I was a fan of this anime when I was younger. Of course, it is not a recent anime. Still, I would like to post about this because it gives me memories of my younger times. If there are readers who have watched this anime too, let's re-watch and get nostalgic, haha. (:

So what anime am I talking about? Ranma 1/2!!

On a training journey in the Bayankala Mountain Range in the Qinghai Province of China, Ranma Saotome and his father Genma fall into the cursed springs at Jusenkyo. When someone falls into a cursed spring, they take the physical form of whatever drowned there hundreds or thousands of years ago whenever they come into contact with cold water. The curse will revert when exposed to hot water until their next cold water exposure. Genma fell into the Spring of the Drowned Panda while Ranma fell into the Spring of the Drowned Girl.

Upon returning to Japan, the pair settle in the dojo of Genma's old friend Soun, a fellow practitioner of Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū or "Anything-Goes" school of martial arts which Soun passed on to Ranma. Genma and Soun agreed years ago that their children would marry and carry on the Tendo Dojo. Soun has three teenaged daughters: Kasumi, Nabiki and the hot-tempered, but helpful, martial arts practicing Akane.

As Akane is Ranma's age she is appointed for bridal duty by her sisters. Their reasoning is that Akane dislikes men, and that Ranma is only a man half of the time; therefore, they are perfect together. Although both initially refuse the engagement having not been consulted on the decision, they are generally treated as betrothed and end up helping or saving each other on numerous occasions. They are frequently found in each other's company and are constantly arguing in their trademark awkward love-hate manner that is a franchise focus.

Here are the main hero and heroine in this series:

 This is Ranma Saotome, who changes into a woman when doused with cold water. To turn back into a man, he has to be doused in warm water. He often turns into a woman willingly to achieve his goals.




The opening of the first series of Ranma 1/2:



The First episode:


I feel like re-watching this all over again!
~ Nadhira ~

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Just a video to show how crazy people are over the anime, One piece. People dress up like characters in the anime. I'm pretty sure they've put in a lot of effort in making their costumes because some of their costumes bear close resemblence to the character. There's a event, Animania which lets people dress up as their favourite anime character. People come together and share their interest in anime.




Here's a picture taken from the event in Animania Festival in Brisbane,

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Chūka Ichiban / Cooking Master Boy

Summary

The story takes place during the Qing Dynasty (During this period, the country was in chaos and the emperor was weakened in China.) It is also during a fictitious era called "The Era of the Cooking Wars". In the fictitious era, top chefs with different cooking styles try their best to improve their skills and to become the best chef in China. It is a country where insulting a chef or fooling around with cooking could land a person in a jail. Chefs compete with each other in order to gain respect and even power, but also with the risks of losing everything. In the anime,the country of China has four major regions: Beijing, Szechuan, Shanghai, and Guangdong. The beginning of the story takes place in Szechuan, Mao's birthplace.

After the death of Mao's mother, Mao becomes a Super Chef in order to take the title as Master Chef of his mother's restaurant. However, before doing so, he continues to travel China to learn more of the many ways of cooking. He hopes to become a legendary chef, just like his mother. During his journey, he meets great friends and fierce rivals who wish to challenge him in the field of cooking.

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In this post, I will talk more about the other characters in the series. The Shichibukai, known as the Seven Warlords of the Sea. They are powerful pirates that work with the World Government.
Throughout Strawhat Pirates' journey, Luffy have met all 7 of the shichibukai including the former ones. In fact, Strawhat Pirates defeated 2 of them but they still remain as Shichibukai. Along the way, Luffy gained two allies from the Shichibukai. Boa Hancock, one of the Shichibukai, helped Luffy to get to his destination safely and the other one, Jinbei, will be on Luffy's side, fighting for the upcoming war. Zoro's goal is to defeat Mihawk who he had previously encountered in the beginning of their journey. Mihawk is the greatest swordsman thus his goal of deafeating Mihawk.

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Today's anime will be Toradora!

