Skip Beat Complete Episodes Review

The story, familiar to many women: the main character goes to her handsome prince in Tokyo, because he desired to become a pop idol. Love, inspired by dreams, Kyoko without hesitation leaves school, the people who raised her and ... From morning until late at night, she washes, cooks, cleans, works several jobs to take an expensive apartment and have the dignity for her prince. 

And all that she needed for happiness - sometimes to see her majesty. But Prince is almost never at home - Rising star is getting popular, and the poor thing Kyoko only has posters with her Prince. Having decided to visit the beloved in the studio where he works, she was horrified to learn that from the beginning she was only free labor, he never treated her like a woman and he called her precisely for this purpose. And then ... Well, when dreams were broken, people sometimes discover traits they possess that before were dozing peacefully in the depths of their subconscious. In a rage she throws box with food in the prince head and shouting, that she will certainly settle things with him. Prince laughed and said that to even get close to such a star as he is, she would have to first get into show business. Armed with this wise advice, Kyoko begins her adventure.

Watching this series was fun, especially enjoyed the character of the main hero - just a breath of fresh air between the faceless masses of sugary kind and careless baka. I agree, revenge is not the most adequate stimulus, but she tries to find her's "I", which was dissolved in someone else's dream, a good start. A huge plus of those series -the lack of herd bishonen in love with the protagonist. Minus - I plagued by vague doubts that will not be second season, I hope, i am wrong. Somehow, the ending is kind of ..er ...

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History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi Complete Series Review

At first let’s talk about things, which people usually say are not well done in those series.

1. Too much series. I think if History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi had even one episode less – affect after watching would be not complete. It’s not Hellsing or Trigun, where characters from the beginning is all mighty and powerful. Training takes time, and training from just school boy to mighty warrior especially. In Kenichi fighting has 60% time of the whole series, but they did not forget about common life problems. Even if common life problems have only 40% of the time, they still do arise many different questions, each on of them for Kenichi are important – they make him stronger, apart from everyday training.

2. Graphics. Depends on your taste. Of course you cannot compare History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi and Ergo Proxy, but i think the authors of Kenichi did not planned to gain popularity by their graphics. Even so it’s not that bad i should say that i liked it. Visuals do not have too much useless details, although it doesn’t look like incomplete.

Okay with now let’s move on with good parts of History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi:

- Humor. Even thought it’s strange to fighting-type anime, that humorous part in the series are made very well and not ordinary – those funny jokes from Kensei, those „plates“ with jokes, which always appear when the time comes. Many scenes are made really fun, when you laugh in your fist with thought „Sugooiiiii!“

- Charisma. Almost every character has it, even if it’s bad guy and even if it’s Apachai Hopachai. Everyone of them has its  unique characteristic. Some of them are cowboy like man(beer, muscles and leather coat), some with different attitude beginning from wise master and ending with perverted old man. The villains are not worse, even thought there are not many them, the real fiends. Even „Alien“ Niijima, not that bad guy as he seems. I liked very much types of Hermit and Kisara.

- Self-development. History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi has very interesting psychological realism: of course everybody understand that it’s just impossible for short time span to change entirely. When series begin we see „suffering from complexes weakling“ but soon we will see, no not the HKM (Human Killing Machine), the same guy, but now he just has its  goal. He did cried a lot about training methods – but he completed them and he could achieve some results.

- Teachers. Almost every action scene in History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi, runs under their supervision, i do not know does kenichi understands this or not. Their battle abilities are perfect, that is why they do not participate in „kids brawls“, they leave themselves role of wise sensei, supervisors. Kenichi even at the end not even close to his master’s level. The name of the series are very good from this point of view. History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi – yeah he maybe the „Strongest“, but he is still „Disciple“.

I feel sad that authors forgot the story about „Kenichi - Miu“, do not know maybe they did it in manga, but in anime they could at least at the end make it a bit romantic. Overall anime 8/10. Worth your time.

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Eyeshield 21 87 Episodes Review

First, this anime is good. Not something i would watch again after few years, but good enough to finish it. I have only watched 87 series, but i decided to write review because there was few things that i want to talk about.

