Serial experiments lain is a media-mix work that consists of a serialised magazine project, an anime work and a game work produced simultaneously and interrelated. The project started in 1996 and the work was released in 1998. The main theme is the collective unconscious in the online age, and it also has a psycho-horror aspect. The animation director is Ryutaro Nakamura, who has worked...
GANTZ is an anime based on the manga of the same name by Japanese manga artist Hiroya Oku. The original manga was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from 2000 to 2013. The anime was broadcast in 2004 and consists of 26 episodes. The anime incorporates action, suspense, and science fiction elements, and is characterized by visually intense images and a complex storyline.After the anime...
Bakemonogatari is a fantasy novel by Ishin Nishio in two volumes. The first volume (volumes 1 and 2) of the Monogatari series was published in 2006, with the first volume published in 2006 and the second volume in 2006. It was subsequently broadcast as a TV animation in 2009 and has since been distributed on the web. Synopsis One day in May, while preparing...
“Black Butler” is a Japanese manga series by Yana Toboso, serialised in a shōnen magazine from 2006. An anime was broadcast on TV from 2008. Although based on a Japanese manga, the anime is set in late 19th century England and has a parallel world view. Synopsis The story takes place in 19th century England, where people live under the rule of Queen Victoria....
