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K-ON is not a grand masterpiece. But I don't think it was ever trying to be.

This series has both been the subject of great praise and scathing criticism, and perhaps the true nature of the anime lies in the middle of both opinions.

K-ON is a good anime, and a good comedy. Not a great anime nor a great comedy, but also, not a bad anime nor a bad comedy.

Yui is a girl who is pretty doofy and she gets caught up in playing lead guitar for the school light music club. Just... she doesn't know how to play guitar. Not important! Despite her idiocy, the girl is a genius at crash coursing her way through life. She soon becomes a master, and the band kicks off.

The other characters are Mio, a sensible girl, Ritsu, the energetic drummer, and Mugi, a strange, good-natured rich girl.

While this is not the greatest comedy to date, it is pretty good, and it's popularity is pretty legendary, considering how many people seem to have gone out and bought instruments after seeing the anime.

K-ON is not food for thought. It is candy. It will rot your brain but damn, is it ever good. read more

Lucky Star is one of those odd shows that build its popularity and success off of directly parodying famous concepts of anime, games and manga.

Yet at the same time, it functions as more than just a parody, and serves as a story about four girls who are going through high school.

This is definitely a fan pleaser, with moe art and cute stuff, and lots and lots of references to famous anime like Code Geass, Higurashi and Kanon.

While it serves its purpose, some of the comedy drags or is too reliant on the parodies. I haven't seen half these anime they talk about, so it went right over my head. The ones I did know, I enjoyed.

The worst thing about the show was Lucky Channel, in which the humour was forced and very annoying, especially since one of the characters isn't even a character--he's just an animated voice actor rambling lines. It isn't funny.

But that doesn't stop the rest of the series. Not the best comedy, but a good one. read more

Now, it might seem a bit weird giving an anime a 10 like Ichigo Mashimaro, but this is to be justified. I am rating this on how well it works as a comedy, not as "a masterful piece of visionary art". Since it is not.

A master comedy? Why yes, it is.

Ichigo Mashimaro has an unusual sense of humour and that will be noticeable right off the bat. The story is dependent on timing and the subtlety of the humour. While there are instances of pure crazy slapstick, most of the comedy comes from the sarcastic remarks or the feeling of "yeah, life's like that" aspect of it.

The characters completely complement the show. There is Miu, the show stealer who is insane and has ADD, I'm sure of it. Then again, the girl doesn't forget and holds madly funny grudges, so maybe she has selective or self-inflicted ADD. Her best friend is Chika, a normal girl who gets pissed off for being the only sensible person out of all her friends. What makes Chika great is her chemistry with Miu. They make a good comic dup. Sort of observing everything is Chika's older sister, Nobue, a college student who drinks, smokes, and loves "moe". Additionally, there is Ana, a British girl who can't speak a lick of English and Matsuri, the resident moe blob who can barely stand straight far less function properly in society.

The jokes are hilarious and tight, the concepts are unual though normal at the same time, and there's also a bit of emotional, real story in between all the comedy.

Ichigo Mashimaro is a great series, and highly recommended. read more

If there is ever a manga that knows how to play with your heart, it would be Girl Friends.

This manga is a beautifully illustrated, enjoyable and emotionally involving chronicling of the lives of Mari, a young girl with a girl friend who she starts to wish was more like a girlfriend instead. And yes, the space does make all the difference.

For that is Mari's dilemma. She falls for a friend. A girl friend. This manga covers all the drama, feelings and confusion that one feels while falling in love. What is worse for Mari is that she is in love with not only someone who doesn't know it, but with her best friend. And to top it off, that friend is a girl.

Issues of sexuality are perhaps hard to deal with. It's scary enough to fall in love, and sorrowful enough to be in love who doesn't return it - but then there is being in love with someone who you cannot afford to lose.

The writer of this manga is brilliant. The scenes are never dull and every scene packs a punch.

Mari and Akko are excellent characters. Mari is our voice, and she feels all that insecurity and fear we would feel. Akko is just a fun, awesome, cool girl with a loving side and a silly side to her. She really makes you fall in love with her, and it's easy to see why Mari'd fall for her too.

