Friday, December 30, 2016

Anime for the First Time

"I am the hope of the universe. I am the answer to all living things that cry out for peace. I am protector of the innocent. I am the light in the darkness. I am truth. Ally to good! Nightmare to you!" - Goku (Dragon Ball Z)

      Coming up with other topics to write about is starting to become more and more difficult to come up with. So, I'll be going over my first experience with anime or in other words, which anime was the first that I've ever seen in my life.

     For starters, I first started to watch anime when I was around the age of 6 or 7 so I was pretty young back then. The anime that was first introduced to me was Dragon Ball and back then, I wasn't even aware what anime was so I just mistook this for some cartoon that involves martial arts or fighting with a bunch of random characters and one of them happens to be a boy who has a monkey tail of some sort. A bit of background as to why Dragon Ball was the first anime that I watched was for this one reason...my dad was just a really big fanatic when it came down to it. He used to watch it growing up and it was one of his most favorite shows to watch. One day, he just decided to put it on for us and from there on out, I started to like watching it. My dad, being the fanatic he is, had a whole collection of VCR tapes all on Dragon Ball because it was really a long time ago and those were used a lot during that time. Nowadays, we can easily access this on our phones, computers, Netflix (I think), Country Roll, and Kiss Anime. 


     After, coming to know that Dragon Ball was a pretty interesting anime, I decided to keep on watching it as more and more episodes were aired. Sooner or later, there was Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Z Kai, and now there's Dragon Ball Super which I'm currently watching. In my opinion, I'm enthralled with how many things are happening and all the plot twists and new characters that keep popping up in Dragon Ball Super. 


     As I grew older, I became more aware as to what anime was so I began to watch more and more. Basically, I spent much of my time viewing new series that come out or ones that I've never seen before. In the end, I witnessed anime at a very young age and up to this point, I'm still watching but more intensely since there's a lot going on including new seasons for several animes that will be coming out in 2017. Either way, I can't wait.

     

Sunday, December 18, 2016

My Current Anime Obsession

"You have to do the opposite of what people expect. How else will you surprise them? That's my motto." -Victor Nikiforov (Yuri!!! on Ice)

     Based off of what the title says, I'll be going over an anime that I absolutely must talk about. Recently, there's been quite a couple of new anime releases that came out this year and with more on the way but one that has caught my attention for the past 3 months or at least I think that's how long, is an anime that I'm currently watching that is called "Yuri!!! on Ice" and it has brought me so much joy that I have overflowed with so many feelings.
     Basically, this anime has restored me because I was on the brink of collapsing this year. At first I didn't know what to expect from it, but now I have no words to describe all the emotions that I get from watching this anime. I have grown to love it and every time a new episode comes out, I can't help but fan-girl with excitement. In a way, I feel so exhilarated that I tend to throw a day for myself where I just gather a bunch of junk food, have my phone fully charged because that's where I get my updates from, my blanket, my headphones, and a really dark room. I would consider that a perfect day for myself.
      I'm a bit sad to say this, but Yuri!!! on Ice is about to end with one more episode to be released, and so far I have questioned so many times what will become of Yuri and Victor who are basically the main characters and the ones I ship so hard. I have fallen head over heals for those two characters that I can't help but go up to my friends and talk about them 24/7 to the point where I get on their nerves except for one of them who totally understands me completely. 
     According to Wikipedia, "Yuri!!! on Ice follows a Japanese figure skater named Yuri Katsuki after suffering a crushing defeat during the final of a Grand Prix competition. Following more failures, Yuri develops mixed feelings about ice skating, among other troubles in his life, and puts his career on hiatus. After graduating from college in Detroit, he comes back home to Hasetsu in Kyushu. Yuri visits his childhood friend, Yuko, at an ice rink known as "Ice Castle Hasetsu" and perfectly mimics an advanced skating routine performed by famous Russian figure skater Victor Nikiforov, who is Yuri's idol. When secretly recorded footage of Yuri's performance is uploaded to the internet, it catches the attention of Victor, who decides to suddenly travel to Kyushu to become Yuri's coach. Together with Victor, Yuri aims to win the Grand Prix series as he battles against his rival, Yuri Plisetsky, a 15-year-old rising star skater from Russia." or follow this link→ Yuri!!! on Ice ← to learn more about it if you're interested.
     In the end, I just wanted to get my point across that I really love Yuri!!! on Ice and I can't wait to see the new and final episode which will have me crazy to find out how it will end and whether or not they will make a season 2 which I hope they do make in the near future. 


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Sunday, December 4, 2016

My Favorite???

"There is no time like the present, I guess." - Hatake Kakashi (Naruto)

     Coming up with topics to talk about is actually pretty difficult. I'm quite stumped at the moment as to what I should write on. Considering that I'm still talking about Anime,  I have incorporate something related to it in a way that makes sense. So, I'll have to make this short and simple. 

     Okay, so first of all, I'm not so sure if I should call this a rant but for the sake of this I'm going to say it is. Since I've been pretty lazy today, I'm not going to write as much as I normally would so that's that.

     Anyways, there have been moments in my life where I happen to stumble upon someone who I can relate to when it comes down to anime business. But something that I absolutely hate is when people ask me the same question that just happens to come up in every conversation I have. And that is "What Anime do you like?" and I'm just there sitting and staring back at them with a blank face. The first thing that pops up in that head of mine is "what?" and "IDK". This always ticks me off and sometimes I feel like I should just set people strait. Like really?

     You may not understand is, but in my case it's a problem. For someone like me who watches anime 24/7 and has seen a ton of them to be asked such a question is like practically shooting me in the heart. Well, actually that may have been over exaggerated a bit. Besides that, getting back to point I was trying to make is that I have a lot and I mean a lot of favorite anime shows. Choosing one is really hard. I can't make up my mind so I tend to say nothing. I can like take out a whole list of my favorites and be like "BAM" there's my list from A-Z. But I cant't seem to choose one to claim my top #1. That's just not possible for me. I really just can't. I prefer to just have plenty of favorites than one only.
  
  There could be people out there who might have experienced this and knows how it feels or I hope they do. In the end, that's all I have to rant about. FIN...