Anime
Anime is the Japanese word for Animation. In Japan, the animation industry is more in the forefront than in the US, and animated shows covering virtually every genre can be found in the form of television shows, Original Animation Videos and feature films.
Much like any other entertainment medium, anime can range from the very silly to the very serious, and is not necessarily intended for children or any specific age group. Below is a hand-picked selection of titles that Alice's mavens consider the best of the genre on offer.
Right: 'Ghost In The Shell'
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad II (2004)
7.4/10
Director: Osamu Kobayashi
Koyuki Tanaka as feeling the run, though he's only a teenager. Between the sheltered and stifling grind of school and the girls that spend their time... Read more
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad III (2004)
7.4/10
Director: Osamu Kobayashi
Koyuki Tanaka as feeling the run, though he's only a teenager. Between the sheltered and stifling grind of school and the girls that spend their time... Read more
Bleach: Volume 3 (2007)
8.5/10
Ichigo and Rukia continue their work as Soul Reapers, protecting the spirits and the living. But they are not the only ones with the power to defeat t... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 1 - The Curse (2004)
8.6/10
Edward Elric changed the night he trapped his younger brother's spirit in the unfeeling steel of an ancient suit of armor. That night, Edward and Alph... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 2 - Scarred Man of the East (2004)
8.6/10
A serial killer stalks the streets of Central, searching for his State-sponsored prey. He is a refugee, a loner from a land scarred from the wounds of... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 3 - Equivalent Exchange (2004)
8.6/10
The Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric, is given his first assignment. He is to inspect the coalmines of Youswell, a task he believes to be Mustang's a... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 4 - The Fall of Ishbal (2004)
8.6/10
The Elrics return to Eastern Headquarters to report their progress which, as mustang points out, is none. Ed and Al leave for the countryside to sea... Read more
Fullmetal Alchemist: Volume 11 - Becoming the Stone (2004)
8.6/10
Edward Elric faces his destiny and the burdens of his actions as the chaos surrounding the quest for the Philosopher's Stone reaches full boil. Allian... Read more
Le Chevalier D'Eon I: Psalm of Vengeance (2006)
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
The story begins in Paris 1742, when the body of a woman named Lia de Beaumont is found in a casket floating along the Seine.[6] The only clue regardi... Read more
Gun Sword: Volume Six (2005)
Director: Goro Taniguchi
The story is set on the "Planet of Endless Illusion", a place where rogues of all sorts gather. The protagonist, Van, travels the world searching for... Read more