Death Note Review

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Death Note is a Japanese animation series (or anime for short)  written by Tsugumi Ohba. The main themes in this series are 'psychological' and 'supernatural'. Recommended age rating is teenagers and up.

Plot Overview: The story starts with a teenage boy named Light Yagami, sitting in school and obviously bored when he notices a note book outside his class and falling from above. He later picks up the note book out of curiosity and sees the words "Death Note" written on the cover with an odd set of directions inside on how to use this note book to kill with simply a name an face. He takes it as a joke but decides to keep it and give it a try just for the hell of it. To lights amazement the Death Note is real and Yagami Light suddenly has the power to kill anyone he desires with only their name and face.

Light is then visited by the owner of the Death Note, A Shinigami named Ryuk. Ryuk decides to fallow Light around because he's bored of his own world and decides it might be fun if a human possessed the powers of the Death Note. Ryuk fallows Light on his quest to cleanse the world of all evil but never interfearing. 

Light decides to use this power for justice, a no tolerance judgment for all criminals and becomes the the persona "Kira". The governments start taking notice of the odd chain of death with all inmates and hire the famous detective "L" to track down the killer. It soon becomes a battle of wits, traps, ploys and deceptions as both Kira and L seek to learn the others identity. Kira and L are both wrapped in cloaks of mystery while Kira can't kill without a name and L can't arrest without a name.

Personal Opinion: Death Note is really a jewel of an Anime series but the ones who don't like it usually tend to hate. The story is well thought out for the most part. although there are a few episodes when you can't help but feel its going no where fast. The artwork is also above average but the soundtrack isn't anything special. Although it does have a very nice opening videos and music. Speaking of audio, do yourself a favor and watch the original Japanese version with subtitles if it doesn't bother you because the English Dubs on this series is awful. The characters are  rich and believable with their original voices while the English Dub voice actors didn't quit fit and the emotion they acted out didn't seem as believable as the original Japanese voice actors.

All in all, if you're looking for an Anime with a strong story, unexpected twists and and thrills then check out Death Note.

I give death note a 9/10

Related Information: There has been 2 live action movies based on the Death Note series and are in Japanese audio only.

There is also a book, a novel written about cases L worked on before the Kira case that took place in the story in the anime and manga series. The novels title is 'Death Note: Another Note - The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases'.

There is also a ton of merchandise available on this Anime, from Anime shirts and posters to actual Death Note note books. (Sorry they can't actually kill with a name but they can give a mean paper-cut.)

Latest News on Bleach Anime

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Are you an anime fan? If you are then Bleach anime is one superb anime you can never miss out from your list. Bleach anime has already been in the anime industry for quite some time reaching over 190 episodes. Bleach was initially popular in Asian countries, but now it has reached countries as far as Brazil. The most recent broadcast was on Brazil television and has received a huge amount of respond. It has become so popular that the amount of internet searches has risen to an enormous amount.
What made Bleach anime so special as compared to other Japanese anime? The uniqueness of Bleach anime is its massive varieties of characters and its continuality in excitements. Speaking of the massive varieties of characters, the current storyline focuses on how the main character Ichigo and his team overcome 10 top elite opponents known as Espada. Viewers can enjoy the wealth of watching some amazing never-been-seen-before powers being displayed during the engagement of battles. Remember that I mentioned about the 10 top elite opponents? Well, viewers can now experience 10 times the excitement in this amazing Bleach anime!
Although bleach anime has reached over 190 episodes in its anime adaptation, the story has still many unsolved issues such as the true identity of the main character Ichigo and who are the Vizards. This shows that the anime has more to come and viewers can still enjoy the suspense in guessing who the mysterious oncoming characters are. Nevertheless, the audience of bleach anime has reached an enormous amount and many are expecting some new excitement from this anime series. How about a movie adaptation?
Not only it is a must to watch every Bleach anime episodes, it is also a necessity for a true fan not to miss any of its movies. The latest bleach movie "Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion" was released on 22nd December 2007 as a theatrical release and DVD version was released on 3rd September 2008. It is the second animated film adaptation of the anime and manga series. This movie has showed the world the excellence of this remarkable anime in its creativity and uniqueness in both the graphics and plot. All credits goes to the director Noriyuki Abe and co-writter Michiko Yokote and Masahiro Okubo.

