Nurarihyon no Mago

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Name: Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, The Grandson of Nurarihyon, Grandchild of Nurarihyon
           Nurarihyon no Mago  ぬらりひょんの孫

Status: Completed
Episode: 24
Release date (for eng sub): -

Summary:
Nura Rikou who is one quarter demon, is the grand son of a powerful demon leading many strong demons. Most people would think that he would succeed his grand father and take over the clan, however, Riko decided to lead a normal human life. Due to this, many stronger demons in the clan refuses that he takes over the clan. As Rikou slowly discovers his demon side and his strength, he finds that is impossible to lead a normal life. As more demons come to kill him in order to take down the Nura clan, Rikou is force to fight in his demon form.
Summary by: AngelaAgness

Personal Ratings: 2.5
Maybe slightly higher then 2.5, but also not reaching 3 yet. I find that this season is super draggy, and i feel that it could have finished in 13 episodes. Not much action in this season, more in season two. Totally love the first arc about Gyuuki. But the arc on the demon sword was really draggy and lack action. Again, this is one of those animes where there is not much to complain, not much to compliment. I guess i just love the part where his demon side start showing.

Art Ratings: 3.5
Love the way they draw the Nurarihyon demon. The eyes show such beauty. Though i thought they should have given Rikou's human side a more cool image.

Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 12 and above
My Ratings: PG

Shaman King

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Name: Shaman King シャーマンキング

Status: Completed
Episode: 64
Release date (for eng sub): -


Summary: 

Shamans are humans that are able to see spirits and are able to use them to fight. Once every 500 years, a Shaman fight is held in order to determine the strongest, known as the Shaman king. The shaman king would then be granted strong power from the great spirits, the one who controls the whole shaman fight. 

However, Asakura Hao, a priests from 500 years ago who had everything, is reborn in order to become the shaman king. At the same time, his twin, Asakura Yoh, is also aiming to become the shaman king to lead an easy and carefree lifestyle. 

When Yoh came to know of Hao's existence, it was his job to defeat Hao and stop him from destroying man-kind. On his journey during the shaman fight, he meets and found good friends who also decides to help Yoh in defeating Hao.

Summary by: AngelaAgness



Personal Ratings: 3.5

The first part of shaman king maybe a bit dry and lack in action, but as the story progresses, and the fight begin, it really has a lot of action. Super interesting. Really liked how each character played a part at the end of the anime. There are not much skills in which the character uses, which makes the viewers more concentrated on the way they fight, instead of the type of skills they use. Personally, i don't really like it when they give to many skills to each person, that way, its hard to remember. Instead, the anime really concentrates on displaying their strategies and fighting style, and each main character has one or two skills which is easy to remember due to the unique form.

However, the reason why I did not give it a higher rating is because of the ending. I really hate endings that does not give you a conclusion. It just stopped at the Orcale Bell ringing. Which really made me want to know more about what happens next, but unfortunately, there does not seem to be a second season.

Also another thing was that I really thought they should show a bit about Hao form the beginning because the main purpose of the whole story is about defeating Hao, but there was totally no mention about him in the beginning and then he just suddenly pops out of no where.

Art Rating: 2.5
Well no very nice, but because its a old anime, the drawing and animation may not be as refine as the animes now. However, i still like the unique drawing.


Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 12 and above
My Ratings: PG

Kamisama no Memo-Chou

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Name: It's The Only NEET Thing To do, God's Notebook, 
          Kamisama no Memo-Chou 神様のメモ帳

Status: Completed
Episode: 12
Release date (for eng subs): -

Summary:
Narumi Fujishima isn't your typical high school student. He's never really fit in and has become increasingly more isolated from his fellow classmates. But he's not alone, and when Ayaka, the sole member of the Gardening Club, introduces him to the reclusive girl who lives above the ramen shop, Narumi enters a whole new secret world. Alice is a NEET, someone who is Not Employed, being Educated or in Training, but as Narumi quickly discovers, that doesn't mean that she does nothing all day. 
In between tending to her small army of stuffed bears, Alice is an expert hacker and a very exclusive private detective. To his surprise, Narumi finds himself drafted as one of the strange-but-elite team of associates that Alice has assembled from her NEET acquaintances. Together they'll battle gangs, thieves, murderers, and drug lords. And in the middle of it all, Narumi will find his life changing forever! 
Summary from: http://myanimelist.net/anime/10568/
Summary by: Sentai Filmworks

