Review of Claymore

The Storyline was most certainly unique in most ways. Strong FEMALE characters, the majority of the storyline was revolved around one main character but focused on others. The demons/monsters in this anime was actually pretty scary and freaky which in most Anime isn’t true, and it’s pretty fake in Anime, but they make you actually feel slightly freaked out. The fact they didn’t keep to the stereo typical, boy falls in love with girl vice versa, was pretty refreshing form other anime I have seen. All of the sub genres made this whole Anime a success and although not perfect, pretty close to being that. 

The Animation was perfect for that year, and also there was no censoring or nothing unlike some Anime. The Sound was pretty much perfect, although the opening and ending songs weren’t the best, they were perfect for the Anime, and I kind of got into them half way through the series. The English Dubbed voice actors were mostly great, bar a few which were not really suited to that Character or was a tad annoying. 

The Characters were the weakest thing in the whole Anime. I only like one or two in the whole of the Series… The others were either annoying or just not important to me. The main character Clare is my favourite as she’s not the strongest yet she’s strong and she doesn’t care about anyone’s opinions and yet she’s caring to others and can help out. Although I do like Raki, the other main character who hangs around with Clare for the most part of the Anime, I found him annoying a lot of the times, so I am kind of in the middle with what I think about him. Teresa was the other character I liked and all the other characters I either don’t like or really don’t care about them. 

Overall I really enjoyed this anime, but there were some slow parts through the series and the characters just lacked something, as I shouldn’t be hating that many… or should I.

8.9/10Story

   

10/10Animation

   

9/10Sound

   

8/10Characters

   

8.9/10Overall

P.S Some of these Reviews that I am posting, was old Reviews, when I used to write Small Reviews. So some reviews I write will be long and some will be short. :) 

Review of Persona 4 The Animation

The Storyline was really interesting and I know I keep saying this, but it honestly was unique. I am reviewing this as if it isn’t a game, as I haven’t played any of the games, so to me it really is unique and different. For me it took a few episodes to get into it, but after those few episodes, I just knew it would be a good Anime. I loved how I was working out who was the main bad guy throughout the whole series and was pretty hyped when I found out I was correct.  

The Animation and Sound was amazing, although I wasn’t a huge fan of the opening and ending songs, although they aren’t the worst I have listened too. The English Dubbed voice actors were amazing they really suited the characters they were playing and it was pretty cool to see the Voice actor of Ichigo from Bleach voice the main male character.  The Animation was really good and fit the style of the Anime. 

The Characters were all pretty different when talking about their personalities. It was really entertaining and funny watching the friendships being formed, and how some of those people has some weird personalities and have no idea how they can stand one another. Yu Narukami is the main male character although his friends come a close second. His personality is more of the quite type but can be outgoing at certain times, especially around friends.

Overall I really enjoyed this Anime, but because of the slowness and other things, I couldn’t rate it perfect.

9/10Story

   

10/10Animation

   

8/10Sound

   

9/10Characters

   

9/10Overall

P.S Some of these Reviews that I am posting, was old Reviews, when I used to write Small Reviews. So some reviews I write will be long and some will be short. :) 

Review of No. 6

The Storyline is really interesting and actually although yes it has similar ideas of other Anime, the overall idea is pretty unique. The pace of the Anime is really good but I wished that it was a longer series or that a second season was made, as I felt it was rushed in some episodes. 

The Animation was really good and perfect for the show, but I wasn’t a fan of the opening Animation but loved the ending Animation, the same with the Sound and the fact I wasn’t a fan of the opening song, but loved the ending song. The English Voice actors did a really good job voicing their characters. 

The Characters Nezumi and Sion were amazing, in this Anime, I really loved both of their personalities, and by gosh did they both have different personalities. They bonded and created an amazing friendship and although some people are against them becoming more than just friends, I am NOT against it. I also really loved Karan; Sion’s mother. The love she has for her son and the risks she took for him were amazing. 

