Friday, November 29, 2013

Btoom!

The only thing I can say about this anime is," Holy Crap, this story is crazy!" Its about people playing a well known online game named Btoom and the main character, Sakamoto, is one of the best players on the game. The game itself is simple.All you have to do is destroy your enemy with the different type of bombs that they give you. Why they only get to use bombs I really don't know.

Anyway, Sakamoto may be a pretty cool guy in the virtual world, but in reality he's a bit of an self'-centered jerk. He has no job, no social life of any kind besides virtual and lives off of his parents. His parents have had enough of him, but it looks like they don't know what to do with him, especially, the mom. She looks like she might drop and die any second now and you can tell that she's deeply depressed, not that her son cares or anything.

One day, he wakes up hanging from a tree in a parachute with no memory of how he got there. Before, he can find any clue to what is going on some guy comes out of nowhere and starts throwing bombs at him. Later, he discovers that someone has made a real version of the game Btoom on a deserted island and the only way that your going to get off is if you kill eight other players and steal their chips that were planted on their on hands. But, he decides that he doesn't want to kill anyone unless completely necessary which in my opinion is the whole time he's on the island.

You come to find many different types of people on the island. Some old, some young, girls, boys, people that don't really deserve to be there. They're some that do and some that are just completely twisted in the head. Those twisted people are the real obstacles to his goal. They're mean, cruel, tough and some are as good Sakamoto when he was playing the game. This is a place where you have to be on your guard at all times even when your with your allies because you never know they just might betray you when an opportunity presents itself.

I think theirs a lot more to the story and I think Sakamoto a big part of it, he just doesn't know how big. I do wonder who's behind this and why this gaming company is doing all of this. My theory on the whole thing is that the gaming company that created this whole cruel event made it to get data from the reactions and strategies that the real live players made from it, so they can use it to make future games that they make better and more realistic. But, their is one thing I keep thinking about. Won't the cops be looking for these people once they go missing? I barely doubt they'll miss the fact that a huge group of people suddenly just popped out of existence.

This story is insane, disturbing, graphic and very gory. If your into that kind of manga then this is the story for you. I have to warn you though if your not into rape and torture then please don't pay any attention to this because some of the images shown will most likely stay in your brain forever. Also, I'm not really sure about the relationship between Himiko and Sakamoto because it looks to me that Sakamoto had a virtual romance a long time ago and really wanted to meet that person, but the only clues he had about her was her name and that she was a player on Btoom.

He thought the Himiko he found and allied himself with is the same girl, but she says she's not. I think she's lying though because she doesn't trust men. I think that later in the story she's going to reveal she is the same girl. During, their time together you can tell that their both kick ass in this event, she was really holding her own before he even came along. So, you know that they would be okay if they ended up separated, I just worry about her because she's a girl and all. They're a lot of crazy and desperate men on the island and I would hate to see her become one of their victims.

The manga is still ongoing, so what is going to happen at the end has not been revealed yet. I bet its going to be epic though. Enjoy this mind blowing adventure.

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Akame ga Kiru

This manga is about a group of travelers mainly a swordsman named Tatsumi who left their village in hopes that they can make enough money in the capital to save their village. But, some unexpected and messed up things to his group which led them to becoming separated.Leaving Tatsumi to travel alone to the capital in hopes that he'll meet them there. When he arrives some strange and cruel things happened to him during his stay in the capital. For example, he meets a sexy thief named Leon who convinces him that she had connections in the military and with enough money could convince that person to help the naive Tatsumi get in. It wasn't until hours later, after he gave her the money that he realized that he's been robbed.

If you don't think that's bad enough, later he finds out that not only did his close friends make it to the capital. But, they've been tortured and killed by some of the cruel people that live in the capital. If the Night Raid hadn't arrived and killed them, he probably would have suffered the same fate. Tatsumi survived the close encounter with death and reluctantly joined the Night Raid.

