Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Angel beats

Hey poeple!! i am back again for more reviews... Since i have nothing much to do now, so i will just review one anime that i have watched some time ago.. That would be ''angel beats''. I have always wanted to review this anime!!! It is a really touching one. I literally cried after watching it.. So you can feel how touching it is.. It is a pretty short anime with 13 episodes and one additional special episode. For a anime that is so short, i should say it did a pretty good job capturing my attention. My rating for this anime is 8.5/10 .



The story follows the main character Yuzuru Otonashi who lost his memories and waking up in an unknown highschool. When he first wake up, the first thing he sees is a pretty girl, yuri in a uniform with a machine gun. Yuri then told him that he is already dead and invites him to join the afterlife battlefront an organisation whom she founded with several other members. She then revealed that their aim was to fight against god for the cruel lives that they lead when they are living. Their main enemy is an ''angel'' who believed to be working under the god that is trying to get them to reincarnate. And so after otonashi joins them, they continue to fight against angel while ''attending school'' with other students in the school that is also known as ''NPCS'' or ''non player characters'' as they are not humans. At the same time, they continue to sabotage any school events or anything is related to angel itself. Along the way, they also find out the secrets of angel and the whole ''highschool'' system.



Angel beats is an really awesome anime that has a really very good ending. Not only that, it contains a reasonable amount of action, emotion and comedy... Like i said , this anime is really touching!!! So if you do not cry after watching this anime, you are really not in the right state of mind xP So for plot wise, it does not really has a solid one but rather i feel that it is pretty good. The plot really draws you in to watch further. For the characters, even though it has a wide variety of them, they are still easily distinguishably which is good. For the humour part, it is really first class. It might sounds kind of over rating but trust me i am not. I can promise it is one funny ass anime. Lastly the ending is really really good. It really does a huge impact on me. So much that it is overwhelming. A anime with a good ending is really hard to come by, so yeah this anime has achieved it.

To be fair, it still has its cons. One of them which i feel is the length of the anime. For a anime that is this good, i feel that it is a pity that it is so short. So maybe a season 2 would do the job :D Also, towards the end of the anime, it starts to get kind of boring. You know this is partly due to the story getting more and more tense and stuff. So the humour part really gets very little at the end and it can gets pretty serious.



For the song part, it is really really nice. The opening can easily be one of the best!!! Most of the songs are sung by a band ''girls dead monster'' in the anime. From what i heard, they exist in real life. Just for your info, they have a album called ''keep the beats'' with a lot of songs not featured in the anime. Well here goes:

1. My soul your beats by Lisa (OP 1)

2. My soul your beats~Rock version~ by Lia (OP 2)

3. Brave song by Aoi Tada (ED 1)

4. Ichiban no Takaramono by Lisa (Insert song)

5. Alchemy by Girls dead monster (Insert song)

6. Crow song by Girls dead monster (Insert song)

7. Shine days by Girls dead monster (Insert song)

8. Thousand enemies by Girls dead monster (Insert song)

9. My song by Girls dead monster (Insert song)


The songs are really super nice!! So if you have the time, try it :D Well all in all, the anime is definitely worth your time to watch. Trust me, you will not regret :D So if you are looking for an short, funny, good ending and a anime with a good plot. Angel beats is the one for you... Well happy watching!!

Ciao su~~

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Itsuka tenma no kuro usagi

Hey people!! I am here for more reviews again.. Yeah been fairly free recently, so i will try my best to update more :] Well lets move on to the topic of today, which is ''Itsuka tenma no kuro usagi'' or ''A dark rabbit has seven lives''. Okay, at first the name sounds pretty alien but at the same time mysterious to me. How do i put it, it sounds pretty unique for an anime name. So i decided to try it out and i find it just fairly okay. It is a pretty new anime that is just released last year. It is very short too with a total of 12 episodes and one OVA. My rating for this anime is 7/10 .



The story start off with a freshman , Kurogane taito in miyasaka high. He always believed that he is an ordinary guy living his life peacefully and quietly with his good friend, Haruka. However, recently he has been dreaming of a female vampire giving him a ''poison'' whom he met when he was young. One day, he was knocked down by a car in order to save someone. Even with his head separated from his body, he was in fact alive and able to talk. Much to his shocking he ran away. Then the female vampire in his dream ''Saito himea'' descended before him. Taito then remember that he has met her nine years ago and he has made a promise to protect and stay together forever with her. From then on, they started to face many new enemies and taito life is no longer ordinary again. He himself has to learn to control his new awaken body and his powers. Along the way, they made new friends and some dark secrets start to unlock itself..



Okay time for the review... Well at the start of watching this anime, i was expecting pretty much from the anime due to its unique name. However upon finishing it, i was pretty disappointed. It did not live up to my expectations... How do i say it, it is pretty much alike to pandora hearts. It did not reveal most of the part, Which means that even after watching the whole anime, there are some things which i feel is important is not revealed. I feel sort of cheated watching this anime. It does not really have a solid plot. So it is pretty blur and confused at the start of the anime. To me this anime is pretty incomplete and short.