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This is so hilarious... this anime is one of the few shows i really enjoy watching. Its about a new teacher name Yabe Satoshi teaching class 6-3 where there are many indecent children there. The Marui triplets where the somewhat precocious and sadistic spoilt girl Mitsuba who is the oldest sister, the somewhat lecherous muscle girl Futaba who is an expert in martial arts and drawing breasts, and the somewhat mysterious girl Hitoha who is the youngest that carries a book which contain adult romantic action pictures. These three little girls are the infamous ones and often causes trouble for the teacher. Furthermore, these children always cause misunderstandings between Yabe Satoshi and Kuriyama Aiko a school nurse. Mitsudomoe is a masterpiece of comedy and cuteness !









Anime rating --8.03
 Taken from http://www.animeseason.com/mitsudomoe/

KAR HOU FAGG~~~ SIGNING OUT!

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One piece has produced up to 10 films to date.
They started in 2000 and it has become a sucess. The movie features and follows the events in the manga. The movie also has better graphics and animation than the weekly anime. As the years passes, the graphic interface has progress tremendously and they get better and better.

Here's the ten films over the years,
1 One Piece
2 Clockwork Island Adventure
3 Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals
4 Dead End Adventure
5 Curse of the Sacred Sword
6 Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
7 Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle
8 The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta
9 Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom
10 Strong World

Just end of last year, they released the movie Strong World and it's a must watch!! It was so successful that they topped the Japanese box office for two weeks in a row.

Here's the trailer~

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TODAY'S ANIME WILL BE CODE GEASS. BOTH SEASONS 1 AND 2. I PERSONALLY WATCHED IT AND I THINK ITS TOTALLY AWESOME.

A QUICK SUMMARY OF SEASON 1.

The Empire of Britannia has taken over Japan with the use of giant robot weapons known as Knightmare Frames. Under their rule, Japan was knowned as Area 11. A prince of the Britannian Emperor,Lelouch , was residing in Japan when Britannia invaded. With much hatred, Lelouch vowed to destory Britannia. A few years later, Lelouch and his Japanese friend,Suzaku, studies in the same school. However, something happened which gave Lelouch a mystical power. The power of the geass, in which he was able to make anyone to his bidding.


INTERESTED ON THE REST? CHECK IT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS! 


SEASON 1 OPENING : 





BE SURE TO WATCH CODE GEASS R2 (SEASON2) AFTER YOU WATCH FINISH SEASON 1. ITS AWESOME...


LINKS:
Season 1 :http://www.animeseason.com/code-geass-hangyaku-no-lelouch/
Season 2 :http://www.animeseason.com/code-geass-hangyaku-no-lelouch-r2/



-SEAN

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Along their journey, the Strawhat Pirates had a bounty to their name when they broke Enies Lobby, which is also known as the Judicrial Island controlled by the world government. The higher their bounty, the more dangerous & powerful they're said to be.
Here are their bounty posters~

ANIME : Kaichou wa Maid-sama !

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Part 2 of Strawhat's crew!

5th Crew member - Tony tony Chopper.
He's a blue-nosed reindeer who ate the Devil fruit, Human-human fruit. This allowed him to transform into 3 forms and the ability to speak and understand other animals' speech. He is also a assistant and worked for a doctor before he joined the crew. Chopper came up with a Rumble ball which allows him to transform into 4 other forms within the span of 3 minutes. Chopper joined the crew and became the doctor of the crew. Initially, the Strawhat pirates were seeking treatment for Nami who was really sick and they met Chopper and the doctor Chopper worked for. The creator of the show wanted to show portray Chopper as one of the characters who isn't related to anyone of the crew members but can stll be considered as a family member of the Strawhat crew.
The second picture shows one of his transformation.

Sixth crew member - Nico Robin.
Nico Robin's nicknamed as Demon Child. She was wanted by the World Government at a very young age. She became an archaeologist when she was eight and was able to decipher ancient scripts. Nico Robin spent her years running from the government and worked along wtith different pirates, however she betrayed all of them along the way. She was dedicated and would risk her life to protect ancient buildings and artifacts. She ate the Flower-flower fruit which gave the powers to grow parts of her bodies on anything she sees. Nico Robin was trying to defeat Strawhat Pirates at first but later became a crew of Strawhat Pirates.

