Sword Art Online

Nisekoi

Guilty Crown

No Game No Life

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED & Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny

To be honest, this is a series that made Syibrie very interested into robots. To be honest, it is on top of Syibrie's most favorite animes he has ever watched! Despite it being war-themed, there are a lot of  aspects that teaches many things about life. A very recommendable series for those who loves to read along the lines about something big that carries an even bigger message to the viewers. For this post, we will be reviewing about two animes. Yes, TWO animes, but can actually be considered as one as the second one is actually the sequel of the first despite not being called as the second season. Thus, we give you.....

Maid Sama!

For our next post, we will be posting about an anime that has caught the hearts of teens that has watched it on Animax. Although it was already popular on that channel, my attention (Syibrie) was only caught when my sister kept bragging about it at home. Well, here goes...

Title: Kaichou wa Maid-sama! a.k.a The President is a Maid!

Mangaka: Hiro Fujiwara

Genre: Romance, Comedy, School, Shoujo

Number of episodes: 26

Period of airing: April 1, 2010 - September 23, 2010 

Publisher(s) (of manga) and

Production Company(s): Hakusensha, Tokyopop, J.C.Staff, Geneon Universal Entertainment, TBS, Hakusensha, Half H.P Studio, Sentai Filmworks

Ratings: PG-13 - 7.7/10 (IMDb.com);  8.8/10 (tv.com); 8.34/10 (myanimelist.net)

Synopsis:

Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president at a once-all-boys-turned-co-ed school, Seika High School. She rules the school with a strict discipline demeanor, despised by many of the male students but seen as the "Knight in Shining Armor" by the female students, but she has a secret: she works at a maid cafe due to her coming from a poor family. One day, the popular A-student and notorious heart-breaker Takumi Usui finds out her secret when they accidentally met behind the cafe and thus makes a deal with her to keep it a secret from the school in exchange for spending some time with him.

Our view:

Lets see - a story about a hardworking yet intimidating Student Council President who happens to be a female in a male dominant school that recently has only started accepting girls too; on the other hand a handsome and "pretty" boy who is know to always break every girls' heart that confesses to him. Again, a great anime that portrays two totally different people from totally different worlds who meet by accident in the back of the Maid Cafe where our main protagonist Misaki the Council President works; and who else would meet her there other than Usui, the coolest boy in her high school. Follow these two through their adventures as Usui tries to capture the heart of Misaki and although she has fallen into his charms numerous times, her strong attitude keeps it at bay, which makes Usui more interested in her, evento the extent of putting his life in danger. Well, to know about them, grab some popcorn and watch as their paths collide :)

Usui always spontaneously blurts out inappropriate things to tease Misaki and unknowingly, Misaki eventually falls for Usui, which is something that she keeps on denying all the time.

Usui's annoying attitude and oblivious teases often gets Misaki on her nerves, which is something that Usui loves to do :D

Although Misaki has been cold towards him most of the time, but Usui never lets Misaki get hurt or into trouble easily as he's always nearby to save her.

Trivia:

• Episode 9 is a parody of a well-known Japanese tale called "The Island of the Ogres". It's about an old woman and man who find a giant peach flowing down a river one day and when they cut it open, they find a baby. They call the baby Momotaro (Little Peach Boy). Momotaro then grows up and goes on an adventure and meets several friends on the way. 
• Notice how the poster's eyes are moving at around 15:25 in episode 5. 
• In episode 9,there seem to be a parody of Pokemon:Rescue Team games.
• In episode 11, in about 5:22, notice the the two kids who look like the younger versions of Misaki and Suzuna. Also their another younger versions can also be spotted in episode 26 in about 4:19. 
• In episode 24, about 10:45 in, an excerpt from Misaki's image song "Be Myself" plays

(Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11037&page=22)

x) Although this is not the real conversation, but still :3

Yakitate!! Japan

We we're already on our third post of the topic! Next up is an anime about bread - yes, BREAD, literally. Curious? Thought you were, sooo then let's begin! :D

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles

The next anime that we will be reviewing is one of the animes that gives a reminiscence about our childhood and is one of Syibrie's favourite! Therefore, without further ado, we give you......

