Anime of the Week: Black Blood Brothers

I watched this anime yesterday and thought it was so brilliant that I'd make it anime of the week. It is a vampire story which centres around Mochizuki Jirou who is known as the silverblade---bad ass slayer of any vampire which poses a threat to humans and vampires alike. In twelve short episodes the anime gives you a glimpse of how Jirou became a vampire and why he is such a bad ass swordsman. He is a vampire haunted by his past but with his cheery little brother he is seeking to brighter future in the Special Zone. But can he escape his dark past...ummmmm I wonder????? It is a very entertaining anime to watch--full of action and if you like vampire type anime you won't be disappointed with this story. I didn't know what to expect BUT I managed to watch all twelve episodes in one day, which tells you one of two things.....one---it is awesome---two--maybe you have NO LIFE you frigging OTAKU!!!! Either way I suggest you add this to your to watch list.

Tatakou Shisho - The Book of Bantorra - Fighting Librarians

This is a new anime that has only aired four episodes so far and I've managed to watch all four! It is kind of weird but that weirdness made me watch all four episodes back to back or was that sheer boredom of being a shoebox prisoner thanks to swine flu....ummmmmmmmmmmmm.....NO NO I LIE>.> This anime is definitely not boring BUT I wouldn't say it's a masterpiece either. The story seems quite original to me---there seems to be some sort of religious war going on---I say that because the church is an any enemy in this anime and also there is something bizarre going on with librarians. Needless to say after watching four episodes I'm somewhat perplexed or again maybe the swine flu is affecting my sensibilities either way the storyline is intriguing. I want to understand this mystery about the books of the past, who are these librarians, what's up with weird church telling everyone to follow their lewd desires, who is Shiron and is Colio dead....damn there are a lot of unanswered questions. Anyways, I would say this anime is of interest and worthy of a watch....fairly good action and an interesting storyline----I hope it has a good ending!

Anime of the Week: Eden of the East - 東のエデン Higashi no Eden

Hello, Addicted to Anime Maldives is back in action!!! Sorry everyone.....I have been so busy lately that I haven't even had time to watch anime---yes, I know it's unthinkable...unimaginable BUT I have brought disgrace to the name Otaku....hahahahaha^__^

I will redeem myself...soon....soon!!!!

So, the anime of the week is Eden of the East, which stopped airing June 2009. Honestly, there isn't much I can say about this anime. But I can say that the first and only episode that I managed to watch was hilarious and very intriguing. I would recommend watching it to anyone who likes funny, action, conspiracy or spy type anime. I will add more about this anime at the end of the week (as I will be watching the other 10 episodes as of tomorrow).

If you have never heard of Eden of the East----watch the trailer in my previous post!!!

http://addictedtoanimemv.blogspot.com/2009/04/eden-of-east-or-higashi-no-eden_14.html

Forgive the lame review----watch out the update---coming to blogger real soon.

Anime of the Week: Detroit Metal City -デトロイト・メタル・シティ

This is the most hilarious, craziest, whackiest and wildest anime I think I've ever watched. I'm not really a fan of death metal BUT after watching Krauser II in action---am a fan of DMC---Go to DMC, Go To DMC. The episodes are only 13 minutes long and I swear you'll be bellowing out in laughter---WARNING---if you're not a fan of CRUDENESS then chances are you won't like this anime.

Meet the cute, Soichi Negishi who is the sweet and innocent man behind the lyrics. He is the DEMON LORD and his very sexed up or I should say he wants to sex you up. I could talk forever about this anime but I think it would take all the fun out of it, especially if you're a Krauser II virgin like me..hahahaa. Verdict: Awesome explicit entertainment!

Watch the clip and you might get an indication of what to expect from this anime^__^

Marvel meets Anime!

When I was younger I used to always watch the Marvel action hour---Tony Stark is Ironman, X-Men and the Fantastic Four and I must admit I loved these cartoons. I've watched all the Marvel movies that have been released to date BUT I wasn't expecting to get the chance to watch an anime version to Ironman & Wolverine. But it looks like someone saw fit to bless me with a bad@ss looking anime of two of my favourite Marvel characters!!!!! The trailers only give you a taste of what the animation will look like and simple put it looks awesome. They have a darker feel to them and I say bring on 2010.

