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Break Blade 4: Sanka no Chi.
The land of disaster.

It is the 4th installment of the Break Blade series.

The story continues and Rygart is still in the process of becoming a "cold-blooded killer", it is not that he is changing but he wants to change. This said, the war is progressing and more and more battles occur, some new characters introduced, but for the rest. it continues the way it was heading.

As for the art, as you already might know since your on the 4th movie of Break Blade, is top-notch, very detailed and smooth making those battle scenes look better then your average anime.

"Fate" by Kokia, this OP fits perfectly and bears the emotions of Break Blade. But i'd rather aim towards the seiyuu and effects'. The seiyuu do their work pretty damn good, but some just felt off sometimes, thus destroying a little of the realistic feel it would give off and making it harder for the viewer to get into the movie. But opposite to that you have the effects, when the characters are talking it is like an average anime, but when the fights start it takes a drastic turn and the sound explodes. Don't get me wrong, not in a bad way but in a good one. Every sound effect fits and is not annoying to the ears, added to that we have the extra loudness of these sound effects making the fights just that bit better.

The character department stays almost the same, ofcourse we have Rygart wanting to change with some succes. But the accent in this episode is on Sigyn, she is the one that we find out the most about.

The enjoyment level as always is high, it is just a better anime then the standard for me.

Overall i give it a 9. read more

Beelzebub, a story about a ruthless defiant who doesn´t care about his fellow man at all, paired with the baby of the demon king.

At first i was skeptical about it, but still gave it a try due to the ratings that the manga had. And if i may say so, i wasn't let down the least.

The mixture of action, comedy, supernatural and maybe a little drop of romance makes up a delicious meal.

The story begins with Oga being chosen as the parent of the demon king's son, Beelzebub IV. Oga who sees Beel-bo as nothing more than a nuisance tries to get rid of him and in the process beats up some of the strongest delinquents in the school that he is attending, Ishiyama. Although it might not look like it at sometimes, the bond between Oga and Beel-bo is growing and getting stronger. As seen when Oga refuses to give Beel-bo to a group of robbers when they say that they are just going to use him.

The Art and Sound go well together and the seiyuu's were perfectly chosen.
As for the art itself, it is what i'd call your average style. something that we have all seen once or more.

And then we arrive at the characters, alot of typical characters but some with a little twist to them. The real surprise is the main character Oga, he doesn't look like your average shounen "i need to protect" character. Oga looks evil in any situation even if he tries to be nice. but that is just physically, Oga is portrayed as ruthless but as said many times he is not the ruthless defiant who doesn't care about his fellow man. In times it is shown that he helps others even if it might mean trouble for him. As seen when he kicked a police officer in his nuts and threw him into the garbage can to prevent Kunieda Aoi from slapping him.

A 10, yes i gave a 10 for enjoyment. Why? Since it never ceases to make me laugh and look epic at the same time. Whenever it is out on Sunday morning (for me) i usually watch it even before One Piece.

Overall: 8, because the story is not really that deep yet, so the first 7 episodes are given an 8. I cannot know what happens yet since i don't read the manga but i'm pretty sure it'll only get better.

I hope you guys and girls will give Beelzebub a try now, and when you do i can assure you that you will like it.
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Indoctrination, teaching someone to accept doctrines uncriticall.

This is a part of Break Blade 3: Kyoujin no Ato.

Story: The story continues as to where the second left off. Throughout the serieswe get to see Rygart changing, taking people´s lives becomes easier. That is only one effect of war. Misery is also one, friends have to fight each other people get killed and their families are left behind. Prisoners are taken.
In break blade 3, the story is mainly about the cause of war and the effects of it

Art: The art is outstanding! It is very detailed and the colors are nice and vivid. On top of that, the animation is just awesome, it is very smooth and just neat to watch.

Sound: Wow, wow! Almost the only thing you can say, if you start watching it and hear the sound you will be very pleased. Compared to your average anime it is easily 10 times better. The sound really feels realistic.

You also have the Opening, it's a calm opening but if you use that song and put it under a video with disasters of war it would be a very sad video.
The opening is a perfect fit.

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So this is the second movie of the series called Break Blade.
The action starts right away and as you can see, the animation and art is pretty good. maybe some weird movements here and there, but overall it's outstanding.
We get to know more about the characters, mostly about lee and cleo. and i think that cleo is not as a bad shooter as everyone thinks she is.

Which i found the main point of this episode was the decision of Rygart. His feelings get hurt and he's left with a choice. leave the kingdom or fight for it.
Fighting for it would mean that he has to leave his old self behind who is against all this fighting and he would accept the possibility that he might die.
Or run away live on, but know that your friends will forfeit their lives.
Can he or can he not live on like that?
That will be answered in The second movie of Break Blade. read more

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. The remake of Full metal Alchemist. If you have seen the first series you might be hesitant to start watching Brotherhood, mainly because you have already seen it. Which is not the point really.
I myself was hesitant about it. the first few episodes were almost the same as the original and i had almost dropped it but around episode 15 if i recall right. Brotherhood kicks it up and takes on a different story then the original. A much better one. If you watch one episode you'll keep watching.

I would also like to point out some things about the art, sound, characters and overall again.

Art:
The details that are drawn especially of the faces are magnificent, they captivate those certain emotions, and it looks badass.
Only seeing the art is already an enjoyment in itself.

Sound:
Great really great, very realistic voice acting and some sad moments brought me to the brink of tears, also due to the sound being played.

Characters:
Very good, some awesome unique characters. i would almost say that all characters of this series could be a favorite. I like all characters in this series and everyone is different. there may be some that i dislike but it's none of the main characters/sub-main characters.

Overall:
It has a hint of romance, action, adventure AWESOME animation. oustanding art. And a mastermind writer. The story is a diamond amongst diamonds.
The start was not that great for me due to already having watched the first series. But when it starts it won't stop and every episode is the very definition of f****** epic.
One final thing, after watching brotherhood i gave the original an 8 instead of 10. and seeing brotherhood all the way through and comparing it with the original wants me to give the original a 6 or 7. of all the 100+ anime i've seen this takes the crown without breaking a sweat. read more

Ok, so at first when i started watching this show i was like ok..?
That's it? it had a bit of comedy and some lame summoning system.
But i sticked to it and was blown away, the characters in this series are very awesome and it most definitely is one of the best comedy series i have seen.

It also has a hint of romance in it which is very nice since i like seeing such things.
If you want to have fun watching a series and have a laugh this is it for you.
Don't expect to much of a storyline, this is just sheer enjoyment.

One thing i really loved about Baka test was the concept of the horrible food. It looks delicious but it's taste is deadly. Pretty different then the other anime which the food looks like a purple/green/blue blob with weird smoke coming off it.

I highly recommend this to anime fans, since it's definitely worth to watch it. read more