Once up a time there was a thing called shoujo manga which you could find in bookstores and there was also anime shows adapted from those shoujo manga. To tell the truth there are still shoujo manga and adaptations of those manga because in the group of shows that I am quick reviewing today.
Blue Spring Ride (Ao Haru Ride)
Futaba had a crush on a boy called Tanaka two years ago before he moved away. Then she found he had returned only to find he had changed in several ways including his name.
Blue Spring Ride is a fairly basic and standard shoujo anime from it's first glance. It's good enough that if you like the genre at all or want to know what shoujo anime is like watching this show is well worthwhile.
DRAMAtical Murder
In the future on the island on Midorijima there is a virtual game called Rhyme and a prevelence of gangs. Aoba is a young man who works at a junk store who tries to stay away from these things but is drawn into them.
DRAMAtical Murder is a strange sort science fiction show with shades of BL (homosexual content for those not in the know). It probably isn't a show for everyone but I found it more tolerable than some of the older Yaoi anime as Aoba is a pretty normal guy who is simply friends with all the pretty men instead of being the whiny uke of yesteryear.
Hanayamata
Naru is a shy girl who one day runs across a strange girl who runs across a strange put pretty girl who wants to dance with her. Next day Naru finds said girl is a new transfer student who want Naru to join her dancing club.
Hanayamata looks like it will be the cute girls doing things show of the season. As it also looks like it where all the animation talent that made No Game No Life from Madhouse is going this season it looks like it will be a pretty show as well
Monthly Girls Nozaki
Chiyo is a high school girl who is in love with Nozaki who is actually a manga artist. Chiyo confesses her love to him but he mistakes it as appreciation of his manga and tries to make her his assistant.
Monthly Girl's Nozaki is a light parody of shoujo manga that I found rather funny. Like most good parodies it works best when you have some understanding of what it is parodying but unlike real shoujo manga most of the enjoyment doesn't depend on the viewer finding the main male hot.
Blue Spring Ride (Ao Haru Ride)
Futaba had a crush on a boy called Tanaka two years ago before he moved away. Then she found he had returned only to find he had changed in several ways including his name.
Blue Spring Ride is a fairly basic and standard shoujo anime from it's first glance. It's good enough that if you like the genre at all or want to know what shoujo anime is like watching this show is well worthwhile.
DRAMAtical Murder
In the future on the island on Midorijima there is a virtual game called Rhyme and a prevelence of gangs. Aoba is a young man who works at a junk store who tries to stay away from these things but is drawn into them.
DRAMAtical Murder is a strange sort science fiction show with shades of BL (homosexual content for those not in the know). It probably isn't a show for everyone but I found it more tolerable than some of the older Yaoi anime as Aoba is a pretty normal guy who is simply friends with all the pretty men instead of being the whiny uke of yesteryear.
Hanayamata
Naru is a shy girl who one day runs across a strange girl who runs across a strange put pretty girl who wants to dance with her. Next day Naru finds said girl is a new transfer student who want Naru to join her dancing club.
Hanayamata looks like it will be the cute girls doing things show of the season. As it also looks like it where all the animation talent that made No Game No Life from Madhouse is going this season it looks like it will be a pretty show as well
Monthly Girls Nozaki
Chiyo is a high school girl who is in love with Nozaki who is actually a manga artist. Chiyo confesses her love to him but he mistakes it as appreciation of his manga and tries to make her his assistant.
Monthly Girl's Nozaki is a light parody of shoujo manga that I found rather funny. Like most good parodies it works best when you have some understanding of what it is parodying but unlike real shoujo manga most of the enjoyment doesn't depend on the viewer finding the main male hot.
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