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Anime Month: Day 21- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
*Spoilers for Gurren Lagann*
“This is a tale of a man who has yet to learn his destiny.” Continue reading
Anime Month: Day 20- Death Note’s Perfect Ending (?)
Spoilers for Death Note. Continue reading
Anime Month: Day 19- Avatar: The Last Airbender
Who would have thought that one of the best anime shows of this generation would come from Nickelodeon?
Even though it isn’t from Japan, Avatar: The Last Airbender is an animated show that was heavy influenced by overseas animation and culture. The term anime usually refers to a Japanese cartoon, but The Last Airbender is one of the rare exceptions for me simply because of the quality of the show. It is not like other cartoons on Nick, as it was subtly a mature show, with an actual plot that went from beginning to end.
The story was amazing, but two things that made this show so exponentially above the rest was its characters and the world they inhibited. Continue reading
Anime Month: Day 18- Ranking the Hunter X Hunter Arcs
Even though it’s currently on hiatus, Hunter X Hunter is still my favorite 100+ episode anime. Hunter X Hunter has a plethora of characters, and unlike other shounen shows, it doesn’t rely too heavily on the main character to move forward. HxH is at its best when other characters, including the villains, have time to shine. That highly reflects this list of what I think are the worst to best arcs of the show.
7. Greed Island Arc
The Greed Island has the unfortunate privilege of being in-between the two best HxH arcs: Yorknew City and the Chimera Ant arc. The Greed Island arc didn’t do anything of note compared to seeing an entire city sieged by the series’ biggest criminal organization, or the natural disaster of the Chimera Ant’s beginnings. It was cool to see Hisoka working with our heroes for a change, but the main villain of the arc was the series weakest. The Greed Island arc is just kind of there at the end of it all. Continue reading
Anime Month: Day 17- Mature/Inappropriate Anime
NSFW: Yo, this ain’t suited for work in any way possible.
Anime Month: Day 16- Short Term Shows
There is no time to waste in short anime shows. The first episode needs to hook the watcher almost immediately, because there is no “it gets better in the second arc,” because there is only one arc.
Short anime are more focused, and the message is bright as day. With longer shows, the message can be skewed after a the first couple of arcs. The message changes as characters change, and that’s not a bad thing for long shows. Longer shows are more about growth and the journey the character (and the viewer) go through.
Short term shows on the other hand, have a set amount of time to tell one single story. As a result, you either get one really uninteresting tale, or one bombastically good one. Shorter shows have a single priority and they never lose sight of that.
Anime Month: Day 15- Long Running Shows
The immediate benefit of a long running anime is that you’d always have something to watch. You grow with characters throughout your own lifetime, and their story becomes apart of yours.
Even though I said a lot of bad things throughout the month about Naruto, I love that show because it’s been apart of my life since middle school. I’m in college now and Naruto is still going strong. Fairy Tail is also a shinning example of a show that has lasted through multiple stories and a wide range of characters. Long shows have the ability to flesh out multiple characters whenever they please, because there is no need to rush anything.
Anime Month: Day 14- Manga vs. Anime
I’ve brought up Death Note a few times during anime month, and I must do so again, because I enjoyed the manga more than the anime. The story is exactly the same, but with the manga, I could take my time reading it, anywhere I wanted to. I’ve only watched Death Note once, but read the manga twice because I wanted to go back to certain parts to dissect them and see if I missed any subtle details.
It also helped that the art quality for the Death Note manga was superb.
Anime Month: Day 13- Death Note’s Ending
*Heavy spoilers for Death Note*
Light Yagami was no saint. He killed thousands with the use of the Death Note, a book which kills the person whose name is written in the book. But the tragic part of it is, Light started off with a righteous goal. Yeah, it was a bit dark, but purging the world of criminals isn’t a 100 percent right or wrong.
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