Review 34: Devil Survivor 2: The Animation (Imagine if you saw yourself die)??...

Review 34: Devil Survivor 2: The Animation (Imagine if you saw yourself die)??...

(This review was originally uploaded a couple of years ago). 

Imagine if you where on an on line site that you never signed up for..... You’re at a train station.... a new video is uploaded to this mysterious site.... And before your eyes you see yourself die? Now how would you react? Would you discuss your death with your friend? Or would you run?
This new but insanely realised anime that has just hit our screen is already proving to be popular amongst the viewers of our generation. 

So saving the world for superman alone seems tough? Right? Well in this anime we see three young high school students that only wanted to get the train back home...Until the strange app named dead face uploads a new video... This footage shows the two main characters of the anime being killed by the train that is just about to arrive...
Would you run??
Would you ignore it?
Or, would you accept you're fate?

In this brand new anime all decisions you make will count towards if you live or die.... A good decision could mean that you are actually the saviour of the world and you are the chosen one who will prevent us all from dying..... A bad decision could mean that within a week every life form on earth will be consumed...

The brand new anime based on the video game Devil Survivor 2, is based on the day that every life form on earth hopes will never arrive... Judgement day. The day where God himself decides who lives and who dies, the day where most people are chosen to go to hell and only a small few make it too heaven. This causes the Earth to plunge into complete chaos killing millions of people in just a few hours of the judgement day commencing. (If that even makes sense)....It all starts off with one of our main characters named Daichi logs on to a popular site with the young generation called Nicea. It’s an extremely popular video delivery site that then delivers the videos of people dying. A bit extreme, I know, but this is the site that shows billions of peoples death; but only if they aren't natural occurrences. So let's say someone died in a car accident, Nicea would show a short video of the accident happening and then the dead persons face and where they are positioned. 

 When our two young characters are waiting for a train to arrive at the local station, a new "dead face" or should I say "A friend’s dead face" had been uploaded. When they click on the link to the clip, the train that they are waiting for derails causing them and everyone else to be crushed to death. In the next few seconds of them discussing the clip a sudden earthquake occurs, thus causing the train to derail and killing them both.

But in death their given the choice.... The choice of weather they wish to accept their fate and die, or to live... Obviously both Daichi and Hibiki choose to live. When they come around and begin to wake up they see a few wolf like creatures devouring the other corpses lying on the floor; they also spot a young girl who goes to their school named Nitta screaming and running away from one of these creatures. Whilst running away she gets cornered by one of them, and then from holding up her arm in a way of defence she summons her demon. The demon summoning app was forcefully downloaded into NIttas', Daichis' and Hibikis' phone. Meaning that instead of running away they could actually fight off the demons and then leave so they could be safe instead of being hunted down.

Staring with a very event full first episode; it actually sets the mood for the rest of the anime and what is about to arrive next. It may seem a little rushed at the beginning with a lot of information to take in just from the first 5 minutes. But, it sets out the story quicker, we get to know the characters in which we will be following a lot quicker than in other animes, and, we can get the idea of what the anime is about and the art style that the creator has chosen. 

 There's not much to fill in for a character profile though; I see this as a huge downside to the review (and my grammar problems)..... All of the characters that we see in the anime follow the same sort of lines and the same attitudes towards the events that are taking place. None of them seem to have any mysterious pasts and troubles with their family which keeps on arising. This may be because the anime itself is actually based on the video game Devil Survivor 2, or just because the creator of the anime thought it would be much better to leave it this way so that the audience can keep on guessing what might b wrong with them, or, what might happen if two characters feel differently about a decision.  The three main characters Nitta, Daichi and Hibiki choose to accept the disaster that is going to arrive upon the world whilst a few characters that we meet along the way of this epic journey, still stay in denial of what's going to happen. Did the creator of this anime/game make them seem this way because it's all too unreal to be true or happening... Or, did he do this so the audience can keep on guessing again. I'm going with the fact that it can keep the audience guessing; the best thing to do when making an anime or Manga is to keep on getting the audience involved. Make them use some of their imagination to add to the story; doing this is a key to a good anime, it keeps the audience involved and makes them want to watch that anime even more. 

If the creator did do this on purpose than I’ve got to say he's a very clever man; especially with all of the twists he adds into the anime itself. If he did it all by accident because of the game and the way the game was planned out; than it was a clever mistake... I guess....