This anime is about American football, i can tell you that people who play AF they will definitely find this anime exciting. I am not that big fan of sport anime, but this has few moments that make me want to finish whole series. One of those things are characters. All of them have their unique abilities and unique character. Main character is a coward that has been running from bullies whole life, and that is why he has this natural running skills, which makes him good running back. Quarter back is good character too, he is evil kind of guy but with good heart, he always makes me laugh.Catcher is unique too, like i said everyone of them are unique, all of them have their own dream, and also they have common dream is that they go to Christmas bowl.

I think those anime series were made for sole purpose to promote American football in Japan. The reason to think that way is that they added real people fillers in middle of each series where they explain rules or some tips and tricks about American football.

There are some moments which i really did not like, i will not tell you the name so i will not make spoilers. But there was one guy, who always told that he cannot play American football because of problems with his dad(he was in hospital, and son had to work in company because it could close). And every time they played a game(the main team of the series) he watched them playing on TV whiles being in hospital with his father. Then the main team had big problems because they did not have that guy who is watching them in hospital. His father told him to go to play and he still said that company wills crumble without him. And at that time i thought oh my god, how is that even possible to make something that stupid. He could play with them from the beginning, but not he had to be in hospital with father. He did not work at the time they played so it should not do badly to the company if he played American football.

Overall i should tell that this anime is worth watching it has some good points that people are forgetting nowadays. Can not wait till i watch whole series.

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Ergo Proxy Complete Episodes Review

Big hand of Ergo proxy series, instantly took out my brain from my head, threw them at wall, then started squish them, after it finished with my brains it just gathered my brains in a little pile and putted them back in my head.
That is how i will describe my state after i watched Ergo Proxy series. This anime literally raped my brain, made me think that i am not the human i was anymore, all that high-tech things that i learned before and all smart stuff seemed like nothing. I felt like idiot. Usual idiot with only thing in my brain is string that attaches my ears to my head.

Of course if you have not watched Ergo Proxy, and you just want to watch those series, then you can just turn off your brain and watch, enjoying, post apocalyptic action. Anyway you cannot to try understand every „little thing“ about those series. Either way if you start to think about those „little things“, beware you are done for, those so called „little things“ will rape your brain the cruelest way possible.

After i finished last episode, I the guy who likes anime that start you think, understood one thing, all other anime i watched before, were more like for kids audience. No seriously, i have not dealt with such great and hard series before. I think even Kara no Kyokai did not rape my brain that much.

I have finished those series in 4-5 days. I think it possible to finish those series faster – but it will be too much damage for your brain. Anyway, the beset way to watch those episodes it is to watch one episode a week. But that is not possible because if you have already downloaded all 24 series and finished only one you will definitely start second one.

And yes i may sound like masochist now, but i will definitely watch Ergo proxy again, when my brain will recover from damage.

I will not even bother trying to explain you that gorgeous atmosphere, unique plot, well done characters, their inner worlds, perfect drama scenes, good visuals and music, good variety of images. For example the boy who drew colorful pictures with bright-bright crayons in a gray, cloudy, desolate world.

You cannot describe plot with few words, and those tries describing the plot that you can find on different websites – is just stupid and disfiguring the beauty of this unrivaled series.

The only thing i can say about those series, it’s just a masterpiece.

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Trigun Complete Episodes Review

Why „Trigun“ is a masterpiece? Even though it’s made in 1998 year, they have well done fantasy world, which looks like Wild West. It’s not fully fantasy, as someone may say, its the truth not far from us. That sun which burns our skin, leaving only bones, those man in cowboys hats, which believe only in their gun, this white sand. To tell you the truth, atmosphere in this anime is given to you with each broken bottle, every gun fire, every note of music. People are well done in this series they do fill in this world. They have their own fears, own life, own beliefs. Everything is real.

I do not know how about other but i really liked the visuals of this anime. Even thought it was made in 1998 and i watched it somewhere in 2007-2008. I really enjoyed the visuals. Nowadays there are plenty of anime that use many different colors in anime and they look so to say colorful. But „Trigun“ with its dark-gray world looks really interesting and actual. As i heard that manga is bad, but anime went really good. Each episode is logically tied with overall adventure.