The Night Raid is a group of assassins who take requests from the public that ask them to kill someone. They do it in hopes that their dark and cruel world will change little by little, but their ulimate goal is killing the prime minister. The prime minister is the main evil mastermind behind everything disturbing in this show. Everything that they have to destroy was caused by the prime minister one way or the other. If you trace the problem I bet you, you'll find that he had a hand in it. If that wasn't enough, the guy has his claws in the emperor. The emperor is just a kid and doesn't seem to know any better, so I can't really blame him for not knowing what's going on in his own country. But, I bet if he was a little older, he wouldn't be that easily blind sided.

Anway, the Night Raid seems to be made up of mostly women. The only guys are Tatsumi, Rabac and Braht. The other people that make up the group are Leone, Mein, Akame, Schere and Najenda. Najenda is the serious and clever leader of the Night Raiders. Schere is one of the assassins, she really quiet and keeps to herself but whenever she talks its blunt and honest. The one thing I couldn't get was why she said sorry to everyone she killed maybe she felt a little sorry for them or it was her way of being weird who knows. Schere's weapon is a huge pair of scissors.

Leone is the sexy thief/assassin who recruited Tatsumi. She can take beast form and tear her victims apart limb by limb. She also seems to like teasing poor unsuspecting Tatsumi. Mein, on the other hand, didn't like him the moment she saw him. But, after being forced to work with each other, she started to warm up to him. She's so full of herself and thinks that she's a genius and even though, she's starting to like him now they still fight. Eventually, I think she'll start to like him more than a friend or co-worker, but she looks like one of those types that wont admit it till the end. Her weapon of choice is a big sniper gun she named pumpkin.

Last but not least, their is Akame who I think is the most bad ass girl in the entire group. She was raised in the wild and trained to be an assassin in an early age by the empire. So, she already knew how to fight and kill people really young. She's really quiet but you can tell that she cares about her group because she practically freaks out, whenever, she finds out that one of her comrades is injured. I think that she's going to become another love interest in this story. Her weapon of choice is a curse sword that kills you instantly if you gain a single cut or scratch from it.

Night is full of unique and strange people and the people they end up fighting are even stranger. I wonder if Tatsumi will get his own special weapon as the story continues. Also, I think this manga is still ongoing so it isn't complete yet. The story so far is filled with gore, fighting, cool abilities, romance and conspiracy. I can't wait to see who'll they fight next and see if they ever kill the prime minister.

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Monday, November 25, 2013

Vampire Knight

The dark and mysterious anime that is Vampire Knight is revolved mostly around Yuuki and Zero. Yuuki is a girl who was adopted by the dean of Cross Academy after she was almost eaten by a vampire. She was saved by the handsome Kaname, who later becomes the president of the moon dorm and the king of all vampires. Later, when she got old enough she also enrolled into Cross Academy.

Zero was also adopted by the dean after vampires killed is family when he was a little boy. After, the incident he had a great hatred for vampires which is why I don't really get why he enrolled in a school that taught vampires. But, I think it was so he could keep an eye on them. He does come from a vampire hunting family which explains why vampires came after him and his family. But, I think another reason why he stuck around so much was because he had a crush on Yuuki.

Cross Academy is an elite school that teaches humans and vampires. Other than the dean, Yuuki and Zero no other human student in the school knows that the night students that they worship so much are really vampires. Yuuki and Zero are the guardians of the school, basically, their the school police and its their job to make sure that none of the vampires do anything that they'll regret later.

Here's the problem though, things get bit complicated between the two when Zero finds out that Yuuki has a deep crush on Kaname and that the seal keeping his vampire side at bay is starting to wear off. He had the seal put him to stop him from becoming a level E vampire after he was attacked by the vampire that killed his parents. Elites and Level E vampires are very different from each other. A level E vampire is a crazy recently turned vampire that can't control its thirst for blood, so they end up attacking anyone they come across. Obviously, elite vampires are the nobles of the vampire race and are extremely powerful some even have awesome magical powers. Kaname seems to be royalty among them since he's the only pure blood around.

In the beginning of this show you can tell that Kaname and Yuuki like each other much to Zero's dismay. Zero may never admit to her, but seeing them together was tearing him up inside. Zero's role in this show was being the loyal partner and friend, but also bad boy love rival. As time went by I kept thinking that Kaname seemed to know something that the others didn't. Almost at the end, the shocking truth was revealed.

