Manimics

Summaries of good stuff.

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Kotonoha no Niwa (The Garden of Words) by CoMic Wave Films, directed by Makoto Shinkai

15 year old Takao Akizuki dreams of being a shoemaker. When he chooses to skip school one morning to sketch at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, he encounters Yukari Yukino, a young professional drinking beer. Without speaking, they both continue to meet in the garden, and Takao decides to make a pair of shoes in her size. Eventually the rainy season ends, and the realize they must go back to their lives.

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Hal by Wit Studio

Robots are so advance that they can act like humans, including "Hal." A robot is asked to replace the deceased Hal in order to help his girlfriend Kurumi move on. Without question, "Hal" struggles with who the real Hal was and if he consider himself to be alive.

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Metropolis by Madhouse

Humans and robots live together, but not without their share of problems. Detective Shunsaku Ban and his nephew Kenichi come to Metropolis on a case involving the trading of human organs. In the lab of Dr. Laughton, Kenichi discovers a girl with no memory and decides to help her. Plunging deep into the dark depths of the city, Kenichi protects her against the people who know her true identity.

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RahXephon manga by Takeaki Momose, anime by Bones, novel by Hiroshi Ohnogi, game by Bandai

Earth resides in a fight against the Mulians, otherwise known as Mu, indistinguishable from humans. Ayato Kamina is caught in the middle of an attack on Tokyo which leads him to meet classmte Reika Mashima and Haruka Shitow, who protects him as she's been sent to fetch him by Organization TERRA. Ayato flees from Haruka, and follows Reika, who leads him to the Room of Rah and the hatching of the Dolem RahXephon.

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Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance) anime by studio MAPPA

Terrorist attacks, bombings, begin in Tokyo, lead and orchestrated by two teenage boys who call themselves "Sphinx." With hidden pasts, they call one another Nine and Twelve, and their motives are unknown. You can be sure though, they have a lot more planned, and they've got their hands on some plutonium.

Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and music by Yoko Kanno.

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Shinkei no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) manga by Hajime Isayama, anime by Wit Studio and Production I.G

Giants, known as Titans, devour humans without reason, and stand stories tall, so humans barricaded themselves within walls taller than any Titan. It’s now been 100 years since humans were threatened by Titans, and have lulled themselves into peace. Eren Jaeger dreams of leaving this cage in order to see the world beyond. However, everything changes for these people when the appearance of a colossal Titan results in the destruction of their home.

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Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru (My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected) light novel by Wataru Watari and Ponkan8, manga by Watari and Rechi Kazuki, anime by Brain's Base.

Hikigaya Hachiman has a view on youth that involves having no friends or love interests. Forced by a teacher he joins the Volunteer Service Club. Here he meets Yukinoshita Yukino, who also lacks friends and relationships due to her view of the world, but regardless she attempts to help the people who come to her, and now this includes helping Hikigaya gain relationships.

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Flower Boy Ramen Shop on tvN

Yan Eun-bi is preparing for her civil service exam, hoping to become a P.E. teacher. After meeting Cha Chi Soo, arrogant son of biggest Korean food conglomerate, she mistakes him for a 31-year-old and asks him out, only to find out he is one of her students at her new student teaching job. After much aggression and drama, the two end up working at the ramen shop her family owns, run by Choi Kang Hyuk, the laid back man who claims to be her husband.

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Occult Academy anime by A-1 Pictures and Aniplex.

In the year 2012, the world is invaded by aliens so people are sent back to 1999 to destroy the Nostradamus Key in order to prevent the end of the world. In 1999, Maya is the daughter of the Head of Waldstein Academy. She meets Fumiaki, one of the 2012 time travelers, and her plans to destroy Waldstein are disrupted as she now works together with Fumiaki to look for the Key.

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RDG: Red Data Girl novel and manga written by Noriko Ogiwara, anime by P.A. Works

Suzuhara Izumiko is 15, and has never been able to use electronics because she destroys any one she comes in contact with. Sagara Miyuki is forced into being her protector and serve her, even though they have a horrible relationship. However, on a school excursion to Tokyo all of that changes as they learn Izumiko’s fate.

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V for Vendetta comic by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, movie by James McTeigue and written by the Wachowski Brothers.

In the 2030s, the United Kingdom is kept stable by a fascist regime, undesirables are kept in concentration camps, and under control of the Norsefire party. Every Hammond works for British Network Television, and one night on her way home she is saved by the masked vigilante "V" from an attempted rape. He shows her the perfect view of the destruction of the Old Bailey, which the news covers as an "emergency demolition." To claim responsibility for the act, V takes over the news station and declares for people to rise up in one year outside of the Houses of Parliament. 

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The Terminal by Steven Spielberg

Viktor Navorski has just flown from his home of Krakozhia to JFK International Airport, only to find out that due to civil war in his country, his passport is not valid and the United States will not allow him entrance. Stuck in a crack in the system, Viktor is stuck living in the terminal.

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Btooom! manga by Jun'ya Inoue, anime by Madhouse.

Ryota Sakamoto is an unemployed 22 year old, but online he is one of the top Btooom! players, a combat game where they use bombs. Things  become a bit too real when he wakes up on a tropical island, and discovers he is now in a real life version of Btooom! where him and the other people in the island must kill one another with their specialized bombs.

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Casshern Sins anime by Madhouse & Tatsunoko, manga by Masaki Takei, reboot of original Casshan, 1973.

Robots have long become self-aware, and subjugated humans. Humans are now on the brink of extinction, but robots are in just as bad shape as they fear death from the Ruin. Hundreds of years ago, the mysterious girl Luna, the sun named moon, was killed by Casshern, and the Ruin began. Casshern disappeared, but now he returns with no memory of what happened. Casshern journeys to find out the truth of his purpose, destiny and why the Ruin does not affect him.

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.hack//Sign anime by Bee Train

Set in the .hack universe, set inside a mmorpg called The World, which has been set up post 2005 when the computer virus, Pluto's Kiss, shut down the internet and resulted in mass catastrophe. The story is about Tsukasa, a player in The World whose mind has been trapped inside of the game. It follows the mystery of The World as players try to unravel what is happening to Tsukasa.

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime by Shaft, manga published by Houbunsha

Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki suddenly become involved in the world of magical girls with a strange familiar named Kyubey approaches them. In exchange for becoming a magical girl and fighting witches, each girl may have one wish granted. Although Madoka initially thinks that becoming a magical girl sounds fun and exciting, she quickly discovers that it is a hard life to live.