Personal Ratings: 3
When I first saw the picture of this anime, I thought it would be dumb and sort of childish-like, but in actual fact, it is actually hard to understand, especially since the way Alice talk is hard to understand. 
I've got to say it's been a long time since I last watched this anime, but when i re-watched the anime this time around, i realised that i remember everyone except for the main character. I was like "he was the main character?" This realy goes to show that the main guy did not leave a very strong impression. I usually don't have bad memory and have no problems remembering the characters. 
What i really liked about this anime was that each and everyone of the characters have a very special and has a unique talent and character in them. 
What I didn't like about this anime was that each and everyone of the case was long. It has to be two or more episodes. And also, they always make the cases seem to be unlinked, but later into the case, you would see the links betweent the 2 cases. They use this technique too many times that it almost seemed boring. I think it would have been better if they had did this for only one or two of the more important cases. The anime also had no real purpose in it and just goes on and on. 

Art Ratings: 3
I didn't like the way they drew the eyes and the hair, especially the main guy's eyes.

Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 17 and above
My Ratings: PG-13

Toradora!

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Name: Toradora! とらドラ！

Status: Completed
Episode: 25
Release date (for eng sub): -

Summary:
t's a new school year and Ryuuji Takasu discovers that not only is he in the same class as his best friend, Yuusaku Kitamura, but also Minori Kushieda whom he's had an undisclosed crush on for quite some time. Along with the two of them comes the “Palmtop Tiger”, tiny Taiga Aisaka and Minori's best friend. Despite her small stature, Taiga takes nothing from anybody and is secretly in love with Kitamura. Ryuuji and Taiga, despite their oil and water relationship, agree to mutually support each other in their quests for their hearts' desire.
Summary from: http://myanimelist.net/anime/4224/Toradora!

Personal Ratings: 3.5
This anime started out like a normal comedy and love anime, but as the anime proceeds, their words hold more meaning and it started to get harder to understand, both their actions and their words. I wanted to give this anime a 3 because of the sudden change in the meanings. It suddenly became very deep. 
What i really loved about this show is that even though the character or the characters have a drastic change if you compare from the first and the last episode, it did not feel that way when you watch the whole anime. I liked the comedy and the ridiculous and extreme personalities of the main characters, it really made them more memorable. Like the way how Ryuuji is obsess with cleanliness.
What I didn't really like was the fact that they did not show, at all throughout the show, that Minori liked Ryuuji, and then nearing the end, they suddenly just told us that she liked Ryuuji. The part about Ami was also a little weird. Like does she likes Ryuuji? it was really a question mark at the end, because it seemed like she likes.... then she does not really.... The ending of the anime was also not clear. I really did not understand why Taiga would go back to her family and leave Ryuuji behind, then she suddenly comes back...
Nearing the end, I think all I did was just cry. I didn't really understood why. The tears just kept falling. Even when the anime ended and it was suppose to be a happy ending.

Art Ratings: 4
The art was actually quite nice. Unique art with just the right balance of sharp and round lines. The animation of the hair and eyes were also really good.

Recommended for:
Gender: Male&Female
Age: 17 and above
My ratings: PG-13

Code Breaker

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Name: CØDE:BREAKER コード: ブレイカー

Status: Completed
Episode: 13
Release date (for eng sub): Random Timings

Summary:
Code breaker is a group of people working with the government. They posses special abilities, each one differs from each other. They exterminate all those who commit crimes without being caught by the law or are within the law. The group consist of 6 members. SakuraKouji finds herself deeply involved in the code breakers when she met Ogami Rei, a code breaker, code 06. It was then later found out that she posses a special ability. As the anime proceeds, they reveal more about the code breaker organization.
Summary by: AngelaAgness

Personal Ratings: 2.5
When the anime first started out, i really thought it was terrible because of Sakurakouji, but as the anime continues, it started getting better and better. Though i must say they should cut down on the talking. This anime is more suited to be with lesser talking because of the dark personality of Ogami. 
Comments on latest episode:
Weird episode, its not really a good ending. The ending is totally similar to Zombie loan where they just end it after telling you what may happen in the next part. I know that this is to get the viewers to read the manga, even after the anime ends but as a anime fan, i cannot stand it when they end it without answering all the mysteries. Really do hope they continue with a season two. Tons of questions in my head that are not answered!

