Fairy Tail - Review

I'M ALL FIRED UP NOW!! FIRE DRAGON'S....ROOOAARRRR.....!!

Plot:

In the mystical land of Fiore, magic exists as an essential part of everyday life. Countless magic guilds lie at the core of all magical activity, and serve as venues for like-minded mages to band together and take on job requests. Among them, Fairy Tail stands out from the rest as a place of strength, spirit, and family.

Fairy Tail Guild's Emblem

Pros:

The members of the Fairy Tail guild are an interesting bunch to say the least. Since they can all use magic their fighting styles are extremely diverse. After the first season you will feel like you know the members of the guild personally. There are dozens you are introduced to and you will most likely remember their names because the show does that good of a job at giving the characters a long lasting impression. When something happens to one of the members of the guild it will probably make you sad.

You won’t even realize you have an emotional attachment to these characters until something happens. It is almost as if you are blind-sided a bit by the connection you have with the Fairy Tail guild members, and you will most definitely have a connection with the members as you will most likely see yourself in one of them. I guess it doesn’t hurt that this anime had an all-star voice cast to help with making you like the characters.

It's comedy, drama, action, some romance, all in one. The great thing about Fairy Tail is that it contains not as much fillers as other shows. There are so many twists to this show it's always exciting. Though, in season 3, I did feel they slacked off a bit. No surprise because none of season 3 was in the manga so basically it was a big filler tied in with the main story line I suppose. When it got to the games arc it really picked up again. And that last episode (175) is a much watch.

Grand Magic Games arc is alone an obsolute worth to watch Fairy Tail.

The plot of seven dragons and their mysterious disappearing maintains a good suspense and generates curiosity for watchers.

Zeref is one helluva villain for the series who will be introduced around 90th episode of the anime.

Acnologia and Zeref are introduced in the same arc (Tenrou Island - S-class promotion arc) and thereby uncovering many details about dragons. 

Zeref

Music:

Sound Tracks make you go "hell yeah, go fairy tail!" every time the main theme for their fighting scenes plays.

The score, done by Yasuharu Takanashi, does well in delivery the tones from intense to sad to flat out silly (and in many ways, saves the show in its weak moments).

Cons:

Fillers!

Yes, there are fillers, but not as many as other ongoing Shounen series such as Naruto or One Piece, and Fairy Tail moves at a quicker pace then both and the fillers for the most part are stand alone episodes in which the animators and studio story writers have a ball doing. The humor is very silly and childish, which is actually a plus I think.

It's definitely not the best series out there, but it has a lot of potential.

Repetitive plot arcs, deviating dramatic scenes from the main plot stories.

Side plots aren't much of a help. (say, Celestial Rebellion Arc)

Influences from other Anime like Naruto and One Piece.

Overall:

As a watcher of many animes, and the way one can tell how good or entertaining a series is is how it captures me in the first few episodes. Fairy Tail manages to do exactly that. Sure there are going to be a few weak points and continuity within the story, but there are plenty of strong points too. A good and bad note for the series is how there are so many characters within; it can be good because some characters you'll connect with better then others, but that is also a bad thing since it divides much needed attention to what is relevant at the moment, however Hiro Mashima handles it quite well.

It is a good solid series that I recommend.

Rating:   8 / 10

The Seven Dragon Slayers

The Strongest Team Of Fairy Tail

Sherlock (TV - Series) - Review

Sherlock Holmes is the best detective character written out there in literature.

History:

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective created by British author 

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard.

Author:

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes.

Originally a physician, in 1887 he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. 

In addition, Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Television Series Adaptation:

Sherlock is created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson.

Benedict as Sherlock

Martin as Watson

Sherlock has received critical acclaim, with many reviews praising the quality of the writing, performances, and direction. 

Most of us have been an avid fan of Sherlock Holmes from a very young age, and many of their first reaction upon hearing of a modern TV remake was "oh boy, they are so going to screw this up".

But, we needn't have worried. It was a terrific, fast-paced, edge-of-the-seat adventure. Benedict Cumberbatch (what a name!) brings a dark edginess to Holmes that gives the whole piece a 'delightful badass' feel, while Martin Freeman - if the first episode is anything to go by - will make a perfect foil as Watson. Casting is so important and this combination feels just right.

Unlike so many other TV adaptations and especially ones that are modernized, i found it witty, clever and above all, entertaining. It was extremely reverential of its considerable pedigree and included a large number of coded references and callbacks for the more avid fan, e.g. the use of scratches around a 

persons mobile phone charger port to indicate a drunkard rather than a pocket watches winding keyhole.