If You Like Anime Then You Definitely Must See These

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It is not a surprise that an animation has become a popular concept in the entertainment industry and in this article we will talk about best anime movies. Anime films are animated films originating in Japan. Since its origin in 1917, anime has come a protracted strategy to gain huge reputation in addition to outside Japan. An excessive diploma of variation is observed within the artistic features and story telling of anime and its western counterpart. Some animation fans even consider that the anime films are way more superior, in terms of story telling and showcasing intense emotions. The anime industry has seen a significant growth over the previous few years, not simply in Japan, however outside the nation as well. The expansion has mirrored on the great recognition of anime motion pictures all through the world. Owing to this rise, the Japanese animated movie trade has been churning out a few of the greatest anime movies of all time and the development just seems to be getting better and better.

Listed here are a number of the greatest anime motion pictures of all time.

Spirited Away (2001) is a Japanese anime written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Among the best anime motion pictures of all time, Spirited Away holds the distinction of changing into the first anime movie to win the Academy Awards. The film follows the adventures skilled by Chihiro, a ten yr previous Japanese woman, when her household decides to move to a brand new city in the countryside. On their strategy to the brand new place, her father tries to take a short cut, which unknowingly takes them to another world. In this totally new world, Chihiro comes throughout spirits and monsters, loses her identification and realizes that her mother and father have became pigs. The rest of the movie stresses on the ladies tryst to avoid wasting her dad and mom and regain her identity. Spirited Away earned super crucial recognition and went on to turn into the best grossing movie in Japanese history.

Princess Mononoke (1997) directed by Hayao Miyazaki, is a Japanese anime set within the late Muromachi interval of Japan. Among the best anime films of all time, Princess Mononoke options the struggle between the supernatural guardians of the forest and the humans who rely on the sources derived from the forest. In order to discover the cure for a curse, which would ultimately kill him, Ashitaka sets out a journey to the mountains of the west. On this forest, he is witness to an intense battle for the forest resources between the humans and the wolf clan protecting the forest. Here he falls in love with Princess Mononoke - San. When he tries to place issues collectively, he finds himself entangled in this wild tussle. On its launch, Princess Mononoke turned the best grossing movie in Japan.

Ghost in the Shell (1995). An adaptation of the manga sequence by the same title, Ghost within the Shell follows Main Motoko Kusanagi and Bateau of Section 9 unit of the Japanese police, in their pursuit of a hacker often called the Puppet Master. Within the virtual world connected with huge network of computers, Puppet Grasp implants false recollections in folks to get his unethical work done. Sooner or later, Kusanagi and Bateau realize that the main culprit behind all the nuisance is Project 2501 - an AI program, which has develop into a sentinel. The events that observe keep you gripped to your seat. One of the best animation movies of all instances, Ghost within the Shell acquired large critical acclamation on its release in 1995.

Akira (1988) this film acquired a score from a lot of the critics and can also be considered probably the greatest anime films of all time. In 2009, the movie was enlisted as one of the prime 50 animated movies on the earth by IMDB. Akira is an anime movie, based mostly on manga sequence by the identical identify, which was directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. The plot of the film is set within the year 2019, in a city often known as Neo-Tokyo, which is built on the ruins of the outdated Tokyo city that was destroyed in a war. The darkish world of Neo-Tokyo is characterised by gang violence, political tussle and a wave of anti-authorities revolution. In one of many gang wars, Tetsuo gets injured and has to be hospitalized. Here the doctors notice that Tetsuo has some psychic talents resembling to Akira - a small boy, with god-like skills whose destruction had invariably destroyed Tokyo some years ago. This makes him the goal of the federal government group, which is hell bent on stopping the anticipated destruction.

Basilisk Anime Series

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The story is about a man called Gennosuke and a woman called Oboro who deeply love each other but fate pulled them apart. They belong in two different Ninja clans, the Iga and the Kouga who are sworn enemies. The Basilisk anime series, beautifully unveils their story and along the way it shows you the tremendous fights of these two Ninja clans.

At the beginning of the story the two clans were in a state of truce and hoped that maybe one day they could live together peacefully. This ended when Ieyasu, who was the shogun at that time, gave to the Iga and the Kouga a reason to fight till death. In order to decide who of his two sons will be the next shogun he told the Iga and the Kouga to make two teams of their best 10 Ninjas, each team representing one of his sons. The son who was represented by the team who managed to survive at the end would be the next shogun. Gennosuke and Oboro will then find them self's opponents in a battle which is not about love but about survivor! Who will be the one to survive at the end and what will happen with Gennosuke's and Oboro's love? Is their love enough to stop this madness?

Basilisk not only contains some amazing battles between the Ninjas of the two clans but also strong emotion and a surprising story line. The difference in basilisk is that the fights between the two clans are like a game of chess. 10 pawns each with a different ability that might be useful against one and not useful at all against another. Almost in every episode you get one of the characters to die and you hope that is not your favourite one. Although Basilisk is 24 episodes you will find your self attached with a number of characters.