Art Ratings: 2.5
Ogami's eyes are weird... Sakurakouji is abit to rounded... Well not something i like.

Recommended for:
Gender: Male and Female
Age: 15 and above
My ratings: PG-13

Say I Love You

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Name: Say I Love You, Suki tte ii Nayo 好きっていいなよ

Status: Completed
Episode: 13
Release date (for eng sub): Every Sunday 

Summary: 
Quiet and unassuming Mei Tachibana is 16-years-old, but has spent her high school years without making friends or getting a boyfriend because of a childhood incident that left her believing that people will betray each other sooner or later. When she encounters popular boy Yamato Kurosawa, he becomes interested in her and it is through their tentative friendship and blossoming relationship that Mei ultimately begins to branch out and befriend others.

Personal ratings: 2.5
Even though for this anime, the first half of the first episode was nice, however as the anime proceeds it becomes a little bit to ridiculous to believe.
Both the main girl and guy have irritating personalities. This anime is ridiculously predictable. Totally not what i was looking for.
I really hate the Tachibana Mei (Main girl) and Yamamoto (main guy) character. Yamamoto is really dense. I really thought that he would be the kind of guy that would  watch out for this girls friend and treat her well, but from the modeling incident where he goes to the other model's house at night really showed that he did not think twice about Tachibana. Tachibana should also get angry. In the first few episodes, they showed how Tachibana was different from other girls. But now, to me, she looks like the typical kind of girls. Even though, in her character, she should step up for herself and voice out her opinion and feelings to Yamamoto. 
Comments on recent episode:
Random episode.
Art ratings: 2
Terrible art (not like i can draw but.... compared to the other animes...) the hair is werid, especially the main boy's one. All their bodies are drawn weirdly to.

Recommended for:
Gender: Female
Age: -
My ratings: PG

Blood+

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Name: Blood+, Blood Plus

Status: Completed
Episode: 50
Release date (for eng subs): -


Summary:
Under the care of her adoptive family, Saya Otonashi has been living the life of an anemic amnesiac, but otherwise ordinary schoolgirl. However, her happy life is shattered when she is attacked by a Chiropteran, learning that she is the only one who can defeat them. Armed with her katana, Saya embarks on a journey with her family, allies, and her chevalier, Haji, to rid the world of the Chiropteran threat and rediscover her identity. The course of the journey reveals the background history of the Chiropterans and Saya's very deep past, which extends into the mid-19th century.
Summary from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%2B


Personal ratings: 2.5
At first, i really liked the anime. I loved how it really shows us how everything started, leaving some mystery here and there. 
I continued to watch and it was really exciting when they start to reveal the truth about Saya's past. However, as the anime proceeds, it became something that i found too ridiculous to believe. Like how Diva, Saya's twin sister, is fast and powerful, but when she was fighting Saya it seems like she did not even use a tenth of her powers. Diva's Chiropterans was also fast and super powerful compared to Saya's Chiropteran, Haji. However when they fought, Haji, for some odd reason, won against them. 
The show had also portrayed Saya weirdly. Even though i think that the anime tried to portray Saya as someone who is caring, to me at that point in time, she never stopped to think about Soloman's feelings when she rejected him. Additionally, throughout the whole anime, Saya never seemed to care if Haji was injured a not. Even if he could quickly heal, the pain of a wound could still be felt. So it was weird for her not to care about Haji at all. 
I also did not understand the reason why Haji must die. He stabbed his enemy with Saya's blood so the Chiropteran should have died. There wasn't any need for him to sacrifice himself.

This beginning of the anime was very nice. But halfway through it turned bad. And the ending totally led me to think that this anime was a waste of my time. However, i would give credit for the plot line. It was well thought out. Complex but portrayed good enough for the viewers to understand almost everything.



Art ratings: 3.5
Body looked really stiff. Generally i liked the art, but sometimes Saya's lips can look a little weird.



Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 15 and above
My ratings: PG-13
                  Gory scenes and violence in the first part of the anime. 

