Anime requests
Disclaimer: We might choose something that's not even on the request list for the next project due to various circumstances. Additionally, we do not moderate this list, which means that there are going to be titles that were already started by other groups and that's okay.
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Tsurupika Hagemaru-kun (TV Series, 59 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on Jan. 21, 2021, 7:18 a.m.
Ten-year-old brat Hagemaru Hageda causes mischief all over his small Japanese suburb. Source: The Anime Encyclopedia
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Kyouryuu Boukenki Jura Tripper (TV Series, 39 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on Jan. 13, 2021, 5:01 p.m.
On a school yachting trip, fifteen children of various ages are mysteriously transported to another world where humans coexist with dinosaurs. While attempting to return home, they encounter talking dinosaurs, revolutionaries, pirates, a princess and primitive scientists. These unlikely allies help them escape from soldiers, bandits, vicious dinosaurs and fanatical priests. Aggression between the two oldest boys leads to a split in ranks and a sneaky double cross plot. Unlikely romances bloom in this tense atmosphere, and the group learns that each has strengths that can help them get home if they work together. Source: ANN
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Nanbo no Monjai! Yankee Gurentai (OVA, 2 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on Jan. 5, 2021, 12:38 a.m.
This title has no synopsis.
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Cinderella Express (OVA, 1 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on Jan. 5, 2021, 12:37 a.m.
* Based on a manga by http://anidb.net/cr8742 [Yuzuki Hikaru], serialised in http://anidb.net/cr32180 [Weekly Young Jump]. Everyday salary man Shimano Yuji meets and beds a pretty young girl at his bachelor party. Meeting her again at his wedding, he realises that he has just began an affair with his sister-in-law. Source: The Anime Encyclopedia
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Sougen no Shoujo Laura (TV Series, 26 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on Jan. 2, 2021, 6:39 p.m.
This anime is based on the same work as the famous American live-action TV series Little House on the Prairie. Curiously enough, it was not part of Nippon Animation`s WMT, even though based on a famous work of western literature, but aired on TBS while 3000 ri, the second WMT, was airing on Fuji TV in 1976. In fact, an examination of the staff will reveal there is little connection between the two. Overall, this series is far inferior to the WMT series from that era, being rather simplistic and clearly aimed at a lower age-group than the WMT, but nonetheless is a good daily-life drama with a leisurely pace and story. The series, while not told from Laura`s POV, focuses on Laura, and does a good job of getting into her mind. Indeed, the series feels at times like a sort of second-rate Heidi; the latter, which finished airing on TV less than a year before Laura started, was clearly an influence on Laura. The main characters (the father, mother, Laura and her older and younger sister) are individualistic and well fleshed out by the script. In the final count the characters are the series` greatest asset. They come across as real human beings, and hold your interest from beginning to end. As far as the technical aspects are concerned, the art direction shows great attention to detail with the trappings of the era, the BGM perfectly complements the story, and the character animation is lifelike, although not very fluid by today`s standards. The character designs by Mori may take some getting used to, being typically round and simple; but the sign of a great animator is that he can convey the most nuance in the fewest strokes, and Mori succeeds in this eminently. The story pacing is also good, letting you get a feel for the family`s daily rituals without letting the story lag too much (remember that this series was only half the length of the WMT), and the story itself is compelling, telling of a family that strikes out west to begin a new home on virgin territory. Episodes are episodic but this narrative thread is never lost. Finally, the overall feel of the series is very warm and memorable, making it greater than the sum of its parts. While not quite a buried diamond, this is definitely a good series in its own right that any WMT fan should consider watching, and an interesting side-note to the WMT that deserves to be more well known, especially considering this was one of only a handful of TV series in which Yasuji Mori was animation director. Episode 1 shows him at his best, creating a thrilling atmosphere right from the beginning with his trademark style of animation directing, and the backgrounds are quite beautiful; in all respects, this is a fantastic episode. Unfortunately, the rest of the series goes a bit downhill after this promising beginning, without the mark of genius that had made episode 1 so thrilling to watch. Yasuji Mori drew Heidi`s character design for the Heidi pilot film in late 1973, but these designs were abandoned for the series, and Yoichi Kotabe took over as character designer and animation director, and presumably Laura was the logical continuation of many of those ideas, a sort of Heidi mk. II or Heidi a la Mori. Source: pelleas.net/dbman/db.cgi?db=wmt&uid=default&ID=037&view_records=1
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Breakage (OVA, 1 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on Jan. 2, 2021, 4:08 a.m.
In 2007, the inhabitants of Danger Planet II fight their battles using remote-controlled robots also known as virtual puppets. Kirio Nimura is a high school student and the strongest puppeteer on the planet who falls for Sairi Takahara; however, she insists that nobody may make advances until they have beaten her puppet, Benkei. Source: Anime Encyclopedia
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Efficus: Kono Omoi o Kimi ni... (OVA, 2 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on Jan. 2, 2021, 3:51 a.m.
* Loosely based on the dating sim game from Genki. Formerly the kingdom`s foundations, now the Efficus Manjuu makes the pocket money of its three princesses and they must step in on its defense...
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Chiisana Viking Vickie (TV Series, 78 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on Dec. 22, 2020, 10:40 p.m.
Long ago, in a little Viking Village called Flake, young Wickie lives a happy life. His father, Halvar, is the chief of the Vikings, and would have liked a son a little more courageous. So, he and his team take Wicke along on their journeys to give him the experience he`ll need to be a real Viking. Yet, somehow Halvar and his men end up trapped or hopelessly stuck somewhere in most cases, and it`s up to Wickie alone to help them out with his flashes of wit. Source: imdb.com
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Fuusen no Doratarou (TV Series, 13 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on Dec. 22, 2020, 9:10 p.m.
After many years of wandering, Tarou returns to Cat Island to meet his sister, Sakura, who has stayed with their adoptive parents. Though his family is pleased to see him, they all come to realise that the long separation has seen them grow into different people. Source: The Anime Encyclopedia
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Shin Grimm Meisaku Gekijou (TV Series, 23 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on Dec. 22, 2020, 8:57 p.m.
Every episode is a stand-alone retelling of a different fairy or folk tale. Not all of them are based on the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.