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Since there are so many good anime out there, I\’m going to do conglomerate reviews with several series or movies reviewed in
each; another is
coming soon.

Series:

Noir

This is a series about two female assassins whose partnership begins on strange grounds; they meet in a very mysterious manner, and
immediately find a
connection between each other that they cannot understand. From the very start, this series has lots of great fight sequences, and the
animation is
exquisite. There is also quite a bit of obscure plotline in between the action sequences, which are also quite enjoyable.

Inuyasha

A TV series not yet released in America; it soon will be.
Based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi, this is a story set partly in the world of today, but mostly in feudal Japan where youkai
(monsters or demons)
run rampant in the forests, coming out every so often to terrify the people of small villages.

A girl named Kagome, living in modern-day Japan, goes to explore the ancient well near her home, and is pulled in, coming out in
another time,
many hundreds of years before. In the past, she meets a Halfling about her age named Inuyasha who mistakes her for one of her ancestors
from that time.
Upon the shattering of the \”Shikon no Tama\”, an evil jewel of great power, they must search throughout the land for it\’s shards before
it comes into
evil hands.

This series is very long (over 55 episodes so far and growing) so I can\’t give a full description of the plot, but on the whole it\’s a
pretty good
show, and has all the necessary aspects to give the series lasting value and hold one\’s attention until the end.

Trigun

An anime based on the manga series by Yasuhiro Nightow, it\’s about a gunman who, while having a hefty price on his head, has never
killed. His past is
unknown, and his name is Vash \”the Stampede\” the nickname given, because along with his presence tends to come destruction. He\’s known
for his large
silver handgun, and long red trench coat.

While so many sinister things are said about him, in truth, he is a kind and honest, though rather on the strange side. This
series starts as
an action-style series, but soon turns somewhat to the science fiction side. It\’s very wacky and well done on the whole; I quite like
it.

Love Hina

This is leaning toward soap-opera, but has lots of oddness and funny scenes to make it, in my opinion, quite worth watching. The main
character is a
clumsy, but well-meaning young guy whose goal is to make it to the prestigious Tokyo-U because of a promise he made as a small child.
While the story
doesn\’t progress as rapidly as some might like, but it\’s very funny, and the melodrama is a bit tongue-in-cheek, so I found it to be
rather enjoyable
on the whole.

To my delight, I discovered that the 3-part OVA that concludes the series was finally released recently in Japan (already got the first
two fansubbed).