Jubei-Chan 2: The Counter Attack of Siberia Yagyu

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Name: Jubei-Chan 2: The Counter Attack of Siberia Yagyu Siberia 
           Jubei-Chan 2: Yagyuu no Gyakushuu  十兵衛ちゃん 2: シベリア柳生の逆襲

Status: Completed 
Episode: 13
Release date (for eng sub): -

Summary: 
The Northern Yagyu were driven out of Japan into Siberia by the Yagyu Edo. After living several years in Siberia, they changed their name to the Yagyu Siberian. The leader of the Yagyu Edo sent Yagyu Jubei to assassinate Ressai Kita , the head of the Siberian clan. Jubei did not wish to carry out the order, but traveled to Siberia anyway. During his time there, he fell in love and had a daughter named Freesia. Some time later he caught up with Ressai Kita, the leader he had been sent to assassinate. Over Jubei's objections, Ressai Kita provoked a duel between the two while on a frozen body of water. In the heat of the battle, Ressai Kita broke through the ice, drowning Yagyu Jubei's wife and daughter along with him. Freesia remained frozen in a glacier for 300 years, until global warming caused enough of the glacier to melt to free her. Freesia then learns of the Lovely Eyepatch that her father left to his successor. Freesia is furious when she learns that the Lovely Eyepatch was not left to her, but rather Nanohana Jiyu. Determined to claim the Lovely Eyepatch as the daughter of Yagyu Jubei, she tracks down Nanohana Jiyu, intent on defeating Jiyu and making her suffer. At the same time, the Yagyu Siberian learn of the appearance of Yagyu Jubei the Second and track down Nanohana Jiyu in an attempt to satisfy their 300-year-old grudge against Yagyu Jubei. What ensues is a three way battle between the Siberian Yagyu, Freesia Yagyu and Yagyu Jubei's successor, Jiyu Nanohana. Jiyu does not want the responsibility and she's afraid to lose herself for power while Freesia does not understand anyone who is not willing to have more power.

Summary from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubei-chan:_The_Ninja_Girl#Counter_Attack_of_Siberia_Yagyu

Edited (little bit) by: AngelaAgness

Personal ratings: 3.5
This season was much better as compared to season one. It's probably because the fighting scenes were much nicer, and longer. What irritated me in the show was the constant appearance of 4 stupid (no offence) characters. They keep putting in comedy parts which aren't even funny (or at least to me it was not.) Really destroyed the whole mood of seriousness. However, when it came towards the last few episodes, it was all seriousness. Really loved that part :3 
I do think that this show is abit confusing with all the relationships to 300 years ago. Like there was this child that was from 300 years ago, and he appeared in Jiyu's time? By the time the show ended, i still could not understand how he could have survived for 300 years and then disappeared. This show was not good enough to answer my every question i had for it by the time it ended. But the fighting scenes are just to good to be ignored. Really loved this anime.
Art ratings: 3
Because it's from a long time ago (2004) the drawings don't quite match the current style that i like. In other words, it's old fashioned. But if you considered it, other then the weird way they draw a young female body, it was all quite nice.

Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 12 and above
My ratings: PG 

Bamboo Blade (Anime)

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Name: Bamboo Blade バンブーブレード

Status: Completed 
Episode: 26
Release date (for eng subs): - 

Summary:

Kojirou is the kendo instructor for Muroe High School and he's totally broke. But then an unexpected chance is given to him: his team must win against his senpai's team and the prize is: free meals for a whole year! Now, the only problem left... where to find girls skilled enough and willing to join the kendo team? Summary from: http://myanimelist.net/anime/2986/Bamboo_Blade Personal ratings: 3 At first when i saw the summary, I thought that this would be a retarded show. But as i watched, I totally fell in love with the show. I really liked how they portray both the good and bad side of Tamaki, the best Kendo player in the team. I loved how just her scream makes the opponent scared. In the anime, they showed how there are many types of kendo players out there. Like those that cheats, or those that are purely strong. I really liked the ending two episodes where they got new members  and how the kendo members inspired them to take on kendo. Loved how Rin and Tamaki got along together even though they are both rivals when it comes to kendo. I think that they should not have made Miya, the girl in purple hair, keep losing all the time, even though she beat one of the good players. Plus, I do not really understand the other side of Miya. Was it her true self, or was it a personality that she does not realized she has? I also wished that they show more about Saya. She lacks the screen time, so I was not really able to catch hold of her personality.  Art ratings: 2.5 It's a normal art, at some point character may look abit stiff, but at some point abit to flexible. Recommended for: Gender: Female Age: 10 and above My ratings: G

Nanaco Robin

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Name: Nanaco Robin ナナコロビン
Author: Nakahara Aya

Chapters: 12
Volumes: 3
Status: Completed
Release date (for eng scan): -


Summary:
Yoshino Nako has a saying. "If I'm happy, I can do anything!" 
For her sister, Nako-chan steals the groom of an arranged (political) marriage and helps them elope. But when the Hayami group starts falling, she must pay the consequence by housing the groom's rumored delinquent younger brother, Hayami Konatsu , who attends the same school as her. At first, they hated each other, but as Nako slowly begins to understand Konatsu her feelings started to change.