My mistakes was that i watched „Trinity Blood“ before i started „Trigun“. While i was watching „Trigun“ i have not watched it like i was in the midst of action, i did not associated myself with some character, i was more like bystander, interested by those events i should understand „who started this? Why it’s began?“. It’s almost like history books, they only interest our in some event, introduce us to heroes, actions but they do not give us impression, just for general information. The same was „Trigun“ for me.

In the conclusion, i want to say that you should start this anime first, if you just began your journey in „Anime watcher“ carrier, or just the fun way to spent evening. Because there is none intellectual things, and not that much drama.

9/10 only one word – „Trigun“!

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Zombie Loan Complete Episodes Review

There is one agency name „Zombie Loan“, which completes orders for hunting on simple and not-simple zombies, and nowadays there are many them. Not that much as „Resident evil“, but still. Personnel of the „Zombie Loan“ agency has unique ability to resurrect usually turning in „good“ zombies or saving half-dead on their consent, condemning that way on Bi-i-i-g debt, which newly resurrected and saved have to pay through extermination of „bad“ zombies(even if you wash the floor in the agency loan is also paid). As you may suggest already our Main characters are zombie, and occurs they are „special“,they need to send to hell other „bad“ zombies for paying their loan, and become human again also gaining freedom/happiness. And since those series are have Senen genre, they need to solve their inner and teenagers problems. And of course lead quite to complete finale.

Usual zombies are – infected spineless marionettes driven by primitive destructive instincts. Which spread their infection like pestilence, a somewhat animal gray masses. But in „Zombie Loan“ as main characters we see zombie-characters – they have charismatic personality. They are moved by their inner will and desire to live, which helps them to maintain common sense, they have their own life values and desires, which they protect.

They managed without „Particular profound meaning“ (but those who admire profound meaning, will find it anyway), and this will not bother this anime series.

Main point of the „Zombie Loan“ – motivation, the meaningfulness of is lacking in similar anime. Characters are running back and forth not just for fun or some pointless Great goal, but to save and get back their most sacred, namely – their life. For life they started to struggle, from the beginning.

Life is always given only once, but sometimes we can get another chance. Alas there is price, but this price can sometimes help to change people at least for themselves for the better.

Thanks to good jokes those series are pass fast, also there is dramatic moments but they do not ruin the mood. Characters do not have idiotic behavior, that is a big plus.

All together „Zombie Loan“ is very good anime with good humor, interesting action, pretty charismatic main characters. Pleasant beautiful visuals, not annoying backgrounds.

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Hikaru no Go Complete Episodes Review

There are spoilers in this text. If you did not watched this anime already then please consider. Anyway, if you are like me spending time to search for what anime to watch, then do not worry just read.

I really liked those series, however i do not understand the way professional sportsman live. That means i just do not understand how someone can spent many time on unproductive activities. On the other hand i do watch much anime, which is not productive way to spend your time. One thing is to play few parties in chess with friend, but spending all your free time to study parties of the masters, or playing out educational parties etc. It’s just too much for me. Although striving to become the best in their field of activity resonates in my heart. Moreover, unlike the „Air master“ series, very clearly shown, that talent alone is not enough, if you want to make it to the top, you have to work and work very hard.

Two times i were afraid that how Authors can make ending of the series very bad. When in 45 episode where shown only the end of exam to become professional, i started to think how can Shindo in remaining 30 episodes will not make it to strong opponents. Yet he is newbie in the Go world and do not have built up reputation. And when in the end, after dramatic Sai disappearance, they started to show „what was before“  and about Isumi, I thought that manga just ended and Anime creators do not know what to do further. All my fears were completely dispelled by those anime series. Sai played with Meijin, Hikaru with Akira, and ending turned out quite complete. I do not know how much it differs with manga, but i think it was really good.

In the beginning, i was annoyed by school tournament episodes, when Hikaru wanted to test his own strength playing with Akira. First, it appears that Akira were suffering for nothing in school club. Akira wanted to play with Sai, not with Hikaru. Secondly, how can weakest participant of the weakest team can measure his strength versus most powerfully Go player in his age category. But when i calmed down, i understood that this little accident made great job on plot overall. One thing is to show your ability in you school club, where no one will remembers this game, other thing is to try to do this on the tournament, where enough qualified witnesses. And starting from the beginning after brilliant game for Hikaru would be rather troublesome.