Overall I really LIKED this Anime series, but I really wished it was longer, or had another series, because there was so much more they could have done with the story and characters. 

9/10Story

  

9/10Animation

  

8/10Sound

  

9.5/10Characters

  

8.9/10Overall

P.S Some of these Reviews that I am posting, was old Reviews, when I used to write Small Reviews. So some reviews I write will be long and some will be short. :) 

Top 5 Anime Opening Songs of Summer (2018)

Onto the third season already, oh my gosh. Time is going fast this year. This is looking like a good season for Anime and also a good season for opening songs, at least for the Anime I am watching. It was hard to order 5-2 as they are all amazing songs in their own unique way, but Attack On Titan opening sounds more like an ending song, hence why it's 5th place. Once I heard Banana Fish opening I was hooked, happy and hooked once again. The best EVER. Their was no competition for it. So here it is, my top 5 plus 2 honourable mentions. 

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Honourable Mention #1: 

Sirius the Jaeger
Opening 1 - Sirius by Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets

Honourable Mention #2:

Angels of Death
Opening 1 - VITAL by Masaaki Endo

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#5

Attack on Titan 3rd Season

Opening 1 - Red Swan by X Japan featuring Hyde

#4

Persona 5 The Animation
Opening 2 - Dark Sun by Lyn

#3

My Hero Academia 3
Opening 2 - Make my Story by Lenny code fiction

#2

Free! Dive to the Future

Opening 1 - Heading to Over by OLDCODEX 

#1

Banana Fish
Opening 1 - Found & Lost by Survive Said The Prophet

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If you want to know all the Anime that I am watching then click here and then you will know what other opening song's I missed out.

I do quickly want to point out that I love a lot of the ending songs this season, but I just don't have the time to do Ending song lists either. I have only ever done it once on this blog and it was just too much effort. Maybe one day I will, but I am hoping to bring something to this blog I had on one of my past blogs.

I will be back with a new post of my Top 5 Anime in Summer and then My Top 5 Opening in Fall.

See you then.


Tara
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My Top 5 Anime in Spring 2018

The Second season has now ended and we are now halfway through the Anime year of 2018. This season was a mix bag of Anime and below it will be my thoughts and feelings. As I have most likely said in past posts, only Anime I have finished this season go on this, for Anime such as Persona 5 will be on the Summer list if it's in my Top 5. 

This list will be a combination of Anime I finished from last season, and Anime that was only 12-13 Episodes long.

Honourable Mention #1

Cute High Earth Defense Club Happy Kiss! (12 Eps) - 4 Stars 

I was very disappointed when I found out it was going to be with new Characters but at the same time intrigued to see how they can pull it off. Although at first I didn’t really find it interesting and wasn’t really drawn to it, eventually I started to find the characters interesting and the show in a whole funny just like the past two seasons. Will I always love the first two more; yes but I am not rating it lower just because of that. This show is for light hearted fun and mainly, most likely for Girls to fan girl.

Honourable Mention #2

Dorei-ku The Animation (12 Eps) – 3 Stars

I was really temped to not put this in the post, as I have two other Anime with the same star rating as this, but if I were to choose any of them to be a little bit better than the others it would be this. I was so looking forward to this and I honestly though this could have been so AMAZING, but so many things just disappointed me and annoyed me. I hated all the characters bar two and of those is a Dog… a Dog and the other being his female owner aka the Main female lead. She was most likely the only smart one and only humane character in the whole show. She didn’t want to control others and be a jerk and only reason she got roped into this was because of other idiots. The opening song was AMAZING and I didn’t really have any big issues with Animation. The storyline was interesting, but just like a lot of Anime recently; it has a chance to shine and be unique but just fails to do the best.

