Automatic Angel Manga Review

Level's are Chapters

Automatic Angel was a cute, but sad manga to read. While the story follows a robot girl it tells the trials that a young teenager goes through. Fighting for love or sibling rivalry it always keeps you reading.

The Plot of Automatic Angel

Awakening

Automatic Angel is about an android created by Urushibara Kouichirou. Her name is Serika. She is the first android created by man. The project may be ran by him, but his assistant, Haruhara Asame is the reason behind the funding. Her father is a very rich man and funds the project. Serika goes to school like a normal teenager. She is even captured by a classmate at one point and gets amnesia. Urushibara goes through great obsticles to get her back.

Later on in Automatic Angel, Serika asks for a brother. She says that all her female classmates are always talking about their older brothers. Asame is asked by the doctor to create her dream guy. Since her dream guy is Urushibara, she creates a knight in shining armor. He constantly points out to Serika he is the superior android.

Urushibara is asked by Asame's father to marry her. He is basically forced to marry her or lose his funding. When Serika hears the news of this, her robotic heart explodes. While fixing her, Subaru insists on deactivating her emotions or this could happen again. Urushibara must decide on whether to have his dream project or his dream girl.

The Characters of Automatic Angel

Haruhara, Doctor, and Serika

Automatic Angel has a lot of relatable characters. You are able to meet each character individually throughout the manga. Serika is the main character and first android created. She has the ability to feel as a human. The doctor treats her like a queen. He is infatuated with her on an android level. She is his dream. Haruhara is in love with the doctor and does anything he says. Subaru is the second android created and wishes to please every female in life. The supporting characters are minimal and really don't recur that much. They are not really memorable.

The Art of Automatic Angel

The Art

The art of Automatic Angel is a lot like Peach. It's the cutesy girl manga that everyone wants to read. The characters are drawn cutely and you never want anything bad to happen.

Automatic Angel was a very good manga and I loved the story. It was a very sad ending though but worth the read. It is a quick read even though it is rather wordy. I definitely recommend Automatic Angel.

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Overall Grade 7/10

Death Trance Manga Review

Death Trance

Death Trance was an interesting manga in many ways. Between the plot, characters, and even the art, it mesmerizes you until the end. The only bad thing about it, the manga ends. The ending is leading into the live-action movie Death Trance.

The Plot of Death Trance

Volume 1 Cover

The plot of Death Trance is about a village in the middle of the woods. Hatena lives in te woods and kill anyone who crosses into them. A monk comes to visit the village and the people are perplexed on how he got through. He is actually on a secret mission to destroy the goddess of destruction. The village leader, Shirayuki, leads him to Grave. Grave is a warrior which was taken in by the village when he was found in the woods at a young age.

At a point in Death Trance, Shirayuki dies and leaves behind the village. She leaves Zen in charge of leading the villagers out of the forest. The monk, Zen, and Grave destroy the Hatena and allow a free and safe passage through the forest. The monk returns to his temple to find his people dead and the coffin of the goddess of destruction gone. From here the story is continued in the movie.

The Characters of Death Trance

Manga Page

The charters in Death Trance are your basic village type characters. There is Shirayuki, the village leader and a caring woman. Zen is the villages protector. He is also in love with Shirayuki. Grave is the lonesome warrior only looking for a fight. The monk is there to balance out the fighting spirits and make them more calm. The supporting characters add the spices of the village life in Death Trance. You have the funny old and wise warrior. There is also his pupil which fights with Zen often over who is stronger.

The Art of Death Trance

Beautiful Artwork

The art of Death Trance actually helped set the tone of the manga. The strokes of the line make it seem as if you are looking at a Japanese Ink Painting. Kana Takeuchi did a wonderful job on the artwork in Death Trance.

Death Trance was a very interesting manga. The story was great and had a lot of awesome fight scenes. It is one I recommend if you want to read a quick manga.

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Overall Grade 7/10

Dragon Ball Z: Rock the Dragon Edition

Dragon Ball Z Rock the Dragon Edition DVD

DVD Box Set

Funimation has announced a new DVD release version of Dragon Ball Z. This release will include the first 53 episodes as well as three movies. The three movies include Dead Zone, The World's Strongest, and The Tree of Might. This will include the original broadcast of Dragon Ball Z on nine separate DVDs.

The Dragon Ball Z Rock the Dragon Edition is said to be released in August on the 20th. The special features will include 48 page art book that will include character info, history, and other various DBZ fan stuff. The art book is said to in a hard back cover. It will also include never before release features as well as the original Canadian cast and the original "Rock the Dragon" opening theme song.


When the Dragon Ball Z Rock the Dragon Edition is released, it is said to be $99.98. It will be well worth the price to the original DBZ fans. The newer version of the English Dubbing was not at all a good version. They should have just stuck to the original. I know I will be picking p a copy for myself!

