Pic - no something did not get stuck in my eye! Ayeka, Ryo-ohki
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Why did I build this site?
Well, just for fun I guess, actually without reason or rhyme.
:) It was meant to be a site for anime fans in SA
and new fans to find info on and also find links where to
meet other fans and where to discuss anime. Most of the links are
still unavailable,
however you can click one the ones that work. We strongly
also ask you for feedback by joining one of the forums where
anime, manga, Japanese film and other things may be discussed,
actually you can discuss anything you want to hehe........:)
Anime in SA: Do you remember Robotech?
Well that's an anime show from the 80's. Heidi, The Dog of Flanders,
The Mysterious Cities of Gold, The Green Forest, The Animated Bible, Swiss
Family Robinson aka Flone's Island, Sherlock Hounds are all anime
shows the SABC used to show, mostly for children. DSTV did run and
currently still runs anime movies at midnight on Sci-fi Channel - usually
for 16up audiences.
More upcoming Anime Titles:
Kane Karo (His and Her's Circumstance), Armitage III Dual Matrix,
Sen No Chihiro (Spirited Away) and Fancy Lala. Reviews of these
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Who is this Sasami? You mean you don't know?
Actually how could you hehe..... Sasami
Jurai is a character I chose to represent this site. She's a
little anime girl character from an Anime show called Tenchi Muyo.
Actually Sasami is a very funny character, sometimes michievous
but always helpful and just about always smiling and happy.
See more on the Tenchi
Muyo pages.
Some DVDs worth considering:
Metropolis by Tarô Rin, based on the 1949 manga of Osamu Tezuka,
makes for a great DVD buy and watch by yourself or preferably with
friends.
Mimi wo Sumaseba on DVD (at last!) aka Whispers of the Heart or
If You Listen Closely. A really mellow film about everyday life
by Hayao Miyazaki.
Adrenalin Drive by Shinobu Yaguchi is a totally hillarious live
action Japanese comedy about a guy and a girl who get the chance
to make away with some gangster money, that is if the halfwit punk
gangsters don't catch em first. Very Funny!
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Content:
(Warning: Content not designed
for minors, although there is nothing 'adult' on this site. The
target audience age is 13 and up.)
Anime in SA:
News and Events
Anime History:
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Anime Series:
Brief
Synopsis
Anime Retailers:
Anime Shops
(online shops to buy legal anime)
Anime Games:
Games section
Anime Galleries:
Sister
Princess NEW!
Sister
Princess Wallpapers
Sad
Anime faces NEW
Sentimental Grafitti
Various
Anime Women
Sailor
Moon
Cardcaptor
Sakura
Anime
Babes (113 images)
Cosplay Gallery (comiket)
Anime Music/Sound Clips:
Chibi-usa's SugarBaby Rap song
1.6 Mb Get it here. funnniiii!!!
Ordinary Girl (Cardcaptors BGM)
0.9 Mb Get
it here. (Eng)
Sasami Getting Married to Tenchi
Get
it here. (Eng) (If you Love Sasami)
Tangerine Sunset (Sister Princess)
Get
it here. (Jpn)
(password="www.sasamikawaii.org")
To Heart (Yell) Ending Theme
Get
it here. (Jpn)
(password="sakura wars")
Talent for Love (Tenchi Muyo)
Get
it here (Eng) pw=sasami
Pretty Samy OP Japanese
Get
it here (Jpn) pw=sasami
Magical Project S (Pretty Samy) OP
Get
it here (Eng) pw=sasami
(Cuuuute song!!!)
Anime for Windows
Anime Desktop Sitters and Icons
(of site)
Love Hina Screenmates
Naru,
Sara,
Kaolla,
Mitsune,
Mei.
1. Use Save As... (Gozilla, GetRight...)
2. Rename .jpg to .exe before running.
Anime Reviews:
Grave
of the Fireflies NEW!
Magic
User's Club NEW
Sol Bianca Review
Kiki's
Delivery Service.