This is an absolutely brilliant yuri manga. It is cute, the characters are lovable, and the situations are all too relatable, even if you're not gay or lesbian. read more

*spoiler free* i tried hard to give a general idea of the show and not include any spoilers.

Story: 8
The story in the second season is far better than the first one. The concept is still the same, but we are starting to get the whole picture about what is Gantz and the pieces begin to connect. The monsters become more powerful and more interesting and there is a really brilliant and enjoyable twist in the final episodes, which made everything clear to me and did this show justice. There is also much more action that was absent from the first season.
Art: 8
The art is pretty good. I wasn't wowed by it, though I found it had some unique characteristics. Overall it fitted the whole concept of the show and it is surely far above average. I really liked the use of colors, like gold, especially when used to emphasize on something important.
Sound: 9
The sound was what I enjoyed the most in the series. I find it extremely fitting for the atmosphere of this anime. I also love this kind of music and I still find myself humming the Opening song. Very catchy.
Characters: 8
In this season the main characters become far more interesting and there is growth as the story unfolds, which the first season lacked. The supportive characters are more interesting this season as well, and also play a much more drastic and important part in the main plot.
Enjoyment: 8
I am not a big fan of gore and violence. Bust still I found this anime worth watching. It had something completely new to bring to the table and the second season surely made me see it positively. Especially the ending is one of the best and most complete endings in anime.
Overall: 8
I won't exaggerate and label this a masterpiece, I understand how violence "helped" so the series and especially the ending would have a greater impact.
It also gave to the anime its unique character, but as I said that's not my cup of tea. Watching this from an artist's point of view as a whole idea I would give this a 10. It's something original, it is like teasing us people, our taboos, our ethics, our limits, and all for a reason.
But speaking as me, I am giving it an 8, cause I can't enjoy too much gore and violence as I already said. I admit it, it simply repels me, even if it is "justified". For those of you who have strong nerves and stomachs or you want to see something really original, then it's a must! And if you have watched the first season already don't even hesitate to watch the second one. You'll be rewarded.
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This is my first review so go easy on me please!!!

LoveCom is one of those animes that really take you for a spin. There are many things to see, hear, feel, and to be felt. i honestly went through a range of emotions while watching this series and it is good romance I saw.

LoveCom has the story of Otani and Risa, a short boy and a tall gurl and they have a strange but funny and fun relationship with one another. The whole point of the anime is to show how love comes from the strangest of places with the person who you feel most comfortable with.

The art is good and i liked the style of the characterss with their long features. The music is all right but i can't remember most of it.

All in all, a good series and it is worth the watch. I liked it very much. read more

Clannad After Story is one of the most beautiful anime ever made. It is possibly the greatest anime ever made featuring romance and fantasy.

It follows the life of Tomoya Okazaki who is a misfit who gets together with the love of his life, Nagisa Furukawa. Together, they make a life together and they work together and experience all aspects of life and love together.

What a happy, sad, tragic, magnificent series this is. I cannot think of anything more perfect than this, and it does not get any better than this. And I have not even seen the first Clannad, I just watched this one since everyone is telling me how good it is. So I watched it and it was still amazing.

Honestly, watch this show. It will make you cry. read more

After hearing everyone tell me how good this was, I decided to watch it. And it is a good anime...just it is not the greatest anime.

The story is a story about a young boy named Simon and his "bro" Kamina. They meet Yoko, and the trio start fighting mechas and whatnot. The series proceeds brainlessly just with Yoko jiggling around, doing nothing and Kamina doing most of the work, since Simon is snivelly as well.

But then, when THAT happens (and those who watched this know what I am talking about), the series just gets worse. But at least Simon gets better.

The characters are a mixed bag, because there are some cool ones and then there are characters like Nia, who is basically a retard.

This anime is all style, no substance. It must have distracted people from its averageness by all the loud screaming and cheezy pep talk.

BELIEVE IN ME WHO BELIEVES IN YOU WHO BELIEVES IN YOURSELF...or something like that. read more

Oh my gosh, this was so horrible. I cannot belive that this was Samurai X. It is laughably bad and not only that, they made Kenshin into some sort of emo douchebag and his "wife" is even more emo and annoying that he is.

