty."
* According to the motion comic, Meat Sweats is British.
Because.moe

**Because.moe** is a website dedicated to presenting all of the legal streaming websites for countless of different anime series and movies.

## Why They Rock

1. The only place on the internet where you can go to find all of the legal streaming websites for countless anime.
2. They include tones of different legal streaming websites in their registry, including Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu, Funimation, Amazon Prime, Yahoo View, tubitv, Viewster, and Hidive.
3. They are always interested in finding more legal streaming websites to enbed into their own website, and will occasionally do just that.
MM!

**MM!** is a romance, comedy, romantic comedy, drama, harem, Japanese anime series.  It started with a light n

   ovel series which was written by Akinari Matsuno, illustrated by QP:flapper, and published my Media Factory.  It originally ran from February 23, 2007 to September 24, 2010, and it lasted for 12 volumes in total.  After that came the manga series.  It was written by Akinari Matsuno, illustrated by Issei Hyouju, and published by Media Factory.  It originally ran from September, 2008 to February, 2012, and it lasted for 7 volumes in total.  After that came the anime series.  It was directed by Tsuyoshi Nagasawa, written by Rie Koshika, musically composed by Yukari Hashimoto, and produced by Studio Xebec.  It originally aired from October 2, 2010 to December 18, 2010, and it lasted for 12 episodes in total.

## Plot

Taro Sado is a masochist and goes to a high school with his male friend Tatsukichi Hayama. Taro falls in love for the first time with a girl and wants to be cured of his masochism so that he can confess his love to her, unaware at the time that she is actually his cross-dressing male friend Tatsukichi, so he goes to the Second Voluntary Club to get help. There he meets Mio Isurugi, a self-proclaimed god, and Arashiko Yuno, the girl who made him a masochist in the first place, however, she has androphobia. The club adviser is the school nurse, Michiru Onigawara. Other characters include Yumi Mamiya, Arashiko's best friend, and the president of the Inventors Club, Noa Hiragi, and her lolicon assistant, Himura Yukinojō.

## Why It Rocks

1. Great animation.
2. Amazing comedy.  All of the comedy comes from the hilarious characters and the different fetishes they have.  For example, Tado Sado is a masochist, Mio Isurugi is a sadist, Tado's close friend Tatsukichi Hayama is a cross-dresser, Tado's sister and mother have an incest problem, and the school nurse, enjoys dressing other people up in cosplay and taking pictures of them.
3. Good voice acting in both sub and dub.
4. To balance out the comedy are lots of dramatic moments which make you feel like these characters actually are developing a deep, emotional connection with each other.
5. Very appealing art style and character designs.
Violet Evergarden

**Violet Evergarden** is a drama, tragedy, comedy anime series.  It's based on a light novel series written by Kana

    Akatsuki, illustrated by Akiko Takase, and published by Kyoto Animation for the magazine KA Esuma Bunko.  It originally ran from December 25, 2015 to March 23, 2018, for 3 volumes in total.  The anime adaptaiton was directed by Taichi Ishidate, written by Reiko Yoshida, musically composed by Evan Call, produced by Kyoto Animation, and exclusively liscenced by Netflix.  It originally ran from January 11, 2018 to April 5, 2018, with 13 episodes in total.  In July the series is also going to get an OVA.

## Plot

The story revolves around Auto Memory Dolls (自動手記人形 *Jidō Shuki Ningyō*): dolls initially created by a scientist named Dr. Orland to assist his blind wife Mollie in writing her novels, and later rented out to other people who needed their services. In the present time, the term refers to the industry of writing for others. The story follows Violet Evergarden's journey of reintegrating back into society after the war is over and her search for her life's purpose now that she is no longer a soldier.

## Why It Rocks

1. Beautiful animation, it's one of the best looking tv anime of all time.
2. Very appealing art style and character designs.  It manages to mix typical anime character designs, such as with the huge eyes, with a more realistic character designs, in terms of hair color and body designs.
3. Violet Evergarden was one of the many shows recently liscenced exclusively by Netflix.  In addition to that, Kyoto Animation entirely finished the series before it had to air.  That means that Netflix was able to drop the entire show on day 1, unlike the other shows which they don't release for several months after their finished airing.
4. Wonderfully interesting, complex, and sympathetic main character.  She's one of the best female anime characters in anime in a long time.
5. Great, well-written, engaging drama.  It's tailor made to tug at your heart-strings.
6. Good voice acting in both sub and dub.
7. Incredible themes which aren't often covered in anime.  The main theme is that of the main heroine, Violet, trying to discover and express emotions, and they do that by way of having her be an ex-soldier who, before the start of the series, knew nothing but the battlefield and obeying orders.
8. Excellent soundtrack.

