6/21/2015

Thoughts on Fairy Tail & One Piece!

Natsu Dragneel!
My youtube channel have been deleted I`m really pissed and disappointed I have so many anime I wanted to post here. I posted links to my fav anime streaming and news sites, check my favs blogs tag you`ll be able to watch the latest anime in French or English. I started watching fairy tail again I still think tenrou island is fairy tail best arc but I`m curious to see if tartaros arc anime will be better than the manga.
Tartaros Arc!

Dressrosa Arc is officially one piece`s worst arc ever, Doflamingo is my fav shichibukai the way he kicked moria ass and asked crocodile (a former shichibukai) to work for him I really thought the donquixote pirates were very powerful. The truth is I`m really disappointed by his crew, is Ito Ito no Mi is the most powerful amongst all of them. Baby 5 may be a woman weapon but she`s kind of useless, pica is coward who hides under rocks and picks only on the weak, he`s definitely not a worthy opponent for zoro.
coliseum fights and Doffy!
My favourites moments were the coliseum fights I really enjoyed the fights, bartolomeo and sabo are my fav new character. Dragon`s claw was amazing to watch in anime and I really thought he wouldn`t win the mera mera no mi, I`m impatiently waiting for One Piece: Episode of Sabo in August. We`ll finally found out what happened to him after his death and learn a bit more about Monkey D Dragon luffy`s dad, one piece have been running for over 15 years and he`s still a mysterious character. Oda sensei will have to come up with a great ending to make up for the disappointing storyline, I wonder who will be luffy`s next big opponent: Big mom or kaidou the beast. The manga isn`t doing so "well" since this arc started, in fact nanatsu no taizai(seven deadly sins) was  #1 on Oricon ranking and sold more than one piece and shingeki no kyojin. 
luffy`s 4th gear

4/27/2015

Assassination Classroom!

                                              
Assassination classroom is a manga written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui, the story follows the daily lives of a powerful octopus like teacher and his students who vow to kill him to save the planet from destruction.
Koro sensei is an octopus like creature with several superpowers who destroyed 70% of the moon which is shaped like a crescent moon forever and he claimed that the earth will also be destroyed within the year unless he`s killed. He then starts working as a homeroom teacher in class3-E at  kunugigoaka high school and the Japanese government promises 10 billions reward to the students who will be able to assassinate him, it won`t be an easy task because he`s very powerful and their best teacher.                                                                               
 The manga have sold 10 millions copies in japan and the animated series began on 01/15/2015, a second season have been confirmed and another movie adaptation: Ansatsu kyoushitsu The Movie 2. 
When I started reading the manga it took me a while to understand it and once I did I loved it, the start is a bit slow and confusing it will take some patience to like the manga and it`s getting better with time. I didn`t like koro sensei at first then I loved how he dealt with his students trying to kill him. The story is deja vu and cheesy but it`s a great shonen  with some good comedy. It`s always a hot topic whether a manga is better than an animated version and I`ll have to say I thought the anime was good, the chara design is great the scenario was well done and I love how the relation teacher-students is portrait. It wasn`t intense at the beginning then it got really interesting, the second season will tell us if the anime lived up to the manga or is even better. I highly recommend this anime!
                                                                           

4/26/2015

Anime Death: The Saddest Scenes Ever!

Today`s topic is the saddest death scenes I ever watched in Anime.As anime fans I think most of us have experience that moment when your favourite character dies despite all the wishes and fingers crossing.It`s probably the worst moment ever in anime fandom, I experienced the death of my  favourite anime character at a young age. Mufasa from the lion king, that was my very first favourite character ever and when he died I remember I cried like a baby.

Lancer Fate/Zero

 It was very hard for me as a little girl to watch my favourite character die, I don`t know if that first experience have anything to do with my choice of characters now. For some mysterious reason most of my favourites characters always end up dead, that doesn`t happen often to most anime fans.I don`t know why I`m one of those fans who experience that all the time.You never get use to it,I still feel the same stress, silent prayer or anguish when I see my favourite character die and I have seen a lots of death scenes over the years. These are the saddest death scenes I ever seen:

Maes Hugues: Fullmetal Alchemist (Brotherhood)

Hugues death is one of the saddest ever, he was a kind man, a loving husband and father who was killed by a coward to took his wife appearance and what really pissed me off was what king Bradley was thinking when hugues daughter was crying at his funeral, that was a bit too much I think! 

 Jiraiya : Naruto Shippuden                                                                                                
                                                                                   
  
Ero sannin is one of my fav characters in Naruto shippuden and I`m not a big fan of the show, he was goofy, funny, madly in love with tsunade, a wise man and super strong more like super super strong. He fought all the incarnations of pain alone when the whole konoha village full of ninja and their hokage couldn`t hold them back, he did lose his life but it wasn`t in vain he left clues that helped save his village. A real ninja and hero who taught some of the strongest ninjas ever: the 4th hokage minato namikaze, nagato or pain, the 7th hogake Naruto uzumaki. " I believe true peace can still be achieved in this world"  Giraya dream and goal as a ninja and a master.