It's a brilliant watch from start to finish and is defiantly worth the time. The graphics and special effects are all up to date, it's got the futuristic aspect that we would expect from an anime with this sort of story line and most importantly the coolest demon summoning app I’ve ever seen.... But that's probably because I’ve never seen one before...... For me it has to be the best anime when it comes to introducing the futuristic twists, new items that no one has seen before and the coolest shaped phones I’ve ever seen. (I want one so bad). The characters all have their unique design which keeps them apart from the ones that we shouldn't even acknowledge.
But there is a very big down side that put me off completely; as a really cool character and his best friend died a few episodes in which I thought must have been the biggest mistake ever. Either because this is going to happen whenever they meet someone new on a different day to take down a huge demon, or, because of the design of that character and the fact that there is probably way more to that character than meets the eye; and most anime fans are going to want to know what that was/is.

So, All I can say.... IS WHY KILL OFF ALL OF THE COOL CHARACTERS!!!

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Review 33: Black Butler (Hello There Sebastian, Demon, Devil, Sir)?!

Review 33: Black Butler (Hello There Sebastian, Demon, Devil, Sir)?

I can't decide whether having a demon as your butler is actually worth it? So what does everyone else think? Do you have to be rich and famous like the characters we see in this anime? Or can you be normal too. Everything is answered in this slightly old but popular anime Black Butler.
So I know this anime has already been watched by billions worldwide but I’ve only just gotten round to watching this... weird series...

I’ve finally completed this amazing series of anime, and I’ve got to say this is actually a typical English based series of anime that has surprisingly become quiet enjoyable for even me! So then, the story line is not confusing in any way, shape or form. This is good if you’re like me, I get un-interested very easily...... It's based in a typical London based in the Victorian era. So we see the common things that actually came up in this sort of time, rat infestations, and mice infestations and of course Jack the ripper.
It isn't too clear what happens to the main character until his butler starts to explain why he behaves in a strange manner around certain thing, and in certain situations. On Ciel Phantomhives 10th birthday, a mysterious fire engulfed the phantomhive manor; with the manor then falling to ruin claiming Ciel's parents, Ciel then ran away. When he returned just a month later he bought along a mysterious looking Butler names Sebastian. Now this is where it seems a bit more interesting; everyone loves Sebastian, the way he handles situations, the way he knows exactly what Ciel wants before he even asks for it..... And the way that he can do anything imaginable and to the best of his ability..... Oh, and the fact that whenever someone compliments him he then says "I’m simply one hell of a butler.

I've got to say it is actually quite good; to say that most mainstream animes are either based in Japan in the future or completely made up worlds, this is actually quite a good anime to say it's only one of the few I’ve seen based in England. The artist for it has managed to get the art perfect and the Phantomhive manor just amazingly amazing! (Amazing).... The style of the clothes that every character is wearing is completely unique but still fits the time period and the setting; the way the characters act towards each other, is funny, yet serious at the same time; The way the situations are planned out and the order that they go in suits all of the characters; just everything the artist and writer has done all the way through this series completely suits England for once.... And that has to be a first for the Japanese

Ciel Phantomhive: He seems quiet and withdrawn most of the time, most of the time he seems like he dislikes the other servants of the Manor and treats them all completely differently compared to the way he treats Sebastian. Even though his parents are dead and most people would still mourn over that when at a young age, he never seems to cry or seem scared even in the scariest of circumstances. He can be quiet demanding though, whenever Sebastian isn't around and non of the other servants will do as he says he seems to show a more violent nature compared to his normal one; when he isn't showing this aggressive nature then he seems to be quiet laid back and enjoys playing games. Even though these games may not be real he seems to play them as if they are, if he dislikes a game he will get it over and done with as quick as possible, if he loves a game then he'll play it really quick so he can then again get another loveable game.... So when we look at him as a game lover he seems to behave un-naturally and strangely towards them. Then later on when we see things get slightly more interesting we can see that he brings these fakes made up games into reality..... A few episodes in when he is playing a board game with a mysterious worker from Italy; we then see Sebastian carrying out the orders from Ciel...... Creating a whole new game for them to play, but this time with real characters..... Let's get off of the depression; before his father and beloved mother passed away they set him up with a woman, she goes by the name of Elizabeth, a classical English name, and loves everything that’s cute (Japan, right there). Even though Ciel dislikes the girl and hates everything cute he still puts up with her and her annoying nature which seems to affect every other character. 

 Sebastian: Even though he randomly appeared along with Ciel after the death of the lords of the manor, everyone still accepts him for him? It seems kind of weird.... No one ever suspects him of being abnormal or absolutely perfect. Even in the most unlikely of circumstances for some reason Sebastian can always make Ciel pull through. He loves playing games with Ciel, and when I say games I mean not the board games, I mean the games with real people. In the first few episodes when we see their first game; we can see that Sebastian seems to do all of the work in it, whilst Ciel sits up with the original board game waiting for the game to be finally over. Even though the other servants notice that there is something slightly weird and strange that stands out, they still go along with the fact that he will always be Ciel's favourite servant and he can do anything and everything. His mysterious nature suits all of the other people in the anime that come across as evil or bad, this proves that he fits both roles; therefore showing that he has a split personality, that's whenever Ciel feels like playing a game with him.