Cumberbatch is a fantastic choice for Sherlock Holmes-he is physically right (he fits the traditional reading of the character) and he is a damn good actor.

Rating:  10/10

A MUST WATCH!!

Main characters in the show

Trivia:

Seasons - 4

Episodes - 12

Specials - 1 - The Abominable Bride.

Mark Gatiss as Mycroft

One of the writers, Mark Gatiss portrayed the role Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock's elder brother) in the Show.

According to overnight data provided by the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB), the highest overnight figure from the first series of Sherlock was 7.5 million for the opening episode, "A Study in Pink".

BBC created a blog on the name of Dr. John H. Watson (Visit Watson's Blog ).

Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) is the lead actor in Doctor Strange by Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Crunchyroll Anime Awards - Results

Crunchyroll announces Anime awards every year (since January, 2016) to recognise and appreciate the work of anime creators. This year awards have been announced recently. Have a look:

Best Opening Theme Song

Winner

 Peace Sign - My Hero Academia Season 2

Nominees

 "Shadow and Truth" (ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.)"Here" (The Ancient Magus' Bride)

"Shinzou wo Sasageyo!? (Attack on Titan Season 2)

"Peace Sign" (My Hero Academia Season 2) 

"The Other Side of the Wall" (Princess Principal)

"Imawa no Shinigami" (Descending Storis: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Season 2)

Best Ending Theme Song

Winner

Ishukan Communication - Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

Nominees

"Step Up Love" (Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond)

"Ishukan Communication" (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)

"Kirameku Hamabe" (Land of the Lustrous)

"Hikari, Hikari" (Recovery of an MMO Junkie)

"Behind" (Just Because!)

"Kafune" (March Comes in Like a Lion Season 2)

Best Film

Winner

Your Name (Kimi No Nawa)

Nominees 

A Silent Voice 

Your Name

In This Corner of the World

Girls und Panzer der Film

Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower

Best Score - Background Music

Winner

Made In Abyss

Nominees

Made In Abyss

Little Witch Academia

Land of the Lustrous

The Ancient Magus' Bride

ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.

Re:Creators

Dragon Ball Z - Review

Dragon Ball Z is one of the earliest shounen animes along side others.Dragon Ball Z is epic. No doubt this is one of the most popular series that helped spread the art of anime in the world.

Synopsis:

Five years after winning the World Martial Arts tournament, Goku is now living a peaceful life with his wife and son. This changes, however, with the arrival of a mysterious enemy named Raditz who presents himself as Goku's long-lost brother. He reveals that Goku is a warrior from the once powerful but now virtually extinct Saiyan race, whose home world was completely annihilated. 
With his failed attempt at forcibly recruiting Goku as an ally, Raditz warns Goku's friends of a new threat that's rapidly approaching Earth. A war will be fought over the seven mystical dragon balls, and only the strongest will survive in Dragon Ball Z.

Story:

Story is good, drags out a little but good if you get into it, you will be disappointed the episodes come to an end. Although the same thing happens, bad guy comes, people defend, the fight sequences and opponents are mostly unique to their powers and reasons to wanting to conquer Earth. This pretty much keeps it unique.

Well, if you've never seen this show, you must have been living in some kind of strange alternate dimension.!

Positives:

Dragonball Z story is very enjoyable and will leave you hanging on the edge of your seat or cursing at your TV. The show has a lot of Fights and they are amazing it is what every one wants to see super powerful beings Kicking the Crap into each other. Dragon ball Z has quite a bit of Humor as well example: Krillin (not being able to get Girls or getting his butt Kicked all the Time) Goku (Food Humor and idiocy) Vegeta (Goku getting on His nerves).

Negatives:

Dragon Ball Z is best served on television serialization in daily basis (one episode per each weekday) than typical one season -per day -watchers.

so, you can't get the feel now if you watch it in laptop or stream it throughout the day. We have to grow up with it for the best Experience.

Every arc has almost the same plot line i.e a new villain comes to the Earth and starts carnage in the motive of destroying human world, when & where our Z fighters will come to save the day and finally, Goku finishes off in his style.

Overall:

I started watching Dragonball Z at a very young age and even when I was young I loved it although I didn't know what was going on. I grew up watching the English dub on Cartoon Network and fell in love with the Show. Dragonball Z is an Epic Anime with brilliant fight scene's and great characters.

If you are Looking for a Great Fighting Anime look no further. 
I can safely say that Dragonball Z is one of the contender for King of Fighting Anime.