Sailor
Moon
To Heart
NEW
Tenchi
Muyo
Noir
Sister Princess
Oh My Goddess!
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Cardcaptor Sakura
Hand Maid May
Yamato Yohko Starship Girl
Love Hina
Fushigi Yugi 
Perfect Blue
Ghost In The Shell
Pretty Samy
Armitage
III
Cowboy Bebop
Boogiebop Phantom
/more/
Essay: (Not much of an essay though).
Why
so Kawaii?Why so Cute?
Offsite Links:
South African Links:
Anime.co.za
Anime.co.za
Vurtspace.com
Discuss anime with us ^_^ Vaz's Forums...^_^ NOW redesigned by
Vaz himself.
Associates Sites:
Kitty's Anime Palace A friend's site
Plenty of images of animes on Diana's site.
Liz Chan's site -
Also a friend's site. Lots of good fanart here.
Rachel's
Fountain of Memories Site full of images and info.
Amelia's Sasami's
Place - Another Sasami fansite, chat, forum, quiz, gallery etc.
^_^
Other Links:
AnimeOnDVD
Reviews of anime on DVD by Chris Beveridge - anime & Kieslowski fan.
Strictly Shoujo Anime : CCS
(cool collection of essays)
AnimePike Lots
of anime
AnimeNext
Lots of anime too
TapAnime
Ex.Org Anime Authority
Anime news network
AnimeGenesis
Sasami.Org They had *my*
domain, sniff.
EasyAnime - Oki's site.
Nausica.net
Miyazaki stuff/Studio Ghibli, also release schedules.
YourAnimeSite - Lots
of good anime
links here, looks like Yahoo.
Anime Series sites:
Mysterious Cities of Gold Fansite of a cool series
FreeStyle
Lain Review
Miss Lain's Website
Sakura
Wars Songs
Kiki's
Delivery Service Page
Chibi-Selena Chan's SM Pages
Reeny's
Kingdom
My 12 Angel
Sisters
Grandia
1 and 2 A site devoted to two really sweet anime games. Go
Sue and Feena!!! :) G 1 is the BEST RPG.
Personal Anime Sites:
-=~m-a-y-b-e- -i-m-
y-o-u-~=-
Non Anime Links:
Sasami2K DIVX
Player Get it!
Xp-Erience.Org
For Win XP
ReactorCritical.com
For 3D files ^.*
Centre For Defence
Information Washington Based strategy site
Stratfor.com
Good source of strategic analisys
MST3K Mystery
Science Theatre 3000 - humour!
Archive.Org
The whole web, backed up
Fravia.Org - make searching
easier.
Non-Anime Movies of Note from Japan (coming soon)
Non-Anime Movies of Note (coming soon)
Other Important Stuff:
Favourite Directors:
Krzystof Kieslowski
Akira Kurosawa
Andrzej Wajda
Stanley Kubrick
ART: *Recommended* (2 great sites)
Louvre Webmuseum by N.
Pioch
ChristusRex.org Vatican
art galleries
We are he-nt-ai free.
If you expect to find
he-nt-ai on this site you
will be disappointed,
because there isn't any.
Text changed to prevent
search engines showing us
in search results for p-o-r-n and similar.
Copyright Notice:
All images on this site are Copyright to their
respective copyright holders, such as Pioneer Animation, ViZ, Bandai,
AquaPlus,
ADV, Rightstuf and other releasing studios
and distributing companies.
If you represent a studio/copyright owner
and are unhappy about any image being here, please email me and
I will get rid of it.
I'm only a fan and am doing this to get more people to buy your
stuff. ^_^
Still confused what this page is about?
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What's the big deal about
Anime?
Well, anime is very different
from most commercial animation found in the world. Most animation
is directed at children and hence portrays things acceptable to them.
Anime is different because the Japanese view anime as a medium and not
a genre. In the west shows like The Simpsons and South Park are the
only type of animation for adults and although excellent they portray
satire and basically scoff at human society. This is all fine but
why can't shows like The Matrix or War of the Roses ever be animated
and shown as such.
