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NEWS
2005~ manga Natsume Yuujinchou started serialization in LaLa/LaLa DX by Yuki Midorikawaand is ongoing in its 6th volume.
2008.07 anime Nastume Yuujinchou started airing.
STORY
Because of her inherent ability of seeing spirits(more strictly yookai), Natsume Reiko was alienated by people around her. Perhaps driven by this loneliness, Reiko challenged yookais to duels, defeated them and have them written down their own names as the proof of binding to her will.
The bundle of these contracts, the "Account Book of Friends", is then passed to her grandson Natsume Takashi, who alone inherits her yookai-seeing ability and is also alienated by surrounding people. Takashi regards this book greatly since it once belonged to the only person who has the same bloodline as himself, and decides to return these deprived names to those yookais.
Towards Natsume and the Fortune Cat who accidentally becomes his bodyguard, various yookayis with different intentions are coming...
CHARACTERS
Nastume Takashi (CV: Hiroshi Kamiya / 神谷浩史)
The grandson of Reiko; in possession of rare spiritual power. Parents died shortly after he was born; disliked by relatives because of his spirit-seeing ability. Resembles Reiko a lot in appearance, often mistaken for Reiko and pursued by yookais.
Fortune Cat/ Madara (CV: Kazuhiko Inoue / 井上和彦 )
A yookai named Madara with elegant appearance, been sealed into a Fortune Cat for so long that deeply accustomed to be it. With the contract that he gets the Account Book of Friends after Natsume died, he becomes Natsume's bodyguard and lives with him as a family cat.
Nastume Reiko (CV: Sanae Kobayashi / 小林沙苗)
Takashi's grandmother, died very young. Considered stunningly beautiful by both human and yookai, but disliked by human for her spiritual power. The creator and former owner of the Account Book of Friends.
STAFF
Original: Yuki Midorikawa
Director: Takahiro Oomori / 大森貴弘
Music: Makoto Yoshimori / 吉森信
Studio: Brain's Base
LINKS
Official Website: http://www.natsume-anime.jp/
ANIME AYA
Just like the beginning of summer with a warm sun and cool breeze, the story somehow falls between the so-called "healing" type and the "monster-fighting" type, representing a ordinary daily life with magic right around the corner. With each episode centering on certain yookai/yookais, Nastume's adventure goes on and a small piece of the jigsaw named Reiko is revealed.
The character design is all for beauty and youth, since was originally published on LaLa(a famous magazine known for shoujo manga which targets young girls for primary readers). Natsume is a good-looking boy, Reiko appears to be a beautiful girl even though she is Takashi's grandmother,while Madara is modeled by a combination of funny cutey and mighty power. And the various yookai roles are designed following Japanese traditional mysteries with some modification either adorable or elegant. But of course Aya's favorite character is the Fortune Cat. Actually in Japan, they are selling the exact Madara fortune cats :)
The animation studio Brain's Base also has produced and . On the work list of the director Takahiro Oomori lays and . As for the music director Makoto Yoshimori, he was also in . So it's basically the same staff team for and that is surely a good promise in quality.
NEWS
2008.7.07 Anime <World Destruction: The Six People that Destroy the World> began airing
2008.7.26 Manga <World Destruction: The Two Angels> began serialization
2008.9.25 Original Game <World Destruction: The Will that Leads> will be released
STORY
Repeatedly resetting itself in about every 1000 years, the world floats on the sea of sand. Living on the four continent of each season, anthropomorphic animals who are called Beastman rule the world and human.
Working in a small restaurant in a small seaport town, the young man named Kyrie has no concern at all as to how, when or where the world would end.
Possessing Destruct Code, the orb holding power to destroy the whole world, the young woman named Morte come to the exact restaurant for a decent lunch in weeks.
Being a valiant registered in the Valiant Guild, the beastman named Toppy last joins this party called "World Destruction Committee".
Chased by the "World Salvation Committee", meeting various beastman and humans on the journey, together this three go off to the road of world destruction.
What will be waiting for the world at the end of this journey, destruction or salvation?
CHARACTERS
Kyrie (CV: Mamoru Miyano / 宮野真守)
The hero of this series, happy-go-lucky type, mild-hearted, looks weak and indeed a little timid. After his parents died in his childhood, he strayed around and became a good chef with excellent knife skills. Though not mentioned in anime, he uses two short Knives as his weapon. The Destruct Code reacts strongly in his hands.
Morte (CV: Maaya Sakamoto / 坂本真綾)
The heroine of this series, with waist-long hair, energetic and brave. She possesses the Destruct Code, a orb of which can rest the world, and travels to find the right method to start it up. Being the first member of the World Destruction Committee, it is said she have killed many masters of beastman. Her weapon is a two-handed huge blade.
Toppy (CV: Toru Furuya / 古谷徹)
A reliable valiant regestered in Valiant Guild, no weapon, Small Bear race. Though being a hard-boiled adult beastman, his outlook resembles a teddy bear. He ends most of his sentences with "kuma" (the exact word means "bear" in Japanese) because it's a word of the language of his proud race.
Lia (CV: Yu Kobayashi / 小林ゆう)
A young beastwoman, normally sweet but easily irratible, dragon race. Though her outlook is a girl about 15 or 16, she have lived over 300 years and is following the dragon race's duty which is to be ralated with the beginning and ending of the world. Her weapon is a pair of pistols, also the ability to transform into half dragon.
Naja (CV: Daisuke Ono / 小野大輔)
A half wolf and harf human beastman, gentle, rational, one of the World Salvation Committee. He usually fights with brain but not force, and obstinately persist in what he believes is right.
Agan (CV: Hiroyuki Yoshino / 吉野裕行)
A human always wear green clothes and a hat, belongs to the so-called "Sand race" who lives in community on the sand sea. He is a transporter with outstanding skills in sand ship steering, who would do business with both beastman and human as long as well paid. His weapon is a whip.
STAFF
Original: SEGA
Director: Shunsuke Tada / 多田俊介
Music: Hiro Yikeyoshi / 池頼広
Studio: Production I.G.
LINKS
Official website: http://wd.sega.jp/anime/
ANIME AYA
Unlike those normal world-saving plot, the concept of this anime is to make a better future by world destruction(sounds cool:). Following the rule that every episode begins with a title "xxx has two kinds", Aya would say "anime has two kinds, a kind that Aya would keep watching and the other Aya would drop", and this one follows in the former catergory. Since the story script is originally for a RPG game, hopefully this anime adaptation will has a clearer storyline than other road animes.
The character design is typical. In the leading role there are something strong(a fighting young woman), something mysterious(a gentle young man), and something cute(a pirate Teddy bear!). And on the supporting side, a sweet girl suddenly turns into a angry half dragon, a rational young man with half wolf half human bloodline, and a human transporter dresses kind of between Peter Pan and Robinhood. As for other minor roles, good people usually have a human face while bad guys have a animal head, since human face plus animal ears and tails equals to cute/adorable/sexy in the world of anime. (but seriously why is that? maybe because they look like the pet on your laps... -_-|||)
The animation studio in charge of producing is Production I.G. which has a glory history of //. On the work list of the director lays and . As for the music director Hiro Yikeyoshi, he has also been in the anime and the OVA .
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