## Bad Qualities

1. While most countries got this show in its entirety on Netflix on Day 1, for some reason the United States didn't.
2. Most of the side characters felt like they were underutilized in the story.
Lu Over the Wall

**Lu Over the Wall** is a 2017 Fantasy Japanese anime film.  It was directed by Masaaki Yuasa, written by Reiko

   Yoshida and Masaaki Yuasa, musically composed by Takatsugu Muramatsu, edited by Ayako Tan, distributed by Toho, produced by Eunyoung Choi and Studio Science Saru, and it starred Kanon Tani, Shōta Shimoda, Akira Emoto, Shin'ichi Shinohara, Soma Saito, Minako Kotobuki, and Chidori (Daigo, Nobu).

## Plot

Kai Ashimoto (足元カイ *Ashimoto Kai*), a young middle schooler, lives in Hinashi Town (日無町 *Hinashi-chō*), a lonely fishing village, with his father and his grandfather, a parasol maker. He used to live in Tokyo, but after his parents divorced he moved back to his father's home town. Kai has trouble telling his parents the complicated feelings he has for them, and he's lonely and pessimistic about his school life. One of his joys is uploading songs he writes to the internet.

One day, his classmates Kunio (国夫) and Yūho (遊歩) invite him to join their band, "SEIRÈN". As he reluctantly follows them to Merfolk Island (人魚島 *Ningyojima*), their practice spot, they meet Lu (ルー *Rū*), the ningyo girl. Lu sings merrily and dances innocently. As Kai begins to spend time with her, he starts to be able to say what it is that he's really thinking.

But since ancient times, the people of Hinashi Town have thought that mermaids brought disaster. Something happens that puts a huge rift between Lu and the townspeople. And then, the town is in danger. Will Kai's cry for the heart be able to save the town?

## Why It Rocks

1. The film has an extremely catchy and memorable soundtrack.
2. Very vibrant and colorful animation
3. Christine Marie Cabanos (voice of Lu) actually has experience to voice a mermaid as she was the voice of *Squid Girl*.
4. Rich and detailed background.
5. The film's idea of mermfolk can't be in sunlight is an original idea.
6. The film is a spiritual successor to *Ponyo*.
7. Very intense action sequences like Lu trying to free her father.
8. Very likable characters like Lu and The 3 kids.
9. Mike Pollock cameos in the film.
10. Really well put together humor like when Lu saw different people performing instead of her friends.

## Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 74% based on 34 reviews, and an average rating of 6.1/10.[13]

Charles Solomon from Los Angeles Times wrote that "Yuasa's bold imagery and sometimes convoluted storytelling defy the conventions of traditional animated filmmaking, but he is clearly an artist with an individual vision whose work offers something genuinely new and eye-catching."

On the other hand, Simon Abrams from RogerEbert.com said "Still, I can't lie: I was bored throughout the 112 minutes I spent watching "Lu Over the Wall." I initially thought that I was allergic to the mediocre English voice actors' performances. But I soon realized that that my biggest problem was that I couldn't reconcile the basic disconnect between the thrilling story-telling and the paint-by-numbers story. I wanted the film's creators to do something with their formulaic narrative, but they never did."
InuYasha The Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

**Inuyasha The Movie 2:  The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass** is the second anime movie based on the InuYasha

   anime and manga series written by Rumiko Takahashi.  The movie was written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa, directed by Toshiya Shinohara, musically composed by Kaoru Wada, and produced by Mikihiro Iwata, Michihiko Suwa, Masuo Ueda, and Studio Sunrise.  It was preceeded by InuYasha The Movie:  Affections Touching Across Time and was later followed by InuYasha The Movie 3:  Swords of an Honorable Ruler.

## Plot

After defeating Naraku, they subsequently split up, leaving InuYasha, Kagome and Shippo searching for the remainder of the Shikon Jewel shards without Miroku or Sango. Kagura and Kanna, the two surviving incarnations of Naraku are restless now that Naraku is dead. They find a mirror in a shrine and awaken Kaguya, Princess of the Heavens. In exchange for freeing her, Kaguya promises to grant Kagura her eternal freedom. The two set out to recover five items that will free Kaguya from her mirror, leading them to cross paths once again with InuYasha and his friends. Kaguya, desiring to stop time, kidnaps Kagome who is able to put up a barrier against her spells. The remainder of the group reunite in Kaguya's realm of mirrors in order to retrieve Kagome. Kaguya, intending to enslave InuYasha, attempts to transform him in to a full-fledged demon. The spell is broken by Kagome, who admits her love for InuYasha for the first time in order to stop the transformation. Naraku reappears on Kohaku's back, revealing that he had purposely faked his death to absorb Kaguya. Naraku, unable to fight on equal terms, then escapes with Kohaku, Kagura and Kanna. Kagome then combines her power with that of Miroku as she launches a piece of his staff in the form of an arrow and destroys Kaguya's mirror. InuYasha then destroys Kaguya's physical form. Kaguya appears in a gas-like form and tries to take control of Kagome's body but ends up being sucked into Miroku's wind tunnel. They escape back to the normal world through Kaguya's mirror as her palace collapses. With things returned to normal, an embarrassed InuYasha and Kagome resume denying their feelings for each other, refusing to discuss Kagome's confession in the mirror realm.

