Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan vs. Tai Chi Chasers

Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan is a great anime.  It is also called or known as Nurarihyon no Mago.  Target viewers should be of a young adult or older age bracket.  The storyline is remarkable and easy to follow.  As of right now there are two seasons and they are both excellent.  Most of the anime I have watched, and my list is over 75 different anime, have failed when a second season is aired.  This anime however doesn't.  I rate this anime a solid 4.5 stars out of 5.

Tai Chi Chasers is an okay cartoon.  I use the word cartoon because that is what it is.  The target age is somewhere around like 10 years of age.  The storyline so far, I say so far since it is only about fourteen episodes long, is good and should be easy to follow.  The main characters are grade school kids, which is why I refer to it as a cartoon and the fact that it is or was shown on the 4kids network.  I do look forward to future episodes since it is starting to get interesting and might actually mature into an anime.  I would rate it currently at 3.5 stars out of 5.

As far as versus goes, I would totally have to go with Nura instead of Tai Chi Chasers.  Since the Tai Chi Chasers doesn't seem to be based on Tai Chi or at least the Tai Chi that I know I feel that it would be a great cartoon for kids to start watching.  If I had kids I would let them watch this.  Tai Chi Chasers is a group of kids that search for Tai Chi characters and use them, which are imprinted on cards kind of like Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Ho.  Nura is a story based on a boy named Nura Rikuo who is 1/4 Yokai and 3/4 human.  Yokai means Specter in the Japanese to English translation I used.  Apparently all yokai are evil, but this anime shows a different side to some of them.  I really enjoyed this anime.

Just what is Pumpkin Scissors

This question intrigued me and so I just had to watch the anime.  So, found out a couple of things.  One, it is an anime based in a different world, but very similar to Earth.  Two, there are at least two different countries in this world.  Three, the premise is 'war relief' so the setting is in a post-war world that was a fight between the Emperor and the Government or something similar.  Four, the main character is a lady who is also a soldier and she belongs to a Noble family called Melvin (not sure on spelling since my version was English dub).  Five, there are quite a few German references, or at least they sounded German to me.  I don't speak German.  Six, there some under-handed things going on and they started during the war, but they are still happening.  Seven, the unit is called Section Three Pumpkin Scissors and their mission is war relief.  Eight,  You get to know what Pumpkin Scissors mean.  What, you thought I was going to tell you.  Watch the anime.  I give it four out of five stars.

Full Metal Panic! Fumoffu

I love this anime.  Not only did it have the best character, but it surprised me that it was actually semi-serious.  The rest of the Full Metal Panic! animes are also a must see.  Some of the most bizarre things happen in Fumoffu, but they don't seem related to season one or two.  I enjoyed this anime immensely.   I rate this anime a 4.5 out 5 stars.

Psychic Detective Yakumo

I really enjoyed this anime.  It was a great show with unique characters.  The premise was that the main character, Yakumo, was born with a single red eye which allows him to see 'spirits of the dead' or human souls.  Based in Japan, where the idea of spirits is more readily accepted than America, Yakumo deals with a lot spirits.  Hauntings, possessions, and 'living' spirits or astral projection.  Of course a girl is involved, Ozawa Haruka, who seems to complicate his life, but ultimately saves it.  I would recommend this anime to anyone.  I would rate this anime at four out of five stars.

Ayashi no Ceres vs. Battle Programmer SHIRASE

Ayashi no Ceres or Ceres: The Celestial Legend was a good anime, but it seemed to fall apart in the middle.  I stuck with it and finished watching this anime, although it took me over a month to watch the entire thing.  The premise was good and the ending was also very good, although it started slow.  This show was fantasy oriented and overall was about three out of five stars.

Battle Programmer SHIRASE or BPS was a fast paced anime.  Full of relevant and current ideas this show was very good.  Each episode was only about twenty minutes in length and segmented into three-part episodes, but the entire anime was tied together very well.  This show was realistic fiction oriented and overall was about four point five out five stars.

Personally, I would have liked to see more episodes of BPS to see where else they would have gone, but I guess that it wasn't very well liked, so they discontinued the show.

A really good anime!

So, my list of anime has grown slightly with a little over seventy entire anime watched and two ongoing.  A third if you count by seasons.  The meaning of this blog though is to draw your attention to an anime called Steins;Gate.  It isn't a typo, there are no spaces and yes; there is a semicolon in between the two words.

Premise: Time travel and time machines using pseudo-physics (physics, but not really good physics) and a number of interesting characters.

Timeline:  Around 2010, but other years are mentioned and portrayed.

Review:  This anime brought tears to my eyes by having an interesting plot, intriguing characters, making me laugh and using some really cheesy physics.  I did notice some errors, but argued with myself about how and why certain situations happened and why certain other situations didn't arise.  However, this by far was an enjoyable anime, regardless of the small technical errors, and I would totally give this anime a thumbs up, five stars, etc.

In short - Watch Steins;Gate and see for yourself why this anime rocks.

Knights of Badassdom

This new movie just seems hardcore to the core.  and I really don't care what other people think, this is a badass movie.  Like I said before, I am going to watch this till my eyes bleed.  I just hope that these aren't the best parts of the movie.

This is the link for the movie.

http://youtu.be/dnQ9Vp4fV4I

I am going to like this movie.