Monday, 29 November 2010

The Familiar of Zero...ect...ect

This happens to be another one of those "to begin with I enjoyed it and then..." animes, the first season was good and I enjoyed all the comical side to it but it seems that the few seasons after you just sort of follow the same idea. Nothing seems to develop, BUT this could be because it was a romance and that was all it really was. I personally prefer something with a little extra to the story line that adds to the romance, but the whole thing was a hate/love relationship that the whole anime revolved around. This isn't really an anime that I would suggest off of the top of my head as sometimes I forget all about it because I really didn't enjoy it all that much, but I'll admit there are a few people I know that I would suggest it to just because of their preferences. So if you do like kiddy kinds of animes that contain a suffocating amount confusing emotions then you might enjoy it.

D Gray Man

This happens to be a long running anime that I did get bored of, the reason for this was that I left too much of a gap between watching the English dubbed and watching the English subs that I forgot what was happening. Although it is a long anime it is finished which makes it all the more easier to watch because you know that you have something to aim for rather that a number that keeps increasing. This was a good anime as it had action in it but once again had believable fights that didn't last too long. The only problem I had with this was that the ending was too vague, they didn't round it off like they normally do they just reached the end of an arc and stopped. Leaving it with so many unanswered questions and clips of what would have happened in the future episodes if they bothered to make them. But don't let that put you off it has a good sense of BELIEVABLE supernatural beings and a good balance of seriousness and jokes, I can't really give it that much justice but it was that good that I'm determined that at some stage I'm going to read the manga to actually get  a proper ending to a good anime.

Thursday, 11 November 2010

Seiken no Blacksmith/ The Sacred Blacksmith

I loved this anime, it was short enough that you couldn't get bored of it at only 12 episodes. Found out today that it's actually being dubbed by funimation. I'd suggest this anime to anyone that is interested in animes that are set in a different time period or alternate universes. It contains decent length fight scene that don't take up the entire episode or season and it's fairly fast paced. Plus it is a very clear and bright anime with a small amount of joky and seriousness.