Anime Review: Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

                           

          This week's anime review will be on Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. "WOW" This time, I'm changing things up a bit...just slightly though. Usually, my anime reviews would only consist of completed series if you haven't noticed. However, Boruto isn't. If you're someone who is currently watching this, then you know that this anime just aired in the spring of this year. So as of now, it is currently airing and several episodes have already been released. To be more exact, there are 8 total episodes. It's fairly interesting and as for me, I'm very excited for every time a new episode is released because I'm a huge fan of the Naruto and Naruto Shippuden series. I really loved it. Also, since they're completed and I've seen practically seen every single episode, I have very high hopes for Boruto and I expect great things form this new series. 


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Synopsis: Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is basically continuing on from the Naruto series. However, instead of telling Naruto's story, this series is giving rise to Boruto's Story. In other words, the son of the Seventh Hokage which is of course, Naruto Uzumaki. Time has passed and the shinobi world has begun to change. New events and several circumstances occur that lead to strange and mysterious things. Follow Boruto as he makes his journey to find out the ways of a ninja and so much more.

       

Characters: As for the characters, it mainly consists of the cast from the Naruto series. But as you can see, they're all grown up. Then you've got their kids. They are Boruto Uzumaki, Sarada Uchiha, Misuki, Shikadai Nara, Inojin Yamanaka, Chocho Akimichi, and Metal Lee. "The New Generation!" Well, if you want to get to know them a little better and gain a better understanding on their backgrounds, I suggest clicking this link⇨Boruto characters

                                   Here's the Main Cast!    

Art/Animation: The art is pretty much the same as for the Naruto Series but there are a few changes here and there. They're not really noticeable though. Also, I like the character designs and I really like the new generation. However, it breaks my heart to see Naruto's generation growing up. To me, I prefer the original generation with Naruto and Sasuke and the others. Besides that, I've grown to like some the newer characters. They all have a unique and interesting personality. It's also great to see and witness what traits they inherited from their parents. I think it's awesome. The animation is also thrilling. 

Music: The opening and ending songs for this series are quite different then what I would have expected. The opening was very up to beat and there were a  variety of flashy colors. It gave of this happy and exciting vibe which is very different from the Naruto openings that I have seen. I thought it was good in my opinion. I enjoyed listening and watching them.

          Overall, this concludes this week's anime review. I really recommend giving Boruto: Next Generations a try. It'll be worth your time...I hope. Either way, I can't wait for the new update. Tune in next time!

Anime Review: Arslan Senki

"Such a precious, beautiful dream...It is foolish to shred it with the sword of ugly reality. If you had only accepted it, the dream would become a memory, growing ever sweeter, adding glamorous color to your life." -Gieve (Arslan Senki)

                                       

          This week's anime review is based on Arslan Senki or in other words, The Heroic Legend of Arslan. This anime was premiered in the Spring of 2015 with a grand total of 25 episodes. This anime features some action, adventure, historical, drama, fantasy, and shounen. There's also some violence and profanity. Well, it's "WAR" so it makes sense to see some heads roll off or any hacking away at someone with a sword or spear. I just so happened to finish this anime in about a week and in my opinion, it was awesome! I don't particularly watch any war anime or of such, but this series was quite the thrill. I enjoyed it very much and I would recommend this to anyone out there that's interested. Either way, Enjoy!

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Synopsis: Background, according to MyAnimeList "The year is 320. Under the rule of the belligerent King Andragoras III, the Kingdom of Pars is at war with the neighboring empire, Lusitania."

So basically, this anime revolves around the young prince Arslan. As mentioned up above, his father the King, goes to war with Lusitania. On the day of Arslan's maiden battle, the knights of Pars thought that they would surely win since they have never been defeated in battle. However, they were proven wrong when they are betrayed by some of their comrades and are led to a trap. The Lusitanians take the upper hand and dominate and seize Pars. With the King taken prisoner and the Queen to be married to the other King, Arslan is forced to retreat alongside with Darynn or the "Black Knight". In his journey, Arslan acquires new allies and friends to help him take back his homeland and the throne. He also faces several challenges along the way that force him to make some drastic choices as the Lusitanians are also after his head. During this time, the prince must find his resolve in order for him to be crowned the King of Pars.