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Death Note Complete Episodes Review

In the first place, this Anime has a really interesting plot, which doesn’t end in reasoning about good and evil. In Death note we see detective some mystery and of course drama genre. Plot is good with it’s intellectual side, dynamics, unpredictability and uniqueness. Anime does have lots of original solutions. For the first 18 series, it is very hard to find any fault, just because there is none. If someone tries to find them, it’s going to be showing how unique he is and to show off he is better understands anime than you. People always argue about „first part” and „second part." I won’t spoil that’s why I won’t tell you the difference between them. However, I think the authors have raised the bar very high in the beginning which they could’t maintain for the whole series, but this doesn’t cancel outstanding „first part."

In the second place: charismatic main characters It’s hard to find another anime, where you can find so worked through main character's Light Yagami, Ryuzaki (L), Ryuk(but sometimes they forget about him) they can be equally considered as main characters of the series. I think, that most unsuccessful images are Ren and Misa, but then again, they are contributed to whipping up audience emotions.

In the third place: main problem of the episodes. Death note belongs to that category anime, which make you wonder and present viewer with a myriad questions, answers on which they will try to find for long time.

In the fourth place: the way they made visuals of this anime. Death note, and to this day is almost a standard in terms of overall anime style. The feature of the visuals is the use of dark tones that convey the darkness and tension of the atmosphere. Night scenery looks brilliant, the day – a little worse. Musical accompaniment is also at the highest level, a stunning soundtrack – this as well applies to open and the ending theme, in addition music that plays within whole episodes. The design of the Death note universe is very powerful.

In the conclusion, I want to say never search only for merits or to seek out and to find fault. Try to be objective in own evaluations, because this anime deserves your full attention!

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Beck Complete Episodes Review

Interesting anime, made by conscience, not the idiotic comedy spots, with serious attempts to show the inner world of characters, to understand their psychology. The plot, concerning the main character, has the obvious "birthmarks" biographical genre of slow, binding followed by a succession of mistakes and errors Koyuki, overcoming shyness at first people, the first glimmers of talent, soul-searching, maturing, the consciousness of himself and his purpose in life. 

The same goes for the plot around a Beck group: lapping each other and the final determination of the collective scorn and contempt of others, a gradual increase in professionalism and "coolness" of sites on which to perform, etc. All this, though again, but it worked and draws interesting personal peculiarities of the characters, their relationships, which weave music, age, and lust for life ... In fact, something like "Honey and Clover." That's only in the history of relations between Koyuki and Maho authors decided to explicitly defy common sense. Two students attracted to each other at first curious, then sympathy, grow in love and stayed together as a married couple has lived with each other for at least twenty years! They do not see each other in weeks, a couple of times a year they kiss. She is walking in companies where her beloved can't come, but at the right time he is always nearby and ready to support in every way. The episode where they spend together in the same bed all night, all deserve to enter OVA series in "School Trouble": whether it is a famous Japanese exposure, then the entire charge of hormonal vigor in Koyuki went to work, but to sleep in, the arms of a guitar under a blanket with my girlfriend! 

By the end of the writers began to realize their mistakes, so in the last series of amorous rivalry suddenly worsened, it even came to the dirty tricks, such as betting "who loses. He also abandons the girl," but then again ... nothing: co-circulating to friends and looking at the American photos. In general, it was necessary to abandon love plot at all. (which, given the creative nature and age of the hero would be weird), or to make a normal, full-fledged love story, that would only grace the anime, music, and dedicated to youth.

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Cowboy BeBop Episodes Review

About the plot. In a review of this anime usually i see people write about music, about the style of the characters, about the graphics, the plot and the characters themselves are not mentioned. But this is what makes and keeps this anime great - IMO.

Style and music - that's good. And Cowboy BeBop - one of the best TV series, where both would combine music, graphics and overall mood. I personally can recall only one anime - Hellsing, who managed, following a similar formula to get excellent results. But something does not give the Cowboy BeBop be just a picture or a collection of quotations (which he has lots of them). Predictable story - Bounty Hunter in a huge space, just doing their job. Common place opposition of past and present in the fate of each character.Trite ending - the death of one of the main characters.