Spoiler Alert: Kaname is a pure blood vampire that was transformed to a human because of a spell that her mother casted on her. Also, she's Kaname's sister.

Vampire Knight is complete when it comes to the anime and the manga. Its filled with action, romance, betrayal, mystery, darkness, drama and vampires. I guarantee you'll won't be able to keep your eyes away from it. You'll be dying to know who ends up with who and how this all ends.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Sensei no Bulge

This violent fantasy anime is about a poor boy named Astro who lives in slums with a bunch of orphaned kids that he takes care of. To the kids he's like their big brother and is the only one who can get a job and keep food on the table for all of them, but its that's not very easy when no one wants to give you a job.

On his planet, anywhere else outside the capital city where Astro lives is nothing, but chaos and destruction ever since the aliens came to their planet.Not all aliens are bad in this story, but most are and will do anything to get what they want and what they want is the org. The org is a powerful relic used by the king that has the power to rule over an entire planet. That's why not everything on the planet as gone to hell, especially, the capital city where the king lives.

Anway, with everyone trying to get into the city no one can get picking with whatever job they get. But, Astro doesn't seem to get that because he keeps doing things that get him fired. Before, he gets a chance to tell the horrible news to 'his kids' another him shows up. This guy could be Astro's long lost brother and this mysterious twin is the prince. He says that he no longer wants to be the prince nor does he want to become king, so he suggests to Astro to take his place.

Of course, Astro refuses to take his place, but its forced on him when the double places the relic org on his wrist. Now here's the messed up part, before he could give it back to him, the prince gets assassinated. Then, poor Astro is taken away from his family with everyone thinking that he's the prince and it doesn't help his case much either when the sacred org starts obeying him, proving to everyone that he's the rightful heir to the throne. The king sends Astro on a journey for him to save and unite the world piece by piece along with the king's right hand man.

This anime is filled with magic, violence, aliens, friendship and friendship. Its also filled with a lot of mystery and lots of unexpected twists and turns. Sensei no Bulge is something I suggest everyone should read.

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Blood C

Blood C is one epic anime. Its based off from the earlier series Blood Plus. After, watching Blood C and Blood Plus you can really see the similarities and the differences in both animes. For example, both of the main characters are girls and are both named Saya. Both Saya's are inhuman and fight monsters with a sword and have memory problems.

Now, this is where things get a little different for one the Saya in Blood C is no wimp. What I mean by that is that all through the show, she's kicked butt without hesitation. The only time she's ever hesitated in battle is when people or her friends become shields for the monsters. Also, the monsters are called Elfen Brians and take in different forms, but they still eat and drink human blood like in Blood Plus.

In the story in Blood C revolves around a girl named Saya, who is a clumsy, happy go lucky shrine maiden that lives with her father.According, to the story she died while fighting one of the monsters.Even so, she seems to like her life and she even goes to school and enjoys a normal by day and fights the Elfen Brians by night.But, as time went by weird stuff started happening even weirder than a high school girl slaying monsters at night. But, my favorite episode would have to be the last one when everything was revealed and some epic killing takes place.

When you watch this you'll start thinking up your own theories about what is going on in this show. When you see the ending your either going to be saying "Oh snap!" or "I knew it!" or even both. Your just going to have to watch it for yourself. Trust me, on this when I say if you like Blood Plus then your going to love Blood C.

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Monday, November 18, 2013

Virgin Blood

        This manga is brand spanking new and only one chapter has come out so far. So, I won't be able to talk a lot about what goes on in this story, but I can at least tell you what its mainly about.Its about a normal high school girl named Mimiko.When I mean normal, I mean she's totally normal. She's not a he in disguise, doesn't have any super powers, a secret past none of that just a normal girl living in a cafe that looks like a million dollar mansion with a group of hot guys that are always at her beck and call, that's all.

         Also, just because I mention she has a group of hot guys serving her day and night doesn't mean that she's royalty or a rich girl from a wealthy family or anything like that. But, it does make you wonder. What's going to make you even wonder even more is the relationship between her and her father, who doesn't even look like a day over 19. Seriously, this guy is smoking hot and so young looking that you wonder what he's using, you just can't believe that this is her dad. Well, he's not actually.

