Sunday, March 11, 2012

Needless

Hey sup people!! Lets carry on with more anime reviews... Yes, i have been really busy watching many many things (anime, drama, movies and etc...)After watching so much things, how can i not review right :D Okay the main topic of today would be ''needless'' . I know at first the title does not make any sense. I can only say this anime is the anime version of ''X-men'' . i do not mean that the characters and plot are similar or whatsoever. I meant the concept is some how similar which some mutation takes place that gives human powers.. Sounds cool? Hell yeah, you can expect some awesome fightings and also freaking hilarious gags!! It has a total of 24 episodes. My rating for this anime is 8/10 .



Needless is set in the year 2130 in the near future after world war 3. The war has caused devastating damage to tokyo and leaves a gigantic crater in the middle of it which is also known as the black spot. Those living in the black spot is treated as an outcast from the rest of the city. Because of an unknown ''contamination'' due to the after effect of the wars, it causes some people living in the black spots to gain mysterious powers. Their powers are also called ''fragments'' and these people are then called ''needless'' .

In the center of the black spot, there lies an organisation namely ''simeon'' and the leader ''Adam arclight'' and his powerful minions strikes fear throughout the whole black spot. Due to some unknown reasons, they started the ''needless hunt'' in which many innocent needless fall prey to. By coincidence, cruz a survivor of ''resistance'' a group that oppose the simeon was saved by adam blade. Through some turns of events, cruz team up with blade and his other friends started to clash against the simeon. Along the journey, they met many new friends and the truth behind blade and arclight past also reveals itself.



Okay the synopsis of ''needless'' may seems pretty serious. However let me tell you , needless is actually one hell of a funny ass anime. Yes you can expect to see a lot of freaking funny ass scene. Totally thumbs up!!! Of there are still some scenes that are still really serious.However in really many serious scene, in half way there will be some sort of funny parts that would pop out. It is not a climax breaker of something, the anime is just unique in this way :D Plot wise, i feel that it has a solid one..

Okay the fighting scenes are really superior in this anime. The good thing here is that not just guys are fighting here, there is also hell lot of pretty and cute girls fightings. Come on nobody can get enough of it... so yay!!! Okay the character wise is awesome.. They each have their own unique capabilities and abilities which you can never forget. There too have a wide variety of characters so it can be kind of hard to remember all the names. It also has a lot of fan service which just spice up things..

Of course after saying so much good things, there are still some minor bad points. As much to my disappointment, the graphic is not really up to my expectations. Partly due to the age of this anime. However, it is still quite watchable. Also the ending is just too sudden and fast. So i feel they could just extend it by one episode to finish the ending properly. This will be more satisfying for the audience.



The songs in this anime are pretty okay for me. It has 2 openings and 2 endings. The songs really suits the anime. The endings are those typical cute songs and unexpectly i like it too.. cute songs do not really interest me much in normal case, however the two endings has captured my attention. Really hard to come by.. So here goes:

1. Modern Strange Cowboy by Granrodeo (OP 1)

2. Aggressive Zone by Needless Girls+ (ED 1)

3. Scarlet Bomb! by Aki Misato (OP 2)

4. Wanted! For The Love by Needless Girls+ (ED 2)


Well the opening in this case is fairly okay.. Anyway it is good stuff so why not try and listen to it :D Okay all in all needless is sometime really special and definitely one of the better animes. If not for its poor graphics, it will deinitely deserve a higher score. So for those lolicons lovers that love tons of pretty and cute girls and for guys who like awesome fans service and superior fightings. This is the anime for you.. Well happy watching !!

Ciaos su~~~

Friday, March 9, 2012

Gosick

Hey people!! Omg it has been quite some time since i blog.. As you know is holiday and i am watching tons of anime so pardon me alright xD Well lets get back on with anime reviews.. Today's topic which i feel is quite interesting that is ''Gosick''. I know the title does not reveal much about the anime. When i first came across the title, i was like wth is this until my friend told me all about it. It is actually a detective based story. So throughout the whole episodes, you can expect mysteries and mysteries. Of course there are some comic relief every here and there. It has a total of 24 episodes. My rating for this anime is 8/10 .



Gosick takes place in 1942 in a small European country namely sauville. One of the main character in the story, kazuya kujo the third son of a japanese imperial soldier transfers into st marguerite academy where urban legends and horror stories are taken seriously. As soon as kujo enters the academy, he was given the nickname of the shinigami of the spring because of one of the legend in the school and partly due to his black hair. So nobody dares to go near him as it is believed that he will bring misfortune.