Don't waste your time with this. If you love Samurai X, don't watch it. It sucks. The art was pretty terrible as well.

Death Note is a pretty good show about this guy called Light Yagami. Light is a smart man. Really smart. Like a genius. He is a genius, and that is the plot of Death Note. Genius verses genius in a battle of wits.
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In his death note, Light can write down the name of anyone once he pictures their face and has their real name, and once he does that, they will die. But he has an enemy, L, who tries to stop him.

This is a good show, and the only thing not good about it is Near and Mello and the ending. Other than that, it was great to watch read more

Sometimes death is not the end. There is no salvation, no peace, and no rest. Instead, what you get is a big black ball in the middle of an empty apartment room making a mockery out of your death and playing with your life.

This is the essence of Gantz. It is a giant game of Simon Says where Simon is cruel and heartless, and he does not "say" what he wants you do to--he demands that you do it.

Immediately, Gantz is the type of anime that will turn a viewer off or completely absorb and fascinate them. It follows Kurono Kei, a young teenage slacker who seems to go through the motions of going to school, perving out and getting cut no slack when being made fun of in front of his peers. All that changes when, in the series first shocking moment of grotesque violence, he is chosen by the entity known as "Gantz" to play a game. An unfair and brutal game, where he has to fight for his life.

Gantz throws away concepts of heaven and hell and delves right into the absurd, abnormal and alien. It is filled with gore, violence, sex and brutality, and is not the type of anime for the weak-stomached or impatient. It is undoubtedly one of the most frustrating series to watch because of the pacing of some of the scenes. There is one particular moment where another character is bleeding to death, and instead of going and doing something, everyone tries to pass the responsibility of saving that person to someone else.

Gantz is unpleasant to watch because it shows humanity as something inhumane; what does it say about human beings when all they can think about is themselves and their own selfish endeavours even when someone else desperately needs their help? It simply says the truth.

The art tends to border on a more realistic side, with clearly defined facial structures for the characters and detailed city backgrounds where most of the story takes place. The one unreal aspect of the anime are the proportions of the girls. This anime is ecchi, and to fit with that, the girls are lusciously designed; extremely well-endowed and curvy, with adult feminine qualities to them. They are made the butt of several perverted fantasies, and some of the more memorable moments of good animation in this series are not the fight scenes, but the sex scenes. That being said, the fight scenes are not bad at all, and the camera zooms around the skies and the streets like a vulture watching these people. The close-ups are all well-timed and the general direction of the scenes are done extremely well. The enemies designs are a mixed bag; some look downright silly, intentional, of course, many are hideous and others are even a bit beautiful.

Gantz's focus on the sound aspect is mostly on dialogue. Several minutes can pass within an episode with no background music used at all. The point of this is to focus on what is actually being said. In a bright room stuck with only random people you do not know and a giant ball-like thing in the centre, what else is there but the sound of awkward silences and your own chatter? The anime has a weird OP theme song, but it is highly fun and strangely suitable, and the sombre ED theme song fits with the overall mood.

This anime has a cast of characters that you will love or hate, but mostly they are not likeable because they are so real. Kei is the voice inside of all of us. He is that bit of us that thinks, "I don't wanna help that bum--he stinks.", "Her knockers are huge, can I squeeze them?" and "Screw you all, who is looking out for ME!?" Every guilty, immoral, and selfish thought that we know is buried deep in us is articulated by Kei. He changes throughout the course of the series, though we learn that this is not so much a change as he is becoming who he is truly. Katou is the voice of reason and the symbol of that which is good in human beings. While he comes off as the goody two-shoes, he absolutely is not. He is capable of destroying people, but he chooses not to. And it is this that makes him the moral being in contrast to what Kei personifies.

In fact, the minute we start getting annoyed with Katou and start wishing that he would be more like Kei is the minute that Gantz catches us--we have, just by rooting for the crueller character, affirmed our own flaws as human beings. Katou is the good guy in all of us. And Gantz uses him to show us just how much we intrinsically hate that guy, because he is useless, self-righteous and never gets anything done. We are all Kei. He is the Mr. Hyde, that potential in all of us, even if on the exterior we live only like a good, sincere Dr. Jekyll.

