Title: Backstage Prince
Genre: Drama // Romance
(Licensed) Publisher: Viz
Volumes: Two
Synopsis: (taken from Wikipedia because I’m lazy)
Akari is an average high school girl who fails to see why the other girls in her school are so interested in Ryusei, a young talented kabuki actor also attending their school. Akari happens to run into Ryusei at school and accidentally ends up bruising Ryusei in the stomach with her bookbag. By chance, Akari ends up following a cat all the way to a kabuki theatre and runs into Ryusei once again.
To make up for her mistake, she volunteers to become Ryusei’s assistant until he is healed. The reclusive and socially inept Ryusei accepts only because she gets along with his pet cat, the very one she followed all the way to the theatre. When Ryusei is finally better, Akari realizes she has fallen in love with him and Ryusei has also come to reciprocate.
However, their relationship is put to the test by Ryusei’s profession and popularity and those who disapprove of their relationship, especially Ryusei’s strict father and Naoki, another kabuki actor who loves Akari.
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Title: 5 Centimeters per Second
-Part 1 of 3
Genre: Drama // Romance
Theme song: One more time, one more chance By Masayoshi Yamazaki
Synopsis:
Akari and Takaki met in elementary school, and became friends, but soon Akari moved to Tochigi, leaving only letters as a way of communication between herself and Takaki. Now in junior high school, they arrange to meet up again, with Takaki visiting via train on a cold winters day.
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Title: Damekko Doubutsu
Genre: Comedy
Opening song: Sekai de ichiban boku ga suki! By Shintani Ryoko
Rating: 6/10: This song is cute, different, but definitely grows on you.
Ending song: Life Is Free By Shintani Ryoko
RatingL 8/10: I really love this song. It’s so sweet and calming. It really fits the anime, and it is perfect song to relax to.
And thus my first review. :3 I decided to start with one of my favorite anime series, Damekko Doubutsu!
Synopsis:
Uruno, a useless wolf wonders into the forest of animals that do not live up to their roles. He’s hungry, and so when she sees a rabbit in the bushes, he attacks. This is when we
meet Usahara, a ‘gangster’ like rabbit who proceeds to beat poor Uruno to a pulp. After that, he is accidentally attacked by Takaoka, the short-sighted eagle. Depressed, and reminded of his uselessness, Uruno is about to leave the forest when he meets Chiiko, a clumsy female cheetah who he falls for immediately. Thus he changes his mind to live in the forest.
Later we meet the other characters, some that appear randomly throughout the anime. But more main characters appear, such as Yunihiko, the not-so-shy unicorn, and my personal favorite, Paganonosuke. Each episode takes you through the year, seasons, and holidays, with short, heartwarming and humorous stories.
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