Well, in Japan they are. Animation there stems from the
country's love of comics and well from it's rich history and theatre (Noh
and Kabuki). So there animation is not merely seen as 'for kids'
or as a medium to convey satire (although a lot does). Funny thing I
mentioned the Matrix, since the Matrix was based on anime shows, Akira
and Ghost In the Shell to be exact. By the way if you find that you
enjoyed the Matrix a great deal you may consider watching these movies and
an excellent 13 part series dubbed into English by Pioneer
called Serial Experiments Lain.
Throughout the west a misconception exists that Anime is
porn. No such thing. Whereas there is porno-graphic and even quite sad-istic
hen-tai (see below) out there, this makes up a small percentage of
the market and is strictly
demarcated for the adult 18+ market. Most anime shows bear
a 13+ age restriction as does much of adult daytime television. A psychopath
thriller may bear a 17+ restriction due to violence but there are
very few ultra violent shows out there. Most anime although
littered with explosions and flying craft and huge machines in
megalithic futuristic cities contains very little blood and death.
Likewise there is hardly mention of sex in most shows since this
is taboo in the East.
Since Anime is a medium shows for all ages and walks of
life exist. Some shows are aimed at school kids, others at teenagers, yet
others at college age students and some at even older adults.
The Hyperkinetic Style of anime : Yes anime is very fast
moving in general. Some is quite slapstic and some well quite hillarious.
Some shows make fun of everything conceivable including Microsoft,
Apple and other anime shows. Some even poke fun at the west.
Why the big eyes?
Big eyes are kawaii......hehe.......that
means cute. Seriously the Japanese adopted this style in the early
post war days from emulating Disney in the US. Now most shows contain
big eyed girls and big eyed children and even big eyed animals. Some men
are also drawn big eyed. (Not all shows have large eyed
characters.) Large eyes denote the openness of the characters
soul to the viewer and others. Good characters usually have large eyes and
so do most young characters (as they are the most honest usually).
Evil characters do not look cute or large eyed at all.
Then again large eyes are cute so why not (see the picture below)?
Sister
Princess: the brown thing on the left is a huge teddy
bear,
this show is a lot like Chobits and Kanon.
See the complete
gallery here it's full of endearing characters.
A short description of some of the terms in Anime and anime genres
What is Anime: Anime is animation
produced in Japan.
Typically this type of animation features characters who
have large Donald Duck like eyes and small mouths.
What is manga: Manga are Japanese comics.
'Nuff said.
What is hen*ai (or ec-chi anime)? This is deviant anime
po$rn, suffice to say.
You will not find any on this site hehe.
What is shounen Anime: Anime for boys of all ages,
typically teenagers but of all ages - boys of 80 too. This anime
typically involves seeing the world from a man's viewpoint, ie plenty
of action, lots of fast cars and of course women who just throw themselves
at
the main character who happens to be a wimp. Ok nooo, it's
not
like that. Anime for guys tends to be more action packed,
contains
many hot babes and pretty girls and there is lots of violence
although
not always.
In Tenchi Muyo, one loser character becomes the object of
affection
of 7 women, in Love
Hina it is about 10 while in Saber Marionette it is
3 but the girls are marionettes - althought they are just
as human as any
of the other shows' characters.
Some of these shows are very cross sectional and people
of both sexes tend to enjoy them take Macross, Martian
Successor Nadesico
and Sakura Wars. The last 3 are dominated by both giant
robots and
especially Nadesico by bickering arguing crews which includes
almost a When Harry Met Sally set up. Other shows: Ah My
Goddess, Hand Maid May, Moldiver and Mamotte
Shugogetten.
What is Shoujo Anime?
This is anime for girls and women (mostly targetted at
teenagers) of all ages. Typically the stories are very emotional
and
character driven. The character development is also very
good and
well some shows are very deep and thought provoking. The
worse
ones can be lightened to soap operas while the better to
Casablanca
and Gone With The Wind. There is less violence in these
shows,
although some contain plenty of action eg. Marriage, Fushigi
Yugi, Magic Knights Rayearth, Please Save My Earth, Vision of Escaflowne,
Yesterday Once Again, Whispers of The Heart, Ocean Waves, To Heart,
Saint Seya and Shamanic Princess. In some shows there is less
emphasis on romance and more on comedy - the best example is Jubei-Chan
The Ninja Girl which is very hillarious.