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#5

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online (12 Eps) - 4 Stars 

I am a huge fan of Sword Art Online, even with all the hate it gets. When I saw it was going to have a side story of sort with different/new characters I was definitely interested and intrigued. Did I go into it thinking it’s going to be an amazing show; no I didn’t , but I did go into it hoping it will entertain me, make me laugh and have an interesting storyline. I loved the main character so much, I don’t know what made me love her so much but I just do. Pink? Maybe it’s the pink!?. The pacing was good and the majority of the storytelling was good. I just felt like it was very repetitive at times, and some things weren’t really needed. I loved the little mentions to the original series and characters. Opening song was ACE and ending song was good. I don’t want any more of this series, as I felt it worked more on a stand-alone and I can’t wait for the main series of SAO to be back. 

#4

Tokyo Ghoul:re (12 Eps) – 4 ½ Stars 

I was sceptical with a new season of Tokyo Ghoul since the last season wasn’t as good as the first and it really disappointed me at times. I actually got really hooked in this series and it managed to change my views on Tokyo Ghoul once again, it made me have the same thoughts and feelings as I had in season one. While watching this series I was confused and lost at times and researching things weren’t getting me anywhere so I assumed as a non-manga reader that because of the mess up with season two it led me confused with this season. Other than that issue I really enjoyed this series, I loved the fights and the characters and development we had. Wasn’t the biggest fan with the opening and ending songs, but insert songs are a whole different story. The ending was good enough, especially knowing that a new season will be out in October. This series was a huge improvement and hopefully it will only go up from now and maybe just maybe I will eventually be able to rate a Tokyo Ghoul series a five star. 

#3

DARLING in the FRANXX (24 Eps) - 4 1/2 Stars

Anime original coming, making its way through the crowd and oh boy was this a ride I really am glad I was part of. I am not going to talk too much about the drama that enfolded in the Anime community with a certain episode, but only to say that I really was disgusted with some people’s behaviour. Back onto the topic at hand, this show was good and I mean it was really good but it kept doing random stuff and bringing stuff into it that maybe wasn’t needed at times. The pace was really good for the majority of the series and although there was some dull episodes, I kind of expect that for Anime series that are longer than 12/13 episodes. I feel that the characters were really good in this show bar a couple of them that I found were kind of dull or annoying. Once again this Anime had a romance element that I loved. Opening song and ending songs were fitting and quite enjoyable. Once again this could have been a perfect Anime but some elements just brought it down a little.

#2

Devils' Line (12 Eps) – 4 ½ Stars 

After reading volume one of this Manga, I then found out it was going to be an Anime in this season, and I was suddenly so hyped and so ready for it to be animated. From episode one I got hooked and then once it got post the part I got to with the Manga I was going blind and still enjoying it just as much. I know other watchers were comparing it to the Manga throughout the whole series, but I luckily didn’t have that on the back of my mind. I really enjoyed plots and pace of the series and most of the episodes were really enjoyable and addicting and I do say this show did one other shows do and that leaves it on a cliff-hanger at the end of each episode. The relationship between the two main characters was imperfect in a perfect kind of way. The opening and ending songs were AMAZING. The ending was most likely an Anime original ending as it was kind of rushed. Was this show perfect; no, but it was almost there and it was a ride I really enjoyed being on.

#1

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card (22 Eps) - 5 Stars 

When I first found out Cardcaptor was getting a new season my younger self jumped with joy. I am joking it wasn’t my younger self it was my current self too. The first thing I noticed was how amazing the animation was and sound quality of everything. I got hooked into this universe as soon as episode one was over and wanted more every week. The characters were just as amazing as the first season. As a non-manga reader I can’t tell when it’s a filler or canon episode so to me, it was all really well done and not dragging. The relationship between Sakura and Syaoran is just the cutest, most adorable and the best couple of ANIME. The opening songs were beautiful and the ending songs were catchy and I especially liked the first ending over all of them just that little bit more. Although the ending was what I wanted, everything up till then was perfect to me and that’s why it’s my number one and earned its five stars. 