## Why It Rocks

1. Excellent animation, even better than the show due to it being an anime movie and not a series.
2. Great music and soundtrack.
3. Good voice acting in both sub and dub.
4. Amazing fight scenes.
5. Incredible art style and character designs.

## Bad Qualities

1. Like many anime movies based on popular anime series, all of the events in the film are considered non canon.
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works

**Fate/stay night:  Unlimited Blade Works** is a Japanese anime series which aired from October 4, 2014 to June 27,

   2015.  By the time it concluded it had 27 episodes which included an episode 0, then 25 normal episodes, and then a special at the end titled Sunny Days which was a what-if alternate scinario for the ending.  This show was adapted from the second route, Unlimited Blade Works, from the 2004 visual novel Fate/stay night, and was a sequel to Fate/Zero, taking place ten years after that story.

## Plot

The Holy Grail War is a battle royale among seven magi who serve as Masters. Masters, through the use of the command seals they are given when they enter the war, command Heroic Spirits known as Servants to fight for them in battle. In the Fifth Holy Grail War, Rin Toosaka is among the magi entering the competition. With her Servant, Archer, she hopes to obtain the ultimate prize—the Holy Grail, a magical artifact capable of granting its wielder any wish.  One of Rin's classmates, Emiya Shirou, accidentally enters the competition and ends up commanding a Servant of his own known as Saber. As they find themselves facing mutual enemies, Rin and Shirou decide to form a temporary alliance as they challenge their opponents in the Holy Grail War.

## Why It Rocks

1. Incredible animation, even better than it's predacessor, Fate/Zero.
2. Incredibly appealing art style and character designs.
3. Impressive lighting effect implimented which made the series seem more cinematic.
4. Great voice acting in both sub and dub.
5. Amazing fight scenes where the Servants use their unique abilities not only strategically but also bombastically.
6. This is one of the few anime that has aspects for everyone.  It can please action fans, fantasy fans, shonen-battle fans, fans of incredble visuals, and even romance fans, the one of those aspects that it's prequel, Fate/Zero didn't have.
7. Interesting and engaging clashes of ideology, specifically between Shirou Emiya and Archer.

## Bad Qualities

1. The mid-season finale, episode twelve, ends on a cliffhanger, and there wasn't a follow up for two more anime seasons; thankfully, this cliffhanger wasn't nearly as bad as the one during the mid-season finale of Fate/Zero.
2. This series lacks much of the ideololgical conflicts which made Fate/Zero so popular, with the lone exception of the ideology of Archer being explored.

## Reception

Fate/stay night:  Unlimited Blade Works recieved incredibly positive reception during the entirety of it's airing, and even years afterwards.
One Punch Man

***One-Punch Man*** (ワンパンマン, *Wanpanman*) is an anime adaption of the manga by the same name

    starring Makoto Furukawa and Max Mittelman as Saitama is animated by renowned Japanese studio, Madhouse, and helmed by famed anime director, Shingo Natsume, and features character designs by Chikashi Kubota.

## Plot

In this new action-comedy, everything about a young man named Saitama screams "AVERAGE", from his lifeless expression, to his bald head, to his seemingly unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking fellow doesn't have your average problem... He's actually a superhero that's looking for tough opponents! The problem is, every time he finds a promising candidate he beats the snot out of them in one punch. Can Saitama finally find an evil villain strong enough to challenge him? Follow Saitama through his hilarious romps as he searches for new bad guys to challenge!

## Why It Rocks

1. Top-notch animation, courtesy of Madhouse.
2. Awesome intro.
3. Good voice acting in all languages - Japanese, English, French, Spanish (both Spain and Latin), German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, and Korean.
4. Some likable characters such as Saitama and Genos.
5. Plenty of hilarious moments involving Saitama.
6. Great storylines.
7. Saitama's story brings a great message about never giving up.
8. Great action and fighting scenes, comparable to those from *Dragon Ball Z*, *Fist of the North Star* and *My Hero Academia.*

## Bad Qualities

1. Extremely short (only 12 episodes?!). Fortunately, this will be rectified with the second season.
2. Genos sounds like an old man in the English dub.
Children Who Chase Lost Voices

**Children Who Chase Lost Voices** is a 2011 adventure, fantasy, romance, comedy, romantic comedy, dr

   ama, Japanese anime movie.  It was directed, written, edited, and cinematography by Makoto Shinkai, musically composed by Tenmon, produced by Makoto Shinkai, Noritaka Kawaguchi, and CoMix Wave Films, distributed by Media Factory, and it starred Hisako Kanemoto, Kazuhiko Inoue, and Miryu Irino.

