CANAAN

Canaan is an anime television series, conceptualized by Type-Moon co-founders Kinoko Nasu and Takashi Takeuchi, based on the scenario that they created for the Nintendo Wii visual novel 428: Fūsasareta Shibuya de, which is noted for being one of the few games to be have been awarded a perfect score by games publication Famitsu.

In the first couple of episodes of Canaan, the setting opens in a very rowdy Shanghai where a local festival is taking place. Within the city a war is being fought all around the residents without anyone really giving it much thought. Living in the city is an assassin named Canaan who is fighting against a terrorist organization called the Snakes while waiting for the target of her own personal vendetta to resurface.

Arriving to the city is a journalist, Minoru, after his next big scoop and his impossibly perky and cheerful rookie photographer, Maria. Upon arriving in the city, the two get wrapped up in a very strange situation. People in the city are dying right in front of crowds but no one notices, gun fights between Canaan and the Snakes occur on a regular basis but no one cares. When the Snakes start to go after Maria and Minoru for seeing things that they shouldn’t, more information comes to the surface and more characters begin to be pulled into the conspiracy. [Wikipedia & Otaku Review]



I've watched up to ep 5 till now and I've found the story to be really interesting. The artline is so good till I jaw-dropped when I saw the OP. The OP and ED songs are not bad either and what's not less, cool lookin' gal charas are popping out everywhere. I loved all the seiyuu lineup, especially the seiyuu for Canaan and Alphard. Definitely recommended for those who love suspense, action and mystery.

Rating: 8/10