Basilisk as an anime production is one of the best we have seen. The graphics are so good (as good as Bleach in my humble opinion) and the characters are so beautiful that it was very hard for us to decide which screen captures we would leave behind for every episode summary in our website www.basiliskanime.com [http://www.basiliskanime.com]. We also could not find any major mistakes and no plot holes. The soundtrack is surprisingly good with a great opening song. Voice acting could be better in English but is superb in Japanese. No surprise why you cannot find a review of basilisk that gives basilisk below 8!

You can visit our site Basilisk Anime [http://www.basiliskanime.com] site and read about the summaries of all the episodes and descriptions for the characters. We did this website out of respect for this great release! Definitely one of the top 5 anime out there in terms of storyline, graphics and soundtrack.

Avatar the Last Airbender Toys

Great success received anime-cartoon TV Show - Avatar The Last Airbender continues to fascinate both new and existing who saw the TV Show viewers. This show has received such popularity that in trade there resulted various pleasant trifles connected with this work, the T-shirts, caps, books, games as well as the Avatar the Last Airbender Toys.

Avatar the Last Airbender is one of the most successful anime-cartoon TV shows ever created. It received an overwhelming response all over the world. It also had various criticisms and had won numerous awards, here are a few of them: Best Action-Adventure TV Series, Best Animated Television Production for Children, Favorite Cartoon, and many, many others! That's why diverse Avatar the Last Airbender toys are very popular among children. This film consists of 60 series and is called anime-cartoon, because of mingle of those two styles. You can really notice it when you are viewing it, although, to tell the truth, it could be more attributed to the cartoon style.

All the action takes place around a young boy - Aang and his mission. He is the Avatar, and he has powerful supernatural abilities. He also is - the last Airbender. Like others Avatars who lived in the world before him, Aang also could learn how to manage all four elements. As in the nature he was Airbender, he could manage the air very well, so he had to learn how manage the remaining three elements: water, earth and fire. When he was traveling around the world to protect the people, mostly he was using what he could manage the best - the air. However, later, while he was traveling, he had met good teachers of other elements, and finally he learned to control all four elements.

Avatars primary mission was to protect the innocent people around the world, from the Fire Nation. And finally to the end of his mission and on the end of this TV show, Aang had to fight with the lord of Fire Nation, who sought to destroy everything and conquer the earth. Avatar all the time on his journey was encouraged and get lots of help of his friends, is Katara - Waterbender, which he had fallen in love, and Sokka, Katara's brother, a young fighter. All, the time they were traveling through the world with Bison APPA and Lemur Momo. Besides among the Avatar the Last Airbender toys there are released not only Aang figurines, but also other characters who have just been mentioned can be found. You can find even Prince Zuko.

During their travel, they had suffered various adventures, discovered and got to know lots of interesting things. They have visited lots of new places, and had met with a wide range of characters. At his trip Aang was moving to the end of his task - to beat the prince of Fire Nation. However, a considerable problem had arose. Avatar in order to overcome the governor had completely to neutralize him. He had to kill him. But how to do it? The Avatar was respectful and loving for every life monk, and more importantly, he was a 12 years old boy. It was very difficult to decide for him how to do it. He even sought that the answer he will get by applying and asking for advice from former Avatars, from their spirits.

Naruto Spoilers

Naruto Spoilers, you really do either love them or hate them and its the same with any other manga.

The worst thing ever is coming across a spoiler by accident, the day before you read the latest chapter. Actually, the worst thing ever might be for an anime watcher turned manga reader coming across a spoiler when you have only just started reading the manga, and the spoiler happens 400 chapters later! Been there.

On the other hand, it could be the best thing ever, if you're the type of person that cannot wait for the real thing to come out.

Manga spoilers these days are not readily available from a large number of sources. There may only actually be a handful of J-Citizens out there that inform the Western manga community of the ongoings, as the manga is released in stores weekly in Japan of course. When the actual thing is released, the chapter then gets thrown into the otaku production like, scanned by a faithful Japanese citizen and then uploaded to be translated into English by their Western colleagues. During this period, the 'professional' groups have different members assigned to different roles i.e. a scanner, a mopper and translator (or two). Collectively, this is known as a scanliation group, smart eh? The mopper by the way, edits the manga graphically so it appears whiter and cleaner than the original scan did.

Like it or love it, it is yet another fine example how things in this world are evolving with the Internet!