## Why It Rocks

1. Amazing animation.
2. The romance between the two main characters, Asuna Watase and Ryuji Morisaki, is incredbly enging and heartwarming.
3. Great voice acting in both sub and dub.
4. While this movie does very little that's original, everything that it does do is handled so well that it makes you forget about that.
5. Very appealing art style and character designs.
6. This movie takes a lot of inspiration from Studio Ghibli works, the most notable being Spirited Away, but it still has that distinctive Makoto Shinkai feel to it.  It's like if Makoto Shinkai and Hayao Miyazaki decided to make an anime movie together.
7. Good pacing.
8. The theme of lonliness is a critical part of Asuna's character, and it's handled very well.  You see her go from an almost perfect child in the beginning to a clearly broken and distressed person towards the end.
9. Excellent soundtrack.

## Reception

**Children Who Chase Lost Voices** has a 69% audience rating, a 3.3/5 on Letterboxd, a 7.2/10 on the International Movie Database (IMDB), a 7.72/10 on MyAnimeList, a 76.19% community approval rating on Kitsu, and a 4/5 on AnimePlanet.
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

**Wotakoi:  Love is Hard for Otaku** is a romance, comedy, romantic comedy, Japanese anime series.  It's based on a

    manga series which was written by Fujita and published by Ichijinsha in the magazine Pxvit at first and then Comic Pool from November 6, 2015 to present, and it originally ran from April 17, 2014, and it has 5 volumes so far.  After that came the anime adaptation.  It was directed and written by Yoshimasa Hiraike, musically composed by Akimitsu Honma, and produced by Studio A-1 Pictures, and it originally aired from April 13, 2018 to June 22, 2018, and it lasted for 11 episodes in total.

## Plot

Narumi, a female office worker who hides her fujoshi lifestyle, and Hirotaka, a handsome and capable company man who is secretly a game otaku. The two seem perfect for each other, but love is difficult for otaku.

## Why It Rocks

1. Decent animation.
2. Outstanding comedy.  The show is able to make great jokes not only out of the character's hobby, but also out of the two couples presented in the series.
3. Very appealing art style and character designs.
4. Unlike most Otaku pandering anime, this one is able to strike a balance.  It does pander to Otaku, but not so much that it gets obnoxious.
5. Good soundtrack.
6. Surprisingly heartwarming and engaging romance.  Both couples, those being Narumo Momose with Hirotaka Nifuji and Hanako Koyanagi with Taro Kabakura, are likeable and have great chermistry, even though the series isn't primarly romance, it's primarly comedy.
7. Great voice acting.
8. Excellent balance between romance and comedy, a balance which very few romantic comedy are able to perfectly strike.

## Reception

The manga's compiled book volumes have frequently ranked on Oricon. Volume 2 was ranked first, and has sold up to 208,765 copies in its first week.[19] Volume 3 was ranked fourth, and has sold up to 209,102 copies in its first week.[20] Volume 4 was ranked first, and has sold up to 283,523 copies in its first week.[21] The manga has up to 4.2 million copies in print as of July 20, 2017.[22] It manga was ranked first in the 2016 edition of *Kono Manga ga Sugoi!* (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.[23] The manga was ranked ninth in the *Zenkoku Shotenin ga Eranda Osusume Comic 2017* (Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2017) poll on February 1, 2017.[24] It was nominated for the 41st Kodansha Manga Award in the *Best General Manga* category.[25] In September 2017, it won the *Web Manga General Election*.[26]
Fence Post Beats

Mauve and Morrigan come down and cause a plague and ZB Tech stops it.

All the gods are meeting in purgatory, they’re all talking about how to regain their power with faith. The evil gods decide to take matters in their own hands and go down to earth to cause chaos.

Grande Success:

 The good gods split up and select certain humans that believe in them to make Demigods to combat an evil god.

All In:

Zb Tech teams up with the demigods to fight the evil gods. Zack is secretly studying the demigods. The evil god problem is under control.

Venti Failure:

Zack gets a blood sample from the demigods and he finds the God Cell and finds out how to replicate it to use on his android army and saves some for himself.

All gods and humans make peace with each other to fight ZBtech despite their differences.

Main Event Showdown:

ZBtech is outnumbered by all the gods and most humans. The android army is defeated, zack injects himself with the god cell and becomes godlike. Zack has an epic battle with all the gods and he is defeated and before he is killed he sends out Cthulhu and slips away. While the gods are fighting Cthulhu the demigods go after Zack, kill him and stop Cthulhu with the remote they find on Zack. The gods regain their power and they fly back up and leave the demigods on earth to rebuild it.
Splinter

**Splinter** is the father-figure and sensei of the Ninja Turtles.

## Trivia

* According to an interview, the reason that Splinter looks like he's gained a few pounds, is because since there's no Shredder in the new series, Splinter has no exact reason for training the turtles, however after they learn about threats, such as Baron Draxum, he begins training the turtles more seriously.
* Splinter's weapon of choice is jokingly listed as the "TV remote" on his bio.
* According to his bio, Splinter was human before being turned into a rat.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

**JoJo's Bizarre Adventure** is a 2010 anime adaptation of the 1986 manga of the same name.

## Plot

*JoJo's Bizarre Adventure* tells the story of the Joestar family, a family whose various members discover they are destined to take down supernatural foes using unique powers that they possess. The manga is split up into 8 unique parts, each following the story of one member of the Joestar family, who inevitably has a name that can be abbreviated to the titular "JoJo". The first six parts of the series take place within a single continuity, while parts 7 and 8 take place in an alternate continuity.