Anime of the Week: Mobile Suit Gundam 00

Confession time!!! I haven't even watched any of the Gundam saga apart from 4 episodes of Gundam Wing, which isn't the anime of the week *SIGH*. I haven't even managed to watch one episode of Gundam 00 but I checked out the music playlist and it seems to be awesome, so I'm hoping that the anime will reflect the music --hahahaaa. Imy kun picked this anime----DAMN HIM!!!!!!! So, I can't say much about it---can I--except imy said "VERDICT: Celestial AWESOMENESS! =P"

I will watch Gundam 1 day in the not so imminent future UNTIL than if you like these mecha type anime and you like this trailer. Take Imy kun's advice and watch Gundam00. ^__^

Darker Than Black - Season 2 Gets Green Light

So, if you loved Darker than Black and the infamous elite contractor - BK-201 aka Hei!!!! You'll be ecstatic to know that the next season of this anime has been given the greenlight. If you haven't heard of this anime---you still have time to watch season 1 in preparation for what should be an awesome follow up anime. I do believe that BONES studio will be involved in this production and they've produced a lot of awesome anime, such as Full Metal Alchemist and Soul Eater (if you haven't watched these two anime yet---what the hell are you waiting for!!!!).

Enjoy the teaser!!!

Umineko No Naku Koro Ni - When the Seagulls Cry - うみねこのなく頃に

So, you're born into a wealthy family and you all meet on an island where your rich grandfather lives. You are aware of a tale regarding your family wealth being given to you by a golden witch called Beatrice! You don't believe this nonsense about witches and such like --what are you ---5 years old....hmmmmmm. Nevertheless, the epitaph beneath the witches supposed portrait claims to lead you to the gold?

The year is 1986 and the family is stuck on the island ofRokkenjima and people are starting to DIE---yes, blood and murder and mystery and a possible witch!!!! I've only watched 3 episodes so far but this seems like it'll be an exciting anime with murder, magic and mayhem. I'm intrigued to watch the rest. The characters are interesting and the murders are definitely causing panic and wild unfounded accusations amongst them. Did the grandfather, Kinzo Ushiromiya really make a contract with the golden witch, Beatrice? Well, I definitely intend to find out and I'd suggest that if you like horror, mystery and murder typeanime you'll like this one---I'll keep you updated but it seems like this is going to be fantastic!!!!

Anime of the Week: Kannagi - Crazy Shrine Maidens

I watched Kannagi a while back and this is one funny anime. It's so much fun to watch and if you haven't had the pleasure--you must check it out. Imagine you are an art student and your friend gives you a piece of wood to carve a sculpture. You envisage a beautiful woman and carve her delicately from the piece of wood and you turn your back for a brief second and your greeted by a blue haired Goddess called, Nagi. You are now in the crazy world of the Shrine Maidens along with the main character Jin. Jin lets the goddess crash at his house and she follows him to school BUT he must help her with her godly duties of killing impurities which take the form of BUGS.

The story is very short with only 13 episodes but it's enough to make you fall in love with Nagi and the other crazy shrine maidens. I think you'll laugh your head off at every single episode, as her situation always manages to get funnier. There is even a time when she has to work in a maid cafe and so many other hilarious things. Watch it and laugh LAUGH LAUGH!!!!

Paradise Kiss I Loved IT!!!!

Meet George---the dreamy heartthrob designer of Paradise Kiss!!!!! So, I finished all 12 episodes of this anime a while ago but I remembered I was meant to do an update and here it is. This anime is all about Yukari and her life changes when she meets an eccentric bunch of fashion designers and falls for the charming George. I would say that if you like slice of life type anime you'll find this really enjoying and easy to watch. Don't mistake this for BORING as it's anything but boring and they portray relationships very well in this anime and it makes for a very entertaining watch. I would say that if you liked Nana than you'll definitely like this anime too.