To be fair, this anime still has its part that scores point. The thing i feel best about this anime is its comedy part. Some of the parts is really funny. When i say funny, it is really hilarious. So you can expect some laugh your ass out scene. I should say this anime score most of his points from its comedy. If not i would give it a lower score. Also, i like the main character in this anime. You know in most of the anime, the main character is like god itself. They are so strong and high and mighty. However, it is not the case in this anime. In fact, the main character is pretty weak but become stronger at the later part. So this definitely score some points being different from other anime.



Alright for the song part, in average it is pretty nice. At first the songs may seem dull and not attractive but when you hear it for long, i am sure most of you would love it. It has one opening and 4 different endings.

1. Once by Hitomi Harada (OP 1)

2. utsusemi by Akiko Shikata (ED 1)

3. Sparkling kiss by Iori Nomizu (ED 2)

4. Strawberry eyes by Megumi Takamoto (ED 3)

5. Secret tears by Mina (ED 4)


Okay all in all, i feel that this anime is still worth a try. However if you are looking for a anime that has a solid plot and good ending, don't watch this anime. If you are looking for something funny and short, try this :D Everything here is based on my opinions so after you have watched this anime, you may have different feelings. So if you are curious, just watch it. Well thats all for now, Happy reading :D

Ciao su~~~

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Soul eater

Hello people!! Long time no blog X: Yeah it has been one month plus plus since i touched this small space of mine. Well just ended school examination. This means that i will more time for more reviews :] Yeah lets get on with the topic of today that would be ''soul eater''. I guess it is a pretty popular anime with its manga still on going. Well the name to me sounds pretty cool aye ? Infact it is a typical battle plus comedy type anime :D Yes that means that you can be expected to see some action packed moves with powerful weapons and also some funny parts every here and there. It is reasonably long with a total of 51 episodes. My rating for this anime is 8/10 .



The story is actually set in a shinigami technical school for humans that are capable to transformed in to weapons and the wielders that are called meisters to train. The main objectives of this technical school is actually to prevent the birth of a ''demon god'' that would destroy the world. This series focus on three group of meister with their human weapon partners respectively. ''Maka and soul'' , ''Black star and Tsubaki'' , ''Death the kid and liz and patty'' are the three main groups. The goals of the meisters are to actually defeat and feed their human weapons with the souls of 99 evil humans and a soul of a witch. Upon accomplishing it, their weapons would be transformed in to a death scythe that would increase the power of the weapons dramatically and is capable of being used by the shinigami. Their journey is not a smooth one with enemies coming in between them and trying to revive the demon god. Along the way, the meisters and weapons also learnt the importance of trust and friendship. They will also soon learnt a dark secret that is buried in death city.



I feel that this anime is pretty unique for a battle type anime. Why do i say so? This is the first anime that i seen that humans can transformed into weapons. The wepoans can also also feed on souls and get stronger. This is some new concepts. This anime which i think also contains a reasonably amount of fightings. Yes, in almost episodes, you can expect at least some fightings with the cool moves. However, i have to say that there is not much of a variety of moves that they used. So as you go along the episodes, you can get kind of bored . To be fair, they do have some new moves that are pretty cool in the later episodes.

character wise, i think that they have done a pretty good job here. Each character display their own unique characteristic and abilities. Although they do not have a wide variety of characters,but i think that it is a good thing here. In some anime with too many characters, you can get kind of off track and be confused. So yeah, you don't get off track in soul eater :D Well plot wise, i think it is pretty solid with a concrete foundation. What i mean is that at the start ,the anime already give you a strong indication of what this anime is going to be like. So this makes it easy to digest. However the ending wise, i feel that it is too predictable and incomplete. It has a weak twist that does not really make the ending good. So i feel that if they have a special ending or something, it will be great :D



Now for the song part, It suits the theme of the anime nicely. It sounds pretty raw and boring at the start but when you hear it for long, it will definitely get catchy to you.However i have to say it is not my cup of tea but you guys can definitely try it. You might like it :D so here goes:

1. Resonance by T.M revolution (OP 1)

2. I wanna be by stance punks (ED 1)

3. Paper moon by tommy heavenly6 (OP 2)

4. Style by kana nishino (ED 2)

5. Bakusou Yumeuta by Diggy-MO (ED 3)

6. Strength by abingdon boys school (ED 4)


All in all the songs are nice. so try it!! The anime is pretty awesome too with all the cool moves and stuffs. So people who like action and at the same time laughter, this is definitely the one for you :DD Okay for people who take a strong liking to soul eater after watching the anime, i strongly recommend you to continue with the manga. It is still on going and it has some deviation from the anime series. Well happy watching !!! :DDD

Ciao su~~~