Skip Beat! Love and War

Skip Beat!
directed by Kiyoko Sayama
based on the manga of the same name by Yoshiki Nakamura
Released March 2009

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A girl, who devoted her life to serve a young man she had loved dearly and sincerely, takes revenge as she discovers how she was only used as a mere servant and not given the appreciation she deserves. How she plans on taking revenge? By entering the world of showbiz and making herself beautiful and popular.

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Shingeki no Kyojin: “We Lived in Fear of Titans”

Attack on Titan
Original Title: “Shingeki no Kyojin”

Adaptation of the manga “Shingeki no Kyojin” by Hajime Isayama
Ongoing anime since April 2013

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“Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.

Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren Jaegar and his foster sister Mikasa Ackerman witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air.” – IMDb

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xxxHolic: Unique, Funny and Foggishly Entertaining Anime

Released 2006
Based on a Manga created by CLAMP
Psychological, Horror, Supernatural, Comedy

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Before, when I look for a new anime series to watch, I would always end up with another shoujo series. Until I discovered xxxHolic. I watched the episodes, and since then, all kinds of weird, mysterious, and creepy themed anime are on my animes-to-find list.

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