Anime of the Week 1/8 - 16/08

Akame Ga Kill!

In a fantasy world,, warrior Tatsumi sets out for the Capital in order to 'make it big' and earn money to save his starving village. 


However, when he reaches the Capital, he instead finds a world plagued by unimaginable corruption, all originated from the depraved Prime Minister who masterfully manipulates the child Emperor. 


After nearly becoming a victim of this corruption himself, as well as almost dying at the hands of his 'future friends', Tatsumi is recruited by Night Raid - a group of assassins dedicated to eliminating the corruption plaguing the Capitol by mercilessly killing those responsible.


Thus begins Tatsumi's adventure as an 'Assassin'.


Currently Airing - 4 / 24


Anime of the Week 17/8 - 23/08

Aldnoah.Zero

In 1972, the Apollo 17 mission discovered a hypergate to Mars on the surface of the moon; where they discover the remains of an ancient technology - known as "Aldnoah". Claiming the power for their own, humanity is split into two factions, leading into a great war.

Years have passed since humanity split into two. The aftermath of the great war still resonate throughout the surface of the planet. On the other hand, the princess of the Vers Empire is preparing for a treaty trip down to Earth. Little did she know what was coming for her...

Soon, war breaks out once again between Earth and Mars, and Martian soldiers begin to descend from the sky, riding steel giants, intent on exterminating humanity.

Currently Airing - 6 / 24
 

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Anime of the Month - April

Clannad

Okazaki Tomoya is a delinquent who finds life dull and believes he'll never amount to anything. Along with his friend Sunohara, he skips school and plans to waste his high school days away.

One day while walking to school, Tomoya passes a young girl muttering quietly to herself. Without warning she exclaims "Anpan!" (a popular Japanese food) which catches Tomoya's attention. He soon discovers the girl's name is Furukawa Nagisa and that she exclaims things she likes in order to motivate herself. Nagisa claims they are now friends, but Tomoya walks away passing the encounter off as nothing.

However, Tomoya finds he is noticing Nagisa more and more around school. Eventually he concedes and befriends her. Tomoya learns Nagisa has been held back a year due to a severe illness and that her dream is to revive the school's drama club. Claiming he has nothing better to do, he decides to help her achieve this goal along with the help of four other girls.

As Tomoya spends more time with the girls, he learns more about them and their problems. As he attempts to help each girl overcome her respective obstacle, he begins to realise life isn't as dull as he once thought.

Finished Airing - 2 Main Seasons

(23 & 24 episodes)
+ 1 Movie (Alternate Retelling) 

+ 2 Specials (Alternate Ending)

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Anime of the Week 8/05 - 15/05

Isshuukan Friends

(One Week Friends)

Hase Yuuki is a normal highschool student who is average in any sense. However, he has taken a fancy to an aloof classmate called Kaori Fujimiya, who is always alone. Later, he learns that the reason for this is because all of Kaori's happy memories, including time spent with her friends, disappear every Monday. 


Deciding that he wants to be friends with her anyway, Yuuki Hase tries to get close to Kaori each week, wishing that she would one day call him "a friend." Without fail, every week, he begins by asking her "Will you please be my friend?"


Currently Airing - 5 / 13


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Anime of the Week 9/06 - 18/06

Haikyuu!!







A chance event triggered Shouyou Hinata's love for volleyball. His club had no members, but somehow persevered and finally made it into its very first and final regular match of middle school, where it was steamrolled by Tobio Kageyama, a superstar player known as "King of the Court." Vowing revenge, Hinata applied to the Karasuno High School volleyball club... only to come face-to-face with his hated rival, Kageyama!


A tale of hot-blooded youth and volleyball from the pen of Haruichi Furudate!!

Currently Airing - 10 / 25

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Anime of the Month - April

Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni

(When the cicadas cry)

After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa.

From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem. Actually, nothing is at it seems.

Based on the amateur mystery game by 07th Expansion, the story is told in a series of different scenarios.

Finished Airing - 2 Main Seasons (26 & 24 episodes)
+ 1 OVA (5 Episodes) 
+ 3 Specials


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Anime of the Week 23/04 - 30/04

No Game No Life!
The story of No Game, No Life centers around Sora and Shiro, a brother and sister whose reputations as brilliant NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) hikikomori (shut-in) gamers have spawned urban legends all over the Internet. These two gamers even consider the real world as just another "crappy game."

