So yes, these are all anime that I think are worth watching but are not must sees. Spice and Wolf especially since it's not really my style but it is interesting and well made.
Claymore
It's about women warriors that are half human half demon. Working for an organisation they travel from town to town killing demons.
It's a really grey-toned series coloured only by the red and purple blood of humans and demons :P A well-made series with lots of slashing but without going overboard. I'm not really that into this type of anime but this one is good so if you like this genre I recommend it :D
26 episodes, licensed, anime original ending, manga 19 vol ongoing
Kamisama Kazoku
Samatarou lives with with his parents, two sisters and an angel. Oh, yea and his father is God and his mother a goddess. Samataro goes to school to learn how humans live and the angel Tenko goes with him to help.
His family is the kind that whenever they do something they tend to be really annoying but it doesn't go completely over the top. You just have to live through episode two. That's the worst one. They don't do that again. It's a comedy, half crazy, one third serious and with a little bit of romance. The two main characters are pretty level-headed so as long as the family stays away it doesn't get that silly. I like this one, it's funny and interesting.
13 episodes, not licensed, manga 5 vol complete
Spice and Wolf
Lawrence is a young merchant who is travelling with a god wolf named Horo. She helps him get good deals and always makes him buy her tons of apples.
This anime is pretty calm but has it's moments of thrill and action. Horo is wise, clever and very god at making things go her way. Even in human form she still keeps her ears and tail but without going all moe. A big plus. You can clearly see both her ferocious side as a wolf and her cheeky and girlish sides as a woman. I think both she and Lawrence are good character and go very well with the story.
The animation is nice and has nice theme songs. The ending especially is very cute. It's completely in engrish and I don't get what's it's about but it has charm.
There is also a second season for those who liked it.
13 episodes, licensed, 5 vol ongoing
Nice thing that you mention Claymore :) The anime is ok, but the manga is the must-have actually.
ReplyDeleteSince you can find it in Malmö, but it is quite expensive to buy (90 kr/issue), I'm ordering it from Bookdepository.co.uk, free shipping to Sweden and lower price (ca 60 kr/volume) ;) I mean the English version published by VIZ of course! I already read it many times and I own the italian edition as well, but it's nice to read it again and collect in english ;)