Akame Ga Kill                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
It`s not shocking to see a character die in akame ga kill, we knew from the beginning it`s one of those anime where no one is safe but Chelsea death was still shocking to me, I was really hoping she`ll make it alive!

                         Lelouch V Britannia: Code Geass
                                                   
Lelouch lamperouge or zero if you prefer wasn`t an angel, he killed his half brother clovis and his half sister euphemia, he also did a lot of awful things like control people minds but he`s still my fav character of the series. He committed all these crimes for a good cause, he didn`t use the best methods but the thing is he brought changes and even sacrificed himself and took all the blame to leave a peaceful world for his sister nunnally and his friends. 

Special Ops Squad(Thomas Wagner): Shingeki No Kyojin                                                                     
It`s time to be honest it took me over a year to finally watch attack on titan and I have to say it`s worst than game of throne, everyone seem to die and I couldn`t keep up with the deaths.It`s such a gory anime and the fact that it`s such a hit kind of worries me, do people really love to see desperation and death so badly? Mikasa is my new girl she`s such a cool character and I also love rivaille but I`m not holding my breath for the second season.

Ryuzaki or L Lawliet: Death Note                                                                                   
I think I don`t need to introduce this great detective, he was a weirdo with a great mind. I loved his exchange with light yagami he wasn`t fooled he knew all along light was kira but he couldn`t prove it, it`s hard to do when dealing with soul reapers and it cost him his life. His death scene was so unexpected, I never thought he`ll die that`s what makes death note a masterpiece.

Shiro Fujimoto: Ao no exorcist                                                                                               
Shiro fujimoto death scene made me cry like a baby, he had a fight with his son rin who told him he`s not his real father, which so much he succumbed to darkness and satan possessed him but his love for his sons was stronger and he committed suicide to protect rin okomura from his real father. T hat`s what I call a real father and a hero!

Itachi Uchiha: Naruto Shippuden                                                                                                          
Itachi uchiha story is another anime tragedy, we all thought he was a monster who wipped out his entire clan and betrayed his village. He was actually a hero who killed his own family for peace and left to protect his younger brother who lived only to kill him. The uchiha clan power is a gift and a curse, a strong hatred between brothers have been going on for generations.

Ulquiorra Schiffer: Bleach                                                                                                          
Ulquiorra schiffer or espada quatro is my fav character in the hueco mundo arc, he`s probably ichigo`s only opponent to beat him at each one of their encounter. Ichigo thought he was the top espada and his goal was to beat to end the fights, little did he know he was actually the 4th espada and the shock on ichigo`s face was priceless when he found out. Ulquiorra definitely deserved the first place and I was hoping kubo sensei will bring him back instead of grimmjow, his death scene was both beautiful and sad.  

Portgas D Ace: One Piece                                                                                                         
I`m a big one piece fan it`s my fav anime after dragon ball z and I have to say ace death traumatised me a bit, I can`t like a cool, funny and hyper strong shonen character without being scared he`ll get killed like ace. I cried for days and I have teary eyes while writing this. I`ll never forgive Oda sensei for killing off such a great character when law is being shot at and cut into pieces only to come back to life. One piece is turning into a joke with the dressrosa arc, marineford was epic and I was expecting the same thing with dressrosa whith donquixote doflamingo and his crew as opponents. Ace close my list of my favourites characters death!




                                    

11/21/2014

Anime Fan Service: Good or Bad




Nami

Fan service or service cut is a term used in the anime community to designate some scenes added to please the audience in other words it`s about servicing the fans.There are different types of fan service,it can be long and violent fights scenes (DBZ,One piece, Bleach...), an hyperactivity or a superhuman strength(Eyeshield 21, Inazuma eleven,..) or it can also be a full shots or a demonstration of robots(saga Gundam, Code gease,...).

Lupin III
But the term is now commonly used to refer  to erotic or sexual scenes in manga or anime. I remember in the 90`s anime were very family friendly, I used to watch them with my dad who is a big fan of dragon ball  and captain harlock. I don`t think I can watch an anime with him these days, that would be too awkward. Most anime  now  have some forms of  eye candy,the most common are sexy maids and girls in bathing suits or a shower scene.  Are all these ecchi scenes really pleasing to anime fans?


HOTD
It`s like a trend amongst mangaka now even the big man behind One piece is using some sort of eye candy, it`s amazing how nami and robin`s boobs got bigger in the two years time lapse, I wonder what kind of training they went through.One piece is a great anime with a unique storyline and some amazing fighting scenes, no amount of ecchi will make it better than it is now.He should leave that to anime that hide their lack of originality behind ecchi, harem and incest.Fairy tail should be recategorize as a hentai, Mashima sensei is hurting this great story with his overdone ecchi and tasteless nude scenes. Then again I`m a girl I guess looking at giggling boobs or underwear POV is not as enjoyable to me as it is to the male audience.

