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ceres
"When first I saw you
I saw love
And the first time you touched me
I felt love
And after all this time
Your still the one I love."
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Based on a manga by Yu Watase (Fushigi Yugi), Ceres mixes elements of standard
"magical girl" anime with the legend immortalized in the No play
"The Robe of Feathers": an angel descends to Earth to bathe, hanging
her celestial robe of feathers on an ancient pine. A man steals the robe,
imprisoning the angel, and, in some versions, forcing her to marry him. Sixteen-year-old
Aya Mikage discovers she and her twin brother Aki are the direct descendants
of an angel (or "celestial being"), and the psychic powers they've
inherited make them the targets of a vast, murderous conspiracy. Aya quickly
finds herself in a classic Watase dilemma, with two bishonen ("beautiful
boys") on hand to protect her: silent, mysterious Toya and cheerful,
slightly klutzy Yuhi. Rated 16 Up: Violence, nudity, mild risqué humor.
--Charles Solomon
Description
From the acclaimed author of "Fushigi Yugi" Yu Watase, comes one
of the most anticipated anime series of the year! The supernatural thriller
of love, betrayal and revenge begins on the day of Aya and her twin brother
Aki's 16th birthday, when their grandfather decides it's time to share a long
guarded secret. The twins are summoned to the massive mysterious Mikage House
where they find thier extended family assembled and waiting. They are given
a curious gift and in that instant their destiny begins to unfold...
witchhunter robin
witch hunter robin adult swim page
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Raised in an Italian convent, 16-year-old Robin Sana returns to her native
Japan to join the STNJ, a secret organization that captures, rather than kills,
witches of both sexes. The typically mismatched crew includes hacker Michael
Lee, rookie Haruto Sakaki, psychic Miho Karasuma, Yurika Dojima, the spoiled
daughter of a prominent family, and icily aloof Amon, the de facto leader
of the team. As a "craft user," Robin can conjure fire as a weapon,
but has some trouble with her aim. Witch Hunter combines the subdued palette
of Blood: The Last Vampire with the alienated tone of the Vampire Princess
Miyu OVAs. The elegantly designed settings and skillful use of color are more
interesting than the flat stories about pursuing the supernatural murderers.
Included in the extras is the Maelifica Compendium, a veritable gold mine
of mythological misinformation. (Rated 13 and older: violence, alcohol and
tobacco use) --Charles Solomon --This text refers to the DVD edition.
other animes -
inuyasha
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Based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi, the creator of Ranma 1/2 and Urusei
Yatsura, the Inu-Yasha TV series (2000) blends elements of Japanese folklore
and familiar anime devices into a deftly imaginative blend of humor and adventure,
an extremely entertaining series that never falls into cliché. Beginning
the first season's 27 episodes, Kagome Higurashi, a normal 15-year-old girl,
falls down a dry well--and finds herself in the feudal past, 50 years after
her ancestress Kikyo imprisoned the half-human/half-demon Inu-Yasha. As the
reincarnation of Kikyo, Kagome possesses a magic jewel that greatly increases
the power of demons. Kagome fetters Inu-Yasha with the help of her priestess-ancestor
Kaede, and when the jewel is shattered Kagome and Inu-Yasha must ally to recapture
the fragments.
The series really begins to hit its stride when Kagome and Inu-Yasha, while
bickering, nevertheless prove an effective team against the demons they encounter
in the Warring States netherworld. Two new characters create complications.
Shippo, an orphan fox spirit, meets Kagome and Inu-Yasha in the Warring States
period. A more conventional but potentially more dangerous addition is Hojo,
a handsome upper classman at Kagome's school, who's concerned about her recent
absences. His understated good manners contrast sharply with the prickly Inu-Yasha--just
as Kagome is beginning to recognize his good points.
In the multi-part adventure that begins with "Kikyo's Stolen Ashes," the filmmakers presenting conflicting versions of the relationship between Kikyo and Inu-Yasha, and the intriguing plot twists typify Takahashi's sophisticated story-telling. The tone darkens as the back story emerges: 50 years earlier, Kikyo tended Onigumo, a badly burned thief. As his desire for the Sacred Jewel--and Kikyo--grew, Onigumo summoned a horde of demons, whom he allowed to consume his flesh and soul. The evil creatures fused to form the terrible Naraku. Recognizing his feelings for Kagome, Inu-Yasha tries to protect her from Naraku by sending her back to her own time and blocking the passage between the ages. Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Shippo, and Miroku face a bizarre array of monsters and villains, including a forest demon who vomits hordes of monstrous, three-eyed wolves.
As the tapestry grows richer, Kagome and Myoga begin to explore the origins and nature of the Sacred Jewel that radiates power yet brings misfortune to everyone who approaches it. The source of the jewel turns out to be the demon-slayers' village. Inu-Yasha, Kagome, and their friends learn how the Jewel was created long ago in a battle between hordes of monstrous demons and Midoriko, the greatest priestess of the age. But the Jewel is also a miniature battleground between good and evil: a metaphor for the world--and for Inu-Yasha's heart, as he vacillates between selfishness and kindness. (Rated 13 and older: violence, grotesque imagery, brief nudity) --Charles Solomon
Description
Kagome Higurashi, an average ninth grader, gets pulled into an ancient well
by a demon, bringing her 500 years in the past to feudal Japan. There, she
meets InuYasha, a half-demon who seeks the Shikon Jewel to make himself a
full-fledged demon. With InuYasha and her new friends that they meet along
the way, Kagome's search for the Jewel of Four Souls begins...
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