The third main character is Kishimoto, and she seems nothing more than a fanservice prop, and that is pretty much what she is, really. The difference is that Kishimoto, outside of her figure, is not exactly the type of girl that would appeal to any "normal" fetishes. She is depressed, she is suicidal, she has deep emotional and mental issues. Not exactly the typical heroine. The rest of the cast is pretty mish-mash as the background characters constantly change. Despite some of their brief appearances, the supporting cast is an eclectic bunch, featuring any and everybody, from yakuza to pretty boys, salarymen, psychopaths, grannies and even dogs.

Enjoying this anime, as aforementioned, is a challenge. Most of the time you will be wishing that some characters drop dead and they won't, and when they do, you want them to come back. Eventually, you even start cheering for the "villains" of society, simply because they are the heroes of this game that Gantz is making them play. It is a odd and unusual anime, quite unlike anything ever made before, clearly highlighting the flaws of the human condition.

Gantz, while it is crude, crass and grotesque, highlights clearly the basest of human desires, thoughts and actions. This anime says what we want to say, it thinks what we all secretly think, and it does the things we all want to do. It is a fine piece of absurdist literature simply animated. read more

I had high expectations of this manga as a lot of people recommended it to me as a fun shounen which tries to do things a bit differently than typical manga of this genre. Turns out Ann Cassandra matches this description exactly, alas, with a few things missing here and there.

The story unfolds at a suitable pace as the reader gets acquainted with the main characters and setting in a collection of lively and interesting introduction scenes. The premise seems quite fresh and you get curious as to whats going to happen next.

Both of the main characters are fleshed out and strive to be a little different to the average stereotypes. Their interactions are both entertaining and engaging to read through. The art has a sketchy feel to it and the lines are not as defined as I would prefer but it is still easy to get whats going on in the action scenes. Despite the fact that the author admitted he had trouble drawing them :) There are some imaginative angles shown and some elements are drawn in a very stylish way.

Towards the second volume, the pace of the story radically picks up as we are rushed through the narrative and the various prophecies that have to be "broken". The story is prevented from naturally unfolding at its own pace and thus feels somewhat forced. This could be due to pressure from the publisher or the manga being squeezed out of popularity polls. We can only guess.

Overall, Ann Cassandra is a quick and fun read which doesn't try to stick with the usual genre cannons too much. However, the reader is left feeling that it could have been so much better if only it was given enough time and more volumes to develop further.

*Story - 7
*Art - 7
*Character - 9
*Enjoyment - 7

=>Final Score - 7.5/10


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Zombie Loan is a fantastic, albeit short, anime that revolves around Tachibana Shito (Boy A) and Akatsuki Chika (Boy B) who were rumoured to have died in an accident six months before the story begins. Thanks to one of seven ferrymen (Bekko) from the World Fate Organization, the boys have been "brought back to life" through a contract known as a Zombie-Loan. Bekko runs a business (also known as Zombie-Loan, or Z-Loan for short) based on these contracts. Tachibana and Shito are now indebted to the ferryman and they must hunt zombies to earn the funds to pay off their debt within a year, or it's game over, and there will be no coming back a second time.
A great series with lots of action and supernatural references. I love how different mythologies and religious ideas were infused in this anime, allowing a wide audience to be able to enjoy it without to offensive feeling that some animes invoke when they play the religion card. The character development in this series was absolutely great and the overall animation was pretty good, too. I have to rate the sound low, though, for one reason: the opening theme song was utterly horrific. I listened to maybe thirty seconds of it, determined to give it a chance, before quickly skipping ahead to the actual episode. I found this series to be a little too short, but I think the original plan was to have it go for over twenty episodes, so I can't complain about it too much. The action sequences and storyline made this anime one of the greatest I've seen in a while, and I most certainly do recommend it to anyone who likes a good taste of action. Character relationships were well balanced in this particular series, including the surly Tachibana and the reckless Akatsuki (our main zombie-hunting boys). The bit characters were also pretty interesting in their own ways, though some of the lesser characters could have been brought out a bit more, such as the Chairperson of the Academy and her "pet," Lyca. This series doesn't put too much out there for the shojou crowds, but it came across to me as something rather refreshing; finally there is an anime that includes guys, girls, action, sharp-tongues, a little taste of yuri, but not a whole lot of gushy confessions and lovey-dovey smooching. Actually, there were virtually no confessions or smooching. :D
All in all, an excellent series that left me begging for more.
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I can with quite confidence say that this is anime is definetly in my top 10 favorites.