Lonely In Gorgeous - Tommy February 6

Anime of the Week: GetBackers

Getbackers, Getbackers, Getbackers I guess this is all I can say at this point as I haven't watched one episode yet. From all the reviews and what I heard from our facebook group and Imy kun's opinion, this is a fantastic anime. I feel terrible that I'm doing a post without watching at least one episode, so after I write this ....I'm going to sneak a peek BUT do you know what it's like when you're playing catch up on the airing anime and then you're watching an anime like D.Gray Man and you have 17 episodes left before you finish. HAhahaah I need some punctuation, I was rambling without a FULLSTOP or COMMA but I found a fan made trailer which contains SPOILERS I'm afraid but who cares, hopefully it'll make you wanna watch GETBACKERS the supposedly awesome anime!!!!

UPDATE COMING SOMEDAY IN THE NEAR MAYBE NOT SO NEAR FUTURE :)

Canaan Is so Freaking CooL!

I'm not sure what this is all about BUT the amount of action in the two episodes I watched didn't leave much time to worry about IT!!! So, far there appears to be people who see things differently to everyone else and if they haven't mastered this ability it can prove PAINFUL. The main character is called, Canaan and she appears to be some sort of agent working for an unknown organisation.

Canaan [op] -

Canaan has a sister who seems to be working in an opposing agency and there is definitely some sort of rivalry and even though I don't know where it stems from or why she sees things differently from other people. I think I'll continue watching this one UNLESS it becomes so dreadful that I can't persist in which case---WATCH OUT FOR THE UPDATE!!!!

Bakemonogatari is Awesome & Wacky!!!!

I have watched all 3 episodes so far and I think there are 12 more to go and I have to say---this is the wackiest anime I've watched for a while---WEIRD & totally crazy but it's kind of awesome. The story is total madness, I mean the guy in this picture catches this girl who has no weight and he introduces her to a vampire who charges her 100,00o 円 to get back her body mass. The first episode and the second are kind of connected but than the third episode kind of went off on a tangent but in a kind of supercoolcrazy way. I mean the animation, the script, the camera angles and the wackiness are making this into a unique anime experience and I definitely recommend it to anyone who like creativeness!!!!

Anime of the Week: Hellsing!!!

If you love Vampires, action and lots of blood and you haven't watched Hellsing than you are just CRAZY!!!! This anime is so cool mecha kakkoi --the character, Alucard is one of the coolest vampire characters that I've come across and if I put that in simpler terms his a BAD ASS MUTHA EFFER..hahahahaa.

Hellsing opening theme -

You must watch Hellsing like immediately in fact why are you still reading this post???? The story isn't the greatest story in the world but the eerieness of the anime, the music, the fight scenes and Alucard will make you watch all 13 episodes in NO TIME at all. I won't go into too much detail with the story as simply put---girl gets BITTEN and choses to become a VAmpire too live and becomes part of an organisation that is assisted by Alucard to rid the earth of the SCUM out there. LOL.

Red Garden is Totally Weird!

I think that this is without a doubt the WEIRDEST anime I've watched to date!!! It's also difficult to say whether or not I liked this anime BUT fact is it was compelling and I guess I was intrigued because I watched all 22 episodes fairly quickly!!!! I must admit the story was based in New York and the style of the animation was quite different to what I'm accustomed but the character sure look very pretty. The storyline itself is very vague but has an eerie feel BUT the relationships the anime depicts are very impressive. The estranged family relationship, the best friends, the friend that's after your boyfriend and explosive arguments it does it in a style that you would associate with an anime and that's why I think I kind of enjoyed this anime. They definitely took a risk with Red Garden and I have to say it is worth watching. I'm not sure if I've convinced you enough.

Please excuse the annoying DUBBED trailer!!!!! GOMEN

Anime of the Week: D GrayMan

I still haven't watched all of this anime and I'm like 50 episodes into an 103 episode anime series BUT I've been stuck at 50 for quite sometime. This isn't a reflection on the anime!!!! Not at all--this anime has it all---great characters, good story and nice music. TICK TICK TICK in all the right boxes.