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This season was a mix bag of good and bad. Even though half of the Anime I finished this season was good, bar one or two, none were close to being perfect. The Anime that disappointed me could have been so much more. I didn't cover a couple of Anime from this season, so if you want to know more about that then just check out my Anime Planet link on the right side of the blog. Can't wait to be back with my Top Anime Opening songs of Summer 2018. 

Tara

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Top 5 Anime Opening Songs of Spring (2018)

The second season of Anime is now underway and this season there was a range of different and unique Anime and what comes with Anime is the Opening songs... and by gosh was there plenty of those... This was the hardest season and year I've had to narrow it down...I had over 10 opening songs that I loved and enjoyed. Narrowing it down to 5 was just too hard, so narrowing to 7 will have to do. I have missed out so many good songs, so if you don't see your favourite than don't hate me. 

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Honourable Mention #1: 

My Hero Academia 3

Opening 1 - ODD FUTURE by UVERworld

Honourable Mention #2:

Steins;Gate 0

Opening 1 - Fatima (ファティマ) by Kanako Itou

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#5

Persona 5 The Animation

Opening 1 - BREAK IN TO BREAK OUT by Lyn

#4

Devils' Line

Opening 1 - Eclipse by Shouta Aoi

#3

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations 

Opening 3 - It's all in the game by Qyoto

#2

Caligula

Opening 1- Paradigm Box by Ritsu Shikishima (Chiharu Sawashiro), Shougo Satake (Shunsuke Takeuchi)

#1

Black Clover 

Opening 3 - Black Rover by Vickeblanka

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As I said above, this was so hard to order and cut down to only 7. If you want to know all that I am watching then click here and then you will know what other opening song's I missed out. My number 1 rank was always going to be my number 1 rank from the moment I heard the song. EPIC!.


I will be back with a new post of my Top 5 Anime in Spring and then My Top 5 Opening in Summer. See you then.


Tara
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My Top 5 Anime in Winter 2018

The first season of 2018 has finally ended. Time has gone way to quickly. I can't wait to get into the Anime of Spring as I have around 14 I want to watch, including on-gong Anime, I do have a feeling I will be dropping a few as I do have work etc to do as well as watch Anime but I am hoping to watch the majority of what I have on my to watch list. 

This list will be a combination of Anime I finished from last season, and Anime that was only 12-13 Episodes long.

Honourable Mention

• Sanrio Boys (12 Eps) – 4 ½ Stars

I was actually really close to putting this as 4 Stars but the voice acting that they all showed was so well done that I just couldn’t do that. I knew from the start that this is a show that a lot of people wouldn’t like or wouldn’t get into but I also knew that I being the kind of girl who loves a little cheeky show would enjoy it. The middle of the show was a little iffy but other than that I found the storylines interesting and the development of characters was really well done. I found a character annoying at the start but by the end I grew to love him. The opening and ending song was both catchy and I wouldn’t mind downloading the opening song, just for that one line... This Anime was just so innocent and light hearted and I could watch this no matter what mood I was in. It wasn’t too serious but yet not too comedic that I felt like I was watching a comedy sketch. Would I want a season two, yes I would but at the same time, maybe with new characters and them being minor ones, to branch out the Sanrio characters too. 

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#5

Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens (12 Eps) – 4 ½ Stars

This was on the shows I went into thinking I wouldn’t enjoy it and I wouldn’t get hooked into the storyline. Well… I was so very wrong. I was intrigued after episode 1 and hooked after episode 2. The fight scenes were really well done, although at times I did want them lasting longer. All of the characters were unique and interesting. (Poor Saito, and his bad luck, although I guess it could be good luck that he has the allies that he does have).  I actually enjoyed this more than I enjoyed some Anime I really thought I would love but ended up dropping or just being disappointed. The pacing was really well done, especially as it only had a 12 episode window to fit it all in. I love how it still had time to develop so many characters and still have it staying fresh and interesting. The opening song is amazing and the ending song catchy, this ending song showed, you don’t always need lyrics to make a good song.  I really hope a second season comes out, because this show had elements I wished other Anime had but don’t and yet they can keep going on. 