One day, they are summoned by a boy named "God" to an alternate world. There, God has prohibited war and declared this to be a world where "everything is decided by games"—even national borders. Humanity has been driven back into one remaining city by the other races. Will Sora and Shiro, the good-for-nothing brother and sister, become the "Saviors of Humanity" on this alternate world? "Well, let's start playing."

                         Currently Airing - 3 / 12 Episodes 

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Anime of the Week 9/04 - 16/04

Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou

(lit. All of us are [part of the] Kawai Complex)

Usa, a high-school student aspiring to begin a bachelor lifestyle, moves into a new apartment only to discover that he not only shares a room with a perverted roommate that has an obsession for underaged girls, but also that another girl, Ritsu, a love-at-first-sight who attends the same highschool as him, is living in the same building as well!

Along with a kind but mischeivous dorm manager, and two dysfunctional members of society; Usa moves into a new life in hopes of successfully getting through high school and getting the girl of his dreams. So begins the comedic and disasterous everyday life of Usa Kazunari.

Currently Airing - 1 / ?? Episodes 

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Anime of the Week 26/03 - 2/04

Strike the Blood

The Fourth Primogenitor—that's the world's strongest vampire that should only exist in legends. Accompanied by twelve Kenjuu and spreading calamity, this phantom vampire appeared in Japan. For the observation and obliteration of this Fourth Primogenitor, the government and Lion King decided to dispatch an attack mage known as a Sword Shaman.


However, for some reason, the one chosen for the observation was a apprentice Sword Shaman girl, Himegari Yukina. Wielding the strongest anti-primogenitor spirit spear, Yukina arrived at Demon District, Itogami City. What is the true identity of the Fourth Primogenitor, Akatsuki Kojou, she encountered over there?!


Finished Airing - 24 Episodes

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Anime of the Week 1/05 - 8/05

Black Bullet

A near future, where humans have been defeated by the viral parasites named Gastrea. They have been exiled into a small territory and live in despair, side by side with terror.

In this world trapped in darkness—

Rentaro, a boy living near Tokyo and member of the "Civil Security" – an organization specializing in fighting against the Gastrea – is used to accomplishing dangerous tasks. His partner is Enju, a precocious young girl. They fight thanks to their peculiar powers until one day, when they receive a special assignment from the government. This top secret mission is to prevent the destruction of Tokyo...

Set in a near future, this thrilling heroic-action story... starts now!


Currently Airing - 4 / 13


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Anime of the Week 16/04 - 23/04

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

The Irregular at Magic High School

Magic -- A century has passed since this concept has been recognized as a formal technology instead of the product of the occult or folklore. 

At the National Magic University First Affiliate High School, A.K.A Magic High School, students are divided into two distinct groups according to their academic performances. The "Bloom," who demonstrate the highest grades and are enrolled in the "First Course," and the "Weed," who have a poor academic record and are enrolled in the "Second Course."

This spring, a very peculiar brother and sister enroll as new students. The brother is an under achiever with some deficiencies and enrolls as a "Weed," while his younger sister is an honor student, who enrolls as a "Bloom." The brother, with a somewhat philosophical expression, and the younger sister who holds feelings a little stronger than sibling love for him…

Ever since these two have entered through the gates of this prestigious school, the calm campus was beginning to change...

Currently Airing - 3 / 26 Episodes

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Anime of the Week 2/04 - 9/04

Buddy Complex

On the first day back after summer break, high-school student Aoba is attacked by a giant robot that appears out of the sky. As he's pursued through the city, his classmate Hina appears in a robot of her own. She rescues him, and tells him cryptically that "Dio is waiting for you", before she disappears.

Aoba wakes up to find himself trapped within another robot, as an unknown war takes place outside. He soons discovers that he is now in a different time, in a world that he does not know. Thus begins Aoba's new life as the pilot of the Free Treaty Alliance against the Great Zogiria Republic.


Finished Airing - 24 Episodes

[Upcoming Season 2]