Story: 10/10
The story may seem sorta dull, there are alot of other animes and mangas that has this plot but GTO really makes use of the plot fully. It has quite a few twists and it really is a very edge gripping and great plot.

Art: 9/10
The art isn't the best i've ever seen. The art is only average but it really does fit in with the whole plot and you don't think about the art that much when you watch.

Sound: 9/10
Some of the characters voice acting isn't that great. But overall it dosn't get on your nerves and most of the characters are well played.

Character: 10/10
Amazing characters, they all have their own problems and specialtys. It really isn't just the same characters all over the place and normal characters. They are all unique in a very good and fresh way.

Enjoyment: 10/10
Great variety of jokes and they don't break the tension in the plot. Some of the jokes and expressions of Onizuka just sents me laughing on the floor, definetly enjoyment of the first class

Overall: 10/10
It's definetly a must watch for peoples who like a slight bit of action/ecchi/comedy a little romance or just someone who wants to watch something to pass the time with. It really gives you a long impression that will last in your mind for quite a while after watching it and making you want to watch more. read more

Wow this is one of the best i have seen in a while not kidding

enjoyment 10/10

story 8/10

sound 8/10

character 7/10

art 10/10

overall 9/10

What i really like about this one is that takumi really is a lucky bastard right after hes done with one the next one comes soon after lol

faster than you would expect...this is another good harem hentai that should be watched

4 episodes long..... i thought about maybe not having to watch this since my preference is to have more chicks not just 2 but i still wanted to watch it since it was recommended in many other hentai reviews .
Anyway After watching the first two episodes there wasnt really anything special
but after the next 2 episodes the story picked up a bit and then it was more interesting so was the hardcore action the screaming is too much than a typical hentai but it was still Good (thumbs up) not the best hentai i have seen but its still kinda worth watching if you like brother and sister fetishes but i still think thats wierd but still i give it a 7. read more

Vitamin's story starts with revealing a typical day of a normal teenage girl with an ordinary life, who's attending school and is surrounded by dependable friends, faithful boyfriend and caring family. Or it just seems so.

With a life, that perfect, just one wrong step is enough ruin it all.

Her life's being completely teared apart from the jealousy of the people around her. Everyone she has ever trusted, betray her after nasty rumours about her being an easy girl. "Trust us", "I will protect you", "We are sorry".. are the words she falls for and so the story begins.

There's noone who can lend you a hand when your selfish boyfriend, fake school friends, teachers and family are against you. Without even one person by your side, there's no way you can save your pride and running away from the problems makes the whole situation only worst.

How a young girl fights all alone against that, you can understand when you read this amazing piece. read more

For those who enjoy a beautiful romance inside of a fantasy world, this is for you. The art is absolutely outstanding. The characters, the sceneries, the landscapes, all designed in detail to achieve perfection.The story may not be the most original, but is a sweet romance. The characters (inclunding villains) are captivating. This Manwha makes your imagination flow and every chapter is filled with beauty. If you like beautiful art, strong willed passionated characters, mithology, legends and fantastic worlds, then give it a try!

Little snow fairy sugar is a very cute show based on fairies that have to find a "twinkle"in order to be a full-pledged fairy.With cute colors and outfits this best fits young girls.

Full Metal Alchemist is one of my favorite anime.The BONES studio did really created one unique story by amplifying the use of alchemy(science in new generation) and exaggerate it as source of power in the story. The well blended comedy, action, life struggles and dreams makes this anime adoptable to any anime lovers!


Ive been waiting for its ending in the brotherhood season!