## Why It Rocks

1. Awesome animation
2. Memorable characters and interesting plot.
3. It follows the manga and there is no filler.
4. Action packed fight scenes.
5. Amazing voice acting, both in Japanese and English
6. ***To Be Continued. (The Meme)***
Otaku no Video

**Otaku no Video** is an action, adventure, comedy, dark comedy, drama, parody, Japanese anime OVA series.  It was

    directed by Takeshi Mori, musically composed by Kohei Tanaka, and produced by Studio Gainax.  It originally aired from September 27, 1991 to December 20, 1991, and it lasted for 2 episodes in total.

## Plot

The story begins in *Otaku no Video 1982*, where the main character is an everyman character,[1] Ken Kubo, living with his girlfriend Yoshiko and as a member of his college's tennis team, until introduced by his former friend Tanaka to a club of enthusiasts: a female illustrator, an information geek, a martial artist, and a weapons collector. Kubo soon joins them; and when Yoshiko abandons him, makes the wish to become the supreme enthusiast, under the name of "Otaking".

Kubo's quest continues in *More Otaku no Video 1985*, set three years later, in which he creates his model kits, opens shops, and builds a factory in China. Later, he loses his fortune when one of his rivals (now married to Yoshiko) takes control of his enterprise; but Kubo and Tanaka, with hard-working artist Misuzu, gradually take over the anime industry with a 'magical girl' show, "Misty May". At the peak of their ambitions, Ken and Tanaka create Otakuland in 1999: the equivalent of Disneyland for otaku (the story suggests Otakuland to be located in the same city of Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, as the original Tokyo Disneyland.)[2]

Many years later, Ken and Tanaka return to Otakuland in a post-apocalyptic submerged Japan and find its central structure, a giant robot, converted into a functional spaceship piloted by their old friends. Miraculously rejuvenated, they fly into space in search of "The Planet of Otaku".

## Why It Rocks

1. Very appealing art style and character designs.
2. Incredible comedy.  The series does a great job of parodying and making comedy, usually dark comedy, out of Otaku culture and criticizing it.
3. Good voice acting in both sub and dub.
4. Despite using comedy to criticize Otaku Culture, this series also embraces it with its comedy as well.  It successfully sees both sides of the equation.
5. Excellent animation.
6. The story and plot twists are incredibly outlandish and out there, but that only helps to enhance the already great comedy.
7. Outstanding soundtrack.
8. Stellar cast of characters.  While they aren't the most complex characters ever, each one of them are relatable in their own way, and the help to make not only the comedy but also the commentary better.
9. Amazing pacing.
Naruto Shippuden The Movie: The Lost Tower

**Naruto Shippuden The Movie:  The Lost Tower** was the fourth movie based on the Naruto Shippuden anime series

   and the seventh movie based on Naruto overall.  It was originally released in Japan on July 31, 2010.

## Plot

Assigning on a mission to capture a missing-nin named Mukade, Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Yamato and Sai wield chakra-knives. At the one thousand year old city ruins of Rouran, they confront Mukade, a time traveller attempting to dominate the Ninja World with the power of the Ryūmyaku (the Ley Line in English), an ancient chakra flowing deep underground. He breaks Minato Namikaze's seal to unleash the power, causing the light to engulf Naruto and Yamato, before Sai and Sakura ride on an ink bird and attempt to escape.

Naruto and Yamato are sent twenty years into the past. When Naruto awakens from this time slip, he meets the queen of Rouran Sāra. It is later revealed that Mukade traveled to the past six years and changed his name to Anrokuzan, the minister of Loran who killed Sāra's mother Sēramu. Naruto agrees to protect Sāra, after Anrokuzan declares about the kidnapped citizens and creates to summon the "Puppet Ninja Forces". Minato, Shibi Aburame, Chōza Akimichi and Kakashi Hatake appear to support the heroes. While they rescue Sara's people and Naruto holds Minato's kunai, Sāra recalls her memory about Sēramu's lullaby. Anrokuzan uses the parts of the tower to become a giant defensive puppet. Minato and Naruto use their regenerative chakra enough to create the legendary Super Rasengan. After Sāra disables Anrokuzan's technique, Minato exposes Anrokuzan's weak spot and Naruto destroys it. As Yamato and Kakashi rescue Naruto and Sāra, Minato uses the kunai to completely seal off the power. Just as the heroes vanish from the past, Minato asks Naruto not to change history by erasing all of their memories.

