When I watch anime, I do so to be entertained and to slip out of reality for a bit. “Slice of life” anime is nice every now and again (think once a year) but I’d rather let the writers earn their paycheck. Entertain me dammit!
So what genre do I personally find to be entertaining in anime? Fantasy for one thing. Creatures from legend and liberal applications of magic coupled with sound plot lines and good ideas make up my idea of fantasy. I’m also a huge fan of historical anime. Love it. Whether it’s Japanese, American, or French, historical anime is always a winner with me. Sci-fi anime is also a top choice. But I’m uber picky when it comes to sci-fi anime. I prefer speculative sci-fi that doesn’t have too many 15 year olds mucking up the storylines. Horror is another genre I’m fond of in my anime.
The one thing that all these genres MUST have in order for me to consider them worth watching is action. I’m not just talking about just the physical sort with swords clashing and monsters being torn to bits. I’m talking about the action in your head when there’s depth to anime. I mean actual depth, not pretentious “we have depth because we say we do – neener neener”, a la Evangelion. Gankutsuo had it, Otogi Zoshi had it, and so did a lot of anime I’ve seen that wouldn’t necessarily be labeled “actionâ€.
With that in mind, I do like creative use of multiple genres in a single anime. Let’s use Gankutsuo again as an example. Sci-fi+Historical= Sci-forical? It worked for Gankutsuo and it worked for Testujin 28. Le Chevalier D’Eon is Historical+ Fantasy. Would that make it Histasy? Whatever you call these mixed genres it equals good stuff all around in any case.
If you HAD to choose a genre of anime that’s your favorite what would it be and why?
Comedy isn’t one of my favorite genres in anime, although I do like comedy. I usually have a hard time finding one that isn’t fan service driven or tedious and mindless. I don’t know if 
Since kimonos don’t have pockets,women put goods in their sleeves while men stored their goods and money in small purses called sagemono or koshisage. These were made from cloth, leather, wood, bone, ivory, and 
Netsuke (pronounced neh-skay) first developed to answer the need of the populace for carrying items on their person rather than their sword. The translation for netsuke is ne meaning “root†and –tsuke meaning “attachâ€. 
The mechanics of the netsuke are amazingly simple: First the netsuke is attached to a cord which is then looped under the obi and a sagemono is in turn attached to the free end of the cord. The sagemono then hangs down under the obi while the netsuke acts as a toggle to stop the cord from sliding out. 
Netsuke artists used anything that came to hand for their materials, such as coral, wood, ivory, bone, shell, metal and even ceramics and some stones. The subject matter was usually 
While Europeans became more and more enamored with all things Japanese, the netsuke being produced overseas in Japan lost most, if not all, of their functionality and became pure decoration. Other countries saw the netsuke’s popularity and decided to cash in on it by producing lower quality netsuke that, nonetheless, sold like hotcakes. 
Infinity Studios, LLC announced today that it has entered into an agreement to license acclaimed artist Miyabi Fujieda’s highly acclaimed yuri manga Iono-Sama Fanatics Volume One from Mediaworks. Miyabi Fujieda is a highly-popular and recognized manga artist who has created numerous hit titles in Japan including Nova, Alice Quartet, Kotonoha No Miko To Kotodama No Maio To and has also been a guest artist for a few chapters in the extremely popular manga hit 
I had no idea that people liked weak and sheltered girls (moekko are considered “innocent†but innocent is usually synonymous with weak and weepy in anime). What the hell is there to like?
Does the promise of an anime series featuring an eclectic mix of space cowboys, gothic lolita assassins, shootouts, spaceships, bank heists & more get you excited? If so, then Coyote Ragtime Show might (or might not) be exactly what you’re looking for!
So it turns out the goth loli robot paratrooper assassins are being ordered around by Madame Marciano – the boss of the Galactic Criminal Guild, who is also after Mister.
If you’ve read any of my 
I enjoyed volume one of Coyote Ragtime Show. It wasn’t quite what I expected, but this is what I like about it. This anime feels really fresh – which can sometimes be difficult to do. I enjoyed the eclectic cast of characters, mixed with the prison breakout and subsequent bank heist story. I’m very curious where the story leads from where episode four left off at!
The Anime Blog is holding another giveaway; this time it’s anime courtesy of 
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