          Mimiko's parents died when she was really young and later he came and adopted her. He and the rest of the staff treat her just like a princess and she gets everything that she wants, but doesn't gain that snobby personality that most rich people get. As she gets older, Mimiko's feelings for her dad start to change. She's getting confused at what kind of love she feels for her father now. He's her dad, but not her real dad. He's way older than her, but looks like he can pass for any other teenage boy. You see where I'm going with this and in the beginning your going to get a little confused yourself, but it'll make sense later on.

         Now, your probably thinking that's the whole story, right? Well, you'd be wrong about that. Later, it reveals a certain supernatural flare to this unusual love story. Turns out, he dad is a vampire! I bet the rest of the handsome staff are vampires, too. This starts to make you think,' why would a vampire adopt and raise an orphaned child?' If you know vampires like I do then the answer is simple, but if you want to confirm your suspicion with your own eyes then I suggest giving Virgin Blood a glance. Be warned only one chapter is out now and it ends with a serious cliffie that'll make you scream. So, if you don't like awesome cliffies with no recent updates to the story then I suggest you wait a while before giving this story a turn. For the ones who do go read it write after reading this then I hope you enjoy this supernatural romance story.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Save me! Lollipop

This magical anime is about a clumsy girl named Nina who accidentally swallows the Crystal Pearl thinking it was a piece of candy. The Crystal Pearl is part of another world's test for sorcerers trying to graduate. The test is that whoever can find, get and keep the pearl to themselves till Christmas passes the test and they'll do anything they can to get the pearl.So, now that she has the Crystal Pearl inside of her all of the sorcerers will come after her.

Your probably thinking she's screwed, right? Wrong. When the first wave of examinees comes her way, her heroes Zero and Ichii come to her rescue.They both say that they will protect her till they can get the pearl out. Also, the only way for her to get it out of her system is for her to drink a potion that's designed to do just that. But, Zero and Ichii's master says that the potion won't be ready till Christmas, so they have to protect her from the others till that time. Now, every one's thinking why are they doing this? Why haven't they killed her and tried to gut her like a fish, so they can get the pearl without going to hell and back to protect her? For these two boys, the answers were simple. First, they are good guys and didn't feel right killing a human girl for their own selfish needs.Secondly, they thought that it would be a lot easier to protect the girl than trying to keep watch on the pearl itself.

Now, that Nina is stuck with these two her life as she knew it was gone. It isn't enough that the boys frustrate her to no end especially Zero. Nina and Zero get into it so many times in this anime that its ridiculous and cute. I think they would make a wonderful couple they just have to get past all of the yelling, screaming and constant fighting.But, I think that her feelings are a bit on the fickle side because if one guy even gives her the tinest bit of kindness, she thinks that she's in love with that person. Oh, well at least we will get to see Zero blow up with jealousy.

You can already tell that these three are going to go through a lot. The most they have to worry about are their other competitors. Also, I forgot to mention that they have to take the test in pairs of two which explains why she has two protectors instead of one.Anyway, the people that come their way are very unique in their own way. My favorite enemy pair so far would have to be San and Forte. San is this lolita girl who likes teasing her partner Forte and likes getting her way when it comes to things that she wants like sweets. Forte is San's foreign partner and is forced to bend to San's will whenever she wants something and her dares not say no for he will soon feel her powerful wrath.

This show is very entertaining and I think anyone who like magic/fantasy animes should give this one a try.I hope you all enjoy this classical magical comedy that is Save me! Lollipop.

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Origin: Spirits of the Past

The Spirits of the Past is an anime movie about a world where Japan was destroyed by trees from the moon? I know it sounds weird, but according to the story, trees were being experimented on in an research facility on the moon.Mother nature must not have liked that very much because later the trees that they were experimenting on destroyed the facility and attacked Earth till it was nothing but a pile of ruins.

