Melonhead Amy; Anime Reviews: December 2015

Tuesday 29 December 2015

It`s come to my attention, that once again, my blog posts have got some weird white background appearing behind them.

This was one of my main reasons as to why I slowed down and eventually completely stopped uploading my old reviews because it was too much hassle to try and get rid of the white backdrop. If anyone does have any advice on how to get rid of them easily then please do message me! It happens whenever I transfer a review from wattpad to my blog and it`s a lot of hassle to try and get rid of at the moment.

A big thanks to everyone for being patient and sending me Anime suggestions over facebook and wattpad!

See you all again soon!

~ Amy Watkinson

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Review 39: Attack On Titan (Huge, Naked Thingies)...

So in this imaginary world full of extraordinary surprises we see that naked men are running around killing other naked men... wait, can we back track a little bit?
So in this anime we see the series set around the adventures of a young boy named Eren, his amazing adopted sister Mikasa and their best friend Armin. All of who which live inside of a huge city; not an ordinary city though... This city is surrounded by a gigantic wall; the only reason that this ridiculous thing has to actually be there is to stop these creatures called Titans from entering the city and devouring humans. This isn't the only city in this imaginary world full of blood and gore.... No, no; this city that our wonderful murderous characters live inside is one of the ones that the centre city use to protect themselves (if that even makes any sense)
So this anime, I have to say, has to be one of the most up to date ones I’ve watched so far. The graphics are amazing and the animation is top notch; obviously due to how new it is. The detail on the characters, these humongous killer giants and the gore is absolutely outstanding. The way the creator uses the titans to add new and unusual twists to the plot and the characters’ lives has to be some of the only techniques that I have seen, that are actually working so successfully it's making fandom become crazier for this anime!
So the series basically starts with Eren and his adopted sister being themselves and showing us what life is like around their city. It basically starts off as nice as possible and soon turns utterly sour... After we see soldiers who are sent to kill the Titans return from their mission announcing that they have failed; things turn horribly wrong for the people in this world full of horror.
(If you haven't yet seen it, don't read on; as this is pretty much a huge spoiler on the first few episodes. Trust me, it is amazing so if you've read on this far and want to watch it... Do it now)
When the towns people are going about their daily business, we hear the sounds of giant footsteps echoing in the background of the hustle and bustle of the lives of the innocent people who are about to meet a painful fate of blood and horror. A hugeeeeeee Titan, which is wayyy bigger than all of the normal of the normal Titans... And this one is taller than the wall that these people call ‘protection’ so immediately, we know that this isn't going to end well at all. This Titan is completely different from all of the others, first off; his height, and second the god damn strength his big toe has... He stands there for, what seems, forever and then kicks down the main gate into the city that our characters are based in. Which then lets in all of the normal titans so they can now begin their feast on the human race...
In my own opinion I think this anime is amazing, from the beginning where we see our characters grow up and become the ultimate fighters... Until the end where we see them become even stronger fighters, (yeah, I can't think of anything right now). Basically I think the attention to detail that the creator has added is absolutely superb, the characters they have created to make us want to learn more about their lives makes us fall in love, the giant titans included brings out the inner horror lover in us all and the absolutely best fighting scenes that we see with the 3D manoeuvre gear impresses the inner fan in all of us!
So if this isn't enough to convince anime lovers that this has to be the number one anime of the year then I actually don't know if I should give you more spoilers; which would frankly annoy everyone who reads my reviews. So take my word for it! If you love gore, plot twists, naked giants and loveable characters that you wish could be your best friends... THEN WATCH ATTACK ON TITAN NOW!!!

Review 38: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Touching, Time Travelling Love)!

Review 38: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Touching, Time Traveling Love)!

Time travel just became possible... But not how we imagined... This wonderful anime film will touch you're hearts; it's one that you will never forget!

The anime itself was made in 2006 but still has amazing animation and techniques used to make it seem as modern as possible. The creator of the anime seems to use extremely confusing, intelligent and hilarious ways of messing around with the time skipping and the events that may occur afterwards. Compared to other classical animes like Akira, this one seems a bit more natuarally based with the scenarios and characters that they've chosen. They only un-natural aspect of this anime is that they skip through time by jumping off of random objects... Strange people...

Since it is only a film, i can't really go into much depth about any of the characters, or the story line or the basic plot for the story to flow in and out of! Since the story line is too confusing for me to attempt to describe, i can't put it into words to tell you guys! Which is annoying... I can't really talk about the characters involved because they are forever changed in appearance, personality and they twist the story line too much.

All i can say is that: The story line is confusing, but amazing! The characters are strange, but without them the story line would be practically dead! Even though i can't explain the events of the anime, it is a must watch and it is very touching! I must of watched it about 6 times now, personally i love it! It's just to difficult to put into words or write a review on it...

So the best thing to do is just get you all to watch it! Job done...

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Review 37: Hell Girl (The price is the soul).

Review 37: Hell Girl (The price is the soul).