Erza

I always liked male oriented anime, the very first anime I ever watched was saint seiya. I have been watching shonen anime ever since, the fighting scenes or the characters badass attitudes that`s what I like the most about shonen manga or anime. I can`t stand shoujo or any other sh*tty female oriented manga or anime, but with all the ecchi or harem we have these days, will shonen manga or anime still be the same?
Back in the Dragon Ball Z or Bleach days, there were barely any nudity in anime and honestly I miss those days. 

                                        






11/13/2014

Shonen Jump Top 10 Best Manga Ever!

Da Vinci News a Japanese website just released Shonen Jump top 10 best manga voted by Japanese fans. Let`s see who made it to the top 10




10-Saint Seiya:
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Saint Seiya animated series was very big in the early 90`s like I said in one of my previous post , Masami Kurumada surpassed himself to produce such fantastic manga,I highly recommend you to watch the original animated series.It`s the very first anime I ever watched and I am still hooked today.

09-Naruto:
  Naruto-tomes
No need to introduce this manga, we all heard of naruto sasuke and kakashi. I`m not a naruto fan but Neiji is my favourite character(all my fav characters always end up dead) and I really loved the fights against akatsuki, sasori is one of my favourite akatsuki member.The follow up to shippuden will start in spring 2015 and I wonder what Kishimoto sensei will call it.

08-Hokuto No Ken:

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Also known as the fist of the north star, It`s a manga written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara, another 90`s popular anime. It`s a martial art manga with a lots of violence and gore.

07-Koshikame:
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Never heard of this one, must be one of those manga that never made it to Europe.

06-Captain Tsubasa:
Captain-Tsubasa-tomes
This is another childhood memory, I never read the manga but it was called Olive and Tom, a very popular anime back then, we have Inazuma eleven now.captain tsubasa was our football anime reference back then.Perfect for sports anime fans.

05-Jojo`s Bizzare Adventure:
Jojo-Bizarre-Adventure-tomes
I`m sure we all heard of the Joestars family, the story spans around several generation of Joestars.It`s a fantastic manga, the plot and characters are different for each generation. I recommend you to read the manga, the animated series is a joke compared to the manga.

04-Slam Dunk:
Slam-Dunk-tomes
If you are an anime fan and you never heard of slam dunk, shame on you. Ashita no Joe and slam dunk are a reference of sports manga.The manga was written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue, the author of Vagabond which is a fantastic historical manga based on Miyamoto Musashi one of Japan best samurai.I am a big fan of Inoue sensei work, I hope they will be a vagabond anime soon.

03-Gintama:
Gintama-Tomes
I`m going to be honest here, I didn`t see this coming.Gintama better than naruto or bleach?I watched this anime three times and I could never make it past 20 episodes,I guess Japanese humour is not for me.

02-One Piece:
One-Piece-tomes
No surprise here, one piece is the best selling manga in Japan and has been at the top for many years, the only manga to ever knock it off the first spot is attack on titan and I wonder if that will happen again.

01-Dragon Ball:
Dragon-Ball-tomes
No words are great enough to discribe this master piece!

These manga are considered Shonen Jump best manga ever, I think anyone who started watching anime in the 90`s will agree with some Japanese fans. Saint Seiya or Hokuto no ken paved the way for what I consider the best manga of all time: Dragon Ball.
 Please leave a comment if you agree or disagree with this list. I will continue my  Anime: Top 5 series in my next post.

11/11/2014

Top 10 Most Awaited Anime In Japan!

 I just read a french article about how 10.000 Japanese otaku male and female voted their Top 10 most awaited anime this autumn out of list made of 48 anime. Let`s see if I agree with them
 

10-World Trigger 
World-Trigger-manga-illustration
I will give it a try,looks kind of cool!
       

09-Selector spread WIXOSS(Arc2)
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Undecided about this one!
     

08-Terra Formars
Terra-Formars
Definitely, hope it will be as good as it looks!
   

07-Wolf girl & Black prince:
Wolf-Girl-&-Black-Prince-anime-111
Must be one of those stories like Spice and Wolf!
 

06-Log Horizon S2:
Log-Horizon-Mag
Top of my list!


05-Girlfriend(Kari):
Girlfriend-Kari-Girlfriend-BETA-Visual-Art
Lolicon never gonna happen!
 

04-Seven Deadly Sins: 
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Looks cool, maybe at best!
 

03-Yowapeda Grand Road S2:
Yowapeda
Not a priority but a must!


02-Fate/Stay: Night Unlimited Blade works:
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Will there ever be an end to this anime
 

               01-Psycho Pass:
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Haven`t watched S1 yet!