However, when viewing the Cowboy BeBop from episode to episode there is a feeling that each episode - finished chapter. This is not an indication of their isolation from each other - all the plot developments are easy to read for everyday life. It's about the quality of performance. Where else can boast of such a layout dramas of life in 21 minutes? And now we add to all this music, style, atmosphere ... It turns out a masterpiece, no less.

Cowboy BeBop is very cruel. Death is reduced to ordinary things. The protagonist of Spike does not make the murder a tragedy, such as your Vash the Stampede from Trigun. But death has not yet become something ordinary, even for mercenaries to hunt for criminals. We are shown the time in human history, when people get used to death. And what will happen to people who are accustomed to death. That is what's scary. Postapocalyptic Earth, space science fiction for the entire work are replaced by a utopian idea. Or dystopia. It's up to you which one to choose, because the difference was really small. This can be seen and to humanity in general, and for the characters in Cowboy BeBop in particular. There is no pathos or tragedy. Only situations like these can be achieved in anime, and they are vital to the success of it. Sadly, though, in real-life, the same situations are not replicable.

Cowboy BeBop doesn't teach us anything, because we already know it all. We are just shown a snapshot of life in the future. Shows the cruel life of future, but consistently, carefully and in no way not embellished. There is no single global objective of the series. Those mini stories are not made for us to see characters from different sides. How do you see Spike in the first series, so it will remain thereafter. The past will break into the present, but it will be black and white photograph on the background of colored glossy pages. These images are kept, but they are rarely admired.

Team of the main characters are meet within the series, easily falls apart at the end. Easy - does not mean painless. Even the most indifferent people will become dear to you,when they become part of your habits. Don't even hope - in the case of Cowboy BeBop the main characters will not show us a very warm relationship with each other. They are not married, do not make friends, won't adopt, and so on ... But they have become accustomed. That says it all. As Garcia Marquez said: "All our senses - the habits of different people and things." What is the best show characters of Cowboy BeBop.

This anime  is about everyday life, platitude. About people who live in the past and the present for them is for killing time, they just exist ... If a person is silent, it could mean that he does not want to talk. And not that it hurt, angry, too closed or something. Life is simple. Perceive it should be easy. Nerve cells regenerate very slow...  I can not forgot to mention the humor in the show.

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Berserk Episodes Review

Finally i finished watching this...

Impressions are unusually severe. Despite the author's spoiler in the beginning, despite evidence of poor end, the finale still hurts. Pain. Despair.Death ...

From the beginning episode is striking in its candor. Swords are crossed, sparks fly, someone has to die. Realism, just like in life and no one will be spared. There is no fantasy of eternal conflict of Light and Darkness. No there is no Light in "berserk", but plenty of Darkness. And if there is higher beings, they are beasts of darkness, higher beings have their own desires, their goals, its a great dream, and we - the people - only victims on the altar of their dream. Evil is around us, darkness veiled glance, and only somewhere in the depths of his soul a glimmer of a spark of light. Welcome - it is only within us, and nowhere else. On which way you come down?

Living in the light of two boys - one beautiful, charming, graceful, the other - a strong, tough, muscular. One dreams of becoming a great leader, the other - a great warrior.One pays for a dream someone else's blood, the other - his own. One waits for hell, the other - the eternal battle. And most importantly, their fate is predetermined, because no other path to realization of their dreams. They are each other - they are friends or foes irreconcilable, they - Darkness and Light, such as they exist in our lives.

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Gintama Episodes Review

Gintama is impossible not to love. Perhaps it is the only show that manages to combine an explosive parody of mad laughter with surprisingly powerful and touching things. When the story begins Gintama (Benizakura, Yoshiwara, etc.) - all others seinen anime are hiding shyly. However, the plot here wakes up not that often, most of the time there are meaningless series "about nothing" - but my goodness, how funny they are and they do cheer up! And it lasted for two hundred and twenty episodes - and the show is still has that "something" that makes me wait for new series.