Summary from: http://myanimelist.net/manga/4261/NanaKo_Robin 
Summary by: MU
Added on by: AngelaAgness


Personal Ratings: 3

This manga is a comedy. The same author of Lovely Complex. 

For the first few chapters that I read, I really thought that it was a much better manga then Lovely Complex, in terms of the storyline and art. I really liked the both main character's character. It was a manga that i thought would go much further then lovely complex. However, this manga ended earlier then expected. 

Truthfully, I think the author was also think of writing something longer then this. It shows in the ending chapter where everything was just so rushed. I really liked the twist in the manga that had actually been going on since the first volume of the book.

I really wished that they would have a chapter on the part where Nako's younger brother starts to accept Konatsu staying with them.

Arts ratings: 3.5

This art is so much better then lovely complex. I really like this kind of unique art, where you would 

know who is the author as long as you see the art. Totally loved the way they drew the main 

character. Though, i think that they should do something about the way they draw girls eyes.

Recommended for:
Gender: Female
Age: 12 and above
My ratings: G

D. Gray Man

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Name: D. Gray Man ディー・グレイマン

Status: Competed
Episode: 103
Release date (for eng subs): -

Summary:
Towards the end of the 19th century, Allen Walker officially joins the organization of Exorcists that destroy the beings known as Akuma; mechanic weapons made by the Millennium Earl with the suffering souls of the dead. Allen has both a cursed eye and an anti-Akuma weapon as an arm, bearing the power of "Innocence", a gift given to him as an apostle of God. Allen, along with his fellow Exorcists must put a stop to the Millennium Earl's ultimate plot that could lead to the destruction of the world and all who live on it.
Summary from: http://myanimelist.net/anime/1482/D.Gray-man

Personal Ratings: 3
I shall start with the negative things on this show. The first is that there is no meaning behind the show name. At first i thought this show was just named after this technique that Allen names as "D. Gray Man" However, i found out it's not true due to the insignificant use of that technique (he only used it once, and was never seen using it again). Secondly, by the time the anime had ended, they forgot to give a conclusion to some parts of the show, that are seemingly important in the manga. It's like they blindly followed the manga. The first one was how did Allen got the cursed eye. and the second was at that time where Kanda fought with one of the Noah he mentioned "her" and "I cannot die" There were significant meaning to this two sentence (?) he said. But a conclusion to this was not given in the anime. They also did not properly tell us how Allen was the "player" in the show and how was he connected to the 14th. The fourth was that the purpose of the show was not fulfilled. The purpose was about the Millennum Earl and how they were suppose to defeat him. But the defeat of the Earl never came. The fifth was that they did not tell us who has the heart innocence.The last thing was that Leenalee was just so irritating. It's probably just my personal view but it kills me when ever i see her face. She get so much screen time even though she does nothing but sits there and scream.
The positive thing about this show was that there was not much favoritism coming from the author. (you know how some shows they love to give the main character's new powers that no one has?) Even though Allen's innocence had evolved, there is a deep meaning behind it, and in the anime, Tikki (One of the Noah) had destroyed his innocence once so Allen had no choice but to have it evolved. And for Leenalee even though she was the first one to have the Crystal type innocence, her brother did say that all the other equipment types would also probably have their innocence change into Crystal type innocence. So that made her not the only special one. I  really liked the storyline for this, how it was so well planned out. They gave little clues about things and leave the viewers in suspense, and later, properly giving it an answer. Anyway i just really liked how the whole idea of the innocence and the Noah thing flowed every well.
Recommend you to read the manga after watching finish this anime.

Art ratings: 3.5
I loved the way they draw Allen when his innocence evolved. The character's does not seem stiff at all.

