Totem's Realm - Recommendations

• Other

Summer Pockets is set on an isolated, rural and peaceful island on the Seto Inland Sea called Torishirojima, which has a population of about 2,000 people. The protagonist is Hairi Takahara, a young man not native to the island. Hairi grew up in an urban setting, but after an unpleasant incident he uses the recent death of his grandmother as an excuse to come to the island to take care of her estate sale. Once there, he gets to know four girls who are the focus of the story. They include Shiroha Naruse, who forgot her summer vacation; Ao Sorakado, who is pursuing the legends of the island; Kamome Kushima, a high-class girl looking for a pirate ship; and Tsumugi Wenders, a younger girl trying to find herself.

• TV (13 eps)
• 2014

To find the end of the sky and sea, we went on a journey aboard the flying island Isla. A boy who lost everything in the revolution. The lonely girl who calls the wind, who became the revolution's symbol. The young pilots set out aboard the flying island Isla to find the end of the sky. Friendship, love, adventure... and each of them have something they want to protect. An epic story of love and dogfights begins now.

• OVA (3 eps)
• 2003 - 2004

On the top secret Moekko Island, a man named Kanzaki Takahiro unconditionally trains combat maids for their duties. When an older inefficient model named Rinia is brought to the island, however, Takahiro can't voice his disapproval more, but takes her in under company orders. From washing windows to cooking, to keeping the company's clean-up squad from invading, there's never a dull moment in the lives of Takahiro, Rei (the company's representative) and bumbling Rinia, gothic Kazusa, and the rest of the combat maids of Moekko Island!

• TV (13 eps)
• 2007

South Sakoujima Island was once a booming industrial center for a popular aviation company, but now it is shutting down and the employees have a year to evacuate. Wataru Hoshino and his friends attend Temuzigawa Gakuen on the south-west side of the island, knowing full well that the following March they'll all split apart. With precious time left, Wataru gets to know better the girls who live with him and share his life, and slowly but surely works his way into each of their hearts.

• TV (13 eps)
• 2013

Legends tell of a beautiful cherry tree that bloomed year-round on Hatsunejima Island and even granted wishes. Years later after its magic vanished, Kazami Academy’s Official Newspaper Club, challenged by the Unofficial Newspaper Club to see who can write a better article, decides to report on it to settle their rivalry. But as Kiyotaka and his five close female friends wish upon the arbor to test the rumors, it suddenly bursts into bloom and sends the townspeople a text message from 1951 in the past! The group is now set on uncovering the secrets to the tree’s revival and becoming more than friends with Kiyotaka, who keeps bumping into a young girl called Sakura with a possible connection to these mysterious events...

• TV (26 eps)
• 1983

Kona is a boy with a friend: a pink dragon named Serendipity with a kind nature. Together, they work to stop an evil captain who tries steal gold from their peaceful island.

• TV (13 eps)
• 2001

Reid, Farah, Meredy and Keel are on a quest to save the twin worlds of Celestia and Inferia from 'The Grand Fall' – a scenario in which both worlds would collide into each other. But when Reid is kidnapped by a bounty hunter called Marone, one thing leads to another and the four friends end up stranded on the tropical island of Belcarnu! And when Keel discovers some uncharted ruins on the island which seem to have been built by the Celestians, it becomes clear that there is more of a mystery to the island than meets the eye. Will the four be able to escape the island and prevent The Grand Fall?

• TV (13 eps)
• 2008

Yoshiyuki, Otome, Yume, Sakura and the rest of their friends are back for more romance and mystery. The school festival is approaching, and the class decides upon a puppet show; what’s more, Yoshiyuki was chosen to be the lead! Even once the holidays pass, plenty of quiet times await the gang: Yoshiyuki and Otome investigate mysterious occurrences on the island and the truth behind the always-blooming sakura tree, and everyone celebrates the end of the year – amongst other events.

• TV (13 eps)
• 2007

Fifty-three years have passed, and once again, the sakura trees have begun to bloom on the island of Hatsunejima. Sakura Yoshino continues to live on the island as a principal of the school that her relative, Yoshiyuki Sakurai, attends. Together with his carefree friends, Yoshiyuki’s day is never dull; from discovering an ancient robot that requires "bananamine" to operate, to joining a rock band with the pop idol at school, he lives amidst all of the drama. However, not everything is as it seems, as different mysteries are popping up around him in spades...

• TV (26 eps)
• 2003

On an island where cherry blossoms bloom all year-round, love seems to always be in the air. It is in this magical atmosphere that Asakura Junnichi lives, and when he dreams he travels to the dreams of others, rather than have any of his own. In everyday high-school life, he is accompanied by his adopted sister, Nemu, and an eclectic group of friends including a j-pop idol-in-the-making and a girl they knew from their childhood. Promises, and magic, and love -- Junnichi seems to dream about every girl he knows, but which girl dreams of him...?