By a twist of fate, he met victorique, a girl that is cute, doll like and at the same time smart at the top of the library. She does not attend classes and spends her day in the library reading mountain of books. Like kujo, she is also given a nickname as the golden fairy of the library due to her blonde hair and cute appearance that is believed to help anybody to solve anything but at the price of the requester soul. Through some turn of event, kujo and victorique began to solve mysteries together. Even though they oppose each other at the start, as the story progress their bonds began to deepen. Also the secret of the victorique past and identity also starts to un reveal itself.



At first the anime may seem like mystery genre anime (like detective cona) , however it is not really the case. I should say the mystery part is only part of them. This anime actually focus more on the character development. What i mean is like the meeting of new characters and the relationship between the characters. To be fair, i have to say the mystery part still plays a important role in this anime.

For the character wise i should say it does a pretty good job. Lets starts from the appearance, the female lead for instance has a very small body and a blonde hair while the male lead is tall and has black hair. It is not exactly similar but i can say it makes them quite compatible when you put them together. Now for the personality, victorique is awesomely smart while kujo is not the brainy type thats gets in trouble all the time where victorique always came to his rescue. So all of these contrast really helps to strengthen the characters.

For the plot wise, i should say it does not really has a solid plot but rather it has a interesting one. Also the twist at some part of the story is strong but not a very good one. Like most of the anime, the comic relief gets lesser and lesser as the episodes progress towards the end which makes it fairly tense and a bit boring.Some parts of the story is also kind of complicated and confusing which is not well explained in the anime. I am also a bit disappointed in the ending. I not saying that it is not good in fact it is very touching and impactful. How do i say, it is just not satisfying enough for me. Well although the story focuses a lot on the two main lead characters, but the side characters is also important in the story development.



Now time for the song part, it actually has one opening, two endings and one insert. For a 24 episode anime, i feel that the amount is fairly good enough. so here goes:

1. Destin Histoire by Yoshiki Lisa (OP 1)

2. Resuscitated Hope by Lisa Komine (ED 1)

3. Unity by Lisa Komine (ED 2)

4. Barairo no Jinsei ~La Vie en Rose~ by Miyuki Sawashiro (Insert)


Well my personal favorutite is destin histoire a song with a fairly fast pace. It is like those song that is not attractive at first but love it after hearing a few times. All in all this anime is quite a good one i should say. It is quite a unique one among all the anime i have watched. I think this anime scores its points from the characters the most. I also strongly recommend this anime to lolicons lovers and people who like mysteries. This is definitely the one for you. Happy watching :D

Ciao su~~

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Shimokita glory days

Hey hey people!! I am here to do some reviews again... However i am doing something different for a change... I will be doing a drama review instead... Yeah fear not!! It is a japanese drama which is none other than ''Shimokita glory days''.It is a pretty old drama which is adapted from a manga. Well let me give you a warning first. It is strictly M18. It is not gore or what but with slight nudity sometimes. However in my opinion, NC16 is enough. Sora aoi (if you know who she is xP) is also a cast inside. Okay i admit she is the main reason that i watched this drama and not for the plot. However , after watching this drama, i am dead wrong. It is freaking hilarious and meaningful. Well this is to be expected from a jap drama. At the same time, there are still some scenes that can make you nosebleed. It is a very short drama with only 12 episodes. My rating for this drama is 8/10 .



The story follows a teenage boy, Yuta ono that flees to shimokita (A place in japan) to run away from his father that wanted him to inherit his food business. Yuta true aim is actually to be with his girlfriend, minori by getting into a college as an excuse. By a twist of fate, he finds himself living in nutopia(name of the flat) with 5 beautiful girls. Which he has become a servant as he only can afford to pay a small amount for the rent. So he lives his epic days as he has a hard time studying with the girls trying to seduce him in one way or another. At the same time, yuta also helps to solve the individual problems for the girls and also problems of his own. While Enoki Tsuyako someone who has a grudge with chiho the manager of nutopia for some reason constantly creates trouble for them.



Time for the review!!! How do i say, although this drama contains a lot of scenes not suitable for the young. However, in fact throughout the whole 12 episodes it is pretty touching and meaningful. Other than the erotic scenes, the main scoring point for this drama is actually its hilarious parts. Or should i say that the erotic scenes and the funny parts actually comes hand in hand. For the plot wise, i think it has a fairly simple plot that is easily understandable and a pretty good one.At some part of the story, it can really takes your breathe away and makes you wanna hammer the com.

