Hello my fellow anime fans............welcome to the American safe haven for the American otaku and American hikimori. Today I'm writing reviews for a few anime series. First on the list is my absolute favorite anime of all time: Bleach. Bleach is classified as a shonen anime which means its geared toward young teenage boys or young men. The main charecter of this anime called Ichigo Kurasaki,. He has always been able to see spirits (I will explain why later). He encounters this girl named Rukia, Rukia is a Shiningami(Soul Reaper), she gets injured and she transfers him her powers which she would not been able able to if he didnt have a sensitivty to spiritual energy. Ichigo then finds out that he his dad is soul reaper which explains his sensitivity to spiritual energy. Ichigo discovers later on that he has his own Zanpaktou(a soul reapers sword usually a katana), the zanpaktou is a representation of the weilders personality and soul, they are personal to each weilder and can only be used by the weilder. Ichigos zanpaktou's name is Zengetsu(means heavenly cutting moon) and each zanpaktou has its own name and release command. They also have three stages first just a regular sword usually a katana, the second stage is called a shikai(first release), and a bankai(final release). This anime is truly my favorite anime of all time, I even collected some of the replica swords from the anime. The following is a link to the anime that streams on line:http://www.gogoanime.com/category/bleach
The second anime I'll be reviewing is also a favorite of mines. It's called Nurarihyon No Mago(Rise of the youkai clan). This anime falls under two catagories: shonen and yakuza. The main charecter of this anime is called Rikuo Nura. He is 1/3 youkai(japanese demon), and the third heir to the Nura Clan(a yokuza clan of monsters). (Yokuza = Japanese Mafia) He also has a night parade of a hundred demons ( which comes from japanese folklore) In the beginning of this anime we watch him struggle with his identity only being able to call upon his demon powers at night, however this was due to him not accepting his youkai heritage as we go further in to the anime we soon see the reason why he didnt want to accept his youkai heritage. Later after some events come to surface he comes to grips with his youkai heritage and formerly accepts the accention to the third heir of the Nura clan. All of the head officer of the Nura clan are also renowned monsters from japanese folk lore. Here is lnk to this anime: http://www.gogoanime.com/category/nurarihyon-no-mago.
The last anime I'll be reviewing on this edition is called La storia della Arcana Famiglia which is Italian for the story of the arcane family. This anime is also a shonen, its also a yakuza, and also classified as a harem anime. The main charecter of this anime is called Felicita, is the princess of the family she is always accompannied by her pet owl. The anime is mainly about an organization called Arcana Famiglia which is stationed on the Italian island of Regalo. The organization is made up of people who have made contracts with tarrot cards. The tarrot cards give the contractee powers I.E. Felicita's card is the lovers she has the power to read people hearts. Her father is the family head called Mondo, his contract is with the world tarrot card which gives him control of all other tarrot cards who dont have hosts. At the beginning to the anime he orders a arana duello, the winner is to be named the new leader of the family and marry his daughter. There are also several groups with in the family first of which is coins which is headed by Debito he has a contract with the hermit card, next is holy grail which headed by nova he has a contract the death card, next is intellignece wich is headed by Dante he has a contract with the emperor card and his protoge Libertia he has a contract with the fool card. The part about this anime that makes it a harem anime is that all males accept for 3 in this anime are love interests of Felicita to checl out this anime heres a link to it:http://www.gogoanime.com/category/la-storia-della-arcana-famiglia
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
Anime review
Hello, hopefully your like me, who are proud to call themselves among the elite anime fans.....lol. If not here a brief overview of anime: first I'll start with the genres Action
(the action/fighting is the dominant element), Adventure
(lots of traveling around, going to new places), Comedy
(lots of laughs, or attempts at it anyway, and never gets too serious), Drama
(lots of shocks, suspense, and emotions), Romance
(romantic relationships are the dominant element),Shonen
(all of these also include Action and/or Adventure, target audience of adolescent boys), Shojo
(all of these also include Romance and/or Drama, target audience of adolescent girls), Mecha
(giant anthropomorphic robots are integral to the plot), Sci-fi
(advanced technology, aliens and/or outer space, futuristic worlds), Fantasy
(magic worlds, monsters, magical powers), Supernatural
(ghosts and poltergeist, demons, spirits and gods), Mystery
(characters spend the majority of the series trying to solve one or more mysteries or other “unknowns”), Horror
(lots of gore, blood baths, and nightmarish stuff), Slice-of-Life
(lack of all the other genres except for perhaps Comedy and Romance), Parody
(almost always a Comedy too, much of the humor is derived from gags and parody), Sports/Tournament
(the main plot involves the characters competing in games and tournaments). There are a few other genres I may or may not review the genres are the not so kid friendly genres that include elements of adult life we shield our children from. They are: Yakuza (Mafia, gangster lifestyle), Gore (Very bloody battles nothing in battle is censored), Ecchi (Perverted I.E. fetish with big big breasts, maid out fits, animal ears), BL-Boys Love<Yoai> (Gay Male love interests gay male social interaction) GL-Girls Love<Yuri> (Gay female interaction gay female love interests) Harem( Group love interests)
(the action/fighting is the dominant element), Adventure
(lots of traveling around, going to new places), Comedy
(lots of laughs, or attempts at it anyway, and never gets too serious), Drama
(lots of shocks, suspense, and emotions), Romance
(romantic relationships are the dominant element),Shonen
(all of these also include Action and/or Adventure, target audience of adolescent boys), Shojo
(all of these also include Romance and/or Drama, target audience of adolescent girls), Mecha
(giant anthropomorphic robots are integral to the plot), Sci-fi
(advanced technology, aliens and/or outer space, futuristic worlds), Fantasy
(magic worlds, monsters, magical powers), Supernatural
(ghosts and poltergeist, demons, spirits and gods), Mystery
(characters spend the majority of the series trying to solve one or more mysteries or other “unknowns”), Horror
(lots of gore, blood baths, and nightmarish stuff), Slice-of-Life
(lack of all the other genres except for perhaps Comedy and Romance), Parody
(almost always a Comedy too, much of the humor is derived from gags and parody), Sports/Tournament
(the main plot involves the characters competing in games and tournaments). There are a few other genres I may or may not review the genres are the not so kid friendly genres that include elements of adult life we shield our children from. They are: Yakuza (Mafia, gangster lifestyle), Gore (Very bloody battles nothing in battle is censored), Ecchi (Perverted I.E. fetish with big big breasts, maid out fits, animal ears), BL-Boys Love<Yoai> (Gay Male love interests gay male social interaction) GL-Girls Love<Yuri> (Gay female interaction gay female love interests) Harem( Group love interests)
The first anime I'll be reviewing is called amagami ss and the second season called amagami ss plus.
This is a shojo anime so it is geared toward young women and teenage girls. The main charecter of this anime is called Junichi Tachibana. it centers around him getting his heart broken two before Christmas Eve. Since that time he has been terribly heart broken and thus our "Stories" begin. Through this anime he meets several girls who eventually help him over come his heart break and eventual go on to start relationships with these young women. I know it sounds confusing, however think of him meeting each of these young women in an alternate relality all different from each other.
They all differ in personality and approach, however the outcome is just about always the same. At the end of each arc each girl sings her version of the closing song, also in the second season it goes on to show you what happens after a year in the relationship with each girl in each alternate reality. This is among my favorite anime's, any anime fan can easily fall in love with this anime the link below is to a free site to where they stream this anime hopefully you enjoy this as mush as I did: http://www.gogoanime.com/category/amagami-ss and http://www.gogoanime.com/amagami-ss-plus-episode-1
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