Anime Time!! Attack on Titan

Based on a manga Attack on Titan take place in world where, titans, giant human like monsters have

rampaged the earth and terrorize humanity.  These titans have wiped out the human population to a point where only a few thousands are left, these humans live withing three walls that protect them from the titans.  The story follows Eren, a boy who wants to join the Recon Corp the military force that is known for fighting the titans and losing most battles against them.  This sets the scene when the out most wall falls to an armored titan, death and despair begins to rampage through out humanity as the first wall falls.  The survivors of this attack live now within the inner walls but famine and lack of food means sacrifice to everyone that has already lost it all.  Eren having seen the horrors of the titan vows that he will kill them all and enlist in the military with this goal in mind.  The story revolves around Eren as he grows and comes closer to this goal. 

If you've been anywhere on the internet lately you've probably heard about Attack on Titan its one of those things that gained popularity quickly and with very good reason.  Attack on Titan deals with a lot of psychological standpoints on human nature as all the characters are changed by the clear realization of the death and the losing of the war going on around them.  Truthfully the anime is impacting in this way and it absolutely gets it point across while at the same time showing a storyline that will keep you wanting more and basically calling then screaming for what will happen next.  The anime also has its twist and turns that at 25 episodes so far will, if not anything, most likely blow your mind.   Now as the second season ended in September and it quickly catching up to the manga I am not totally sure whether the anime will have a third season but an OVA will be made in April so hopefully it won't move away from the original story line too much.  That being said this anime is on the strongly recommended list and is a must watch, the hype its getting is definitely deserved.  That being said.

Matane!
またね！

Anime Time! Amnesia

Based on a video game this anime takes place as the protagonist wakes up on August 1st with no memory of who she is.  In order to restore her memory, with the help from a fairy, she decides to interact with the people around her to figure out who she is.  The thing is that every time she gets a clue as to who the people around her are, she wakes up again on August 1st with memory of what has happened but everyone around her, although they are the same people, change characters and personality if this isn't shocking enough when she wakes up different people claim to be her boyfriend every time she wakes up?! Will she be able to figure out what's going on? And will she ever figure out who she is?

Well this anime I found randomly through some fan art so I knew absolutely nothing about it before I watched it besides the fact that the characters had playing card symbols on them, and because I love love LOVE playing card symbols when used in anime or manga, I decided to watch.  Sadly though this one didn't do much for me I had problems with the characters, since the main character was kinda meek I expected the other characters to shine out above the rest but this was not like that.  But that was before I knew the anime was based on a video game.   The video game is called an otome game (first time I've heard of that) and its basically the player gets to choses who she ends up with, after learning this I found the problems I had with the characters solve seeing as the video game would be ruined for some if their characters changed or turned out not to be what they imagined them as.  From a selling point of view I can understand that the anime was marketed toward the fans so I can't really criticize it for that.  The drawing style is very nice and the plot itself is okay, this is the kind of thing you could watch when you want the trill of a intricate story line without the intricacy.  For a college student who's brain is being fried by exam week (ME)  it is the perfect anime to watch.  Or for the ladies that want to be swooped off their feet by a animated character this is your anime, for the guys though I'm not sure as to whether the guys I know would watch it but if you like cute things the main character is cute and so is her fairy.  Well then,

Matane!
またね！



To all the students who are on mid-terms right now, truly from the bottom of my heart good luck!

Anime Time! Kuroshitsuji/ Black Butler

The month of October isn't over yet! I wracked my brain to try to figure out what Halloween themed thing I could talk about this week and I came up with kuroshitsuji, a demon butler is definitely something that could make you shiver but at the same time not so scary until he decides to eat your soul.  If you don't know what this anime is about well heres a brief explanation.  The anime is places in the Victorian era and is about a boy named Ciel Phantomhive who is known as the Queen's watch dog as he fulfills the wishes that the Queen cannot handle out in the open.   Seems simple enough but that is not all Ciel is only thirteen and has come to be the Queen's Dog through tragedy.  While still a child a fire engulfed his mansion and killed all his family leaving no remains of the Phantomhive family existence, he too was thought to have died in this fire but two years later he returned to his old home with nothing except for a mysterious black butler, Sebastian Michaelis.  This butler is the best of the best completing even the most troubling task in a matter of seconds  and completing all his masters wishes wonderfully, he is of course "One hell of a butler".  This amazing butler and young master have quite the secret being that the butler is actually a demon who only promises to keep helping the young master until he can enact his revenge on the people who killed his parents.  As the Queen's Watch Dogs Ciel goes against many enemies slowly getting closer to the men that killed his parents but at the same time becoming steps closer to losing his soul.

The anime is quite fun throwing within it some dark humor as well as making light of other wise not so bright situations.  The supernatural fighting against an eccentric grim reaper would be the prime example of this but while the anime has its fun moment there are many time where the seriousness of things do get addressed.  All in all its a anime I would recommend for the Halloween times as well as any other time of the year.  Now though I do love the anime the manga ,which is still ongoing last time I checked,  is wickedly wonderful the feeling the drawing style gives off fits the story line perfectly and you get more things explained to you than in the anime, but if you're looking for a quick fix the anime is always there and will get you acquainted with our haunting main characters.   That being said the dark season of Halloween is almost ending so until the clock strikes mid night on the 31st, be safe and watch out for those dreadful ghost and ghouls.  Happy Halloween!


またね！
Matane!