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Acchi Kocchi

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Acchi Kocchi (2012) Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Seinen, Slice of Life Rate: 8 out of 10 Acchi Kocchi or Place to Place has a classic element of anime -- exaggerated emotions, and I really like it here. The way they insert romance is very suitable, too. Although it might be a little bit cheesy for some people, I think it matches the characters very well. Talking about the characters, they all have vivid personalities of their owns. The chemical reactions between them make the anime hilarious. However, there are a lot of jokes are made upon Japanese puns, so it might be a bit hard for me to understand. The whole anime is based on a concept of cat. You can see cat or cat related effects everywhere -- even the name of the high school. They even have a cat statue. Tsumiki, a main character,  turns into cat sometimes. I am a cat lover, so the whole thing is so cute to me. One more thing I really like is the little illustration of arrows between scenes and in every letters. ...

11eyes

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11eyes: Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shōjo 11eyes: Sin, Damnation, and the Atonement Girl Rate: 6 out of 10 11eyes: Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shōjo is a story about a group of high school students who are summoned into “Red Night” and for some reasons they are target of “Black Knights” who claim they should be dead. Its genres are: action, echhi, super power, and supernatural. First off, there are quite many panty shots in the first few episodes and it tries to include some adult content at the nearly end, which do not fit in the serious story line very well. After finishing this anime, I found that it is an adaptation of an adult visual novel. So that explains the things I saw. The story telling pattern is very similar in each episode. Happy school life followed by entering “Red Night”. But in that boring pattern, the story is moving forward bit by bit. It wasn’t until nearly the end that you understand the whole big picture, which is a strategy that other a...