                   

Characters: There are several main characters for this anime. In the picture below, you'v got the most important characters. Starting from left to right, you've got....Arslan, Daryun, Narsus, Elam, Farangis, and Gieve. But of course, there are other minor characters that come out in the anime. If interested to find out a bit more and gain some knowledge on these characters, go to this link⇨arslansenki-characters. Also, just to put it out there....my favorite characters are Daryun and Gieve. The rest are okay. 
                       

Art/Animation: I liked the art. When I first began to watch it, it reminded me of Fullmetal Alchemist because I somewhat saw a resemblance in the art. In continuation, the character designs were awesome and I was fully enthralled into watching each and every episode. The animation was amazing. The sword clashing and the way everything played out was outstanding. 

Music: The first opening and ending were great! The second opening and ending was okay. Basically, I loved the first OP and ED. They were up to beat and I felt like I could listen to it every other day to the point where I get annoyed. That'aes about it for this little section.

          Overall, this concludes this week's anime review. Tune in next time!

Anime Review: Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu

"I can't cry anymore. I feel like I've lost something. An important part of being human." -Izumi Shinichi (Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu)

                      

          This week's anime review is based on Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu or also known as Parasyte. A pretty popular series that came out during the fall of the year 2014. With a total of 24 episodes, this anime falls under action, sci-fi, horror, psychological, drama, and seinen for genre type. It's an intense-filled anime with suspenseful moments to keep you watching for more as the wave of death hits. I highly recommend you to watch this, even though at first I was not into it but I realized it's worth it. Hopefully you get a bit of insight and maybe even give it a try. お楽しみください。(*please enjoy)

                    

Synopsis: Background according to MyAnimeList, "All of a sudden, they arrived: parasitic aliens that descended upon Earth and quickly infiltrated humanity by burrowing into the brains of vulnerable targets. These insatiable beings acquire full control of their host and are able to morph into a variety of forms in order to feed on unsuspecting prey."

                  

BTW, it's not snowing, those green-like things are actually the parasites descending onto Earth.

(Now back to me) So basically, this anime revolves around Izumi Shinichi, a 16 year-old high school student that ended up becoming victim to these parasitic aliens. However, it fails to take over his brain so his right arm was taken over. Unlike other parasites that managed to take the brain of other humans, Shinichi has to coexist with the one in his arm which is later name Migi. Because of this, Migi also needs to rely on Shinichi if they want to manage staying alive. Many events befall them that lead to tragedy, death, and a lot of doubt. Watch this anime, I recommend it.

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Characters: There are several characters for this anime. The ones shown in the picture below are basically the main ones, but there are a couple of other characters that show up within the series that play a small part. Well either way, starting from left to right is Akiho Suzuki, Yuko Tachikawa, Kana Kimishima, Satomi Murano, Migi, Shinichi Izumi,  Uragami, and Ryoko Tamiya (Reiko Tamura). For a better understanding of their background, click this link⇨ shinigamilist.com

       

Art/Animation: The art was great and the way that the parasites where made were kind of freaky looking but I didn't mind that. In a way they were pretty cool, especially Migi which I loved the most. The backgrounds for the scenery was good and the characters designs were also great. The animation was awesome. The fighting between parasites was the best part. The swinging of blades and the way those weird like tentacles (I don't know what to call them) were moving so fast added to the intensity.

                   
 ↪This is what it looks like when a parasyte takes over the human brain and is in control of the body...creepy right? hehe😁

                   
↪This is what I meant when I said the swinging of the blades and weird like tentacles.The fast moving motion and the sparks take this to a whole other level.

                   
↪Here's Migi....Migi is just weird but also quite lovable in a unique way.

