TV Tokyo has opened a website for the television anime adaptation of the Level E manga with a two-minute streaming promotional video. Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter X Hunter, Yu Yu Hakusho) created this story about "Prince" (Daisuke Namikawa), an alien who shares an apartment with a high school freshman named Yukitaka Tsutsui (Yoshimasa Hosoya). The cast includes Takehito Koyasu (Craft), Satomi Akesaka (Miho Edogawa), Masaya Takatsuka (Sado), Takumi Asahina (Corinne), and Fumihiko Tachiki (Narrator). Studio Pierrot and David Production are co-producing the project for a January 2011 premiere in Japan. http://ani.tv/level-e/
Opening Theme:
#1: "Cold Finger Girl" (コールドフィンガーガール) by Chiaki Kuriyama
Ending Theme:
#1: "Yume~Mugen no Kanata~" (「夢」~ムゲンノカナタ~) by ViViD
Real
manga 9
With the series' main characters currently in a state of transition, working toward their goals but not making any dramatic accomplishments, there isn't much to mark this as a particularly notable volume of REAL. At the same time, though, there's really no such thing as a bad volume of REAL, or a bad volume of anything by Takehiko Inoue for that matter. Sometimes a great series just has to lie low for a while and resolutely move forward, waiting for a future payoff. With deep, fascinating characters like these, and top-notch artistry bringing them to life, there's nothing wrong with watching them do the little things so that they may someday accomplish the Big Thing. Whether it's surviving one session of lower-body rehab, or one session of pickup basketball, we all have our battles to win, big or small. And so once again this work of fiction opens our eyes to some undeniable truths.