One of the main advantages Gintama - the main character. Sakata Gintoki, invincible ronin with sleepy eyes. He dolt and careless, indifferent to everything and selfish, but it is only a mask - though very tightly adnate to the face. However, underneath lies a surprisingly wise, noble and brave man, the epitome of the samurai spirit. Unlike most heroes of anime, Gintoki - not some school kid with sleeping powers, not a teenager instead he is an adult that has big life experience. He has no superpowers, and he doesn't shout out in battle superpowers titles. He's just a great warrior with the soul of pure silver.

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Great Teacher Onizuka Episodes Review

Theme of teachers and students in itself is not brand new, there are plenty of anime, where somehow there is school theme, but this one stands out from others. It has everything: the atmosphere, and a charismatic hero - Onizuka, dissolute and schoolgirls in short, everything that should be present in a good anime series about the students.

This episode begins with the fact that some Eikichi Onizuka (22 years) decides to become a teacher, and, as the authors show us, he is only interested in young schoolgirls, but this is just a cover for spectators and for the most Onizuka. And here, as in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Onizuka looking for reasons that prompted him to become a teacher somewhere in the middle of the show he understands for himself what he wants from life, his main goal - is to make school fun for kids, and it is obtained. Despite all the tricks of his disciples and the Deputy Director, Eikichi finds a way out of any situation, and draws on his side not only disappointed in the teacher to student, but also the embattled deputy director, which may not converge in opinion on any occasion.

I would also like to note the drawing of this anime, it isn't amazing, but after watching a few episodes you just fall in love with it, and this is also the merit of the animators who were able to convey the gamma of feelings, using the faces, which poses as Onizuka, and other heroes.

Music, too, emphasizes the stylishness of the series, it fits into certain moments, even the beginning of the show do not want to rewind, and I want to listen and listen.

After watching 43 episodes makes me sad: sad that such a wonderful show and so quickly over. But despite the fact that I only watched it for the first time, I think, again and again come back to him and just laugh over Onizuka and clapping after a successful cut a joke. In the end I want to say that anyone who likes the school theme in the anime, just have to watch Great Teacher Onizuka.

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Chrono Crusade Episode Review

"Chrono Crusade" - is a good example of how one can, with very promising potential and turn it one-time anime. Further - an attempt to understand this phenomenon, and therefore assumes familiarity with the series. The "Chrono" has a lot of pluses. A good soundtrack (especially the opening theme and ending theme, such as music and video), high-quality drawing, bright, rich colors. Sophisticated, dynamic plot, interesting characters and emotional appeal, starting with the "wild, but cute" sister Rosetta, slightly domesticated version of Lina inverse of the "Slayers", which tirelessly "lights" in every episode, constantly "blowing up" the smooth flow of exorcism plot infecting everyone around her indomitable love of life and faith in justice.

So it went that way somewhere up to 19 series. And then the authors have once again swung stepped on a rake. Affected by this were, as always, the audience. Something similar can be observed more than once, such as "Evangelion" and "Trigun" - the story about the people "of this world" does not want to intermingle with the global philosophical concepts of authors, especially when they are brandishing a final resolution of questions such as "Who is stronger - God or the Devil?", "Can we all good to win an absolute evil?", "How is it that put the world in order once and for all?" These and similar questions have no answers, by definition, everyone is constantly solve them for themselves, and this is a process, not finding the answers to. In the "Chrono", as in other similar cases, the victim of a copyright ambition was common sense and artistic harmony.

All line with the rebellion of demons, especially in terms of its background events show, is unworthy even of criticism: it is meaningfully complete, but completely pointless thread of the individual episodes, designed, in theory, hint at the secret springs of the events. In fact, all the (totally natural way) is reduced to incoherent babble and terrible cries that there is no justice, freedom and revolution. Completes the surreal absurdity of Mary Magdalene, whose appearance makes the tortuous game of "head of Hell" and a rebellion against the world order is already in this delusion, against which the powerless even medicine.

From 19  to 23 series writers, luring the viewer a decent spectacle and story, bring down upon him the power of his imagination clear up: the characters begin to "cut" to the right and left, more or less important - always following the ways of torture. Here the show is still the Aion, in appearance - yaoi Dr. Muraki of the "Descendants of Darkness," somewhere along the road to "Chrono" lost all their yaoi (which, perhaps, symbolically, sublimated in the scene destroying horns). Actually, the main carrier of evil is the same stamped and colorless, like his predecessor, Muraki, including in the literal sense - costumes, hair and even decorated in a plain glasses whitish style. His reputation as a great demon is devoid of absolutely no reason, the basis of excessive coolness Aion - for some reason its inherent strength, which, quite inexplicably, comes from nowhere and almost has no equal. And also, of course, poses a wry smile, suggestive shiny glasses and constant quoting of the apocalypse (remember the "Pulp Fiction" Tarantino also have been a killer read, however, African American).