Title: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle a.k.a. Chronicle of the Wings

Mangaka: Clamp

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Supernatural, mystery, Drama, Shoujo, Shounen

Number of episodes: 26 (Season 1), 26 (Season 2), Total: 52

Period of airing: April 9 2005 - November 5, 2006

Publisher(s) (of manga) and

Production Company(s): NHK, Animax, FUNimation Entertainment, Bee Train, Kodansha

Ratings: PG-13 - 8.1/10 (IMDb.com),  8.5/10 (tv.com), 7.72/10 (Season 1), 7.75/10 (Season 2) (myanimelist.net)

Synopsis:

During an excavation at the mysterious ruins in Clow Country, Syaoran discovers his childhood friend Princess Sakura appear on the site with wings that disperse into many feathers. As the feather's disappear to different dimensions, so does Sakura's memory. In attempts to save Sakura's life and restore her memory, Syaoran travels through to another world to find a solution. There's only one thing left he can do. Travel through to different dimensions to collect Sakura's feathers. Helping out with the quest is Kurogane, an exiled ninja from Japan Country who wishes to return to his world, the runaway magician, Fay, who desires to jump between each world never to return to his own and the white meat-bun shaped creature, Mokona.The fated journey slowly becomes more complicated for our travelers, as they find themselves diving deeper into more dangerous worlds. The second season of the anime takes place immediately after the first, therefore there aren't any complications moving on from the first season to the second.

Syaoran, Sakura, Fai, Kurogane

Our View:

Remember the show ‘Cardcaptor Sakura’? Remember the little Girl Sakura who has to find all the Clow cards?! And her rival, Chinese boy Syaoran Li? Well, guess who’s back in this anime?! Tsubasa (Which means ‘Wings’) is CLAMP’s ultimate cross-over masterpiece! Every single manga ever written is in this series and has been turned into a very good anime! In this story, our little Sakura isn’t so little anymore. Now a teen, and quite a rebel princess at times throughout the story, she goes off to visit her friend, Syaoran, a young archaeologist, whom she has known ever since they were kids! Unfortunately, "Fate" has a different plan for the two of them. Unknowingly, Sakura is somehow connected tothe Clow Ruins and eventually loses her memory in the form of beautiful feathers. Unless the feathers are gathered back together, Sakura will die and thus Syaoran vows to find them all. Well, sorry to say that these feathers won’t be easy to find - they lie in different worlds, where people who find them first will either gain the feather’s great power for good or for evil. In order to save Sakura, Syaoran makes a pact with the "Dimensional Witch" in order to gain the ability to travel through worlds – but for a heavy price. On his journey, he gained allies; one unwilling to return to his own world called Kurogane, the other named Fai who prefers no to return to his. The group journey through many different worlds to find the missing feathers along with the witch's subordinate, Mokona Modoki, small and cute creature who acts as the one who detects the presence of the feathers. However, unknown to them, there’s a greater darkness that follows their every footstep along the way. If you’re into action-packed stories, or even ones full of romance, promise, hope, angst, comedy, or any genre at all, really… Tsubasa is definitely for you! You’ll be drawn to the characters immediately and absolutely adore little Mokona!

Syaoran, Mokona, Sakura

Trivia:

• The title of the series foreshadowed events in the series. Tsubasa (wings) referred to the collecting of feathers and Reservoir referred to the underground reservoir in Clow Country where everything began.

• This anime features various characters from CLAMP's manga works, such as Sakura from Cardcaptor Sakura, Yuuko and Mokona from xxxHOLIC, and appearances by characters such as Chi from Chobits

• According to the ICv2 Retailers Guide to Anime/Manga #15, this series is the 6th most popular manga property in the United States, beating out titles such as Death Note, Bleach, and Rurouni Kenshin.

More trivia facts can be accesed from http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/Trivia

Slam Dunk!

Hi guys! We're back for our anime review! For this post, we will be reviewing a very popular anime which was very iconic during its time as children of all ages loved it, even us.Therefore, without wasting more time, scroll down lower and we give you....

Yu Yu Hakusho

Hi everyone! This is our very first post of the anime reviews (apart from our welcoming post, that is) and we're so excited to start! First up is an old anime, very popular among people, either otakus or just normal people who watch anime. Well, here goes nothing.

Hello world! Welcome to our blog! Irasshaimase! :)

Hello everyone! This is Eddy's and Syibrie's blog for our USCS 21 assignment (well, it's Eddy's actually, since we're using his e-mail anyways but it's a group work so whatever :P). Oh before further explaination, both of us are students of iNTEC Education College and we were asked to create a blog about anything of our preferences, so here goes! :)