So what's a man to do when he's stranded on an Island mainly consisting of females & animals who can talk? Does he go insane, try to call for help, or just adapt to it because #YOLO? Well, if I were in his shoes, of course I'd be interested to know if the Island was inhabited. Thankfully, it isn't cursed and the most relieving part of it is the atmosphere surrounding the characters. Now I won't stay this is a groundbreaking Anime, it's your stereotypical Harem Anime with a central male protagonist and various females on the Island that, you know, want some of that D. This Anime premiered in 2007, that was 8 years ago. The Manga started in 2002, that was 13 years ago and I was just entering a 2nd Grade (Yeah, I feel old folks). I remember reading the Manga for this and stumbling across the Anime rendition of it. Of course the Anime rendition (26 episodes) is condensed whereas the Manga is still being translated....slowly. I was in love with this Harem, but the updates for the Manga were like a snail vs a turtle race ~ it takes forever. My interest in it since has diminished, but once in awhile whenever I see that there's a chapter, I'll take a gander at it for its "fan-service." It's gotten to the point of Harem Manga that it's not even about the plot, it's about the "plot." If you haven't guessed by now, the fan-service is the thing many folks take away from Harem/Ecchi Anime & Manga. Sometimes the Fan-service is nice, but of course I want to invest my time into getting to know the characters & why he's on the Island. The character centers around a teen names Ikuto Tohoin. He runs away from home because he's at odds with his father and he wants to search for his mother on a cruise-liner. A storm hit, he became adrift, and was saved by a girl named Suzu who gave him CPR. Since Ikuto is the only male to surface on the Island, it's no wonder he's the center of attention. All the ladies want to know more about him and so, Ikuto is turned into a prize for the ladies ~ catch him and make him you husband (hubby). It's quite obvious that throughout his adventures and mishaps on the Island that the ladies would fall for him. Ikuto had to readjust his lifestyle and wouldn't you know it, reality became but a dream to him. IT seems like the plot of being stranded on an Island with beautiful women is a man's dream come true, but in this case, the punchline of the story is ~ he's the only man on the Island. Sure there are male animals, but they're perceived as construction workers & business owners. Overall, the show, for its time, has some appeal and merit to behold as a Harem Anime/Manga, but in comparison to other Harem(s) I've come across, it's definitely one of the weaker ones. Sure the story is simple enough to follow, but to me, I need more. Yes the man adapts and yes we kind of see that there's a struggle between going back home or staying on the Island. The Island has become his home and yet, he somewhat misses what could've been his lifestyle. Now, his lifestyle if filled with tons of adventures & mishaps that just don't appeal to me as much as before. Maybe it's a matter of when I got into it (which was long ago) or when the Anime was released, but I will admit ~ its an OK Harem to Read/Watch. I just couldn't wouldn't go and call it the "Best of the Best." Sorry if it sounds like I'm a downer in this Watch-list post because I really wanted to love it like in the past, but it's 2015 and I only see Nagasarete Airantou as a standard low-brow Harem. Some Harem(s) work out for the best (EX: Tenchi Muyo, Haganai, & To-Love-Ru) and others digress into another direction that I just wasn't feeling it (Negima, Tayutama, & Tenchi in Tokyo). For Nagasarete Airantou, it was good when it started, but then it just became...Okay.
I hope you enjoyed this week's Watch-list post. Look forward to Watch-list posts on Thursdays. Until then, you stay classy as always.
WBCR is already posted below. BF II post, & Throwback will be up tomorrow. Don't forget to check out the other Watch-list posts (in order):
1) Tenchi Muyo
2) Cowboy Bebop
3) Trigun
4) Dragonball Z
5) School Rumble
6) Is This A Zombie?
7) Fairy Tail
8) Omamori Himari
9) FLCL
10) Gurren Lagann
11) Shin-Chan
12) Tenchi Muyo GXP
13) Tenchi Muyo In Tokyo
14) Power Puff Girls Z
15) Kirby!
16) Samurai Champloo
17) Hanaukyo Maid Team
18) True Tears
19) Zombie Powder (Manga)
20) Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
21) Teen Titans
22) Yu-Gi-Oh
23) Rosario+Vampire
24) Death Note
25) Pokemon
26) Digimon
27) Big-O
28) X-Men (Anime Version)
29) D-Frag
30) Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
31) Akame Ga Kill
32) Invaders of the Rokujyōma!?
33) OniAi
34) Ben-To
35) Testament of a Sister New Devil
36) Minamoto-kun Monogatari (Manga)
37) My Love Story (Ore Monogatari!)
38) Space Dandy
39) Wanna be the strongest in the world
40) When Marnie Was There (Film ~ Studio Ghibli)
41) The Garden of Words (Film ~ Makoto Shinkai)
42) Song of the Sea (Film ~ Tomm Moore)
43) Nagasarete Airantou
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