Three hundred later, the Earth was still pretty much a pile of ruins reminding the surviving humans of what life was like before the disaster. Now society is has been split in two groups which are the people of Neutral City or the people of Ragna. The citizens of Neutral City are the peaceful type that are with peace with the forest and its creatures, the Zruids, that live in the forest and control the water supply. The people of the nation Ragna, on the other hand, hate the forest with a passion and their mostly nothing but military folk that make their mission to destroy the forest and take back their planet.

Now destroying the forest might be a good idea but here's the problem. The forest is very smart and has made it pretty impossible for it to be destroyed until our main character Agito who is a mischievous boy that was trying to racing with his best friend Cain to the water hole which only ended up angering the Zruids. After, that they got separated and eventually Agito discovered a capsule that contained Toola. Toola is a girl that's been asleep for 300 years, so when she wakes up she has no clue where or what time she's in and becomes quite shocked at all of the changes.

Now, when the two are together you can see a little romance start to spark between them but you can also see the obvious obstacles in their way.For example, his best friend has a crush on her and is determined to make her his wife and that the neighborhood girl also has crush on him.Other than their personal romantic obstacles theirs another problem. The forest thinks that she's a threat to their very existance.The reason being is because of Shunack who is another human that was also put to sleep 300 years ago but joined the the people of Ragna and is determined to do anything to destroy the forest and when he finds out about Toola, he goes to Neutral City and convinces her to go with him.

The forest fears Toola because she might hold the key to destroying  the forest once and for all.Agito fears that Shunack might use Toola to get what he wants out of her.So, its up to him to find and rescue her.This magical anime is filled with mystery, romance, sci-fi, friendship and cool battle scenes.I hope you all enjoy this epic movie.

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Monday, November 11, 2013

My bride is a mermaid

This funny and fantasy anime is about a young teenage boy named Nagasumi who was on vacation with his parents at his grandparents home on the country finds himself in a bit of a pickle. He has to get married. Not just to anyone either, he has to marry a girl named Sun Seto, a mermaid.

Your probably thinking," how in the world does he go from vacationing at his grandparents home to getting a beautiful mermaid as his fiancee?" Apparently, while he was enjoying the beach that near his granparents' home, he swam too far and started to drown. Then, Sun who happened to be near by saved his life. But, here's the problem according to merpeople law if a human sees a mermaid then both that human and the mermaid must be executed.Messed up, right?

Doesn't help much either that her and her family run an underwater yakuza.When came down to decisions, her dad just wanted to kill him and get it over with, but the mom seemed to like Nagasumi and came up with the great idea of the two getting married. That way it insures that he won't expose their existence and nobody has to die. But, I think Seto's father just might kill him anyway when he hears when he hears his wife's 'brilliant' idea. That my friends is how our magical romantic comedy begins.

I really liked Seto's parents in this anime. The dad always looked like he was going to explode with rage every time he sees Nagasumi. The mom, on the other hand, seems to like Nagasumi and seeing the two together. She even encourages them to do sexual stuff to their utter embarrassment. Also, just to let you know, the merpeople can change their form to having fish tails to having human legs. This show will keep you laughing all the way to the end, so I recommend that you watch it as soon as possible.

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Demon King Daimo

This hilarious harem anime is about a teenage boy named Akuto who is transferring over to the Constan Magical Academy to become a pope.Before, he can begin his first day at school he meets Junko a hardcore class representative of his class and member to the Iga Ninja Clan. She's very hard headed, short tempered and ends up making a lot false conclusions about him during the show.For example, when they first met she thought that Akuto was stealing her grandmother's luggage when actually, he was helping her and ended up kicking his ass.

Once all the misunderstandings were cleared away, they became quick friends on their way to the Academy.They got separated when they arrived and ended up going to the infirmary where their is this crow inside of a crystal who can tell you your future occupation. This bird makes such good guesses that its rumored that it can see the future.So, every body's excited to go see the bird and hope that it predicts that their going to get their dream job.

But, when it gets to Akuto it predicts that he's going to become the Demon King the complete opposite of the job that he wanted. In this show, a long time ago the Demon King recked havoc on the world and almost destroyed it until he disappeared.Now everyone thinks that its going to happen all over again and people began to either fear or hate him. Most people fear him within the school except for Junko who despised him when she found out. She thinks that he knew he was the Demon King the whole time and played her for a fool now she's making it her personal mission to kill him.