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Hellsing Episodes Review

10 \ 10. A masterpiece. Ideal. Madly. Interesting. Beautiful. It's funny.
How many more words can be chosen? Very much.
Hirano Kouta - genius. Combine something that can't combine and get that.
Hellsing, if not my favorite manga it will be in top 3 for sure.

So ... I'll start over again. Immediately evident and obvious that the Kouta to draw hentai Hellsing'a.
That's what makes him do such a plainness, openness, and probably easy plot.

"In the village church the priest arrived ... very strange priest ..."
Sweetheart Integra, not that scary Alucard, very hentai-kawaii like Seras Victoria.This is just the beginning ... Not a bad entry ...
Several stories about the destruction of vampires, Seras learns to be a vampire, Alucard mode "God". Father Alessandro Anderson, no less colorful character than the Alucard. Tons of black humor, cute affectation, trash, and blood ... Starts a magnificent plot.

What we have now? Next - a masterpiece.

And in general, i liked that Hellsing has no hint of Japan. No Japanese mentality, Japanese grimaces, and so on. Do not think that i don't like it I really love it, but here it was somewhat inappropriate. Well, yes, humor about the Japanese retirees in the museum and several references to Japan as a nation.

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Soul Eater Episodes Review

I don't know about everyone, but I really liked anime and for many reasons:
Let us now talk about Graphics - Let's start with the fact that Bones, have always paid attention to not only the main characters but also the rest of the world. The sun, the moon, buildings, objects that interact with the characters do not look as though they were generally painted someone third-rate, but instead they perfectly balance in harmony with each other. But even this is not the main thing, and the style in which were drawn Soul Eater. At first it seems that the world is "for" children 10-15 years, but after 3-5 series you know what IS the sun, moon, and the main characters can exist only in this crazy world. Bones drew the world with a soul and have fully justified its name.

As for the characters - As usual, I was primarily pleased with all sorts of villains, which in the first series was classified as villain Dr. Franken Stein - of course, the myth of the villain was cruelly shattered, but the image itself in my heart - forever. Just excellent transitions from maniac-psychopathic state of hilarity and unexpected show of prudence and gravity make it a remarkably vivid and bright, and in my eyes he is becoming more and more sympathy.

Maka Alban even in theory - is the main character of Soul Eater nice girl, smart without manners tragic pathos of the heroine, a well-estimating their own strength, firmly stamping to her (yes, in principle, to any) goals, with a touch of nerd and quite rare panic attacks and such stupidity, which makes it more enjoyable and adequate character not for all audiences, for me for sure. Ah! exactly! I forgot ... not just a nice girl, a sweet-girl-with-big-black-red-scythe.

Soul Eater - the strange boy with a disproportionate teeth and a seemingly thug-jacket with thug manners, but when you watch him closely he was suddenly responsible, to the extent of sloppy, quite a charming boy, ready for his co-worker to go through fire and water and who can understand them, their relationship have some hint of romance or just a standard close relationships or like master/weapon relation, capable of resonance of souls and once it came to  carelessness, there is example of that.

Black Star - charming dolt with protruding out of all the cracks, "I" and at the same time simple, open and caring heart, and UBER strength, which in theory is used well and really, who would it endure, except as
Tsubaki - its relationship with the Black Star more similar to the relationship my mother's older sister, in spite of the quiet and unobtrusive character, strong enough and able to cope with the problems girl, but in my opinion, the best relationship of master/weapons show an unusual example of how
Death The Kid - I'm was laughing my ass over this character strange creature, the son of the Shinigami-sama (aka God of Death, or simply Death) Death Jr. is actually inhumanly obsessed with symmetry, which delivers around quite a hassle, but for us it is a lot of funny moments. Despite this image, Kid feels strong responsibility because of the fact who is his father, as he should be an idealist, trying to make all - how? Yes, he wants to make it PERFECT! That is why, by the way, instead of all the options chosen weapons are
Thompson sisters Liz and Patty - paired guns in human form having a mass difference, in my opinion, at this point - the most vivid example of how strongly the choice of partner-arms can change not only life itself weapons, but its owner.

