Bringing anime to the masses one otaku at a time
Fairy Tale is the one of the newest animes to appear on my list of favorites. The Main character is a teenage girl named Lucy Heartfilia who is in the world of wizards and guilds.
HIAAA
She comes to a small costal town looking for a guide to a famous guild called Fairy Tail and finds new friends. Her friends are Natsu Dragneel, a wizard withdragon like powers, and his friend, Happy who is a talking cat. The show goes on about various missions for Fairy Tale.
Anime Club will be going to Another Anime Con this Novermber on the weekend of the 20th, which is held in Nashua, NH. After every meeting an animes like Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni and Elfen Lied have been featured, and there has also been talk about showing the FLCL series in the near future. Sign ups will be available to club members in the near future for Anime Boston in the spring. For now, anime club will be having special Hentai, Yaoi, and Yuri showings before the end of the semester. Look out for updates ^_^!
Yay anime.
Sincerly,
US!! =^.^=
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Saishuu Heiki Kanojo is an anime based off a manga that is both a love story and an apocalyptic fiction. A war of unknown origin, which remains mostly unexplained throughout the course of this anime, has broken out between several countries in the modern world. Japan is being bombed by several foes. Earth has begun to destroy itself. People are starting to lose trust in the world they live in. The only hope left for this world lies in the hands of an insecure high school student, Chise.
The story takes place in a town called Hokkaido, but the entire anime itself is a flashback of the memories between Chise and her boyfriend, Shuji. In the first episode, Shuji and his friends are walking around on a seemingly normal day, when suddenly their town is bombed and attacked, causing chaos and destruction all around them. In the midst of the battle, Shuji runs into Chise, who has suddenly grown enormous metal wings and weapons of all kinds on her back and arms. She then, effortlessly, destroys the planes bombing the city in the blink of an eye. She later explains to Shuji that she has become an ultimate weapon, and is the last hope for saving this world. It is never made apparent why Chise was chosen for this task or how it was done, but there are subtle hints in the anime that suggest the Japanese government was behind her transformation, and chose her because of her ‘compatibility’ with the weapon systems.
The subsequent episodes focus on Shuji’s and Chise’s reactions to her increasingly powerful destructive abilities, the relationship between the two, and Chise’s fight to remain human, as well as stay alive. There are also a number of sub-plots that keep the story moving, in addition to showing the reality of peoples’ lives in the context of war. This is not an anime for the light hearted; there is a large amount of blood and gore, several people die (including some of the more prominent characters that you get attached to), and almost every episode is incredibly sad. There are no filler episodes whatsoever, so every section of the anime is relevant to the main plot or sub-plots of equal importance. There are only 13 episodes, so it’s a good anime to watch if you don’t want to take up half of your life watching it (unlike Bleach or Naruto), or want an anime you can finish watching in one weekend. It is an anime that both men and women will enjoy, and I highly recommend that you watch it!
(NOTE: Stop reading now if you wish to avoid spoilers or intend to watch this anime.)
The end of the anime can be confusing the first time you watch it. I would suggest watching the whole anime twice. The first time you watch it, you will understand the plot and the story, but when you watch it the second time after seeing the end, you will pick up on several hints and suggestions that you didn’t notice the first time, giving you a better understanding of what the hell just happened and why. Essentially, the day comes where Earth has decided that humans have become too destructive on the planet, and is now going to fix things by wiping the human race from existence. As this apocalypse unfolds, Chise does everything in her power to try and save Shuji, and ends up sacrificing her physical body to keep Shuji alive. However, Shuji is the only person left alive in the world, and he is surrounded by destruction. It is left up to your own imagination to decide if Shuji will stay alive, and how he will live out the rest of his life. As for what happens to Chise, I’ll make you watch the anime to find out.
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Today’s Blog is a first in a series about the wild and wacky world of cosplay!^_^
As a cosplay newbie (having only doing it once and basically in one night with horrible lighting and no forethought) I did alot of research after my fiasco and have found some common do’s and don’ts to cosplay.I plan on making a long list before the year is out with a do, and dont every week.
DON’T! try tostand out to the extreme and be the cosplay jerk of the year by putting a bunch of random things together and thinking everyone is going to praise your rebellion.Creativity is loved in the anime/manga/gaming/fantasy community, but the same community that created yaoi and yuri paddles is also cruel and very judgemental.
Death Note (Anime Review) by Christopher Gourgouras
Death Note is an anime based off the Manga by the creator of Bleach. The series is short because of the lack of filler episodes that have plagued Bleach to this day. Instead, it is short and to the point. The series begins when an honors student in modern Japan finds a black notebook outside with instructions on how to use it. He decides it is a joke but is curious so he takes it home anyways to try it out, leading to the death of a criminal who was being broadcasted on live television. Light than decides to play god and make the world into his own personal utopia, killing any criminals who he was able to see and get the name of. The show than begins to get interesting as it progresses and different characters get involved (ranging from police to a Shinigami who loves apples).
Spoiler Alert: Rest of article contains spoilers. spoilers are bad if you want to watch this show. Stop reading now. I mean it. Why are you still reading? I warned you…
I enjoyed this show a lot, it had an interesting storyline with good plot twists. I spent a week watching the show on youtube (all episodes are there in Japanese with subs or English dubbed). The first season is really good but the show does start to get a little boring at some parts.
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This post for anime club is going to look at the age old fued in the anime/otaku community of Subtitles verses voice dubs.
On the side of subtitles they are usually well liked and tranlated better as time goes by as well as allow the original directors emotions show through the original voice acting.
On the side of the dubs they allow american vewiers to feel at home with the anime and the voice dubs allow for the american voice actors to add their own interpretations to certain aspects of an anime that would only appeal to an asian audience and make it so that it is relavant to americans.
Now we ask for your opinion! Let us know which you prefer and why! Let us know your opinion and we’ll see which truly reigns supreme subs VS. Dubs!
Welcome!
This is the first installment of Franklin Pierce Anime Clubs’ new blog and we would like you to know our upcoming plans for this application throughout the 09-10’school year.
Be on the lookout for:
-ANIME REVIEWS!!
-History of Anime and Manga
-Asia’s original Manga V.S American imports
-A discussion on the pro’s and cons of Subtitles V.S Dubbing in America
-As well as a look into upcoming Anime’s that will be taking over mainstream in the upcoming months now that classic Anime’s have finished or will be finishing.
-Convention experiences and reviews
All this and more in the weeks to follow.
Stay on the lookout for our weekly postings and feel free to leave comments and discuss with us anything you find interesting. Feel free to join us Mondays in Marc. Hall room 102 at 7PM!!!! Hope to see you all there ^_^ !!!!
Sincerely,
Anime Club President –Nicholas Kostich
Anime Club Vice President- Marzell “L” Barker
& the rest of the Franklin Pierce University Anime Club
