Futakoi Alternative
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Rentarou has been running the Futaba Detective Agency with the help of his twin assistants Sara and Soujyu since the previous man in charge, his father, died. To top it off most people in the neighborhood refer to him as Nidaime, a second generation man who lives in his father's shadow. His late father was a great man that was looked up to by everyone good or bad including Rentarou. With problems from his father's legacy presenting themselves, Yakuza that sometimes want him dead, a workplace/home that keeps getting destroyed and Sara and Soujyu's growing feelings for him, will he ever live up to his father?
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FLCL
Alt titles: Furi Kuri
Naota Nanbada is a boring young boy who leads a boring life in a boring town. His older brother has left for America, and the closest he comes to any excitement is when his deadbeat dad has too much sake. But things change one day when a bizarre girl zooms up to him on a scooter and smacks him in the face with her guitar. What's more, once Naoto returns home he discovers that this strange woman has arrived ahead of him and moved in! Not only does she constantly engage in perverted activities with Naota's father and flirt with the young man himself, but she also claims to be an alien who is searching for the ‘Pirate King.' Now, Naota must learn to live with this new intruder, deal with an odd government agent who sports exceptionally large eyebrows and the mysterious Medical Mechanica, and come to terms with the fact that there are a variety of robots and weapons emerging out of his head - amongst other things. Perhaps boring wasn't so bad after all...
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2 people think you'd like this because...
add recIf you liked Futakoi Alternative's randomness and action then you'll like the way FLCL plays out.
Both animes offer a bunch of random comedy throughout the series. While FLCL's was put up in 6 episodes, Futakoi Alternative's was spread out over 13. They both had me laughing and they both had very climatic final episodes.
D.N.Angel
- TV (26 eps)
- 2003
For Niwa Daisuke, turning 14 should be accompanied by romance and the promise of new adventures into adulthood, but instead comes with a surprising revelation: all male children of the Niwa's bloodline inherit the powers (alter ego) of Dark, a phantom thief, upon their 14th birthday! Now, in addition to his ever-present quest to win the heart of his childhood friend Risa, Daisuke must commit acts of thievery (with his doppelganger Dark controlling his body), to steal mysterious pieces of art for unknown purposes. For Daisuke, his growing pains are just beginning!
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Dead Leaves
- Movie
- 2004
For Pandy and Retro, waking up naked with amnesia wasn't the high point of their day. While going on a crime spree, the duo are captured and sent to the infamous Dead Leaves, a notorious prison where the baddest of the bad are sent. Using the bathroom is a chore, eating is force fed and escape seems impossible -- but is it? Join Pandy, Retro, the drill endowed Chinko Drill and a gang of inmates as they plot their escape from the hell that is Dead Leaves!
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add recFutakoi Alternative's first episode is a visual tour de force. It's twenty-four minutes of high-octane action, packed with gun-toting twins, car chases, yakuza, a squid monster and boxing. It is also very misleading. After starting on such a high note, the series degenerates into an angst-filled shadow of its former self with none of the daring style I so enjoyed.
If you want something with the same energy as Futakoi's deceiving opener, look to the work of Hiroyuki Imaishi. The man's work is manic, over-the-top, hyper-stylized and just about every other hyperbole one could muster.
For you, I recommend Dead Leaves.
Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase-
All Morioka Kohei wants to be a regular photographer, but all he ever seems to capture on film is ghosts! With 70 percent of his photos inhabited by the undead, Kohei has managed to gain not only a reputation, but also a job at an occult magazine. Things couldn't be more "normal" until he is sent to a obscure castle where he photographs a mysterious girl with a knack at disappearing, thus piquing his interest to return. And thus, Kohei sets out on a journey that takes him into the heart of the occult, on a mission to help the cutest vampire in existence find her long lost mother!
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1 person thinks you'd like this because...
add recAt first, you would think that those two shows are totally different, and still.. Yes the stories/themes don't have much in common, but here we're dealing with two totally whacky romantic comedies that deals with what I like to call borderline relationships (guy X twins, guy X loli). Sounds weird? Well those two shows sure are weird! But if you enjoyed one of the two, you'll most likely enjoy the other also.
Seto no Hanayome
Alt titles: My Bride is a Mermaid
- TV (26 eps)
- 2007
While visiting his hometown, junior high school student Michishio Nagasumi's life was changed forever when he nearly drowned. Though he was saved by a mermaid named San, there’s a catch -- her family is part of a merfolk mafia, and they abide by a strict rule: If a mermaid is discovered by a man, either he or the mermaid must die. That is, unless the man marries into the family! Faced with such a decision, Nagasumi can only oblige their customs and become a "happy" newlywed. Now, with a new school year around the corner, Nagasumi must find a way to deal with his new bride, keep her true nature a secret, and most importantly, escape inevitable death at the hands of San's over-protective father’s gang!
