2008-06-29

Gantz/ 殺戮都市


Gantz manga is released in US by Dark Horse Comics in 25th June of 2008.

This is a great news for Gantz fans in US. I feel really happy that more people are able to read Gantz as i think this is a great manga with attractive characters and high-tech weapon designs. ^^ Check out a "behind the covers" interview with Dark Horse's Michael Gombos about his efforts to bring Gantz to America.

Story
A pair of high school students, Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato, are seemingly run over by a subway train, after saving the life of a homeless drunk who had fallen onto the tracks. Following their untimely deaths, Kei and Masaru find themselves transported—alive and well—along with a number of people who have also just died, to the interior of an unfurnished Tokyo condominium from which the Tokyo Tower may be seen—and none of them are able to leave. At one end of the room is a featureless black sphere known as "Gantz". By way of green text that appears on the surface of the sphere, Gantz informs those present that their lives have ended. The following words appear on the black sphere's surface: "Your lives have ended. What you do with your new lives is entirely up to me.

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2008-06-01

Ushi ni Negai wo: Love & Farm

Title: 牛に願いを Love & Farm
Title[Romaji]: Ushi ni Negai wo: Love & Farm
Also known as: Wish Upon a Cow: Love & Farm
Genre: Agriculture, education, comedy
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 08.7(Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV, KTV
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: Green Days by Makihara Noriyuki

Story:
Six agriculture students travel north to Hokkaido for first-hand training and experience in a farm setting. The story focuses not only on their daily life and their growth as young men and women, but also on the economic situation in the region, which received national attention earlier this year when the national government cut off aid to the struggling city of Yubari.

Episode Ratings/ 收視率

第1 回：2007-07-03 10.2 ％　第2 回：2007-07-10 10.4 ％
第3 回：2007-07-17 9.6 ％　　第4 回：2007-07-24 9.1 ％
第5 回：2007-07-31 8.6 ％　　第6 回：2007-08-07 6.5 ％
第7 回：2007-08-14 6.7 ％　　第8 回：2007-08-21 8.2 ％
第9 回：2007-08-28 8.6 ％ 　　第10 回：2007-09-04 7.1 ％
最終回：2007-09-11 10.4 ％ 　平　均/ Average： 8.67 ％

Source: Video Research,Ltd.

This is a Japanese television drama which tells us the difficulties that those farmers faced. However, there is no much sadness but more encouraging scenes and beautiful scenery ^^ I enjoy this drama very much. All 8 main artists become my favorites and started to support them from then on. Many had become more famous through the country. I like the theme song very much as it gives me a lot of energy and power. ^^
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2008-03-22

Deathnote/ 死亡筆記


I started reading Deathnote around November 2004, where my sister bought the first and the second volumes. I had no idea of that manga at all at the first sight. My sister bought it because she think the cover is very attractive and well design. So after waiting for her to finish, i started reading. I remember i took quite a long time to read finish the first volume. Maybe due to the fact i want to enjoy the reading and drawing but another factor i read quite slow because the content of the story is a lot and quite complicated if you don't get it.

So, i finished the 2 volumes and thought to myself that this is a manga which will be famous around the world. No doubt, now it had been famous around the whole world.^^

Death Note is a series created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata and was first serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump published by Shueisha from the first issue in December 2003 to May 2006, with 108 chapters in total. Later, the individual chapters were collected into twelve separate tankōbon(volumes). Later, a thirteenth volume titled Death Note - How to Read was released, helping to elucidate some mysteries left at the end of the manga, like the destiny of some of the characters. The manga has since been published in several different languages including English, German, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish.


To date, Death Note has sold around twenty million copies in Japan. Death Note was nominated for Best Manga at the 2006 American Anime Awards.

In February 2008, a one-shot special was released. Set two years after the manga's epilogue, it sees the introduction of a new Kira and the reactions of the main characters in response to the copycat's appearance.

The anime is aired in Japan from October 3, 2006 – June 26, 2007 with a total of 37episodes.

Plot
The series centers around a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone by writing the victim's name and picturing his or her face. The plot follows his attempt to create and lead a world cleansed of evil using the book, and the complex conflict between himself and those assailing him that results.

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2008-03-21

Bleach/ 死神


Many Manga i don't know about their popularity at first and just read what i have borrow from my friends. For most of my manga, I only started to collect it around one year or so after borrowing from my friends to read. This is quite strange for me as a lot of my manga are like that. ^^ So this is another manga which i like a lot. First few volumes, for me is average. After book6, the story gets more interesting with strong new characters coming out.

Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki, a high school student with the ability to see ghosts, and Rukia Kuchiki, a shinigami (Soul Reaper or, literally, "death god"). The early parts of the story focus mainly on the characters. As events unfold, the story begins to delve deeper into the world of these gods of death.

Bleach is a Japanese manga series drawn by Tite Kubo that has appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump since August 2001.

The manga series has been adapted into an animated television series, two OVAs, two animated feature films, a rock musical, numerous video games and a TCG (Trading Card Game). Compilation volumes of the manga have sold over 40 million copies in Japan. The manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for its shōnen title in 2005, and the anime has been nominated for several American Anime Awards. The manga had released 32volumes with the 33rd volumes coming out in april. While the anime on aired in Japan in October 5, 2004 and are still ongoing right now with 165episodes.

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2008-03-20

Naruto/ 火影忍者


Naruto is another manga which i like a lot. I got to know first through its anime. I watch a few episodes and got attracted to it. The story is full of surprises and not many manga had such a good plot and there are many different characters. Normally, when i read manga, if the story consists of many different characters, i will gone mad cause of the difficulty of remember all their names and faces. But in Naruto, every character is easy to remember and had their techniques and powers which makes me feels excited. ^^ For those who likes adventure and fighting story, this is a good manga to read.

Naruto was first published by Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's Shonen Jump magazine. As of volume 36, the manga has sold over 71 million copies in Japan. There are 2 part of anime. 2nd part being Naruto Shippūden which are based from manga volume 28 onward, the series takes place two and a half years after the previous volume. The anime is aired in Japan on 15th February up till now with 52episodes and counting.
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