Nicknamed "Cyborg Franky". His name explains it all, he's half machine and half human. When he was young, he was an apprentice of a master shipbuilder. He became very skilled at making ships. When he met with an accident, he's used scrap metals as part of his body in order to survive. He runs and functions on Cola where he puts the Cola in his abdomen and he's all set and ready to attack. He has a dream of building the best ship in the world and sail the seas thus joining the Strawhat pirates. Later in the episode, he builds the ship " Thousand Sunny" when the Strawhat pirates had no choice but to abandon their previous ship "Merry Go". Franky is known for his catchphrase " Super!"


-Sofea

Hi everybody! wassup sorry i did not post about Blood + as there were too many assignments . HAD TO HAND UP FSP x) ...

Alright, this anime is about one girl name Saya who is a child of a chiropteran which means she is half monster and half human however because she has a chevalier name Hagi who carries her sword in a coffin. She is able to control her rage and remain in her calm state. She had a freaky past along with Hagi and the anime shows more about her past during the mid episode in the series. Other chiropteran are attacking the town and she had to protect two adopted brothers named Kai and Riku. Armed with her sword, Saya embarks on a journey with her family, allies, and her chevalier, Hagi, to rid the world of chiropteran and rediscover her identity. The course of the journey reveals the background history of the chiropterans and Saya's very deep past, which extends into the mid-19th century.

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Bleach is a Japanese shonen manga serious written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. Bleach follows the adventure of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the power of a Soul Reaper-a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper-from Rukia Kuchiki.These abilities force him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife.

Be sure to check this anime out. :D seems like lots of people enjoy this anime.

Links given at the previous post for the website.
Direct link : http://www.animeseason.com/bleach/
enjoy.

-Sean

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YOYO first of all !!!
 Tomorrow i will be doing on Blood+!!!!
K on working!!!its this high school guy named Souta Takanashi who has a crush over small and cute things then one day a small girl named Popura Taneshima who is shorter than him ask him to work with her. In the beginning, the guy rejects. However, he could not resist to reject the girl as she was too cute!! And the story begins...

So now, i will introduce you Strawhat's crew members.

First crew member - Roronoa Zoro
He has a fighting style where he uses 3 swords. He aims to be the world's greatest swordsman by hunting down and defeating Dracule Mihwak (strongest swordsman in the world). He actually joined the crew because he was saved by Luffy when he was captured and besides, he could accomplish his dream while sailing with Luffy. Funny thing about him is that he has a bad sense of direction and gets lost easily.


Second crew member - Nami.
She's very skilled at pickpoketing and she's very skilled at drawing maps. Nami has a dream of drawing a complete map of the world. She's not one of the strongest in the crew but she protects herself. She fights using a three-sectioned staff. The picture shows her staff joint together and she's able to make it rain with that special staff Usopp made for her.

Third crew member - Usopp
He's pretty much a liar. He has nickname, "Sogeking" or "Sniper King". Even though he's such a liar, he's a talented inventor. He made a staff for Nami, mentioned previously. Usopp pretends to fear nothing when he's actually scared out of his wits. He uses a slingshot as his weapon. He also helped the crew get their first ship from the help of his friend, Kaya who's a rich girl from his town that he likes. He wanted to fulfil his desire of becoming a "brave warrior of the sea" and thus joining Luffy and the others. Their first ship was named "Going Merry".


Fourth crew member - Sanji
StrawHat Pirate's Chef, Sanji. Before he joined the StrawHat crew, he was previously working at a floating restaurant. He makes sure no one gets hungry because he knows the feeling of starving. Sanji's a ladies man and appears to be chasing women whenever he gets the chance to. He dreams to find the "All Blue" sea where you can find all kinds of fish. He's a skilled chef so injuing his hands is not an option when he needs to fight. Sanji takes up a fighting style where he only fights using his legs. He's able to spin his legs rapidly making his kicks powerful. He's also always seen smoking a ciggarette.
These are only the first few members he recruited to begin his journey to becoming King of Pirates.
I will end this post with a closing song of the first season.




-Sofea