Excel Saga Reveiw 2/27/2012

 Ok so last night i finished watching the Excel Saga series which is a really funny and crack filled series. But hey i like anime like that every once and a while.  So since its the latest anime that I've completed im going to review it today.

                                                              Excel Saga

Summary: The evil organization ACROSS is trying to take over the world. Senior officer Excel and Newly Recruited Hyatt belong to this organization. Under their leader, Il Palazzo, orders they go out into the world in hopes of taking control of the world. However ...with Excel's idiotic and crazy personality and Hyatts calm and quiet,yet always puking up blood and dying, personality. These two end up in some pretty crazy situations.  

Video Trailer:                                         

Video Clip:



Number of Eps: 26

Number of Seasons: 1

Spin-Off: Puni Puni Poemi

Storyline: None

Animation Style: 3/5

Characters: 5/5

Voice acting: 5/5

Genres: Comedy, Parody, Sci-Fi, Shounen

Rating: R- 17+ (Violence , blood, language, sexual themes, crude humor)

Watch Online: DubbedEpisodes.com

Place to buy: BestBuy



Sources:
http://www.dubbedepisodes.com/watch/excel-saga/
http://www.bestbuy.com/
http://myanimelist.net/panel.php

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Basilisk Review 2/24/2012

Dudes and Dudettes...not to brag or nothing..but in all my years of watching anime i have completed 77 anime series. Now thats way more than i could ever fit into 12 short weeks of this college .... experiment..lets say. But   even when this Experiment is over i will keep reviewing anime. So lets begin this journey at the top of my list shall we .  However i might have to pass over some of the more Mature anime series for the meanwhile. So lets start at

Number #2  Basilisk

Summary: Welcome to japan in the year 1614, where two rival ninja clans fight to the death just for one little scroll. Why is this scroll so important? What will happen when one clan captures this scroll? Which clan will come out winning? Find all this out when you watch this series!

Video Trailer:

        
Basilisk Opening:

Get More: GameTrailers.com, Vohuman - Basilisk - Credit-less Opening, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Number of Eps: 24


Number of Seasons:1


Storyline: 3/5


Animation Style: 3/5


Characters: 2/5


Voice acting: 4/5


Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Samurai, Romance, Supernatural


Rating: R+ Mild Nudity and Blood


Watch Online: Dubhappy.com


Place to buy: BestBuy  


Sources: http://myanimelist.net/anime/67/Basilisk:_Kouga_Ninpou_Chou
                        http://dubhappy.com/
                        http://www.bestbuy.com/

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Hellsing Review 2/17/2012

                                                                   Hellsing

Summary: Welcome to Hellsing , A secret organization led by Intetra Wingates, where they fight ghouls and vampires ...with their secret weapon. A more extremely powerful Vampire named Alucard and his newly turned Fledgling vampire Seras Victorias.  Together Both of them will fight in the night to keep humans unaware of the creatures that go bump in the night.


Video Trailer: 
(Warning Mature content: Lots of Blood )

Video Clip:


Number of Eps:  13


Number of Seasons: 1


Number of Ova : 2-Hellsing Ultimate, Hellsing I: Digest for Freaks


Number of Specials: 2-Hellsing: Psalm of Darkness, Hellsing: The dawn


Storyline: 3/5


Animation style : 4/5


Character personalities: 5/5


Voice acting: 5/5


Genres: Action, Mystery , Horror, Super Power, Vampire, Seinen


Rating: R 17+


Website to watch: Dubhappy.com


Place to buy at : BestBuy


Overall anime rating: A


Term Ova means: Original Video Animation


Sources: http://myanimelist.net/anime/270/Hellsing
                    http://www.bestbuy.com/
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070913132106AASxwQx


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Anime Genres Pt 2 2/14/2012

                                                               Anime Genres Pt 2

Dementia-Anime with Characters that might be falling into Insanity or is already crazy

Historical-Takes place around a historical time , place , and/or event in history

Music-Anime that is focused on a rock/pop group

Sci-fi-Anime that might take place in the future, or have some kind invasion happening

Sports-Anime that focuses on a type of sport , like baseball , tennis ect..