Akuto obviously denies that he's the Demon King but when he starts being dragged into fights, he discovers that he's got some powerful abilities. This seems to be proof of his future but he becomes even more determined to prove them wrong.I think he should accept his future and just go with it, He can be the Demon King but that doesn't mean he has to be evil.But, I especially like when he takes on a more evil personality when he fights and gets those cool markings on his face.

Also, if you all think that Junko is the only hot girl appear in this show then your dead wrong. They're a lot more magical hotties to come. I think my favorite girl in this show would have to be the android, Korone because she is so blunt and brutally honest with him that it makes him blush. I don't think he'll choose one girl because as the story goes on it seems more and more like he is the king and all of his girl friends are his concubines.But, if he does end up choosing one of them or is he does find a way out of becoming the fearsome Demon King then I suggest you give this a try. I mostly recommend this to a mature audience, mostly boys.I hope you enjoy it.

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Mew Mew Power

This anime about five young and very different girls that got fused with the spirit of animals while attending an endangered species exhibit.Ichigo, our red haired main character, was the first to realize what happened to her after she strangely started acting like a cat.Later, a spirit of a cat shows up and tells her that it fused with her and gave her special powers and that she must use these powers to defeat the Chimera animals, which are alien parasites that like to infect animals of any kind and turn them into monsters.

The cat also tells them that they're four other girls that are like her.Theirs the rich girl, Mint, the shy but smart girl, Lettuce, the energetic Pudding and the cool model Zakuro. Mint had the powers of the bird, Lettuce had the porpoise, Pudding had the monkey and Zakuro had the wolf. My favorite character would have to Zakuro, she was always cool and collected all the time but I don't know who's transformation I liked better Zakuro's or Ichigo's.

Speaking of Ichigo, while she was battling animal monsters, she was also having trouble with her love life.Apparently, she has a huge crush on this handsome boy named Masaya who is secretly the alien leader trying t kill her.Then, theirs Kishu, another alien that was sent by the leader to kill her and friends, but starts to fall in love with her.Kishu would have to be the bad boy type and I think those two would have made a good couple.If they were under different circumstances, then I bet they would have least given it a good try.

So, other than these girls battling evil aliens and animal monsters, but their day to day lives, as well. If you would like to see this fantasy anime that shows how five girls deal with having new powers and an ever growing friendship then I suggest you stop reading this and give this anime a glance.

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Code Lyoko

This sci-fi anime show is centered around a group of kids who attend a school for gifted children called Kadic Academy. One day, these group of kids come across an old run down factory with a supercomputer. Its then they get their first taste of the virtual world called Lyoko and also come across to beings trapped inside this virtual world.

The first one is a pink haired girl named Aelita, who doesn't know she came to be inside Lyoko and doesn't know how to leave it and then theirs X.A.N.A., which is the evil virus that lurks deep within Lyoko and does anything possible to keep her from leaving and trying to destroy her no matter what. They then decide to her the poor girl in whatever way they can and that's when they discover that they can go into Lyoko, as well and protect her, but that's when the trouble starts.When X.A.N.A realized what they were up to, it did whatever it could to make their lives in the real world a living hell.

It would cause blackouts, make robots, make things come to life and so much more. Also, it seems that a certain moment is what gives the virus the opportunity it needs to launch a attack. But, now with their new found ability to time travel they can help avoid what triggered the attack the first time. Now, before you guys think that," why don't they just go all the way back before X.A.N.A was ever created and destroy it?" they can only go back as far as when the attack was triggered and only when they have helped Aelita get the tower and stop his attack.

Theirs also a little romance that happens in this show.Apparently, Jeremy, the brains in the group starts to fall in love with Aelita more and more as the show goes on and it seems that Ulrich and Yumi have crushes on each other but are just too shy to admit it to each other.Also, where would be if they didn't add a little school drama into it, as well. This girl named Sissy and her goons do anything they can to torment them whenever possible when X.A.N.A  can't. But, I think deep down Sissy wants to be part of their group and I think the main reason why is because she also has a crush on Ulrich, which means competition for Yumi. But, I don't think she has to worry much, he only has eyes for her.

