Another review that I wrote a long while ago, this one could probably do with updating but would prefer to watch the movie again before hand, still think this is a great Anime and beautiful to look at. Just came across this anime recently and thought i would post what i thought about it, its basically a love story were a boy meets the love of his life and are constantly seperated as they go from high school to being adults, but no matter how sepperated they become they still never forget each other and the love they shared. Also thrown into the mix is another girl from school that has fell in love with the lead character and no matter what she does she just cant find a way to express her love for him, untill she eventually realises that he always seems to be waiting for somebody and will never notice her for anything more than a friend. Even though there are probably many shows out there that are similar in story and so on, there is just something about this that keeps you watching from begining to end whether its the top notch animation that makes you feel warm inside, or just wanting to know if they will ever stay together its a worthy watch and deffinatly recommended. Quick rundown: Worthy Watch Very nice animation, great sound effects and music, an ok story if a little same’y

Was thinking the other day rather than let my old posts over on Duckicecream go to waste seen as the co project with 9 things is on hold. I thought I'd post them up here, first off is a review I wrote for "Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto" ---------------------------------- A good slice of life with a twist that’s what’s on the agenda today, recently i finally got off my arse and started to watch some of the new shows out in Japan from a random selection of shows like ToLoveRu and Macross Frontier I thought I’d choose some random show i new nothing about and give it a try and this is what i ran into other than the fact I’d never remember the name in an entire lifetime. There is just something about the show that keeps me watching whether its because of the twist of it being set in a believable Japan and there being people who can use magic or if its just because its so nice to watch, here are a few of my musings of the first two episodes that ill be sure to keep up with it as its released. It starts on a small countryside farm in Japan in a place called biei, with who i assume to be the main character of the show Suzuki Sora and from what we see from the start she seems to have been chosen for her magic ability to join a magic school in Tokyo, she visits her mother as she is tending to there crops when her mother brakes the news to her that she wil be leaving for Tokyo to join the magic school, other than the twist of magic everything about the show makes you think its just your normal everyday slice of life anime. Then we follow Sora as she go’s about her daily life in biei and see that she is leaving a good friend and her way of life behind to go to busy hot Tokyo. Episode 2 Arrival in Tokyo, we finaly get to see some more of Sora’s magic in action as she saves an old lady and a guy who we are soon to see is also part of her school but doesn’t seem to be too talented from initial impressions as Sora finally arrives at her school although a bit late, we soon see that Sora seems like she could be very talented but faces competition from two other classmates. Animation! Definitely one of the strong points about the show is the animation it mix’s really pretty animation with real life photo’s that blends so well to bring together a believable world and if you like me and love everything about Japan it gives you a nice view of what its like to live there. Summary Excellent my graduation back into the world of new anime has been a good one if there are to be other shows like this one, I welcome all suggestions ...

Recently watched Tekkonkinkreet with my wife and must say I really didn't expect it to be as great as it was from the onset I thought oh this isn't my sort of animation style and oh this is gonna be another one of those mindless anime's that's got no real story and is just fighting.How wrong I was I quickly fell in love with the anime I even like the animation style it seems to suit the story, basically its about two friends called black and white both are homeless and live in an old rust bucket of a car, black has always protected white since he was young and they both protect a part of the city called Treasure town from any sort of outer influence whether its other town gangs or the Yakuza.When the Yakuza start moving back into the area is when all the trouble starts and black and white need to do there best to defend there city, although after white gets injured and taken away from black is when the show becomes great black is now out for revenge and the story starts to become pretty dark and twisted, black starts to lose all form of humanity as he seeks revenge he falls more and more into the dark with white being the only one that has his "screws" as white likes to say.The story becomes a battle of black trying to stay away from becoming purely evil and white trying to gain his own screws back to saves blacks.The show has many interesting themes that we can all take away, we all have a dark side and we all must battle with ourselves at one time or another, and even the innocent have there twisted side as we see with white and having great friends/family can help us keep grounded.To sum up an excellent anime highly recommended to any anime fan and none anime fan alike, a surprisingly deep, twisted at times anime, if you can get past the different style of animation I'm sure most of you will find a gem of a show.