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Mushishi
Thanks to Adam Bould for an amazing Review! Well met reader, this shall be my first review on TokoRetreat and as I’m sure many of you are, I was spoilt for choice over shows to recommend to anime viewers. Decided to start off with one I think went largely unnoticed, the supernatural drama (maybe? Billed as a detective series according to wikipedia), Mushishi Premise: Set in 19th century Japan, the world of humanity runs it’s course, however alongside us are hidden beings appearing in all shapes and sizes capable of many a feat, to help or hinder, they are known as Mushi. The series follows Ginko, a “Mushi Master” on his journeys…
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Princess Tutu
Thanks to Sally Harrison for another amazing Review! Once upon a time, there was a duck who fell in love with a handsome Prince. Her sole desire was to get the chance to dance with him. One day the Prince’s heart was shattered and the pieces were scattered across the land, leaving him in an emotionless state. The little duck eager to help him retrieve his heart makes a deal with a mysterious story teller named Drosselmeyer who gives her a magical pendant that would transform her into a human girl to aid her in her quest. However, if the little duck were to confess her feelings of love to…
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Ghost Hunt
Thanks to Sally Harrison for this Review of Ghost Hunt 🙂 Sixteen year old Mai Taniyama loves to tell ghost stories with her friends after school. But one day a mysterious boy named Kazuya “Naru” Shibuya of Shibuya Psychic Research (or SPR for short) turns up at her school, hired by the school’s principle to investigate some suspicious phenomenon plaguing the abandoned school house. Mai’s curiosity gets the better of her when she goes to investigate the old school house causing an accident leading to Kazuya’s assistant Lin, to get injured. As a result, Kazuya talks her into taking his place until he recovers. Later it becomes apparent that the…
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We-are-after-you!
Have you seen an amazing Anime? or read a great Manga? would you like to tell everyone about it? If so then we are looking for your recommendations to add to our site, your be fully credited for the review/recommendation and loads of people with the same interests will be able to see it. If this interests you pop your review/recommendation to Me mpro@192.168.0.22
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Full Metal Panic!
Another older one here Today we have Full Metal Panic! “2002” Sousuke Sagara, a seventeen year old military specialist working for the secret organization MITHRIL, has been assigned to protect the latest “Whispered” candidate Kaname Chidori. To complete this task Sousuke will have to deal with enemies from his past as well as the occasional panty thief. Unfortunately for Sousuke, the toughest part of his mission isn’t only protecting Miss Chidori but also getting used to living an average High School students life, no easy task for someone raised on the battlefield The series is set in a parallel world, based upon actual world events around the late 20th century…
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Return of Ranma 1/2!
Its a little late posting but still amazing news! Viz Media, LLC (Viz Media), the largest distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, has announced the return of one of the genre’s most celebrated manga and anime properties – RANMA ½. RANMA ½ is a renowned martial arts action-adventure manga (graphic novel) series created by Rumiko Takahashi. The manga series was a staple of the Viz Media catalog for over 14 years and remains one of the company’s longest-running titles and one of the longest-running manga series in North America. Viz Media plans to begin publishing the Ranma 1/2 manga series (rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens) in…
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Tokonatsu Competition!
Posted on the Tokonatsu Facebook site Calling all of our amazing artists! Do you won’t a chance to design the badges for this years Tokonatsu? NOW IS YOUR CHANCE! Design a badge based on any of the four houses we have this year (Kitsune, Basan, Tsuki no Usagi, Kameosa) and yours could be picked to be the official badge of that house! Competition winners will be presented with a set of all FOUR winning designs at the closing ceremony this year. Runners up will find their artwork making its way to our con-books! So just by entering you can secure yourself a place in our con-book given out to every…
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New Tenchi Muyo!
Representatives from the city of Takahashi in Okayama Prefecture announced on Monday that the city is raising money to fund a new Tenchi Muyo! series. The tentatively titled Ai: Tenchi Muyo! will be set in Takahashi, as the city hopes fans will come on a “pilgrimage” to see the setting of the anime, and plans to sell goods and host related events. The series is slated to run for 50 five-minute episodes on Tokyo MX starting in October. The town is raising 16,840,000 yen (US$165,293) in advertising expenses. Tenchi Muyo! creator Masaki Kajishima is credited as the original creator and Hiroaki Inoue is attached as the producer for the upcoming…
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Origa, Singer sing writer
Ok technically this isn’t Jpop but hear me out. Origa is a Russian singer who works mostly in japan. I first heard a song that she did on ghost in the shell Stand Alone complex “Inner universe” she has also done songs for Gundam, Fantastic children and Final Fantasy among others. She now soulie produces music for the Japanese market so you can kind of put it in here 🙂 Lullaby Inner Universe “full” Ol’ga Vital’evna Yakovleva (Russian: Ольга Витальевна Яковлева, born October 12, 1970 in Kochenёvo, Novosibirsk oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union), better known as Origa, is a Russian singer who works mostly in Japan. After…
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Ranma 1/2
It must have started about 15 years ago, a good friend introduced me to Ranma 1/2 the story revolves around Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo. Both have been arranges to be married by there fathers, but Ranma seems to be a popular guy and Akane seem to have her share of interested guys too… will they get in the way? The odd thing is that Ranma has a little secret that he got when visiting the cursed springs of Jusenkyo, the story goes that if you fall into one of these cursed springs you take the form of whatever died in that spring when your splashed with cold water. The…