                           
↪I seriously thought that Migi was going to end Satomi there and then, but I guess not. Look at those claws though...lookin' sharp I see.😉

         Music: The opening and ending for Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu was good and the music that went with it was splendid. Overall, I enjoyed watching the OP and ED.

          This concludes this week's anime review. 次回にチューニングします。(*Tune in next time)

Anime Review: Watashi ga Motete Dousunda

"I was trying so hard not to show my flaws that I didn't enjoy myself. Really, I'm so sorry. But, I just can't lie to myself." -Serinuma Kae (Watashi ga Motete Dousunda)

                

          This week's anime review is going to be based on Watashi ga Motete Dousunda. This anime came out during the fall of 2016. It is also popular and has a total of 12 episodes. The genre consists of comedy, harem, romance, school, and shoujo. It you're a fujoshi (directed at girls) this anime is perfect for you because it is totally relatable. A must watch anime. I loved it and there's also a manga if you're interested in reading it. Enjoy!

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Synopsis: Going based off of My Anime List "Kae Serinuma is a second year high schooler and an avid fujoshi who secretly ships her classmates, Igarashi-kun and Nanashima-kun. The death of her favorite anime character causes her to become stressed—and loses weight rapidly. Now that Serinuma has become an attractive girl to her classmates, her snarky kouhai Shinomiya-kun, and her senpai Mutsumi, how is she going to deal with them ...with her constant BL-filled, fujoshi mind?!" Go to this link to learn more about ⇨/Watashi_ga_Motete_Dousunda 
                                     
                        

Basically, this anime revolves around Kae Serinuma who's a high school girl and fujoshi/otaku. As mentioned up above, she used to be pretty chubby and the death of one of her favorite anime characters brought about her change into this pretty attractive girl. Due to this change, all the guys that she knows tend to fall for her and become more attached every day. This leads to several events that you must absolutely watch. If interested, click on this link to watch the episodes ⇨Episodes!!! 

Characters: There are several characters for this anime. The main character of course is Serinuma Kae. (Note: they're the same character...2 in 1 per say)

      
                            
As for the rest of the characters, you've got (in order from left to right from the picture below) Nanashima Nozomu, Nishina Shima, Shinomiya Hayato, Mutsumi Asuma, and Igarashi Yuusuke.
                         

If I were to choose one as my favorite character, it would have to be Mutsumi. I really like him a lot. He's kinda quiet but has a caring nature and is also very smart and kind. He's also very open-minded and generous and really sweet.

                  


I just like this character so much, but the rest are also my favorites even though I like Mutsumi more. The other characters have their own unique personality and each one is very lovable. Or at least, in my opinion.


Art/Animation: I think that the art was splendid. It was different and I enjoyed the character designs. There was so much color that is very vivid and cheerful. The animation was also great. There would be sparkles and twinkles and shining lights in some of the scenes. It was really cute and I thought it was a nice addition to enhance some parts in the anime. 

                         
                                      (The daily struggles of an otaku)

                              
                                                 (He shines so bright!!!)

                              
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                                                           (0hhhh Kae...)

Music: The opening and ending songs were good and they were pretty up to beat to the whole anime. They were enjoyable in a way. They don't stand out as much as other anime openings and endings do but they were tolerable in their own way. I liked it.

          Overall, this concludes this week's anime review. Tune in next time!

                              
                                  

Anime Review: Shingeki no Bahamut:Genesis

"Look at my eyes! Are these the eyes of a liar?" -Favaro Leone (Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis)

                             

          This week's anime review is based on Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis, or also well known as Rage of Bahamut: Genesis. With a total of 12 episodes, this anime falls under action, adventure, demons, fantasy, magic, and supernatural for genre. There's a lot of action and cool characters. I really enjoyed watching this anime which I finished in less than 5 days. I recommend others to view Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis, I'm sure it'll be worthwhile. Here's a link that'll take you to watch the entire 12 episodes if you're interested ⇨shingeki-no-bahamut-genesis. Enjoy!