With Mukade gone, Sakura and Sai reunite with Naruto and Yamato. They run into Queen Sāra, who kept the old chakra blade. She informs that it was given to her mother by a 'hero in a dream', and that she remains in the city.

## Why It Rocks

1. Great animation, much better than the show due to it being a feature film.
2. Great art style and character designs.
3. Good voice acting in both sub and dub.
4. Great music and soundtrack.
Kirby: Right Back At Ya

***Kirby: Right Back at Ya!***, known in Japan as ***Hoshi no Kābī*** (星のカービィ, *Kirby of the Stars*) is an anime serie

   s based on the *Kirby* franchise. The series was produced by Warpstar Inc., a company formed between a joint investment between Nintendo and HAL Laboratory, Inc.

## Plot

The series is about the adventures of Kirby and his friends after his Starship crash-lands on Planet Popstar, in the country of Dream Land. In this series, Kirby is a legendary Star Warrior destined to save Dream Land from destruction by eNeMeE. King Dedede, the ruler of Dream Land, wants to drive Kirby away, and orders up fearsome monsters from eNeMeE's company, Nightmare Enterprises. The monsters usually end up attacking Kirby and the people of Dream Land, but Kirby and friends always save the day.

*Kirby: Right Back at Ya!* uses the characters and concepts from the preceding game series as a basis rather than copying the games' events and lore word-for-word. It is best viewed as an alternate universe, having no direct connection to timeline of the events in the games. Being self-contained, it is easier for those unfamiliar with the game series to understand it.

The series is rifled with satire and parody, some of it self-referential in nature. Homages to old movies are common, as are references to modern popular culture, politics and news events.

## Why It Rocks

1. Despite the obvious censorship to make it more kid-friendly during the transition from east to west, it ended up being one of the best and most successful 4kids dubs (far better than the 4kids dub of One Piece to say the very least), managing to stay on air for all 100 episodes!
2. Good voice acting from both the 4kids Dub and the original; King Dedede’s voice in the 4kids dub is hilariously over the top in this regard.
3. Many likable characters like Kirby, Tiff, Tuff, Meta Knight, and King Dedede; They are also surprisingly three dimensional as well (or at least way more than just one-dimensional).
4. The show has lots of humorous moments, but isn’t lacking in emotional and/or heartwarming moments.
5. The theme song is really catchy.
6. Kirby's new abilities in this show are cool.
7. Some of the moments, and even episodes, can be surprisingly dark and mature, without resorting to a changing to a grimdark tone like in Berserk.
8. The last episode called Fright to the Finish was a great way to end the series.
9. It is one of the best Video Game to TV Show Adaptations of all time; It doesn’t hurt that it was made as an anime from Japan and the creator of the Kirby game series Masahiro Sakurai, alongside Nintendo and Hal Laboratory themselves (as a joint investment between the two known as Warpstar Inc.), lended a hand in the anime’s development.

## Bad Qualities

1. Tokkori is unlikable, being a jerk and nuisance to Kirby and the others.
2. In some of the episodes, Kirby doesn't get as much screen time as the other characters, and usually shows up at the climax.
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

***Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo*** is a anime series based on the manga series written and illustrated by Yoshio Sawai. The

    anime was directed by Hiroki Shibata, produced by Toei Animation and ran for 76 episodes from November 8, 2003 to October 29, 2005 on TV Asahi.

## Plot

In the year 300X, the entire world is under the tyrannical rule of the Maruhage Empire, and their ruler, Tsuru Tsurulina IV. His malicious Hair Hunt troop, which ranges from basic soldiers, to block Commanders, and the insidious Big Four, ruthlessly hair hunts innocent bystanders, leaving the people bald and their villages in ruins. Standing against this evil regime is the heroic, but bizarre, rebel, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, who fights the Hair Hunt Troop with his powerful Fist of the Nose Hair. Joined by his friends Beauty, Don Patch, and Heppokomaru, Bo-Bobo is on a quest to deliver his own hairy brand of justice to evildoers everywhere.

## Why It Rocks

1. Good anime with some action, adventure, comedy and parody.
2. Great voice acting from both the sub and the dub.
3. Awesome intro, and for once, it isn't sung by the girls.
4. Memorable characters like Bobobo, Beauty, Don Patch, Gasser and Jelly Jiggler.
5. When this showed up in English, it is confusing that they can't read about Japanese, especially in the movie theaters.
6. Countless references to other animes such as *Fist of the North Star*, *Dragon Ball Z*, *One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Death Note.*
7. The villains are somewhat badass or just plain funny.
8. **BAKA SURVIVOR!**

## Bad Qualities

1. While it was funny, it can get too weird since it was a comedy show.
2. Some of the characters are idiots, especially Bobobo.
3. The ending of the series is weird.
Sonic the Hedgehog (OVA)

***Sonic the Hedgehog*** (or simply called *Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie*) is a 1996 science fiction action comedy

   animated film based on SEGA's video game franchise of the same name.