So it does seem really hard to explain the concepts of hell girl without ruining the story behind it and what the main characters backgrounds are like. So I am soooooo sooooo sorry if there are any spoilers in this review!

Basically the series as a whole is about a young girl who is dead but not really dead and is stuck in between hell and earth. So like a purgatory kind of aspect to it. She travels around with three other people; an old man who usually takes the form of a doll, a middle aged woman who takes the form of whatever she pleases and a young boy who seems to be in his young 20's who also takes the form of whatever he pleases. These people are also known as the hell correspondence. An online website which is only retrievable at midnight. When on the Hell Correspondence website the user has to enter the name of someone they wish to refer to hell; this won't happen straight away though. What happens next is that Hell girl comes and visits you and gives you a doll that looks a bit like a voodoo doll. When you're ready to send this person to hell you just pull the red thread from around his neck and hell girl will fetch them and take them to hell. The only problem is that when you die your soul will also belong to hell.

I received the first disc to the Hell Girl series last year as a birthday present from my cousins; now they don't see me that much and don't really know what I like but I think this present had to be the closest they have ever gotten to what I asked for. (Bless them). So basically they said if I liked the first one then they'll get me the rest whenever they could which seemed like a pretty good deal. So as I watched the first one I noticed that there was actually no story line involved what so ever; the only people that remained the same where the people from the hell correspondence... All of the other characters that you meet along the way are just people who have been affected by someone and wish to send them to hell at some point.

So after I watched the first one I did some reading into the series. Apparently the story line and main characters appear in the second disc so I asked if I could have the rest of the series. I did eventually get the rest of the series and it does eventually start properly and when it does it starts to get interesting. As the audience we meet a journalist who is looking into the ever growing audience that love the hell correspondence and his daughter. We learn from their conversations that her mother is actually dead but it never says if the journalist is actually her dad or not. She always calls him by his first name. This does seem weird but it doesn't reveal anything throughout the series. They don't really develop much as characters apart from the little girl who eventually grows to hate the journalist as he becomes too involved in the happenings surrounding the hell girl.

We do see a lot of touching stories along the way and some pointless ones; we do get to learn a lot about each and every character that we encounter. Including their past, their school, their family, their friends and what is actually wrong with the individual. This does seem a little weird for this type of anime to go into so much depth about a character that we won't see every again throughout the series as a whole. This then gives us a bit of understanding as to why they do this and what actually drives them into sending people into hell. So as a whole anime there is a lot of understanding of the characters that the audience has to pick up on along the way.
The graphics and animation is yet again top notch and lives up to the standard of modern anime shows. There is not too much gore and if there is then it lacks blood and organs. This is pretty good in my mind because it appeals to all audiences so I think that it was actually a pretty clever move to have something so involved with hell itself but not have the gore that we would expect from a normal hell-is anime.
The anime as a whole has a lot of dialogue and different characters; it is English dubbed and subbed and is available online for download or free streaming. Also available in HMV stores and online stores. You cannot buy the discs in a complete collection yet (I think) they can only be bought separately so far but they aren't too hard to find.

Spoiler part: If you want to watch the anime then don't read this!!!!!!

In the end of the anime it does become a bit confusing as we learn the truth behind the hell girl and what happened to her when she was younger. It actually turns out that a very long time ago there was an old fashioned village that needed to sacrifice an 8 year old girl every year so they could have a good harvest season; in other words pleasing the gods was the key. This meant that the hell girl was to be sacrificed; we eventually find out that her loving cousin was the one to save her and he managed to help her stay out of harm’s way. Just shows that your family can be trusted sometimes!

A few years’ later people from the village find out where bouts she's hiding and return her to the village; here at the village her and her parents are stoned to death by the angry villagers who had the bad harvest. Strangely enough she comes back; but when she does we meet the hell that is the hell girl. On her first hour of returning she sets the village a light and the only person there to witness the burning is her beloved cousin who tried his best to keep her out of harm’s way.

This seems to give the whole series as a whole an extremely unexpected twist on events; when we see what happened and her will to survive that sacrifice. It just shows that her will to survive carries on within all of the other characters that we eventually meet throughout the anime. It's as if hell girl herself is actually passing on that will to other people so they also have the power to stop whatever is in their way. The revenge that she has still possess those who use the hell correspondence website; this just adds a huge twist that will affect everyone in different ways as different things begin to emerge.

I actually watched the anime series with a friend and his thoughts on it was that her hatred towards people reflects on those who use the site as their hatred grows stronger towards a person. He also said that this acts as revenge because hell girl is also sending them to hell as well as if she hates every living being.Watch the anime and see what you think about why she does it in the end; comment what you think below and let's put all of these ideas together! Thanks guys and I do apologize for adding the spoiler at a different time to the rest of the review!

Thursday 24 December 2015

Merry Christmas!

I do realize that I`ve uploaded nothing for so, so long! But I`ve been busy arranging my University interviews and I`m hoping that after Christmas everything will be back to normal once more.
So for now...

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!