Demons-Anime with demons in it

Horror-Anime that is scary

Mystery-Where there is a case to be solved

Seinen-this is anime mostly for college age males

Superpower-Where the characters have powers

Drama-A serious anime with a dark or serious plot

Josei-aimed at women , this is a very rare anime genre  and not much is published in the west

Parody-anime that makes fun of something

Shoujo-or the short term Shojo. Which is similar in writing to Shojou which means a note or letter , or Shoujou which means symptom of a disease. This is anime aimed at girls

Supernatural-Anime that has creatures that go bump in the night or have weird things going on

Ecchi-this is perverted anime

Kids-anime made just for little kids

Police-Anime about a certain police force

Shoujo Ai-This focuses on the Relationship between two females and usually doesn't have any explicit content, unlike in Yuri



Thriller-Anime that will have you on the edge of your seat.



Sources: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=48
              http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090522153912AA7uVHS

Anime Genres pt 1 2/12/2012

There are tons and tons of different Genres to describe what an anime is about . Today and Tomorrow i'll go over all these Genres. So please bare with me and i swear after we get through the Genres i'll start to do anime reviews ^.^ But its always important to start  with the basics.

                                                         Anime Genres


Action: Anime that has a lot of fighting /violence involved

Fantasy: Anime that might take place in a magical place, or have magical characters or creatures . 


Magic: Has Characters that can use magic . 



Psychological: Anime that might make you think , or have a character with a psychological disorder



Shounen: This is anime for boys, where there is a lot of fighting and adrenalin involved 

Vampire: Anime with vampires involved 

Adventure: Where the Character's go on a quest to find something , or take down a evil king 

Game:  Anime where the Characters are playing a virtual reality game of some sort, or they compete in real life game tournaments



Martial Arts: Anime where the main characters can do some sort of Martial art

Romance: Anime about love 

Shounen Ai: Which when translated means Boy love , This is the lighter side of boys love..mostly revolving around the love and romance of boys love...not what goes on in the bedroom lol

Yaoi: Is the more hardcore , porngraphic side of a boys love story.

Cars: Anime that is focused on Racing cars 

Harem: Usually has one male/female surrounded by a group of the oppistie sex  

Mecha: Anime with large robots roaming around

Samurai: Anime with Samurai in it 

Slice of life: Anime that relates to real life issues

Yuri: This is GirlXGirl anime , the Oppiste of yaoi

Comedy: Anime that is funny

Hentai: Anime porn


Military: Anime that revolves around a military base 

School: Anime that is mostly set in a school

Space: Anime thats set in space

Sources: My Anime List
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/




Please come back tomorrow for the 2nd part of Anime Genres . 


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Lets start with the Basics of Anime 2/11/2012

Sorry i hav'nt posted in a while . Ok now before i start to do anime reviews. I need to teach you a little bit about anime first..for all the people who are not familiar with Japanese animation.

What is anime: Anime is the slang term for Japanese animation .

Have you seen anime and not known it : most likely yes! If you watched 4Kids tv when you were young , then you defiantly have watched anime before. Shows like Pokemon, Digimon , Yugioh, Dinosaur King , Mew Mew Power-Aka Tokyo mew mew-are all children's anime shows.

Is anime just for kids: NO!!! not at all . Everyone from young kids to full grown adults can enjoy anime!

What is the rating system for anime:

G-good for everyone
PG-suggestive themes, some profanity , mild violence
PG-13-For 13 and up, slightly stronger profanity, more blood and violence, suggestive themes
R, Strong blood , violence , nudity , and profanity
RX , FOR ADULTS ONLY, this mostly hentai aka cartoon porn

Source:http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=16816


Here are some examples of Anime:

Big Windup!-Rated : G

Sasami Magical Girls Club-Rated: PG

Buso Renkin-Rated :PG-13

DN Angel-Rated:PG-13



Girls Bravo-Rated : R



Drangonaut: The Resonance-Rated: R




Source:  http://myanimelist.net/

Well thats is for Class 1 of Welcome to Anime 101
Tomorrow i'll teach you important anime terms and words! So please look forward to it ^.^