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1. Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler)
2. Mushishi
3. Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
4. Yuri!!! on Ice
5. Space Brothers
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Psycho-Pass Review
Edit: Added Psycho-Pass 2 Plot Summary Akane Tsunemori, decides to join the Public Safety Bureau, the police force who use the Sibyl system to analyze a person's Psycho...100 Wallpaper Challenge Update
Edit: Halfway there! 100 Wallpaper challenge! 1. Heaven and hell 2. Twins 3. Clouds 4. ...Persona 4 Review
If you've been following me for a while, you'll know that I absolutely love Danganronpa: The Animation. I love its opening, its animation style, its mysteries... so then, what about an anime with the same director, Persona 4?
Plot Summary
Yu Narakumi is a quiet teenager who moves in with his uncle and cousin while his parents are working abroad. With his newfound friends, Yosuke and Chie, he works on figuring out a strange murdurs surrounding "Midnight Channel" that comes on television on rainy days.
Story
Despite being a mystery show, the driving force behind this anime isn't the mystery, but rather the characters. This works well for it during the majority of it, however, in the early episodes, this can get repetitive as we're being introduced to all the main characters one by one.
The mystery isn't bad, though, it's actually quite good. It kept me guessing and managed to trick me a couple of times. It had a few plot twists that kept me on my toes and kept making me wanting to watch.
8.5
Characters
Like I previously said, the characters are the major driving force behind this anime. They each have their own personalities that contribute to the anime. Almost all of the main characters have character development, and they all have /great/ chemistry with each other.
That being said, they're not perfect. The main character, Yu, has so little personality it basically becomes a joke, and while the characters may have some development in their introductory episodes, many of the characters don't get very much development beyond that.
8.2
Animation
While it doesn't exactly stand out, the animation of Persona 4 is solid and carries a certain amount of charm. The character designs are memorable and fit the character well, and the amount of color helps make it enjoyable to watch.
7.4
Music
I love both the ending and both openings. They're all addicting songs in their own right, and incredibly fun to sing along to.
That being said, there wasn't exactly any background tracks that caught my attention. They did what they had to do, and that was enough.
7.3
Overall
While not being an extremely noteworthy anime, Persona 4 is a fun watch and one you won't regret watching. Strong plot and characters added with solid animation and music make for anime that is worth your time to for one watch, but not much further than that.
Gibbous
7.85
Top 20 Anime
Last year I did my Top 10 Anime, so this year, with a wider selection to choose from, I'm doing my top 20 anime! Keep in mind these rules I've placed: ...Xiaolin Showdown Review
It's been ages since I've posted in here.
Today I am giving a short review on one of my favorite shows as a kid, Xiaolin Showdown.
Summary: Long ago, Grandmaster Dashi and Heylin witch Wuya fought a long, hard battle. Dashi, with the use of shen gong wu, objects that give the user mystical powers, that he had created, was able to defeat Wuya and place her spirit inside a puzzle box. He then hid these shen gong wu, never to be found for many years to come.
Now, 1500 years later, the shen gong wu are becoming active once more, and Wuya has reawoken in the form of a spirit. Four monks, Omi, Kimiko, Raiumundo, and Clay must all fight Wuya and her new parter, "Evil Boy Genious" Jack Spicer in order to save the world from danger.
The show starts off simple, which works well enough. The jokes are funny, the action is decently cool, and the characters are fun. The first season completes itself with a pretty decently dramatic season finale, and that is that.
In the second season, things get a little more intense, which is fine. There is some good character development, there is an introduction of a new antagonist, which brings some well-written seriousness to most of it. It soon creates a new high...
However, it starts to take a dive during the season finale of the second season. This only worsens in the third season, with the introduction of another, poorly-designed new antagonist. The rest of the show feels lacking and somewhat sloppy, shoving old, better characters aside for this new one. It ultimately ends with a rushed, lazy finale.
In the end, Xiaolin Showdown has a lot of fun moments and fun characters. However, some of the playfulness is placed aside for a seriousness that at first works, but ultimately failed. The first two seasons are worth watching, but don't expect much from it's third.
7.6/10
As for the question as to whether I'm going to watch Xiaolin Chronicles... maybe. If I get desperate enough.