The main character is Allen Walker who has a gift or a curse that allows him to see DEMONS who are wearing human skins!!! This demon seeing eye is a reminder of his own mistake when he fall victim to the Millennium Earl---the bad guy who prays on sorrow and bereavement as a means to create DEMONS by trapping human souls. This gift/curse leads Allen Walker to become an exorcist when he joins the Order and makes friends with other people who possess different powers that they have harnessed due to something that is called "INNOCENCE." This innocence has been scattered over the earth and holds in it the power to defeat Millennium Earl!!!!! This bit is speculation on my part as I've only watched HALF of this anime and this post has given me a KICK in the butt to finally finish it OFF.

Paradise Kiss <3

Well, this isn't brand new as first aired in 2005 and I think I added to my anime list a while ago because it kind of reminded me of Nana. Anyways, today I watched 3 episodes and I'm recommending it too any romance, slice of life type anime fans. What can I say after 3 episodes. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

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Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand

Welcome to Paradise Kiss, I mean when I started watching the first few minutes I thought I had the wrong anime due to the unique animation. Then, imagine poor Yukari (top centre of pic) minding her own business, innocently walking to school when some random guy with multiple piercings starts chasing you---calling you pretty!!! This is how Yukari gets sweet talked into modelling for ParaKiss by George (top left of the pic) ----HEART THROB.

So far this anime is filmed very differently to most. The characters are interesting and I would say this one will contain some sexual content. HAHAHAHA.

Code Geass R2

It wasn't so far back. My life before meeting Lelouch!!! Since, our meeting my life has changed forever. I think I'll mark it Life before Lelouch and Life after Lelouch. AHAHAHA. I exaggerate BUT I have a point. Lelouch is just sheer awesomeness even to the bitter end, he is truly a great anime character and I love him BUT sorry my heart has been promised to Urahara!!!!

Enough of the craziness!!!! I have finally watched both Code Geass and Code Geass R2 and I must admit that this is a brilliant anime. I mean talk about strategic warfare and I do often think life can be compared to a giant game and boy, oh boy wasn't this just a superb anime. I don't want to spoil this anime for anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of watching Code Geass. But I reckon if you liked Deathnote, you like Code Geass as Lelouch reminds me of KIRA or maybe that is just unique to me. YARE YARE!

Shiawase Neiro - ORANGE RANGE

Reason to watch this anime is because it is full of action, suspense, excitement, fun, tears, erratic heart racing, rushing to watch the next episode because you desperately want too see what trick Lelouch has up his sleeve. Tired eyes, burning for sleep but you are so gripped you fight back sleep and say no, I must watch the next episode. Just one more, just one more....whoops it's 3:00am....what happened. LOL. It's awesome, you must WATCH it NOW!!!!!!

Lovely Complex - Anime of the Week

This anime is great fun to watch---it's a love story about an unlikely couple that seem like they'll never get together but that's love, right, unexpected. HAHAHAHA, am getting distracted!!!! So, if you like the slice of life type anime with hilarious scenes and a great easy to watch anime then Lovely Complex is right up your street.



The two main characters are Ootani and Risa who have a HUGE height difference but have very similar interests. The whole anime focuses around their relationship with each other and the friends around them and a whole lot of fun, fun, fun believe me, you'll be cracking up while watching this love story come together.

I haven't blabbed on too much because I did that in my previous post!!!! So, if you have some free time give Lovely Complex a Peek.

http://addictedtoanimemv.blogspot.com/2009/02/lovely-complex-love-com.html

JigoKu ShouJo Mitsuganae - The Girl From Hell

Last night I watched the final few episodes from Jigoku Shoujo and I'm really hoping that they do another season because I totally love Enma Ai. She is the Girl from Hell who will ferry people to hell at the cost of you're soul falling to hell on your future death. I love the whole idea behind this story and how it shows the different types of hell that people live every day. Each episodes shows you another nightmare that someone has to endure on a day to day basis at the hands of their fellow man.

I won't go on too much, as I have the potential to chat on and on when it comes to my favourite anime character (well, one of them) Enma Ai. If you haven't watched any of the series, lucky you!!! This will give you something new to see and believe me, I'm sure you'll thoroughly enjoy it fingers crossed.

tsukihana - Nana Kitade

This happens to be the anime song of the week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!