What does Baka mean? Baka means 'fool' or
'stupid'. It is something that Ruri-ruri says in the anime Martian
Successor Nadesico.
Sci-Fi/New Age: Broad audience
shows for everyone who likes the genre: Key The Metal Idol, Serial
Experiments Lain, Ghost in The Shell, Armitage III, Gasaraki,
Neon Genesis Evangelion, Patlabor and many others. Some are intended
for mature viewers. Other excellent Shows: Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo
2040, Burn Up W.
Suspense : Perfect Blue and in some respects
Key and Lain are excellent examples of Suspense shows.
Magical Girl: aka Mahou Shoujo shows are
shows made for
school age girls where typically the heroine is a similar
girl who
has magical powers bestowed upon herself. The powers are
used
when she transforms her clothes and hair, shoes etc into
the magical form and are used to fight evil. The girl(s) usually
first tries to
change the evil from within with acts of goodwill however
if this does not work she resorts to magic and physical aggression
:).
Some shows are very hillarious, and most magical girl shows
albeit may contain emotional moments usually have happy
endings
unlike some other anime. Examples: Pretty Samy, Cardcaptor
Sakura,
Creamy Miami, Akazukin Cha-cha, Princess Nine, Pretty Soldiers
Sailor Moon, Mysterious Thief Saint Tail, Minky Momo and Magic User's
Club.
Takahata, Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki: Takahata
and Miyazaki are
two of the most talented anime producers in Japan. Their
works
are loved the world over and vary in terms of audience,
however they
are all excellent. Some are tragic anti war masterpieces
(Grave of the Fireflies) while others are stories meant to uplift
(Kiki's Delivery Service) while yet others teach valuable lessons
(Princess Mononoke).
Other excellent examples: I Can Hear the Sea, Castle of
Cagliarito, Whispers of the Heart, Porco Rosso, Only Yesterday (very
sentimental), My Neighbour Totoro and Laputa : Castle in the Sky.
Sakura (ten year old magical girl heroine), Tomoyo (dark hair)
and Kero (the yellow flying beast thingy) from Cardcaptor Sakura
(CLAMP). I'll have a review later. You can see a gallery
here. Don't ask me how they took this pic, obviously
Touya (Sakura's idiot brother) climbed a tree. ^_^
If I'd have to pick a younger sister, Sakura (after Sasami) would
be the one, Kero can go to h.... Hehe ^.~
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Typical of anime is the style of drawing:
Namely characters with very large eyes.
Since eyes are the windows to the soul
typically the more open the character to scrutiny (the more
honest and innocent) the larger the eyes. When possessed
by evil the character's eyes generally become smaller.
Sex appeal is a big thing in anime and although
most anime contains the occasional allusion or
mention of sex, bikini and beach shots are aplenty.
Please see my Anime
Beach Bikini Girls Gallery for more....:).
Cast of Magic User's Club -
Mahou Tsukai Tai. Nanaka, Sae and Aikane. See our review section. 19
Episodes of sweet fun!
Mirai - the lead character from Moldiver (a superman like
superhero she becomes to fight threats). Better than Superman? You bet :).
The costume is a killer.
Typical drawing style in shoujo (girls') anime. This is a manga
excerpt.) This guy's gonna get hell from his tree sitting girlfriend.
Saber Marionette J - Lime, Otaru, Bloodberry and
Cherry (L to R). These girls are just cool.
Scene from Noir, one of the
hottest shows right now, one
of the two main leads. Reminds me so much of Ayanami Rei.
Another scene from Noir, the other
lead. She's pretty hot, hehe.
Agent Aika and the gang.
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Just for fun ^_^
In a Cabbit suit ^.^ Dressing up is fun!