#4

Violet Evergarden (13 Eps) - 4 1/2 Stars

This show was one that I didn't actually plan to watch, but ended up watching it due to the amount of high praise it got for the first few episodes. I am so glad I listened to the high praise. I will say that, it’s been a long time that an Anime has made me cry in so many episodes, I would say around 3-4 episodes hit me right in the heart. The storyline was unique, interesting and never once was it boring. I did feel at times, it was a slightly slow, especially at the start but other than that, it was paced very well. The characters were all unique and I loved all of the good characters in the Anime. The growth of the main character was well portrayed and written. The animation was so clean and pretty and I loved just looking at the background in all of the scenes. The opening song is truly beautiful and fits with the show very well. I know that the “Violet Evergarden” franchise has been green lit for a new project but no idea if that’s a movie, more Anime or other things entirely but whatever it is, I am sure it will be amazing and I will most certainly check it out. 

#3

B: The Beginning (12 Eps) – 4 ½ Stars 

I always planned to watch this, but when it didn’t come out at the start of Winter, I thought that maybe it was delayed until next season, so I forgot about it, and then suddenly I saw it on Netflix and I was like… Oh well I best get on it and all of the episodes were out. ALL OF THEM.  I would be lying if I said I didn’t drop everything and devoured the whole series in a couple of days but I don’t want to lie, so yes that’s what I did. The show was just amazing. Amazing soundtrack, the majority of the Characters were likeable and interesting and the twists and turns were really well done. I am not sure if I am the only one that felt like it was two separate storylines interlinking and at times I felt the stories interlinking were very forced and not natural which is why I didn’t like it at times and I also felt some things weren’t explained very well and you had to use your own imagination and brain. Other than that I loved the show. I really hope for a second season, because of how it ended. If a second season doesn’t happen, I would be very disappointed. 

#2

Garo: Vanishing Line (24 Eps) – 5 Stars

The last time I tried to watch a Garo series; I just couldn’t get past half way. I am so glad that this series had something the other one didn’t. I will be honest and say that I was disappointed when I found out Vanishing Line would be part of the Garo universe because I thought I would get confused at times and be unaware of things, but with the little knowledge I did have and having help from my boyfriend I managed to watch this without getting too confused. I love how unique this was compared to the other Garo series I half watched. I think it was easier to fall in love with the main characters in this one and it was also more modern which helped in my case. The pacing was iffy at times and I felt some episodes could have been merged into one or just not happen. Other than that issue, I fell in love with the world and the characters. Sophie will always be my favourite Garo character ever, with Sword and Gina coming a close second and third. Luke… Well Luke will be my crush of the Garo universe. The second opening and ending songs were my favourite and a shout out to the ending, it legit made me feel things I wasn’t expecting to feel. Emotions... 

#1

Mahou Tsukai no Yome (The Ancient Magus' Bride) (24 Eps) – 5 Stars 

When this show started last season, I fell in love with it straight away. The animation, soundtrack and characters were enough to make me addicted to this world. I was always looking forward to the next episode every week. The storyline was paced very well for the most part although at times I felt like it was going to fast or too slow but other than that it was done really well. Chise was just the best character in this show. Even being weak, she showed great strength and bravery. There was sad, happy and nerve wrecking times while watching this show and I am so glad that I watch this. The first opening and second ending were my favourite songs and the insert music that was used was fitting and good. Do I think there will be a second season, I really don’t know because the ending was just so good but would I watch it if a second season happened…Hell yeah. Also If I could rate this higher than 5, I would. 

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I loved the majority of the Anime that finished this season. It was really hard to order my number 3 and 4 in that order as they are both two completely different genres and I loved both for different reasons. In the end I just choose the one with more Action as my number 3 but in my eyes, both are number 3. Can't wait to be back doing my top 5 of Spring.

Tara
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