Spring 2016 Anime Guide

Hundred

Earth is under the brink of destruction by beings called Savage. Hundred is a very effective weapon against Savage that attack the Earth. To be a Slayer who uses Hundred, Hayato Kisaragi enrolled to the Little Garden Academy. Soon after he entered the school, he was challenged to fight by the strongest Slayer, Claire Harvey.

In the first episode, they’ve explained about the weapons that will be the protagonists use. Although just a little fight in the first episode, will definitely appear a lot of fighting scene in later episode. (Hafizh Andifaisa / KAORI Newsline)

JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable

The story centers around Josuke Higashikata, a high schooler and also a stand user with Crazy Diamond as his stand. One day, Jotaro Kujo (main protagonists from JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure: Stardust Crusaders) met with Josuke and told him that he is an illegitimate child of Joseph Joestar (main protagonist from JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure: Battle Tendency). Jotaro also warns him about a chain of supernatural activity that occured in Morioh and a murderer who is a Stand user named Angelo. Then Josuke decides to begin his journey around Morioh City and meet with more stand users like him.

JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure is back! Now groovier and more colorful than ever. Diamond is Unbreakable had visuals, character design, and background music that fits with its’ 90s setting and differentiate it from the previous series. As of the first episode, it emphasize more on explanation and introduction narratives, but because there was “Bizzare” in its’ title, it really delivered the narration in a bizzare way. Have a look at Morioh town, it was said to be a town in Japan, but it actually looked more like a US suburban area. There is also Josuke, a kind-hearted and caring character but easily pissed-off when someone badmouthing  his unique hair, and don’t forget some bizzare joke and action. For those who are unfamiliar with this series, though, it might be hard to keep up although the Part 4 was a whole different story than before. (Rafly N/KAORI Newsline)

Joker Game

1937, in dawn of World War 2, Lieutenant Colonel Yuki of Imperial Japanens Army form “D Agnecy”. Lieutenant Sakuma sended by  IJA to observe the secret intelligence performance. 8 man graduate from harsh training by Yuki, with different doctrine and approach by IJA : “Don’t Kill, Don’t Killed, Don’t Captured”. The team, with direct guidance from Lietuenant Colonel Yuki, will operte in Intelligence operative of domestic and foreign Japan affair, and play along with intelligence game “Joker Game”

In episode 1, Joker Game already showed us mature and deep theme that we may always meet in mistery and spionage novels. In this premiere episode, it already showed the main doctrine and theory of the “D Agency” intelligence operation. In the middle of episode, we already faced a clash of 2 different stance and idea.  The soldier-wise showed by Lieut Sakuma, and more safe and succes-wise of the mission by LieutCol Yuki. It is safe to say that this series promise us with more intrigues, clash of approach and idea, and battle of wits between spy, that we normally meet in historical novel or story. (Shofa P/KAORI Newsline)

Kagewani: Sho

Four months has passed since the incident in Sarugaku Academy Research Facility and Banba Sousuke disappeared. Aside from the news of Banba missing, there are also some reports about the sightings of mysterious beings around Sarugaku Academy’s Research Facility. Although there has been a public apology from Sarugaku for the incident, but the terror from mysterious monsters that they created still remains.

A monster horror themed short anime series, Kagewani returned in this season with its second season. Generally there hasn’t been any drastic change from the previous season, as this anime still presented dark theme with terrifying monsters. In this first episode, it tells a horror story about the attack of flying man-eating monsters inside an airplane cabin. Although this anime only had short, 8 minutes duration, but for you who look for some horror anime but pretty bored with the appearance of spiritual ghost or gruesome murder, Kagewani: Sho with its monster horror can be some option in your watch list. (Rafly N/KAORI Newsline)

Kiznaiver

This anime take places in a city called Sugomori City, this city is a prosperous city which built on a reclamated Island since long ago, but now it is being left by its’ citizen. This anime series is focused on Katsuhira Agata, a usual high schooler who life in Sugomori City. Although he looks like a usual student, in fact he is a teenager who can’t feel any pain. One day he meet with Noriko Sonozaki who tell him that he is a candidate for Kizuna System, known as “Kiznaiver”. Kizuna System itself is a system which can share the equal pain between all the Kiznaivers. This system then makes Katsuhira connected and being bond by some of his classmates who are also chosen for this Kiznaiver Program. Sonozaki then explain that this is an experiment to deepen the bond between humans and bring the world towards peace.

Kiznaiver had a very unique theme about what is relations and bond (Kizuna) into an extreme point, where humans were bound to share their pain. This anime might asked about how human relations and bonds currently going and how it should be. Supported by the Trigger-esque animation style, unique characters, and some amazing music, Kiznaiver really presented a human communication and relationship in an interesting medium. (Rafly N/KAORI Newsline)

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