The characters i should say is first class. Even though most of the actors are gravure models, their acting skills are superior. They too also have some awesome figures :P The characters also have their own distinct and unique traits that plays a big role in this drama. So there is really no leading role in this drama, if i must say one it will be the guy. As you watched towards the end, it can get pretty touching. So for those people that are emotionally weak, get some tissue papers ready!! It is also very meaningful in which you can actually learn something from it. So it actually serves its educational purposes.



This drama actually does not really emphasis much on the song part. So there is actually only one opening theme which i feel is fairly okay. suits the theme for the drama but not in my interest range. So here goes:

1. Love space by Natori kaori



Okay all in all the drama is quite awesome probably one of the better ones. Definitely worth the time for people to watch. I have to emphasize again, don't watch it infront of your parents. You will be dam awkward. Also if you are under 16, please try to refrain from watching. No offence here xP Well so people who like short dramas that is meaningful, touching, good plot, seductive and filled with girls with awesome figures. Stop hesitating and watch it if your are above 16 :P Well thats all for now..

Ciao su~~~

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~~~

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Shiki

Hey readers (if there are :])!! Sorry for my blog being dead for so longgggggg... Well school has been hell for me.. Really, life sucks and there is no choice.. However, watching and introducing anime never stops xD Alright, lets get on with the topic of today '' Shiki ''.. Well from the name, at first it does not gives much of an impression. After watching it, i was dam wrong.. The after impact was first class. Shiki actually means corpse demon. So you can rougly expect some blood sucking and killing. The genre would be supernatural, horror, mystery. It has a total of 22 episodes. My rating for this anime is 8/10.



The story takes place in a peaceful and quiet village with a population of 1300 people which is ''isolated '' from the outside world. During summer, a series of death begin to occur. At the same time, a strange family moved into a mansion that was long abondoned in the village. The root cause to the death was not confirmed. Ozaki Toshio , a doctor who works in the clinic suspects that it is a new kind of epidemic that is spreading throughout the village. At the same time, the death troll starts to pile up everyday. After much investigation , Toshio and Natsuno Yuuki a teenage boy who has just moved into the village not long ago, beings to suspect that the deaths in the village has something to do with the strange family that has just moved into the village.



Like i said , this anime has some killing and blood sucking scenes but it is definitely not gore. Yeah, so people who has a weak heart, you can try this too :D Despite saying all these, it does not mean that it is not scary or what. Its horror themes does serves its purposes. At the start of the story, it may seems pretty boring. Everything is set at suspense, which you can't really figure out which direction is the story going. However, as the mysteries starts to reveal itself, it will gets more and more exciting. Yes, when i was watching it, i often find myself drawn to it. You will get tends to expect more and more from the anime. So plot wise, i think it did a pretty good job. There is one thing you have to take note is that you must get used to death. I am saying this because you can expect to see people dying in every episodes. Where you can see funerals and funerals Well, pretty a sadist anime.

The twist in the story is pretty good too. The twist totally give a complete overturn of the story itself. Pretty nicely done i should say. The story itself also kind of reflects the society and mankind now. Where the society would do anything for their own survival. It kinds of shows the cruel side of life. Also if you are the kind that feels very emotional, this anime would definitely sent your tears rolling down your cheeks. There are still some minor imperfection that are inherent in all anime. The characters are kind of misleading as it focus on a variety of characters. So it makes me kind of confused that which one is the main character. The ending is also kind of unclear here. You know is like the feeling of expecting something from a show then it just ends. Yeah, so i feel that it should just focus just a bit more on the ending.



Now lets go on to the song part... Well it is a pretty short anime, so it only has 2 opening and 2 ending. Anyway here goes.

1.Kuchizuke by Buck-Tick (OP 1)

2.Walk no yakusoku by Nanqi (ED 1)

3.Calendula Requiem by Kanon X Kanon (OP 2)

4.Gekka reijin by Buck-Tick (ED 1)

I strongly recommend Calendula Requiem to people who likes fast pace and catchy songs. Yeah definitely one of the best. You can also check out others songs by Kanon X Kanon which i think are pretty nice too. Well all in all, the anime is pretty awesome. Well comparing with other ''vampire'' anime like vampire knight, it lose out in the characters part. However being plot wise, it is definitely better. Well be sure to catch up with my updates. Thats all for now...

Ciao su~~