Plot - We are given a world where everything is run by Shinigami-sama (Ooh, the gods of death? Somewhere we saw it ..). And yet he created, Death Academy, where they teach young defenders "of goodness and justice," submitted "masters" and their "weapons". And throughout the series we see the struggle of good with a great evil, which does not force yourself to wait long.

So personally, it gives me great pleasure to look at how this can be simple at first glance, but still interesting and knowledgeable story develops slowly, and the loop goes to its logical conclusion.

In addition, this anime series, all at surprisingly very proportional: there is a sense of humor, and the disclosure of the characters, and fighting games, and romance (Yes! It is there, I believe it !!!), and Ecchi, and a bit of drama, and ... Yes, what's justnot! 9 / 10

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Steins;Gate episodes review

I decided to write an opinion in the beginning of the series (for 8 series). In general, the first thing that should interest in the anime - is the name. Here it is rather strange, since Stein is quite a common German surname, but there wasn't lots of famous physisist. Perhaps the Japanese have simply decided to take something European (as it is for Americans all Russian - Petrov, Sidorov, etc.). Came across only one name from a similar area of ​​physics - Otto Stern. He studied the magnetic properties of elementary particles, by the way that it is possible to bring to the series. Yet it reminded me of Professor Stein from Soul Eater. Apparently the Japanese very much like the German, what else to say.

Let us now talk about graphics - visuals here are interesting, it does not look like popular now streamlined "photoshop" techniques. Nevertheless, there is no pleasant tones of watercolor, which is a small minus. Stylistics is also interesting - from the eye shape and finishing slightly elongated bodies (of course they are far away from xxx-Holic). As for the backgrounds - that they are not very well drawn, for there are shots where people standing in the distance are not doing anything, just static images. And the leaves on the trees in the distance does not always sway. But all this little things are not that important.

As for the characters - the hero with psychosis and somehow ephemeral aim and people who in general have nothing to do and decided to join him. Characters themselves are too narrow in terms of facial features. One is so naive and stupid, that dialogue and action to it and you can't say that she is even five years old. Here, the authors would like to shove a representative of Kawaii, apparently. Hacker too typical geek (thick, without girls)actually on his way and he does not develop. Girl Genius, when she argues and then rest say "how you get along," then understanding look. Then the girl-hikikomori, which only writes and says a little. What is also rather banal, the girl was made only with this feature. I can conclude that the authors of the series too unfamiliar with the literature and psychology, even its basics. Heroes too blunt in his character and image, that is sad enough.


Now for the story. Here it is interesting enough to cheer, even if the time machine made from a microwave oven, but that's the fact of time travel and the separation of worlds, it is worth considering. To me these are interesting topics, and there was a time when in university at physics lessons, I asked teacher to explain string theory to me. While all this looks in one go, and I always wait for a new series.

Let's see what this will do the authors continue, I hope I will not be disappointed.

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Afro Samurai Episodes Review

Genre: Action

Episodes: 5
You still haven't see "Afro samurai"?  If you are haven't watched it, then you lost a lot - for example, the ability to get mind-blow experience.

At first glance, it is clear that in visuals in "Afrosamurai" were invested lots of green American dollars. However, Americans have lots of money. And the studio Gonzo has many slaves with tassels. The color scheme of the show at first glance is very poor - black, red, white and blue. However, what animators created can not be watched without enthusiasm. This is not just very good, it is - stunningly and beautiful! Try to cross visuals from "Hellsing" and "Vampire D" - you'll get a rough idea of ​​what happened at Gonzo. Gorgeous character designs complement the magnificent staging fights. However, we must say that the fights fairly standard for fighting anime, but they smartly done! There is not that much Flashbacks in the "Afro samurai", there are some, but this is a known technique - he allows you to concentrate on the design and action. It is true that in this situation in a similar admission is not necessary - every character is madly in color, and motion amazingly polished and beautiful.

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