## Plot

Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekicks Tails and Knuckles the Echidna are determined to thwart a plan that would turn their Land of the Sky into the equivalent of the Land of Darkness, which lurks beneath the surface. So they plow through to the center of the planet and the ancient city of Robotropolis to do righteous battle. The big question of the day is whether the usually evil Dr. Robotnik is telling the truth for once or sending the good guys into a trap.

## Why it Rocks

1. Very smooth animation, even for direct-to-video standards.
	* The animation is similar to *Sonic CD*, in which the animation was quite amazing.
2. A intense fight scene with Sonic and Metal Sonic.
3. A few cool one-liners that would become internet memes soon, like *"Shut up, Tails!"* or *"You know what I'm gonna do, but that's not going to help you because I know everything you're gonna do! Strange, isn't it?"*
4. Likable and awesome characters like Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Robotnik and even Metal Sonic.
5. Many funny moments. For example, Robotnik uses two missiles, but one of them was the rabbit that successfully hit the Tornado, when the turtle missile moves very slow.
6. It follows the source material with few minor changes.
7. Metal Sonic also later reappears as a redeemed character named Shard the Metal Sonic in the *Sonic* comic series.
8. Excellent soundtrack, as it was originally going to feature the soundtrack but it was dropped due to poor sales for the Japanese release.
9. Sad and touching moment when Sonic tries to save Metal Sonic, but Metal Sonic refuses and says "*There is only one Sonic*",.

## Bad Qualities

1. Sara is really annoying in every part of the movie, much like Princess Elise from *Sonic 2006*.
2. The English voice acting is terrible, as almost all the characters have been miscasted.

## Reception

The March 1996 issue of the *DieHard Magazine* gave the OVA a positive review stating that "all in all, the artwork looks amazing, plus it's an O.V.A, so the artists have been given quite an extensive budget. The animation is much cleaner than you could ever expect from a TV show, but the characters on-screen presence is what really makes Sonic so cool. It's like playing the game, but in anime form. After the U.S. Sonic cartoon has been cancelled, this Anime is definitely a good choice."[1]

Henry Gilbert of GamesRadar approved of the concept of a colorful, fast-paced anime adaptation of *Sonic*, noting the fights between Sonic and his evil counterpart, Metal Sonic, as "cool." This is unfortunately accompanied by "scenes of slapstick humor, anime cliches, and childish voice acting" as well as the "perpetually annoying" Sara.[2]

Chris Shepard of Anime News Network praised the OVA for its non-traditional action and said it was "good for the Sonic fans". He called the English dub poor, and said the story "strayed from the video games a little too much" and it was "very basic".[3]
Dragonball

***Dragon Ball*** (Japanese: ドラゴンボール Hepburn: *Doragon Bōru*) is an adaptation of the first portion of Akira

    Toriyama's *Dragon Ball* manga. It is composed of 153 episodes and ran on Fuji TV from 1986-1989. It was followed by *Dragon Ball Z*.

## Plot

*Dragon Ball* follows the adventures of Son Goku, from childhood to adulthood, as he trains in martial arts and explores the world in search of the Dragon Balls, seven magical orbs which summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered. Along his journey, Goku makes several friends and battles nefarious villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls to use for their own evil deeds.

## Why It Rocks

1. Great storylines with some good comedy.
2. Likable heroes such as Goku, Bulma Briefs, Krillin, Master Roshi, Yamcha, Launch and Tien Shinhan.
3. Awesome villains such as General Blue, Mercenary Tao, King Piccolo and Piccolo Jr.
4. Great voice acting in both the original Japanese version and the Funimation dub.
5. Memorable theme song, "Makafushigi Adventure".
6. Good action scenes.
7. Great animation for its time.
8. While there are some filler arcs, they still manage to be enjoyable.
9. The two sequels were even better.

## Bad Qualities

1. It can get a little bland at times.
2. The voice acting in the Ocean Dub wasn't too good.
3. It has some filler episodes, but not many.
4. *Dragon Ball GT* is considered to be the worst installment of the franchise and has since been declared non-canon.
The Place Promised in Our Early Days

**The Place Promised In Our Early Days** is a 2004 action, adventure, drama, romance, war, science fiction,

   science fantasy, Japanese anime movie.  It was directed by Makoto Shinkai and Yoshio Suzuki, written by Makoto Shinkai, musically composed by Tenmon, and produced by CoMix Wave Inc.