Rating:  9/10

Trivia:

Creator : Akira Toriyama

Prequel : Dragon Ball

Sequel : Dragon Ball GT , Dragon Ball Super

Dubbed by: Funimation

Sagas : Original -12, Funimation -19

Episodes : Original -291

Movies : 15

OVAs : 5

Naruto - Review

If someone says they aren't familiar with NARUTO, then they have no right to call themselves an Otaku.

Synopsis:

Moments prior to Naruto Uzumaki's birth, a huge demon known as the Kyuubi, the Nine-Tailed Fox, attacked Konohagakure, the Hidden Leaf Village, and wreaked havoc. In order to put an end to the Kyuubi's rampage, the leader of the village, the Fourth Hokage, sacrificed his life and sealed the monstrous beast inside the newborn Naruto.
Now, Naruto is a hyperactive and knuckle-headed ninja still living in Konohagakure. Shunned because of the Kyuubi inside him, Naruto struggles to find his place in the village, while his burning desire to become the Hokage of Konohagakure leads him not only to some great new friends, but also some deadly foes.

Naruto:

Naruto is the story of battling ninjas, sure, but on the more personal level, it's a story of growing up. At the start, the main three characters, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke, are very much children. They go to school, have classes, and are assigned to their very first team as apprentices to a master ninja. Then the story transitions into their learning to be a team and facing conflicts in their local area before moving on to steadily grander threats.

Naruto will be an addiction to anyone who watches the opening 4-5 episodes.

Graduation exam, team division, sensei introduction scenes are the type of ones every anime would like to as it's opening arc.

Zabuza arc is excellently illustrated and animated which will be a teaser for the insane fights that are to come in the anime.Especially, Kakashi vs. Zabuza is an obsolute bliss to watch.

The fights are well balanced with action and mind tactics, which is a very rare-ish thing to find in most of the anime world.

Next comes the Chunin Exam Arc followed by Destruction of Hidden Leaf by Sand which will be enough to make us watch the show no matter how long it is!

we can enjoy the action sequences which can be called as brains with beauty.

After Sasuke left the village with Hidden Sound's 5, Sasuke-Retrieval Arc begins and each character's true power is unleashed.

Until this arc, we won't find a single filler in the anime and is an obsolute delight to watch.

Naruto Shippuden:

The main strength of the series is It's characters that drives the plot. which we will discuss in detail later. After the first 70 episodes , things begins to get lot more interesting really fast. The world of shinobi gets expanded exponentially , and If you're a fan of deep lore in stories , this will fit right in your wheel house because it begins to explore the roots of it's world , the history very deeply. 
A thing that the series does very well is explaining it's concepts to the viewer. The techniques that characters use , How the things in shinobi world works are explained in detail and the concept of Chakra , and what a versatile power system it is compared to other shounens really stands out.

The amount of themes explored in the series are vast , It explores all the basic themes and as it goes on it delves into themes such as the nature of humans , self sacrifice , discrimination , manipulation , roots of war and peace , difference of perceptions , the line between good and evil , alienation as such. It manages to deal with all these themes without abandoning the feel.

You will see friends become foes , foes become friends , Unlikely alliances formed and broken , That precious character you loved die. revenge plots , plot twists , characters grow , politics , romances , the world itself change. There are some flaws but it's a full package and the writer always seemed to have the ending and everything planned out from the very beginning.

Music:

One word - FANTASTIC MUSIC, I repeat it's FANTASTIC!. Yasuharu Takanashi (Music Composer) have made a masterpiece of an soundtrack for this series that manages to highlight the intensity , the tragedies and sorrow when the series needs to. The emotions that Kishimoto (creator) wants to portray makes it through to us so well because of this soundtrack , it connects us with the world of Naruto Shippuden in an odd way.

Soundtracks like Orochimaru's theme and pain's theme will haunt you.

I would give 11/10 rating! It's that good.

Flaws:

1. Fillers
2. Fillers
3. Repetitive Flashbacks / Backstories 
4. Fillers
5. Fillers

Overall:

Naruto Shippuden is more of an experience that needs to be experienced than just a mere show. It played with our emotions for over a decade and now it has been concluded. The enjoyment of Naruto Shippuden goes beyond just the series itself. 

This series got a very big community and fanbase that you could interact with. And it's lore is so vast that you would never run out of things to discuss about it. 

Although it has it share of major flaws , This series is an journey that shouldn't be missed if you're fine with being committed to the series.

This is a series that defined a generation.

I would definitely say that it is a MUST WATCH!

Rating:   9/10