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Synopsis: Background (according to Wikipedia)..."Mistarcia is a magical world where humans, gods, and demons mingle together. In the past, the black-and-silver winged Bahamut had threatened to destroy the land, but humans, gods, and demons overcame their differences to fight together and sealed its power. The key to that seal was split in two, one half given to the gods and the other to demons, so that they would never be united and Bahamut never released."

Either way, Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis tells the story of the bounty hunters Favaro Leon and Kaisar Lidfard. However one day, their lives are thrown into havoc when they meet Amira, a mysterious girl who’s actually a one-winged demon that stole half of the key that maintains the seal. They find themselves in an epic journey encountering more demons, angels, gods, a holy knight, and a situation where the peace of earth could be once again devastated into ruin and chaos by the almighty Bahamut.

Characters: There are several important characters for this anime. Those include the ones as shown in the image below...



Art/Animation: I absolutely loved the art and character designs for this anime. The thing that made me want to watch this anime the most was definitely the cool and enthralling effects. The dazzling lights, the glowing eyes, the battle scenes filled with excitement. There's also the dramatic music that intensifies it even more. That's what I enjoyed the most. Furthermore, the animation was beyond expectation in my opinion. I really enjoyed this anime till the very end. 

Some of my favorite scenes includes the part of Amira's transformation when fighting against a demon. The fighting was the best part because she totally defeated it, no effort whatsoever.

                   

There's also the part of Jeanne's tranformation where she's turned into a demon. Go this link to view it ⇨Jeanne's Tranformation

Here's Jeanne taking down a demon...

                   

In addition, another favorite scene of mine includes the part of Jeanne and Michael's beautiful moment before he vanishes. Go to this link ⇨ Jeanne and Michael

Here's Michael before he vanishes...

                   

Also, just look at the beautiful artwork and amazing detail added to this fallen angel...FYI, it's Lucifer.

                            

Music: The music was pretty good. The opening and ending stayed pretty consistent throughout the entire anime. The opening was pretty intense and the ending was calm and relaxing. They were the total opposite if I do say so myself. That's that for the music part

          Besides that, this concludes this week's anime review. Tune in next time!

Anime Review: Ao Haru Ride

"Whenever our eyes met, we would definitely look away for a moment, and then look at each other again." -Yoshioka Futaba (Ao Haru Ride)

                           

          This week's anime review is based on Ao Haru Ride or in other words, Blue Spring Ride. This is a cute and loving story for those who love romance. This anime also has a bit of comedy and drama as well and the story is well developed. A must watch for those who watch this type of anime genre. In addition, there's a complete total of 13 episodes and there's also the manga if you prefer to read it instead. Either way, enjoy this week's anime review.

Synopsis:This anime basically revolves around 17 year-old Futaba Yoshioka, a high school student who used to be pretty attractive and popular with the guys in middle school. However, many girls despised this fact. Due to her inferiority complex, she tried to change in a way that doesn't get her too much attention so she acts less feminine per say or in others words, less cute. This way, she tends to stand out a bit more like a tomboy. But before changing that way, she had a classmate named Kou Tanaka who she met one day under the rain and developed a mutual love for. Several things happen and fast story short, he disappears out of sight. Now in high school, she unexpectedly meets Kou again but under a different last name which is Mabuchi. But his character also changed as he is more cold and rude.

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Characters: There are several characters for Ao Haru Ride and that includes: Yoshioka Futaba, Mabuchi Kou, Makita Yuuri, Murao Shuuko, Kominato Aya, Tanaka Youichi, and Kikuchi Touma.

                           

                           

                           

                         

                         

                         

Art/Animation: I think that the art displayed for this anime is amazing. I really liked it a lot and the color scheme was perfect. I also liked the character designs. I believe that each character was individually well developed. The whole anime gave off this cutesy vibe as there were some scenes that had sparkles and this light aura in the background. As for the animation, no problems here. I thought this whole anime was great. I loved it when I first watched it and I still re-watch it till this day. I've also read the manga and there's some good stuff there because the anime stops at a certain point and doesn't complete the whole story. So I recommend doing both.