## Why It Rocks

1. Amazing animation.
2. Great voice acting in both sub and dub.
3. The story is incredibly emotionally gripping and sad.  Like many of Makoto Shinkai's later films, a kids who are close, whose relationship is splintered by distance and time.
4. Outstanding soundtrack.
5. The best part of the movie is the relationship between Hiroki Fujisawa, Takuya Shirakawa, and Sayuri Sawatari.  It's endearing seeing the three interact with each other and see how their friendship blossoms.
6. Good cinematography.
7. The scene at the end of the movie with Hiroki piloting the plane through the battle as they reach the tower is spectacularly animated and shot and is just intense as hell.
8. Very appealing art style and character designs.

## Bad Qualities

1. The plot starts pretty self explanatory, but after the time skip it becomes incredibly convoluted.  For some reason Sayuri has been asleep all this time, trapped inside her own mind, and the Soviots built a tower which is connected to Sayuri's mind, and if she wakes up then the whole world will be doomed.  It's way too complicated, pretentious, and lacks even close to enough explanation to be engaging.  The movie should have just focused on the relationship between these three kids, rather than including this crazy pseudo science into the plot.

## Reception

**The Place Promised In Our Early Days** has a 80% critic rating and a 80% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a 3.2/5 on Letterboxd, a 7.1/10 on the International Movie Database (IMDB), a 7.75/10 on MyAnimeList, a 75.85% community approval rating on Kitsu, and a 4/5 on AnimePlanet.
The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli

**The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli** (sometimes simply known as The Jungle Book and also known as Janguru Bukku Shonen Mowgli in Japanese), is a 1989 Japanese adventure/drama/family anime television series. It is based on the original Jungle Book novel by Rudyard Kipling. It was co-produced by Nippon Animation, Doro TV Merchandising, and Ardabra Cinematographique.

## Plot

After a baby boy named Mowgli is left orphaned, a black panther named Bagheera brings him to a wolf pack who adopt him and treat him like he's one of them. Some years later, he grows up as far as into his preteens and he strives to fit in with the wolves, despite being different while living in an Indian jungle. Along the way, he learns about the various laws of the jungle while trying to survive. Meanwhile, a Bengal tiger named Shere Khan is prejudice towards humans, and for that reason, he wants to kill Mowgli for revenge and in spite while being accompanied by a conniving striped hyena (or jackal) sidekick named Tabacqui. With the help of his animal friends, Mowgli eventually becomes free of Shere Khan before finding out about the Man Village, which is where he later moves to and makes as his new home.

## Why It Rocks

1. The art is brilliant and the animation flows smoothly.
2. This adaptation may outdo others, such as Disney's 1967 animated film version and the 2016 live-action remake, due to being more faithful to the original story, such as the python, Kaa, of this version, being a good guy instead of a villain.
3. The writing of the episodes' storylines are great and allow the viewers to learn more about the characters.
4. The characters are designed well and look good enough.
5. Most of the characters are likable and have plenty of depth.
6. Some episodes provide good morals and lessons to follow.
7. The theme songs of the intro and outro are pleasing to here, with the gentle, soothing vocals in the English version provided by Suzi Marsh.
8. The voices sound well acted in the English dub and the dubbing is well done.
9. Many funny moments in addition to the dramatic ones.

## Bad Qualities

1. One of the wolves, Lala, may be the least likable character in this series.
2. The English dub was televised in Canada, but not the U.S. However, this would be made up for that with the first ten episodes getting a VHS release and even more so when the complete series was brought to DVD years later.
3. Certain scenes may be too frightening for younger children.
Ancillary Narrative 1

## Escape From Province 7

**PLOT FOR INSPIRATION:**

Escape from Alcattraz

**SHORT STORY SYNOPSIS/logline:**

**Beginning:** Evil gods have come down to province 7 and start causing chaos. The prison is being destroyed.

**Middle:**The viewer is guided by Aaron Mills throughout the prison dodging AI Prison Androids that are pre-programmed to kill all escaped prisoners and Evil gods’ wrath and destruction.They must reach the evacuation zone on the coast to escape Province 7.

**End**: We’re able to get to the evacuation zone and sneak into a boat that’s going to Province 1.

**GENRE:**

Action SciFi

**PROTAGONIST:**

Aaron Mills and the player.

**ANTAGONIST:**

The evil gods and the Prison AI

**MAIN SUPPORTING CHARACTERS W/ DESCRIPTIONS:**

The audience, They help out Aaron throughout the story.

**PRIMARY LOCATIONS WITH DESCRIPTIONS:**

Province 7.

**ADDITIVE COMPREHENSION:**

We see more of Aaron mills’ storyline before the Blood And Faith Game.

**TARGET MARKET:**

Males and females age 13-40

**THOROUGH DESCRIPTION OF THEIR MEDIA HABITS:**

They like trying new technologies and experiences

**MEDIUM:**

VR Experience

**WHY IT WORKS IN THIS MEDIUM:**

This medium works because it requires no gaming know-how and most people can use it.

**PLATFORM:**

Htc Vive, Oculus Rift

**WHY IT WORKS IN THIS PLATFORM:**

It works on this platform because the Vive and Oculus are the major VR platforms on the market today.