Kiki's Delivery Service Goes Live-Action

Kiki's Delivery Service News

Book Cover

Kiki's Delivery Service was originally written by Eiko Kadono. Since then, Hayao Miyazaki and Ghibli Studio made the story famous by making it into an anime movie. Fans of Miyazaki were happy to hear that Takashi Shimizu, the director of The Grudge and Ju-On, has set out to recreate the story once more.
The new live-action movie of Kiki's Delivery Service is said to be an adaption of the first two original books, not the anime by Miyazaki. The story follows the adventures of a younger witch, Kiki, and her faithful companion cat, Jiji. Kiki will be played by a 16 year old actress, Fuka Koshiba. A photo of Koshiba in costume has been released over the internet via Twitch.

Fuka Koshiba in Costume

Kiki's Delivery Service the live-action is said to be released in Japan in 2014 around spring time. I know I will be waiting for this film to come out!

Hellsing Manga Review

Hellsing Manga

Volume one

When I first picked up Hellsing, I expected a lot. So many people talk about how great the manga is and that they loved it. I have seen some of the anime series so I knew somewhat how awesome it could be. Well sadly I was wrong. Most of my dislike actually stems from the translation (I hope). The site I read Hellsing on had a terrible translating and editing team. If you do read the manga, please purchase it to get a better experience.

The Plot of Hellsing

Iscariot, Hellsing, Nazi

The basic plot is about vampires and Christianity, oh and the Nazis. Basically a fat ugly Nazi man from WWII is still trying to carry out orders of taking over Europe, but this time he has vampires to help him. But before all this happens, Integra Hellsing finds Alucard in her basement. She is being chased by her uncle after her father dies while she is still a young child. Locked in the basement is the most powerful vampire, Alucard. Alucard swears his loyalty to Sir Hellsing (they call Integra sir even though she is female). As time goes on, Integra has Alucard hunt and kill vampires for the Queen of England.

In the present time, Hellsing, the Millennium, and the Iscariot are finishing a battle from WWII. Sturmbannführer, the leader of the Millennium group, has lead his band of vampires to London to act out a war he has wants badly. He is obsessed with war and killing Alucard. He does not care who dies to do kill him, but he wants the downfall of the Hellsing organization. Meanwhile the Iscariot is directly from the Vatican and the Priest Anderson is attempting to take out Alucard as well. The plot really unfolds in the last two books about how every knows everyone else and what Sturmbannführer really has in store for Alucard.

The Characters of Hellsing

Alucard and Integra

Alucard is the main character of Hellsing. He is an age old vampire that has the ability to look like anyone he has consumed. He can call upon armies of people to destroy for him, that is if he drank their blood. He creates Ceres, another vampire that works for Integra. She is a weak character at first, but eventually earns her way. Integra is the leader of the Hellsing organization and is also a valuable asset to the Queen and the Protestant Knights.

Father Anderson is the main vampire killer of the Iscariot group. He is a truly devoted Catholic and tries everything in his power (and Gods) to destroy Alucard. Sturmbannführer is a short fat ugly man in the control of the Nazi army. He only wants a war because he is obsessed with blood.

The characters are really terrible in the manga. A lot of side characters look alike and you can never tell if it is a male of female at times. There is really no character development at all in the manga and they are all Christian crazy whether they are vampires, werewolf's, or just demonic humans.

The Artwork of Hellsing

Manga Cover

The artwork is shotty. For a manga that is so popular I would have expected more. The females either have huge breasts or look like males. One character even had huge breasts to begin with and then suddenly had a breast reduction within a matter of minutes. I thought it was a brother or something of the character. The only thing that I loved about the artwork was Alucard. He was always in impressive poses. The background and vehicles were actually realistic looking. The artist is a good artist, just over dramatic with the characters.

I know a lot of people will probably disagree with my review on Hellsing. It is a real popular Anime/Manga and I don't want people to start thinking I don't know my Anime. I'm sure the majority of my issue lies within the translation of this manga, but still Hellsing is not one of my favorite manga's.

Overall Grade 4/10

Anime Lego Review 2

Anime Lego Review

Today we are going to look at popular anime that has been turned into lego's. You judge these custom made anime legends. Anime makes everything better, and so do lego's. Combining them was genius.

Cowboy Bebop

This is the custom made Bebop Crew by Knaaker.

 

This lego creation by http://www.ozbricks.com/legostuff/ It is of Faye's ship the Red Tail.


Naruto

By JL Custom Brick Studio

By FaintEndz on Flickr

Both of these are of Naruto from the famous anime. While both are very good custom legos, the top has the superior look. The bottom has the heart and soul though.


Bleach

By mondemp3.com



While these have the heart and soul in them, they do not look all that great. When looking at lego's, you want them to look like lego's.

By NoFear24 
 These custom figures of the famous Bleach are actually on sale on eBay! They are done so beautifully and look really smooth. 

Fate Zero: Ancient Legends Fighting

Fate Zero

Fate/Zero Logo

Fate Zero is not an anime for the light hearted. This anime leaves no one out of the picture to die. Even children die in this anime. Fate Zero tells the truth about war, people die. That was one of the reasons I loved Fate/Zero. Anime's that show the truth are often the best kind. They are not afraid to do anything.

Fate Zero Plot

Waver Using a Command Spell