Overall Comments:
Gender: Male & Female
             Though it's a shounen anime, the fact that lenalee is in makes it geared towards the 
             shoujo side.
Age: 11 and above
My ratings: PG

Zetsuen no Tempest

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Name: Zetsuen no Tempest: The Civilization Blaster

Status: Completed

Episode: 24

Release Date (for eng sub): Every Friday

Summary: 

Mahiro Fuwa, a teenager whose family was mysteriously murdered a year ago, is contacted by Hakase Kusaribe, a young woman who stands against her clan since they left her stranded on a deserted island. As the two decide to help each other, Hakase's quest to oppose her clan brings to light that the Kusaribe clan intends to awaken the "Tree of Zetsuen" whose power can bring chaos upon the entire world.

Summary from: http://www.animeseason.com/zetsuen-no-tempest-the-civilization-blaster/

Summary by: ANN and AniDB

Personal Ratings: 3.5

I can say that this show comprises of action and abit of mystery. It has abit of the Hyouka feel to it. (some what) The anime really explained the origin of magic clearly. Rather then it being an action anime that i thought it would, it is more about knowing the past. I think there were a lot of changes from the first arc and the second one. One of the most drastic change is most probably the environment. In the first arc, they have always been in dark places with tree, and not much people around. While in the 2nd arc, there are a lot of people and the places they go are all fluffy and bright.

-update coming soon-

Art Ratings: 3.5

It's ok, but there was something that really bother's me about the main character's hair... I like how they made him clip it up, but why are there still hair that are not in placed? Fingers drawn a little weird and out of shape. Art looks super edgy and pointed for the side view.

Recommended for:

Gender: Male & Female

Age: 15 and above

My ratings: PG

Tonari no Kaibutsukun (Anime)

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Name: The Monster Beside Me, Tonari no Kaibutsukun となりの怪物くん

Adapted from: Manga Status: Completed
Episode: 13
Release date (for eng sub): Every Tuesday


Summary:
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun focuses on the relationship between Shizuku Mizutani, who has absolutely no interests except for school and her plans for the future, and a boy named Yoshida, who sits next to Shizuku, but rarely attends school. One day, when Shizuku is task with delivering the class printouts to Yoshida's home, he assumes that the two are friends.

Summary from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonari_no_Kaibutsu-kun


Personal ratings: 2
To me, this anime was never meant to be a comedy, even it's stated on top. This storyline was never suited to be a comedy. Even the manga never seem to me like a comedy. I think it's because the producers view it as a comedy, the colours used in the anime are bright.
For the first episode that i watched, i really did not liked the fast-paced storyline they are giving us. They skipped some parts that i think is important, as those part allow the viewers to understand the personality of the character better. However, due to the fast-paced and missing parts, the first episode did not leave me with a good impression.

I think it's because i read the manga first, i have very high expectations for this anime, but i was sad it turned out this way. I think the seiyuus chosen for this anime was not appropriate (to me), for this anime, i really think that the voice actors do play an important role in helping viewers understand the characters better. No offence but to me the seiyuus in this anime really sounded like they have not gotten to know the character, because their tone is really off for some parts. It makes them seem like they are rookies. Haru (the main boy), should not have such a low and husky voice. I would think that it's better if they gave him a more higher-pitched voice (not to high) and a more cheerful one. Because in the later part of the show, you would see that he is actually a cheerful boy. Even though i'm not quite satisfied with the girl's voice (i've heard it before, can't rmb where.), but it's still ok to me. 

The ending sucks. I totally hope they would give it a proper ending. Because they totally did not finish showing the parts about Natsume and Mitsuyoshi (the shop owner) and of course Yamaguchi Kenji and Mizutani. It sort of ended without giving any conclusion to either of the relationships, which kind of bothers me, alot.

Art ratings: 2.5
The manga had really good drawings, so when it's being compared, this anime loses alot of points. For this manga, i really think that the trade marks are the eyes and the hair. However, for this anime, both the hair and the eyes were not drawn as nice as it was in the manga. The eyes were very different and had a different feel (not a good one) to it.
In the recent episode, I can see that the art is improving, especially for Oshima and Natsume.


Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 12 and above
Ratings: PG

Ao no Excorcist

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Name: Blue Excorcist, Ao no Excorcist, Ao no Futsumashi 青の祓魔師

Movie: Ao no Exorcist Movie
Status: Completed
Episode: 25
Release date (for eng subs): every Friday


Summary:
This world consists of two dimensions joined as one, like a mirror. The first is the world in which the humans live, Assiah. The other is the world of demons, Gehenna. Ordinarily, travel between the two, and indeed any kind of contact between the two, is impossible. However the demons can pass over into this world by possessing anything that exist within it. Satan the god of demons, but there's one thing that he doesn't have, and that's a substance in the human world that is powerful enough to contain him!! For that purpose he created Rin, his son from a human woman, but will his son agree to his plans? Or will he become something else...? An exorcist?

This story is about the challanges Rin and his brother, Yukio, faces. Rin is constantly being targeted from other exorcist who knows his true identity. He tries to hide the fact that he was Satan's son and his power from his friends and classmates, but sooner or later they would find out. His friends all have different feelings and reactions towards the truth. Yukio, faces with the problem of jealousy. He's jealous of his brother's power and wishes to have stronger power.

Summary from: http://myanimelist.net/anime/9919/Ao_no_Exorcist
Added on by: AngelaAgness


Personal ratings: 3
This show is generally very nice. However the last episode really killed the whole show. If the ending was not so bad, I would have given it a 4 or even a 4.5. 
When i watched the last episode, it made me think that watching this show was a waste of my time. I think that due to the little episode they have, they are not really able to fully explain and answer all the problems. 
I think, instead of abruptly ending this show, they should have made a season two. There were many questions of Mefisto (the principle of the school) and his brother, Amaimon. Even untill the end, it did not clear my doubts on them and they never shows their true identity.

What i really liked about this show is that not all the focus is on the main character. There are episode were they show more of Rin's classmates, their feelings and character. I also really liked how they showed that in the end, Yukio was not all that perfect a brother.
What i find that was truly a disappointment was that in the first few episodes, there was little or no action. They also showed very little on the combat lessons they attended.

I read the manga after I watched the anime, and to be honest, I really prefer the manga more. I think that there was a more proper development and story line in the whole manga, as compared the anime; because in the anime, it's like they take the main idea from the manga, and change it. But they change it in such a way that it can fit into one episode, which also means that it didn't really contribute to the main story line of the anime. 
I didn't really like their reaction to the whole 'Rin is Satan's son' thing. Because in the manga, they were really making a huge fuss out of it, which is the most normal reaction. But in the anime, the students didn't even think twice about it, only Konekomaru was in that whole 'I can't accept that, and I'm afraid of him' Situation. 
Also about Takahara. In the manga he actually plays quite a mysterious character in the story, but is also significant in that arc, because he is someone that is kind of like Shura. So I was kind of thinking that if they didn't really need him, than they shouldn't have even added him in the first place. 


Art ratings: 4
Generally very nice, however for some fighting scenes, Rin looks werid. Really liked how they did not make the characters look so stiff. (bouncy hair :D)


Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 13 and above
My Ratings: PG-13

Detective Conan: Movies

          
 
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http://kiaxinlai123.wordpress.com/anime/detective-conan/
http://linzz-fate.blogspot.sg/2011/05/just-finished-watching-detective-conan.html
http://www.colourlessopinions.com/2013/09/case-closed-private-eye-distant-sea-review-malaysia.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Closed:_Dimensional_Sniper

Movie 1:  The Time-Bombed Skyscraper 時計じかけの摩天楼
Movie 2:  The 14th Target 14番目の標的
Movie 3:  The Last Wizard of the Century 世紀末の魔術師
Movie 4:  Captured in Her Eyes 瞳の中の暗殺者
Movie 5:  Count Down to Heaven 天国へのカウントダウン
Movie 6:  The Phantom Baker Street ベイカー街の亡霊
Movie 7:  Crossroad in the Ancient Capital 迷宮の十字路
Movie 8:  Magician of the Silver Sky 銀翼の奇術師
Movie 9:  Strategy Above Depths 水平線上の陰謀
Movie 10: The Private Eye's Requiem 探偵たちの鎮魂歌
Movie 11: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure 紺碧の棺
Movie 12: Full Score of Fear 戦慄の楽譜
Movie 13: The Raven Chaser 漆黒の追跡者
Movie 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky 空の難破船
Movie 15: Quarter of Silence 沈黙の15分
Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker 11人目のストライカー
Movie 17: Private Eye in the Distant Sea  絶海の探偵
Movie 18: Dimensional Sniper 異次元の狙撃手