This show is full of action, friendship, betrayal, romance and monster slaying. I think this an enjoyable show and I can't wait to see how it ends.

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Monday, November 4, 2013

Kiki's Delivery Service

This bewitching movie is about a young 13 year old girl named Kiki. She's pretty much normal except for the fact that she's a witch with a talking cat named Jiji.Her mother is also a witch that specializes in making potions and I think her father his a normal human. The story begins with her taking the test that every witch or warlock must take when they reach a certain age.The test is to live away from your own home for a whole year and discover yourself.Basically, she must find what she's most good at and figure out how she can use her special abilities to help her and others in the future.

So, on the night of the full moon she and her smart mouthed cat, Jiji, set out on their journey. They end up living in the big city where a couple who works a local bakery take her in during her stay. She sees a lot of different things in the city and meets a lot of different people like Tombo. Tombo has this strange attraction to all things that can fly and Kiki. The first time he saw her fly, he wanted to be friends with her, immediately.But, Kiki doesn't think that being able to fly is such a big deal because every witch could fly.Later, though she discovers that the only thing she seemed to be good at was flying and not much else.

Before, she could wallow deep in depression at her discovery, the owners of the bakery decide to use her flying ability in a very unique way.They let her be their delivery girl and with her flying to each destination without the difficulty of having to go through any kind of traffic, she could get their in record time. Also, I think that having a flying witch delivering your pastries right to your door would really surprise the customers.

Kiki is a bright girl, but she has a lot of personal insecurities about herself. She just doesn't what other people see, when it comes to herself. For example, she keeps comparing the people that lived in her little town to the people in the big city. In her town, everybody is so nice and and absolutely loves her and her family.But, in the city she keeps on getting into trouble and the people around her age don't really understand her and try to put her down.I think that she should like herself for being who she is and not let anyone else tell her otherwise.

Unfortunately, she does let it get to her and she starts to get a 'artists block' which then leads her to slowly lose her powers. She can't even talk to Jiji anymore, but I think we don't really have to worry about him in this movie.After, moving to the city, he's practically living the life there.He's even got himself a pretty little girlfriend and later had some kittens together.

Personally, I think that this movie is ok but not the greatest of Hiyao Miyazaki's works, but that doesn't mean other people won't be able enjoy the witch tale.So, its up to Kiki to hurry up and discover herself, before her powers are gone for good. If you would like to see if she ever does, if Tombo and Kiki ever become more than friends or just want to see Jiji's cute kittens than I suggest you stop reading this and get yourself a copy of this movie and enjoy.

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Friday, November 1, 2013

Escaflowne The Movie

The Escaflowne movie is basically the re-telling of the entire series, but with a few new twists and turns to it.It starts out like it did in the beginning of the series with our main character, Hitomi, getting sleepy all the time and having weird visions. Until, one day a mysterious figure appears to her out of the blue and calls her Winged Goddess.Before, she could ask what that meant she was transported to another world called Gaea.

Gaea is another world filled with strange creatures and even stranger people. The people, good or bad were drawn to her when they saw her emerge from a giant suit of armor who the people call the Dragon Armor. Prince Van immediately claims the armor as his, so he can use it to destroy his brother, Lord Folken, who is also the same person who sent her there in the first place.The Winged Goddess is supposed to be a person with great power but we don't see any of that till the end of the movie.

The things I liked most about this movie is the story, the fighting, romance and the soundtrack played in this movie. My favorite songs out of this entire would have to be Sora and the Dance of the Curse.I also like seeing how close Van and Hitomi got during the movie and if I was her, I would have stayed in that world with him. I mean, how many people can say that they've been  transported to another world and is being treated like a goddess? None I tell you! But, in the anime series their relationship was a bit more complicated than in the movie.

This magical tale is something to behold and I think anyone who like fantasy animes would really like this. Or if your trying to get hooked on anime then I suggest watching this as a start. Its filled with drama, fighting, magic, creatures, romance and friendship. I hope you all enjoy the tale of the Winged Goddess.

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