Jumping in Headfirst

Type: Original Video Animation # of Episodes: 6 Produced By: Bandai Visual, Production Reed, Media Blasters Sometimes all a series needs is a distinctive style. Iria got it's place on my list for exactly that. As much as fans would prefer to think otherwise, OVAs are generally just testing ground for potential television series. Pilots, really. Eien no Aseria and Gunsmith Cats are examples of how to do this incorrect and correctly, respectively, but they are both examples of this. There's far more story to both of them, but neither saw animated adaptations past the initial handful of episodes. Iria, possibly, may be different. To my knowledge, there's no manga for it and visual novels were not common back then, and it watches like a film. It's the story of the title character (Iria) dealing with an exceptional case that's a remnant of the days when she worked with her brother, and her battle against the "ultimate being". The story itself is nothing...

#19: Seitokai Yakuindomo Type: Television Series # of Episodes: 13 Produced By: GoHands, Starchild Records, Dream Force "I've heard stories of boys coming here with the intent of creating a harem once this place becomes co-ed, so..." "Harem? ...No way. That's not possible." "But all that is pointless, you see. Our female students here are lesbians, after all." And with that, all possibilities of Seitokai Yakuindomo being another boring harem series flew out of the window. Of a ten story building. And died on impact. Without enough of the remains left to identify the body. Yeah. Based on a gag manga, each episode of Seitokai is split into a number of main jokes and sub jokes, each set up (and separated) by splashes with a line of dialogue that is usually the punchline of the next scene. Not all of them are winners, but at least one in every episode is hysterical, and more than a couple over the series...are just plain epic. ("Doesn...