Here are some funny clips that I though were pretty fun to watch...


                           (this scene though)

                            
                              (#can relate)
                      
                              (I wonder if this actually hurts...hmmmmm?)

Music/Op/Ed: Another thing that I enjoyed about this anime was the opening and the song with it. It was very up to beat and cheerful and happy and so full of joy. Well it is in my opinion. It was very colorful and it was very enthralling. As for the ending, it was also pretty good. It kinda goes for a more mellow tune all was good.

Overall, this concludes this week's anime review. Tune in next time.

Anime Review: Shirobako

"There is no occupation that doesn't have its difficulties. That's why the rest is how much you're able to endure after all of the humiliation you face." -Ogasawara Rinko (Shirobako)

This week's anime review is based on Shirobako, a cute anime with only 1 season (24 episodes) that basically revolves around anime production which is pretty cool. It displays a lot realism as to how anime is made and the different processes that it undergoes before being displayed for the public to watch. It's a very vibrant and unique anime about slice-of-life. Either way, enjoy this week's review.

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Synopsis: A brief summary of Shirobako is that it’s about five girls named Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori who all dreamed of becoming pros in the animation production once they all graduated from high school in order to fulfill a promise they all made which was to reunite and make a real animated series of their own a professionals. However, they all soonly realize that the animation industry is a bit tougher than what they had imagined it to be.

Story/Characters: I thought that the story was well-written in my own personal opinion. There were some times where I thought there was a flat storyline within some of the episodes and sometimes the pacing would go a bit too fast when everything started to change afterwards. However, the story for this anime was quite interesting and it kept me so fascinated as I watched through all 24 episodes because I have never seen an anime about how make anime, knowing this fact kept my interest in Shirobako because I’m not the type who is very much into watching slice-of-life anime.

The characters for this anime were quite a lot. To be honest, I couldn't really memorize all the names for these characters and it made it kinda hard for me to know who was who. I did manage to catch on to a few of those characters, mainly the main ones. Some of those characters seemed unnecessary for this anime and sometimes I felt like they just threw some of them in there. Overall, I really liked some of the characters displayed such as the director. The image on the bottom include all the characters for this anime. If you want to learn a bit more about them, click this link⇨Shirobako-characters

Animation/Art: I really felt that the character designs and the background art along with the animation techniques used for Shirobako were great and it really suited the anime. I personally really liked the way the art was conveyed throughout the whole series and how it could sometimes set the overall mood. I also liked how nicely made the characters were as well because in my opinion, I adored the character designs. The details made in every episode and in every character deserve an applause because after watching this anime, I realised how time consuming and difficult it is to draw something like that and also how hard it could be to finally make those drawings move for the real thing and the different procedures taken to get the job done. I am really impressed by how the art presented in all the images shown conveyed a realistic feeling or setting of the story. It was very lively and colorful too.

There were several scenes that I really liked mainly because they were funny. They're mostly about the director because he's weird, but in a good way. For one of the scenes, where he confronts this guy who tries to stop him from meeting the writer for the anime he was gonna produce. At the same time, he's also dressed somewhat like a cowboy and the actions that follow made me laugh a lot.

There's also the one where he's in a maid costume for some reason which I forgot.

                             

The last one is where he's  magically flying. (I also forgot the reason why)

                   

                     

There's more where that came from. Like a ton of other funny ones. You should give it a try.

Music/OP/ED: The music played in the opening and ending songs were really energetic, happy, and up-to-beat. I think that the music chosen conveyed a feeling of what the anime will be like and it set a really good mood and tone. In other words, Shirobako was going to be a very interesting and positive series. My views of the opening is that at first, I really enjoyed them because sometimes they give hints about what to be expecting to come out later in the anime but soon after I grew bored after watching them for so long. As for the ending, it was really good because as we were nearing the final episodes, the ending would always change in a way, not by song but by the illustrations shown. I'm a person who usually skips the opening and ending but I realized that it is very important and interesting to watch them.

Overall, this concludes this anime review. Tune in next time.