Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Golden Boy

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Meet Kintaro Oe a student of life. He dropped out of college just short of graduating even though he completed all his courses. On his trusty pink bike he wonders from place to place performing part time jobs and studying the world. His interests are day dreaming and pretty women. Although most people don't notice at first glance there is much more to him than meets the eye.


Golden boy consists of perverted and senseless humour that's funny and will make you laugh of course it does get a little too mature for younger audiences times. At only 6 episodes Golden boy is a short anime series definately worth a look.

Sure was alot of bouncing though... heh... bouncy...




Naruto

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In the world of the ninja Uzumaki Naruto is a Genin trouble maker cursed with having a demon fox sealed within him. Along with his team mates Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura he seeks to achieve his dream of becoming Hokage and a stronger ninja.


It's a good anime and a successful series. It has a nice balance of humour, action and a very well developed plot. (That is untill the filler episodes which concentrate mostly on humouur and action) The main purpose of this review is to inform the reader of the advantage of whatching the orginal subtitled Japanese series over the English Dubbed series. With the original voice acting and script it presents a completely different atmosphere also none of the contents have been tailored for English audiences so be assured you miss out on none of the action.

Believe it...





Monday, August 21, 2006

Loveless

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In a world where cat ears are the symbols of ones chastity....

Aoyagi Ritsuka is a 12-year old with personality/memory dissorder. He meets Soubi who is mysteriously associated with his dead brother. Ritsuka comes to belive that his brother was been murdered by an organization called the Seven Moons. Together Soubi and Ritsuka try to find out the truth to his brothers death and they must engage in spell casting battles to progress. 12 episeodes to date but the series ended with the possibility of a continuation.

Loveless is interesting, smart and perceptive anime. On a
philosophical level it exploress love and life.
I will now list what you have to get past to enjoy this:

-pedophillia,
-magical pedophillia,
-shounen ai (boy/boy),
-shoujo ai (girl/girl),
-masochism,
-bondage, angst,
-furryphilia (might not be a real word)....
-butterflies

Sigh... why did I whatch this? (If you like you can just skip to the lesbians, episode 11 remains a personal favorite)




Sunday, August 13, 2006

Gantz

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Kurono Kei and his past classmate Kato Masaru try to rescue a homeless person who falls subway tracks. Congrats on saving the homeless man but Kurono and Kato both die in the process very, very violently. He instantly finds himself in one piece and in a room filled with Kato and other formerly deseased. Also there is a mysterious black ball referred to as Gantz in the room. Gantz tells them all to go kill a target in a specific time and are suppllied a sophisticated arsenal to do so. If they accumilate enough points they can win back their lives. Well thats pretty much all the storyline your going to get in the series.

Gantz was bloody awesome but more specifically just bloody. Definately this is straight up not some kiddy anime. Gantz is fluent with strong sexual situations, strong violence and heavy gore both psychological and physical. With such a lacking storyline Gantz (the anime) focuses intensely on character developement and relations. If your not really interested into the psychological trip then skip to the more action packed episodes near the end. I recommend the manga to any of those interested in progressing beyond the 26 episodes and gaining some plot. Oh and make sure its uncut.

People put your guns up.




Saturday, August 12, 2006

Chobits

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Set in the near future robots called Persocons have taken on pretty much every role of the personal computer. This is beneficial because they are extremely versatile, user friendly and.... mostly come in the form of attractive women. [cough]


Hideki Motosuwa has to move to the city, get a job and attend cram school since he failed his entrance exam into University. He's just your average nice guy/farm boy who loves his porn. On his way home he finds the disgarded Chii, a mysterious persocon that just might be the legendary Chobits which are rumoured to be able to think for themselves.

This is a love and comedy story that explores the relation ships between humans with humans and humans with persocons. The series will analise both the good and the bad aspects of these relationships. If you found the anime series very interesting I recomend the original manga by Clamp as it includes more details and certain themes didn't have to be toned down for Television also there is one huge plot in the manga that had to be ommited in the anime series.
There are 27 episodes in the series with some special dvd only shorts.

Chii...





Chrono Crusade

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Note* Also referred to as Chrno Crusade.


During the 1920's the threat demons pose is great and it is up to the Order of Magdalene to fight the good fight. It is Sister Rosette Christopher's duty to fight evil in all its forms but she has her own agenda. Along with her demon companion Chrono/Chrno she tries to reclaim her brother from Lord Aion and end his malicious intentions but can she?

Chrono Crusade begins as a not so humble anime placing emphasis on comedic and action packed situations but as it progresses the plot becomes more and more compelling and dramatic. If you see this anime through you will find yourself addicted this interesting story. There are many religious themes being used but the anime tends to reinforce them positively. Prepare for a very fulfilling 24 episodes.

I guess that's what happens when a servant of God destroys an entire building.



Mermaid's Forest

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There is a myth that that if some one could find and eat a mermaid's flesh it would grant immortality. However to some it is a cursed life to whatch everything you love whither away while you wander the earth aimlessly.

Yuta and Mana have both eaten mermaid's flesh and regret their immortality. They now travel world looking for a way to end their immortality and hopefully die naturally in time. Their quest brings them across dark predicaments in which evil takes the form of gready humans searching for the secret of immortality at anycost.

The style and plot at times becomes a little chilling and dark but nothing over the line of horrific. The tale explores desire, human greed, selfishness and their respective consequences. The story progesses between Fuedal Japan in Yuta's memories and modern Japan which adds some interest . At times the storyline becomes a bit predictable with them being immortal and all but this is still a solid and noteable anime.

There were 11 episodes released on Japanese television but the final 2 episodes, which were very exciting, were realesed as dvd only because they were thought of as too "violent." Maybe immortality isn't something we should seek.