 The other characters are a bit withdrawn from the series; the only other ones that seem to play apart are the annoying servants who can never get anything done, Ciel's aunt who doesn't really suit the Victorian era at all and the under taker who handles the dead bodies of the victims from Jack the ripper. Elizabeth seems to be not so important until later on in the series, but she annoyed me anyway.... so if I’m honest I wasn't really that bothered. (XD).

The art in this series is completely amazing, along with the character design and amongst other things there seem to be a few hiccups in there which ruin the series and the era that it is then set in. It really is a must see (again) and has an amazing story line, the characters in it are amazing, the designs of everything is just amazing and if you’re watching it in English then you will notice how amazing the English voice over’s are!!!

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This morning we received devastating news about my sixth form being closed down at the end of this year; this place has offered so much to me and It`s disastrous to see it go. But we aren`t going down without a fight.

This morning we had an emergency assembly with the whole of sixth form attending; then we where informed of the closure of our AMAZING sixth form in July 2016. Luckily I`ll be able to finish year 13 and go on to university but those in year 12 who have settled in and are loving their course will now have to leave and find somewhere new that will take them on as an emergency placements. I`m seriously devastated at the news and I`m so disappointed at the fact that they are seriously going through with this now...

Future generations won`t be able to gain the life skills, employability skills and just the general skills that they`ll need to get through life. So many students are now left without a clue as where to go and most parents are furious and have been storming into the school today so they can speak to the head of the school.

Even if this petition doesn`t work, it shows that people out there still care about the students and the community that we create. Because of all of this, we can no longer raise anymore money for students in Gambia and no more money for the charity called Ben`s Den...

Here`s the link to the online petition, even if you`ve never read any of my blogs and if you`ve never even heard of this sixth form... Just remember the students that will miss out on this amazing opportunity for work experience, community work and for higher education.
https://www.change.org/p/mr-smith-stop-ilkeston-academies-sixth-form-from-closing

Also, feel free to speak to me on Facebook about what has happened, I need some ideas for some sort of fund-raising and some sort of protest that students can do.
https://www.facebook.com/amy.watkinson.104

This is what people will be missing
out on, amazing friendships and
amazing lessons! 

A HUGE thank you to anyone who chooses to sign or contact me, even if you don`t know what this about; just think about the students who are missing out and the staff who will now be loosing their jobs.
Thank you!

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Review 32: Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Review 32: Puella Magi Madoka Magica

 A not so new but amazing feel good happy fighting anime. But where witch hunters the right choice for this anime?

 In a not so normal world full of not so normal people, and the occasional normal person Witches attempt to destroy us all; one quick question though? Will our magical girls be able too handle the responsibility of taking down these sinners, or will they turn out to be not so magical after all?

I've got to say just after watching one short episode of this anime i feel in love with the style of art straight away. With our magical girls wearing super cute outfits that make the younger generation of watchers fall in love with them straight away; colour full looking fancy soul gems and witches that don't completely scare us to death after one viewing. 

The series is mainly about you young girl; she`s named Madoka and is a seriously cute lead character. She encounters a weird looking cat that's almost been beaten to death (aww bless), soon after she then encounters one of the cats so called "friends" Homura; The cat can create magical girls, once the deal has been made they then become witch hunters and it's all nicely sealed off with one wish of your choice!! (Not too bad if i do say so myself).

The series starts off as a feel good anime, everyone friendly, happy and getting on with their lives the way that they want too. But it does quickly turn into a serious series of anime. Shortly after we see a magical girl named mami (who does play a big part) fighting against a witch; eventually her fighting days come to an end..... It may sound slightly depressing but this makes this series of anime even better.

Madoka does eventually become a magical girl, as do a few other characters, as we also start too encounter even more of these magical people who work for one cat.... strange

Madoka Magica; A young girl who has a caring, loving family that would do absolutely anything for her in any circumstance. She attends school with normal humans and some of the magical girls. In the first episode we see one of Madokas dreams completely in black and white; within the dream she encounters a young girl who is a magical girl in real life who eventually turns up at the school as a transfer student in Madokas class. This really scares Madoka as she has never spoke about the dreams too anyone. She eventually becomes a Magical girl and fights these weird looking witches until the very end....

I do think it's an amazingly good series of anime; a bit wacky at times but a brilliant wacky not too serious anime about cute looking witch hunting fun loving girls who are completely insane in every way possible!!!

It's an amazing watch from start to finish; it has it's own complete individual art style which stands out straight away, cute loveable characters and a short story line that actually makes sense! No confusing pasts that everyone can keep up with, it's just amazeballs! This only may be a small review but it really is worth the watch if you want a break from all of the mainstream stuff.

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