ANIME TV SHOWS

By: Michael F. Sandicho

SWORD ART ONLINE

Released March 14, 2013 Produced by A-1 Pictures Plot: The year is 2022, and gamers

have lined up on launch day for Sword Art Online, a hotly-anticipated MMORPG that lets players connect to an immersive virtual reality world with special helmets called Nerve Gear. Kirito is one such gamer who's eager to jump back into action and having spent a great deal of time as a beta tester. But soon, Sword Art Online's 10,000 players discover that not only are they unable to log out, the only way they can return to their physical bodies is by beating the the game, but death in game means death in the real world. Kirito must now fight while helping his friends to survive this horrible death game.

SOUL EATER

Released April 7,2008 Produced by Bones Plot: Soul Eater primarily revolves

around the adventures of a young meister named Maka Albarn, a student at the DWMA. She is bent on turning her weapon partner, Soul, into a Death Scythe to surpass her father, whom she dislikes. To do so, she must defeat 99 evil souls and 1 witch's soul and have Soul devour them. She later makes friends with two other meisters, Black☆Star and Death the Kid, and their weapon partners Tsubaki, Liz and Patty. With the help of her friends and her partner Soul, Maka uses her skills and abilites as a meister to fight evil forces such as the Kishin Asura, and the witches Arachne and Medusa, along the way of achieving her goal.

NARUTO

Released October 3, 2002 Produced by Studio Pierrot Plot: Naruto Uzumaki

wants to be the bes ninja in the land. He’s done well so far, but with the danger of the Akatsuki organization, Naruto knows he must train harder than ever and leaves his village for intense exercises that will push him to his limits and possibly make him stronger.

PHI BRAIN

Released October 2, 2011 Produced by Sunrise Plot: Kaito, a puzzle-loving high

school freshman, is selected as a candidate for "Phi Brain". He and his friend Nonoha find an "unsolvable puzzle" near their school. The puzzle turns out to be a life-threatening "philosopher's puzzle" created by the mysterious group P.O.G. (Puzzle Of God). After successfully solving the puzzle, Kaito is designated as a Solver and is joined by other Solvers as they battle P.O.G. all over the world by solving the "philosopher's puzzles".

ATTACK ON TITAN

Released December 9, 2013 Produced by Wit Studio and Production

I.G (production cooperation) Plot: The series follows the story of Eren

Yeager, his adopted sister Mikasa Ackerman, and their friend Armin Arlert. After the outermost Wall is breached by Titans, including the 60-meter tall skinless Colossus Titan and the abnormally intelligent Armored Titan, and his mother dying in the resulting destruction, Eren vows revenge against the Titans and later enlists in the military, accompanied by Mikasa and Armin. Years later during his first battle against the Titans, Eren discovers that he has the ability to transform into a Titan at will. Seen as a threat to mankind by some, and as a ray of hope by others, Eren joins his companions in a desperate fight to protect what remains of their society while looking for answers to the mysteries surrounding the Titans, the Walls, and his own existence as well.

BLUE EXORCIST

Released April 5,2011

Produced by A-1 Pictures

Plot: The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager possessing abnormal strength and endurance who, along with his twin brother Yukio, was raised by Father Shiro Fujimoto. One day, Rin learns that he is the son of Satan, the strongest of all demons. Witnessing Shiro dying to protect him, Rin ends up doing what his guardian asked him never to do: draw the demon-slaying blade Kurikara, which restrains his demonic powers, from its scabbard. From that moment on, Rin not only gains permanent demonic features like fangs, pointed ears, fiery "horns" and a tail, but also the power to ignite himself into blue flames that can destroy almost anything they touch.

GUILTY CROWN

Released November 17, 2013

Produced by Production I.G.

Plot: Guilty Crown's setting begins in 2029 when an unidentified "Apocalypse Virus" spreads and plunges Japan into a state of emergency in a chaos known as the "Lost Christmas". An international organization known as the GHQ intervenes with martial law and restores order to Japan at the cost of its independence.Ten years later in 2039, Shu Ouma, a 17-year-old high school student who keeps to himself in school, meets Inori Yuzuriha, the lead singer for Egoist, while visiting one of his favorite places on his way home from school. Shu is a big fan of Inori, a singer who has taken the Internet world by storm. However, he also discovers the other side of her, which is that she is a member of "Funeral Parlor", a resistance group that aims to liberate Japan from the GHQ. Shu starts taking a part in the actions of "Funeral Parlor" and the "king's mark" appears on his right hand. This "mark" bestows on him the power to reach inside another person's body and extract and materialize a weapon from it.

CHROME SHELLED REGIOS

Released 18, 2013 Produced by Zexcs Plot: In a post-apocalyptic polluted

earth overrun with mutated beasts called Filth Monsters (Contaminoids in Funimation's translation), humanity is forced to live in large mobile cities called Regios and learn to use weapons called DITE and harness the power of Kei to defend themselves. In the Academy City of Zuellni, Layfon Alseif is hoping to start a new life without Martial/Military arts and forget his past. However, his past has caught the attention of Kalian Loss, the Student Council President and Nina Antalk, a Military Arts student and Captain of the 17th Platoon, who instantly recognizes his abilities and decides he's the perfect candidate to join her group. The series follow Layfon's life in Zuellni and occasionally has flash backs of his life in Glenden.

BAKEMONOGATARI

Released July 3,2009

Produced by Shaft

Plot: The Monogatari series revolves around Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student, who's almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate of his, the reclusive Hitagi Senjōgahara, falls down the stairs into Koyomi's arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs nothing, in defiance of physics. Despite being threatened by her to keep away, Koyomi offers his help and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a strange middle-aged man living in an abandoned building, who cured him of being a vampire. Once Koyomi helps solve Hitagi's problem, she agrees to become his friend. As the series progresses, Koyomi finds himself involved with other girls, each afflicted by different "oddities", including the ghost of a child called Mayoi Hachikuji, his underclassman Suruga Kanbaru, Nadeko Sengoku, a friend of his sisters, his classmate Tsubasa Hanekawa and his own younger sisters Karen and Tsukihi. To deal with the spectres, Koyomi relies on guidance from Oshino and, later, from Shinobu, the same vampire who attacked him, now with the appearance of an eight-year-old girl.